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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07
PENNY ANTE

Beginning May 1, one-cent pieces
will come into use on Douglas Island
and in fact all over Alaska. The rea-
son for it is the government tax on
luxuries that goes into effect on that
date.
The law requires that the user Of
luxury shall himself pay the tax. On
ice cream sodas and other luxurious
drinks there will be tax of ono cent
and those who partake must tender
the tax to the amount of one cent.
Never in the history of Alaska have
the copper counters issued by the
government and known as 1-cent
pieces been recognized as legal tender
among the people in the North. They
have been accepted in the post offices
to pay for stamp purchases, but If q
cent-piece or handful Of them were
offered to a child, the person oHer1ng
them stood a chance Of being called
a cheap skate or some other pet name
and the kid would ask for real money
instead of bingles.
It will be imperative after the law
goes into effect that the rounder who
starts out on soda jamboree weigh
himself down well with several
handsful of copper money so he Will
not be embarrassed when paving for
his drinks.
Shades of Soapy Smith and Swift
water Bill! What would they say to
Alaska, the land of gold and plenty,
if they could see the country after
May 1? What would the old-timers
saw if they saw a friend coming in
from trip to the mines with a poke
of dust, walking up to bar, ordering
an ice cram soda and paying for 1t
with three nickles and rusty-looking
penny? Soda water, which at one
time was used only by people with
a weak stomach as chaser for their
hootch, is now a headliner and the
lowly penny, which was not even
given the name or dignity of "chick-
en- feed" in the olden times, has be-
come a medium of barter and trade.
The penny coming into circulation
can be directly traced to the war, and
the tax for which it will be used Is
a war tax. We are inclined to think
that the sourdough who despises the
penny and penny countries will after
May often repeat with great fervor,
General Sherman's definition of war
Douglas News.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

then the Judgment was set ASIDE LOT
a legal error in the admission or evil
dence He is out now, or shortly wiz
be, walking around with an honorable
discharge entitled to full pay and a
$50 bonus! Severity? Brutality?
Candy and cigars!
'Is it not in fact quite possible that
we have erred too much upon the side
of leniepcy throughout?
Will anyone who has even a nod
ding acquaintance with the canons
of logic that the apologists has met
the senator's charge? Has he not
rather proved the charge by demon
strating that the conscientious OBJ
jector escape dus punishment
A system which, in the first place,
imposes a sentence too severe and,
finally, rewards the accused with an
honorable discharge and bonus OF
$50 a month is not worth the ecstatic
eulogy Major Train accords it. On
the contrary it oscillates the scales OF
Justice in an appalling manner.
But, says the major, ut is ridicu-
lous to criticise any system of admin
istering justice because of the In
equality Of sentences, or of the indl-
vidual antics of budgets, ETC." Perhaps
it is not so ridiculous as the defender
of the system imagines. To the aver
age observer it will seem perfectly
reasonable to denounce a system
which grants a Judge tried to sug-
gest the dangers and pitfalls that will
remain after the Paris conference has
done it's best to lay the foundations
of permanent peace. The suggestions
are not offered in spirit of confirmed
pessimism, but for the sole purpose of
Illumination. The American people
are anxious to know what kind Of
league they are asked to join and
what may be the consequences If they
do Join.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07
FUTURE HOPE
OF AMERICA
IS ON OCEAN

