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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
VILLA SIKKKNOLK?
Announcement was made in yes
terday's dispatch^ ethat Gen. Villa,
outlaw, robber, feaudK, i brigand
and freebooter, lias offered to sur
render himself to the Carrauza gov
ernment, and that he does not wish
to further treat with crime.
Such a statement from Villa
seems preposterous, yet it show a a
fcide of hia character that is large
ly oae of braga-bond and bluff. For
more than three years he was the
"bug-a-boo" to all the children of
Mexico, he held power in his sway
at various times, ha flirted svith
powers as if they; were his play
things, and he defied the United
Statts government to come and get
bin^. Stories of his capture, yarns
that he wag severely wounded and
even starving, and horrors of the
"bad man'' Villa continually, came
to the eager ears of the more or
le«s superetituous people along the
.Mexican border.
Villa was in. the public eye. He
was "it" for a long period Ofj time,
and suggestions ot how to deal with
him were made by pruactk-ally ever
nation on the globe. Villa was
the big boy, in. his own estimation
#ud was being watched by the eyes
of the world. He felt like the boy
who smokes his fir it ciagrette and
thinks himself a man.
Now things are different. A world
war cakes the attention of the
people away from Mexico and off
the bragadocia acta of Villa, and
he offers to surrender. Is it any
wonder? He can quit now and be
the hero of millions of Mexican pet*
pie, he has acquired wealth, and
has palaces and estates gained from
bis warfare. He offers to surrender
when he no longer attacts atten
tion, when he hag enough of this
world's goods to more than keep
him happy.
Or, is he just up to his old
tricks again, and endeavoring to
get Into the public eye.
A WORTHY TSE FOR OLD SHOES
Today's news brings word that
the women and children in the
devastated regions of France and
Belgium are in need of shoes, and
that thousands ol refugees ia these
districts are going barefoot. Tot
buy one pair of shoes in certain
oarts of Belgium requires a price
t^ual to two weeks wages of the or
dinary workingman in America^ mak
ing it prohibitive for the vast ma
jority of women la these districts
to secure footwear.
The New York Life Insurance Co.
through its agencies is collecting
old shoes and sending them to Eu
rope. The fact that such a concern
is back of the movement is ground
enough to certify to its worthiness.
In Skagway there are hundreds
of pairs of shoe^, cast off by our
people, but which would do admir
ably for the French women, chil
Daily Points For
Citizen Soldiers
(Issued by tho War Department
And &U rights to reprint
Reserved).
STAFF BRANCHES OF THK
SKKVlCK
Tho Medical Department works
along two distinct Hues: First, It
tries to jseep yveryouq lu the Army
iu good health, and tor tms pur
pose keeps close watch of the clean
liness ox camps and buildings, of
the uuality and cooking of food, and
the like; second, it provides am
ouiaoijces, hospitals, and medical
service jor the proper care of Biek
or wounded men. The Medical De
partment includes the Deutal
Corps, the Hospital Corps, and tho
iNurse Coip^,
J as; us every man in the Army,
I carries intrenching tools so that he
may protect himself without the
help of the Engineer Gorps when,
necessary, so he alsft carries a
"first-aid packet," so that ha may
!in an emergency perform some of
the duties of the Medical Depart
ment. Every soldier learns how,
to give dressing and treatment to
his own wounds when he is able
to do so, and ho it to assist wound
ed comrades uutil men from the
Medical Department arrive.
The Medical Department of the
American Army is regarded as one
of the best in the world. A sol
dier may feel assured ho will re
ceive every possible attention. iu
case of need . The percentage of
recoveries from wounds in tna
hospitals manned by Americans dur
ing the European War has been ex
ceptionally high.
The Quartermaster Corps la the
Business manager of the Army. It
furnishes food, clothing, and most
kinds of equipment;provides hors
es and mules; arranges for trans
portation; takes charge of mon
ey; buys supplies; pays troops;
and keeps on hand stores of sup
plies.
