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Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19
HE IS OR HE ISN'T

There are thousands ot longtime friends oI Governor Strong in Alas ka who win be greatly surprised and who win very much deplorc that his American citizenship has been questioned. If Governor Strong is au American citizen. he has been a most shamclully maligncd and in- iurcd man. It he is not an Amori- can citizen. these longtime friends have been imposed upon. Alaska has boon imposed upon and Che author itics at Washington have been im- posed upon. While. as governor. his reign s practically ended, we hope. for Che sake Of Auld Lang Syuc. that he may bo able Co re- move che stigma which attaches Co Che charge Of masqucroding all these long years by proving that hc is what hc has claimed Co be and what his friends supposed him Co bc-ou American citizen.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

his facts from the newspapers. ho had never met any of the mon hc discussed. he had never been in the. region ho described, he had no way of knowing anything about it in any way save by reading the papers. He even told about Carranza's whiskors and about Kcronsky having tubcrcu- Iosis. and about the way Haig parted his hair all newspaper stun pure and simple.
 Tho fellow who says he doesn't be- lievc the newspapers is foolish h he were correct. if he didn't believe tho papers. he wouldn't know thcro is a war being wagcd by moro than half Che world. He hasn't seen it He wouldn't even know there is @ Panama canal for ho had no other means Of gaining that information. He wouldn't know that Woodrow Wilson is President of tho United states. or that there is Q German empire. Eliminate from any man tho information which he had ob- taincd from thc newspapers. and he is a gibbcrinr idiot without ideas or without knowledge Denouncc the papers an you please they don't carc-but don't brand yourself as a fool by saying that you do not be- licve what you ad.-Gcorgc Y. Burba.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

Returns from 112 of Che l96 rail- roads taken over by Che government thc first of thc present year show % deficit of Income for che month ot January Che -drst month they were operated by Che government. of S2.- a17.0OD. as compared with positive earnings or Che same roads year previous of S67.000.000 over opcr- aunr expenses and S5T0oO.ooO for December. Che last month they were operated by their own organizations. or course. unprecedented bad wealth or and consequent freight cmbargocs had much to do with the inilurc of thc roads Go make good showiuEs and at che same time increased the operating expenses. If under more favorable conditions. Che same pro portion ot deficits continue, then win che public be forced Go conccdc that government operation of railroads Is not successful
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

Regardless of various. divers and mudry commissions which have been appointed Co examine into and rcsu- late prices or foodstuTs within thc past year or more. prices have con- tuucd Go soar and arc stiI soaring or course. In war times war time prices may bc expected. but why
 ucse commissions that never accom- rHsb anything There Is something wrong somewhere. Tho theories may b. au right. but they fal dismally whom put iu practice. For example. where does thc difference between one dollar per busbcI for corn and tHre. dollars for thc corn meal it makes ro9 He who can explain ns problem Go Che satisfaction ot He consumer win be thc greatest commission" ot the age.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS

Hc wanted it understood right in Che beginning that he didn't believe what hc read iu Che papers. Some one had made a statement. and said hc got hts Information from Che pa- pcrs. Whereupon Che wise one de- liyercd himself ot Che above senti- mcnts that you couldn't believe thc papers"
 Then Che wise one began telling about Che war. and went into details concerning a certain campaign. He mentioned the generals involved. and told ot the activities ot certain mili- tary organizations He even told ot Che personal ccccntricities or some of Che people involved. and seemed Co bc as familiar with tho facts as if ho had been a part of Che thing he was describing.
 But Che truth was, he got an Of
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19
MARCHING SONGS
 HELP SOLDIERS
Singing Directors Are Now AdjunOts of Training Camps Through
 out America

