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HOW SHALL WE FIGHT.
Dispatches so far from Washington j
indicate that the government is not!
decided as to how far the United
iitates should go in punishing Ger
many for violating its rights on the
high seas. A statement was author
ized officially that “all phases of the
situation were discussed” by the pres
ident and his cabinet and it developed
that even the question of sending an
-expeditionary force to Europe was
considered as one of the remote pos- ]
sibilities of the future.
One thing that appears to have!
been practically agreed to, aside from |
the use of the “submarine chasers," is j
that this country should extend lib*!
eral credit to the Allies. In other i
words it will be our part to help to !
hnance the entente, which is by noj
means at the end of its resources, but.
which could conveniently use a few i
millions or billions of American mon-!
ey and a million or so American men. i
It is probable, too, that the whole
American navy will be launched
against Germany—not in the sense of
a mass attack, but in the sense th.u
nur destroyers will run down subma
rines and cur larger ships will be
used where they can be of most ser
vice. Probably our fleet would take
care of the problem of patrolling the
Western Atlantic and thus might re
lieve the British of that task. How
much farther it will go—if any far
'her—has not been disclosed: but
probably the problem has been pretty
well threshed out and those in au
thoriy know about what will be done
if congress declares for aggressive
warfare. The decision, of course, will
he kept a naval secret.
Yet the extent of our co-operation
with the allies is something in which
the whole country is interested. We
do not believe that the American pub
lic is in favor of forming an alliance
with the entente. The sentiment
against alliances, even of temporary
character, is too powerful to justify
the president or congress in entering
a pact which would make it an actual
partner of England, France and their
allies.
It Is probable that we shall attempt
to confine our warfare to the task
of protecting the lives and property
of Americans at sea. It is not difficult
to forsee, however, that in defense
of those rights we may be forced by
circumstances and by public opinion
into a still more aggressive attitude,
for one clash at sea—resulting, say
in the capture and execution of .'in
American captain by the Germans
might conceivably arouse an over
whelming demand for real war. We
may not feel so belligerent now but
public feeling is delicately balanced,
and may easily be turned one way or
the other.
For the present popular opinion
appears to demand nothing more then
the safeguarding of American rights
—and there is little or no demand
in the West for our participation in
the war as one of the entente allies.
Whether a half-way policy of this
Kind can he .worked out successfully
is for the future to decide.
SALMON INFORMATION
There will he operated on the
Alaska coast this year 104 salmon
canneries. It is estimated that they
will produce about five million cases
of fish. To make this pack about
30,000 men will be employed for an
average of ninety days. It will ne
cessitate the taking of seventy million
fish to fill these cans. These canner
ies are strung along the coast from
Ketchikan to Bristol bay, about 2000
miles. If evenly divided there would
be a cannery every twenty miles, but
being located in bunches it leaves in
places hundreds of miles of the coast
without a cannery, the waters of
which are now proving to be as rich
in fish as the old locations. In times
gone by the idea was to locate as near
the mouth of a fresh water stream as
possible, in order to get the fish when
they were bunched and rushing to the
spawning grounds.
The government has stopped this;
by passing a law preventing anyone
from fishing within one-half mile
from the mouth of any stream, flic
consequence is, canneries are beii^
located along the coast without re
gard to fresh water streams. This;
has brought into use the purse seine,
boats to catch them as they school in j
the deep water. The fish caught this;
way have proven to be far better for
canning purposes than those eaughr
I y the old method* The flesh is firm
?r and has not begun to deteriorate
which follows quickly on entering the
fresh water.
Alaska's easiest and quickest re-J
ource to develop is her fish and
should be developed by people who
make their homes here. Everything i
is far as possible, from fishing to
packing and shipping, should be done
jy home labor; then Alaska will begin
to get population and prosperity.
Seward Gateway.
