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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1915.
CONCEALMENT OF NEWS ABAN
DONED.
Not in vain, it seems, have the
English and American papers united
in criticism of the British military
■censors and in demanding the ex
ercise of a reasonable discretion in
deciding what war news may and
■what may not be published.
Though the censors have not yet
confessed the stupid blunder they
■made in trying to conceal the loss
of the Audacious, at least they have
■not repeated it, and, what is still
better, there has since been, on their
part, a steadily increased and dem
onstrated appreciation of the fact
that their only valid excuse for with
holding facts was the probability—
not the remote possibility—that to
permit their revelation would assist
the future operations of "the enemy.”
Of that excuse noboay ever question
ed the sufficiency, but all other use
of the censorship, especially its use
to “save the face” of erring or un
lucky officials in high place, has been
bitterly and properly resented on both
sides of the water.
That the Bitish censors have learn
ed a lot in the last few months is
shown by the promptness, the full
ness, and the practically unquestion
able accuracy of the reports “passed”
by them relating to this week’s great
naval battle in the North Sea. That
was, indeed, a British victory, and vic
tories are never suppressed by any
censorship, but this victory was not
won without cost,, and it was far
from as nearly complete as it might
have been. The whole truth is told,
however—the injuries suffered and
the losses sustained, as well as the
details that cause the British heart
and that of all sympathizers with
the Allies to exult.
In other words, the censors no
longer treat their countrymen as chil
dren who are to hear only good news
and are not to be trusted with the
full knowledge required for forming
an intelligent judgment of the mlli
Hary situation. It is a wise and wel
come change.—Ex.
A PROPHECY BY A PROGRESSIVE.
Medill McCormick was misquoted,
it appears. He did not announce his
conversion to the Republican party,
but merely participated in a Republi
can caucus for the purpose of break
ing a deadlock over the speakership
of the Illinois assembly. He is still
a Progressive, hence he is still a
Progressive leader.
That being so, what Mr. McCor
mick says about the future of his
party has authority as well as in
terest. He says that if “either of the
old parties” nominates in 1916 a can
didate satisfactory to the Progres
sives he will be indorsed by the Pro
gressive National Convention. Then
he blurts out with a candor too sel
dom seen in political statements that
he floes not expect this indorsement
to carry the whole party with it,
though "it is probable that it will se
cure the support of the majority
of the Progressives.” He expects
that "some few, especially in states
like California, Colorado, and Penn
sylvania, will go to the Democratic
party,” that some* few, "in states
•like New York, Indiana, and Illinois,
-will go to the Republican party,”
without reefrence to “collective ac
tion by the majority”—that is, to an
indorsement by the Progressive con
vention.
This forecast is an official an
nouncement of disintegration. The
statement wh'ch Mr. McCormick de
nies having made was not half so
disturbing to Progressives as this
one will be. It means plainly that
the Progressive party, in the opin
ion of one who is still among its
leaders, is to mark time until 1916 and
then break up forever.—Chicago Her
ald.
Notice To Dog Owners.
Notice Is hereby given to owners
»f dogs that all cross or vicious dogs
must be kept tied up as the animals
will be shot without further notice.
If W. T. SCOTT, City Marshal.
KRUPPS MAKE GUN
TO FIRE TO ENGLAND
Weapon Said To Have a Range of
25 To 28 Miles—The Shell
Weighs a Ton.
BERLIN, Feb. 10.—Remarkable fig
ures regarding a new German naval
gun are given by a German artillery
expert, writing in the Artilleristische
Monats Hefte.
In discussing an assertion by the
London Times that the German navy
possesses a gun which carries three
miles further than the best British
weapon, the writer admits that the
Krupps are manufacturing a gun
whose projectile weighs 920 kilo
grams (at«ut a ton), and which de
velops a muzzle velocity of 940 me
ters (about 3,080 feet) a second.
The expert recaons irom tnese ng
ures that the gun has 58 per cent,
more muzzle force than the British
navy’s best weapon, and has a range
of about 42 kilometers (about 26
miles,) while the channel at Dover
is only 33 kilometers (about 20.5
miles) wide. He says this will per
mit the Germans eventually to com
mand the English coast from Calais
for a distance of nine kilometers
(about 5.6 miles) inland with the new
gun.
GERMAN ATTACK ON
WARSAWWEAKENING
(Continued on page 4.)
ed the city of Trebizond, but without
any great damage resulting.
British Admiralty Anxious.
LONDON, Feb. 10.—The British ad
miralty are endeavoring to ascertain
the origin of the rumor that a British
dreadnought was sunk off the coast
of Ireland by striking a mine. That
some vessel was lost is not doubted
but the admiralty disclaim all knowl
edge of the loss of a battleship.
Kaiser At Bzura River.
