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THE BALKAN SETTLEMENT.
In ihe ((infusion of opinions ;m io
the inmndi.iU future of the Balkan
states, most of them pessimistic, it is
refreshing to come across a review
of the situation hy a competent stu
dent who sees at least a settlement
that is likely to last for this genre
ntion. Such a review is given in tie*
current number of The Political
Science Quarterly, edited b.v the Fac -
ulty of Political Science of Columbia
University for the Academy of Polit
ical Science in the City of New York,
an admirable periodical in an import
ant field. The author of the review
is Prof. Stephen P. Duggan, of the
College of the City of New York, and
is the second on the Balkan situation.
Prof. Duggan analyzes carefully
the course of events during the past
year, since the opening of the Peace
Conference of December, 1912—the
renewal of the war between the Al
lies and Turkey, the successes of the
former, the intervention of Austria as
to Albania, with the support of Italy;
the quarrel of the Allies, the entrance
of Rumania upon the stage of ac
tion, the vaulting ambition of Bul
garia, the crushing defeat of that
power, and the adjustment that was
finally brought about. The follow
ing passage sums up the main fea
tures of the situation in a very sat
isfactory manner:
"The settlement ol' the Balkans will
probably last for at least a genera
tion, not because all the parties to
the settlement are content, but be
cause it will take at least a genera
tion for the dissatisfied states to re
euperate. Bulgaria is in far worse
condition than she was before the
war with Turkey, the second Balkan
war. caused hy her policy of greed
and arrogance, destroyed 100,000 of
the flower of her manhood, lost her
all of Macedonia and Eastern Thrace,
and increased her expenses enormous
ly. Her total gains, whether from
Turkey or from her former allies,
were but eighty miles of seaboard on
the Aegan, with a Thracian hinter
land woefully depopulated. Even rail
way communication with her one new
port of Dedeagatch has been denied
her. Bulgaria is in despair, but full
•of hate. However, with a reduced
depopulation and a bankrupt treas
ury, she will need many years to
recuperate before she can hope to
upset the new arrangement. And it
will be hard even to attempt that;
for the status quo is founded upon
(he principle of a balance of power
in the Balkan peninsula; and Ru
mania has definitely announced her
self as a Balkan power. Servia, and
more particularly Greece, have made
acquisitions beyond their wildest
dreams at the beginning of the war
and have now become strong adher
ents of the policy of equilibrium.'’
NEW YORK’S RULE.
,\i-w Ye! k bankers who appeared
before the organization committee of
the new reserve system yesterday
were frank iri expression of their de
sire for the establishment of a domi
nating bank in the rity of New York.
They had no hesitation in asking for
the formation of a reserve district
which should include fifty or more per
cent of the banking capital and busi
ness of the country, and in fact plead
ed for a continuation of the present
situation and the centralization of the
reserve 'and surplus funds of the
country in New York city.
IT. Parker Willis, who has been
cred ted with being the chief author
of the new banking law, was prompt
to say that such a plan would be out
of harmony with the purpose of the
bill and that the arguments which
were presented in its behalf showed
» misconception of the theory on
which tite system was framed. Inci
dentally the attitude of the New York
bankers furn’shed a strong argument
for Philadelphia's plea for the loca
tion of a regional institution.
If-the money of the country is to
be detracted from abnormally piling
up in the chief speculative center
of the country. It must be through
!the establishment and development
| of other centers of attraction in in
timate touch with the commercial
and industrial activities. If the dorn
ination of New York is to be restrict
ed, it can best be done by develop
ing the natural powers of such finan
cial centers as Philadelphia and Bos
ton. To make the entire northeast
'em section of the country tributary
to New York would be to continue
the existing status of the money mar
ket ami to defeat some of the most
important remedial features of the
ni” legislation. Philadelphia Bui
Ictin.
COAL SPECIMENS FROM
NEAR THE SOUTH POLE
Probably the most interesting ot
the Scott V.i'anic expedit on sped
m--ns. which bate just been placed
in the Natural History Museum at
South Kensington, London, are the
few pieces of coal found by Capta'n
Scott's party in latitude 85 degrees
in the middle of the frozen plateau
that stretches from King Edward's
Land way beyond the South Pole.
The' coal was found by ("oinuiander
Evans among the little bundle of
fossils which Captain Scott and Ins
three companions dragged through
the blizzard with their other baggage
on that memorable return journey
which cost them their lives. The j
few tiny fragments, under the light ,
of science, tell a wonderful story. |
If it is true, as these specimens (
strongly indicate, that there is coal
at the South Pole, it follows that
at some remote period there must
have been forests growing in this
frozen, ice-covered land. Stored up
in the little bits of coal is the heat
of a tropical sun, which ages ago
shone ov r the fertile hills and val
leys of King Edward’s Land, now a
desolate ice waste.
UNITED STATES ENGLISH. 1
They TH*«k Abroad We Are Forming a
New Language Here.
