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MONDAY, MAY 28, 1017
WHAT OK RUSSIA?
Reports from Petrograd during the
oast few days are not wholly reas
suring. After an interval of absplute
quiet a situation has developed
fraught with far-reaching possibili
ties. Fortunately, the breaking point
has not been reached, and there are
indications that the present provision
al government will retain control of
the situation, but the allies view the
prospect with some anxiety.
There is no question of the attitude
of the provisional government itself.
It is unalterably opposed to a separ
ate peace. It realizes fully that Russia
must keep its engagements and tight
for victory in order that democracy
and free institutions may survive. In
fact, it is not at all improbable that
Germany, after making a separate
peace, would either restore the Rom
anoffs or set up a dynasty under Ger
man domination, and this danger is
fully realized by the far-seeing men
in control of the government.
The powder magazine is in the sol
* ii^rs’ barracks. The pro-German pro
•pa^anda for a separate peace, coupled
with the activities of the extreme so
cialists and anarchists, appear to
have gained considerable momentum,
-tnd the average soldier and work
man, who is a poor ignorant peasant,
fails to comprehend the dangers of
his new liberties, involved in permit
ting Russia to pass under the virtual
hegemony of the Hohenzollerns. H<j
is fed on the beauties of peace in con
trast with the terrible business of
war, and the serious feature of the
situation is that he may take things
into his own hands.
The temporary government has ex
-rcised wonderful tact in dealing with
the situation and may yet gain con
trol and make Russia into a real
righting machine: but the process nec
essarily will he slow, so long as
here is an internal quarrel, whether
it is o\Vr the foreign or the domestic
policy. Russia cannot be an effective
factor in co-operating witli the en
tente allies who are now slowly ham
pering their way through the west
ern front.
The eyes of tile world today are
n Russia. If Germany can succeed
:i negotiating a separate peace the
ml look for the United States as well
as for England and France, will be
n no sense pleasant. While the pos
-ihility is there we must consider the
possibility of being ultimately forced
tight Germany alone.
DEFEATING THE Sl Il.MAKINE
American genius has been concen
trated oil the problem of counteract
ing the menace of the German sub
marine and encouraging reports are
received from Washington as to the
progress of experiments already made
bv the navy department. The head of
the naval consulting board is so thor
mglily convinced that it is possible
to dispose of the menace that lie has
forwarded a plan Jo Washington,
which lie believes solves the problem.
That is good news—almost too
good to be true; but not beyond the
realm of possibility. Naturally, the
authorities have not revealed the de
tails of the scheme except to say that
electricity plays a prominent part in
the device and to hint that the plan
involve a military offensive against
the Kiel canal, the base of the Ger
man fleet, as well as the complete bot
ling up of the North Sea, just as the
British have already sealed the En
glish channel to enemy submarines,
f Whether the government Is prepar
ed to try out the scheme—which has
been proved by tests to be practical
—has not been disclosed, but if its
i feasibility appeals to the high Ameri
can officials and the entente experts
it unquestionably will be put into ef
fect at the earliest practicable mo
ment. Apart from that phase of the
| problem it is certain that if there is
j any short-cut method of dealing with
l the submarine menace American in
| genuity can be relied upon to find
; it, for Americans are the most in
i ventive people the world has ever pro
duced. In fact, several prominent Brit
i isb leaders, recognizing this fact, have
! publicly expressed their confidence
that American genius could be count
ed on to meet the submarine menace.
It is announced that inventions
j have been offered to the government
at the rate of thirty-five daily. Some
of course are worthy of consideration,
while others are not; but abundant
proof exists that the inventive brains
of America are concentrated in de
I feating the undersea weapon which
| American genius produced.
Although ours are not a warlike
| people and never have been a larger
inumber of inventions of war have
jbeen produced in America than in any
other country. The submarine is dis
: tictly American. The armored battle
[ship, with its revolving turrets, was
[developed during the Civil War.. The
aeroplane was also born under the
l Stars and Stripes. Thousands or otliei
[inventions, which go to make an
army or a battle fleet more efficient—
|such as the machine gun, the repeat
ing rifle, the disappeartng gun—ar<
American products. Because we are
not a belligerent people, it has re
mained for other nations to outstrip
us in the application of these weu
pons, but they originated here and
are monuments the world over to
Yankee ingenuity.
Under the circumstances it is rea
sonable to believe that Americans can
find the answer to the submarine
just as they contrived the enemy of
the warship. The solution may not be
so spectacular as fragmentary reports
indicate, but we have no doubt that
it will be effective.