BERLIN, Feb. 10.—Kaiser Wilhelm
is reported to have visited the Ger
man positions yesterday along the
Bzura river.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A champion game of pyramid pool
was played last evening at the Buffet
between Fred. Harris and E. A. Mc
Crary. The latter won by a few
points. A second game was played
of 100 points, McCrary winning this
game by twenty points. A return
match will he played tonight at the
billiard hall of Ingram & Bush, and
either of the men will meet any and
all comers who think that they are
in their class.
Dr. Von Gunther is a busy man to
day, completing arrangements for the
smoker he is to give tonight at the
Pioneer hall to celebrate his sixtieth
birthday.
Billy Soule has been confined to
his room for the past few days suf
fering from a severe cold.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Ganty has been removed to the
Red Cross hospital for treatment.
City Treasurer Ames is at home
laid up with a bad cold.
Bargains! Bargains!
During the coming week Harvey’s
Toggery will offer exceptional bar
gains in ladles’ wearing apparel,
fancy goods, silks, and ribbons to
close out the balance of our stock.
Showcases, tables, adjustable form
and rugs included. tf
Big Laughs Tonight.
A big laugh at the Orpheum; new
pictures tonight. Read the following
program:
"The Shadow,” Pearl White in a
good story.
"Dolly Tomboy,” IMP. comedy full
of fun.
"The Fugitive,” a fine drama.
"Dick’s Discomfort,” a comedy that
will make a hit.
"Smallpox Scare,” a comedy that
you will want to see the second time.
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Something like a chain hoist is a
new device to enable one man to ex
ert power enough to pull an automo
bile out of a mud bole.
A new tooth brush made of paper
impregnated with cleansing and san
itary drugs is Intended to be Used
but once, then thrown away.
HE WAS A MIGHTY KING.
If the Record on the Tomb of Sards
napalus Be True.
An ancient legend tells us that Sar
dannpains was the founder of Tarsus,
while otben ascribe that honor to Sen
nacherib, king of Nineveh, of whom
the Bible record speaks. An Interest
ing part of this legend about Sardn
napalus, the last of the Assyrian kings,
tells us that he recorded on his tomb
near Ancbiale, a nearby city, in one
day, a feat surely worthy of any king.
But the kings of those days, It must
be remembered, took as much license
with the record on their tombs aa any
Munchausen who ever lived.
We are also told that on this tomb
was a statue of the king snapping bis
fingers, while this inscription was
written beneath: “Sardnnnpalus, son
of Anakyndarnxes, built Anchiale and
Tarsus In one day. Eat, drink and
play, for everything else is not worth
this” (a snap of your lingers).
Whether this statue and its descrip
tion are purely mythical or not, the
tradition was probably current in
Paul’s time, as his own words Indicate:
“If after the manner of men 1 have
fought with beasts at Ephesus, what
ndvantageth it me if the dead rise not?
Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we
die.” What greater contrast could
there be than between the strenuous,
manly, undaunted apostle and the vo
luptuous, blase king who was said to
have founded the city where, hundreds
of years Inter, St. Paul was born?—
Christian Herald.
BEST OF ALL JOURNALISTS.
St. Mark Has Been Called the Reporter
Among the Apostles.
The greatest journalist the world ever
knew lived 1,500 years or more before
the invention of type, according to Rev.
Dr. Frank N. Palmer, who awarded the
palm to St Mark and wondered at the
marvels that he might have accom
plished if he had lived in. the days of
printing presses.
St. Matthew put his chronicles in
twenty-eight chapters; St. Luke used
twenty-four to tell his story; St. John
used twenty-one. but St. Mark covered
all the details more vividly in sixteen,
and, true to the spirit of action that
animates his kind, put a miracle in ev
ery chapter.
St Mark, Dr. Palmer said, was the
reporter among the apostles. His view
point, hia language nnd his marvelous
ability to give action and climax, clash
and color in a sentence should be a
glowing example to the newspaper
writers of this day.
Each of the other apostles speaks of
skies that opened. Mark says they
were rent asunder. He is the only one
among his brethren who stopped duti
fully to describe the color of a given
scene. In the writings of his fellows it
is told that the people went to the Ser
mon on the Mount. Mark writes vivid
ly that the people ran.
In writing for the Romans he used
colorful allusions and the references to
wild beasts to touch their intelligence
in sympathetic fashion at every stroke
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Stellar Elements.
The spectroscope shows the lines so
far In stellar research of forty five ele
ments well known here in the earth I
Hydrogen exists iu all stars in enor
mous quantities. Iron and a number
of other metals likewise are incandes
cent in the sun. and in all other suns
bright enough to send rays into the
grating for analysis.
An element named coronlum is now
seen glowing iu the envelopes of the
sun. but it has not been discovered
here on earth yet Helium was seen
in the sun for a number of years be
fore it was finally discovered in the
earth. Stars vary in the character of
the rays emitted; therefore all suns
are not alike. And the differences in
dicate differences In their ages.—New
York American.
