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The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
COWARD 5 WAY OF ESCAP| P|NG FROM
 ARMY SERVICE

The local exemption board is in re ceint of an affidavit from Adolph Lee, formerly employed by the Pioneer Packing Company. but now a resr dent of Aberdeen. Wash, withdraw ing his declaration of intention to be come citizen of the United States in order to avoid military service. un- der an act Of congress approved July 1918, any citizen or subject Of a country neutral in the present war who has declared his intention to be- come n citizen of the United States and has not completed his citizenship shall be relieved from liability to mill' tary service upon an affidavit with drawing his declaration of intention to become q citizen. This Lee has done, and under the law the affidavit will operate and be held to cancel his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, and VIII foreyer bar him from becoming citi. zen.
 Lee registered in Cordova last year and is the first of the draft men to take advantage of the opportunity to cyade joining the American army. A number of other subjects of neutral countries have appeared before the local board and waived an exemption insisting that they wanted to retain their citizenship and fight Tor the United States. Among the latter were | Johp Peterson Coien, John Axel Carl son and Matthew Anderson.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL
 AND PERSONAL INTEREST

A train left for Chitina this morn ing.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
CORDOvA WANTS FULL
 WHARFAGE TAX COLLECTED

The clerk of the district court has informed the city council that the wharfage tax collected at Cordova for the fiscal year ending June 30 was $1l.373.60, the amount of freight be ing 113.736 tons. That official con lends that the municipality is only entitled to its pro rata of this amount from the time the corporate limits were extended so as to include the Ocean dock up until the close of the fiscal year.
 A contrary view is held by many of the councilmcn, and Clerk Nathan ael Greene, who leaves for Valdez on the next boat. will make a thorough investigation of the matter in order to try and get the full amount col, lectcd for the use of the city.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
|S
 NAMED ID FIX
 PRICES IF FOOO

District Food Administrator W. k. Hillcry. in compliance with the re quest of the federal food administrator for Alaska. has appointed the follow. ing price fixing committee for Cor doy&:
 J " Lydick. chairman.
 II. |. O'Neill and Chester T. Davis, representing the retailers
 Fred Glassbronner of the Northern Meat Market
 Ms. R. E. Giles. representing the housewives.
 Charles RiStinc, representing labor.
 (. H. SchcfAer. general
 The letter authorizing this action is as follows:
 We have a report from Cordova complaining that prices are eXorbi. tant. and asking that an investiga- tion be started; also recommending the dcsirability of authorizing price fixing committee to publish fair prices
 ''It is the desire of Washington and the intention of this office to put into operation a priceinterpreting com mittee in all of the most important points of Alaska. This matter has been held in suspension by this of fee for some time. owing to press of other important business that should receive careful attention at this time.
 We are therefore suggesting that you put into operation the priCe-in- terpreting committee at once and on this committee should be represented retail grocers. a butcher, a baker, some prominent consumer, repre- sentative from your office and pos sibly one or two others, as your judg- ment would dictate. The wholesaler should also be represented, and this part of it can be nicely done by secur. 1 ing q travelling man, such aF might be in Cordova at the time the com. mittee is in session"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Gust Carlstrom

To Gust Carlstrom:
 You are hereby notified that l have expended during the years 1914 and 1916 s20O In labor and improvements upon the Deep Gulch" placer mining claim, situate on right limit of Chititu creek. adjoining No. creek claim and on first tier Of benches. in Nizina mining district. Mccarthy recording precinct Alaska, the location certiii- cate of which is found of record in Book g, Page 4l. in the office of the recorder of said recording precinct, in order to hold said claim under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Re vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto approved January %, 1880. concerning annual labor upon mining claims. being the amount required to hold said claim for the period ending on the 3lst day of December. 1914, and the 3lst day
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

of December. 1916; and if within ninety days after the publication of this notice. you fail or refuse to con tribute your proportion of such ex- penditure as CO-owner, which amounts to sl00. your interest in the claim will become the property of the subscriber, your co-owner, who has made the required expenditure. by the terms of said section
 F. PETER MILLER
 First publication. Aug. 10. 1918.
 Last publication Nov 16. 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