A MAN knows that his girl is an
American Beauty because she has red
hair, a lily white complexion and
blue eyes. But he won’t see the Stars
until after he marries her.
THE reason why Mother knows
that Daughter is a Natural Musician
is because Daughter would rather
pump the player piano than wash the
dishes.
NO matter how deaf a woman may
be she can hear every word her hus
band says when she sees him talking
to a strange girl two squares away, j
IF some men visited the Grand
Canyon they would be able to sug
gest a lot of improvements that the
Creator overlooked.
WHOKKSAKKRS ARK I’NDKR
KVK OK I. S. MARSHAK
On liis arrival from Valdez this
morning Judge Brown issued a state
ment in whcli he said that the activ
ty of wholesalers in Juneau and San
Francisco in shipping liquor into dry
terrtorv in this divison "was being!
closely watched by l’. S. .Marshal i
Brenneman, there being no intention I
on the part of the court to allow ef- !
forts to enforce the law to be set at
naught.
"1 noticed the local comment that
we were being made a catspaw for j
the wholesalers by issuing strict rules!
lo prevent retailers in this district
from shipping to dry territory.” said
the judge, “and I desire to assure ali 1
that this will not be the case.
" It is too bad that some of tin'
dealers in this division, have miscon
strued the meaning of the words :
“clean up,” in connection with their
being given until January 1 to clean
up their stock before prohibition be
comes effective. There seems to be a
feeling that it is a chance to make '
a “clean up” in cash and retire rich.
! f
Some of the dealers have simply gone
mad over the idea of getting all they j
can while the opportunity is open. The j
people of this district do not want this i
and have made it so evident that I j
have issued orders restricting sales j
and hours of business.
Nothing is being overlooked by the
marshal. The law must be obeyed by
wholesalers as well as retailers.”—
Seward Gateway.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY URNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. K. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
LISCUM WINS OPENING
GAME OF THE SEASON
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Score Tied at 0 Until rtth Inning
When Error Let In Two Runs
Innings 123456789
LISCUM 000020000
VALDEZ 000000000'
The opening baseball game of the'
season on the Valdez grounds yester
day afternoon went to Fort Liscum
by a score of 2 to 0. Up to the fifth
inning the score was tied, neither
side having scored, but in that inning
an error permitted Liscum to score
two runs. After this both sides tight
ened up and neither side scored again.
Despite the fact that lack of prac
tice and team work made the error
column loom up somewhat larger
than usual, the game was an inter
esting and exciting one. and demon
strated that when the boys get in trim
they will stand second to none in;
the amateur coast teams. Some ex
cellent mound work was done by the
pitchers on both teams, and in the'
field the boys covered their positions
in a very creditable manner.
The score was as follows:
FORT LISCUM—
AH R H E
Combs, 2b 4 0 1 1
Colin, c 3 0 0 2
Johnson. 3b 4011
Lains, cf 4 0 0 01
Allen, p 3 0 0 0
Gifford lb 3101
Huff, ss 3 0 0 1;
Brown, rf 1 0 0 0:
Lang, rf 2 10 0
Dougherty If 3 0 0 0
Total 30 2 2 6
VALDEZ—
AB R H E
Mitchell, ss 4 0 2 0
H. Selby, If \ 4 0 0 0
Hermann.c 4 0 0 0
Blackburn, p &2b 4 0 0 1
Charles, p 10 0 0
Pasco, 2 b 3 0 0 1
Botway, 3b 3 0 12
Scearce, lb 3 0 0 1
T. Selby, cf 3 0 0 1
Field, rt 3 0 0 0
Total 32 0 3 6
Summary: First base on balls off
Charles, Colin; off Allen Blackburn;
left on bases, Valdez 6; Liscum 6.
Struck out by Blackburn. 6; by Allen
9. Hits oft Blackburn, 1 in ? innings,
oft Charles, 1 in 2 innings; off Allen
3. Scorer: Sam Fisher.
Why look old and care-worn? The
lamous Parisian method for rejuven
ating the complexion and hands will
erase from 10 to 20 years. Remem
ber a woman is as old as she looks.
Method fully explained at the Vanitie
Shop. tf
BODY OF SENATOR LANE
ARRIVES AT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., May 28.—The
body of the late U. S. Senator Harry
Lane, who died at the national, ar
rived here today. The interment will
be delayed until the arrival of the
congressional delegation which will
come on from Washington to attend
the funeral.