CHICAGO, May Z (by Associated
Press) The future development Of
tho American merchant marine is at
stake and no more important econ
omic problem has ever presented it.
self at one time to the American peo-
pie, James A. Farrell, president Of the
United States Steel Corporation, to-
day told the delegates to the national
foreign trade convention here
"The ocean-going steel cargo tom
mage now held by our government
aggregates 555 vessels Of 1886, 900
lightweight tons and there are under
contract 1886 vessels Of 9,275, 900
TONS" said Mr.. Farrell. Should the
present program be carried to COM
pletion there will be under the Ameri-
can flag next year 16,732,O0o dead
weight tons Of shipping Of which per-
haps 100000 tons can be classed as
ocean-going.
"In its initial stages the problem
is one of International cooperation
and stability of rates rather than of
international competition. A world,
one of whose most pressing needs is
ocean transportation, will have to
start the process of social, CONNER
|c;al and Industrial reconstruction
with n roorobopt ,,,o ripo cpoo11or NV
100000 tons of carrying capacity
than that which it possessed at the
outbreak of war. 1t will thus be seen
that the world is still short of ships,
ESPECIALLY those of general utility
suitable for offshore trades, and there
will still be work for shipyards for
vessels of this character until the
world shortage is made up.
There is no escaping the fact that
we start in the race with higher costs
of operation. How much higher can
not as yet be stated accurately but
think may hazard the statemnt that
| if in other respects we are able to
l
meet the competition Of the world on
equal terms, especially the types OF
ships built or to be built, comparable
with those of our competitors, the re,
latively high wages of American Off.
GERS, engineers and seamen sufficient
in number to operate economically
with safety will not prove to be a
serious handicap"
Mr.. Farrell said 1t could be assumed
that American vessels should be mans
ned by competent crews and have
American seamen enjoy the best pos.
sible conditions of life in service.
But" he added, "it must be equally
obvious that provisions of law which
Irequire American vessels to maintain
larger crews than is the case with
foreign vessels and to carry as the
engine room crew 80 per cent more
than the steamships of any other ma
ton necessarily subject American yes
sells to very serious disadvantage
Concerning government ownership
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

ton of some of their fellows who had
been scattering radical propaganda.
"When we want revolution, we
can get it with our votes" their state
ment said I'VE are out and out, from
top to bottom, and through and
through against Bolsheyism and the
l. w. w. When you find one, don't
wait. Lead him to the gate and tell
him to go. We will back you"
From the South also come many
protests against agitation which
might cause the loss of important ad-
vantages gained by labor during the
war.
"Labor-organized and unorganized
has gained more substantial
recognition and progress further dur
ing one year and a half of war than
It did in several previous decades"
declares the Moshico Log, of the Mo-
bile (Ala) Shipbuilding Company.
THE permanency of these forward
steps will in a large measure be DC
Iermined by labors attitude in the
next few months toward the contro-
versies that are bound to arise. IN the
main, la Dor has acted very fairly thus
far in the readjustment period and,
barring the outbreaks of a few Boil
sheviki and l. W. WIS in it's ranks,
has played fairly"
Virtually all Pacific coast shipyard
papers denuonce radical propaganda,
quoting experiences in the recent
Seattle strike as support of their ar
gument. The question from the stand
point of the men who built the ships
necessary for victory, the Shipping
Board statement says, is summed up
in a paragraph, printed in Over The
Top. published for the employees Of
the G. NJ. Standifer Construction Com
pany, in Seattle and Vancouver. The
paragraph asks:
What was the use of building ships
to feed~the world and save civiliza-
ton, If we are to have a paralyzed in
Fdustry, plundered and RUNE homes,
famine, pillage, rapine and riot OF
lust, in American"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

WANTED - Finnish woman wants
work by day or hour. Address A.
L., Cordova. 7-2t
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07
A FEEBLE DEFENDER

Logic pure and undefiled" is often
necessary in argument, but not often
exciting. Many apologists for the
Democratic administration find it
more thrilling to shun logic and rely
on the emotional appeal.
s.si Arthur Train, late major U. s. A.,
now a member of the New York bar,
has undertaken to defend the court
martial system which has been the
target for severe, even bitter criti-
cism. In a recent number of Golfers
he strives, among other things, to dis
pose of Senator Chamberlain's charge
that "the records of the court-martial
in this war show that we have no mill
tary law or system of administering
military justice which is worthy of
the name of law or Justice"
Major Train should have kept in
mind that Senator Chamberlain was
directing his criticism against what
he deemed to be defective system
incapable of according justice, but the
administration apologist assumes that
the senator's chief complaint Is
against the severity of the sentences
When the senator referred to case
in which a soldier had been sentenced
to ten years for sleeping on post
and to another case in which a soldier
lo1 tn fWo v.fU va
years for being "absent without
leave" he was trying to show that a
cour-martial system which made such
sentences possible was far from flaw
less. Major Train thinks it a suffi-
Gent answer to say that the SEN
fences were reviewed and reduced and
that the two men had actually been
restored to duty one week before the
senator made his speech"
II our memory serve us the SEN
fences had been criticised before the
senator made his speech and, If 1t be
true that the sentences were reduced
by force of public opinion, that does
not speak well for the perfection Of
the system.
But clearer case Of illogical rea'
soning is presented in the following
paragraph of Major Trains article:
Moreover, the sketchy way in
which the cases complained of are
generally stated creates an utterly
false impression. One of the favorites
which have gone the rounds Of the
press is the famous potato-peeling
case OF which 1t is alleged a soldier
got twenty-five years for refusing to
peel potatoes The facts are that this
soldier was conscientious objector
who had from the outset Of his OBJ.
structive career refused to do any
thing whatever. He had been given
his choice to do practically any non
combatant work he wanted, but had
declined. At last, as final conces-
sion to humanity, he was asked If he
would object to helping peel the pota-
toes in the kitchen. He did object
1t was the last straw, and he was
court-martialed- as he deserved. Even
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

