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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915.
DUTY OF THE PRESS.
It was a helpful message to the
press and public alike that Dr. Wash
ington Gladden recently delivered to
the students of the department of
journalism at the University of Kan
sas, speaking with particular empha
sis upon the sin of exaggeration, and
further, upon the duty of every citi
zen to contribute his best efforts for
the public good, with special refer
ence to emphasizing the good and
minimizing the bad in the equation
of life. Dr. Gladden is a clergyman
with a national reputation, and his
right to advise the press is primarily
based upon the fact that he is a
newspaper writer of experience. He
says:
“We must learn, if we would pros
per as a self-governing common
wealth,- to see things as they are, and
tell the truth about them. We must
stop bragging and vaporing, and train
ourselves to form judicial opinions
and utter them in restrained and 'em
perate speech. Of course, it is every
man’s business, in a democracy, to
contribute to the creation and main
tenance of a sound public opinion.
It is one of the primary duties of
every citizen to be intelligent, with
respect to common concerns, and to
speak his mind about them. Nobody
has any business in a commonwealth
who isn’t a producer of something
the commonwealth needs; and your
product and mine is good healthy pub
lic opinion. The community does need
this.”
Reference was made by the speak
er to the injury often inflicted upon
innocent persons through the tenden
cy of a portion of the press to ex
aggerate small affairs into sensation
al news.
Conversely, the speaker held that
it was the duty of good citizenship to
at least place no obstacle in his
neighbor’s way, if he cannot help
him.
“fs it not true,” said Dr. Gladden,
“that one of the deepest needs of our
social life is the need of a kindlier
judgment of our neighbors; the need
of a disposition to see the good side
of everybody; the need of cultivat
ing faith in men, and the habit of
saying the best things we truly can
about everybody we know? And has
not a newspaper a very large respon
sibility in securing such conditions?”
It is every man’s big business,
whethe he be of the press or not,
to do what he may to make a bet
ter world of this. Evil begets evil
and good begets good as unfailingly
as night follows day.
The question to every community
is whether it shall go forward in good
hope, with co-operation in sustained
effort for the common good, or wheth
er it shall stand still or retrogress,
clogged and manacled by malice and
unkindness between man and man.
And it is with this issue in the sc .le
that the influence of the press may
be made most potent for good or
evil.—Ex.
THE PLAGUE OF PATRONAGE.
When the Fathers provided in the
Constitution for appointments by the
President with the advice and con
sent of the Senate, there Is no doubt
that advice was regarded as equally
important with consent. The Senate
at that time was a small body. The
offices were few and not eagerly
sought, so that Washington had much
more bother in getting satisfactory
men to accept appointment than he
had in choosing among applicants.
And there were no parties.
It seems incredible, but it Is true,
that at the outset the “advice of the
Senate” was a device to enlist sena
tors in the hunt for suitable ap
pointees.
Times have changed, and heaven
knows the senators have changed with
them. The "advice" which the Con
stitution requires is now construed
as practically a right of selection,
provided the president, the senator,
and the candidate all belong to the
party in power. The "consent” is
used as a weapon to enforce the right
of selection. And this remarkable
perversion of the Intent of the Const!
tution is accepted by the minority a i
well as by the majority, because it
is a doctrine that will serve tbeii
own purpose when the whirligig ol
politics brings in its revenges. This
brief summary of historical change
shows plainly enough that in the pres
ent situation there is a basis of plau
sible theory for the demands of the
Senate if the senators were trying
to perform their legitimate function
and their bounden duty, namely, to
get the best men for the- public ser
vice. It shows also that the president
would be quite justified in making his
own selections and forcing the sen
ators to accept them, if he, on his
part, were trying to get the best men
—or women—for the service and the
senators were opposing him.
Is that really the case? The facts,
so far as they are known to the pub
lic, do not indicate that it is. There
is a motley collection of recess ap
pointments from Nebraska to Texas,
from New York to North Dakota,
which the president has made and
which the senators are pretty well
united in “turning down.” So far as
we have seen, it is not pretended
that they are particularly good, or
that those who would be named if
the "advice” of the senators was
heeded are any better. Five of the
seven named in the Washington dis
patches are nominated for post offi
ces. They are urged or resisted, it
seems, almost wholly with regard to
their relation to politics, that is, with
regard to the party or personal advan
tage involved.