CAMP LEwIs.-lt runs along like his:
 Pack up your troubles in your old
 kit bag
 And smile. smile. smile.
 While you've a Lucltor to light
 your fag.
 Smile. boys; that's the style.
 And there are others Of these marching songs that arc being taught the men at Camp Lewis i'm classes of hrteon hundred Co three thousand. "Tho bigger the crowd the better" says Robert Lloyd. sing ing director sent here by the conn mission on training camp activities. So we'll has Che singing idea struck Tho men at camp that Major Gen. cral Greene. commander Of the 9lst Division. has directed the men Co assignment to the singing class as just as much a part of making a soldier as digging trenches or stab- bing a struw,pufIod "Boche' sack In bayonet practice.
 Nearly every morning the bis Liberty theatre resounds tho sing ing of hundreds Of voices while Mir. Lloyd directs the singing from the stage without musical accompani- mont and without distribution Of printed copies Of the songs among The soldiers.
 "You sec. they remember the words lf you make them learn the songs two lines at a time" Mir Lloyd said. and domonstratedthis tho other lay by teaching a class of eighteen hundred Co sing three new songs in twenty minutes. "It keeps up the spirits of tho men and helps Che morale ot the army" he explained. Get crowd to singing. and you win have measure of happiness and contentmcnt. They'll forget an about their troubles, more or less imaginary"
 Three months ago Mir. Lloyd did not know a line of popular music. For years he has been singing operas and concert music along the Pacific coast. Then came the war He was too old Co fight and wanted to do something. The chance came to help Inc army sing its way to victory and he took it. And if tho men make good with the musbet as well as they have with their singing when they get to France, he says. the Camp Lewis soldiers will make a mark in the war Of which the people Of the may we'll be proud
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

We have not heard anybody say lately that Germany would never give up as long os she had a Ger man lcft and that England would never give up as long as she had Frcnehman Icft. Looks just now as though England is not averse Co using some of her own men-and to good advantage at that.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

Marie Corclu. Che novelist. pre- diets chat when Che war is over "womlu win drop back into Che home nest where Nature intended her Co bc and where she has pro lection from Che sordid cares of bus .uoss Ufc"
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

Subscribe for tEe Douglas Island News.
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Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

"sITKA HOT SPRINGS" Accom- American or European plan. For terms apply Co Dr. l.. F.. Sanitarium, Alaska.-Adv.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

Save the crumb and you save tho
 loaf savethe loaf and you save tho wheat Save the wheat and you save the
 ships. Save tho ships and you save the
 men. Save the men on land and sea. And thus you save your country.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

Alaska Is proud or Che fact that eighty per cent of her white poula- ton belong Co Che Red Cross And Che Natives u tbis community are not iar behind.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

Anyway. there Is nothing Co show that so,omous three hundred wives and seven hundred lady friends ever buttei into politics.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

AS evidence that business In Doug las is centraliziug. thc cable office is moving iu from Che residence dis trict
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

if more thunders or silence were heard throughout the country. there would bc less graud-standiug.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

Somehow we wish that European soldier we are saving grub for would cultivate am appetite for fish.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

For Che best and noatest Job print ing. come to Che News office.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

We have not yet heard ot any hold-up man offering to split fifty Hfty with Che Red Cross.
Douglas Island news., 1918-04-19

For tho best and neatest job print ng. come to the News office.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23
simOnds, Estimate Of AlIied Strength.

THE question Of numbers always pulling has
there been much confusion months To the people this
sudden in March
frank only the British
the western front but dcclSyb ounumd distinct shock sud
the puzzle how the thing had about popu
hnons and the reported numbers which France and Britain had enrolled
The real trouble think has lam the failure o the military
make the distinction between numbers and organized numbers Thus
the British have had the close 20OO France
east two this fact has been accepted meaning that the fighting strength
OF
and the assumption has been the
Now the this The strength
which has been OF 100000 that the number
The other million has been made
the necessary but noncoran task, held dpo replace
age lh 'c nh S' @ year was around ~ ana OF ne" Ie' under
inaI training hcoc being incorporated
British al
lNnV0 approximately the full field strength the British
France To keep through fighting requires
special training Of Officers the and coordination OF
employed "Sdehow
France the fighting strength the British 1918
could not be- much above divisions.
compelled
They
able They had number OF divisions and fairly regular
through They
they could eighty divisions 5000 they
and divisions
Aordnoy Erercb eaIiv % tbe Gd -, ,
strength SO0 Taken with the 10000
10000 Begns Portuguese allies
and full bad
to by divisions within time which would
TO make effective these
These 22lC0 represented organized strength of @
The strength OF the German division about l25U while that OF
shall the German divisional strength the
allie, in OF
Iuc present year ey had the reserves to maintain these divisions but they
could them number and their effective fighting
be would than
H divisions "Foch
Fifth Blow by Frank H. Smcnds the American Review Of Reviews
1918
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23
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LYNCHING BEES.

