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EDITORIAL
riniNG PKP INTO GAME
In an engagement on the west
front i" this week, an American
commander rather astounded the
allies, as well as the Germans, with
a quite frank Yankee expression t°
the effect that the American flag
had been forced to retire for the m
meat, a.nd that it was a proposition
Americans did not quite understand,
! erefore "a counter attack has com
mi-nced," he added.
For four days the attack has bee"
under way and the hoys hare been
swing anead. The French and Eng
lish quickly recovered from the ex
treme defensive theory and dropped
into quick action -with the Yanks
md the Germans, unable to compre*
hend the new phase of attack or ac
tion—it being entirely contrary to
t..e allied system of strategy—fell
hack in confusion. And they are
still falling back, and many of
them are falling on 'he front, and
are left where they fall.
There appears to be a pretty coll
cut and definite plan in the minds
of the Yankee leaders at the front,
and several perfectly good experi
enced fighters are :n command. But
whether they are veterans or not.
there still remains the vital action
which has spelled so much in all
affairs of Americans-—moving quick,
but with due caution and calcula
tion.
ine iTenen cv>minanaer requesieu
the Americans to not attempt It, but
it seems the boys took a look, so
to speak, and ■when tne order was
siven to retrieve the position lost
to O'd Glory, it was simply a mat
ter or "Come on, boys," and in, six
hours more Huns had been wiped
out and more territory cleared in
an unexpected rush than the pre
vious month on th9 same front had
recorded. And French impetuosil
saw the virtue of the virile Yanks
and followed suit, and the British
« onservatives again unlimbered thei*
puns, and smoke was moving' on the
allied front, and the Germans have
been tramping on each other's heels,
and faced to the rear, ever since. It
wag a Drilliant little offensive on
the start, but today it has all the
earmarks of wedging: the Huns and
upsetting all the notions that have
been operating on the front for four
years past.
There can hardly appear any sug
gestion that it ig part of a Teuton
trap. Our boys walked into a sort
i>' trap on the 16ta, but they got
out so quickly and in such perfect
order that the Huns, being sur
prised at the new action, fell into
the position on a short offensive,
and when the snappy engaggement
w as over they were minus a great
number of men and stores.
The Americans, while generally
considered on the war front as raw
troops, are not drifting into the de
fensive game, and the radical excep
tion to allied ruling the other day,
it would seem, has brought all the
entente boys UP on their feet with
AMERICAN TROOPS LANDING IN A FRENCH PORT
This photograph shows one of the boats of a transport loaded with American troops landing ia a French harbor
inder'the protecting guns of an American battleship.
Republicans Needed
Legislation Now
new oep and vigor, and they be
gin to see things through another
glass. Pershing apparently takes
the position that while lull training
is necessary. If a quick fight is on
he Is not basing as much confidence
In military technique as in the A
merican punch.—Poeatello Tribune.
The following from the Douglas
Island News indicates that "Stroller1
White Is going into his new work
with the vim that has always char
acterized his methods and if there
is anything to be gained by advertis
ing he will try his utmost to get it
for Alaska.
TO Ol'R PATRONS
Owing to our duties as chief
of the Alaska Bureau of Publicity,
we will be unable for a time to de
vote our time to this paper as
heretofore, but Mr. J. R. Langseth
will be in charge of it for us and
will conduct the business as it has
been conducted in the past. Mr..
Langseth is in full charge and is
authorized to collect any accounts
due and payable to the office. We
bespeak for him the same liberal
patronage and courteous treatment
that has always been accorded to
us by the patrons of this paper.
£. J. WHITE.
Mr. I-angseth )3 a well known
newsoaper man and will hold the
Douglas Island News up to the high
standard it has attained through th
management of the "Stroller" and
we hold out the hand of friendship
to him and say. "Here's how." ^
Some folks might not like the
politics of Theodore Roosevelt;
others might not liKe some of his
personal characteristics, but every
good American likes his stralgbt
from-the-shoulder stand on the mat
ter of the war and like the way that
his boys have acquitted themselves.
