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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1914.
THE PRESS AGENTS’ WAR.
Tin* cerent European war, unique
in the number of nations involved
and the enormous number of combat
ants, in the employment of flying
machines to drop bombs on towns
and camps and spy upon the move
ments of the enemy, and in the use
of many death-dealing contrivances
of recent invention, deserves also to
lie distinguished in history as “the
lirst press agents’ war.” Frederick
the Great and Napoleon were as lit
tle versed in ways to create senti
ment favorable to their cause in
foreign countries as Hannibal and
Caesar. In Austria, and until lately
in Russia, the value of press manipu
lation beyond the national boundar
ies has not been fully understood.
Newspapers in those countries print
only what the authorities permit or
order them to print, or are suppress
ed. Hut England. France and Ger
many have long been aware of the
nine of press agents, and their use
of bureaus to disseminate reports
their governments desire to have
published, especially in the United
Slates, is a new feature in the con
duct of war.
That these three nations should
desire lo have American favor is per
fectly natural. No harm should come
from this, as the good sense of the
\mericiin people will compel the pre
servation of strict neutrality to the
end It is reported that Germany in
tends 10 establish a new press bu
reau at The Hague, but its channels
of communication with the American
people are already satisfactory, and
if the censors would permit us to
gel more authentic news of the pro
gress of tlie war through them we
would not complain. It is perfect
ly natural that Germany should de
sire the approval of tlie American
people. I!ut they are competent to
judge fairly for themselves from
facts. As for the war’s hired press
agents, they have worked vigorously,
but, thus far, they have accomplish
ed little.—Ex.
THE PUZZLE OF TURKEY.
There is a lull in the shower of ru
mors regarding the entrance of Tur
key upon the European struggle. The
Turkish ambassador at Washington,
who met the llrst reports by cryptic
outgivings as to the mobilization of
a half million troops by his govern
ment with another half million in
the near future, now contents him
self with publishing a dispatch in
directly announcing the maintenance
of neutrality. The 200,000 men un
der German officers reported ns ready
to move on Egypt and Persia have
not been further heard from. Mean
while an official statement is made
that Bulgaria, without whose aid any
action by Turkey would be extremely
risky, will remain neutral.
There is no certainty as to what the
Turkish government will do. It is
still practically in the hands of the
Young Turks Committee, who blindly
rushed upon the conflict with the Bal
kan Federation and barely escaped
being driven out of Europe. Some
of the leaders are still talking in a
boastful and threatening tone, and
the temptation to ally Turkey with
so powerful a combination ns that
of Germany and Austria against Rus
sia—the secular foe—is great, and if
tlie Dual Alliance should make furth
er substantial advances in the west
it might prove Irresistible. But such
action would be full of danger, not
only to Turkey, but to Germany and
Austria as well. Supposing that a
satisfactory bargain could tie made
with Bulgaria, the area within which
serious help could be given to Ger
many and Austria would still be lim
ited and remote. Egypt could tie at
tacked, but the only vital interest of
Great Britain in Egypt is the Suez
Canal, which could very strongly be
defended, in the first instance, by the
French fleet in the Mediterranean
and by tlie Greek fleet if necessary.
Tlie opening of hostilities by Turkey
would almost surely bring Italy into
the war, since she could not afford
to expose her newly acquired terri
tory in North Africa to her recent foe
strengthened by alliance with Ger
many and Austria. The other point
of possible offensive operations by
Turkey would be Persia, now largely
controlled by Great Britain and Rus
sia. The interests of these two coun
tries in that region are not such as
to make even a successful invasion
by Turkey very important, except so
far as tlie Red Sea route, beyond toe
Suez Canal, should lie threatened.
There again the naval force of ling
land could be effectively used, and
it might, if the need justified, be re
Vote For
George R. Goshaw
To the Voters of the Third Division:
As it is impossible for me at this time, owing to the dose
of the mining and business season at this placer camp, to
come before you in person, I And it necessary to make
this announcement through the medium of the press.
I desire your vote for Senator to the Territorial
Legislature, from the Third Division, at the
Election on Tuesday, November the Third.
My friends have not urged me to seek this office, nor
does the office seek me, I SEEK THE OFFICE, and I want
your support and vote.
I am solely responsible for my candidacy, and have
made no pledges or promises to any individual, party or
concern, and if elected will go to Juneau, absolutely unham
pered with ties of any kind; to do that which will advance
the interests of the whole people of Alaska:—not to go there
and vote “aye and nay” during the session, but to work
with a will and a knowledge of affairs, gained from a con
siderable experience, especially in this Division, and con
tinue such work, throughout the year and the entire term
of office.
If you feel that you can NOT honestly and sincerely
cast your ballot for any of the other candidates for this
office, THEN VOTE FOR ME. Yours very truly,
Ohisana, Alaska, Sept. 1, 1914. GEORGE R. GOSHAW.