The local exemption board is in re ceipt of the following telegram from Capt. J J. Finnegan, of Juneau: The Presidents proclamation of Septem- Der IS fixes the period of registration in Alaska for male persons subject to registration from ages of IS to 45 inclusive. from a. m, October 15 to D. m, December 16.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

Considerable damage resulted from the storm at Katalia Two derricks owned by the "hilkat oil company were blown down, the long distan'" telephone line was put out of com- mission, several buildings suffered, and trees were uprooted
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
MASONIC MEETING

A special meeting of Mount Mckin. ley Lodge No. 1S3, F. X A. NJ, will be held tonight at S:3O o'clock. Entered apprentice degree.
 EDWARD F. MEDLEY, A.WM. D. T. PHILLIPS, Sec.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

Capt R F. Davis of the Hoonah Packing company arrived in town last night from Katalla in launch and reports that one of the worst storms in years in now raging at sea.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
Judge WiCkersham is on his wa from Fairbanks to Cordova
Harry Thisted and r. L. Simpson have left for Port Wells on business trip.

Carl Wittig left this morning for Mccarthy, as he is q rcgistrant there under Class 1-N and ordered to report for induction into the service Scptcm- Der 2S.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

George Baldwin. formerly engineer pany. and candidate for territorial senator four years ago. has been com missioned as captain of artillery and is now on his way to France.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

J. Y. Lydick has been named as one of the registrars to act with A. J. Adams and Miss Hayes for the regis tration of Alaska's man power. which begins October 15.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

Order your raincoat made to order in any style you wish, $12.5O to $40, at Tom Hubbert's. 20-3
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

Use the classified ad column of the Times If you want results
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
ALASKA STOCKS

NEW YORK. Sept. 20.-Alaska Gold, 31s; Alaska Juneau, 1A.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

Fresh Ever-Ready fiashlight batter ies. Blum-O'Neill Go. If
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

Times classified ads get ule results
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-30
AND BELGIUM
OUR HELP NEEDED FOR THE RE-
REBUILDING OF BELGIUM, DE-
cLAREs MGR. DE WIART.

Belgium looks to, America for,
everything" declared Mgr. Carton de
Wharf last week, referring to his coun-
try's reconstruction. He has come to
this country to thank the American
people for their assistance and as a
representative of Belgium at Cardinal
Gibbons golden jubilee.
IF a new Belgium is to be built
upon the ashes of the DID," said the
Monsignor, America must do it, and
it will take generations to rebuild the
physical Belgium. There is no recon
struction program in Belgium. There
are no resources; no funds. All the
industries and plants of production
were blown up by Belgians, so that
Germany could not utilize them to
strengthen her war machine. Educa-
ton has been disorganized; tubercu-
losis is rife; men and women are suf-
fering from malnutrition, and all chill
dren born since the war began are
under weight"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-30
BREAKERS AHEAD.

Now that the world has been
made comparatively safe from
military autocracy, will it be made
safe for. democracy? Will it put
an end to the various forms of
disintegration that are visible in
more than one part of the globe.
In other words, is military aggres-
sion the only danger to the peace
of the world? Alas, no. Even
now there are breakers ahead
threatening the calm of the world.
Restless minds, ambitious souls,
ruthless fends are striving to tear
down that which has been built up
by our best brains and blood. The
great peril to the peace Of the
world at this moment is not SO
much a disregard for this or that
law, as a plain, downright hatred
orsindifference to all law. J.
God decided with infinite wis
dom that all created things must
irrevocably follow the law ap-
pointed for them. He will not
stand over His creatures as hard
task master and chastise them fol-
each infraction at the time of com.
mission: He has set His laws in
motion, and every violation, be il
in the natural or the supernatural
order, will inevitably bring down
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CHAPLAINS In PEACE
THEY WILL PROVE BULWARK IN
RECONSTRUCTION.