and operation of steamships, Mr.. Far
rell said: "The temporary appearance
as military necessity of the govern
ment OF the United States as ship
buildr and ship owner on colossal
scale does not render 1t any less
fact that the future Of the American
merchane marine must depend on the
attractions which it offers to the en-
ployment of private capital and the
application Of private enterprise. Gov
eminent owned ships in foreign trade
could only result in disorganization of
existing trade routes in which govern
ment ships might engage, while bring
ing about complete paralysis OF in
dividual effort to obtain from private
American ships a larger share OF
Amican sea-borne commerce. Thus,
in the event of government ownership
and operation of merchant vessels be-
coming settled policy, the problem
Of the future of American shipping
would solve itself by the extinction
OF private endeavor."
Discussing the proposal to use
American government-built ships for
the benefit of the nation, Mr.. Farrell
said:
"Any policy which places at the
disposal of any single class Of pro-
ducers feet of government steamers
is bound to be unsuccessful. How
for example, under the policy indi-
Gated, could it be determined in
whose interest the necessity for the
development of foreign trade was most
pressing; what section of the country
would it favor; and would it take ac-
count of the transportation of manu-
features wholly finished, half finished,
or of crude materials?"
The chairman of the shipping board
in considering the adoption of policy
controlling the nations involuntary
investment Of billions in shipping, has
reached the conclusion that the ships
Of the government built fleet should
be sold to and operated by American
citizens under no restrictions other
than the terms of the bill Of sale and
the fixation of maximum freight rates.
He continues
"Mr. Hurley's plan, with perhaps a
few minor exceptions, appeals to
many shipping men of experience
having at heart the upbuilding of an
American merchant marine as plan
dictated equally by business sense
and equity and in the public interest.
There remains to be determined the
vital question whether theP vessels
can be operated profitably Under the
American flag. Americas future is
on the sea, and it hears the call OF
genius and initiative. If aided by wise
legislation, not necessarily such as to
,.sAang -reprisals but rather such as to
render the enterprise competitive, our
! ships will again be seen commercially
in ports that have forgotten them"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

aiding a recently returned married
couple a short time ago, the young
folks at Seward were rewarded by
being given a large box of candy few
DAYS afterwards
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07
******* *********
One YEAR AGO TODAY

+ Germans smother American
+ lines in Picardy under bonn
+ bardment of $4,000 gas shells.
+ Fierce fighting in Flanders
+ bends back British lines.
+ Germans push across the
Aisne canal despite hard al
+ lied resistance.
Huns concentrating huge
+ reserves for final blow against
+ Arras.
+ Americans rushing aid to
+ the allies as fast as ships can
+ be found. Will the Yanks ar
+ rive IN time?
+ Subscribe now to the Vic
+ tory Liberty loan what you
+ would have paid for victory
+ then.
X $4,000 1899 r. X 4 r X X X
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

A 31a horsepower Evinrude engine,
with new housing, gears, and shaft
for $500 at Northwestern Hardware
~ 1-tf
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07
FOR 10 DAYS ONLY

Special reduction on all STOCK.
Closing out corsets at nearly cost. See
the new grades, just arrived. Mrs. j.
C. Funk, Windsor Hotel. Ttr
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

See the new Georgette waists a
the Cordova Dry Goods Co. rs
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

