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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1914.
DREYSE’S NEEDLE GUN.
The cable has brought from Europe
news of the death, at Stuttgart, Ger
many, at the age of 76 years, of Pet
er Paul von Mauser, inventor of the
rifle bearing his name. Von Mauser
manufactured this weapon in great
numbers, and several nations have
been armed with it. It is the only
one of several, however, that should
acknowledge the Dreyse needle as its
forerunner.
With the invention of the needle
gun, which raised Prussia from the
deepest humiliation to be the domi
nant military power of Europe, is a
rare chapter of romance.
In the year 1806 John Nicholas
Dreyse, a Prussian lad, 19 years old,
a locksmith, chanced upon the field
of Jena. The battle had just been
fought. The field was covered with
t lie Prussian dead. As he walked
among his dead countrymen he pick
ed up and examined with which they
had been sent out *o wage hopeless
combat with Napoleon’s veterans. It
was the poorest musket in Europe,
lie was resolved that he could amend
that weapon. And in his purpose lay
the destiny of Germany and France.
Dreyse ‘ook his way to Paris and
found employment in the workshop
of a Swiss gunmaker named Pauli,
who was then experimenting upon a
breech-loading musket, the suggestion
of Die great Napoleon. The musket
made by Pauli was unsatisfactory
and never cam" into use. Had it been
perfect Napoleon would have had Eu
rope at his feet.
With the closing of the Napoleon
ic wars came the invention of the
percussion cap. Dreyse turned his
attention to this improvement. He
was still at work on the idea of a
breech-loading rifle. At last, in 1835,
he succeeded in constructing the
breech-loading needle-gun. It was ap
proved by the Prussian government
and Dreyse entered upon its manu
facture. It was the first brought in
to action against the Danes in 1864
—fifty years ago, and proved to be
satisfactory. Two years later the
terribly rapid fire of Dreyae’s needle
gun in a campaign of seven days
conquered Austria, and in 1870 van
quished her ancient enemy, France,
and returned to the fatherland the
two provinces of Elsass and Loth
ringen.—Indianapolis News.
BATTLESHIP8 OF THE AIR.
The authorities of London pay Ger
man military strategy a poor compli
ment In preparing for an attack by
German aeroplanes and Zeppelins. It
is not that the flight of Zeppelins
over London at night Is impracticable,
or that bombs discharged from these
aircraft, as they were discharged
from German dirigibles over Antwerp,
might not do a great deal of dam
age. But they could not take the city.
No military advantage would accrue
from such a hazardous incursion.
Germany’s fourteen first-class Zeppe
lins, built to attain an average speeu
of sixty-flve miles an hour, and, un
like aeroplanes, capable of hovering
stationary over their targets, would
•npt be wasted for the doubtful advan
tage of terrorizing a great non-com
batant population.
But they might be fearfully de
structive above a fleet of battleships.
The non-rigid dirigibles are slow.
Opposed by fast, armed aeroplanes,
they would not last long. The newer
military Zeppelins are not slow. They
have not only the advantage of hori
zontal speed, but, as pointed out by
the Scientific American in its war
analyses, they can rise over 3,500 feet
in live minutes—twice the ascension
al speed of an aeroplane. Plying at
night at such speeds on different lev
els, a Zeppelin would make a diffi
cult target. The British fleet knows
already what to expect from attacks
of submarines, and this war may be
said to have definitely established the
status of an unseen enemy under wa
ter. Aeroplanes, also, have proved
remarkably effective as scouts. The
Zeppelin airships form a class hy
themselves. They are monopolized by
the Germans, and their destructive
possibilities have yet to be determin
ed. One of them poised above a
superdreadnought and letting fall up
on it a ton and a half of high explo
sives, even if itself destroyed in the
act, wolud bo a small sacrifice for the
result to be achieved.—Ex. »
If a saving in cost were a consid
eration, this would be an ideal time
for buying sites for embassy build
ings in European capitals. Real es
tate should be fairly cheap in Brus
sels and Paris, and there are proba
bilities that its price will come down
shortly in Vienna and Berlin.
The increasing number of masterly
retreats in the European war indi
cate that every general would prefer
to have it said of him: "There he
goes,” instead of “Here he lies.”
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LEOPARD IN All DAY VIGIL,)
whan Mata Diaa It Moane and Refuaaa
Food For a Day,
New York.—From 10 o’clock In the
morning until lute at night Sultan, a
enow leopard, four years old, stood
with his fore feet planted across the
body of his dead mate, Sultana, in a
forty foot square outdoor cage In the
Bronx zoo.
At Intervals he raised his head and
roared long and plaintively. Every
time he did this the lions and Jaguars
on either side of the leopard cage rais
ed their voices In a deep throated
plaint
In an effort to make Sultan aban
don his death watch Keeper David
Schwartz placed a big. Juicy porter
house steak In the section of the cage
Inside the animal house, but Sultan
paid AO attention to It.
When asked when he expected to re
move Sultana’s body Schwartz said,
"Well, I wouldn’t go In there while
Sultan Is grieving—not for twenty
zoos." __
RAISED ARMY FOR MEXICO.
