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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1915.
POLAND’S NEEDS.
The first $5,000 raised by Amer'cans
for the relief of the Poles left Bos
ton early last week. As compared
with the sums raised for the relief of
the Belgians, but little is going from
this country save that contributed ny
Poles resident in the United States.
Yet, of the two countries it is doubt
ful whether Belgium has suffered more
than has Poland from the present
war.
While Belgium has been the m tin
arena of the war in the west, Poland
has been the scene of nearly all of
the wars of the eastern line. The
fighting which has taken place in Ger
many has been nearly all in that por
tion of Poland w'hich was taken over
by Frederick the Great at the time
of the partition of Poland. That por
tion of Austria invaded was Austrian
Poland, and the only part of Russia
which has had a foe in its territory
is Russian Poland.
Poles are also serving in all three
of the armies of the East. There
are over a million of them in the
Russian army and proportionately
similar numbers in the armies of Ger
many and Austria, fighting against
their kindred and in aid of their op
pressors in every case.
In the three portions of Poland
there are 25,000,000 people, as com
pared with the 7,000,000 Belgians, and
occupying a vastly larger territory,
the larger portion of which has been
overrun by hostile armies. The vil
lages have been burned, the crops de
stroyed and the country reduced al
most to a desert along 300 miles of
a battle line.
• Should the final results of the war
be favorable to the Allies, the one
thing certain is that Germany will
be compelled to pay a full indemnity
to Belgium for all of the material
losses of the war. Poland has be
fore it no hope of compensation no
matter who may be successful. The
one and only possible advantage
which may flow to it is that in the
event of the success of the Allies, the
Russian promise may be kept for a
recreation of the old kingdom of Po
land sind the resurrection of the Poles
as an independent nation. Perhaps
that may be considered compensation
for present losses, Jn time. But for
the present their sufferings are as
great as those of Belgium.—Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
Mark Gleason leaves in the morn
ing for the Ramsay-Rutherford prop
erty.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Raymond Meyers returned from the
hot springs near Sitka and will leave
for Slate creek soon.
Cooking apples $2 per box at the
Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Sidney Laurence, the landscace
painter, returned to Valdez this
morning.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
R. J. Monohan, a brother of Miss
Katherine Monohan, assistant deputy
clerk of the court, reached Valdez on
the Mariposa and will visit with q<s
sister for several months.
Yakima netted Gem spuds, 17 lbs.
for !>o«* at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
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Judge C. E. Bunnell leaves on the
Mariposa for Cordova en route to
Fairbanks to assume the duties of
;udge of the Fourth division. Mrs.
Bunnell will leave on the Admiral
Watson for Seattle to visit with her
sister during the winter.
SOUS TRENCHES
MPTURED
ish Isles and not a man lost. The
admiralty made the above announce
ment today.
Asks To See Prison Camps.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—A second
request for neutral inspection of de
tention camps in Russia was forward
ed to Petrograd today by the Ameri
can State Department at the instance
of the Austro-Hungarian foreign office
through its embassy here.
A recent attempt to form a commis
sion of investigation made by Ameri
can Ambassador Marye met with no
response in Petrograd official circles,
and the ambassador is said to have
reported that there was little hope
of accomplishing in Russia what al
ready has been done along this line
in other belligerent countries.
It is stated that the Austro-Hungar
ian government instructed the embas
sy to renew its representations on
this subject as a result of recent re->
ports concerning the condition of mil
itary and civilian aliens imprisoned
or detained in Russia. Some of these
reports are said to have reached Vien
na by letter and others to have been
brought to diplomats in Peking by
stragglers who made their way from
Russia across the Chinese frontier.
France To Seek Trade.
PARIS, Jan. 14.—France is going
to make an effort to obtain her share
of the world’s trade which was form
erly in the hands of Germans. Min
ister of Commerce Gaston Thoms. !
presided today at a large meeting of
merchants and manufacturers who are
members of the Paris chamber of com
merce. He told the business men that
this was the time for them to reach
out for trade in all countries where
Germany previously had been a large
purveyor. Before the meeting ad
journed a committee representing the
principal industries and financial in
stitutions of France had been chosen
to organize this work of expansion.