II our postal service weie uigumm
ed on business principles all these
post offices would be administered uy
trained officials, entering the service
after competitive tests for fitness and
promoted solely for their proved ca
pacity to perform their duties honest
ly and efficiently. The postal service
would be, as it is in the civilized
countries on the other side of the
Atlantic, a business or profession,
with tenure for good conduct, with
which the strife of parties and the
greed of trading politicians would
have nothing to do. Such a system
is not a dream. It is perfectly prac
tcable, and the United States could
have it at any time if congress chose
to enact it.
We could have a very close ap
proach to it if Mr. Wilson felt in
clined to use all the power given to
him under the civil service law.
Perhaps that is too much to ask of
him in his actual situation. But sure
ly it would be more creditable, an.l,
we should suppose, much more agree
able for him if his only contention
with the Senate arose out of his ef
forts to fill all places well, and i*>t,
as appears to be the case at present,
over paltry considerations of taction
and patronage.—New York Times.
TREMENDOUS
RUSSIANOFFENSIVE
(Continued from page 1.)
a severe engagement took place, but
that the Turkish fleet escaped a larg
er Russian fleet after a battle last
ing two hours. The damage to the
Turkish warships was slight.
Mine Sinks British Steamer.
' LONDON, Jan. 8.—Lloyds Under
writers report the sinking of another
British merchant steamer off Scar
borough with the loss of twenty
lives. The accident happened yester
day and is believed to be due to
.striking one of the mines dropped
by the German fleet which bombard
ed Scarborough a month ago.
Kitchener Wants Three Million Men.
Lord Kitchener, secretary of state
for war, announced today that the
government would endeavor to put
an army of 3,000,000 men in the field.
This force would be needed before
peace is established in Europe. The
new armies now being equipped and
drilled in all parts of the empire are
to be assembled in Gangland as fast
as possible and will be launched
against the Germans in the early
spring.
French Peasants Starving.
Ten thousand peasants are starv
ing in the valley of the Meuse, which
is held by the Germans. All the
food supplies they had have been
tfaken by the invaders during the
course of the military operations to
date.
Opposing Troops Fraternize.
BERLIN, Jan. 8.—A general order
was issued today by the war depart
ment forbidding the troops in the
trenches in the western fighting zone
from fraternizing with the troops of
the enemy. This order followed the
news that a team of German football
players had played with and defeat
ed an English team on Christmas
day on ground between the two lines
of trenches and while several thou
sand troops of each army cheereil
the teams on. It has also been found
that the French and British are send
ing huge numbers of papers to the
German trenches containing false in
formation regarding the German loss
es and some of the men have been
led to believe that the German army
is not making the progress it should.
An investigation made by a staff of
ficer resulted in the order made to
day. He reported that the French
and British were frequent visitors in
the German trenches arid the Ger
mans returned the calls and also that
frequently when one or the other side
was without food it was furnished
by the enemy.
Russians and Germans Fight Bitterly.
In the fighting in Poland and East
Prussia the troops are constantly
fighting. No peace exists between the
opposing armies, each killing upon
every opportunity and the hatred be
tween the nations continues to grow
more bitter as the war progresses.
Czar’s Captives 357,406.
LONDON, Jan. 8.—According to a
Petrograd dispatch to Reuter’s Tele
gram Company the number of Ger
man prisoners registered is 1,140 of
ficers and 131,700 men; the number
of Austrians registered is 3,166 offi
cers and 221,400 men. The Slav pris
oners have asked for Russian natural
ization so that they may be sent
against the Turks.
An Anti-Zeppelin Bullet.
LONDON, Jan. 8.—Dr. Charles
Dawson, who discovered the famous
Piltdown skull, has offered to the
British war office a new bullet for
protection against Zeppelins. The
head of the bullet has a cavity which
contains phosphorus, some of which
is allowed to project beyond the
apex of the bullet. When the rifle
is fired the phosphorus is ignited by
the discharge. As soon as the bul
let hits the envelope or gas_ bag of a
Zeppelin the gas is ignited and the
container explodes.
500,000 Calmucks To Fight.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 8.—Half a mil
lion Calmucks, members of a nomad
ic pastoral race which has always
been free from obligations to fut
nish any soldiers for the Russian
army, have just been added to the
Russian forces.
A deputation from the Calmucks re
cently arrived in Petrograd with a
request that they be allowed to serve
in the ranks during the present war,
and offering to supply 500,000 mount
ed troops if necessary. "Our tribes
have volunteered practically en
masse," declared the leader of the
deputation.
The emperor’s reply grants them
a military organization and privil
eges similar to those enjoyed by the
Cossacks. The Calmucks are born
horsemen, and their horses are
among the finest in the world, close
ly resembling the true Arab breeds.