Californian Hold Up Eight Mon and
Drilled Thom For an Hour.
San Rafael, Cal.—An attempt to or
ganize a company of soldiers for the
purpose, he said, of marching on Mex
ico landed Henry Klopp, caretaker of
a large estate near here, in jail.
Klopp shouldered a rifle, went to a
county highway and halted men on the
road until be bad accumulated an
“army” of eight For an hour he drill
ed them.
Word reached the sheriff’s office that
the men were being held prisoners,1
and a deputy slipped up behind Klopp
and with the butt of bis gun knocked
him down. Klopp’s gun was found to
be empty. He will be examined for
his sanity.
Rat Robs a Slot Machine.
Findlay, O.—The discovery of a rat
working a slot machine averted sus
picion from several boys who. it wos
thought had been robbing It In tne
Toledo and Ohio Central passenger sta
tion of gum and pennies. Four hun
dred sticks of the former and fifty
pennies were missed when a rat was
seen climbing up the wall near the
machine It Jumped on the trap In
the machine and In tHs way released
gum and pennies.
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BASE BALL SCORES
Games played Oct. 6, 1914.
National League.
New York 5, Philadelphia 1. Pitch
ers—O’Toole, Ritter; Mayer.
Second game. New York 0, Phil
adelphia 8. Pitchers—Ereckson,
Heunkers; Baumgardner.
Brooklyn 3, Boston 2. Pitchers—
Pfeffer; Davis, Cochran.
Second game. Brooklyn 3, Boston
7. Pitchers—Rucker, Enzman;
Strand.
American League.
Boston 8, Washington 4. Pitchers—
Foster; Shay, Harper.
Philadelphia 1, New York 2. Pitch
ers—Bender, Plank; Wyckoff, Cole.
National League.
Per
Games— y?on Lost Cent
Boston.94 59 614
New York.84 70 546
St. Louis .81 72 529
Chicago .78 76 506
Brooklyn.78 79 497
Philadelphia.74 80 481
Pittsburg .69 85 448
Cincinnati.60 94 409
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Philadelphia.97 53 647
Boston.91 61 599
Detroit .80 73 523
Washington .79 73 520
,Ntew York.71 82 464
St. Louis .69 81 460
Chicago .71 84 458
Cleveland .51 101 336
Don’t Forget Civic League Dance.
The Valdez Civic League will give
a dance on October 17th at Eagle
bail t<f raise funds for the Fire De
partment. Don’t forget the date. Oc
tober 17 at Eagle hall. Tickets $1. tf
Notice.
The original owners of the Valdez
Ivanhoe property will not be respon
sible for any debts incurred by the
Valdez Ivanhoe Mining Company.
Signed. Emil Davis, Wm. Wesser
ling. Buck Hoyt, L. C. St. Marie, tf
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the Town of Val
dez will meet as a board of equaliz
ation to equalize and adjust the tax
es of the said Town of Valdez for
the year 1914, on the following dates:
October 12, from 8 to 9 o’clock p.
m.
October 13, from 8 to 9 o’clock p.
m.
October 22, from 8 to 9 o’clock p.
m.
And as much longer as may be nec
essary to complete the business
brought before It.
The assessment books are now op
en for inspection at the office of the
Town Clerk.
By order of the Town Council.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Date of flrst publication Sept. 29,
1914.
Date of last publication Oct. 5.
1914. ________
President Woodrow Wilson
ALASKA as a storehouse, should be
unlocked. One key to it is a sys
tem of railways. These the govern
ment should itself build and adminis
ter, and the ports and terminals it
should itself control in the interest of
all who wish to use them for the ser
vice and development of the country
and its people.
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
C. E. Bunnell
THE policy of President Wilson’s
' administration toward Alaska has
been one of magnificent constructive
development.
Support the Administration by voting
for
C. E. BUNNELL
FOR
Delegate to Congress
From Alaska
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JOHN LYONS
Independent candidate
for Representative in
Alaska Legislature.
Resided in Alaska since
1897. Resided in Valdez
since 1901. Believes in
opening up Alaska for
this generation, and that
such a course is best for
all future generations.
THUS. C. WE
of Cordova.
Democratic candidate for Senator.
Believes in government con
trol and immediate development
of the resources of Alaska.
If elected will work in harmony
with the National Democratic Ad
ministration In its attempt to open
up Alaska. A vote for him is a
vote in support of President Wil
son.
For Representative
Thomas H. Holland
of Chltina.
Democratic Candidate.
Has lived In Alaska since 1902.
Knows Alaska, knows the needs
of Alaska and If elected will work
for Alaska.
A vote for him Is a vote In sup
port of Woodrow Wilson In his
attempt to develop Alaska.
VALDEZ SKATING RINK
Open from 2 to 5 o’clock P. M.
__ and from 8 to 11 o’clock _P._M.__
Admission: Gentlemen, 50c; Ladies, 25c; Children 25c.
Spectators, at night, 10c
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Four Piece Orchestra Every Evening.
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Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable
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Candidate for Re-election to
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