FOR RENT-Rooms over Bank OF
Alaska, formerly occupied by North
land Club. Will be altered to suit
satisfactory tenants. Apply Bank OF
Alaska S-tf
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

FOR RENT-A large, weII-furnished
room for housekeeping. Phone 1873.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-07

FOR RENT-Bacheior room. Phone
1876.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-07-15
CLEARANCE SALE or VOnES, DIMITlES,
FIBER SILKS. SHIFTING, ETC.

i9fa5 tl D. q busy day oar piece goods depart
ment THESE fresh neA mats ra conveniently dis
played 81 -hov the many teAtaes aad DESIGNS. Come
esfy maaE If ihe patterns ana weavcs aill " clean
~ uF tne lif.' DAP II hese prices
4o-IN. coLcRED voILEs which regularly sod ~
81 00 yard peclai i3r this sale 80 I'd.
$50 SILK FIBER voILEs with satin stripes and
rla.ds Light and dark coof Sl.29 I'd.
Csc and Use VOILES i0-iu IS idth featured m a wide
range of fghf and dark patterns safe TODAY SIC I'd
PIN WHITE DlMiTY regularly priced 35c gard
.e.. be closed er 81 annual Ja.y Clearance sale
26c I'd
1000 YDs or BLEACHED DOMESTIC with extra
tr fu..a and aeA worth Z0e sd ei. be- featured pa
the 3lIE Clearance Sadie 81, l5c Nd.
soc SHIFTING FOR 36c I'd.
Smother uer attraction ~ uaI piece goods depart
meaf tlI he 500 wards ol .nftng percales n q WIDE
usnse IT desirable patterns Ih. extra quality ma
teral on display talas and going 40 Soc ID.
LACE YARDS FOR SC
oHe I'd ~ aee eaengs and insertions b dainty pat
,ers which regularly SOLID al So 3d.. vll be- Included IN
tne Ja.s t.eaiaaee Sale yards for Sc
AND Zoe LACE FOR SC
One lot " regular ana zoe iace ail be closed
day u Sc d.
Ony few % To- values are mentioned here Come
early. This entfe department IS aglow with rare bar
gains
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-07-15
JULY CLEARANCE SALE

shopping during this annual bargain event. Many M-
stances prices lower TRAN those vi the manu-
facturer A few yivid examples aIe listed below.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-02-28
Daily Thouoht

Daily Thought.
I viii die in the last ditch.--Willsam
of Orange.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-02-28
The Emblem Of France.

The feur de lis is the emblem Of
France. and is believed to be the
whitp-fowere1 Florentine Iris, fhe
aower de luce. "What sayest thou
mr. fair flower de lucef" SAYS the Eng
lish king TO the French princess in
s akespeare's play The French have
a. -tty legend of their lily which tells
that at the baptism of King Clovis
Of the long and perfumed hair. blue
banner came fiuttering down from
heaven over which were sprinkled
golden fieur de lis From that time
they appear on the arms Of the country.
They have a verb. "fieurdeliser," mean.
ing to enbroider scattered flowers over
"a faht;e. or. as embroiderers say, to
epenpef with flowers" Edward III
borrowed the lilies Of France after his
war with that country and they were
borne by England until the beginning
Of the nineteenth century.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-02-28
MIFE's FEAR WAS AROUSED
Strangers Inquiry About Hubby's De-
seriptcn Was Merely to Warn
Against Unhealthy coeonuts.

lie entered the ladies' sitting room
II the railway station, walked up 60
woman whose husband had left the
room about TEN minutes previously, and
calmly inquired: Madam, Nur hus-
hand went out TO see the river, didn't
ne?'
"Yes--why?" she asked, turning pale
In an instant.
'IIe was tall man. wasn't hep"
"TIe was" she replied, rising up and
turning still paler.
Had red hair3n
"IIe had. Oh. what has happenedT
weighed about 1870 pounds?"
"Yes-yes. Where is he--where If
my hushand?" she exclaimed.
"Couldn't swim, could hep"
Hes drowned-my husband Is
drowned :" she walled.
.'Had silver watch chainT'' contin-
ued the stranger.
"Where is my husband? Where is
The body?' She gasped.
"Do not get excited, madam. Did
vour husband have on a gray sult?'
Eyes. Oh, Thomas-my Thomas ~
And lace-up bOots?"
"Iset me see him--let me see him !"
she cried.
Come this way, madam, but do not
get excited There is your husband
across the street at that fruit-standT
''why. yes. that's him; that-that's
my husband" she exclaimed joyfullV
81 though; you said he was drowned"
go. NATHAN | did not. saw him
buying coco7nt. and believe it to
be my duty - say to you that coco
nuts are not healthy at this season Of
The year"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-02-28
INFORMAL RECITAL.

