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SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1916
THE KERRY DANCE.
OH, the days of the Kerry dancing;
Oh, the ring of the piper's tune;
Oh, for one of those .hours of gladness.
Gone—alas, like our youth, too soon!
When the boys begin to gather
In the glen of a summer night.
And the Kerry piper's tuning
Made us long with wild delight.
"Lads and lasses to your places,
Up the middle and down again.”
Ah, the merry hearted laughter
Ringing through the happy glen.
Ob, to think of it; oh, to dream of it
Fills my heart with tears;
Oh. the days of the Kerry dancing;
Oh, the ring of the piper’s tune.
OH, for one of those hours of gladness,
Gone, alas, like our youth, too soon!
Time goeB on and the happy years are
dead,
And one by one the merry heartB are fled.
Silent now is the wild and lonely glen t
Where the bright glad laugh will echo
ne’er again.
Only dreaming of days gone by, tn my
heart 1 hear
Loving voices of old companions stealing
out of the past once more.
And the sound of the dear old music, soft
and sweet as in the days.of yore.
When the boys began to gather
In the glen of a summer night.
And the Kerry piper’s tuning
Made us long with wild delight.
Oh, to think of it; oh, to dream of it
Fills my heart with tears.
Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing;
Qh, the ring of the piper’s tune.
Oh, for one of those hours of gladness.
Gone, alas, like our youth, too soon!
-J L. Molloy.
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CANADA’S TEUTON PARTIALITY, j
Canada would not raise the Ger
man flag within its borders, natu
rally; but neither will it raise the
British flag unless that banner is
made with German dyes. Nor is this
to be explained by any atrocious pun
on the dyeing or the dead. It is a
fact that to the Caandian eye the flag
of the motherland does not flash forth
with the same radiance an a majesty
when colored with non-German dyes.
This is soberly stated In the papers of
a breach of contract suit recently
filed in the United States District
court. The New York Sun sums up
the peculiar features of this case:
. Through an embargo on German
dyestuffs, the British government is
unconsciously curtailing the manu
facture of British flags. This para
dox was disclosed in papers filed in
the United States District Court yes
terday in connection with breach-of
contract suits resulting from the in
sistence of British and Canadian flag
concerns that none but German dyes
be used in Union Jacks and other
British flags.
The papers reveal that early in
1915 John C. Dettra & Co., Inc., of
Pennsylvania, entered into a contract
with the Syndicate Publishing Com
pany of 9 East Thirty-seventh street,
to manufacture hundreds of thou
sands of Union Jacks, which were to
be shipped to England and Canada.
The contract provided, according to
the Syndicate Publishing Company,
for the use of German dyestuffs.
The Syndicate Publishing Company
received 12,400 flags, and shipped
them to Canada, where they were
placed in bond, and in July. 1915, re
fused to take any more of the flags
because Dettra & Co. were using sub
stitutes for the German dyes. Dettra
& Co. then began suit for breach df
contract and the Syndicate Publish
ing Company responded with a coun
ter-claim that the British and Cana
dian purchasers had refused to accept
the dystuffs used as they were not
German dyes, according to contract.
To this counter-claim Dettra &
Co. filed an answer declaring that the
shortage of German dyestuffs was due
to England's action in refusing them
permission to ship to the United
States; that it was impossible for
them to get any of such coloring ma
terial so long as England persisted in
her blockade; and that their contract
permitted them to use any dye that
would produce fast colors.
It is a curious anomaly which will
permit a nation to use an enemy’s
goods and refuse to accept the order
unless it is with made with the goods
they w..i not allow their own country
men to handle.
the British flag dyed with Ger
man dyes waves proudly over tile
heads of hundreds of thousands of
her loyal citizens.
A KIDDLE WITH A MORAL.
Riddles are bad enough, but a rid
dle with a moral! * * * * that is too
much! Still in the case of the riddle
propounded by the Toledo Blade the
moral is a good one and riddle is suf
ficiently puzzling to inspire some in
terest. We are apparently confront
ed with a description of our greatest
common enemy.
What is this monster?
1 am more powerful than the com
bined armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men than
all the wars of the nations.
I am more deadly than bullets and
I have wrecked more homes than the
mightiest guns.
I steal in the United States alone,
over $300,000,000 each year.
I spare no one, and I find my vic
tims among the rich and poor alike,
the young and old, the strong and
weak. Widows and orphans know
me.
