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The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-07
NEWS NOTES

The election petition of Judge T. M Reed, who is out for the legisla- ture. was filed in the office of the clerk of the district court this morning.
 The city street foreman is engaged in laying new walk along the east side of Barracks square from the road commission office to the corner of Barracks square and Front street.
 C G. Roaths has purchased a half interest in the Angeles saloon from \. c. Oliver and will in future be as- sociated with him in the management of iaat establishment.
 As the Umatilla is expecting to take cut something like q hundred tour ists who are not expected to reach st. Michael for several days yet, the departure of that vessel will be de- layed until near the week end.
 The republicans will hold a busi- ness meeting tomorrow evening for the purpose of fixing up some more of the very deep campaign dope. The republican district convention will be held on the tenth at Burg's hall.
 Dan o. Martin, of Phoenix, Ariz., writes to the postmaster seeking in form ation of the present whereabouts of his uncle, Charley Chism. who was last heard from at Nome several years ago.
 Martin Sorenson was adjudged in- s;rne after a hearing in the court rooms of Commissioner Frawley Sat 9rday evening. Sorenson, who has been acting strange of late, was ar rested Friday. He was ordered con lined in the Morningside asylum.
 he heavy surf has put an end to all snpping along the coast and most of the coasting fleet have betaken themselves to the comforting shelter of Sicdge island while old Boreas fin- ishes his present tantrum.
 II. Robinson and II. Greenberg, CO., partners in a general merchandise business at Candle, have entered suit in the district court against John Grant of the same place for an alleged debt of $l61.1O for supplies advanced 10 the defendant. Judge Hobbcs is representing the plaintiffs.
 The Pacific Cold Storage Company's refrigerator steamer Elihu Thomson, arrived in the roadstead yesterday shortly after noon, bringing a large consignment of fresh meats and other supplies Owing to the storm kicking up quite d surf along the coast, the vessel was unable to discharge any thing.
 The application of l.. A. Sundquist of Candle for restraining order against Lee and others of Candle whom it was claimed by the appli- cant were dumping tailings on cer- tain mining properties on Candle creek owned by himself was denied by Judge Tucker in the district court Saturday afternoon.
 Milton Roper, became impatient over his inability to secure passage 10 Teller, where he is employed by tine IIirschberg Brothers, and decided to employ the old reliable Shanks pony 10 convey him to his destination. Accordingly he started out Saturday evening with D. NJ. Mcconnell and will hoof it to the Anacovik river.
 Contrary to surmises, the Bear which was thought to have pulled out for the north Saturday, owing to hay ing put out to set to escape the heavy
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
"He Who Talks and Runs Away
To- the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The policy of "watchfu waiting
which was held up for our admiration during
the first years OF President Wilson's main
tenance of peace in Mexico Stems Of late 10
be out of fashion. Watchful waiting is GER
tainly no proper description of the Presi-
dents policy in the recent railroad strike
crisis. But such an apparent inconsistency
does not in the least annoy our versatile
President nor interfere with the switching
operations of his single track mind.
For the benefit of those who enjoy the
sensation of standing by the President" yet
feel themselv perpleXed by the apparent ne
cessity Of sprinting from one position to
another desire 70 point out that Mr.. Will
son really has but one policy-the policy
OF keeping out. Some foolish idealists, of
course maintain that troubles are not always
avoided by running away from them; they
believe that it is perhaps better to be up
and doing, with neart for any fate" before
relying too much on the waiting game. But
these people are out of date; the thing to do
when one meets trouble is TO go around il.
Viewed in this light, how magnificent is
Mr.. Wilson's achievement He has kept US
out of war with Germany; he has kept us out
OF war with Mexico; he has kept US out of
the railroad strike; and If his legs hold out
and he has far enough to run he may, per-
haps. before the November election be cred
tied with keeping us out of many other un-
pleasant things. HARRISON ". SMITH.
