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FRIDAY, MARCH 0, 1915.
|| THE LOSSES IN THE WAR.
I Casualty lists published last Decern
lei in Coppenliageh as coining from
[russia alone gave a loss of 753,202
pricers and men. It was then esti
mated in Denmark, aside from these
osses in the Prussian army, fully half
of the Bavarian arm had been put out
of action. The casualty lists from
Saxony and Wurtemberg were given
in round figures, and made it prob
able that the total German losses
might come to 2,000,000 killed, wound
ed, and missing.
It was estimated in Vienna at tlio
same time that the Austro-Hungarian
losses came to about 1,500,000 in kill
ed, wounded and missing. Hilaire Bel
loc had estimated, some weeks be
fore, that ‘lie German casualties had
already fooled up 1,750,000 and the Aus
trian losses 1,500,000. In one week
the total number of victims coming
from the single city of Berlin amount
ed to 57,800. The Berlin newspapers
are reported to have announced that
a majority of the residents of that
city who went to the front have lost
their lives.
A neutral and presumably impartial
newspaper, the Corriere de la Sera of
Milan, estimated two months ago that
the French had losf at least 50 per
cent, of their soldiers. The Associat
ed Press, as far back as Nov. 26, pub
lished a Paris dispatch estimating the
French loss then, with the war less
than four months in existence, at 590,
000. A month later the Neuesten
Nachricliten of Berlin printed a Brus
sels dispatch estimating the losses of
the Allies in the Yser campaign alone
as 215.000. Premier Asquith said in
the House of Commons on Feb. 8 that
the British casualties amounted to
about 104,000 men. Sixty thousand
Belgians r.e said by a German auth
ority to have been lost in the Yser
campaign alone. Early in November
a careful computation of Pitissian loss
es—made in Germany, it is true, but
■apparently not showing much bias.
brought them up to 760,000 men. A
Russian newspaper in December gave
the casualties among commissioned
officers alone as 33,000. Field Mar
shal von Ilindenburg’s estimate of
the losses among his adversaries in
one month came to 250,000, of which
lie put the number of killed and
wounded at 140,000 and prisoners at
110,000. Of the slaughter among the
Servians, which has certainly been
very great, we have no figures; nor
of Tin-key, where we know that at
least three army corps have been vir
tually wiped out; nor of Montenegro
or Persia, where we can safely as
sume that the slaughter has been out
of all proportion to the numbers en
gaged. Japan has probably escaped
more lightly than any other nation
engaged.
It will no doubt be long before we
have any accurate figures. But we
know enough already to be aware that
this is the most stupendous calamity
that ever fell upon the world. The
Franco-Prussian war, which is gener
ally spoken of as an unusually san
guinary conflict, cost the lives of
156,000 Frenchmen, 143,000 were
wounded and disabled, and 720,000
were made prisoners by the Germans
or interned in neutral states. The
Germans lost 28,000 dead and 101,000
wounded and disabled.
In the Russo-Japanese war the cas
ualties came to about 170,000 on the
Japanese side and nearly 400,000 on
the Russian. But that war lasted a
year and a half; this one has lasted
only a little over six months. Our
own great war lasted four years; and
it is estimated that the losses on each
side in all that time were about 500,
000, which, of course, represented a
heavier loss to the South than to the
North, because it had a smaller pop
ulation. The Union forces lost 359,
528 in actual casualties, but the num
ber that died of disease or injuries
incurred in army service and not fig
uring on the rolls is not less than
140,000.
We may not accept all the figures
that come to us from abroad; in fact,
we cannot. It will be many years be
fore the casualties are accurately
MU/ TTII, U VUOJ VI v> V- -.
already apparent, even making every
reasonable discount that we can, that
the human race has suffered a disas
ter to which there is no parallel. The
men guilty of this horror, whoever
they may be, have done worse by
their kind than if it had been given
to them to bring the terrors of earth
quake and fire upon it. It is not pos
sible to imagine miraculous power giv
en to men and to think of any use
that could be made of it more malign
than this use that has been made of
the crdinary powers cf government.—
\ew York Times.
KIM LET C1PTIVE
VISIT DYING MOTHER
BERLIN.—Raoul Davidot, a French
prisoner of war, returned to Germany
today from a visit to his home in
France, where he was permitted to
go by order of Emperor William to
see his dying mother.
The Frenchman wrote directly to
the emperor, asking to be allowed to
visit his mother, pledging his word
of honor to return by March 1. The
emperor immediately granted the re
quest, and Davidot made the trip to
France by way of Switzerland. After
the death of his mother he returned
to the detention camp in Germany.
FUG OKI V FOR
AN EMERGENCY
LONDON, Mardi 5—The British
foreign office is preparing a reply to
the American note concerning the use
of the American flag on the steamer
Lusitania. The reply will be for
warded to Washington in a few days,
probably before March 18.
The British officials have never ad
mitted the German charge that a
general order was issued by the Brit
ish government that British ships
should use the flags of neutral states.
Neither has the admiralty confirmed
the rumor that the Lusitania was or
dered to use the neutral flag.