Wanted Information.
At Bellevue hospital many of the or
derlies are harmless and willing men
known as “self committers.” That is,
they have had themselves committed to
the pubile institutions while out of em
ployment
One of these was put In churge of a
contagious case for the first time.
"Remember, Clancy," said the doc
tor, "this case must be Isolated.”
“All right, 8orr," was the reply.
“Where will 1 get the lceV”-New York
World. __
Flight of Life.
Child, child! No morel As If driven
on by unseen spirits the sun steeds of
time are running away with the light
chariot of our destiny, and for us re
mains nothing except with high cour
age to bold fast the reins. And now
to the right, now to the left, from a
bowlder on one hand or a precipice on
the other, to guide the steeds in safety.
Whither it goes, who can say? One
scarcely remembers whence he came.—
From Goethe's “Egmont."
What Worried Him.
“What side are you on in this de
bate?” asked the constituent.
"I don’t like to say,” replied the
young statesman. ”My own opinions
don’t matter so much, but it worries me
to realize that whatever way 1 vote
I'm almost sure to hurt somebody’s
feelings.”—Washington Star.
Vain Man’s Weakness.
Pity the poor egotist whose vanity
has swollen to the point that he thinks
be can Influence a woman In the mat*
ter of drees —Houston Poet
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be
much used till they are seasoned.—
Oliver Wendell Hr lines
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Children’s Rubbers and Arctics.
Boys’ Packs and Boots
Jersey Sweaters and Sweater Coats.
A Reason For Teare.
An amusing story about Dr. Archi
bald Pltcalrne, the physician, Jacobite
and scholar, Is told by Francis Watt In
“The Book of Edinburgh Anecdote.”
Dr. Pltcalrne was not often a church
goer, but on one occasion be took ref
uge In a church from a shower of rain
The sermon was commonplace, but the
preacher was emotional, and he wept
copiously and, ns It seemed to Plt
calrne, Irrelevantly. Fie turned to the
only other occupant of the pew, a
stolid countryman, and whispered,
“What on earth gars the man greet
(weep) ?"
“You would maybe greet yourself,”
wns the solemu answer, “If you was
up there and bad as little to say.”
Census Reports Take Time.
Each United States census report rep
resents a compilation of statistics for
the entire country, and much time is
required to make flu actil&i canvass
and to publish the results. For exam
ple, in the census of manufacturers
uniform reports must be secured from
more than 270.000 establishments and
in the census of agriculture from more
than 0,000.000 farms. In collecting sta
tistics from manufacturers, farmers,
electric light and power plants, electric
railways and other interests It ts neces
sary to allow a suliicient time to OP
out the schedule so as not to interfere
with the conduct of private business.
Kangaroo Tendons.
In Australia kangaroo farming is an
important industry. The bides are
valuable, and the tendous extremely
One. indeed, they are the best known
to surgeons for sewing up wounds,
and especially for bolding broken bones
together, being much Oner aud tougher
than catgut.—London Globe.
Defectives.
“Here's a story about a man with a
cork leg. a cork arm. u rubber ear. a
glass eye and a wig.”
“He must tie one of those defectives
there’s so much agitation about.”—Buf
falo Express.
All scream comedies at the Orph
eum tonight. Don’t miss them.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide L
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdes
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the time of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Saturday, February 13.
High tide 12:07 a. m., 10.8; 11:38
p. m., 13.1.
Low tide 6:34 a. m., 2.0; 6:24 p.
m„ 1.4.
Sunday, February 14.
High tide 12:41 a. m., 11.3; 12:22
p. m., 13.1.
Low tide 6:16 a. m., 1.8; 6:68 p.
m., 1.3.
Wednesday, February 10.
High tide 8:46 a. m., 9.2; 10:46 p.
m„ 9.4.
Low tide 2:14 a. m., 3.7; 4:17 p.
m., 0.6.
Thursday, February 11.
High tide 9:64 a. m., 12.6; 11:30
p. m., 10.1.
Low tide 3:40 a. m.. 3.3; 3:69 p.
m., 1.1.
Friday, February 12.
High ‘ide 10:60 a. m., 13.0.
Low tide 4:44 a. m., 2.6; 6:48 p.
m., 1.4.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 10, 1915.
STATION Above Below, Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly .*... 12 5 Snowing, light wind, trail good.
McCallum . 6 25 Cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Paxson’s . 5 19 Cloudy, windy, trail drifted.
Hogan . 19 17 Cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Gulkana . 8 14 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center _12 10 Clear, calm, trail good.
Tonsina . 15 25 Snowing, windy, trail good.
Teikhell . 15 26 Snowing, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam. 26 41 Snowing, windy, trail fair.
Summit . 20 60 Cloudy, storming, trail drifted.
Wortman’s . 30 43 Clear, high winds, trail drifted.