Springfield Me, Sept. 6, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12

at the point which would most embarrass
their new Rumanan foe and most impress
their wavering Bulgar ally.
We shall have to wait some little time
TO discover whether there is more than this
to the German blow. But the skill and
cleverness that it reveals command instant
admiration. 1t is altogether too soon TO
talk about Rumania as prospectively q
second Belgium or Serbia but granting
that this is possible, it is a matter o.
weeks, not days. so far the German oper-
alton in the Dobrudja has been of greater
political than military consequence, and
this seems likely to prove the case IN
the end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
The Administrations Record.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Wilson began his administration by
passing the Underwood tariff law, which was
prepared by Ways and Means Committee
upon lines laid down by himself. He con
suited neither producer nor employer Of la
Dor Few if any OF the men who framed the
law had any personal knowledge of the prob
lers that must be faced and solved by the
American producer. The result was both nat
ural and inevitable: A tariff law that is
faulty in construction, illogical in its devel-
opment, filled with contradictions and am
biguities, wrong in principle and vicious IN
practice.
Following close on the heels of the tariff
revision, and in order to rccoup for the ia
yorable foreig1 trade balance (which for the
last decade has averaged 500000000 yearly,
ana which balance was entirely wiped out be-
ginning April, 1910. Mir Wilson used the
war power to levy a war tax when we were at
peace with all the world This was the first
time in the history Of the United States that
such an offence had been committed.
Next on the programme was his currency eX
pertinent, which the bankers and commercial
institutions throughout the country were COM
PEELED to accept, although this system does
not satisfy. Already this currency law, an
bounced by Mr.. Wilson as wonderful and
perfect, has been found to be lacking in es-
sent:al features, and already Congress is
called to make amendments to it in order to
put 1t in good working condition.
IT, the meantime the Mexican situation
came up, and every one knows how vacilating
meek and erratc were the methods employed
by Mr. Wilson in dealing with it.
Last. but not least, Is the recent EIGHT
- I. n1s.
a continuity of the legislation already passed
by the Democratic party, nasmuch as it bears
all The earmarl.s of the preceding bills.
The people of the United States must re-
member that property rights cannot be
dsregarded and personal rights remain
secure. The persecution of the one at the
present time means the ultimate violation of
the other Production and transportation
cannot be arrayed against each other if either
IS TO prosper The dividend of the employer
cam OF be taken away and the pay envelope
Of the wage Garner remain Profits and pay
rolls are inseparable companions.
As | understand il, the railroads base their
contracts on the mileage made by the en-
ployo. as well as the hours worked Grant
ing this TO be the case, If an empoye makes
"a hundred-mile run in three hours, he is paid
the same money as though the run required
eight hours. Now, there rs nothing said IN
thi, new law about mileage, and it strikes me
mat, providing this law is upheld, it is up
- ;he railroads to cancel their mileage con-
lacts and compel all the men to give eight
hours work for eight hours pay
II Mr. Wilson has the power TO dictate 20
Inc railroads as TO what and how they should
pay their employees. then likewise he can die
tate to every business man in the United
states. and compel such business men to pay
heii respective employees whatever wage he
may desire to stipulate. G. VI. p.
New York, sept. IL. 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12

with labor unionism and collective bar
gaining for the benefit of wage workers.
But there is no reason to suppose that tn:
public has swung so far over to the other
side in its reaction against the excesse
and violence of combinations of capital
that it is willing to pardon precisely the
same excess, the same violence, the same
arbitrariness and selfshness in labor COM
binations. The old wrong can't be rlghted
by the commission of new wrongs by the
other side.