Of the same general chacter ia
the work of the Ordnance Depart
'ment, which furnisnes the guns, am
munition, and other supplier needed
for floating. Severra; time during
'the present war whoi© armies have
been forced to retreat or have suf
fered severely because of the lack of
munitions^ The quantity of ammuni
tion used d-ily is enormous. Dur
ing tfle French offensive of June,
1S>17, 12.6()0,"00 shots were fired
from artillery ^uns.
When the three fighting arms and
the nine staff corps are all brought
together under one control they
form what we may call "the fight
ing team." This is the team in
which you and every other soldier
must be ready to play your part.
The smallest unit in which* a"
these branches of the service is
represented is *nown as a division.
Under present regulation* an In
fantry division is made up of three
infantry brigades; one brigade of
Field Artillery; one regiment of
Cavalry; one regiment of Kngineersfl
one battalion of Signal Corps; one
squadron of airplanes; togetheq wit
WASHINGTON'S FAMOUS COACH
DEAD
The death of Hiram B. Conibear,
coach of the rowing crews of the
University of Washington, casta a
shadow for trie time being over the
sporting fraternity of the Pacifio
coast. Conibear came to the U. of
W. several years ago when. Wash
ington's crews wree little known,
and by his determination and skill
developed water spcxrts at Washing
ton until they were knoyvn from
coast to coast. In L.S13 he made a
national record for himself when
the U. of W. crejv. -wis third in the
race at Poukeepsie, and critics say
showed the begt foirm of all the
s in tha regatta. Under the
■ hing of C.onibesw Washjngtona
crews have been unusually success
ful on the Pacific coast, competing
yearly with the Uatrrefiity of Call-'
fQrnia and Stanford, and holding
the record on the coast for continu
ous victories. i.
dTen, and old nJ®» where fcobblers
[are skilled in doiug repair" w-ork.
Leather is valuable, and! tlt»e old
men of Belgium are known >"*3 the
best cobblers in the worldj.
Any kind of a shoe for ma a, wo
[maa or child is welcome, andl may
be left at the stores of Jajmes iKen
n,edy & Co., or Dortero & Son,
where they will be boxed. Thie Alt
askan will see that they are pro
perly shipped as soon as a suffi
cient quantity are received .
One pair of shoes is a sou ill :tn*t
ter, but if they will kea p some
French child from going: b arefoot
for the winter, they soom >amount
,to a moat worthy thing. ( .
Knr own hymn to greater
AMERICA
XOompcxsctl and copyrighted 1917 by
Ch«e. <T. North. AU rights
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From the crests of Thy frozen
mountains,
To the sands of Thy tropio sea;
In our many tongue^ and voices,f
We are raising pur hymn to Thee.
The stars with their glory, immorta^
Shine out from the measureless
blue.
To gild Thy flag with the 8tory.
OX all that la brave and true.
Thg golden rod blooms in Thy val
| leys, !
And the sage brush roots In Thy
plains, '
The pine looks out from Thy moun
tains, . • I
la the sunshine, and snows and
\ rains.
In wisdom, Thy men grow braver,
Xu beauty. Thy women grow
Btrong,
Thy children are learning, ever,
The battle ol right twitfc wrong.
As the springs run down to the
rivers.
And the rivers flow dowa to> the
sea;
So the lives of Thy sons and daugh
ters,
Flow down in their strength to
Thee.
When the clouds of danger gather,
They will rally to guard Thy
path.
Like the rushing, of mighty waters,
And the storm in its whirling
wrath.
Wq can see in Thy waving Emblem,
The symbol of all that} la free.
And we lift it high in the heavens,
Where all in the world caa see.
We pray that in mercy nnd good
ness.
Its colors shall stay unfurled,
'Till Thy radiant dream of justice.
Is the vision of all the world.
(TEUTON'S HEAR JAPAN
MAY SEND AX ARMY
Zurich, Switzerland, — Reports
that strong Japanese forces have
been concentrated in Manchuria are
given currency in Bavaria by th®
Neuste Nachrichten, of Munich,
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to the Russian front. If the rail
way; facilities were the same as he
fore the war, it gays, such an opera
tion would require a long time, but
has been changed greatly. America
and Japan having laid new tracks
and made great improvements in
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