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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1915.
WILL RUMANIA GET IN?
It appears now that Rumania is
not only getting in full readiness to
take part in the present war, but that
it will be actually forced to do so.
Some days since the dispatches re
corded the visit of the Rumanian
finance commission to London, where
a loan of $25,000,000 was made, the
deal being financed by the Bank of
England.
No such loan could have been plac
ed in London without satisfactory as
surance that Rumania was preparing
to take a decided stand in favor ol
the allies and against Germany and
Austria. England is not making in
vestment loans at this time. All of
her financial resources are being used
for the prosecution of the war. In
deed, the list of new foreign securi
lies Ui ally M11U A/ll U1C owvii
change has been prohibited by the
government, under the extraordinary
powers which parliament has confer
red upon it to deal with war emer
gencies. The loan was not made to
insure Rumania’s neutrality, for there
was not a chance that Rumania would
support the German-Austrian side.
Late dispatches state that Austri
ans have invaded Rumanian territory
in order to acquire a strategic posi
tion for attacking Serbia. The dis
patch, which comes from Serbian
sources, asserted that the Rumanian
frontier guard repulsed the Austrians
and drove them back, after furious
fighting. The authenticity of . the
story is open to suspicion. If it
should in fact be true, the adequate
excuse for Rumanian participation
in the war has at last been afforded.
The people of Rumania have been
keenly desirous of getting into the
war, anticipating as a certain result
the realization of their national as
pirations to have Transylvania, peo
pled by Rumanians, incorporated in
their own territory. The Rumanian
army is a well-organized fighting ma
chine of nearly three-quarters of a
million men on a war footing. It is
ready and it has been ready for some
time. Soon or late it seems certain
that it will be used. Perhaps the time
is already at hand.—Ex.
RUSSIA’S NO-VODKA BUDGET
The ways and means committee
of the duma is handling the first
budget of the Russian empire since
the prohibition of the sale of vodka
and other spirits—the first no-vodka
budget—and i* appears that the loss
of $500,000,000 springing out of that
prohibition will be made up without
difficulty, by concessions for the ex
ploitation of crown land resources,
which in turn will be a benefit to
the nation. It is declared by some
Russian sociologists that the increase
of efficiency of labor, with drinking
stopped, will enable the men left a*
home to accomplish as much as was
accomplished by the whole working
population before immense armies
were sent to the front.
There are two sides to every ques
tion, as to the enforcement of virtue
by paternalistic power. < But wha* is
indisputable is the courage of the
czar Nicholas II., in making such a
revolutionary fiscal change simultan
eous with the beginning of a great
war. Doubtless the czar believes his
subjects are better off with liquors
kept away from them. Yet most sov
ereigns would have waived the issue
at such a time.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Catholic Church.
Sunday services:
Confession and holy communion.
8:30 a. m.
Mass and sermon, 10:30 a. m.
Sunday school, 2 p. ta.
Rosary, instruction and benediction,
7:30 p. m.
FATHER VAN der POL, S. J.
Weekly News at the Orpheum to
night.
We have a lot of paper in small
lots of two or three rolls that we
will sell for as low as 5 and 10 cents
to make room for spring stock. Ru
dolph Co. tf
Jl PERISH WHEN
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east of Prsaznysz has also been re
pulsed. It is predicted by military
critics that General Hindenburg is
about to effect another successful
coup which will result in clearing
the way of attack on Warsaw from
the northeast.
Dardanelles Forts Holding.
PARIS, March 13.—Latest reports
from the Allied fleets bombarding the
Dardanelles forts indicate that slow
progress is being made and that the
forts have not been damaged to the
extent claimed in previous dispatches
from correspondents. It is admitted
in dispatches from Constantinople that
Kumkale fort on the Asia Minor side,
and Helles Burnu and Sedd-El-Bahr,
on the peninsula at the entrance of
the straits, have been reduced as have
also the forts of Dardanus, Kephez
Bernu and Kale Sultana. The fleet
is now bombarding the forts of Nag
ira and Boghali-Tabia from the Aeg
ean Sea.
CRRBWHITESLIYERY
IN CONSTANTINOPLE
CON ST A N TINOPL.E.— Tli e notori
ety which lias attached to Constan
tinople as a centre of white slave
traffic bids fair to disappear under the
vigorous administration of Uedri Bey,
'the present chief of police, who, as
recently reported by cable, has under
taken the closing of a number of
places where the traffic flourished.
In this work of suppression Henry
Morgenthau, the American ambassa
| dor, has figured prominently. Up to
the time President Wilson sent, him
to Constantinople no personality suf
ficiently interested in stopping the ev
il practices had appeared to grasp the
situation. Under the Capitulations
with the Powers, whereby foreigners
in Turkey were not subject to the
laws of the country, the suppression
of the white slave traffic was prac
tioally impossible. Foreigners were
responsible only to their consuls, and
the consular representatives wrnuld
not work with the Turkish authori
ties. The persons engaged in the
traffic obtained passports of four or
five different countries and were
ready to swear as many allegiances as
their varying fortune demanded. The
Black Sea ports of Russia and Ru
mania, only a few hours’ sail from
Constantinople, were made the bases
for the export of human material
which the Turkish capital consumed.
When Mr. Morgenthau arrived in
Constantinople, near the end of 1913,
he quickly grasped the difficulties
and was the first to succeed in bring
ing the foreign consuls and the high
est Turkish police authorities togeth
er. At a meeting held last March at
the American embassy the Constan
tinople Association tor uie suppression
of the Traffic in Women was organ
ized. G. Cornell Tarler, secretary of
embassy, was appointed secretary.
