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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-25
ARE YOU DOING YOUR BIT?

Just one month ago today the mayor of the city called a meeting of the ciizens for the purpose of organizing a Home Guard. In answer to that call many attended and some twenty five members enrolled for active work. These men did not take any obliga- tion but agreed to get together and take a course of military training.
 At the time of organization it was decided that three hours a week be devoted to drfll. The time was set one hour every alternate highland the good work proceeded apace.
 On the first drill night all of the members who had signed the roll were in attendance. Under the instruction and guidance of non commissioned of ficers of the regular army. they buckled too, faced the music, carried them selves creditably and left the drill hall with a certain self satisfaction that they were doing their duty as citizens of the United States.
 Realizing the importance of the un- dertaking from all points, others de- cided to answer the call and at each successive drill new material made its appearance until the original twenty five have more than doubled in num- Der and the Home Guards of this city are today nearer sixty than fifty in number.
 Each and every member has derived considerable material physical benefit from the training and instruction im- parted by the military instructors who have been most patient in their meth
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ods of instruction. Practically all are now wishing that the Home Guard could be a permanent institution.
 Much good has resulted in the or ganization. It's members are glad that they have been active in the matter, still, 1t is with regrets that we state, there are many young full-blooded men in the community who have not answered the call. Some unquestiona- bly are handicapped in the matter of time and could not avail themselves of the opportunity offered. Others tis sad to state-looked on the matter as more or less of a joke.
 It is indeed far from being a joke. There is not a town or village in the United States today which has not it's Home Guard! There is not a town in Alaska today which does not fall in line with the proposition, Fair banks in fact was the first to take action in the matter. They organized and enrolled a company of men twen- ty four hours before war with Ger many was declared. and they guar anteed military contingent of five hundred men for service when called on by the government.
 What the outcome of this awful war will be God only knows. It is there fore up to every able bodied Ameri- can who has the love of his country at heart-and all good citizens have ito be prepared to serve the United States when called upon. With that object in view why not plan to be ready when called on. Get in and spend q few hours drilling when you have the time available to help the cause along. Everybody should be doing their bit right now Why not you?
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MT. M'KiNlEY NATIONAL PARK.

In giving it's approval to the bill for the establishment of Mt. Mckinley national park, congress has empow- cred the administration to set aside permanently a vast tract of land in Alaska which some day will be rec- ognized as Americas greatest scenic attraction. The action of the national lawmakers is in line with a policy which was inaugurated by the federal government forty five years ago, when Yellowstone national park was created, and which has resulted since that time in preserving for pubhc use sixteen reservations, with a total area of more than five million acres.
 Mt Mckinley national park will at tract many tourists to Alaska when it is known that the district has been made accessible by improved trans portation facilities. Within a couple of years trains will pass within forty live miles of Americas highest noun tain, and the government undoubted- ly will erect hotels and provide other accommodations as a means of stim- ulating travel to interior Alaska. This has been the pohcy in the case of most of the other national parks, and it will be doubly necessary in Alaska to pro- vide these comforts, because of the remoteness of Mt. Mckinley national park and the sparsely settled country through which the tourists will have to pass in order to reach the great mountain.
 Statistics recently published by the government show that more than three hundred and fifty thousand tourists visited national parks during the past season, and doubtless Alaska will re- eeive very generous share of this travel when it is known that the in terior country can be reached quickly and in comfort, such as tourists de- mand.
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ANTITRUST LEGISLATION.