MK. Goinpers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, takes
occasion to criticise the supreme court |
for expressing the opinion in the,
Adamson law decision, that the right
to strike is limited to the public in - \
terest. Apparently he is ready to say
that the public’s interest last week |
was subordinate to the right of* the;
railroad brotherhoods to tie up the;
transportation system of the country, j
In the face of a foreign war a walk-:
out would be justified, one concludes |
from his reasoning—in other words
the rights of 300,000 men may be
paramount to the rights of 100,000,
000. After it is simmered down the
supreme court’s logic will hold, for
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MRS. K. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
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no strike which lacks public support
and which is against the public in
terest is likely to win.
6IIILS KEEP
DUAL COMPACT
K.\CH KIRKS IU IXKT INTO OTHKK
You 111; Women Make Suicide Pact.
Visit Cafes and Take In Sights,
Then Calmly hire Shots Which Ter
minate Karthly Ties.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H„ April 3.
l'he two young women who killed
each other simultaneously in the cafe
Portsmouth last night were definitely
identified to day at Margaret (Peggy;
Spalding, daughter of George E.
Spalding of Newton, Mass., and Ethel
Stanton, daughter <5f J. L. Stanton,
city passenger agent of the Rock Isl
and railroad with headquarters at
I„os Angeles. A note signed "Peggy
and Ethel," found in a room in the
Rockingham hotel which they had oc
cupied Wednesday night and Thurs
day indicated that they had agreed
to commit suicide together. Miss
Spalding was 18 years of age and
Miss Stanton was 22. The girls came
here Wednesday. After a night and
a day spent at the hotel, where Miss
Stanton had registered in her own
name and Miss Spaulding as “Rose
King,” they went to the cafe for din
ner. They spent more than two hours
over the meal prolonging it by repeat
ed call for black coffee.
Just before 11 o'clock the waiters
and the few remaining diners heard
rwo shots. They rushed to the booth,
where the girls had been seated and
found Miss Stanton dead, lying half
across the table. Miss Spalding lay
on the floor unconscious and died in
a few minutes. Each girl had a bul
let wound in the temple. Miss Stan
ton's fingers were closed about a 32
calibre revolver and Miss Spalding
had a pearl-handled 22 calibre revol
ver.
The police expressed the opinion
, hat each girl held a revolver at the
other's head and fired. It was plan
.ed to hold an inquest today. The
note found in the girls' room was ad
dressee! to Miss Spalding's mother.
Xo dofir'l > oason was given for
tlit* girls’ act. The note said that it
was better they should die and asked
i heir parents not to be grief stricken
oecause "they would be happy and
peaceful when reunited in a better
world.”
Seattle Takes liead.
SEATTLE, April 3.—The Seattle
Metropolitans took the lead in the
world's series hockey championship
i ace last night by defeating the Mon
treal Canadians 4 to 1. Smith again
saved the visitors from a whitewash
by scoring a goal two minutes before
the close of the game.
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Morgan Will bend Money
NEW YORK, April 3.—John Pier
pont Morgan and company have
agreed to advance a million without
interest to the department of war
to relieve a possible embarrassment
in the purchase of supplies. The pro
posal was made because the recent
Congress failed to pass the Defici
ency Bill.
It is said that Germany now baa a
real “boss" in General von Ludendorff,
tbe iiunrtennaster general. Tbe band
of Field Marshal von Hludenburg’s
chief of staff and trusted colleague is
. fed now not only in his strategic de
terminations and direction of tbe
armies of the central powers, but
i reaches out into Germany's whole ec»
i uoutic and social l ie.
Good
Goods
Phone 12
Moderate
v Prices
In Our Delicatessen Department
today you will find ’/
Jones’ Dairy Farm Sausage <
SARATOGA ( HIPS
KIPPEREI) SALMON
SI MMER SAUSAGE
LIVER SAUSAGE
SALT MACKKKKI.
SALMON HKLLIKS
< HILK CHKKHK
IMMKXTO CHKKHK
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
received on last boat.