OUR good, wise president beseechel
that we shant hang to elms q
- beeches such gents as may OIL
fend 10 show the world we're Ian
abiding all forms OF irightfulness del
riding, should be our aim and end. WI
chide the Hans for being brutal, bq
protestations seem quite futile, al
we're thrown out OF court, II we Ia
ropes. some victim cinching, and shoy
him that the lawlcss lynching IS st
our ont door sport We're standing u|
for all things moral; we've taken pan
in Furopc'S quarrel to set this plano
straight; we need clean hands, AM
these we're lacking il to the elm trcI
we go packing the hemp for some poo
skate The time spent at a lynchinI
function, where many men, in vain con
junction, throw golden hours avail
might balk the KaSers Bill and Cha1
lev. If it were spent in rcapng barley
or baing clover hay 1t is a waste q
men to hang them; far better rounI
them up and gang them, and send therl
10 the front. there they may scrap wit
weapons staple. but dead guys swing
ING from a maple can do no usef,
stunt This game. TO which we've bee
addicted should be abolished, or rt
stricled until the war is done; till tht
is done the world will sass us, an
view with 'corn, and doubtless clas
us with Visieoth and Hun,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

Henry Ford has expressed desire to return to the
government all the profits he makes from contracts
Which reasonably generous of Henry until you think
how much more others of smaller have given What
Henry Ford didn't give to his country is a Although
that son might have plenty of money he didn't go to war
as many other rich mems and poor mems have
gone Perhaps Henry didn't keep young Ford from going.
but many will recall that he didn't go quite awhile after
they have forgotten Henys generosity returning his
var profits 10 the government.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

Whether this ice famine is made to order or not. it
certainly doesn't warrant increase OF prices The
weather has been unusually and the demand may
coed the capacity Of the local plants but if operating at
capacity present prices they should be making money and
temperature is no excuse for proheerng Other cities in
hi, state and in other states have suffered similar short
ages which tends to substanate the theory that the re-
markably torrid weather is to blame But Just pro-
posed increase Of prices was denied at Au it should be
forbidden here and elsewhere.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23
Saving Of Fuel in Power Plants.

1t is estimated by the conservaticI
bureau OF rhe United States fuel ad
ministration that a saving~of D0OO,W
tons Of coal can be accomplished in th
250000 plants in the country. A re
port made public by the conservation
bureau last week shows a saving at th
rate OF $4,000 tons Of coal annual
through the system OF inspection pu
in practice in 800 of the larger plant
Of the country.
The saving thus accomplished has pii
money in the pockets Of the plant owIi
ers and at the same time made avail
able large amount of coal for wa
work.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

means Of disarmng suspects il martial law should be
required to carry ont the orders and the law should be
able to reach those who have started the trouble by blowing
up the dipping yats Prompt action is the sures well
as the easiest plan Of dealing with enemies home well
A, abroad
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23
We Regret TO Report.

HouHIOn FOHt. II
Say, Luke McLuke please have n
club rolls duly corrected. Ideal Wal
Of this city married Carlile Freena
Saturday, and she will not attend IN
sessions any longer.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

Constant readers of the Saturday Evening Post are
pleased to note that Young Buddy McNar has found
what an ass he is That makes the discovery unanimous
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

II congress control its flood OF oratory it should
he possible pass the new draft measure in time to pre-
vent any delay in mobilization Admitting at the same
time that that is expecting good deal OF congress.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23
RonfWrfy.
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NO PLEASURE CARS.