Trusts. Antitrust legislation re- ceives general approval when it hand leaps big business, but it is a differ ent story altogether when it is found that the same laws prohibit small business combinations. The potato growers of Maine, the poultry dealers of New York, and small business men in nearly every state have found anti trust laws invoked against them. The Texas legislature has enacted anti trust legislation of an extreme sort
 as the merchants of San Antonio have discovered. A number of these mer- chants proposed plan of CO., operative buying and resale at uniform prices, the latter to be made possible by a common advertising agent, who would place all advertising for all firms in the proposed combine. The attorney generals department held that this constituted a combine in restraint of free trade under the Texas antitrust statutes. The people of San Antonio will accordingly be deprived of the
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-25

We are using Moonlight water in the Elite Bath House.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-05-25

Eggs $1.00 a dozen at Prossor's Harness Shop. Phone Black 5.
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benefits that might have accrued to them through an economical method of cooperative buying and advertising. Anti-trust laws do not always operate in the interest of the people. Their principal purpose is to give demo- gagues talking point on which to seek public office.
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-05-31
PAGE TWO
The Great War, Prussian Mill
tarisEn, and the Reconstruct
tom of Civilization.
{ CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

the churches have given jealous support to
establish autocracy, special privilege, and
militarism.
Ind they are doing 1t nor.
But the point I want to make clear to my
readers is this
P1Wssian mi1H05ish cannot harm as, unzess
}ce plant 1t IN orr soil
The English sparrow was never an Ameri-
can pest until the Government imported
few pairs, and built boxes for them to nest in.
The English hare never became a national
affliction in Australia, until some deluded
person imported few pairs to that new
country.
Asatic cholera never comes into Europe
and America, until some traveller brings it.
H010 can Prussian militarism be imported
and planted in the United States?
II the idea once takes possession of our mill
t2ry men, who can keep them from planting
That the idea has long been fixed in the
minds of our military men, no one can deny.
They have admired the German system,
;ud considered it the climax of military ex-
csiIence.
The quick and brilliant victories that Prus-
s,a gained over Denmark Austria, and
rance, caused the whole military world to
study German drill German arms, German
@ctcs, and Germany compulsory service.
This was natural Every man with a trade
t. profession reads and thinks with especial
ference to that trade or profession.
If he is a progressive, ambitious man, he
wants to improve his trade, or profession.
When Germany produced her new needle
IN, in 1866, the military world discarded the
old muzzle-loadlng guns.
/ cite this as familiar fact; and it IL
.strates my proposition, namely-that Ger
t0dy and initiate German methods.
This being So Prussian militarism has long
heen fixed idea in the heads Of American
military officers.
From the General Staff at Washington
<lty, that idea has permeated the whole mill
tary system. From that source has come the
ropositions which overthrow the American
listen and establish the German.
The American system embodied in the Z.
X. Constitution IS based upon State militia,
- be called into national service when needed
- repel invasion, suppress instruction, or
overcome resistance to the laws.
Mr.. Webster set this forth with absolute
cIeaness In the great argument from which
I quoted last week.
But the virtual abolition of the States, as
,nrolers Of volunteers, to be handed over to
lie general Government when legally re-
Questioned; the substitution of national
.onscript system which enables the Govern
;uent to press into service the citizens of the
states; the sconful disregard of Governors
md the arbitrary subsection of the citizen to
military use, either at home or abroad-all
his constitutes new system, and it's essence
is PluSsian.
Thus the idea Of the thing, which has long
been in the minds of our military men, has
at last produced the thing itself.
Therefore when Dr. Gambrell, or any one
else. talkS about orr oOin0 to Mar a0ainst
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-05-31

