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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914.
MACHINE-MADE WAR AND ITS
EFFECTS.
Some curious and interesting pe
culiarities of the European war as
seen from the standpoint of the sur
geon in the field are presented by
The International Journal of Sur
gery. For one thing, the members
of the uniformed medical staff now
can do, and are expected to do, lit
tle more for the wounded than to
give them “first aid” as soon as a
shifting of the conflict makes ap
proach to them, not safe, but some
thing less than next to certain death.
After hasty bandaging, the task of
the field surgeons is chiefly to get
the victims back to properly equipped
hospitals far in the rear of the fir
ing line, and once there, of course,
the treatment of the wounded soldier
is exactly that of any other patient.
Practically no operating is attempt
ed on the battlefield, experience hav
ing taught that the results are usu
ally worse than to let nature do what
she can until really effective assist
ance can be given. Even in the best
of the military hospitals, however.it
has been noticed that the soldiers die
with terrible frequency from injuries
that in ordinary circumstances would
be considered trivial. The explana
tion of that is the state of semi
starvation and intense weariness in
which the soldier often was when his
wound was received—a condition that
much reduces his powers of resist
ance and recuperation.
As expressed by this authority,
“modern machine-made war is more
than the human frame can endure.”
The same thing has been said in
other words by many narrators of ex
periences at the front, and it explains
why, except in cases of absolute nec
essity, men are never kept long in
the trenches, but are relieved as reg
ularly as and more often than are the
"shifts” in a factory that is worked
day and night.
The only good word said for mod
ern war in the article under consid
eration is that amputation of arms
and legs are not as numerous as form
erly, asepsis rendering it possible to
save many limbs that once would
have been sacrificed as the only
means of saving life.—Ex.
WAR AND MEASUREMENT.
Great Britain and the United States
are practically the only civilized na
tions which do not use the metric
system. This decimal scheme of
weights and measures has come to
be a real universal language—univer
sal except in the Anglo-Saxon coun
tries. There is no doubt that much
is gained both from this universality
and from the simplicity of the sys
tem.
The war in Europe has drawn at
tention to the desirability of uniform
ity. All measures as reported from
Europe are in the metric system, and
have to be specially translated into
the Anglo-American system before
the reports can be published. Reten
tion of the old system, with its ir
regularities and its arbitrary divis
ions, is doubtless a sign of Anglo
Saxon insularity.
The United States, when it estab
lished its coinage, adopted a simple
decimal. system. Great Britain still
has the clumsy duodecimal system
for her smaller coins. To this ex
tent the United States departed from
insular tradition, but we have clung
tenaciously to our gallons, miles,
pounds, pecks and acres.
' Adoption of the metric system by
act of congress would unquestionably
be followed by great confusion. An
entire nation would have to go to
school to learn the meaning of grams,
liters and meters, so that the metric
measures would represent definite
ideas. Then everything would have
to be re-measured and re-established.
There would be discomfort and dis
satisfaction and vigorous protest.
The advocates of the metric sys
tem hold that all this would be a
small price to pay for uniformity.
They believe that American foreign
trade would be facilitated by Amer
ican conformity to the usage of the
rest of the world. It would remove
a barrier which is artificial and, need*
i
less, and it is urged that America
should not experience greater diffi
culty than other nations in making
the shift.
. It should he remembered, too, that
in all scientific work the metric sys
tem is already in use in this country.
The change would affect only meas
urements which do not require great
nicety. The chief difficulty seems to
be to persuade the masses of the
people—those whose use of weights
and measures is merely incidental—
of the desirbaility of the upset.—Ex.
MANILA, Dec. 19.—The Sultan of
Sulu, for himself and the other Mo
ro chieftains, has addressed the Phil
ippine assembly, declaring that the
Moros desire to share in the ben
efits of civilization and are anxious
for representation in the assembly.
The Moros, of whom,’ it is estimat
ed, there are about 278,000 in the
Philippines, are found on the western
side of the great island of Mindanao
and on small islands between Minda
nao and Borneo. One of the smaller
islands is that of Sulu, which, al
though governed by the United States
still supports the Sultan of Sulu, who
wnce visited the United States. The
Moros, of whom over 278,000 are said
to be still uncivilized, are principally
Mohammedans.
At the present the Moro province
Js divided into five districts, each with
a governor, secretary, treasurer, at
torney, engineer, and superintendent
of schools, but the Moro tribes have
no representatives in the Philippine
assembly.
