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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914.
INEXCUSABLE.
Having nothing else to do on Mon
day, we took advantage of an open
ing offered in the socialistic publica
tion, “The Free Press,” to write an
editorial upon the subject of Lena
Morrow Lewis and her doctrines of
“Free Love.” It was a very funny
editorial while we were writing it,
but when we read it in print that
evening it impressed us as one of
the fiercest and most inexcusable
editorials we. have written in a life
time of such writings.
Digested in the confines of our own
home, the “Free Love” editorial was
coarse, vile and cruel, unwarranted
by anything we know of in Mrs.
Lewis’ life or by any rule of the
game of politics even as politics is
played in the far north, and today
it seems strange that such a thing
could have appeared in this paper.
We have been guilty of lots of “un
ethical” remarks in the years which
have passed, but that “Free Love”
editorial was by far the worst that
we have ever done, everything con
sidered.
We are informed that the friends
of Mrs. Lewis are displeased with
the article. They have a right to be,
for there was no excuse for writing
it and less excuse for publishing it.
We have written Mrs. Lewis to this
effect, and do not hesitate to apolo
gize to her thus publicly for the arti
cle.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
GERMAN SEAMANSHIP.
Great Britain has long been proud
of her sailors, realizing that even
more than in the grit and pluck of
her people has her mastery of the
seas been due to the fact that the
Englishman was a master seaman.
But now Great Britain must admit
that the Germans, too, have develop
ed seamanship, just as she had to
admit that this was true of Amer
ica in the wars of the Revolution
and 1812. The exploits of the cruis
ers Emden and Karlsruhe, of the
raiding submarines, and of the fly
ing squadron that defeated the Brit
ish cruisers off the coast of Chile,
have brought the German sailor sharp
ly to the fore.
In America, as in England, there
was a tendency before the war to
regard the German tar as a second
rater, along with the sailors of oth
er continental powers. The war be
tween Japan and Russia proved the
Russian no sea fighter, however for
midable he was on land, and in some
manner Americans came to look on
Russian and German in the same light
—earn a tine cog in a land macmne,
but no match for Englishman, Amer
ican, Scandinavian, Hollander or Ja
panese when it came to naval warfare.
Naval authorities the world over crit
icised the German system of think
ing of the navy in military terms and
grouping it in military units—as if
it were a part of the army rather
than a separate machine entirely.
But the main doubts were those of
seamanship, the modern naval experts
believing that, in spite of the many
purely scientific questions tha* enter
into naval warfare, it is the same
type of man that makes the naval
fighter today as in the time of the
Vikings—the man whose natural
home is on the wave.
Men of all nations will fight brave
ly enough, but only some peo
ples have the aptitude for the
Bea. The Germans were includ
ed among those without this special
aptitude. The war has shown that
the experts were right as to sea
manship being as important as ever,
but that they were wrong as to Ger
man inapt'tude for it. The daring
submarine raids have been the high
est modern seamanship. The exploits
of the Emden and Karlsruhe, in prey
ing on shipping and keeping out of
the way of the British avengers that
were scouring the sea for them, have
been the most remarkable since the
American civil war. The Emden fin
ally was destroyed, and the same
fate, it seems certain, awaits the
Karlsruhe eventually, but the record
in the meantime has proved the qual
ity of German seamanship. In the
battle off the coaat of Chile the Brit
ish were outnumbered aa to ships
and guns. It was an unequal battle,
but the Germans must be given cred
it for bringing about a battle on
these terms.
The British and Japanese warships
searching for the German cruisers
would have made short work of them
had they all come upon the Germans
at once. But the Germans, after car
rying on their raids singly or in twos,
combined at just the right moment
to wipe out one section of the pur
suers, a feat that bespeaks the high
est naval strategy and seamanship.
With the fall of Tsing-tau and the
release of the Anglo-Japanese fleet
that assisted in its capture, the fate
of these German cruisers apparently
has been sealed, but they have made
a record of which the German people
will always be proud. The Briton,
ever a generous foe, has been free
to admit it.—Tacoma Ledger.