attention, because General Cutting suavelv
assured the House that it was nothing more
than necessary undermining of the State
militia.
However, I read the bill and saw that it
proposed a revolution by robbing the Cover
nOrs of the control of State troops, and vest
ing supreme control in the President.
IL my speech, it was my good fortune to
secure the attention of Gen. William c. Oates,
of Alabama, one of the Democratic wheel
horses.
He promptly come to my assistance, and
the bill was defeated
1t came back afterwards in another Con-
gress, and neither Gen. Oates nor | was there
to fight it.
Under the name of the Dick bill. it became
the origin of our present "militarism,' which
Dr. Gambrell believes we will wipe out when
we invade Europe
Nothing that can say or do pleases some
people, and these are now saying that IA
vored the war until President Wilson came to
that view.
Readers Of this paper know better. They
know that | earnestly favored the dismissal
Of the German ambassador, Immediately af-
ter the LuS5tani0 massacre; and also the
seizure Of the alien Turks, BuIgarians, Aus
TRANS, and Germans, as hostages.
Not line IN this paper ever indicated that
/ favored CONSUMPTION, or the sending of con
scripts to France, or the creation of dictatorial
powers for the President.
That our fleet should take hand in the
fight for neutral rights on the high seas
believed and said; but I never even dreamed
Of the possibility Of a vast CONSUMPTION Of
our young men for land service, and in
Europe.
My position has been perfectly consistent;
and it might be likened to that of farmer
who prays for rain, but doesn't want de
luge that will ruin his crops and take off most
of his soil
l am not "too proud to fight" as the Presi-
dent said he was, but I am too conservative
to leave the New World and 90 hunting for
a fight in the Old World.
The German fleet is bottled up and the
U-boats have proved to be more exasperating
than effective; consequently, cannot see why
our magnificent navy is unable to protect our
neutral rights on the ocean.
Hon. Charles II. Brand of Georgia. ex-
pressed the views of large per centage of
the people in his speech in Congress, April
%, 1917. He said
is about $4,000 soldiers The full war strength
Of the Regular Army is about 625, 900 soldiers.
Here is a provision of law already in existence,
APPROX ed by the Army and the President for rails
ing an army of nearly 1000, 900 all that the
President is now calling for, and it is my honest
Judgment that this million should be raised
in this way before resorting to CONSUMPTION. The
volunteer system has been approved by the Presi-
dent in the past. The truth is no EngIish-speak-
ing country the face Of the earth has ever
drafted it's citizens at the beginning of war.
no country on earth which ever went to war has
failed first to call for volunteer enlstments. No
country in Europe has any conscript law whereby
soldiers Ray be sent across the seas to engage III
a war except by special authority first being
granted by It's legislative body
Besides, all the wars that this country has ever
engaged in or ever won were won hv volunteer
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
ALKI
 TOTAL
 LOSS

Juneau, Nov. S.-During a blind ing snowstorm and with a strong northwest gale blowing, the steamer Alki, of the Seattle S. s. Co.,, went asl ore on point Gustavus at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Pass eRSers were immediately put into the lifeboats and after a few hours were picked up by the San Juan and l9ter were transferred to the gov arnment boat Burnside and brought to Juneau. The ship began to sag and settle badly and was abandon ed by the captain as a total loss Thursday night.
 The Alki struck & rock near point Gustavus, longitude 13S degrees and latitude about 5S degrees 20 minutes, at the entrance to Gla- cier bay and about so miles rom Juneau. A terrific wind, which was co~Ing from the northwest, swept the ship sideways and caused the accident.
 When abandoned the Alki was sit ting on a pinnacle Of rock amid shin with the bow and stern in deep water. The backbone of the ship was broken and the boat was saggipg SO badly 1t was unsafe for anyone to stay On board.
 The Alki had q tons of coal and other general merchandise for Sit ka which were lost. She was one of the oldest ships on the run in Southeastern Alaska, and has been money maker fo: Ter owDers.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
{ CHARGE OF
 JOURNAL

New York, Nov. S.-Dudley Field Malone, now supporting Socialist Hillquit for mayor of New York City, says he Is going to sue the Providence Journal which charged that, while collector of customs, be emsloyed seventy German aliens in engtne rooms of ships after they had been seized by the government of the United States. Many of the vessels were mallciously disabled.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
TRANSPORT HIT
 EIGHT KILLED

Washington, Nov. Slight peo- pie were killed when the transport Finlrnt was torpedoed in foreign waters Thursday. The first re- port stated there was no loss of life and that the vessel made har- bor safely. =,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
NJ AGREEMENT IN TELEPHONE
 STRIKE

San Francisco, Nov. S.-Recogni- ti n of the telephone and electri- cal operators unions was urged yes terday by federal mediator Reed as a means of settling the strike throughout he coast. The Pacifi' Telephone Company again refuse to recongize the unions.
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lied armies have made their stand alorg the Tagliamento river.