Catholic Chaplains sent overseas
through knights of Columbus will
have an important part in the work
planned by the Knights, incident to
the construction period, and it is GER
tain they will prove a mighty bulwark
against the many temptations beset-
ting our two million soldiers and sail
ors awaiting the line to come home.
Relieved of many military responsible
tiles our soldiers abroad will find,
probably, that time hangs heavily on
their hands and they will have need
of not only physical and recreational
comfort, but of religious comfort and
aid as we'll. A Catholic chaplains
guiding hand is a big factor amongst
soldiers at all times, and it will be es-
pecially needed during the months
while American troops are marking
time, awaiting transports to bring
them home.
knights of Columbus buildings will
be crowded as never before during the
coming winter months, and K. of G.
secretaries and Catholic chaplains will
face big responsibility in assuring
comfort, cheer and religious solace for
the soldier visitors.
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bounds against those who use it. A
lie is sin. Be above all such sinful
practices. Some people always man.
age to lie but they never seem to
know it. You should so train your
selves that your lips would refuse to
open to pronounce a lie. This re-
Quires effort because virtue is the re-
suit of habit-of repeated acts.
The American people are very bust
ness-like. They look for truth and
fact. They want you to be a man of
your word. If good business man
not trust a man who is caught in a
lie His word must be as good as his
bond. They dislike equivocation. A
man who is not man of his word
loses esteem and no one will trust
him. If you make promise, let your
word stand. Be truthful and fulfill
your word, or if it is impossible to
do so, let the reason be known why
you cannot keep your promise.
Of course, this does not mean that
you are always to speak out all you
know. Always act prudently and cir
cumspectly. Be upright, honest, reli-
able, truthful. Cultivate a tender con-
science. At least shrink from lying
because it is ungentlemanly and vul-
gar and harms you in the public esti-
nation. Build up in yourselves such
a strong personal conscience, such a
strength of character, that you would
despise yourself if a lie ever escaped
from your lips.
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DOMAIN OF. TEMPER I ! ANcE
IN rHE MUSEUM 2o17 4: o!

Z q 4 ~ =
aOh OH Mother, See that ire
,nandously long article of furniture
with the brass rail in. front OF it, and
the huge mirror behind it! That must
have been a dressing table for
giant
"a very reasonable conjecture, my
con but erroneous. It used to be
known as a Bar. Men were accus-
toned to assemble in front OF 1t and
purchase enormous numbers of drinks,
which they didn't need, at prices
many times in excess of their Value.
"What a silly custom, Muther!
What made them drink if they didn't
need to-"
.Heaven knows, my child! Your
t-great-grandfather, RaouB mas
often told me that in his younger and
wilder days, before Bars became ex-
tinct by reason of the Great war, ne
sometimes visited a Bar-room with a
few companions and consumed so
many drinks that he became prac-
tically numb
II never heard of anything so ab-
surd. Mother. Why did people pur-
chase drinks over these Bars if the
| prices of the drinks were so much
higher than they should have BEEN?
"That. Raoul, is another question
which cannot answer. Your great
| great-grandfather has frequently told
me that men who screamed as though
they had been knitted every time gaso-
line rose a cent a gallon would never
murmur when a barkeeper charged
| them a dollar for three drinks, whose
| ingredients didn't cost a bit over
| eleven cents"
| 81 can scarcely credit such state
ment, Mother! The human race must
have been in a bad state prior to the
Great War. Did men always buy
| three drinks at time when they Wis
| tied Bars"
"Oh, no, Raoul! AS understand it,
| man bought as many drinks as there
were men with him, and then had to
wait while the other men bought
/ drinks in turn" " SOU ga
| "How strange and complicated,
| Mother! 1 wonder why the Bar had a
mirror behind it? One would think
| that the men wouldn't have cared to
see themselves acting SO foolishly."
"One would think so, Raoul; but
one would have another think coming.
Men would no more have patronized a
Bar without a mirror behind it than
they would have fought Germany if
she had been republic"
'Ah, well, Mother, the whole thing
is beyond me! Can't we turn our at
tention to something simpler?"
Most assuredly, my son. Let us
pass into the next room and have a
good laugh at the early models of
vertical, non-rotative pumping en-
gines."
Life.
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TALKS TO STUDENTS
LAxITY WITH REGARD TO THE
GREAT VIRTUE OF TRUTH
s. %
FULNESS.