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
THE DRYS GAIN
ANOTHER CITY
BOSTON, Dec. 3.—The result of the
elections held in this state yesterday
was to add one more city to the dry
list. North Hampton, one of the man
ufacturing cities, voted hy a small
majority for no saloons. All the oth
er large cities will continue to sell
liquor.
relieFshipIo
LEAVE SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 3.—The Belgian re
lief ship will leave Seattle shortly
for Belgium with 6,000 tons of sup
plies for the suffering people of Bel
gium. The Belgian relief committee
is working hard to gather the sup
plies for an early shipment as the
need for food is urgent.
GOV'T. IS SHORT
REVENUE STAMPS
—
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—A short
age of revenue stamps is reported
from all sections of the United States
and as a result of the inability of
the people to purchase stamps no
prosecutions will follow failure to use
them until the government is in a
position to supply the demand for the
new revenue stamps.
MINE DEATH RITE
IS VERY HIGH
WASITINGON, Dec. 3—Dr. Holmes
of the Department of Mines in his
annual report issued today says that
3,GOO men were killed last year in
the mines and quarries of the Unit
ed States and 100,000 men injured.
The great majority of the dead and
injured suffered because of their own
or some fellow workers carelessness.
The many inexcusable deaths and in
juries caused Dr. Holmes to ask for
more stringent laws and closer inspec
tion of conditions in mines and open
quarries.
STILL PROBING
COLORADO STRIKE
DENVER, Dec. 3.—The federal in
dustrial relations committee is now
probing the Colorado coal strike. Gov
ernor Ammonds was on the stand all
of yesterday and is still under exam
ination. He announced that the state
authorities insist that order shall be
maintained in the strike zone.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Dec. 2, 1914.
Barometric pressure .29,975
Temperature at 7 p. m.11
Maximum temperature.19
Minimum temperature .. 6
Mean temperature .'..12 1-2
Clear air, wind northeast 4 miles.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Nice cauliflower two heads for 35
cts. at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Escaped From An Asylum, a splen
did two-reel drama at the Orpheum
tonight
WANT RECEIVER
FOR SEWARD ROAD
Otto R. Hansen, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
has started a suit in the district court
.asking to have a receiver appointed
for the Alaska Northern railroad
which operates out or Seward. The
Alaska Northern, the Sovereign Bank
of Canada and O. G. Larabee, along
with a number of others, are named
in the complaint which charges that
Larabee, the bank and the bondhold
ers entered into a eecre* agreement
to defraud Hansen, who owns $155,
000 of the first mortgage bonds of the
Alaska Central railroad.
HEAVY VOTE CAST
IN BRISTOL BAY
The Seward Gateway states that
a vote of fully 200 was cast in the
Bristol bay section. The returns will
no* be known until the arrival of the
Dora now to the westward.
RUSSIANS ARE
IN GREAT DANGER
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tains by sending a flank attack north
ward to threaten the Russians south
ern flank, but it was defeated and
the Russians still press against the
German army between Flock and
VVlozlawsk.
Gives To Rumanians.
ROME, Dec. 3.—The Hungarian gov
ernment at the eleventh hour has
made concessions to the Rumanian
population of Transylvania. These
concessions are educational autonomy,
the use of the Rumanian language and
an increase of Rumanian deputies in
parliament.
Heard Guns Off Swedish Coast.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—The correspon
dent of the Central News at Copen
hagen reports that very heavy gun
firing was heard on Tuesday after
noon from Gothland island, in the Bal
tic Sea, off the Swedish coast, and is
supposed to have been from a battle
between German and Russian fleets.
Ruin In West Flanders.
THE HAGITE, Dec. 3.—Advices re
ceived here from Thielt, Belgium,
which were brought by way of Sas
van Ghent by messenger state that
West Flanders, the scene of incessant
military operations, remains an is
land cut off from the rest of Belgium
through the blowing up of most of
the bridges leading thereto. Peasants
are obliged to make emergency
bridges from planks and crawl along
these to escape from the danger zone.
The Germans have declared the ter
ritory west of the railroad running
from Antwerp to Brussels and thence
to Mons an official war area, where
no one—not even a German—is al
lowed to travel without a special mil
itary passport. It is difficult to ob
tain reliable news of the situation in
the war zone, as the bedraggled men
and women who manage to escape
are too miserable, through cold and
hunger, to give a connected account
of their experiences. Their only defi
nite recollection seems to be the con
tinued cannon fire ana the endless
processions of wounded filling their
Tillages. It was learned from some
of them, however, that Dixmude, the
scene of much severe fighting, is en
tirely ruined. Nieuport also suffered
severely. The principal church there
has lost its tower and its roof, and
the Renaissance carvings in its in
terior have been demolished. In Yp
res the Cloth Hall, which was one
of the few ancient buildings saved
from the English siege in the 1383,
is severely damaged by shrapnel fire.
