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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-18
that dreadful day..

I1uSSldIS Have COuCiuueu ludt after this system has been at work for three whole years, they have mo- thing to fear from It. That it does not endanger them in the least and they are indifferent to prolonga- tion of the war.
 They know that Germans are just as sick of the war as they are them selves and in their appeal to get rid of the Kaiser, they merely asked that the German people exercise the same radical treatment as did they to extirpate the disease that had been killing them of by the whole sale.
 Very acutely the Russian people understand that the German is like themselves, man of peace. He wants very much to be let alone, but a. lot Of busy bodies havc been preaching the gospel that if people are men of peace they are lot o1 milksops ard mollycoddles. Just for all the world as they have preached it in other countries.
 Really there is no reason why nations should not have sanity enough to live in peace, just as .n- dividuals can and do so.
 Without a doubt the Russian would be inclined to allow Germany to dictate terms to the world with as little enthusiasm as any country. And it is very far from conceivable that, at any time, the Russians will lend any aid to any country having such ambitions.
 Just now, of course, it is difficult to forecast the possible result Of the conditions in Russia. It is very likely that there will be no strong opposition to peace and no ettort made to carry on an offensive cam paign. The wisdom of the German leaders in leaving Russia carefully alone at this critical period without doubt is a policy which however unsympathetic we may be, we must regard as admirable.
 Germany is not going to excite | the slumbering enthusiasm of the I Slav. Germany knows what it is when aroused Invasion would cX- cite it more quickly than anything else, and a young republic is able to drive off a million foes more quickly than can despotism one A young and re-organized govern ment can achieve the impossible because there is nothing impossible to a people feel that before them is cause worth dying for as well as a cause worth living for. It is when in we'll ordered, established despotisms there is prosperity and happiness and luxury for one class and miserable inadequacy for an other, when inequality stares ont everywhere. enthusiasm can bt aroused for no purpose whatever except indeed for a bellyful.
 We need but turn to history IT
 support of this. The mad period O
 the French revolution when Europe
 in arms was met on the borders O
 the young republic and hurled bac4
 bleeding from the territory of thu youthful giant just aware of thu strength of liberty, fraternity ant equality-above all industrial ant
 political equality-is not lost upol , Germany, now dealing with Rus
 sia.
 Instead of hostilities are over lures for peace; instead of picker
 ing and attacks are fraternizing be
 tween the nations. And all that tn people may in no wise be alarmed
 by the tremendous national fore , of Germany standing to arms be
 side it.
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office and Residence of J. F. MAllister, freighter and transfer, Elite Baths.. Phone Red f57.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Nick Fredrickson, your heirs, executors, assigns or personal re- presentatives:
 You are hereby notified that !
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-18

Prepare for the winter by patron. izing the advertisers of your paper, Mir. Miner!
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-18

Anything in the upe of Job work
 1t the Industrial Worker Officc, Satisfaction assured.
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THE PATRIOTIC PRESS.

Since the United States entered the
war thousands of patriotic Americans
have volunteered their services to the
government. Some volunteered their
services in the army, some in the navy,
and some in various civil employ
ments. In addition, many in the two
liberty loan campaigns and in other
great national measures have devoted
and are devoting all or part of their
time, at a nominal compensation or
entirely without compensation, to the
service of their country.
If ever a list is made of these Amer
their services to their country at war,
says the Official Bulletin issued from
Washington. it will be found that no
calling, profession or business car.
show a higher percentage than that of
the press of the nation. The city
dailies, with their tremendous circu-
lations, and the small local weeklies,
that penetrate into the humblest
homes of the jewellers in villages and
on farms, alike have devoted their
talents, energies and space to their
government.
The loyal foreign-language papers
have been as generously patriotic as
the others and have preached Ameri-
canism and duty in thirty-six differ
ent languages.
In the second liberty loan campaign
as in the first, the newspapers of the
country have shown their unselfish
patriotism, and the splendid results in
each campaign are in a great measure
evidence of their power and Influence
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LET THE CHINESE HELP.