300 Floating Mines On Dutch Coast.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—More than
300 floating mines have drifted
ashore on the Dutch coast, according
to the commander of the Swedish
steamer Ysra, Capt. Willingren, which
arrived today from Roterdam and
Portland, England. Capt. Willingren
said that he had passed three mines
adrift in the North Sea.
Demolish Buildings for Fortifications.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 24.—Residents
of west Poland reaching Petrograd
say hundreds of factories have been
blown up by the Germans and that
all available building material, espec
ially bricks and metals, have been
used in the construction of the new
fortifications.
300,000 Dutch Troops Still Under
Arms.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 14.—The Dutch
army of over 300,000 men is still un
der arms and the borders are guard
ed as vigilantly as if a hostile foe
were approaching. The care of Bel
gian refugees is a part of their duty.
This capital is full of the more pros
perous Belgians tv ho refuse to stay
at home under the German flag. The
hotels were never so full at this sea
son. Scheveningen, which had a dis
astrous summer season, is now over
run with troops who are quartered in
the hotels and kurhaus.
Pay Captured Officers.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 14.—The Rus
sian government has decided to make
cash allowances to captured offi ers
at the following rates: Generals,
$750 a year; staff officers, $450; all
other officers, $300.
In White Shirts Through the Snow
They Made Attack.
PARIS, Jan. 14— Describing the
capture of a line of trenches in the
north, a non-commissioned officer
writes home of an unusual piece of
strategy.
"The evening before there had been
a heavy fall of snow,” he said, "and
the bright moonlight showed up ev
ery object with extraordinary clear
ness against the white background.
The 126th infantry, which had plan
ned a raid on the enemy’s trenches,
only 20 yards away, found its project
compromised, but a corporal was
struck by a brililant idea; every man
pulled off his outer clothes and pulled
his shirt on over jacket and vest; thus
they crept through the snow up to
the edge of the German trenches with
out being seen, and carried the en
tire line.”
British Army In Shape.
NORTHERN FRANCE, Jan. 14.—
It is probable that some persons are
puzzled because more men have not
already been thrown into the field,
but the reply is that the ultimate
fighting efficiency of the army de
pends on the links with its base.
Four months of fighting in France
has tested the business side of the
British war department to the ut
most. It is impossible to bestow too
much praise upon the men responsi
ble for it. In less than a month the
position at the front was consolidated,
and in that month hundreds of staff
officers have been working to per
fect, enlarge, and weld into one mag
nificent business organization the
whole transport system. Ships, rail
ways, and motor transports must run
like clockwork in order to keep men
at the front in fighting trim.
The constant fighting for four
months has been a severe strain upon
the thousands of motor vehicles
brought over. There was a time when
the roadsides were strewn with dere
lict motor cars, lorries, vans, pleas
ure cars, Red Cross cars ,anri even
motor bicycles.
Those days of inevitable vastage,
due to the pressure of ceaseless fight
ing and swift movement of troops, are
over.
The mechanical transport depart
ment of the Army Service Corps have
got to work and the roads, leading *o
the front, are being cleared of dere
lict cars by a breakdown equipment,
such as one might find at a railway
smash.
A traveling workshop has been set
up with everything that can be want
ed for repairs or even rebuilding, and
the highest efficiency is being dis
played.
Much more difficult than the repair
ing of defective machinery, however,
is the saving of horses. The army
veterinary department is doing a
great and humane work behind cue
lines. Rest camps for horses have
been established, and the poor
brutes, broken in wars, are collected
and so well looked after that at one
hospital camp I was told about 70
per cent, of the horses that were
treated recovered.
On the battlefield a horse takes his
chance with the man. It is war for
both, but for both there awaits skill
ed treatment. If, however, a horse
is wounded beyond recovery, it is
mercifully destroyed.
Gun Deafness New Terror.
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The announce
ment that the British government is
to appoint an emergency committee
to consider measures for the preven
tion of gun deafness among soldiers
and sailors calls attention to an add
ed terror of war which has been much
discussed recently in military and
medical circles.
“The enemy may not deprive you of
life or limb,” writes a medical cor
respondent, “but it is fairly certain
that your own artillery will slowly
but surely make you deaf."
Several officers who recently re
turned on furlough from the French
front were called up for examination
and found to have suffered more than
a 50 per cent, impairment in hearing
owing to the incessant ear-splitting
reports of their own guns. The exac*
physiological reason was usually
found in a rupture of the drum mem
brane, with occassionally a shatter
ing or concussion of the aural laby
rinth.