The sympathy of tne w;hole country
is his In the loss of one eon and
-.he wounding of another one. —
Douglas Island News.
,8 HOUR LAW SUSPENDED TO
RUSH ALASKA RAILROAD
Uuder authority contained in act
of Csngress approved March 4.
1917, (39'Stat., 1192), wherein It
is provided:
That in case of national emergency
the President is authorized to sus
pend provisions of law prohibiting
more than eight hours' labor in any
one day for persons engaged upon
work covered by contracts with the
United States: Provided, further,
that the wages of persons employ
ed upon such contracts shall be
computed on a basic day rate of
eight hours' work, with overtime
rates to be paid for at not less than
time and one-half fo: all hours of
work in excess of eight hours, it
is hereby ordered thai during the
present national emergency the pro
visions of law limiting the hours of
daily service of mechanics and la
borers to eight hours in any one da.
on work under contracts to which
the United States is a party, are
suspended with respect to contracts
in connection with the construction
and maintenance of the Alaskan
Railroad now being- built and operat"
ed by the United States under the
act of Congress approved March 12,
1914 (38 Stat., 305), wages and
overtime rates to oe computed and
paid in the manner provided by
said act of March 4, 1917, supra.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, July 10, 1918.
For Constructive
and After the War
I Saratoga, N. Y., July 29.—A call
by William Howard Taft to the
country to elect this fall a Re"
publican congress, which he de
clared would stimulate the Demo
cratic president by offering con
stru4tive criticism of the adminis
tration's acton and inaction, and,
>y legislation, enlarge the nation's
military preparations, was issued
by the former president, addressing
the unofficial Republican state con
vention here today.
Reiterating his advocacy of an
army of 5,000,000 men, Mr. Taft
told the de'i'gateg that now is the
time tp raise the great force need
ed to win the war. With a Demo
cratic congress, waiting the presi
dent's lead rather than co-ordinat
ing with the executive, h« said,
this will not be accomplished with
the promptness which ie impera
tive.
While conceding the masterly
ability o£ the president in stating
the country's war aims, Mr. Taft
asserted the administration has not
had the same success in forming
practical war policies. He criti
cized also the tendency of the ad
ministration "to aliow party con
siderations too much sway in its
appointments to Important tasks,"
and ueclared that "politics has not
been adjourned," as indicated by
what he termed presidential inter
ference in the party affairs of
Wisconsin and Michigan.
"Everything w^ do now and ev
erything we say must help win
tJbe war," he said. "The presi
dent has said 'politics is adjourn
ed.' He is certainly right, Insofar
as politics is to be usde for 'per
sonal ends or party triumph. But
popular government even in war
must be carried on by parties.
Party organization of public opin
ion may be the best way to secure
needed government action. That
is the present case. The nation
needs the Republican party to give
popular expressioa to an affirma
tive aggressive war poliey. Its suc
cess at the polls in November will
spVr the administration to adopt
one. A Republican congress will
enact legislation to initiate and
carry it oil.
"We must admit that to change
a peace-loving democracy into a
nation which shall mark an effect
ive modern war on a huge scale
is no easy task. There must be
waste of money, effort and time.
Much has been done by the admiix
istration and well done. We Bhould
not minimize in any degree the
credit due; to it for our conscrip
tion law.
"Other achievements In war
preparation may properly be claim
ed for the credit of the adminis
tration..
»ve neea nut iiweu «pua me
unfortunate delays in the manufac
ture cf rifles, machine guns, artil
lery, ships and airnlanes or the
costly blunders of the coal admin
istration. They should be used as
lessons. The credit of the admin
istration for the work which has
been done, however, should not be
exaggerated by ignoring- the great
powers freely given it toy; congress.
"Ia framing practical policies
for carrying out our high purtfoses,
there is always a halt and hesi
tation in adopting the. necessary
course finally enttered upon.
