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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-13
One for the Red Gross.
Y. NJ. c. A. Hut,

\. M. Z. a. hut,
Franse, Tuesday
DEAR MAMA: Just a line to let you
know that am having fine rest these
days and that everything is ok over here
and that everybody is well and happy.
Honest Mama wouldn't miss having
come to Franse for anything in the world
and if soldiers mothers back home only
knew how there boys was getting took
care of and how well they was fed and
clothed and looked after they would say
that it was a fine thing.
We are getting male pretty regular now
Mama and yesterday l got nice long let
ter from you and one from Sis to. I wish
YOU would hurry up and send them pic
lures you promised Mama becaus 1 amt
got none at all of you right now. am
going to have some took of myself in uni
form and 1 will send them to you just as
soon as / get them.
I was glad to know that you was get
hing the Is dollar allotment from the gov.
regular Mama. If anything happens you
just let me know and we certainly will
have it fixed right out. Or maybe Mama
it would be better to go to the Red Cross
becaus they got lot of people who do
that kind of work and look after things
back home for soldiers. Amy time you want
anything Mama you just go to the Red
Cross. Everybody over here is awful
strong for them and they are certainly
doing lot of fine work.
Well we are still way back here in re-
serve position resting up in these mice
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Should Britons Be Slaves.
Franse
WadnocS

w euntSOdy
friend BARNEY: There is fello in my
company Barney who is named Jake
Meyers and I want to say right now that
if this bird don't lay offn me they will be
sending him home in a wooden box before
the snow fys. He is always arguing
with me and cant say single statement
but what this bird has got to but in and
conterdiek me.
Yesterday forinsance we was talking
about this Liberty Lone and said "Why
don't they give some of this Liberty stuff
to some of these other countries that is
cur alleys. Why not free some of them
England slaves if we are always talking
about Liberty" I said.
England amt got no slaves" this bird
Jake said then.
"She amt eh," said. "She amt eh.
How about her king. Amt she got king.
Don't king always have slaves. Shes got
a king and lords and everything. Don't
you never read the papers. Didn't you
never hear about TINS Lord George. How
about him, how about Lord George" I
said.
"That don't prove nothing" he said.
"Eh, they cant vote or nothing in Eng
land" said. "Some of them slaves over
there still wear womins dresses. Didn't
you see some Of them Skot soldiers wear
ing them short skirts when we was in Eng
land. What's that prove-nothing only
they're slaves that's all. They cant vote or
nothing in England"
Well this bird Jake wanted to fight then
but told him that that wasn't nothing to
fight about and that you couldn't prove
nothing that way and that we would have
to go to somebody that knew. Well he
said that there was lot of these England
fellos in a bombing squadrin that lives
three or four miles away and that We
might 60 over there and find out. So I
said Sure them birds ought to know
whether they're slaves or not or whether
they can vote.
So me and Jake didn't fight but the next
time we get into an argument I am not
going to bother to argue with him but /
am just going to swing from my heels and
knock his jaw clean offn his face. If I
land Just one be will either think he got
hit with one of these Dutch 1855 or else
the Woolxorth building fell on him T
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bilets and all we do is to drill a little
each day and maybe have battilun ma
mowers and some open warfair practise.
We are certainly well framed Mama and
when they throw about a millun Of US
draft soldiers in then Germany will begin
look for the bird who started this war.
Lots of love Mama to you and Sis and
all. Your own solder boy,
BENEIE.
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Bonnie Kids the Tishtwads.
Franse
Tuesday

< Franse
Tuesday
DEAR GERrIE OLD PAL: Well I got your
letter Gertie about you being all ready to
buy a bond and am awful glad becaus
now every time I let one fly at the Dutch
men will say Just little kiss from Ger
tie. And Gertie you will certainly be
smacking lot Of these birds over here
becaus / CUES there amt no better shooter
in Pershungs army than am right now.
By the way old pal 1 was looking at
some papers today that some Of the fellos
had got from the states and 1 see they
are advertising a filum called Pershungs
crusaders. was wondering if you know
where they get that stuff-that. crusader
stuff / CUES it is some kind of Frensh
word but it amt used none around these
parts. Maybe it is just trick name and
don't mean nothing at all, still US soldiers
get called a lot of names in the corse of
war.
But what was going to say was about
these bonds Gertie. Of corse know that
silk stockings has gone up something ter
rible and all the other necessities of life is
almost beyond the reach of ordinary peo-
pie and the last thing that US soldiers want
to do is to make it hard for anybody.
Of corse whole lot of us is going to get
killed anyway so it don't make much diff
ference if we are little shy on stuff.
Take bird that is going to be popped
off, it don't matter much if he don't have
quite enough to eat and his shoes is bad
and he is short of stuff But on the other
hand you take people back IA the states
that is going to live long time yet and
amt taking no more chances getting killed
that the Kisers sons, and it amt right at
all to make them have any hardships,
OF corse if they have a case of enlarge
ment of the heart and feel like they just
must help out the dear old boys fighting
over here in Franse then suppose it is
all right for them to go and buy a so
buck bond on the installment. But
wouldn't want to see them even cut down
on their smokes or there beerz to do it.
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One "Slave" Revolts.
Franse
Friday.