A very fine pipe organ, the gift of
Mr.. Fred D. Underwood has been in
stalled in the Masonic Temple, and
last Sunday afternoon the Masons,
with their wives and few friends,
probably 500 in all, thoroughly en-
joyed very informal recital at the
Temple. Miss Ruth Sporleder and
Mr. George Schneck, organists for the
Eastern Star and Masons, presided at
the organ, each showing pleasing in
dividuality in their selections and the
use of the instrument with it's variety
of stops and pedal combinations. The
organ is certainly fine toned instru-
ment-one of the best to be procured.
Mr. Robert Nethercut very informally
played a few selections, without notes
or preparation, at the close of the
program as planned, and further
showed the powers of the organ. Dur
ing the afternoon the members of the
order and their friends we're showed
about the fine building which is very
nearly completed, and all commented
in most favorable terms on the ar
rangement and beauty of the Temple,
of which Wauwatosa may well be
proud
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-02-28
BIG MEETING.


A largely attended citizens meeting
was held at the High School Saturday
evening. Feb. %. to listen - dis
cussion of the League of Nations. Mr..
L. S. Pease presided at the meeting.
An interesting and effective address
was delivered by Mr.. George E. Morton
of Milwaukee, after which resolutions
presented by Mr.. Charles B. Perry,
seconded by Mr. L. S. Wheeler, Mr..
H. P. Robinson. Mr.. c. E. Gillette and
several others with appropriate re
marks were unanimously adopted by
rising vote.
The meeting was attended by the
Wauwatosa Girl Scouts and the Boy
in charge of their respective officers
Supt. Kolb has charge of the music
which was enthusiastically rendered
with Myron Junkins as accompanist
On the piano.
The resolutions as adopted follow:
Whereas, Delegates have assembled
at Paris, for the purpose of negotia-
ting the terms of a treaty of
peace, to be entered into by the ma
tions now involved in the Great
World War; and
Whereas, These delegates after de-
liberation. and in the expression OF
their belief have declared that a
League of Nations will be the most
effective plan of enforcing and main
tanning the treaty of peace. when
ratified and adonfad.
Whereas, We believe that the JUS
tice and liberty-loving people of the
world will welcome that plan which is
designed to prevent in the future, any,
nation or nations, while acting with
selfish motive and in disregard of the
rules of justice and the rights of hui
mainly, from preparing for or con-
Quoting an unjustifiable warfare; and
Whereas, The delegates at Paris
have announced with their belief
plan for the covenant of a League of
Nations; and
Whereas, We declare it to be our
belief that the people of the United
States, without regard to political
creed, will welcome the promise this
proposed Covenant brings; and
Whereas, Delay in the adoption and
ratification of the Covenant will
greatly hinder the establishment of
permanent peace, and that feeling of
national and personal security, desir-
able among the nations and people of
the world, and will withhold that
sanction necessary for its proper
enforcement under solemn compact
of the free people of civilization
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Resolved,
That we do hereby declare ourselves
to be in favor of the plan and Cove
nant for the League of Nations pro-
posed by the delegates to consider
treaty of Peace at Paris.
That we earnestly commend the
thoughtful and efficient work of Pres
ident Wilson and of all those whose
efforts have been enlisted for human.
ity in behalf of the same.
That we believe the Senate Of the
United States should ratify the Cove
nant speedily--to the end, that the
League of Nations shall be a real ex-
istence,-a mighty force for uniyer-
sal peace, and our loved nation, con-
stituent member thereof.
And Be 1t Further Resolved, That
a copy of these resolutions be for
warded to each of the members of
the United States Senate from the
State of Wisconsin.
In accordance with the resolution
copies have been forwarded to Wash
ington.