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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1914.
INTERPRETATION OF WAR COSTS
Those who are looking for prosper
ity as the result of the war might
think of how much greater prosper
ity would be but for the war. It is
estimated that the war is costing dai
ly about $50,000,000, which is repre
sented in an economic sense by no
thing, not even the glory of the vic
tors. But the expenditure of $50,000,
000 in ’hat manner means loss of the
ability to employ 10,000 men. Under
modern conditions it requires an in
vestment of between $4,000 and $5,
000 to keep a man at work. Taking
the larger amount, as tending toward
conservatism in the estimate, it fol
lows that each day’s war expendi
ture is a sentence to idleness of ten
regiments. And the sentence will
run until the wastes of war are made
good by work and economy hereafter.
The "butchers’ bill” must be added.
It can be estimated only in hundreds
of thousands, all men in the prime
of life. The loss of these workers
will annul the previous investment of
a sum sufficient to keep the dead and
wounded at work. To these awful to
tals it is necessary to add the actual
damage in a material sense, which
has been put at hundreds of millions,
accuracy being impossible.
No doubt there will be profits here
and there, made by the few who have
on hand the goods instantly and per
emptorily demanded without regard
to cost. But that is only the excep
tion which proves the rule. For a
generation at least the world will be
poorer as the result of this wicked
est and costliest war within the ex
perience of any living man.—Ex.
QUICK RELIEF FOR BELGIUM.
In announcing the purpose of the
Rockefeller Foundation to expend
millions of dollars if necessary for
the relief of the suffering non-com
batants of the various countries in
volved in the European war, an an
nouncement which follows upon act
ive and efficient, though silent, pre
parations to give relief as quickly as
possible, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr„
emphasizes the fact that the labors
of the commission he is sending
abroad will not “render unnecessary
the efforts of other agencies of re
lief,” that the services of the Foun
dation will, in fact, “but supplement
the public-spirited efforts of the Bel
gian Relief Committee, of which Mr.
Robert W. de Forest is chairman.”
This should be clearly understood:
Millions of innocent human beings
who have taken no part whatever in
the hostilities are in danger of starv
ing to death, and too much cannot
be done for them. But while the
most strenuous efforts were making
to provide relief to the extent of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars this
simple announcement that millions
have been made available and are to
be expended without delay, and in
the most practical manner, must stim
ulate our national pride and tend to
spur to new and stronger endeavors
the good men and women who are
already devoting their energies to
•tiis very work of relief than which
there is none more urgent in the
world in this hour.
Ambassador Page In his dispatch
to Mr. Rockefeller which is incorpor
ated in the announcement of the
Foundation’s plan says that the great
present need in Belgium in this hour
is food. Money sent to any of the
European agencies of distribution
will be all but useless. The Founda
tion will dispatch on Tuesday a large
neutral steamship . laden with 4,000
tons of flour, rice, beans and bacon,
while the newly appointed commis
sion of men trained in the adminis
tration of relief on a large scale who
will hereafter superintend the minis
trations of the Foundation will depart
almost immediately. The work has
already been auspiciously begun,
however, with an expenditure of
$275,000, a small beginning in view
of the resources to be drawn upon,
but eminently practical and timely.
The practical wiBdom and humanity
which prompted the work, its prom
ise of prompt and effective succor
where until now, in view of existing
conditions, the sacrifice of many lives
seemed unavoidable, will cause grat
ideation throughout the country. The
heartiest co-operation of a thousand
smaller agencies could not result so
effectively. It is true (hat the actual
needs of stricken Belgium are so
great that complete relief might tax
to the utmost the largest conceivable
resources. But there is assurance
now that actual starvation will be
prevented by this splendid co-opera
tion of the Rockefeller Foundation
with the other admirable agencies,
that there will be sufficient relief for
large numbers, and that the shipping
and distribution of supplies will be
accomplished in the most expeditious
and competent manner. The relief
planned may, of course, be extended
to sufferers in other countries than
Belgium, but that is now the scene
of the worst affliction, and the au
thentic reports of misery and desti
tution had already touched the heart
of every humane American. Praise
of Mr. Rockefeller and his associates
in this high enterprise is uncalled
for, and printed words would be fu
tile to express the sincere and wide
spread satisfaction that the announce
ment will cause. A neutral nation,
when a terrible war is rending many
other countries, can do no nobler
work than this.—New York Times.