Geneva, Nov. 3.-German and Austrian forces already are prepar- in to entrench on the Tagliamento river as they did on the Marne in the event of failure in their forward movement, according to re- ports of Swiss soldiers stationed on Alpine heights. Endless troop movements and heavy artillery trains are seen to be headed for the direction of Trent.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SEE MAYOR GILL DOES
 GOOD JOB

Seattle, Nov. 3.-Attorney gen. eral Tanner of Washington state, upln his arrival here this morning, sIafsd he has instructions from Governor, Lister to see that Mayor Hiram Gill does a good job at cleaning up Seattle.
 All the leading churches of this city are syndicsting their ef- forts to obtain evidence against tax officials to submit to the grand jury,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
SEA F|GHT---II GERMAN
 ARMED SHIPS ARE SUNK
British Navy in Battle With Hun Ves- sels Sinks 10 Armed Patrol Boats
 and One Large Auxiliary Cruiser

London, Nov. S.-Announcement is made by the admiralty that cer- tain British naval forces have been engaged in battle in Cattegat sound, between, Sweden and Denmark, with German ships and that many pris- oners have been brought in.
 Ten armed patrol craft, in ad- ditiSu to 8 German auxiliary cruiser which was equipped with six inch guns, were destroyed.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
ALASKAN WANTS CUSTODY OF
 CHILD

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nov. 3.-L. T. Irwin, U. S. marshal at Fair banks, arrived here this morning for the purpose of instituting pro ceedirgs to recover his daughter Mary. age nine, who is in an academy here by choice of her mother. MT. and Mrs. Irwin are divorced.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
NO BRITISH CASUALTIES

London, Nov. S.-Official re- ports, still incomplete, show that II German vessels were sunk dur ing the naval engagement in Cate Eat sound, and that 30 German sailors were killed on the armed boat Marie. Sixty-four Huns have been rescued from the sea. No British casualties are reported.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
INTERNATIONAL UNION
 URGES RETURN TO WORJ

San Francisco, Nov. 3.-The union today ordered the striking telephone and electrical operators of the Pacific Coast to retura to work immediately pending efforts of the federal mediator to bring the company to terms.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
GILL IS DEFIANT MAY RESULT
 IN RECALL

Seattle, Nov. S.-Mayor Hiram Gill may again be recalled. The federal government, through its representative John McCourt, form ally demanded yesterday that the mayor discharge Chief of Police Rockingham. Gill flatly refused to do so but promised that he would clean up the city. Steps are being taken that may lead to Gills recall.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
BALLOU TO COMMAND
 NEGRO REGIMENT

Washington, Nov. 3.-Brigadier General Ballou has been selected by the war dep artment to command the 92nd division of the national army which will be composed of Ne eroeS. .,.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
FRENCH FORCES REACH RIVER
 AILEIIE

Paris, Nov. 3.-French forces are advancing between the Oise canal and the Corbeny region and succeeded in reaching the south bar of the Ailette river, the war office makes public today.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
COPENHAGEN VERIFTEs NEWS
 OF BRITISH NAVAL VICTORY

Copenhagen, Nov. 8. - Several armed traRlers and the German commerce raider Crocodile have been sunk in Scandinavian waters by British destroyers,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03

Rome. Nov. 3. - Cadorna's ar my is now fully prepared to meet the onslaught of the Austro-Hun- garian and German forces, accord ing te adVices received today from
 the front. The Italian and AL
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03

Washington, Nov. S.-Secretary of State Lansing gave to press reporters last night 8 statement in which he deplored any interpreta- tion of Kerensky's speech to mean that Russia Is out of the war
 Secretary Lansing cited the Un- tied States apparent faith in The Russlsn republic was reiterted yes
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
BERLIN REPORTS [ lCAPTURE US.
 SOLDIERS

Berlin, Nov. 3.-American sol diers have been captured by Ger man reconnoitering party, Is an uQunced by the war office today. The statement says that On the Rhine and Marue canal, the re- suit of 8 rceonnOitering thrust, North American soldiers were brought iR."
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
MORE MEN FOR
 CAMP LEWIS

