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BRITAIN CONSIDERING
CUTS IN CABINET SALARIES
LONDON: The Daily Chronicle's
Parliamentary correspondent says:
“Not content with preaching the
urgent necessity for econonjy. the
Govern men t intends itself to set an
example. The Cabinet is considering
a scheme for an all-around reduction
of ministerial salaries by one-third,
to apply to ministers without as well
as those within the Cabinet. It is
probable that the members of the
House of Commons will also be invit
ed to renounce one-third of their sal
<h*1gs.
“It is to he hoped that official pen
sions, as well as salaries, will be re
stricted. We have three ex-Lord
Chancellors, each drawing a pension
of $25,00tX.a year, viz.: Lords Hals
bury, Loreburrf and Haldane. There
is plenty of room for renunciation in
the salaries of our six Law Lords
($30,000 a year), and that of the
High Court Judges, which are $25,
000 a year, with the exception of the
Lord Chief Justice and the Master of
the Rolls, who receive $45,000 and
$30,000 respectively. Once retrench
ment becomes the rule, the civil list
cannot escape.”
GERMAN-AMERICAN
PAPERS ARE BITTER
Bernard H. Ridder, in the States
Zeitung, resents the recall of the
German attaches and the conviction
of the officials of the Hamburg-Amer
ican Steamship officials. He offers
the following criticisms of the ad
ministration :
"The action of the Administration
in demanding the recall of the Ger
man Naval and Military Attaches,
Captains Boy-Ed, von Papen, and the
Austro-Hungarian Consul General in
New York, Dr. von Nuber, will bear
explanation. It will not be sufficient
for the administration to hide behind
the comity and customs of nations,
l^iich permit one sovereign to dis
miss the personal representatives of
another on the mere ground that they
have come to be to him personae non
gratae.
“The three gentlemen mentioned
have been houuaed so long by Brit
ish diplomatic representatives in this
country Tfind by the pro-Allies press,
in connection with arson plots and
propaganda, that to decline to make
public the reason underlying in the
► Administration’s mind the request
for their recall is to cast upon them
and upon their Governments an ine
rasable stigma. If they have been
guilty of the acts with which they
have been charged by the British Em
bassy, and the Providence Journal,
they should have been sent away long
ago. If they have not been guilty of
improper conduct they should not be
dismissed at the behest of any for
eign interest or to serve and domes
tic political hour.
"The people oJ this country. hay&
a right to know the facts of the case.
The effects which the unjustified dis
missal of officials of a Government
with which we are at peace can have
upon the tenor of our relations with
that government are too great to be
toyed with by the Administration be
hind the veil of secrecy.
“In justice to the gentlemen them
selves they should be permitted to
know why they have ceased to be ac
ceptable as representatives of their
governments at Washington; whether
they have misused their offices to the
injury or displeasure of this country,
or are asked to leave it because they
have become inconvenient and dis
pleasing to their colleagues in the
diplomatic forces of enemy nations.
They are entitled to know if they are
sent away as criminals, suspected
criminals, or simply because the pur
pose of the Allies is to have the Cen
tral Powers unrepresented in this
country by military or naval attaches.
“Their governments, in the same
manner, have a right to know if they
are to be held on the strength of un
proven allegations of their enemies,
to be guilty of maintaining in this
country agencies of dynamiters and
incendiaries.”
CARNEGIE HAS GIVEN
AWAY $400,000,000
PITTSBURG: Dr. H. S. Pritch
ett, head of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Education,
of New York, was the speaker at the
closing exercises of the Carnegie
birthday celebration today and an
nounced at the beginning of his ad
dress on the retired iron master that
'he had given away $400,000,000 and
wasn’t through yet. Dr. Pritchett
said in part:
“The most noteworthy thing about
[ Mr. Carnegie’s preaching of the doc
trine of the consecration of wealth is
[the fact that his practice has squared
with his preaching. The great bulk
of his accumulation?, nearly $400,
000,000, has been turned back by
him to the public to be used in the
cause of human betterment. He is
today a man of moderate fortune.
This fact is the first astounding ac
complishment to which the historian
of the future will point when he
comes to estimate Mr. Carnegie's ser
vice.