CHH STOPS THE
SALE OE BOOZE
PETROGRAD, Nov. 19.—The czar
has prohibited the manufacture of li
quors and the government monopoly
which formerly brought in an annu
al revenue of $500,000,000 has been
destroyed. Other means to raise mon
ey will now be necessary, as the gov
ernment’s income wiR be seriously re
duced as a result of the edict of the
czar.
FAMOUS DIVES
ARE DESTROYED
LEADVILLE, Colo., Nov. 19.—The
famous tenderloin of this city, the
scene of the worst vice during the
days when Leadville boomed, was de
stroyed today by fire. The long row
of shacks where thousands of men
and women once gambled and carous
ed were wiped out. The local fire
department with much difficulty sav
ed the balance of the city.
ROLLER SKATERS
SOOTH RACE
The big skating race to be held
next Tuesday at the Valdez Skating
Rink will be an interesting affair.
Ray Rohrabaugh, the champion skat
er of Alaska, will race four local skat
ers in a 200-lap race. The local men
are all fast, Norman Leopold, who
leads the opposing team, is consider
ed one of the fastest in town. Chris
Mortenson, Captain Morris and Ike
Beal are also good fast skaters and
will make it interesting for the cham
pion. The management of the rink
have put up a $75 prize for the win
ner of the race.
Moose Dance.
The regular Saturday night dance
given by the Moose will be given at
Moose ball. Fine music and excel
lent lunch served at midnight.
Pennsylvania Has Sand.
The production of sand and gravel
in Pennsylvania in 1913 was 6,702,449
tons, valued at $3,381 692, against 6,
509,333 tons, valued at $3,371,513 in
1912, according to the United States
Geological Survey. Building sand 's
the most important product of this
character in the state, but of great
er relative importance is glass sand,
in the production of which Pennsyl
vania ranks first among the states.
In the value of the sand produced,
although not in the quantity, Penn
sylvania ranks first, the precedence
in value being due to the high value
of the glass sand compared to other
kinds.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
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Compiled from the official tide tc ■
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
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:
Thursday, November 19.
High tide 1:17 a. m„ 8.0: 12:42 p.
m., 11.4.
Low tide 6:32 a. m., 2.4; 7:45 p.
m., 1.2.
Friday, November 20.
High tide 2:07 a. m., 7.7; 1:28 p.
m., 10.9.
Low tide 7:18 a. m., 2.7; 8:34 p.
m., 1.5.
(Continued from page 1.)
ion of Bast Prussia. The operations,
however, continue and the war office
expects success shortly.
Russians Short of Guns.
The admission is made that the
Russian army is handicapped by the
shortage of guns, both rifles and field
pieces. The shortage will be supplied
by the British gun works as soon as
possible and all factories in Russia
are working night and day to in
crease the output. Japan is also send
ing field pieces over the trans-siber
ian line to Petrograd and it is a
matter of but a few weeks until the
army will be well equipped.
GOEBEN IS ROPE
OF TURKISH NAVI
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The con
trol of the Black Sea (luring the hos
tilities between Russia and Turkey,
precipitated by the shelling of Odes
sa, Theodosia, and Novorossysk may
pivot on the cruiser Goeben, which
is superior to any other warship that
may be involved in the conflict. The
Goeben is a cruiser of the most mod
ern type, of high speed, heavily arm
ored and mounts ten of the latest
type of German naval big guns. She
belonged to Germany until the war in
Europe began. Caught by circum
stances along the Moroccan shores of
the Mediterranean with the German
cruiser Breslau, also a modern ves
sel, though small, she fled to Con
stantinople and sought refuge in the
Dardanelles. Instead of interning the
vessels, the Turkish government
bought them from Germany, and, re- |
taining their German officers and '
crews, has now sent them into the
Black Sea to attack Russia.
Without the Goeben the Turkish
navy, which consists mostly of obso
lete vessels, and has had little real
service practice, would be hopelessly
outclassed by the Russian Black Sea
fleet. There are five battleships, fair
ly modern, in the Black Sea force,
and a sixth older battleship, not very
effective. ■ Russia is building three
superdreadnoughts in the Black Sea
navy yards at Nikolaieff and Sebasto
pol, but they have not been commis
sioned. These vessels would be ex
pected to master the Turkish navy
except for the presence of the Goe
ben, which, though a cruiser, carries
heavier and better armor and much
more effective guns than any of the
Russian battleships now in commis
sion in the Black Sea.
