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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1017
PAYING THE PRICE.
WE are always paying the price
for the things we lose or
gain
Out of this life of tite mingled
gift of gladness and of pain,
And whether we pay for pleasure or
whether we pay for sin,
It Is always paying the price for life, no
matter where we begin.
We say we have had a lot we've enjoyed
and we've shared In the best;
We sit sometimes with a little dream of
old content in the breast;
And then when we look away and think of
the things that were nice
It ail comes over us, lucky or sad, that
we've had to pay the price.
The magnate pays It for his. as the pau
per pays It, too;
And the saint pays Just as the sinner eocs
and the unsaved have to do;
In all that we have and hold or in all
that we've thrown away.
It is sure In the end to come to tills, that
there was a price to pay.
We pay it for love and peace, for cheer
and comfort and song;
We pay for sinning and going astray, wc
pay it for doing wrong;
In all that we are or seem, in gladness
or grief or pain.
We are always paying the price fur the
things that we lose or gain.
—Polger MoKinsey.
BRITISH NAVY KEPT BUSY.
Little is heard of the British navy,
the main body of which is negatively
"bottled up” in a Scottish seaport,
hut it is an extremely busy arm of
the British defense service. The big
super-dreadnaughts are doing practi
cally nothing except to wait for the
German fleet, which is hidden behind
Helgoland, but thousands of smaller
naval craft are flitting to and fro on
the seven seas in the service of the
Entente.
Naturally, the German submarine
is the most annoying pest that John
Bull’s warships have to contend with,
and it has been so extremely active
that Sir Edward Carson, first lord of
the admiralty, admits it has created a
situation “grave and dangerous.” Yet
the submarine has not accompusneu
what Germany expected of it. Accord
ing to the British embassy at Wash
ington only one per cent of the ships
entering and leaving British ports
through the German war zone during
the first two weeks were sunk. That
is one out of every 100 ships.
The first lord, in a report for the
admiralty, presented some interest
ing figures on the accomplishments of
the navy. He sfiid the total number
of the personnel carried across the
seas by the naval forces up to the
<-nd of last October was 8,000,000,
and up to the same time the naval
forces had moved more than 9,000,
000 tons of explosives; 1,000,000 sick
and wounded; more than 1,000,000
horses and mules, and more than
4,000,000 gallons of petrol.
Something of the navy’s job in
blockading Germany is shown from
the fact that during the war up to
October 31, 1916, the British had ex
amined 15,150 neutral ships. In
January last, alone in British ports,
1,754 ships were examined and it.is
expected that the figures for Febru
ary will be no smaller than those for
last month.
Incidentally, Sir Edward Carson
said he had a record of forty-one en
counters with submarines during the
last eighteen days—which may be
taken as a hint of the activity of the
German U-boats and also of the meas
ures employed by the allies to coun
teract them. He made a strong de
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VALDEZ ALASKA
fense in favor of arming ships by say
ing that the navy’s figures show thrt
78 per cent of armed vessels escaped
after they had been attacked by bub
marines while only 24 per cent of un
armed ships escaped.
The influence of the British navy
is being felt in the war even though
seemingly it has accomplished little
in an offensive way and has suffered
much. The task of controlling th?
seas, notwithstanding that the ene
my's main fleet is bottled up. calls
j out the greatest naval power's full
resources.
roMTiri.XN OKKM'KHH.
.VOW that the militia has shown
that it is ill-manned, ill-equipped, and
unable to stand the hardships of tlie
regular soldier's life, the eyes of the
War Department have been opened to
the necessity of having men trained
at West Point and in active service to
command the United States army.
The politician officer must go. He
has lived his day, and far outlived his
usefulness. At the head of a Fourth
of July parade or at a political gath
ering he was the cynosure of all eyes,
the envied of all swains; in the held;
he was a numbskull, unfit for serv-!
ice or to command, and unpopular
with his men. His worthlessness is not
the most serious indictment against
him. He is in the way of better men.
and to get rid of him it is often ne
cessary to promote or pension him.
There are enough trained officers in
the United States to officer a great
army if they were taken from under
the thumb of cross-roads politicians
and ward heelers. In case of war
these officials will probably be set
aside for politicians, like the Colonel,
who will demand and receive a rank
in which they have had no experience
and should have no claim. Of what
benefit is it to the country to pay out
four or five thousand dollars to make
an officer and then place a man over
him more familiar with the grip of
the plow handles than of the sword.