“The influences which he sought to
stimulate were the promotion of good
reading through public libraries, the
cause of scientific research through a
research institution, education and
moral uplift through the Carnegie
Foundation, human Idealism through
the Hero Fund, international peace
through the Peace Endowment, intel
ligent philanthropy through the Car
negie Corporation.”
“Captain Rackett.”
A sidesplitting comedy by V. H.
8., next Wednesday and Thursday
_Waif said _tf__
WOMANS STORY OF
SINKING OF KNGONK
Testimony of Dr. Grell, of New York,
Which Formed Base of U. 8.
Demands Upon Austria.
PARIS: The story of the only
American woman survivor from the
Italian liner Ancona, for the sinking
of which Austria has just been asked
to make reparation by the United
States, was one of the principal fac
tors in Secretary Lane’s decision that
the attack was unwarranted and in
human. The woman survivor, Dr. Ce
cile L. Greil of New York, told her
story of the sinking of the vessel to
the Havas Agency,s correspondent at
Perryville, Tunis. She says that the
submarine shelled the steamer while
the passenger and crew were trying
to get into the boats. The torpedo
was not fired until after the shelling
had been kept up for some time.
Dr Greil herself had a very narrow
escape. Her maid was killed beside
her by a shell and Dr.Greil, after
finding two lifeboats crowded, only
got off the liner by dropping into a
launch which was in the water ready
to leave the ship's side.
Dr. Greil had been visiting the fam
ily of the Russian consul at Bari,
Italy, and was returing to New York.
Her story, as related to the Havas
Agency’s correspondent, follows:
Shot Through Porthole Fatal
"I was in the dining room of the
first class passengers, chatting with
some of the voyagers, when we heard
the report of a cannon. There was
great excitment on deck. Men were
runing here and there . I asked the
ship’s doctor what was happening and
he replied that he didn’t know. Then
I went on deck myself.
"I saw through a slight fog a sub
marine about a hundred yards dis
tant. It was equipped with two cannon
forward and aft, which were being
fired rapidly. I went down to my
cabin to get my papers and there
found my maid, who pleaded with me
to save her. A cannon shot inter
rupted our conversation. A shell en
tered the vesel through the porthole
and killed my maid. I took my valise
and a small handbag containing val
uables and, putting on my hat and
coat, went up to the deck with a life
belt.
“Boats were being lowered all com
pletely filled. I sought to get Into
one of them and was told there was
no more room. 1 went to another and
received the same response. I then
crossed the deck and saw a launch
afloat. This contained the chief en
gineer, Carlo Lamberti, two doctors
and other first class passengers some
of the women and members of the
crew. I asked Lamberti to be allowed
to get in.
“‘Come on.' he said, at the same
time grasping the side of the steam
er to prevent the small boat from
[moving off.
“I gauged well the height which
separated me from the boat and, be
ing well trained in gymnatics, I
didn’t hesitate to let myself fall into
the launch, landing at the place des
ignated.
“During all this time the submar
ine had not ceased bombarding the,
Ancjna, not paying the slightest att
ention to the women . children and
men trying to get away. At this mom
ent the submarine was very close to
us. The fog lifted and we could clear
ly distinguish the Austrian flag,
which was new.
“The Ancona resisted the cannon
ad# well. Many of the snots entered
above the water line and the holes
caused by others were too small to
admit much water, as the sea was
very calm. To finish the work the sub
marine discharged a torpedo and the
vessel began to sink.
“Some hours afterward we encour
tered a heavily laden boat which was
leaking. We took aboard five wom
en and four children In order to light
en it. Lambertl then took It in tow
not permitting more passengers to
crowd into our boat. Lamberti did
his best to reassure the unfortunates
under his charge, most of whom were
in tears, telling them all would be
well if they heeded his advice. His
energetic attitude prevented a panic
and finally brought about order. I
did all I could to encourage the wom
en and children, who continued their
cries of grief.
"wnen me sun disappeared we saw
a black spot on the horizon and all
the survivors became greatly excited.