Unless they Hie fairly conversant
with current transatlantic fiction, and,
al*ove all, with (lie newspupers of to
day. Englishmen do not realize thut a
new lauguitge seems in process of for
mation In the United States. A Dan
ish savant, the professor of language
at the Copenhagen university, has pre
dicted that in n few centuries "they
will be speaking American over in
England Instead of English." He is
also of the opinion that “the so called
“•slang of the present American tongue
is far more poetical, picturesque and
serviceable than tlie English of Shakes
neare's time.”
Muking allowance for a certain ex
aggeration. this expression of opinion
is notable as showing that an expert
believes u new American "language"
(o lie in course of development. Amori
can slang is certainly more forceful
anti expressive than the argot, of the
Uritisli isles, and, although much of it
is quite unnecessary, it consists in
large part of the employment of very
up to date metaphor, rather than the
use of “earn phrases," us they were
termed in the eighteenth century.
In fact, the use of metaphor is so
pronounced that an Englishman, oth
erwise lguognnt of "good United States
Hugo” might understand much of it If
he were conversant with the technical
terms employed in engineering or rail
way opera Uons. It is creeping into
English rather rapidly, a fact heartily
to be deplored.—London (llobe.
SWEET POTATOES IN JAPAN.
One of the Three Things There Native
Women Really Love.
Tile sweet potato seems to have
emigrated from China via the Iasi
Choo islands to Japan. Nearly two
centuries ago Aoki Kouyo recommend
ed to the shogun the cultivation of the
sweet potato all over the empire. In
grateful memory of the benefactor
there now stands over Aoki's grave a
monument with this unique inscrip
tion, "The potato professor."
One of tile distinguishing features
| of Tokyo is the sweet potato bakeries,
j where, during the colder months, hot
! potatoes prove a godsend to ninny.
Around tiie.se potato shops the poorer
children crowd with their coppers,
anxious foi the morsel which is to
them what milk chocolate is to chil
dren of the west. Humor lias it that
there are but three things the Japa
nese woman really loves—pumpkin,
theater going and sweet |Kitato.
At present there are more than 1.0(H)
potato ovens in Tek. o. and the sale of
j roast potatoes annually totals more
Ilian 1 .OtitM> n yen in no country in
l the world can the poor people got pure,
wholes uue food more conveniently and
economically than in .Inpun. Whether
one gets a box of rice witli pickles and
dry lisli in u station or a pot of tea for
cents on the train, it is always
clean and attractively served.—Detroit
News Tribune.
Cable Office Hours
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'■hiiulays and holidays 9 to 10 a. in
ind 5 to a i tn
Watch , and jewelry repairin';. At
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promptly.. Plant &.:Co., .jewelor*, vtf ■
If yon wsnt n't the »PWS all tn«
time, read the Pro* pec tor.
WHY EVERYBODY
ISN'T HEALTHY
Public Indifference and Lack
of Co-operation fo Blame.
PRONE TO TAKE CHANCES.
Surgeon General Blue Warns Against
Dangerous Ills of Which People Make
Light -Life of a Man of Forty More
Important Than That of a Baby, Says
Professor Sedgwick.
Addressing the Association id' Life
Insurance Presidents recently, Dr.
Itlipert Blue, surgeon general of the
L'nited States public health service,
delivered a particularly interesting ad
dress, in the course of which lie said:
"Public health is a public utility. A
dollar laid out in sanitation is not an
expenditure, but a loan, which will ho
returned a hundredfold. Any munic
ipality, state or nation can have pub
lic health if it will but pay the price.
“The most needed reforms in public
health administration are greater co
operation between public uliicials, the
employment of full time workers, es
tablishment of laboratories, accurate
collection of vital statistics and the
setting aside of sullieient. funds to ac
complish those things.
"The future of sanitary administra
tion in this country depends upon the
interest which the citizens take in
its development. There is no better
intlex of tlte stute of clvilzntion of a
community than the manner In which
it approaches its public health prob
lems. There is still much room for
reform in the sanitary administration
of many states and municipalities in
our country, and not the least Impor
tant duty devolving upon the health
officials of this nation is the educa
tion of the general public to the eud
that sanitary reforms will not only
be accepted, lint also lie earnestly
sought for.
Slow Progress Explained.
"Our slow progress lu (lie direction
of a perfect national health is due to
the fact that tlie people have not as
yet fully realized its importance and
have not demanded that protection
against preventable disease which
they have a right to expect from (heir
administrative officials. Neither have
they demanded legislation and appro
priations which are essential in the
successful prosecution of public health
work There are two main causes for
the paucity of sanitary legislation -
pttblie indifference ami economic op
mention.