To secure a thorough, efficient, sys
tematized army it will be necessary to |
place it under the head of a commis-1
sion of army men, out from under the !
domination of even the President, who |
is always a civilian politician. Give'
army officers command of army af- j
fairs for ten years and we would have ,
an army of which the nation would
be more than proud.
SEATTLE is again in the limelight.
Its mayor, chief of police and other
officials are arrested and undergoing
trial for alleged bootlegging and con
spiring to evade the prohibition mw
Seattle has been a plague spot in the
dry column ever since the laws went
into effect several years ago. Its offi
cials undoubtedly have pandered to
the whisky ring, for it is inconceiva
ble that so gigantic a conspiracy could
be formed without the connivance of
tne oinciais. i\ow mat me it-unci
government has taken a hand in the
prosecutions the offenders will un
doubtedly he brought to speedy jus
tice. If these men have betrayed the
people who elected them to office it is
well they should be punished for it.
The police of large cities too often
ignore the public and use their office
to fatten on ill-gotten wealth pried
from the malefactors with whom they
come in contact. It is high time Se
attle cleaned house.
THE King of Greece makes out a
case against the Eentente Allies. He
denies that there is less pro-German
and less anti-Entente sentiment in
Greece than there is anti-Hellenic
propaganda in England, France and
Russia. “The whole feeling of th_
Greek people toward the entente
powers,” he says, “is one of sorrow
and disillusionment. They had heard
so much about ‘this was for the de
fense of little nations’ that it has
been a very great shock to them to be
treated, as they feel, very badly and
cruelly.” After all there isn’t much
defense for the Allies’ actions in
Greece except such defense as can be
advanced on behalf of the strong who
disregard the weak to further their
own interests.
THAT there undoubtedly is a frame
up on the part of certain newspapers
in the United States to rush the coun
try into war by the publication of
false dispatches calculated to inflame
the minds of the people is indicated by
the news of the past week. Of all
the exciting heauliners of the past
two weeks scarcely an article has
proved to be true when investigated.
BERNARD M. STONE, formerly of
Seward, has purchased the Forty
Ninth Star of its owner, John Hecky,
and will enter" the journalistic field
at the railroad terminal. Mr. Stone
is a good newspaper man, and will
give his readers a good paper. An
chorage needs a good Democratic
newspaper and Mr. Stone will furnish
one. We wish him success.
"The New York Stock Exchange
and Public Opinion” is the title of ?.
brochure received in last night’s mail.
The editor knows very little about
the New York dock exchange, but we
could be arrested and sentenced to a
heavy fine for publishing what we
think of it.
'FRISCO TO EXAMINE
COLD STORAGE STOCKS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. —The
whole force of the city administra
tion will l e enlisted it was announce.!
yesterday in a.) attempt to find o t
exactly what food stocks are being
held here in cold storage. City ofli
ciais said last night that they had
been informed .hat locai cold storage
warehouses were packed with the very
food products that are being sold a* I
famine prices, on the plea that the J
supply is short.
The board of supervisors, depart
ment of health, bureau of weights and
measures and the police department
started today a combined survey of
the food supply on hand and where
ever it is found that accumulation has
been made for the purpose of corner
ing the market measures will be
adopted to force that particular pro
duct into the market at a reasonable
price.
GREEK TROOPS ARK
CAUSING MUCH TROUBLE
LONDON, March 7.—According to
advices received by Greek authori
ties here there has been serious
trouble among the 8,000 Greek
troops who surrendered to the Bnl
gar-Gerraan forces at Kavala and
who are now interned at Goeritz.
Hunger and discontent over the fail
ure of the German authorities to
keep repeated promises of repatria
tion had led to frequent mu
tinies and a large number of deaths
from disease, exposure and privatio
are also reported.
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DYING MAN CONFESSES
TO KILLING WOMAN’!
NEW YORK, March 7.—"I killed)
Wilhelmina Samoa sixteen years ago
in a little town on Long Island. 1
was jealous of her and shot her. Her
husband is now in prison suffering in
the place of this poor wretched beast
who is dying.” This confession was,
made by Wi..ium Herman in the city
hospital in Hudson, N. Y. He died of
pneumonia without giving more de
tails.