I loom up in such proportions tnat
I cast my shadow over every field ot'
labor, from the turning of the grind
stone to the moving of every railroad
train.
I massacre thousands upon thou
sands of wage-earners a year.
1 lurk in unseen places and do
most of my work silently. You are
warned against me, but you heed not.
1 am relentless.
I am everywhere—in the house, on
the street, in the factory, at railroad
crossings, and on the sea. •
I bring sickness, degradation and
death, and yet few seek to avoid me.
I destroy, crush, and maim; I give
nothing, but take all.
I have a larger army enrolled un
der my banner than the most power
ful potentate in the world; I have ev
ery man, woman and child in the
world working for me, and sooner or
later I bestow my award for faithful
service.
I am your worst enemy.
What is your answer to the above?
Do you say "drink,” or "hatred,” or
“self-interest?” The answer is given
in the words of the riddle.
1 AM CARELESSNESS!
It is claimed that a German chem
ist has produced an imitation meat
more delicious and nourishing than
the genuine article. There might be
a field of usefulness for a German
chemist in Valdez.
Let Carranza tremble. It is now
estimated that the United States has
enough troops in Mexico and on the
border to man one mile of trenches,
on the basis of the numbers used in
the warfare in Flanders.
Get the habit Visit our theater
regularly. Don’t miss a single film,
because it may be the one in which
you were particularly interested—
the one you really MUST see. Com^
regularly. Get the habit of Ho Be
grets.
EMPRESS PROGRAM
PATHE NEWS—The World In Motion.
Paris Fashions in Natural Colors.
“SCARS OF POSSESSION’'—Two-Reel Drama Featuring Francis
X. Bushman and Assisted by Bryant Washburn and Beverly
Bayne.
STAGE MONEY—Vitagraph Comedy with Dorothy Kelly, Bobby
'Connelly and James Morrison.
A HYBRID DELEGATE.
In view of Delegate James Wicker
sham’s Jekyl and Hyde position on
the Republican nomination, and the
fact that he is working for the nomi
nation on other tickets, it might be a
good lesson to him if the Republicans
would refuse to nominate him or al
low his name to go before the con
vention at Seward next week. It
is high time that Wickersham be
made to pin his faith to one party,
and to that party alone, if the terri
tory is to receive any benefits from
his position as delegate. He has
declared himself a Republican in the
House Journal, and should be forced
to become a Republican in Alaska, if
he desires the nomination and sup
port of his party. Wickersham en
dorsed by the Progressive-Democrat
alleged convention; Wickersham flirt
ing for the Democratic nomination,
and Wickersham fishing for the Re
publican nomination is too incongru
ous for the average politician to
stand.
Whether he has or has not made
a combination with Louis Shackle
ford remains,to be seen; but in view
of the Delegate's strenuous denials
over his own signature, we must give
him the benefit of the doubt. But
he should be forced to declare his
politics and his policies before he is
nominated by the Republicans. A
representative elected by Republicans,
Democrats and Progressive-Demo
crats can do neither party good and
will harm all; and not only work
harm to his party bu to the Terri
tory as well.
The Delegate should be forced to
fly his colors, and stop playing horse
with ,his constituents. Alaska needs
a delegate; not a hybrid!
Next Sunday is Easter. •
July Fourth conies on Tuesday,
this year.
Twenty-six million pounds of meat
for the Allies and that much less for
the people of the United States. It
is no wonder that those who must
have meat have to pay well for it.
Mayor Gill says he is going to put
down the blind pigs, and has become
so imbued with the prohibition spirit
that lie personally helped to dump
12,000 quarts of beer into Seattle har
bor. We wonder if by any accident
one or more bottles of that
12,000 escaped a watery grave.
French military experts declare the
battle of Verdun is practically over,
and that the Germans have realized
the uselessness of further attempts to
capture the forts. Germany has not
been heard from on the subject but it
is possible that her story may be dif
ferent.
Congress is at last tackling the
economy problem. Some recent ses
sions were devoted to a debate on the
bill to reimburse the postmistress at
Kegg, Pa., for money stolen by burg
lars. Two whole days were taken
up over the question of whether she
should be allowed $88.27 or $84.54.