WANTED
M
£
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TO ENLIST IN THE
U. S. ARMY
FOR PARTICULARS SEE
Maj. DAVISON
Road Commission Office
In New Quarters
E are now located in the Seattle
Hotel Building--- Grocery, Hardware
and 'Mens Wear Departments all under
the one roof. This is a decided improve
ment as compared to conditions under which
we have been fotced to operate for the past
few months. It will enable this store to
maintain a service neaier our old schedule;
and display our stock t° a better advantage
to ourselves and our customers.
S. Blum & Co., Inc.
Good Goods.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
inj£the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in -
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE,
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
KKTAHI.ISH < ATHKDKAL
AT CITY OK .H'XKAL'
Bishop Rowe has been considering
setting apart Trinity church in Ju
neau as the diocesan or cathedral
church for Alaska, in recognition of
the work being done here and radi
ating front the Juneau church to all
other parts of Alaska. It is also slated
as one of the facts taken into account
for the advance, that it was due to
the Juneau church that the Alas
ka mission raisi d over a thousand
dollars for the pension fund. It is
also stated that at Trinity church il
is possible to have a richer and more
churchly service than elsewhere.
Perhaps at this church alone, it is
said, it is practicable to have weekly
and saints' day celebrations and to
SAVE BAKING
EXPENSES
Why not make a saving when
you hake these days?
You can by using
Costs half the price of the
old fashioned cream of tartar
kind and raises the dough bet
ter.
ASK YOUR GROCER
One Pound 25c.
Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle Wash.
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day and Xi«lit McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BES1 ANDY MAROVICH. Propr.
Gandy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Draf Stare. {
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD j
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
Cakes, Cookies & Boas, 15c per dozen.
French, R»e and While Bread 12 1-2
cents per loal. Orders taken lor special
occasions
CHRIST ROGSTAR, Hioj.r.
PHONE 17 — Three doors below 0»l Dns
— - ------
Arctic Hotel
All Warm. Outside Booms
Truii'ient Trade Solicited
Kates ?."»<• and Fji
Special Bates l>.\ tlie Week or Month
Bat (is in ('onnection
I
! PHONE 133 MRS. STRING Prop
i have daily prayers offered,
j From the Juneau church which will
j tints become theoretically the hfs^i
j op’s seat or cathredral, will he sent
j out probably a monthly letter of
• greeting, couusid and encouragement.
! When the dev. Canon Butcher, of
I Erie, Pa., cathedral arrives here in
' August he will doubtless he attached
| to tlie cathedral stall', and he with thej
[present priest in charge, Rev. Guy 1).
[Christian, will work neighboring
'points as missions of the cathedral.
Bishop Rowe is expected next
nionth and if lie linds that all ar
rangements can he made lie will de
finitely set the church apart as Holy j
Trinity Cathedral. It’ ho can reach j
here in time for Trinity Sunday, thej
twenty-fil’tli anniversary of h;s church
in Juneau, the ceremony will prob
ably take place tit that time.—Juneau
Dispatch.
i ^ i
STBKAM OF GOLD IS
FLOWING INTO TBKASI BVj
—. -
Income for Fiscal Year Totals Knor- j
' moils sum of $71)4,000,000
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 28.— I
An unprecedented yield of gold is j
flowing into the treasury. During thej
month of May the income was $170,-'
000.000, and for the fiscal year thej
total was $794,000,000. The income j
tax yielded a big share of the in
come.
Bring back the bloom of youth to
that sallow mottled skin, by having
the Parisian method for rejuvenating
complexion applied at the \anitie
shop. i
i
, PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
$
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
offices over Valdez Drug ( o.
Phone’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
! A. A. Surgeon, C S. Public Health Set v.
(Marine Hosj.itip ,
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National t'alveralty,
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since ISMS
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND ^
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 3* VA1.IIKZ. % I. ASK A
JOHN LYUN'fc e. K KITCHIM
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OHU-ro to » holto* ilulldioic ^
Rhus? ioi valdez. Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
■Il NKAl', ALASKA
(■lasses Fitted Lenses (■ round
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable <
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. Pb. G.. M. 0. Prop. <
Jos. A. Silverman Ph. G. M. D. j
I'HYSIt I AX AMI Sl IUJKOX )
Office hours-'l to 4 p. n> --7 to 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 170 Office Tel. 19 ]
Boyle Block Valdez !
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Masoaa.
Regular Communications flrA Wed
nesday in each month in \%Ktnley
Hall. Visitors always welcome"
F. M. BROWN. W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188.
Western Federation of Miner* ^
W. M, CONLEY President.
Veldes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdez Alaska.