MINISTER SENTENCED
TO LIKE IMPRISONMENT
HAMMOND, Ind., March 7.—Frank
Peyton, formerly a minister of the
gospel, was sentenced to imprison
ment for life in the Superior Court
here for killing his sweetheart, Abbie
Mills, last September, in a fit of jeal
ousy. He was captured in New Or
leans.
Court Opens Tomorrow.
The jury term of the District court
called for March 8, will open tomor
row morning at 10 o’clock. A grand
and petit jury has been called to re
port tomorrow morning and a num
ber of cases are expected to come be
fore the court for hearing.
Chris Tjosevig, the well known
mining man, returned on the Alains
da from a business trip to the States.
RUTH LAW.
Will Attempt Flight AcroM
Continent In the Spring.
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you have put the groceries you have purchased
to the test you will be satisfied more than
ever. Good Goods at Moderate Prices is our
Motto.
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For Poaching, Boiling, Frying and for any use in which a strictly fersh egg is
if required, use “HOLLYHURST” the “money back” egg.
Our Bakery Department offers the largest and best line of Fancy and
Staple Pastry in town. Try our Graham Bread.
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GOOD GOODS
This Day in History
Feast day of Sts. Perpetua and Fe
licitas; St. Paul, the Simple: St.
Thomas Acquinas.
Constantine I. issued first civil law
for the observance of Sunday in 321.
Henry IV, excommunicated for the
second time in 1080.
Hannah Dunstan killed ten In
dians and escaped in 1611.
Providence, It. I., founded in
1638.
Pope Innocent XIII. died in 1724.
James Aitkin hanged for treason
at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1777.
Luther Burbank, American horti
culturist, born in 1849.
Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn,
Arkansas, in 1862.
Steamer Navarre wrecked off Nor
way with loss of 74 5 lives in 1883.
China leased Port Arthur to Rus
sia in 1898.
John Charles Fremont, rear ad
miral of U. S. Navy, died in 1911.
Monoplane flight made from Lon
don to Paris by Henry Salvey, who
covered 222 miles in 117 minutes, in
1912.
ALAMEDA ARRIVES
AND HAILS WESTWARD
The steamer Alameda arrived from
the south at 1:30 this morning and
railed west about two hours later.
The passengers for Valdez were C.
Tjosevig, L. J. Erickson, P. Dixon, J.
S. Reeves, W. S. Newlan, C. C. Keen
an, George E. Scott, C. H. Lamfey, S.
Erickson, J. D. MacCormac, M. Ker
ney, W. O’Laughlin, Corporal Noakes
and Private Fields.
J. F. Dixon of the Patton Mines
Company, arrived on the Alameda
after a business trip to the States.
J. Reeves of Cordova, who was
drawn on the grand jury, was an ar
rival on the Alameda to attend court.
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For the Modest Price of
25c lb. Can.
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CRESCENT MFO. OO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day ami Night McKinley Street, Below Table Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVITH, Propr.
I Candy Kitchen j
f L W. HUNT—b Owl Drag Store. I
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f HOT-COLD f
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale ead Retail Deaton in
AU< KINDS 07 JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Robber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, MaafcUery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad A venae, 9».
SRATTLB, WASH.
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Stop nt la the
Arctic Hotel
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PHONE 193 MRS. STRING, Prep
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Cakes, Cookies A Bus, 15c per dose.. *
Freack, Rye end Wkite Breed 12 1-2 ❖
cents per leal. Orders taken hr special 4.
f occasions. $
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GEORGE SEXTON. Poor
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Fourth Ave. Seward. AlaB_ka_
Scliuniann-Heink Better.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 7.—The
condition of Mme. Schumann-Heink,
the operatic contralto, two of whose
ribs were broken in a taxicab accident
last week, is reported to be nearly
well again.
J. D. MacCormac, a well known
and popular business man of Cordova
! was an arrival on the Alameda. He
j will attend the session of the Distric'
! court as a grand juror.
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DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Ofcm #t»r Tpidei Draft C*.
Phase ns MeKtaley Street
Contract Burgeoi, U. S. Army
A. A. Sprgeoa, V S. Public Health Serv
♦Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH i M. 8.
PHYSKHAK AND 8UBOHON
•rti Owl Drag Co.
—OFFICE HOURS:
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Sunday by Appointment.
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Hall Visitors always welcomti
F. M. BROWN, WVM
BJD WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER. Preaidant.
Granite MW
GUST KR1NC, Secretary.
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