Friday.
BARNEY: Well l would like to see some
bird ever get me fighting for another
country again. Here we come over here
to Franse so that England could be Mister
of the Sees and could keep on never hav-
ing the son go down in her territory and
what would like to know is what do we
get out of it. All that 1 can see is that
we get jumped on and insufted and every
thing like that and then got to 60 out and
get killed afterwards.
l CUES l wrote you a day or two ago
about little kid argument me and fello
named Jake got into over what parties
they had over there in England and
whether the Demokrats or the Republi-
kans was in power and some stuff about
Lord George and lot of foolish things
like that. Well Jake wasn't satisfied SO
this morning he brung me over to where
some English bombing flyers was and on
the way over We met couple of these
England birds who work around the ma
chimes and so We stopped and talked with
them minute.
Well me being an Alley of them and
fighting over here for them and every
thing like that said Hello boys-say
you fellos cant vote can you"
One of these fellos said back in that
funny England talk, "Oh, kant wee ould
boy"
So not understanding him 1 said to
Jake, there you are, give me my ten
franks"
Then Jake he had to put in his ore and
then he told these birds that he was set
thing bet.
"Sure" said "Jake here said you wasn't
slaves and could vote and knew all along
that he was wrong"
Well one of these birds brustled all up
then and said "Who said we were buddy
slaves and couldn't buddy well vote. Its
a buddy lie-who said we couldn't vote"
Well Jake Of course had to point at me
and l didn't stop to look this guy over very
close and I said Shure I said it, whatcha
think you're going to do about it.
Honest Barney he musta had something
in his hand becaus he just said make you
eat it" and then he kind Of attracted nv
attention with his left hand and then he
hit me with that right hand and not ex-
pecting any trouble or anything 1 wasn't
prepared and he had lotta luck becaus
his right connected and I guess I kinda
went out because all 1 heard was him
hollering "Cal me buddy slave will va"
Well Barney if had thought this guy
was going to fight I could have handled
him easy but he getting me when wasn't
looking like that he slipped one on me.
Anyway when I come to this Jake was the
only one around there and I hope I get
captured Barney if the first thing this low
brow didn't say was "Say how about that
ten franks"
Some stuff here in the army / mean.
Better stick to bying Liberty bonds than
be made regular sucker out of.
BENNIE.
P. S. Barney just found out who that
bird was that got in the little argument
with. He was only the former lightweight
champion of Manchester, England-thats
all. No wonder I thought he had some
thing in his hand when he hit me. I'm
going armed with trensh knife, and
hand grenade the next tina.
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Wounded Boys in
Hospital Train Show
Him How Small Six
Billions Can Be
BY FRAZIER HUNT,

Author of BLOWN In by the Draft"
SOMEWHERE IN FRAEsE
Monday
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
CONsCRIPTION AS A PERMANENT
 POLICY

Unless the end of the present war is marked by disarmament and the establishment of an international board of arbitration. which will make war impossible. 1t is a moral certain ty that the United States will resort to 8 system of universal military training. With an inconclusive peace, such a policy for this country will be unacceptable. for anything but last ing peace can mean nothing but an armed truce.
 The United States is peace lov- ing, but not a pacifist nation, and for that reason the principle of universal service Is the only solution of the gi- gantic military problems which exist under present conditions. The sue cess of the selective service law is a potent argument for universal service for it shows by contrast that volun- teer armies no longer are adequate and that, in fact, the conscription system, in addition to being thorough ly democratic, is less expensive than the volunteer methods of raising ar
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16

mics.
 The recent report of the provost marshal on the operation of the draft law shows that the per capita cost of conscription was $, whereas. during the first nine months of 1917, it costs the government s24.4S for every vol unteer enlisted.
 The total number of men register ed under the conscription act was g. 5S6,5OS. The average number Of claims for exemption throughout the United States was 46 peBcent and the vast majority were on account of de pendents. While it is estimated that there were a total of 50.000 slack CTS" among more than nine and one half million men, failure to register has resulted in only 2,095 cases in which the government has started prosecution or is preparing such ac- tion. This showing is remarkably good and proves that in spite of ad- verse conditions in many places the law has functioned with exceptional success.
 Recently Secretary Baker. appar- ently refiecting the presidents views. opposed conscription as a permanent military policy. and the question is being discussed rather widely at the national capital. The influence Gen. Crowders report will have on the controversy may be expected to be large.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
WASHINGTON.