Lewis B. Franklin, president of the
Investment Bankers Association of
America and vice president of the
Guaranty Trust company of New
York, at the opening of the sixth an
nual convention Of the association,
held in Baltimore recently. said:
There is today an insufficient sup
ply the world over of wheat, sugar,
meats, wool and other commodities,
and no amount of money can imme-
diately increase the supply. The
scarcity of labor restricts the supply
of coal and steel. and, in consequence,
our output of munitions, ships and
railroad equipment is reduced. Con-
servation of labor and of material are
of even more Importance than the
conservation of money"
1t does not seem to occur to those
in charge of public affairs that instead
of so much economy and cOnserva-
ton the same end might be reached
by increasing production and that pro-
duction can be increased by adding to
the labor ply. There are millions
of people in China who are ready,
willing and anxious to come to the
United States and work. Why not
open our doors to the Chinese and let
them help us in the only way they can
to win the war?
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It appears that the tables have
been turned and now it is the U-boats
that are being sunk. Lloyd George
announced in the house of commons
Monday that five German divers had
been sunk on the previous Saturday.
The ability to make this announce
ment came at an opportune time for
the premier, who had been placed un-
der fire by his critics. 1t came in the
nature of a challenge as tho he had
said: Can any Of you do better? Fol-
lowing closely on the marked reduc-
ton of shipping losses reported Tor
the preceding week, his statement was
one of the most encouraging made for
some time. 1t indicates that way
has been found to get the submarines.
Thus is Germany brought one step
nearer to the necessity of fighting out
the war nation to nation and man to
man. Both her air and under water
campaigns have proven failures.
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THE NEGRO AND HIS RIGHTS

The supreme court of the United
States has invalidated the ordinance
of the city of Louisville. KY, which
compelled whites and negroes to live
apart in segregated portions of the
city The decision will affect similar
ordinances in other southern cities
and it apparently opens the door for u
successful attempt to secure for the
colored people of the south other and
more important rights which the Con-
stitution provides for them but which
ingenious southern legislation has TAX
en- away.
The opinion of the court, rendered
by Mr.. Justice Day. recognizes that
there exists a serious and difficult
problem arising from a feeling of race
hostility which the law is powerless
to control and to which it must give
a measure of consideration. . But
its solution cannot be promoted by
depriving citizens of their constitu-
tional rights and privileges"
The feeling of race hostility" to
which the court alludes is at the bot
tom of all the grandfather clauses
] anu OlIl6E statutes enacted Dy SOUTH
ern legislatures to deprive negro vot-
ers of their constitutional rights and
privileges" at the polls. If this feel
ing can have no standing in the su-
preme court in a matter involving a
civil right no more important than
! that contained in a sale of property
by a white man to a negro, or vice
versa, much less can it stand in a con-
troversy wherein are pending the
highest of a citizens privileges in a
republic-the right to participate in
the choice of those by whom his laws
shall be made and executed
This right has been explicitly de-
nice to negroes in the southern states;
and thus far no issue has ever been
framed in a manner to reach the su-
preme court upon the naked question
which is at stake. The present deci-
sion indicates the trend of the courts
mind; and it may be that the negro
and his friends will now proceed tc
test the greater question
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TRAWELETTE
Red Cross Hea dquarters.