FUNSTOX, LUCKY DOG
OF THE SERVICE
Major General Frederick Funston,
in charge of the expedition of the
United States army into Mexico, is
called the “lucky dog of the ser
vice.” He is always on the scene
ready to greet trouble when it aris
es. He was the one chosen to take
Aguinaldo in the Philippines. He
was on hand at San Francisco when
earthquake and fire visited the coast.
He was the one officer handy and the
one selected when President Wilson
ordered Vera Cruz taken. And he
was the one chosen to capture Villa.
When he went after Aguinaldo the
fighting general displayed qualities
which demonstrated that he is pe
culiarly fitted for his latest task.
In the Philippines he had conceived
a plan for the capture on Aguinaldo
which met with approval, on Marcn
6, 1901, he left Manila on the gun
boat Vicksburg with two lieutenants,
two captains, three insurgent offi
cers and 80 Macabebe scouts for Ca
ciguran bay, which he reached at 1
o’clock in the morning of March 16.
Funston and his party marched nine
ty miles over rough mountain trails |
to the little town of Palanan, the
headquarters of Aguinaldo, arriving
eight days later. He sent scouts to
aguinaldo, and the latter, thinking
that they- were insurgent reinforce
ments, received them, and found him
self surrounded. Funston took
Aguinaldo single handed. Curious
ly enough, among Aguinaldo's offi
cers was one named Villa. Not a
command was even wounded.
Failing in a competitive examina
tion for entrance to West Point,
where he would have been the class
mate of many men now fighting un
der him, he went to Mexico and
learned Spanish and Mexican char
acter thoroughly.
He became a newspaper reporter,
a surveyor, a mining prospector, a
government agent in Death Valley,
and in Dawson,, Alaska, a ticket
collector on the Santa Fe and the
commander of the artillery forces
A Guarantee
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YOU have read and heard more or less about the
demoralization of the dye-stuffs and textile
markets due to the war in Europe.
We want to say this:
Our clothes are guaranteed to be satisfactory to
the wearer; and this guarantee is given without res
ervation, modification or exception.
Any man who sells our clothes is definitely au
thorized to extend to any man who buys them, our
unqualified assurance of satisfaction; which means
colors, all-wool fabrics, the quality of other mate
rials, the tailoring, the fit, the value at the price.
And the money-back if you are not satisfied.
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Good Clothes Makers.
Valdez Agency, S. BLUM & CO.
OWL DRUG CO.
PRESCRIPTIONS
OUR SPECIALTY
TRY US Phone 40
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-—-COLD,
The Beat Place in Valdez to
Stop at ia the
Arctic Hotel
Ware, Light Rooai-The Hsuc of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rate* By the Month
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Prop.
of Gomez1 and Garcia in the Cuban
war of independence. He did bot
anical work for the government in
California and Alaska and once wan
dered for twenty-four hours in the
desert, after his horse had died from
exhaustion, an>- almost expired from
thirst before finding help.
Hec.is said to have made the long
est journey on snowshoes ever com
pleted by a white man. Later in his
Alaskan experiences he paddled alone
in a canoe 1100 miles down the
Yukon, collecting and cataloguing
botanical specimens and reading Kip
ling nights for entertainment.
Moose Dance Tonight.
The regular weekly Moose dance
will be held tonight in Moose Hall.
Excellent music.
LOCAL BREVITIES
. •
I have an offer of $650 for my
house and lot 34x150 with barn and
garage; who takes it for $700 cash?
JOE SPENARD, Prop.
WANTED—We will buy full lot.
Must be close in. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Excellent change of pictures to
night at the Empress. Pathe News,
Scars of Possession,' 2 part drama.
Stage Money, a good comedy, etc.
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
Full line of Stationery at the Owl
Drug Co. tf
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and ,send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
Furnished rooms at lira oeiand's.
Prices reasonable. *
LOUIE’S CAFE
Ererything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop. ‘
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater
Jack Callia_■ ■ Proprietor
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Maaoaa.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
«Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCIJM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine; Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
^ For Brtw, Applf onJBo*^
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts oi the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
bR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National Un&vemMy*
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Ysars In Vaidta.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling BaiMlag
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
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JOHN LYONS E E RITCHM
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
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| Offices in Whaling Building
' Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
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ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEEF^
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdes, Alaska
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Dougherty & Fergesn
GENERAL
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The best groceries received
on every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Somebody
With looney
always has been found to
"back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pron
pect; otherwise a good mam
of today’s successful bu&J
ness enterprises would stoj
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
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