ORANGES
KliORlOA GRAPE FRITT
LETTUCE
GREEN PEPPERS
HA DISH KS
PARSLEY
HHIBABB
ONION SETS
■and a fine line of Staple Vegetables.
For Fresh Pies, Layer Cakes, Cookies, Rolls, Doughnuts,
Bread of all kinds, try us
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
PHONK 12 IX KORMKR H. P. KIXG BLDG.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
Pioneer MeetiuR.
All members of the Valdez Order or
Pioneers and of the Woman's Auxil
iary ar'- requested to meet tonight at
S o’clock at Pioneer's Hall. A full
attendance is desired.
Notice Hand Men.
There will be a band meeting at
7:30 o'clock this evening at Moose
Hall. Members urged to be present.
FRENCH TO Cl'T DOWN
ON HER IMPORTS
PARIS. April 3.— By authority of
the cabinet the minister of commerce
today issued a decree prohibiting all
imports whatsoever expect such as
may be authorized specifically bv the
government upon application.
Germans lxicate French Graves.
BERLIN. April 3.—Having printed
m French the names of 360.000 pris
oners of war and the places at which
they are held the German government
is beginning the publication of the
names of French soldiers buried be
hind the German lines and the loca
tion of their graves.
Knowslides In Idaho.
AVERY, Idaho. April 3.—Snow
slides in the Bitter Root mountains
has forced the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railroad to detour its trains
from Spokane to Missoula over the
Northern Pacific. The slides continue
today and at places have carried away
portions of the main line tracks. A
large motor driving a rotary was de
railed twice by slides.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Hunt left on
the Evans for Anchorage where they
will make their home.
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When you make it
with
I Crescent Baking Powder
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But it will cone
out “light as a
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HOLD BY GROCERS
25c lb. Can.
CRESCENT MFG. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
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Open Day an«l Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Dm* Sure.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD
WE PAY
28 cents per pound for Copper
18 cents per pound for Brass
8c lb. for Rubber Shoes.
7c lb. for l-rf-ad.
820.00 per ton for cast iron.
815 per ton Wrought Iron.
5c per lb. for Rope.
3 \g c per pound for Rags.
820.00 per ton for Paper.
27c per do*. Beer Bottles, qts.
17c do/.. Beer Bottles, pints.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
Cake*, Cookies ft Baas, 15c per dosea.
French, Rye and White Bread 12 1*2
cents per leaf.; Order* taken for special
occasion*.
BERGSTROM * ROGSTAD, Prop*.
PHONEJ17 - Three d**n WWw Owl Dr*f
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Fpop.
SrRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel
Watch This
Space
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRING. Prop
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; cone in
and look it over. Yaldez Drug Co. if
Pre9ta eanay at the Emporium, tf
A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes. Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. V'aldez Drug Co. tf
Anything m nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
A fresh lot of Haas Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
!a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. Pk. C.. M. D. Prop
Jos. A. Silverman Ph. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SIKOKON
Office komrt-1 to 4 p. m —7 Ho 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Rea. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* over Valdez. Drug Vo.
Phone’JR McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Array
A. A. Surgeon, V S. Public Health Serv
(Marina Hospital)
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National IIalveralty
Waahtngtoa, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
phony; no
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOHXEYS-AT-LAW
lIMn Oppinltc Court Hmn
■'hoar M VALDEZ. ALASKA
John lfona <s r kitchim
LYONS & RITCHIE
A TTOK IAEA'S-AT-LAW
Offlrra In *’ Hqlldln*
Phono 101 A A LURK. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
Jl NKAl, ALASKA
Glasses Kitted Lenses Ground
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VALDEZ LODGE
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Krec and Acecptrd Maiom
Regular Communications Brst Wed
uesdatvin each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always w«|Ame.
F. M. BROWN; W. M.
ED WOOD'. Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union,No. 188 L
Western Federation of\lBnertTT
W. H. GARNER. Prtaideot. dL •
Granite Muse* J
, GUST KRING. Secretary. I
Valdez Alaska. I .
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