The number of Calmuck subjects in
Russia is given as about 5,000,000.
They are Mohammedans.
In acknowledgment of the Russian
emperor’s granting of their petition,
the delegation announced that it-was
empowered to deliver to the Imperial
treasury a gift of $200,000 in money
and 1,500 horses.
Soldiers Master Fear.
LONDON, Jan. 8.—A medical offi
cer who has been making a study
of the "psychology of courage” at the
British front says that most men con
fess to a feeling of fear which only
wears off after several days in the
trenches. "But once this physical in
stinct of terror is conquered, there
comes,” says the medical man, “a
second courage, which, while not
despising danger, is able to discount
It. Under fire these men find a self
hitherto unsuspected, an elusive qual
ity which for want of a better title
is called manhood.
“The soldier learns first to con
trol, then to measure, his fear. He
learns *o discount possibilities just
as the ordinary railroad traveler does.
And the work in hand generally en
gages and holds more and more of
his attention. Then comes a time
when he wants to go back to the
firing line, not because it is pleasant
there, but because staying away Is
just Impossible.
“While the man who has not yet
been under fire cannot safely count
upon experiencing this or that par
ticular feeling when his hour comes
—this depending upon temperament
and circumstances—he can, I believe,
count upon soon achieving the sec
ond courage which Is the priceless
possession of the veteran. Under fire
he may lose every preconceived no
tion he ever cherished or shunned,
but it is highly probable that he will
find himself.”
The Orpheum Pictures.
The following pictures at the Or
pheum tonight:
"Two Little Waife,” Lincoln Car
ter’s thrilling melodrama in two reels.
"The Girls and Dad,” & bright com
edy drama.
"Almost a Rescue,” a scream com
edy. >
STOVES
Cole 's Hot-Blast
Heaters
The most economical heater known. More
satisfaction, less fuel. We have the size to fit
your house, at a price to fit your purse.
Monarch Malleable Steel Range
Six hole with water reservoir; Duplex draft; burns wood or coal.
Four hole; Duplex draft; burns wood or coal.
Lang's Surface Cooking Range
Two hole; burns wood or coal; raised eight inches above floor.
Elite Ranges Four and six hole; burns wood or coal. 1
Camp Stoves and Ranges, all styles and sizes. We have a large stock on hand
and guarantee satisfaction.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mrs. Raymond will return to Eag
lik bay in the morning.
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Sam Mandel, the well-known dog
musher in moving picture fiction, ar
rived in town today after a trip to the
Ramsay-Rutherford mine.
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
C. Neilson arrived from Ellamar
at noon today.
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Ray Millard left for Ellamar yes
terday to get the piledriver and take
it to the Granite mine, where it will
be used to build a wharf and dock.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
The launch Brighton will leave for
Port Wells in the morning.
Cooking apples $2 per box at the
Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tt
The body of Johnson was brought
in from Paxson’s today with a dog
team.
Sterling silver (cut of Valdez) sou
venir hat pins 90c at the Emporium.
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co. tf
"Two Little Waifs,” Lincoln Car
ter’s thrilling melodrama in two reels
at the Orpheum tonight.
Beautiful hand-painted vases Just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
F McDonald returns to Port Wells
tomorrow.
Yakima netted Gem spuds, 17 lbs.
for 60c at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Peter Korth Is now up and around
and training hard for the boxing
event at the smoker.
Remington and Smitn Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdex
Drug Co. tf
Ted. Nuhn leaves for the Grani*e
mine in the morning after spend
ing a few days in town.
A German electrical society offers
a gold medal annually for the best
device or process produced in the
world for safeguarding life or limb
or promoting health in the electrical
Industry.
A recently patented stairway for
reaching seldom used portions of
buildings folds into a celling and is
hidden by a panel when not in use.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and f f TMOCD and Building
Puget Sound LUlVIDlLiX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
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. KUamar. Valdez and Latouche. Kxplosives, 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,
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 8, 1915.
STATION Above Below Snow, In. * WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 10 2 Clear, calm, no trail.
McCallum . 6 , 18 Clear, calm, trail good
Hogan . 3 12 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Gulkana . 15 12 Clear, calm, trail good
Copper Center _ 11 9 Clear, calm, trail good
Tonsina . 12 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 0 18 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam . 0 25 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Summit . 6 40 Clear, calm, trail open.
Wortman’s . 12 2S Clear, calm, trail good.