It wasn’t another submarine, but the
steamer Pluton, which had seen our
signals and rescued us about 7:00
o’clock.in the evening. Later it head
ed for Bizerta, after having circled
the vicinity of the spot where the
Ancona was torpedoed and rescued
dther survivors who were in boats.
The Pluton’s captain placed the
crew at the disposal of the survivors,
to aid those who were suffering. I
did everything possible in the way of
first aid to the wounded. All those
wounded men, except those saved by
the Pluton remained aboard the An
cou*.-MfU.wsnt
SEEKING HAPPINESS. «
Little Thing* That Make Living a Joy >
Are Not Always Appreciated.
We are told that happiness comes by
pieces and that It Is these small bits
linked together that make our lives
worth while. Some of ns are not con
tent to take our happiness by degrees
or at intervals. We want it all the
time in big pieces, and if we cannot
have it that way we think that we are
deprived of our natural rights tint! look
npuu ourselves as Injured beings.
It is a rather singular expression of
human nature how happiness affects
the individual. With some of us It
makes us friendlier toward others and
anxious that they should experience
like Joys; with others it makes us too
satisfied with ourselves to think very
much of our neighbors.
Perhaps those of us who know what
the Joy of living means have experi
enced both of these attitudes at dif- '
ferent periods of our lives nnd are in ,
position, therefore, to appreciate a
varying viewpoint, but even so it is
only after we lose something of that
Joy of living and have found out for
ourselves that there are shadows which
uo amount of sunlight can disperse
that we can readily appreciate the
blessing of whatever happiness may
find its way into our lives.
The little things that count so much
In our intercourse with each other are
not always regarded as highly as they
should be. and for this reason we pass
by much that would give us joy If we
only knew how and where to find it.—
Charleston News and Courier.
Gardens In *.he Ice.
A glacier when it dislodges itself and
sails away over the Arctic ocean never
travels alone. In the wake of every
large one iloats a line of similar com
panions. The Eskimos call this phe
nomenon "I he duck and ducklings.’’
and any one who has watched the
progress of the wild duck followed by
her brood will appreciate the aptitude
of the name. Strange as it may seem,
plants grow and blossom upon these
great ice tnouutains. When a glacier
Is at rest moss attaches itself to it.
protecting the ice beneath, just as
sawdust does. After a time the moss
decays and forms a soil, in which the
seeds of buttercups and dandelions,
brought by the wind, take root and
flourish.
Something Behind It. j
“Who's the toastmaster tonight?"
“Wobbleson."
“Great Scot. Uotv (litl they ever come
to choose such an insufferable pinhead
as Wobbleson for toastmaster?"
“Wobbleson is paying for the ban
quet.”—Wisconsin State Journal.
Not Fair.
Mabel—Why did Helle break the en
gagement?
Edith—He was so untrustworthy. She
found he was engaged to four other
girls, and he had only told her of two.—
Chicago News.
Civic Progre*».
Sub-Editor—Under what heading do
you want Mayor Bumguy’s resignation
placed?
Editor—Put it under -‘Municipal Im
provements."—Exchange.
CITY EXPRESS
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[ Auto for Hlr e Day or Night.
► Buy and Sell Anything.
[ Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
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lUU Tfa.Hl anj Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted. Mar.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
| VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
|5 Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage g
r Absentees Business Properly Handled |
5 Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60 g
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves. Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 34
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co. j
PUGET SOUND
i California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
I ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on .
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 13tlt onll* Illumnn nml Kodiak—All Sailing ™U n* Knlk j
and Aneliorage. J
CALIFORNIA \
Seattle to San Frandaco every Wedmuulay and Sunday, connecting with h
Steam era Yale and Harvard for Southern California. v
Right reserved to change schedule without notice j
RICHARD J. RING WOOD. Mgr., Seattle* VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt. t
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
;: S. S. ALAMEDA AND S. S. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
! I ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
• *
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
I; JUNEAU, WRANGEL. KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
■ < Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
4» Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway. Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
■< touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche. on the 15th; S. S.
• • Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
• • without notice.
. > *
■ • F. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
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When You Leave
v
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One'road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and'literature write or ask
■ J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
““Chicago, Milwaukee & st, paul ry.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.