"Tlie feverish energy in sanitary
mailers which characterizes the gener
al public In lime of epidemic soup gives
way to lethargy and indifference to
public health matters The average in
hi' ill tin I is willing to take a diancc of
contracting a disease when it seems a
long way off. and it is only when it is
close upon him and in spectacular form
tied lie appreciates its danger A sin
gle case of leprosy in a city will create
w idespread cm ilctncut, while a thou
sand cases of measles, which in their
final results arc Infinitely more danger
ous. are penult ted to occur without re
mark
"The day inis passed w hen by itldi
vidunl brilliancy a battle against dls
eaau foes, may Ite won without regard
to the engagements which are going on
all about us. We live in an age in
wide It efficiency is the slogan. We
have learned from oft repeated failure
and sore disappointment that in sani
tary work. as.in all tlie other efforts of
the human race, tlie greatest good Can
lu> accomplished in the shortest space
of time and with a minimum expendi
ture of funds and labor hv a lyomyon
lrated co-operative effort."
Emphasis on Wrong Things.
In an address at this meeting IVo
feasor W. T Sedgwick of the Mas
sachusetts institute of Technology
said ■
"There is a great deal of lost mo
tiou in tlie public health movement of
today, a great deal of emphasis on
tile wrong thing l’lire spices tire alt
very well, imt pure milk and pure wa
ter are infinitely more important Pure
drugs nre all very well. Imt where one
person needs pure drugs a hundred
need pure milk, pure water and pure
air.
"I am told there is a movement
afoot to secure through a central
agency an attempt to get real life cx
tension or the prolongation of life.
"It is one of the sad things that so
far we have succeeded cliielly in sav
ing life at the lower end linliy life
We have prolonged infant life and di
minished infant mortality. We have
been much slower in securing any pro
longation of life above the age'of for
ty That is where: we want extension
A baby is a very, useful tiling. Imt it
certainly is not of any use compared
With it life at forty, which has been
well prepared at great expense ami
which ought to tie efficient and vvlii. !i
we might to prolong just as much as
wo possibly can ".
Another Perpetual Motion ‘•Discoverer.”
Postmaster ilenerul. Iturlcson lias re
reived the picture of a perpetual mo
lion device from Middlelmrg. N. \
Tile apparatus Is a wheel made of 1)2
liodiov ulass halls, on each of which is^
printcd fhc' tluiVre 0 The Irtventoi ex
plains that the tlunres are ffa going up
and l»‘s uoing down and that the ffa
on flic down aide overbalanced the
Ca on the up aide and theta by p—Ttd
m 25% 25%
SPECIAL SALE
BOYS’ OVERCOATS
For One Week
Boys’ $6.00 Coats $4.50
Boys’ $7.50 “ $5.65
Boys’ $8.00 “ $6.00
Sizes from 5 years to 14 years.
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Company
Phone 57
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the I'nited Stales Commissioner's i
Court, ex-officio Judge in Probate, i
Valdez precinct. Third Judicial Pi j
vision. Territory of AlaBka.
In the matter of the estate of Hob- i
ert Martin, deceased. Notice to cred- i
itors.
Notice is hereby given by the un- j
dersigned, administrator of the estate j
of Robert Martin, deceased, to the j
creditors of, and all persons having j
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them with the necessary vouch- j
ers. within six (t>) months after the
first publication of this notice, to the j
said administrator at. the office of C. 1
E. Bunnell, at Valdez. Alaska, the i
i same being the place for the trans
lion of the business of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 13th
| dav of January. 1914.
W. 11. CASWELL,
j Administrator of the estate of Robert
Martin, deceased.
Pate of first publication Jan. 14
Pate of last publication Feb. 17.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
United States of America, Third I'i j
vision, Territory of Alaska, ss.
Public notice >s hereby given, that i
by virtue of a writ of execution, dated I
January 9th, A. I). 1914, issued out |
of the District Court, for the Third [
[division. Territory of Alaska, on a :
I judgment rendered in said Cour,, on i
[the r.th day of January, A. D. 1914, j
>i favor of the United States of i
Vineries, and against James Fish, ad I
iiiinistrator of the estate of Louis (’a
I ai'i in. deceased. Angus Chisholm.
| Fi ■ ViI; Gustafson, Max J. Schnrdt and :
Jennie Raymond, 1 have, on litis 9tli [
day of January, A. I). 1914. levied j
upon the following describe ! red
lit, .si Hit. Uhl in tin* town of Y. z. ,
! Territory of Alaska, to wit
i,oi nine UD in Block B; l<; three;
! Ci) in Block two (2); lot loin ( !) i
in block twenty-four (21), of the I
Valdez Townsite, according to the !
official plat f said townsite on tile j
in the office of the recorder for said ;
precinct, and iliat I will, according- I
ly, offer said real estate for sale, at
public vendue to the h'ghest and host
bidder, for cash, on the third day of
March. A. D. 1914, at two o’clock p.
;n.. at the front door of the Court
House, Valdez, Alaska.
. Unfed at Valdez, Alaska, January
9, 1914.
• F. R. BRENNEMAN.
(J. S. Marshal, Third Division. Ter
ritory of Alaska.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last publication February 21, 1914.
Dougherty & Ferguson
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L Washington. D. C.
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