The position of the British govern
ment, as will be set forth in the re
ply, probably will be that the cap
tains of British merchant vessels have
been advised to use neutral flags,
should an emergency demand such ac
tion to save the lives of those on the
ships. The note will probably make
it clear that no general use of neu
tral flags has been contemplated or
advised.
The feeling among officials and
Englishmen generally is that the
American note is entirely friendly.
The response will be wholly in the
same spirit. Englishmen of all class
es regrel^that British ships must use
st rategy.
MANY SEE EIGHT II
HR IT MUUHISEN
GENEVA.—A very thrilling aer
ial battle between a Zeppelin dirigi
ble balloon and three French aero
planes was witnessed recently by
thousands of German and French
troops in the trenches near Mulhau
ven, in upper Alsace.
The Zeppelin came from the B1 tea
Forest and was sailing toward Bel
tort when it met the aeroplanes,
which were flying much lower. A
battle ensued and the conflict last
ed for about forty minutes, both sides
keeping up a continuous Are.
The aeroplanes struggled to reach
a higher level which would place them
above the dirigible, and had almost
succeeded when the Zeppelin retired
to the north at great speed.
BRIGHTON BACK
FROM PORT WELLS
The Brighton returned yesterday
afternoon from her trip to Port Wells.
Captain Stamey reports some rough
■weather on the return trip. The
launch called at Golden, Hobo Bay,
Portage Bay and other way ports.
Captain George, Captain Peabody and
others were returning passengers
from down, sound points. The Brigh
ton will leave Valdez on her next trip
about March 15.
They are strong legs that can bear
abundance.
A Scotch Genius W%* Anticipated the
Work of Marconi.
James Bowman I.indsay, a Scotch
man, began experimenting with elec
tricity in 1820. In a few years lie pro
duced a "constant stream of light."
which was the admiration of scientists,
lie sent messages over wires and de
livered many lectures on an electric
telegraph. Then in 1852 he invented
a system of wireless telegraphy and
submitted it to a public tost, regarding
which a Dundee paper of April 12
1853, said: “The experiment removes
all doubt of the practicability of Mr.
Lindsay's invention, and there Is every
reason to think that it will soon con
nect continent with continent, and is
land with island, in one unbroken line
of communication."
Lindsay’s lectures were advertised
under the tilte of “Telegraphing With
out Wires," so that the familiar “wire
less" itself was anticipated. But lie
was more than a scientific experiment
alist. He projected a dictionary in
fifty languages and labored on it for a
quarter of a century. It was too huge
a task, and the I’entecontaglossal Dic
tionary exists in an unfinished state
only in manuscript. He also compiled
with more success a set of astronomi
cal tables for the use of elironologists.
Yet this astonishing man never en
joyed more than an income of $250 a
year as a teacher until the eve of his
death, when the prime minister grant
ed him a pension of $500 "in recogni
tion of his great learning and ex
traordinary attainments Kxchange.
BRASS ROD MONEY.
Currency That Used to Be Very Popu
lar With African Natives.
The ainui.il “bullion letter" of Messrs.
Samuel Montagu <fc Co. of London sug
gests that the phrase expressive of
wealth, "plenty of brass," was intro
duced into England by sailors trading
with towns at tile mouths of the great
African rivers, though the brass rods
used by the natives are now passing
into the limbo of tilings obsolete.
A*brass rod at Momsemb was fifteen
inches long and not quite so thick as a
slate pencil. Everything had its price
in brass rods—one egg equaled one
brass rod; n fowl, ten brass rods; two
yards of cloth, twenty brass rods; a
male slave, 000 brass rods, and a fe
male slave. 2,500 brass,rods.
The brass for these rods was origi
nally melted down for their brass orna
ments—anklets. necklaces, armlets, leg
rings, hafts of spears, paddles and
handles of knives, etc. It was using
the brass for this purpose that first
gave it any real value to them. In
1890 the brass rods still retained their
value.
It Is quite possible that the rods
changed hands in fathom lengths, and
those who came into possession of
these lengths each cut off a little piece
to procure a little bit of brass for noth
ing, and hence the length was gradual
ly shortened until in 1S90 it was fifteen
inches. The process of shortening con
tinued, and in 1905 the standard length
was only eleven inches.
Is There a “Born Criminal?”
Is it to he wondered that most au
thorities are inclining more and more
to find in a faulty environment rather
than in a bad heredity the explanation
of the boy who goes wrong? Not that it
is as yet possible and perhaps it never
will be possible to rule out entirely the
idea of the "born criminal." A small
proportion of delinquents unquestiona
bly do show almost from infancy an \
irresistible and seemingly instinctive
impulse to evil, but to just what ex- |
lent this is actually due to inherited
and irremediable conditions remains to
be ascertained. Medical progress, in
fact. Is constantly making it clearer
that ninny supposed instances of “in
nate depravity” are in reality the re
sult of curable physical defects and
sometimes of defects that are compar
atively slight.—H. Addington Bruce in
Century.
Turkish Smoking Pipes.