The American National Red Cross
building in Washington is one of the
show places of the nations capital
1t is one of the few, the very few.
active war bureaus housed amid SPLEEN
dor, pomp and luxury. The commit
tee on public information functions
in an old converted residence: the
hosts of the food administration toll
at their desks in the thousand little
rooms of a very old converted hotel,
where the visitor wanders bewildered
in a Hampton maze of curious cor
ridors; but the Red Cross lives in a
marble palace with velvet draperies.
high frescoed ceilings and flocks of
rubber-heeled secretaries and office
boys.
1t should be stated at once that the
marble palace of the Red Cross was
planned and practically built before
the war AS it happened, the enormous
expansion of duties of the organ
ization and the completion of its new
building almost conceded, but when
the actual work of raising the money
and quarrying the stone for the proud
white structure was going on, the
present emergency was not even q
cloud on the horizon
However Red Cross office etiquette
seems to have been subtly Influenced
by the Oriental splendors in which it
dwells. Almost in front of the double
glass entrance runs a prohibitory rail-
ing, with one small aperture barred
by small boy and large rope. Here
the visitor must halt, whoever he NAV
be, while the small boy cross exam
ines him and notes certain cogent
facts on printed form. The said
form is conveyed to a brisk young
lady at a telephone. who proceeds to
convey the information thereon to
hidden parties who may be Interested
In the visitors business.
If the auspices are favorable. the
small boy yields and the big rope
drops; the visitor is turned over to
yet another boy who leads him up a
wide marble staircase. under huge
chandeliers of prismatic glass. TO
sanctums above. II the intruder is
sufficiently glib and enduring to pass
outer guards and private secretaries.
he may see some very brisk and cana
bic gentlemen in high authority. trans
act his business and depart In any
event. he will leave feeling as tho he
had visited something between the
private office of John d. Rockefeller
and a church
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and grave. Very tenderly and, trying
to conceal his own disappointment, he
told Mardy of the specialists verdict
that strangely enough Mardy's
SpeechleSsnesS was uncurable. This
time the congres 3man studied Mardy's
face but it showed nothing save a
studied immobility
They both tried to go back to the
work of the day but unsuccessfully,
and then the congressman broke the
silence. "Ill have to tell you what
is worrying me-and torturing me-"
he said. iii tell you and then you
can decide what We ought to do.
Mardy, | want to marry you. l had
never thought of marrying before and
[ don't want to make you my wife
unless it is going to make you hap
pier 1 am tortured with the doubt
whether your nfirmity-woLldn't be
such a handicap in your life as my
wife, with all the social duties that it
would be bouEd to bring you. that
we would both be unhappy because
of it 1 had hoped Spiggenheim would
be able to hold out hope, but he tells
me there is none. Mardy, what shall
1 do?'
There was pause and then in
soft voice Mardy answered his ques-
ton. Forgive me-" Then she went
on talking rapidly and fluently and
the congressman hung upon each
word as if hearing a woman talk had
always been the joy of his life. Il
came to Washington, hoping to get
a position in one of the departments,
but others more influential crowded
me out. Then l saw your advertise
ment. My funds were exhausted and
couldn't go home and tell the family
1 had lost out. I had promised to send
home part of my salary-and-well
pretended 1 was dumb and every one
in Washington thinks 1 am. 1 have
never spoken to any one tho 1 do
talk TO myself in my room at night
SOS not to forget how. Then when
you spoke of Spiggenheim 1 thought
you suspected me and would despise
me if you thought 1 really could talk
So-well, I told Spiggenheim the
truth and promised him a hundred
dollars-alL my savings-if he would
tell you the case was hopeless"
The congressman sat back in his
desk chair and let out a hearty laugh
that showed that his melancholy had
been forever dispelled and for the
first time he heard the conta gious
tones of Mardy's laugh which she had
been suppressing for months
'One thousand. one hundred dol
lars" he reflected. well it was
hundred times over if 1 had it. 1
never thought it would take a throat
specialist to cure me of a life long
| melancholy-for, Mardy, 1 have never
been completely happy in my life until
this minute. "-(Copyright, 1917, Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate)
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Heart and Beauty
Problems
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: % / go
with a girl seventeen and she likes me.
VIII it be all right to go to shows with
her in a nearby town?
90 Is it nice to go to see her each
day. or is 1t better to go once a week?
go VIII IL be all right for me to
kiss her when 1 leave?
90 ] hear that she goes to parties
with other boys when / am away.
Should 1 ask her If she does or write
and find out?
go How late should a boy stay out
with a girl2
90 Should a boy go to a girls
house after her or would il be all right
for her to come after him.
% She is too young to be going
with boys at night And ANYWAY
young people should not go to nearby
towns at night unless they are en-
gagged.
Cd II she were a little older n
would be all right for q boy to call ON
her once or twice a week. but Certainly
young people shouldn't be together
every night in the week
CD No.
Cd You should not ask her or
write to find out. If she cares to tell
you about II, she will
(5) Ten or ten-thirty.
90 The boy should call for ~
girl Only in very exceptional casas
is it necessary for the girl to call e.
the boy and then IL should he 49,
with the parents consent.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
(Meatless Day.)
DDEA liza GnN