Whatever the union leaders may think
of the situation, the plain fact is that they
are no longer fighting Shonts, Hedley and
the executives Of the other systems which
they have included in the strike. They
are fighting the people of the City of New
York, and they are fighting on a mighty
thin pretext and with no justification for
the extension of the warfare. save the class
welfare cry" 1t seems impossible that
they should not realize now that they are
mannuvring themselves into a wholly in
defensible position, and that the longer
they stay in this position the greater must
be the damage to themselves and to thel-
conception of unionism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
PROGRESSIVES FOR SEABURY
Supporters of Mr.. Hughes, Who Will Not
Vote for Governor Whitman.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: There seems to be a somewhat genera.
impression abroad that Governor Whitman
has enlisted the support of the larger faction
of the Progressives and most OF those FRO
gressives who were most prominent and In
fuential in the movement four years ago
This is not the case. As an evidence of the
accuracy of this statement / am enclosing
the following list of forty-six Progressives'
all supporting Mr. Hughes in the national
campaign, who have signed a circular letter
sent 10 the $4,000 enrolled Progressives urg-
ing them to vote for Judge Sesbury at the
forthcoming Progressive primaries on Sep
TENDER 10.
These Progressives believe that Judge Sea
bury typifes and embodies the principles and
ideals of the Progressive party and that he
is a Progressive in the truest sense of the
word As a candidate of our party for
Justice of the Court of Appeals in 1913, he
polled nearly 100000 votes, and in 1914,
when he was again a candidate of the Pro
gressives, their vote, together with the Demo
cratic vote. elected him. His splendid career
upon the bench and his liberal and progres-
sive views arc an assurance and guarantee
that he will give US an administration in this
state recalling that Of Governor Hughes.
The following is the list of those signing
the appeal
NEW YORK William A. Ferguson. secre-
tary to Borough President; David Goldstein,
Stanley VI. Isaacs. vice-chairman county
commission; Jacob !. Lesser. cN-yice-chair-
man county commission; Professor 5. Nc
Cune Lindsay, Lawrence Mcmahon. Ly'e
Evans Mahan, Richard Purdy, Leonard
Walstein. Commission Of Accounts.
BRONX- IIalstead A. Grove, Frank kuerzl.
Morris Lippman, Charles Lowy, William j.
Willard Assistant Corporation Counsel.
KINGS Charles 5. Aronstam, cX-county
chairman; William J. McRoberts, cx-As-
sembyman ". c. Steele. William II. Tsppey.
QUEENS j. R. Moody, A. Melrosc Simp-
SON.
RICHMOND Charles F. Dupont, william
R. Porter.
ALBANY A. Z. Smith.
CATTARAUGUS George II. Pierce.
DUCHESS R Burton Slice.
ERIE Carlos c. Alden, former legal ad-
wiser to Governor Hughes; Frank II. Bliss,
George 5. Hobbie, L. B. Rowley, Charles J.
Staples.
FULTON Willard +. Button.
NASSAU II. Willard Griffith, Philip
Roosevelt.
NIAGARA Frank Weaver
ONONDAGA Frank Hopkins.
ONTARIO Earle :. Warner
ORANGE +. ". Steward, jr.
ORLEANS ". Reed Curtis.
PUTNAM Hamilton Fish, jr.
RENSSELAER, II. L. Waldo.
ROCKLAND-Julian Eaton.
SCHENECTADY Professor Edward Ever
cit Hale.
SCHOHARIE Warner J. Walker
SUFFOLK W b. MacDaniel.
WESTCHESTER John J. Ackcrman, Har
rison Deyo.
HAMILTON FISH JR.
Garrison y y, Sept II, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
Sold Into Bondage.

Il the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial TOO High Price
characterizes the recent action OF our rs
tlonal legislature in its cowardy ana igDV,
minious surrender TO an organized oaho y
highwaymen in a manner tnat VIII eiic'
hearty amen from every true and intelIse''
American.
am an Amer.can-born citizen Of the Sc
enth generation. do not own sing.
share OF stock in any railroad company ~,
have | dollars worth OF interest 10 o.
railroad property Yet | feel as thoush
had been betrayed by our Chief EXeeuu''
and his subservient minions in Congress
that instead of being an American ireene"
have been sold by my sworn protectors nv
bondage. and for the first time am ooiseo ~
hang my head with shame at the though
icing an American citizen.