Both the French and American na
vies have made special provision for
the prevention of gun deafness. The
French have several ingenious artifi
cial contrivances, while the Americans
are said to use a blinker-like band
age of vulcanite rubber, with cellu
loid stoppers for the ear holes. The
Japanese also are reported to have
adopted mechanical contrivances
which lessen the shock on the ear
drum.
Chili To Send Finest Warship.
SANTIAGO, Chili, Jan. 14.—The
Chilian government has decided to
send the battleship Captain Prat, the
finest vessel in the Chilian navy, to
take part in the international naval
parade in connection with the formal
opening of the Panama Canal.
The old revenue cutter Rush, the
patriarch of the fleet which patrolled
the waters of Alaska, has been turn
ed ihto a cannery tender for the Na
tional Independent Fishing company.
The transfer of the boat to the new
owners has been held up for more
than a y ar on the charge that the
vessel was sold for less than she was
worth had other buyers been given
an opportunity of bidding.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
G. O. Relnke, the watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Corsets at half price. We are clos
ing out all of our corsets at one-half
cost. Hosiery and underwear at less
than cost at Harvey’s Toggery. tf
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Stock-Adjusting Sale
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This Is the Month When We
Adjust Our Stock
After going through our stock we found that we had
a surplus of the following lines, which we are now
offering at greatly reduced prices:
Men Coat Sweaters, formerty $3.00 - - Now selling for $1.00
Men’s V Neck Athletic Sweaters, formerly $4,00, Now selling $1.00
Ladies’ White Coat Sweaters, were sold for $3.00, Now selling $1.00
Children’s Coat Sweaters, were $1.50 and $1.00, Now 50 cents
A very few Women’s Wool Under Vests, formerly $2.50, Now 50c
The above lines are very limited so come and make
your selections early.
LOSSES IN BATTLE.
Men Called “Missing" Are Not Always
Dead or Wounded.
In accounts of battles one almost in
variably reads of tbe dead, wounded
and “missing." That the latter are not
always among the dead or wounded,
nor even among the prisoners taken
by the enemy, is shown in tills extract
from General Horace Porter’s "Cam
paigning With Grant:”
“We learned something at Shiloh
about tbe way in which reports of
losses are sometimes exaggerated In
battle. At the close of the first day’s
fight Sherman met a colonel of one of
his regiments with only about a hun
dred of his soldiers in ranks and said
to him, ‘Why, where are your men?’
“The colonel cast his eyes sadly
along the line, wiped a tear from his
cheek and replied in a whimpering
voice, ‘We went in 800 strong and
that’s all that’s left of us.'
“ ‘You don’t tell me!' exclaimed Sher
man. beginning to be deeply affected
by the fearful carnage.
“‘Yes,’ said the colonel, .‘the rebs
appeared to have a special spite
against us.’
“Sherman passed along some hours
afterward when the commissary was
issuing rations and found the colonel's
men returning on the run from under
the bank of the river, where they had
taken shelter from the firing, and in a
few minutes nearly all of the lost 700
had rejoined and were boiling coffee
and eating a hearty meal with an ap
petite that showed they were still very
much alive."
His Better Half.
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, bis pay envelope and his nerve.
Asker—Indeed!
Tellit—Yes, and Ills wife took both
Inside of a month. — Chicago Dally
News.
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an automobile, and her husband must
have one.
Toung Man—I think he ought to
have one too. What make are you go
ing to get us?
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“Literary Style.”
Says the Kansas City Star: A high
school student writes this office in
quiring what constitutes a “literary
style." Without trying to answer this
interesting and difficult question, two
remarks may be cited that throw
light on it. When Charles James Fox
was told that his speech read well
he retorted: “Then it was a bad
speech.” "When one of my congrega
tion would tell me at the end of a
service that the sermon was fine,”
Dr. Lyman Abbott has said, “I knew
I had made a failure.”
In general the style is good when it
tits the thought so well that the style
itself does not attract attention. As
soon as you begin to be consofoUs of
the style—unless, of course, you are
reading with that end in view—you
may be pretty sure it’s bad style.
Style is something like clothes or fur
niture. The well dressed man is the
man whose clothes do not attract at
tention. The well furnished room is
the one you go out of satisfied but
unable to describe the furniture.