w r>.: :.:::: :::: .:,:: : str: :,::.*," ' $, W patient and so pure,
 Calm In good fortune when |
 wavered. sure. That mind serene. impenetrably just, Modeled on classic lines so simple they en-
 dure! That soul so softly radian, and so white The track 1t left seems less of fire than
 light: Cold but to such as love disteinperature? And if pure light. as some deem. bs the
 force That drives rejoicing planets on their course. Why for his power benign seek an im-
 purer source? His was the true enthusiasm that burns
 long. Domestically bright, Fed from itself and shy of human sight. The hidden force that makes lifetime
 strong. And not the short lived fuel of song. PassionIess, say you? What Is passion for But to sublime our natures and control. To front heroic tolls with late return, Or none or such as shames the con
 queror? That fire was fed with substance of the And not with holiday s,ubble. that could
 burn. Appraised of men who after bonfires run Through seven slow years of unadvancinS
 war. Equal when fields were lost or fields were
 won, With breadth of pupular applause or
 blaine. Nor famed nor damped, unquenchably the same. Too inward to be reached by flaws of idle
 fame. Soldier and statesman. rarest unison; High poised example of great duties done Simply as breathing. a worlds honor worn As life's indifferent gifts to all men born; Dumb for himself, unless it were to God But for his barefoot soldiers eloquent. Tramping the snow to coral where they
 trOd, Held by his awe in hollow eyed content; Modest, vet firm as natures self; un
 blamed Save by the men his notler temper
 shamtd Never setluc,d through show of present
 good By other than unsetting lights to steer New trimmed in heaven. nor than his
 steadfast mood More steadfast. far from rashness as from :. fear; Rigid, but with himself first. grasping still In swerveless boise the wave beat helm of
 w.ll: Not honured then or now because he
 woOed The popular voice. but that he still With
 stood: Broad minded, high soulei there is but Who was all this and ours. and all mems.
 Washington.
 James Russell Lowell.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16

for seditious or near seditious utter ances, while others have incurred the animosity of this bureaucrat, by criti- cisms of the administration or cabi- net. and have gone where good pap CTS go. The papers of the country are lining up to get the scalp of Mir. Bur leson and that they will do so or make 1t embarrassing for those who placed him in power, is already evident. The Postmaster General should have some latitude to suppress sedition, and all so to prevent unwise interference with the war, but liberty has long been superseded by license. and it is now menace to free speech and a free press. A newspaper is not tried by judge or jury, but the matter is left entirely to the Postmaster Gener- al. If he says an article Is scditiOus it is, and there is no appeal. In view of the fact that no two people have the same understanding of things they read and are mostly governed by whe- ther they are for or against the editor or the things he represents, 1t is a certainty that a paper is bound to come under the ban sooner or later unless it is an enthusiastic party sheet. in which case the fight pro- mises to be a merry one with all the advantage as yet on the side of the postmaster general. but the elections this fall will make many changes in the lineup in congress. and the man who goes to Washington an avowed enemy of the country newspapers. will need some pull to get there.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16