On the other hand, the Russians are
well equipped with destroyers and
submarines in the Black Sea, and
these mosquito vessels will undoubt
edly try to torpedo the Goeben.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is an
unknown quantity. All its larger units
were built in the yards at Nikolaieff
and Sebastopol. Because Turkey has
refused to open the Dardanelles these
Russian vessels have never been able
to leave the Black Sea. Because they
could not emerge from that inland
sea, the Russian vessels in the Black
Sea fleet were purposely built of
slower speed and shorter radius than
if they had been intended for service
on the high seas.
Comparison of Protected Cruisers.
The Russian Black Sea fleet con
tains two protected cruisers. These
are the Kagoul, built in 1902, and the
Pamiat Merkooria, built in 1903, of
6,750 tons displacement each, and
each armed with 12 six-inch guns.
They are designed for 23 knots speed.
Their dock armor is only three inches
thick. They could not stand up
against modern battleships, but might
be effectively used otherwise.
The Turks likewise have two pro
tected cruisers, but smaller. One of
these is the Hamidleh, which per
formed remarkable exploits in the
Balkan war. The Hamidleh was built
at the Elswick yards in England and
finished in 1904. She mounts two six
inch guns, besides smaller weapons,
and has made 22 knots on trial trips.
The other Turkish protected cruiser
is the Medjidieh, which was complet
ed at the Cramp yards in Philadelphia
in 1904, mounts two six-inch guns,
has only deck armor, and has made
22 knots speed. While these cruisers
are not intended for line of battle
fighting with battleships, they can ef
fect great damage along the coasts by
bombardment and harrase merchant
shipping and small naval craft.
The Russians have a few small aux
iliaries, including the armed yacht Al
maz, 3,300 tons; the mine-layers Proot,
5,600 tons; Dunal, 1,360 tons, and the
Beresan, 3,050 tons; the gunboats Don
ets, Uralets, Terets, and Koubanets,
each 1,200 tons, and the repair ship
Kronstadt.
The small units in the Turkish
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Ladies’ and
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C. C. Reynolds. Seo
fleet include two modern torpedo gun
boats, built and designed by the
Krupps in 1906. They are the Peik-I
Shevket and the Berki-Satvet. Other
small units in th Turkish navy are
the torpedo gunboat Palenk-I-Deria,
775 tons; the gunboats Marmaris, 500
tons; the gunboats Nerchehir and Ta
cheupru, each 213 tons; the mine
layer Zuhof, three smaller gunboats,
a torpedo depot ship, hospital ship,
repair ship, three dispatch vessels,
and four transports, besides the Im
perial yacht and a mine ship. These
are all small and useful mainly to
harass commerce.
Turkey Outclassed In Destroyers.
The hidden strength of the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet may be found
in its mosquito vessels. Turkey has
only eight destroyers built and nine
torpedo boats. It has no submarines,
so far as is known here, but several
were projected last year, and may
have been shipped by train from Ger
many to the assembled in Turkish
ports. In the Russian Black Sea fleet
are 26 torpedo boat destroyers, nine
of which belong to the Bistry class,
each of 33 knots speed, and are just
being finished at Nicolaieff. They are
the Bistry, Besppokoiny, Dersky, Gnie
vny, Gromky, Pospechny, Pronsitelny,
Pulky and Stschastliry.
The other seventeen Black Sea de
stroyers of the Russians are the Bar
anoff, Shetakof, Saken, Zatzarebbyl,
Zavidny, Zavetny, Jeevoi, Jeevootchy,
Jootky, Jarky, Zvonky, Puschtscheen,
Zorky, Strogy, Smetlivy, Stremiteiny,
and Svirepy. The Russians have ten
small torpedo boats and eleven sub
marines in their Black Sea flotilla.
Six of these submarines were finish
ed two years ago.
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Taxes Due.
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1914 are now due and pay
able at my office, in the Valdez Elec
tric Company office, in the Copper
block. Taxes will be delinquent on
Monday, December 7, 1914, at 6 o’clock
p. m. and unless paid prior thereto,
a penalty of 10 per cent, will be add
ed to the amount and interest at the
rate of 12 per cent, per annum.
No interest will be allowed on town
warrants in payment of taxes after
November 1, 1914.
Office hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m„ except Sun
days. Dated this 4th day of Novem
ber, 1914.
E. O. AMES,
Town Treasurer.
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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 creek Treadwell, Douglas*
Cordova, Ellarnar. Valdez and La touche. Explosives, S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th*
S S Latouche, 15th: S S Cordova. 25th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
Pacific Alaska!
Navigation Company!
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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 i
Harvard for southern California ports.
Bight reserved to change dates and steamers without notice
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
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