Seattle, Nov. 3.-Four hundred eight young men, representing the fourth and final contingent of select i've service soldiers from Seattle al d King County, left today for Camp Lewis. 1,
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INSPECTOR POWERS
 TO CLEAN UP SEATTLE

Seattle, Nov. 3.-Because Of the demani that Chief of Police Beck ingham be discharged, and because Mayor Gill refused to do 80, Gill this morning detailed Inspector Powers to clean up Seattle in ac- cordance with the wishes of Gen srsl Greene of Camp Lewis.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
WOUNDED MEN
 ARRIVE IN DENMARK

Elsincr, Denmark, Nov. 8. - Wounded men from a German aux Hilary cruiser sunk in the North seG were landed here today.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
DANCE HALLS CLOSED

Seattle, Nov. 3.-All dance halls were closed in Seattle last night by order of Mayor Gill. This is one of the first steps taken by the mayor in an effort to clean up the city.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
GERMAN PATROLS REFUSED AT
 TAGu|AMENTO-- O---|TALIANS READY

Romes Nov. 8. - Austro-German patrols, which have advanced to t @ banks of the Tagliamento river along which the Italian and Allied forces are making their stand, have betn repulsed with severe loss es the war offices announced today.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
us. SHOWS FAITH IN RUSSIA
 BY LOAXING S32,OOO,OOO MORE

terday in the authorization by Presi' dent Wilson of another loan of $S2'- 900, ,O00. He further said that re- ports received by telegraph and ma'l show Kerensky and his gov erument are organizing all of Rus sia's resources so that she will be more effective ally than since the declaration of a Republic form cf government.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
CHAIRMAN OF RED CROSS
 REACHES SEATTLE TODAY

Seattle, Nov. 3.-Henry P. Da- Vidson, chairman of the Red Cross War Council, is expected to arrive in Seattle today on a tour of in spection of Red Cross work in the West.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
TROOPS TAKE FOUR
 EJLLAGES-NEW OFFENSIVE

Paris, Nov. 3.-The French oc- cupattoa of Cerny, Allies, Cour- Ceoa and Chevreaux Is announced.
 Troops of the French republic have smashed their way forward to- Yards Laon over 8 front thirteen miles wide, and this afternoon are continuing their drive.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT

Fire Chief Sine requests a meeting of the firemen tonight at 8:SO o'clock In the Fire hall. A full attendance is urged.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03
us. PICKET BOAT FOUNDERS, F
 PERISH

Washington, Nov. S.-The gov ernment announces that a picket boat of the Battleship Michigan has f0undered somewhere in home waters and 1t Is believed the grew of 12 perished.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03

Sergeant and Mrs. Bixby were SkaSwaY TSitors today while the Peterson was in port.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-11-03

Seattle, Nov. 3.-Chatrman Da- vidson, Of the American Red Cross arrived this morning,
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txEATsIER RHPoRsr

Maximum s Minimum 26. Liglt snow fall ." Gentle north wind. Snow
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Sang 'TIPPERARY"
AS TRANSPORT Sank
Soldiers Shouted Jocular FareweIls To
Nurses Embarking in Small Boats.

London. May 25.-The first torpedo
which struck the transport Transyl-
vania is believed to have killed a large
number of men, while the second caus-
ed the death of most of those in the
engine and stokehold. wrecked the ma
chinery, put out the electric lights and
tore away a large part of the side of
the vessel. 1t also struck a loaded boat
blowing it to pieces.
All the boats were rapidly lowered,
the nurses aboard embarking first. The
soldiers who were lying upon the
decks, shouted jocular farewells and
sang "Tipperary" and other soldier
songs. Destroyers raced to the rescue
and worked energetically until crowd
ed to capacity with survivors, many of
whom were injured.
Captain Breull who sank into the
sea when the decks of the ship were
awash, was picked up in an exhausted
condition and died in hospital ashore.
One of the nurses was washed over
board from a lifeboat and swan back
to it. The occupants of the boat were
rescued by a destroyer after two hours
at sea. Some of the men SWAN ashore.