DO YOU think that if Valdez had
 a payroll of some kind to support its
 citizens that a large number of those people who have gone to the States would not have stayed here? Would
 large number of our citizens have
 gone to Anchorage or Cordova if some means had been provided whereby
 they could have made living here? We have the best location in Alaska
 for factories. with abundant electric power and cheap rents. Our people are too well satisfied. They are in a
 rut. They are not aggressive enough. We must go after things and keep after them. Anchorage wants our court house. She wants our road com missioner; likewise everything else she can get her hands on. She has a representative at Washington at the present time trying to pry something loose from her neighbors. and that she does not do so Is on account of her inaccessibility in winter and the l fact that she has shot her bolt Cor dova is less aggressive. but has the influence of the Alaska Steamship company and the Guggenheims be- hind her to get what she wants. Val deg has the location and all the nat ural advantages. Despite the jealousy of her rivals and strenuous efforts on 1 their combined part, the Road Com mission offices is the only thing she 1 has as yet lost, and that can never remain at Juneau. as 1t Is the most H. logical of all the towns which could have been chosen for it's location, and is in part of the territory which is far removed from the larger part of the roadwork. But we have other things which can be taken from us and we must be up and doing or our opponents will outpoint us. This town could be made the center of the fish buying for Prince William Sound
 just as it is now the center of the mining industry. It could have huge salteries for herring. and could make box shocks and tin cans. Immense
 beds of clans within few miles from the city would supply work for all if some man could see the profit to
 be made. Our commercial body which has died a slow death the past win ter. should be resurrected and should get busy. A hundred dollars spent ir advertising would bring back thous. ands to the city. We have no literature to speak of. and persons asking about
 the town are forced to write to thu paper. which must again bear all the
 publicity burden. Cities do not grow they must be built. To build them re aqires unfiagstng anergy and beine pncessinsly on the job. The town ha!
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16

THE PROSPECTOR has large lot of outstanding accounts on its books which it needs badly. We hate to press our debtors. but would esteem it a great favor if you would look ov- CT your books and see if you owe this company anything and if you do kind ly remit At the price of paper, cable, the war tax on cablegrams which runs into large sum at five cents per mes- sage, and the price of fuel and wages for our help it is hard to keep our head above water long enough to get our breath. We know our patrons have no desire to financially embar- rass their home paper, but hundreds of small accounts total up large rum. There are many firms in town who do not advertise in this paper, thus throwing the burden on those who do. We would like to have ev- cry business in town represented in our columns, and every organization. We repeatedly are forced to answer correspondents at our expense in- forming them of the existence of this or that lodge or church or business because these firms do not advertise. Please give us your patronage. The money comes back to you and the town is benefited by the advertising given it by the paper.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16

THE newspapers of the United
 States are between the devil and the deep sea. If they conform to the meth ods prescribed by the postoff1ce de- partment they will be forced out of business and if they criticise those methods they will be promptly put out of business very expeditiously A number of papers have been SUD- pressed in the country, many of them
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
MAKING OVER THE EUROPEAN
 MAP

When, in 1923, President Monroe, in promulgating what is known as the Monroe Doctrine, said that "in the wars of the European powers. in mat ters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does 1t com- port with our policy to do so," there were no railroads, no great steamship lines, no telegraph nor telephone, no wireless telegraph, no airplanes. We were separated from the old world by weeks rather than by seconds, as we are today.
 In the light of Monroe's historic utterance. President Wilson's refer ences to the internal arrangements of i Europe as a condition of peace seems radical departure from our tradi- tional policy-and. in fact it is; but it may be accepted as final that the new vision of America has something far beyond interference with Europe's internal struggles. It is the vision Of | vital realignment in Europe that will remove ancient antagOnisms and make it possible for the nations to live on terms of amity and good will.
 The presidents historic document. presented to congress recently. was l in line with the definition of war aims presented by the British premier a few days before. but because it is the program of America-a nation which seeks no territorial or monetary gain from the war-its weight in the scales of democracy is incalculable.
 For the first time President Wilson has made a definite statement as to territorial readjustment in Europe. The most interesting was this:
 All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restor- ed, and the wrong done to France ] by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should he righted. in order that peace may once more be secure in the 
 interest of all"
 ] Thus is America preparing to pay the debt contracted with France in the ] perilous days of this republics birth. i There has been some doubt as to where the United States would stand on the issues of AIsace-LOrraine. The presidents statement clears up this issue, and as showing that he is not alone on this question an address de- livered by former President Taft at New York may be cited. Mir. Taft. i'll referring to Lloyd Georges resolve to l fight ito the death" for the restora- tion of the lost French provinces, said: There is much to support in what he says, because for forty years
 rule of the provinces by Germany has failed to swerve the peoples allegi- ance to France"
 1 Even today America has no desire
 to interest itself in European affairs but those affairs have been forced up on it, and our sacrifices in blood and
 treasure will have been in vain un-
 less we can help to destroy the in-
 stitution of war That aim is impos-
 sible of achievement unless the na'
 tions of Europe are reconstructed on
 a basis of nationality.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-01-16
splendid machine shop which should

splendid machine shop which should
 employ a dozen men. It is idle large portion of the time. Why not help finance some manufactured article and build up a payroll. The town has good sash and door factory. Why not help enlarge it and keep it rum ming to capacity. There are number of enterprises which would add to our payroll and our population. Let's get out of the rut and go after them.