"The army appropriation bill
of last winter was held up for
more than two months, in order
that the secretary of war might
visit the war fronts and gain a
clearer idea of the situation, there
andi bring back a definite policy.
When fee returned, instead of bring
in^ beck 4 definite i*l»n of action,
ne asked for more time to con
sider. i
"The western drive was then on.
It presented the immediate danger
of breaking through the allied line.
The allieB called for aid. We were
pushed into action, and thus we
have now landed a million men in
France."
MRS. LINDMAN INHKKITS
FORTUNE
Wraugell bids fair to come into
the limelgiht by virtue of being the
home of an heir to a fortune which
runs into six figures.
A^bout a week ago Mrs. E. A.
Lindman received otflcial notice of
the death of a half brother, James
R. Daly, at the Soldiers' Home in
Los Angeles. On a later boat from
the South, Mr. G. H. Barnes re*
celved from his brother, Will Barnes,
an article clipped from the Los
Angeles Times which he immediately
brought to the Lindman home, and
this was the first intimation Mrs.
Lindman had that she is presumably
sole heir to a fortune.
When seen at home Mrs. Lind
man admitted that she was very
much surprised at the news, Mrs.
Lindman hag uot heard from her
brother in years. While the Lind
nan family resided iu Berkeley, Cal
he visited them occasionally. For
some time, Mrs. LliVdman, longing
to get in touch with one so near
it kin, has been trying to locate
h'm out all mail was returned un
claimed.
Mrs. Lindman wrote to the Sol
diers' Home for details concerning
Mr. Daly's death before she became
informed that he had left a fortune,
and sicce then she has written oth
er letters to which she hopes to get
replies soon. The matter has also
been olaced in the hands of a Los
Angeles attorney.
While Mrs. Lindman does not wis
to be considered mercenary, Bhef ad
mits {rankly that an inheritance
would not come amiss In these timea
Following is the article from
the Los Angeles Times:*
"James R. Daly, a Spanish War
veteran, who died last week at
the Soldiers' Home, had $6,000 in
bank deposits and left property near
the *an Francisco Civic Center
said to be valued at more than
? 100,000,, it was estimated at the
Home yesterday.
"A half sister, Mrs. Mary Lind*
man of Ft. Wrangle, Alaska, is Baid
to be the only heir to the property.
W Dhittington of Calexico is Bald
to claim an interest in the proper
ties by virtue of a Dartnershlp.
"Daly came to the Home only a
few weeks ago, entering the hos
pital for treatment, and little was
known of him here. He was fifty
four years old and a veteran of
the Sixth California infanrty, Span
ish War. The revelation of his
wealth was a great surprise to of
ficials and employes of the Home."
NOTICE
THE PASS SY3TEM CONCERN
ING WATER-FRONT FACILITIES
UNDER REGULATION 1$ OF THE
PRESIDENT PROCLAMATION OF
NOVEMBER' 16th, 1917 will bo
come effective and be enforced on
the White Pass & Yukon Route
Docks on and after Monday morning
at 8 a. m July; 29th, 1918 at S*ag
way, Alaska.
All persona having made appli
cation and signed for passes will
kindly call at the Post Office for
same. *• :a*j
N. O. HARDY,
Office Deputy U. S. Marshal
LIVE DUCKS For Sale. — These
3 re tame ducks and are full grown
fad weigh about 4 pounds on the
hoof. Price $1-50 each while they
last.. Seo A. J. Achlaon. .7-2443*,
FLUSH TIMES III ALASKA AFTER
WAR IS OBIS PROPHESIED
"Alaska lias no peer in, the min-<
in# field, and there is as much
chance for mining placer in Alaska
win machinrey as there Is for
quartz mining. They say placer min
ing does not last, but it Is 'the
placer that has made Alaska. They
always think there will never be
a placer strike like the last one,
,untU its successor shows up and
proves the contrary." This and
many more sanguine statements were
made by Jas. W. McDonald, who has
spent 45 yeara in tho mining game
in various parts of the United States
and Alaska.