Unless the citizenship OF this eounu'
asserts its manhood next November oy 'T'a
ing the traitors in the White House ana -
the Capitol who have put such oiot upV"
cur national escutcheon out OF tne' y.
giaced offices and electing IN their p's'vi
men, true men and true Americans, VINO -" 49,
have the courage 10 rescind the unreasohSS'
ard traitorous decree Of 'the'r un"V''"s
predecessors. /, for one, would want 10 ie"'.
the land that have heretofore gloneo :"
"the land of the free and the home OF ''e
brave" and spend the rest of my days III
country where the government governs a.
protects the citizens against organlIea oS"N-
of highwaymen and secures them IN the exc
else of their rights and the enJoynen, W
their liberties. OLIVER {. MORSE"
Greenlawn. ~ Y, Sept. 4, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
Turk and Boche Compared.

from me LONdcf morning fOstl
Anzacs who have been Through it, in
Gallipol tell me that they have a great re-
spect for the Turk as fighter Johnny
Turk" said a young Australian, "in compari-
son with the Boche is a gentleman. He
fights fair and is a brave man. The German
is d swine who shoots at wounded and help
less men. I've seen him do it. The Turk
will fight like the very devil at close quar-
tiers. Did you ever hear Of the Germans risk
ing their skins in a hand-to-hand encounter
with our chaps with the bayonet? Bet you
can't prove it, Why the moment they see
us coming at them with the bayonet they
flop down on their knees and squeal like
rats Johnny Turk will stand up to you
with the bayonet and fight like a good old
tough. All our chaps know that. And
Johnny Turk won't give in till you've outed
him. If he should prove to be better or
a cleverer man than you at bayonet work
we'll you're done in-thats ALL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
SURRENDER AT THE FINAL IESl
ALWAYS When the Action of Mr. Wilson Has Failed
Is Everywhere and the Country tas
the Bread oil and Grows Gross and Materialstic

i'm these trying times, the tonic OF moral
leadership. Such leadership 1t has never
had from Woodrow Wilson. We have sub
mitted to the Lustania; we have submitted
20 Bernstorfr we have submitted to the
brotherhoods; and we have done it all that
the people of the land might "eat bread
without scarceness' and trade and play with
out hndrance and with the added conviction
that this ignoble role of paltering pacifsm
fulfilled the whole duty of man.
Hence, moral deterioration is everywhere
Coarse self-nterest and love of material
comfort are almost universally triumphant
over patriotism and the heroic quality of sac
rifce The faith that any one is intent upon
anything beyond his own political or tinan-
cial fortunes is practically gone. The coun-
try has been counseled to cultivate cold
blooded neutrality in the face of the beast
liest crimes the world has ever seen, and has
furthermore been advised that with the
causes and results of these atrocities we
have no earthly concern. In short, we have
been instructed TO play for safety and our
own bank account, to have no convictions
that would bring US into conflict with any
belligerent power, and so be ready to gather
in the dollars and the trade Of all con-
testants
In such an atmosphere as this the sense
Of national honor is stifed. The episode of
the Deutschland. in which the same type of
vessel a sank the LusItania was received
with enthusiastic curiosity at Baltimore.
while its captain and crew were feted and
iionzed- this episode photographs a national
attitude devoid of spiritual dignity and with
out self-respect No such amentable exhi-
bition could have been possible had a real
man occupied the White House for the last
few years. Had Woodrow Wilson been a
man and ready to fight for mans imperlled
spiritual posse sions and inheritances the
country would have responded TO his call
But no such call has ever been issued, and
as a consequence the heart of our people
has waXed gross and its ears dull of hear
ing" and its eye has come to look for peace,
at any spiritual cost or sacrifice. as the one
great goal Of human endeavor.