For Senator
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inforcpd by that of Japan. Safe pass
age from the Mediterranean to the
Indian ocean is well within the class
of special interests in the east which
Japan and England are bound jointly
to protect.
Not only, however, would Turkey
be relatively incapable of aggressive
action in aid of Germany and Aus
tria, she would be exposed to at
tack, which might be formidable, im
mediately from Greece and from the
French Mediterranean fleet, and prob
ably from that of Italy also. On land,
if Bulgaria should cast in her lot
with Turkey, their territory would
invite invasion from Greece on the
south, from Servia on the west, and
not unlikely from Rumania on the
north. If Rumania merely maintain
ed neutrality, that would still bar all
aid to Turkey and Bulgaria from Aus
tria, but the chances are all against
1 Rumania remaining neutral. In any
case, it is difficult to see what Tur
key bits to gain from entrance on
tbe conflict, and she has very much
to lose. New- York Times.
OUR UNUSED GOLD.
On the first of this month there
was in circulation in this country
$3,367,368,930 of all kinds of cur
rency, besides $368,210,467 in the
Treasury. That is more than the
country needs, as appears from the
quietness of trade and the increase
over last-year's' circulation of some
eleven millions of dollars. During
this month there has been a large
addition to this already excessive
supply in the form of Clearing House
certificates and emergency currency.
.No doubt some of this excess of cur
rency is useful to relieve the dead
lock of credit due to closing of the
exchanges and the inability of the
United States to collect what is due
it from abroad. Still the excessive
supply of paper is regrettable as
lending to the disuse of gold.
it would be a good thinng to at
tract gold into the banks us a basis
ol credit, but the policy fostered g.t
Washington is to drive gold into hid
ing. it is a pity, because, despite
our redundancy of gold, there is no
excess of it where it ought to be.
At the close of the last fiscal year
the gold in the United States was
$1,870,761.0(10, or about half the cur
rency. About $1,113,201,000 was in
the treasury and in the financial in
stitutions. That leaves unaccounted
for $757,560,000 in pockets and tills.
Kacli dollar of that gold does the
work of one dollar, and counts for
no more than any dollar of paper.
If the holders of that gold would ex
change it for oilier forms of money
! which would serve them equally Well,
. the banks would be able to break
the deadlock of international ex
change which is clipping cents off all
American dollars. When exchange is
quoted above the par for dollars it
1 is the same as saying that dollars
are below Ihe par for pounds or
francs.
In other words, dollars will buy
less wheat than foreign money. The
$757,56(1,0011 of unbanked gold is as
useless as water scattered on the
sand, and yet there is -an urgent call
for it. Tile reserves of the banks
are deficient, and the available cash
balance of the treasury, after the de
duction of the demands upon the
funds which it holds, is only $80,
237,515. The treasury’s working bal
ance is usually maintained at around
fifty millions, so that even the treas
ury is not overstrong for times like
these, despite the $368,210,467 of
money of all kinds which it held on
the first of this month.
It is a time when gold ought to be
made to work, and when the treas
ury policy is to overwork paper.
When bank reserves aro deflicient
there ought not to be created an ex
cessive and delusive ease. To the
intelligent it is an advertisement of
the superiority of gold. For the in
experienced it has the same result as
Clipping their dollars, if the policy
begun is continued along the same
lines to the result which heretofore
has followed such procedure.
Tilings are getting ail mixed up
these days, and there are some
things we can’t understand. Take,
for instance, Alaska’s delegate to
congress We could understand what
it meant when he was first a Re
publican, then an Independent, then
a Bull Moose, then a Democrat, then
a Progressive Democrat, but now he
has us stumped. A contemporary
quotes him as declaring that he is
not a Democrat, but a “Progressive
Independent." Now what the deuce
is that? Wick is certainly hard to
keep up with.—Ex.
Notice.
The original owners of the Valdez
Ivanhoe property will not be respon
sible for any debts Incurred by the
Valdez Ivanhoe Mining Company.
Signed. Emil Davis, Wm. Wesser
ling, Buck Hoyt, L. C. St. Marie, tf
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
llies issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the time of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Monday, September 28.
High tide 8:47 a. m., 6.4; 8:00 p.
m., 8.0.
Tuesday, September 29.
High tide 9:39 a. m., 7.1: 9:14 p.
m„ 8.3.
Low tide 3:12 a. in., 0.8: 3:21 p.
m„ 3.4.
Wednesday, September 30.
High tide 10:18 a. m„ 7.7: 10:06
p. in., 8.5.
Low tide 3:59 a. m., 0.7; 4:13 p.
m„ 2.6.
PROTECTION FOR “GENIUS.”;
Inventor* of "Perpetual Motion" Will
Be 8aved Patent Fees.
Washington.—Owing to the growth
In numbers of inventive "geniuses"
who declare that they have solved the
perpetual motion problem the officials
of the patent office have had to take
steps to protect them.