BREAKFAST.
Milk Toast. Baked Apples.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Barley Soup. Crackers.
Ginger Bread. Tea.
DINNER.
Boiled Sweet Potatoes.
Cottage Cheese. Waldorf Salad.
Graham Bread. Tea.
Prune Cake Home Canned Pears.
Chicken Dishes.
Chicken Potpie-Skin and cut up
fowl Put neck. legs and backbones
in a stew pan with a little water an
onion, a bunch of savory herbs and a
blade of T ace, let these stew for an
hour; when done, strain off liquor.
This is for gravy.
Put a layer of fowl at bottom of a
pudding dish, then a layer of ham.
then one of forcemeat and hardboiled
eggs cut in rings. Between the lay
ers put a seasoning of pounded mace.
nutmeg. pepper and salt Pour in
about one-haf pint of water. border
edge of dish with puff-crust, put on
the cover, ornament the top and glaze
it by brushing over it the yolk of al
egg. Bake about one and one-half
hours. When done pour in at the
top the gravy made from the bones.
Chicken in Jelly-A little cold
chicken (about one pint), one cup of
water or stock. one-fifth of a box of
gelatin, half teaspoon curry powder,
salt and pepper
Cut meat from bones of a chicken
left from dinner. Put bones on with
water to cover and boil down to one
cupfuL Put gelatin to soak in one
quarter cup cold water. When stock
is reduced much as necessary.
strain and season. add curry and
chicken. season and simmer ten min
utes, then add gelatin and stir until
dissolved: turn all into a mold and
let harden This makes nice relish
for tea or lunch To serve: Dip mold
in warm water and turn out on dish;
garnish with parsley
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notable and picturesque figure

A notable and picturesque figure
has disappeared from the field OF
world conflict. General Maude, com
mander of the British forces in Meso-
potamia, is dead. Having retrieved
the loss of Kut Ell Amara two years
ago he has been steadily pushing the
Turks northward ever since. He has
been building, as he went, preparing
the conquered territory for permanent
occupation. General Maude's place
will be filled but it is regrettable that
he could not live to see the compile
ton of the work which he had under
taken. It may interest those who saw
Cyril Maude in Grumpy" at the
Grand Opera house last winter to
know that the dead general was the
actors cousin.
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The Adventures of a Cynic

had a cold in the head and my
friend knew it.
II have a small package that 1
would like to have you take home for
me-" said he when 1 met him in front
of the hotel
Being of a very goatlike- that is to
say, gullible-disposition and kind
hearted withal, I acquiesced. 1t is a
pleasant thing to do-to acuuiesce-
a hard thing to spell, but an easy
thing to do.
I supposed that my friend was
obliged to stay down and was will
ing to help him out. I did not go
directly home, but fingered down in
the avenues of trade for a couple of
hours. I noticed that everywhere 1
went people eyed me suspiciously and
then quietly moved away from me
None of my most intimate friends
seemed to have any desire to hold a
confidential conversation with me.
finally took the car for home. One
by one the passengers looked at me.
placed their handkerchiefs to their
noses and moved to the forward end
of the car. 1 soon had the rear end
of the car to myself excepting for the
conductor. That conductor was a
hero. He had to stay back there with
me or lose his job.
There were some sub-rosa remarks
which reached me, and 1 gathered
from them that I was an undesira BILE
cltlzen OF the most undesirable sort l
could not have passed inspection at
Ellis Island.
! When 1 got off the car at my home
] street L was surprised to find nv
friend out in front of his house,
sprinkling his lawn, and waiting for
me.
Thanks for bringing home my lit
| tie package" said he. Il didn't want
to bring it home myself and knew
that you had hay fever and would
/ never notice it"
Whats in it?" I demanded.
Some fine old limburger cheese -
/ he replied.
! Read yesterday that a Pittsbure
man had paid SIS, 200 for the picture
/ of COW. 1t doesn't sound right II
seems as tho the average Pittsburgher
would prefer to buy the COW herself
something that he could milk.
Sign in Trafalgar Square. London
reads:
ANDERSON, ANDERSON &
ANDERSON CLimited)"
Limited to Andersons, as it were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-21