4 further continuance Of such moral las
stude ard Of the asphyXiatng gases of
wisconsin which have occasoned it means
the death of al, that our forefathers held
dear and Of all that is distnctively glorious
in the life and history Of our Republic Rot
OF character has set in al over our land, and
one sure way to arrest or stop il is 10 put
the chief contributor to this rot out Of
office and deprive him for the future Of
every official opportunity to wreck our ma
tional institutions or degrade our national
life. LANGDON c. STEWARDSON.
Greenwich, Conn, Sept. ., 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
CAPITULATION TO INJUSTICE
Mr.. Wilson's Surrender to the Railroad
Unions Should Produce His Defeat

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The aftermath of Wilson's political
cupidity may be plainly seen in the strife Of
the New York car men. Here is The direct
outgrowth of the result Of that combination
and agreement between Wilson and Gompers
to bring about these very conditions tina,
may compel both of them TO show Their
hands in every community where labor Is
employed Here is Don QuiNote Wilson and
his friends, Sancho Panza. the much pro-
claimed disciple of arbitration, the sef-ean.
onized saint, who has kept US out Of war
and who has never failed % repudiate the
good Offices of arbitration when II was most
necessary and when it was offered him.
His recent negaton of the right to arb
tration is the epitome Of threatened disaster
which his vacllatine conduct may bring
upon this country. Nothing could stimulate
the unreasonable demands Of dissatisfied
PEOPLE more than his attitude OF preludgng
the case of one Of the parties TO this recent
controversy. His agreeing With the brother
hoods that their claim for zen hours pay Tor
eight hours work was not 20 be submitted 70
arbitration showed that wilson either Oe'
lieved in the absence OF all justice IN their
claim or that he was unwilling TO allow 'he
American people 10 pass upon 20 This was
an imputation on his part that the American
people were either incompetent or TOO ds'
honest TO be trusted
This fatal capitulation 20 the demands o.
injustice is moblizing a thousand "CoIey
Armies" to march on to Washington and pc
tition Congress for redress 0f their grie''
snces, (which they will not arbtrate..
weak man is a dangerous man. Louis Nap'.
leon was of the Wilson kind, and he plunged
France into war with Prussia when he was
without boots TO tit the soldiers feet sh'
without bullets to fit their guns. senate
Stone tells US in so many words that Wilson
tried 70 emulate Louis Napoleon "nen ~
tried 70 bring on war with Mexico, all doh'
to perpetuate him in power ds President >
man guilty of such treachery should be over
whemingly defeated BY that magnlhesH'
man, the Hon Charles +. Hughes. who h''
even honored Wilson by opposing him.
W. :. WOODW0RTh
Norfolk. Va. Sept. :. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
Fighting the People.

The strikers charge that the INTERIOR
ough officials violated-or were about to
violate-the arbitration agreement b.
which the last strike was settled. Tn
officials, in their turn, charge that Mr.
Fitzgerald and the other union leaders
themselves made it merely a scrap Of
paper Neither side had a monopoly Of
strategy-that is, of trickery-and t is
proitless at this time to try to apportion
the blame for the first step. But there
can be no question about the blame in the
case Of the Third Avenue system.
There the officials were endeavoring to
live up to the agreement. Their course
was commended by the union leaders as
an example for Shonts and Hedley to fol-
low Yet, in spite of all this, when the
strike against the lnterborough and it.
allied surface lines seems about to fail be
cause a majority of the employees are salts
fed with their jobs and their pay and re-
fuse TO obey the mandates of the Amalga-
mated unions chiefs, strike is produced
against the Third Avenue system.
II there was little warrant for the orig
nal strickland little warrant, it must be
assumed, existed when a majority of the
men stayed at work-what must be
thought Of such sympathetic strike?
What ground could there be, what justifi-
cation could exist, for the infection Of
greyous hardships on the public by its
extension 10 all the trades unions within
the local jurisdiction Of the American
Federation Of Labor, as is threatened?
The public is undoubtedly more alive
now 10 questions Of social justice than
ever before. The average man, not an
executive Of great corporation or 4
"malcfsctor Of great wealth" sympathlzcs