Germany Guards Her Oil.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 3.—Germany
is experiencing a scarcity of petro
leum, due in part to the loss of sup
plies from Russian and Austro-Galici
an oil fields, but mainly the break
down of arrangements for imports
from; the pther, side of the Atlantic.
Throughout provincial Germany and
in many towns as well, local police
men have been instructed to inter
view consumers of petroleum for
heatting an cooking purposes and
warn them that in the future oil must
be used for lighting only, and as spar
ingly as possible. Retail dealers also
have been privately warned not to
supply petroleum to strangers. It is
a criminal offense to sell even a few
bottles of oil without a special police
license. German buyers of goods from
Copyright Hart bchari'ncr U Marx
Ask Us tor
Christmas
Suggestions
3F you dont see what you
want in this store, ask for it;
we probably have it; if we
haven’t, we’ll get it for you.
We can’t give you a complete
list of Christmas things for men,
in the space we have here; but
we’ll send you one if you care
for it.
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes
—Suits, Overcoats—head the list
-you couldn’t give a better gift
for $20 or $25 or $30 or $35.
Latest Styles of Neckwear
Bath Robes
Smoking Jackets
Lined and Un lined Gloves
Suit Cases and Bags
Shoes and Slippers
Stetson Hats
Gordon & Ferguson Fur Caps.
Initialed and Plain Handker’fs
Silk Handk’fs and Mufflers
Toys for the Children
Danish firms have been trying with
small success to pay for purchases
with new 5 per cent. German war
loan, offering the paper at a sub
stantial discount from the issue price.
This may account for a further drop
during the last week in the exchange
rate in German paper money. This
is now quoted at the low rate of 84.
That was the highest price paid yes
terday in the open market.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Matinee Saturday at the Orpheum.
Suits pressed for 51.00 at Silver
man’s the tai''r. Tel-phone 198.
Escaped from an Asylum, two-reel
drama at the Orpheum tonight.
Supt. W. II. Millard is up from
the Granite mine.
FOR SALE—One double bedstead,
one box spring mattress. Enquire
Prospector office.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Miss Hattie Meyers, who has been
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. .Jack Callin
for the past few months, left last
night on the Mariposa for Seattle.
Prescriptions carefully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Yakima netted Gem spuds 3 cents
per lb. at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
LOST—A ladies long-handled black
silk umbrella. Owner Mrs. Guy Banta.
tf
The launch B. F. M. came up yes
terday from Port Wells and leaves
tomorrow morning for the Granite
mine.
Swell pictures and music at the
Orpheum tonight.
Beautiful hand-painted vases just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
?—Men’s heavy wool hose 25c pair
at Emporium. tf
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian Ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tt
Art leather goods make appropri
ate Xmas presents. See Valdes Drug
Company. tf
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and f f Tli/fDCD &nd Building
Puget Sound LiUlVIDEJV Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
An Apple a Day Keeps the Dr. Away
BUYS 1,000,000 BOXES OF NORTHWESTERN APPLES.
Stienhardt & Kelly Exporting Co., of New York, have bought 650
car loads of Northwestern apples to go to Liverpool, Bristol and Glas
gow. This means a raise in the price of apples.
Better get that box for Christmas now. Come in and select from
a dozen different varieties Prices from $2.00 to $2.75 per box.
Delivery. Phones 55.
The Yakima Fruit Company
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
cific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle
Nov. 15th, Dec. 5th and 25th
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka
talla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard for southern California ports.
Bic'ht reserved to change dates aDd steamers without notice
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau, Sheep oreek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordova. Ellamar. Valdez and Latoucbe. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5»h*
S S Latouohe. 15th; S S Cordova. *5th of each month—Right reserved to ohango this
schedule without notice,
F B. Tracy, Gael Agt* ^ V^rtk Dock Co, U*»l A*