The government has limited
han on pleasure cars;
Has said In language stinted
II might put up the bars.
For steel In badly needed
In making shells and guns.
with which shall be stampeded
The sore and savage Huns
The question then arises.
What Is pleasure car?
And we might offer prizes
To chauffeurs near and far
Who give the proper answer
To such a simple quiz
VINO do the best they can air.
To tell us what II Is.
hut most Of them seem gifted
I'm stating what It's not.
The answers we have slfted
Are tersc and often hot
ono says there In no pleasure
When Rnsolne's so high
II takes II pirates treasure
To keep from running dry
Another gets n puncture
And what he has to say
~ that unhappy iuncture
can't decorate this lay.
And one Is held for speeding.
And his remarks In court
Convince the most unhcedlng
That Is sorry sport
Thus nearly all the motors
seem things Of grief and pain.
And many naughty voters
Must crack beneath the strain.
The Joy rides misnomCr,
The pleasure car n myth.
Fen as the songs Of Homer,
or tales OF Captain Smith.
Fairness being a prominent plank in
our platform, we shall not Judge Swcd
en- hy the sort OF matches manufacture
in that country for distribution here.
ahouts These ,re safety matches an
matches which light but occasion
ally may he regarded as safe enough. Sc
TAR as fire hazards arc concerned. hui
the Scandinavian product is an awiu
strain on temper and religion, il ono
happens 10 have anything like that
This ice famine may have been made
to order. as suspected, but the wcathc.
which accompanies it wasn't
II is our hope and purpose 70 purchaS,
a few thrift stamps from the Young
Mems Democratic club. which is going
ont to break all previols records in that
line. a most nraisc-worthy ambition
Howcyc- Ben + Davis, one Of the cap
tains of the drive shouldn't he sent ir
this direction He isaa perfect gentle
man and able salesman. no doubt and
can't help it that he bears the same
ramc aS the worlds worst apple. Th
Ben Davis is the parsnip Of the fruit
FANNY and one who has encountered il
with some frequency in an extended
carch for something to cat can't hc'r
tat be prejudiced
As We understand the automobile ST
u.tron. there aren't going to he any l9lI
models
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

There is a rro.occt Of more trou5'c
th the l. W W in this state. IN
rt', wherever there is an l. W W.
lhcrc /. a prospect of tronhlc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23
2G2MSe2%TH915pess' 2M2HTH1psI
rom NE InneS Tx1aS
Twenty Years Ago.
rom NE I'm

Twenty Years Ago.
Don't hamper me with instructions,
| am not afraid of the entire Spanish
fleet with my ship" Captain Clark Of
the Oregon to the board OF strategy
Captain Stiles returned Yesterday
from an extended visit with friends in
the east.
Dick Morgan Of Perry was an Oka-
homa City visitor yesterday
Mr., Frank Harrah and children have
gone to GalcSburg, ILL.,, Tor a visit OF q
month.
Fifteen Years Ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Rcardon OF RI Reno
are at the Lee and are expecting IA
complete arrangements for moving to
Oklahoma City.
Rev S y. butcher, pastor OF the
First Christian church, will visit Chi
cago the first OF next week.
II. Joe Campbell arrived in the city
from Hot Springs, Ark, bringing with
him BLACK Diamond the celebrated
trotting ostrich which will be one OF
the prime attractions at the Oklahoma
| City fair and race meet next week
Ten Years Ago.
Guy Mcclure lCt yesterday for
Green Mountain Falls where his wiie
and baby are spending the summer Mr.
Mcclure has been III several weeks and
will remain IN Colorado until he feels
better
Mr. and Mr., Al Hartenbower have
returned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs.
W. A BoaScn OF Guthrie
Mr. and Mrs John T. DuMarS are
receiving the congratulations OF friends
/ over the arrival Of their first baby, q
/ pretty little daughter. who came the 2lst
Mrs X. r Mckee and children oI
1 l2l4 North Broadway arrived hom'
/ yesterday from five weeks visit with
friends IN Kentucky
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