When shippers themselves join in
the petition that higher freight rates
be established, the rate question as
sumes a new aspect. That such sit
uation has been reached is indicated
BY the public declaration of Walter S.
Dickey Of Kansas City, that immedi-
ate and material Increases are, in his
opinion, desirable. DiclIey manufac =
lures clay products in ten different
States and ships some $4,000 carloads
per year. so his attitude is manifestly
dictated by carefully formed Judgment
shat an increased rate is necessary in
order to enable the roads to handle
the traffic.
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e Kansas supreme c

The Kansas supreme court has
come to the rescue of the people and
saved them from the operation of an
unjust, unfair and uncalled for act of
legislation. The poll tax law has been
declared invalid in it's application to
cities of the first class. 1t should not
be applied anywhere in the world
The reasons for this assertion were
set forth in these columns when the
poll tax bill was pending and need not
be repeated. 1t is sufficient that the
court has taken the view which it was
expected to take.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-21

It has been stated that the supreme
need Of the nation during the coming
months is an abundance of foodstuffs.
The truth of this statement is being
more and more brought home 20 ev-
cry citizen as the days go by. One
reason for this is the scarcity of labor
in our rich agricultural sections, a
condition which can not be altogether
relieved unless the ranks be recruited
from abroad. When congress assem-
bles next month it will have a fine
opportunity to remedy the labor
shortage by amending the immigra-
ton laws.
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have their confidence in the good
management of that institution con-
firmed by the policy of full publicity
adopted by H. P. Dawson, head of the
war council of the Red Cross. Mr..
Dawson has already given out several
detailed statements of the manner in
which the funds are apportioned and
expended, and has recently made a
statement regarding the number and
compensation of paid employees at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-21
ON SPUR 4 qE MOMENT
BY ROY x. MoULToN

Satisfied.
I'd hate to lie awake and plan
To circumvent the kaiser's clan.
I'd hate to lose good hours of sleep
Evolving schemes to try and keep
The friendship of the Japanese
Who seem so mighty hard to please
Ia hate to have notes from the powers
Consuming all my waking hours.
l wouldn't like to cater to
A hundred million folks, would you?
I'd hate to stand for all the blame
For foozles in the great war game
Whoever would be president
Can have the job, 1 am content.
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and rubbed it vigorously over the
painted rabbit in the foreground
why on earth do you do that?" he
asked.
We'll. you see," explained d'Auber,
Mrs. Millions is coming to see this
picture today. When she sees her pet
poodle smell that rabbit and get ex-
cited over it she'll buy it on the spot"
A Washington man tells of a din
were a number of gentlemen inter
ested in various reforms. About the
most conspicuous of these was a man
who talked loudly against both Vivi-
section and the eating of meat. He
afforded great interest to a certain
obscure physician.
Toward the end of the dinner the
latter leaned forward and said to the
man first mentioned:
Pardon me, but am I to under
stand that you are both an anti
vivisectionist and vegetarian? ?"
your understanding is correct"
Then" continued the doctor, you
will probably be greatly shocked to
learn that you have just eaten a live
caterpillar with your lettuce salad"
With fear and trembling he ap-
preached the doctor, Il know there S
something wrong with my heart,
doctor. l have a feeling that I'm not
going to live very long"
Nonsense! Give up smoking"
Never smoked in my life, doctor"
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WHAT HOOVER SAYS

THE food administration has many
activities, but only one purpose: to
lead the American people to save
concentrated foods. like wheat, beef,
pork. sugar, and dairy products, by
substituting more plentiful articles of
equal nutritive value. Our duty is to
send as much concentrated food as
possible to our Allies this winter, utiI-
izing every cubic foot of available
ocean-shipping space to the best ad-
vantage"