The efforts of this association were
about to bear fruit, when the outbreak
of the European war upset all co-op
eration in the European diplomatic
and consular corps.
Last October, however, the Otto
man authorities abrogated the Capit
ulations under which foreigners had
enjoyed their privileged position In
the empire, and although the foreign
powers have not accepted this abro
gation, the entrance of Turkey into
the war has caused a general acqules
ence. The time for the Turkish au
thorities to attack white slavery in
the capital had therefore come. The
control of the police is in the hands
of Bedri Bey, who for the past year
has been in active accord with Am
bassador Morgenthau in his efforts to
purge Constantinople of the worst
phases of white slavery.
Bedri Bey has for some months
been gathering evidence against the
“cadets” in the city. Over a score of
them had their headquarters in the
quasi synagogue in the most notor
ious quarter of Galata, on the Golden
Horn. The synagogue was independ
ent of the Grand Rabbinate of Tur
key, and thus was able to escape re
ligious investigation. In January Be
dri Bey’s officers descended upon the
synagogue, closed its doors, and ar
rested 130 “cadets.”
In 1855 it took 274 minutes of la
bor to care for and raise a bushel
of corn. In the year 1894 the average
time required had been brought down
to about 44 minutes.
Nova Scotia coal mines are rapid
ly being equipped with electrical ma
chinery.
They Change Quickly.
^ 'O A
’‘Doesn't she dress in the latest
style?”
‘‘She did up to yesterday afternoon.”
—San Francisco Chronicle.
Her Specialty.
«
Hooker, the Agent—1 suppose you'll
have your wife for your partner in
this sketch.
Mugger—She ean't do it. Every time
we get together she does nothing but
a monologue.—Chicago News.
His Nostalgia.
“Are you married, my man'!'1 a lady
asked a sailor.
“Yes. indeed, mum; married and four
teen children."
“Poor fellow! Traveling about like
this! And don't you ever get home
sick V"
“Only when I’m home, mum."—Phil
adelphia Press.
Her Way.
A woman when her tongue would spin.
She always says, “There's no use talk
ing!”
When she intends to start right in.
—San Francisco Chronicle.
P«rspnal Liberty.
a?' " \ a i
Visitor—Which of those hotels is the
better?
Town Guide—Wal. one of 'em has
nil rooms with baths and the other be
lieves in personal liberty. You can
have a bath or not. just as you like.—
New York Globe.
Chance to Make.
“Here’S a woman suea because a bear
bugged her." 1
"She must be one of tbe kind that
embsacea , esery opportunity." — Phila
delphia Press.
Special Sale of Shoe Pacs
We are overstocked on
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Gold Seal Pacs
andlin[order to move them have decided to sell them
at greatly reduced prices.
Now - $3.50 - No w
These are 12 in. Pacs, formerly $4.50
and 16 in. Pacs, formerly $5.00
This Sale will he for a limited time only
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years In
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Oivl Drug store. Office hours
» a. no., to 8 i>. m., 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaeka
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
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57 a m to 9 a m
Lunch 11 m to 1 p m
6 to 7 p m
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GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Weather Report.
Valdez, March 12, 1915.
Barometric pressure.29,880
Temperature at 7 p. m.. 32
Maximum temperature. 27
Minimum .temperature . 24
Meaq temperature .*••• 301-2^
Precipitation .,....,. -trace
; Clqudy air, wind northeast 2 miles.^
Rained at night
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to report a successful year, with marked gains in every
direction.
The assets were increased One Hundred and Thirty-five Thou
sand Dollars; the reserve for the protection of policyholders, One
Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Dollars.
Accident and Sickness claims of $28,478.00 were paid, and
Death Claims of $33,453.00.
No Death Claim has ever been disputed.
All claims are paid immediately on receipt of proofs.
Total paid to policyholders in 1914 was $116,209.26.
The Company’s yearly income was increased to $415,505.00.
After paying dividends of eight per cent, to stockholders anu
dividends of $32,661.24 to policyholders—
The net surplus of the Company was increased more than sev
teen per cent, over the preceding year.
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A. E. RANSOM
Div. Supt. for Alaska,
Copper Block, Valdez, Alaska.
Notice To Creditor*.
In the matter of the estate of George
Hansen, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the es
tate of George Hansen, deceased, to
the creditors thereof, and to all per
sons having claims against said es
tate, to exhibit the same with the
necessary vouchers, within six montns
after the first publication of this no
tice, to-wlt, within six months after
the 24th day of February, 1915, to
said administrator, at the office of
Donohoe & Dlmond, his attorneys In
said matter, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said es
Valdez Hospital
Largest and1 Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Gradaate Nerses—Priest* Rooms for Pstiesti
For T«rm»*»nd Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physical in Charge.
tate. ~ ^
The date of the first publication
of this notice is the 24th day of Feb
ruary, 1916.
A. S. JENSEN, Administrator.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, March 13, 1915.
STATION \bove Below. Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 32 6 Cloudy, south wind, trail fair.
^IcCallum . 20 26 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Paxson’s .1. 15 36 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
'Hagan . 25 17 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Gulkana . . ..21 16 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center .... 40 10.. Clear, calm, trail good. ji*'
Tonsina . 10 27 Clear, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 10 27 Clear, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam ...... 26 49 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Submit ,. 32 78 Showing, calm, trail open.
Wortihan’s . 27 40 Clear, calm, trail fair.