Such tears as we have won't be
shed for the last rose of summer
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

People ask more advice than thev
use, but there is so much of il avail
able wasting it may not matter
much
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

About all some men ever attain is
ongcviy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-23

As We understand the automobile ST.
u.ton there aren't going to be any 1919
models
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-10-05
SOLDIERS SPECTACLES
F.. HAVE ALUMINIUM FRAMES

Three thousand doughboys are
wearing new glasses whose frames
look as though they were made of
platinum. But it isn't platinum.
It's the stuff that keeps the Liberty
motor light-aluminum.
The doughboys started wearing the
glasses only few weeks ago. They
are of the new standard pattern, de-
signed for the rough usage Of the
army and they look it. They are as
military as bayonet and apparently
almost as unbreakable. And the
doughboys are for them. No more
writing back home for that prescrip-
ton and the extra pair.
The glasses are put together in
France by American soldiers, ground
and polished out Of American glass,
on American-driven machinery. The
aluminium frame encloses two round
lenses-a sort of port hole window
effect. The temples-the things that
hook onto the ears-are little cables,
the twisting of the wires being very
obvious. But they are warranted
not to rust. They are free although
man can have only one pair issued
at time, that there will be enough
to go around. The spectacle men
of the army are going to stay on the
job while the doughboys go on break
ing their old ones, and needing new
ones as their eyes grow dull from
hunting flannel lizards, body turtles
and Germans.
In certain populous regions of
France there is a barracks-like build
ing full of filing cabinets sergeants,
buck privates and polishing and
grinding machines. Into that room
come packing cases wrapped and
cushioned squares of rough glass
and spectacle frames. Out of that
room go spectacles by the hundred
with lenses of the best optical glass
obtainable--glasses that scientists
have made to filter out of the glaring,
eye-tiring lights of the spectrum,
ground to the measurements that the
medical officers took down when they
gave that latest of army "shots," the
shot of atrophine or belladonna, at
the same time that they looked with
their instruments into the insides of
the soldiers eyes.
AS side line the central shop is
supplying spectacles of dark glass for
doughboys who have been gassed and
those needing them after the injec-
tions of atrophine or belladonna.
And there is another side line, largely
experimental so far Men wearing
glasses lose a few seconds jerking off
glasses before the jump into their
gas macks. Many of these men have
considerable difficulty in seeing with
out these glasses. So now gas
masks are to be made with lenses
ground to the wearer's needs.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-10-05

worldly possessions piled on the farm
wagon Ia huge cart), the wife and
children perched on top Of the load
and the father and younger boys plod-
ding along behind. No wonder they
look weary and hopeless at leaving
behind their homes and all the fruits
of their labor. It's better to see
them coming back after the allies
have cleared the way for them.
They come with a far different look
on their faces, and with wonderful
optimism they begin the work of re-
building their ruined homes and re-
claiming their abandoned crops until
in few short weeks one would never
imagine the vandals had overrun the
land. We all must admire the pluck
and grit of those French peasants, and
when you realize how much they have
gone through and are yet going
through, you'll realize they will never
be beaten.
10 return to our personal affairs,
we billet wherever we can find dry
place. Particularly in destroyed
houses, barns, caves, or anywhere out
of the weather and behind something
(preferably about three feet thick).
Marcy and George pile up the furni-
ture Ito escape the rats) and sleep
in the office and Rich and Lowry
hunt somebody's bath room, and, we
surmise sleep in the tub. We have so
far suffered no casualties, except that
Rich came off and left Lowry's dog.
Our mail facilities are not the best
at present but are improving. By
the time we reach Berlin, we expect to
receive our mail daily and have all
the luxuries of life. Don't wait for
our letters, just take our word that
they are somewhere on the way and
send yours. Lovingly and sincerely,
Ted, Orlo, William or George.