ANOTHERMURDER
INJ1KINTEI
SEWARD, Dec. 19.—Deputy U. S.
Marshal Harry Brown arrived here
today from Knik with an Indian
charged with murder in the first de
gree, committed at Knik recently.
The Indian will be sent to Valdez
n the first steamer. Deputy Brown
returns to Knik tomorrow morning.
londonIenik
GERMAN VICTORY
(Continued from page 1.)
Boulogne. Fully 1,000 of this num
ber must must have one or both feet
severed, owing to the deadening of
the nerves, which makes futile all at
tempts at treatment. Chilblains,
frostbite and feet altogether frozen
have been depleting the ranks worse
than bullets and shrapnel ever did,
and once a man’s foot is frozen he
is through as far as fighting is con
cerned for the rest of the war.
Exodus From East Prussia.
LONDON, Dec. 19.—The Daily Mail
correspondent at Copenhagen in a
dispatch says:
“About 100,000 fugitives from East
Prussia have been sent to Schleswig
Holstein and Hanover, and more than
double this number of fugitives are
being cared for in the interior of Ger
many, a majority of them being with
out work or food.”
The Toll.
LONDON, Dec. 19—The eighty
third German official list published
today brings the total killed, wound
ed and missing officers and men to
691,483. This figure does not include
fifty-eight lists for Saxony, fifty-six
Bavarian, or sixty-one Wurttemburg.
Deplorable Condition of Prisoners.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 19.—The condi
tion of German prisoners captured in
the region of Lodz is said to resemble
that of the French troops during Na
poleon’s retreat from Moscow. Many
of them have frozen hands and feet.
They were wrapped in blankets and
shawls taken from the peasants.
The prisoners say that before their
capture their courage was kept up by
statements that the quartermaster
was bringing warm clothes, which
would be disrlbuted in a few days.
The reported use by the Germans of
monasteries, chapels, and other pub
lic buildings in captured towns as
barracks, stables, and gun stations is
explained by the prisoners as due to
the belief that the private buildings
bad been mined.
Just arrived the most beautiful and
largest assortment of Christmas ties
at Ben Silverman’s. tf
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To Regulate Cold Storage.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The Mc
Kellar bill to regulate cold storage
food products Is to be given a hear
ing today by the House Sub-con.niit
tee of which Representative Cullop,
of Indiana, is chairman. Mr. Cullcp
says that there has teen a great de
mand for the proposed legislation.
All factions will be heard and the
bill will probably be enacted into
law before the close of the present
session.
| LOCAL BREVITIES. |
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
G. O. Reinke, tne watchmaker and
Jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Art leather goods make appropri
ate Xmas presents. See Valdez Drug
Company. tf
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed tor $1.00 at Silrer
• man’s the tailor. Tel- phone 198.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Yakima netted Gem spuds, 17 lbs.
for 50c at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tt
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf ’
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed Tor $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
A fine assortment of Christmas
cards at the Valdez Drug Co. Make
your selection early.
Before sending out to mail order
houses for your wants examine the
goods on the bargain counters at the
Emporium. Fresh mixed candies at
25c per pound. tf
Harvey’* Toggery Retiring From
Business.
We are closing out our entire stock
below cost. Fixtures for sale. tf
HURRY! HURRY!
Xmas Is Coming
Only 4 More Shopping Days Left.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR
TOYS
Make Your Selections While Our
Stock Is Complete.
We Will Hold Your Purchases Until You Are Ready for Them.
Remington and Smitn Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Before purchasing Christmas pres
ents drop in and see the stock on dis
play at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Sweat Bathe.
First-class sweat baths and mas
sage parlors at room 5, Montana, tf
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 19, 1914.
STATION Above Below Snow, In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 11 Cloudy, windy, no trail. *
McCallum . 0 6 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Paxson’s . 0 8 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Hogan . 4 5 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Gulkana . 2 8 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center .... 2 3 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina . 6 15 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 2 24 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam . 2 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Summit . 22 35 Cloudy, windy, trail drifted.
Wortman’s . 8 12 Clear, calm, trail drifted.
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Photo Oy American Preae Aaaociatlon.
English Dirigible In Action
In the great European conflict aimhipo will play a big part Here la shown
a dirigible of thg English army maneuvering while Its flight in the air Is
watcbed by English army officers. Note the gun attachment This con be de
tached if the dirigible hits the water.
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the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
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