Any one can make an application for
a patent, paying a fee of $15. An ex
aminer investigates the claim and, If
there is merit to it, calls for a model.
If there Is no merit the patent is then
rejected and the $15 goes into Uncle
Sam’s treasure chest Nearly every
one of these perpetual motion in
ventors Is in financial straits. Thp
loss of $15, according to the officials,
Is a severe blow to them financially.
Hereafter the patent office will not
permit any one to file a patent for a
perpetual motion machine unless the
application Is accompanied by a model
of the machine, the model being one
that will perform. A circular to that
effect Is being sent out
"It would keep two stenographers
busy practically all of the time writ
ing to would be Inventors of perpetual
motion machines,” sold Chief Clerk
Woolard recently. "The circular saves
time and saves money for the govern
ment meanwhile saving money for
the poor fellows who believe they have
solved this problem."
There Is at least one visitor a day
to the patent office who has a perpet
ual motion machine.
VACCINATE OR GET NO CASH.
Minnesota Indians Must Be Examined
Before Government Pays Them.
Bemldji, Minn. — The ninth install
ment of a fifteen Installment treaty,
made by the United States government
with the Red Lake Indians, Is now be
ing paid at the reservation, and 1,479
Indians will participate.
The per capita payment Is $61.75,
which Is a slight Increase over last
year. The total amount to be paid at
tills payment Is approximately $91,075,
two-thirds of which has already been
paid.
Prior to securing his payment each
and every Indian must submit to an
examination by the agency physician,
who keeps a card Index of all patients.
If he finds any one who ought to be
vaccinated he completes this work be
fore payment Is made to him.
MEAL OF 1,000 HEAT
UNITS FOR 10 GENTS
Reducing Cost nf Living by
Scientific Measures.
New York.—A scientific restaurant
where one may obtain enough nutri
tion for 10 cents Is to be opened here.
It has been scientifically demonstrated
that enough properly balanced food to
keep an average man In good condition
is not expensive.
The food which It Is proposed to
serve at this restaurant for 10 cents
contains enough calorics (heat units)
for an average person doing light
work. Professor Graham Lusk of the
department of physiology at Cornell
medical college has arranged the menu,
based on the assumption that persons
engaged In different kinds of labor re
quire different amounts of calories.
A man who lies abed twenty-four
hours requires only 1,680 calories a
day; a rider In a six day bicycle race
requires 10,000 calories. A man abed
for eight hours and In a chair fourteen
hours and having moderate exercise
for two hours requires 2,500 calories.
The average farmer needs 8,600 ca
lories.
The meal which will be served at
this scientific restaurant will give ex
actly 1,000 heat units, enough for a
luncheon for a man doing light work.
Professor Lusk has arranged this
menu, giving 1,000 heat units for 10
cents;
1% ounces of beans.
1 ounce of pork.
21-3 ounces of butter.
5 ounces of milk and 5 ounces of coffee,
mixed.
Three such meals mean 3,000 beat
units, and If one eats a heavier meal
in the evening with this scientific
luncheon of beans and pork he will
obtain enough calories for anything
less than hard physical labor.
LIVES MONTH IN BEER CAR.
Cat Had No Food, and His Ribs Show
ad, but Ha’ll Raeovar.
Vancouver, B. O.—Out of a box car
of beer that arrived here yesterday
there walked the shadow of a once ro
bust tomcat
Pussy's ribs were showing, and he
was so weak he coaid hardly move
toward a bowl of milk that kind heart
ed customs officers at the Canadian
Pacific wharf quickly provided for
Aim. The car was sealed in Milwau
kee thirty days ago, and the big cat
had no grub since. He will recover.
Mountain Lion Killing Elk.
Fort Collins, Cola—A mountain lion
Is reported to be slaughtering the elk
shipped into Estes park by the govern
ment a short time ago. Four or five
elk were killed there recently and
carried away bodily. The fact that
there are no traces of dragging leads
trappers to believe that an enormous
lion is doing much of the killing. For
est rangers in the park are searching
for the beast
Blind Merolful to Blind.
_Blind faking mercy on
tbs blind was in evidence here in the
municipal court when Judge Bell was
called upon to Judge the case of Fred
Meyers, accused of professional beg
ging. Meyers said he was blind and
was trying to beg enough to get to
Richmond, Ind. Judge Beil, who also
is blind, arranged for the transporta
tion of Meyers to Richmond. ,,
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ful investigation that we say that our
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at $25.00
offer greater values than any others in Valdes.
At this price we offer suits made from fabrics
produced by the best English, Scotch and
American mills.
We also have the famous
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Every suit guaranteed. Your money back if
suits don’t give satisfaction.
If you want a cheaper suit we have them
from $10 up.
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MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
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t 7 a ni to 9 a m f
MEALS? Lunch 12 m to 1 p m
( 6 to 7 p m
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