1.-THE Catholic Bulletin prints on
this page excerpts from brief chapel
talks on a variety of subjects deliv-
cred by the late Archbishop Ireland
to his students at st. Paul Seminary.
The series is copyrighted by the San
Francisco Monitor.l
~. The Virtue of TruthfuIness.
1 wish to speak to you on a virtue
which is very often overlooked, name
ly truthfulness. Some theologians
produce bad impression in this mat
ter. st. Alphonsus, Liguori, for ex-
ample, wrote for Naples. There the
people expected equivocation and over
looked it. But different countries
have different customs. What is al
most a vice in one country, is virtue
in another.
/ think some of our Catholic theo-
logians go too far here. We have the
distinction between mortal andcvenial
sins, while others have not. Every
thing which is not true to them is a
lie. They have no white lies. Every
lie is black
Many of our Catholic people, I'M
fortunately, who would not think of
committing a mortal sin in other
matters are sometimes lax in this re-
gard. They seem to make up for their
goodness in other virtues by allowing
themselves much freedom about truth
fulness. do not believe in painting
the devil any blacker than he is, but
would not lie even against the devil.
Some of our so-called Catholic pa
pers sin against this virtue of truth
fulness. They think nothing of lying
about their opponents and heaping
abuse upon them in a shameful man
ner. The readers of these disgrace
full sheets, seeing the abuse and lies
hurled at them, do not reply because
ttQis useless to argue with such men.
Il I'VE must always tell the truth, even
about our enemies. We should not
misrepresent their case or weaken
their arguments or falsify them. Some
Catholic writer's and so-called apollo
gists at times have deliberately stated
the opposite argument in weakened
| way, covering important points, in
order to hurl the answer at their OPP
| ponents with full force and thus sink
them beneath the waves of logic and
contempt.
| We have the truth. The truth does
| not need any lie to defend it. We
have Gods word 1t is the truth be
cause it is the expression of Gods
will and power which are true. Goo
is true and His word cannot fail. We
only weaken our case by using unfair
arguments or lies. Never for a mo
ments think of defending the Church
or anybody by a lie. It always re
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because he knew that notone pow
Ell was willing to give an immense
advantage to the other powers
who considered themselves arbi-
tiers of the globe.
The European situation is going
to be made over according to a
splendid program specifically de-
vised by President Wilson, which
eliminates all diplomacy and in
ternational relations that are not
built on genuine Christian princi-
Piles. In this plan we can find
absolutely no place for the Turk
in Europe.
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"NOT MY BUSINESS"

A wealthy man in st. Louis was
asked to aid in a series of temperance
meetings, but he scornfully refused.
After being further pressed, he said:
Gentlemen, it is not my business"
" A few days after his. wife, and two
daughters were coming home in the
lightning express. In his grand car
riage, with liveried attendants, he
rode to the depot, thinking of his
splendid business and planning for the
morrow. Hark! did some one say,
Accident" There are. twenty-five
railroads centering in st. Louis. If
there has been an accident it is not
likely it has happened on the -
and Mississippi Railroad. Yet it,
troubles him. 1t is his business now
The horses are stopped on the instant,
and upon inquiring, he finds it has oc-
CURED twenty-five miles distant, on
the - and Mississippi. He tele-
graphs to the superintendent:
Il will give you five hundred dollars
for an extra engine"
The answer flashes back: NO"
WIZ SANO yOu O11C IAOuOd1u AOl~
lars for an engine
"A train with surgeons and nurses
has already gone forward, and we
have no other" "
With white face and anxious brow,
the man paced the station to and fro.
That is his business now. In half an
hour, perhaps, which seemed to him
half century, the train arrived. He
hurried towards it, and in the tender
found the mangled and lifeless re-
| mains of his wife and one of his
| daughters In the car following lay.
| his other daughter, with her dainty
| ribs crushed in, and her precious life
oozing slowly away.
A quart of whiskey, which was
drunk fifty miles away, by railroad
employee, was the cause of the
| catastrophe. ,s
| Who dares say of this tremendous
question, ct is not my business"
! -Unknown.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-30