"Show me a genuine prospector
and I'll show you • man, who has
made his stake from one to a half
dozen , time. And when I talk about
prospectors, I do not mean hunters
or trappers, or any one who pot
ter^,about town and calls himself
a prospector." Thus Mr. McDonald
frlsply ogives his ideas of the men
who really find the gold.
And to the people of Juneau, this
man-who looks forty but claims six
ty-six years to his credit, gives a
particularly cheerful message:.1 "The
people of Juneau and Alaska do <
not ftegin to realize the grand
future in store for them," he said.
And b«- bases his conclusion on his
own experience aftw the Civil war.
"wnen tne imi war was over it
was 'Go West young man, go West!'
Now there is no West, but the spirit
of the young} soldiers that settled
the West after the Civil war still
lives la the youths of today. The
only difference >s that there are
many more men, many times more
capital, and very few places to go
on the North American continent,
except Alaska and northern Canada.
"The principle obstacle to devel
opment of resources in the North
heretofore hag been to secure cap
ital. Formerly it was necessary to
go to England, France, or some
other European money center, and
the discoverer of minerals had little
left after the deal had gone through
the hands of several promoters that
were required to bring the raw ma
terials in touch with the capital
necessary to develop them. But
from now on ,thls will be changed,
for the money center of the world
is now in New York. And) the mon
ey is In the hands of men. who have
the nerve to take a chance, and
the brains to invest intellientgly.*'
Thus Mr. McDonald outlines the sit
uation in regard; to money after the
war.
In regard to low grade mining,
he saya: "The experiments that
nave been conducted - on a huge
scale around Juneau, at the cost of
millions of dollars, have demon
strated that ground can be worked
at a very low operating cost if suf
ficient capital is invested under
competent management. This infor
mation gained at considerable ex
pense, will be of inestimable value
to other enterprises that may be
contemplated! in Alaska hereafter."
The citizens of Haines can take
heart, too, for this old prospector
sees visions of great things for that
city. "In my opinion the first smel
ter erectedi in the North will be at
or near Haines. The best natural
road grade to the interior frost,
any 'practical point On the cots is
out of Haines. There are thousand*
it acres of low grade p|acen ground
in Rainy Hollow, the head. Of the
Alsek, nad the lakes and river*
wards the White, and head of the
Copper rivers. It is in one of the
best copper belts 'n the world Bad
tffere is as good coal accessible from
Haines as any one could want."
Such are a portion of his state
ments regardingg the possibilities or
Haines and its hinterland.
It was Mr. Jas. McDonald, w<ho-a
short time ago, sent plans of a "
contrivance that he believed would
it all ships provided witfh (t
immune to torpedo attacks. He re
ceived, he says, a reply lately; Show
ing that the government draftsmen
are investigating his idea
Frank Burke, of Melozl waa the
lucky man to catch, the first king
salmon this year. The weight of the
fish was 35 lbs. and Bold for 120.25
In one of the local restaurants. The
king salmon is juat now beginning to
run and it is expected In a 4*/
or two they'will Nj Dlentlful.—Ru*
by Record Miner.
Hidden Dangers
Nature Gives Timely Warnl^ngB lWt
| No Sluigway OaaAf- ;
fowl To Ignore,
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weak. Well kidneys eiecrete a
clear, amber fluid. Weak kidney*
send out a thin, pale and foamy, of
a thick.red, ill-smelling urine, full
o£ sediment and irregular of paas*
age.
DANGER. SIGNAL NO 2 come*
from the back. Back pains, dull
and heavy, or sharp and acute, sug
gest weak kidneys and warn you of
the danger of dropsy, gravel and
Bright's diseaese. In that case DoUk't
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it. I believe that too much stand-,
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made my kidneys give out on me.
Every muscle in my beck ached anji
when I lifted my hand above my
shoulders, a sharp, cutting paia
always took me in my bade. My
kidneys were awfully weak, too,
Doan'd Kidney Pills cured me and
fxed me up in fine shape."
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get Doan's K'dney Pills—the same
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