The “hookah" is a large tobacco pipe
much used in Turkey, Persia and other
eastern countries. It consists of two
bowls, one placed over the other. The
upper bowl contains the tobacco and Is
connected by a tube with the lower,
which is partially filled with water.
The connecting tube passes down into
the water. The stem, which is usually
a long flexible tube, is connected with
the air space above the water, and thus
the smoke must pass through the wa
ter before reaching the smoker. In
passing through it is cooled and de
prived of most of its bnrmful constit
uents.
Naadlass Advice.
"How are you getting on at your
new plaee?" asked a lady of a girl
whom she*had recommended for a sit
uation.
“Very well, thank you." answered
the girl.
“I’m glad to hear it,” said the Indy.
“Your employer Is a very nice person,
and you cannot do too much for her.”
“I don't mean to, ma'am." was the
innocent reply.—London Answers.
Out of His Mouth.
His youngest grandchild had man
aged to get possession of a primer and
was trying to eat It.
“Pardon me for taking the words
out of your mouth, little one." said the
professor, hastily Interposing.—Chicago
Tribune.
Inoivility.
A man has no more right to say ah
uncivil thing than to act one—no more
tight to sag a rude thing to anothei
Jhan to knock Mm down.—Johnson.
Special Sale of Shoe Pacs
We are overstocked on
Golden Seal Pacs
and in order to move them have decided to sell them ^
at a:greatly reduced price:
$3.50.
These are 12 in/ Pacs, formerly $4.50
St. ^
and ,16 in. [- Pacs, l formerly $5.00
T This sale will be for’ a; limited time only.
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
( 7 a in to 0 a m
MEALS< Lunch 12 m to 1 p m
t 0 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM SSO per Mo.
Notice To Creditors.
In the matter of the estate of George
Hansen, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the es
tate of George Hansen, deceased, to
the creditors thereof, and to all per
sons having claims against said es
tate, to exhibit the same with the
necessary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this no
tice, to-wit, within six months after
the 24th day of February, 1915, to
said administrator, at the office of
Donohoe &■ Dimond, his attorneys in
said matter, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said es
tate.
The date of the first publication
of this notice is the 24th day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
A. S. JENSEN, Administrator.
Notice To Creditors.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion. At Valdez. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
H. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate of
W. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred
itors and all other persons, having
claims against said estate, are here
by notified to exhibit the same to me,
together with the necessary proof
thereof, at my place of business at
Valdez, Alaska, within six months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, the same being the place for the
transaction of all business in connec
tion with said estate. Dated at Val
dez, Alaska, this 13th day of Febru
ary, 1915.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix of the estate of W. H.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16, 1915.
Date of last publication March 16,
1916.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles 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 t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Friday, March 5.
High tide 2:15 a. m., 13.0; 2:52 p.
m„ 10.9.
Low tide 8:43 a. m., 0.2; 8:35 p.
m., 1.1.
Saturday, March 6.
High tide 2:53 a. m., 13.0; 3:46 p.
m., 9.9.
Low tide 9:36 a. m„ 0.4; 8:35 p.
m., 1.9.
Sunday, March 7.
High tide 3:38 a. m., 12.6; 4:52 p.
m., 9.0.
Low tide 10:36 a. m„ 0.1; 10:00 p.
m., 2.8.
Don’t forget the Woman’s Guild sale
of foods at Love-Whitley’s Saturday.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ Tll^piTD and Building
Puget Sound U lVllJlll\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Independent Laundry Co.
(Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone (ifi I I Roujrh Dry lCc lb.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
. « m 11 * <• n ..1
3. 3. Mariposa and 3. 3. Aiameaa sail rrom oeanie
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south -7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell, Douglas
Cordov* Kllamar. Valdez and T.atouche. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th
s S I.atouche. 15th: S S Cordova. 85th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Ti a:y, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
National Bank In Alaska.
A New York exchange says: News
reached the financial district yester
day that a charter has been granted
from Washington to the Harriman Na
tional Bank of Alaska, which will
soon be opened at Seward. The bank,
it was announced, will also undertake
to serve both the government and
the public in the industrial develop
ment of the territory.
The officers of the bank are: Presi
dent, Joseph W. Harriman; vice-pres
idents, Gaston Hardy, H. B. Wessel
man and John A. Noble; cashier,
Erich Lucas, and directors, Joseph W.
Harriman, Gaston Hardy, E. H. Sears,
John A. Hesse and Erich Lucas.
The Prospector office for job worn
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.”
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everythin*. We Bake Our Own
Bread and Pastry. Bread forlSale.
Jack CaBin_ Proprietor
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Prirste Rosas for Patients
For Terms'and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Pbjsician in Charge.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, March 5, 1915.
STATION Above Below, Snow In. WEATHEB CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 0 7 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCallum . 0 23 Cloudy, caltp. trail good.
Paxson’s . 0 34 Cloudy, windy, trail good.
Hogan . 8 15 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Gulkana . 4 14 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center. 10 10 Clear, calm, trail good.
Tonsina . 10 25 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 5 26 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam. 18 36 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Summit . 13 70 Light wind, Cloudy, trail drifted.
Wortman’s . 29 37 Clear, calm, trail good.