Ex-senator Burton of Ohio de-
clares that this country need
never fear Bolsheyism. We wish
we could agree with him, regrets
an exchange. Experience of the
past two years, however, indi-
Gates that the spirit of Bo1shev-
ism is in this country as well as
in Europe. We have had a taste
Of it in the I. w. w. agitations
and sabotage throughout the
country. Socialism, as a political
party, has been killed by it's own
disloyalty during the war. But
Red Socialism, Bolshevism or /
w. W.ism is just as dangerous as
ever. We shall live to regret it,
if we ignore the danger now.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-30

About the first practical result
of the war that we would like to
see would be the Turk marching,
bag and baggage, out of Europe,
prays an editor. For over four
hundred years he has been a dis
grace and menace, to Christian
civilization.
The power and security Of the
Turk in Europe was one of the
by-products Of the species of di-
plomacy worded in balance Of
power" that was so severely ar
raigned by President Wilson.
When Europe was united as a
Christian people under the spirit
ual sway of the Pope the Turk
was kept pretty well under sub
lection. His power was weakened
by the victory Of the Christian
feet at Lepanto, when his naval
power was practically destroyed.
The last great aggressive attempt
of the Turk on the West was foil
ed through the Intervention of
John Sobieski, King of Poland.
Since then many attempts have
been made to dismember the
Turkish Empire. In 1889 Queen
Catherine of Russia had a project
for dividing the kingdom but her
plan was prevented by the French
Revolution. Since then an ecoi1o-
mic war has been going on be-
tween the Powers DESTROYS of ex-
plotting the riches of the Orient.
"The sick man" has been called
the greatest diplomat in Europe.
He is neither blind nor fool and
he would be both if he did not ap-
preciate his position as the holder
of the situation and not easily
dislodged from the finest city in
the point of possession. 1t was
the question of succession to the
magnificent city of Constantinople
that gave the Turk confidence in
his ability to- stay in his capital
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-30

Gen. Petain, commander-in-
chief Of the French armies, has
addressed an order to his troops
cautioning them against the
temptation to commit excesses
when they occupy German terri
tory. The order reads: CATER
having beaten your adversary in
the field, you will still further i'm
press him by your dignfied con-
duct, and the world will not
know which to admire the most,
your behavior in success or your
heroism in battle. France has
had many sad losses to bear, but
you will not retaliate by vio-
lence."
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English Catholic Named

Catholics in London are rejoicing
that one of their number, Sir William
Tyrrell, X. G. NJ. G., c. B., has just
been appointed Under Secretary Of
State for Foreign Affairs. Sir Will
liam, who comes from an old Catholic
family, and whose wife was an Urqu-
hart, a member of another Catholic
family of note, has been in the
diplomatic service for the last twenty
years, and was adviser and private
secretary to Sir Edward Grey just be-
fore the outbreak of the war. This
fact caused the Protestant firebrand,
Kensit, to suggest, in a pamphlet, that
the Vatican was working" the British
Foreign office.
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There is comfort and inspira-
ton in a book just published by
the League to Enforce Peace.
The title is "Win the War For
Permanent Peace" and it con-
tains the addresses delivered at
the Leagues National Convention
held under that slogan in Phila-
delphia last May. Arguments to
prove the faulty of entertaining
peace proposals from the arch
leaders Of Military Autocracy are
marshalled here in impressive
number and variety. The an
nounced purpose. Of the Conven-
ton, in fact, was to lay down an
overwhelming barrage of Win
the-War oratory. For this the
League assembled forty-six speak
ers of national reputation.
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The war has taught England,
and other Protestant countries, too
that it is a holy and whole
some thought to pray for the
dead, says The Catholic Trans
cript. "Never since the days of
the Reformation" notes America,
"have prayers for the departed
been so widely offered up as now.
Professionalism is fast returning, in
countless instances, to this salu-
tary practice of the Ancient
Church. In England nothing has
been able to keep all classes of
the people from praying for the
beloved dead who have given
their lives in sacrifice for their
country"