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H. B. SELBY, fedltor and Proprietor.
V ALDEZ. ALASKA
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July 23. 1912. at the postofflce of Valde*.
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MON DAT, OCTOBEfc 2», 1917
. PUSH.
SttMETUUiS ws’rs »pt to stand
and knock
Whan a, Httlg push instead
Would open up a vista naw
i j ,,, , And. we. would so o* lad
To sea things as they really ara
And change our point’of view
Prom one of shallow prejudice
And find some work to do.
The pushing is what really counts
To help us on. my friend.
While no amount of knocking here
Will help us gain our end.
-Rocky Mountain Newa
“WOItl.il WAR" NO MISNOMER
The expression "world war” at
least until the United States entered
the struggle, was regarded by many
writers as a misnomer. Notwithstand
ing that a greater area of the world’s
surface was involved In the conflicl
even at that time than ever before
in history, it was argued that because
nations with such vast populations
and territories as the United States
and China remained neutral, the war
was not approximately a world war.
It can be said almost literally to
day that the whole world is engaged
in this titanic struggle. More than
fifteen-sixteenths of the earth's popu
lation.is in the wa' and incidentally,
the proportion is ten to one against
the Teutonic aliies—Germany, Aus
tria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
At the present time tyenty-one na
tions are arrayed against the central
powers. The twenty-first country to
align itself with the cause of democ
racy was Uruguay. Indeed, it may al
most be said that there are twenty
two, for Ecuador has announced that
it will not receive the German min
ister accredited to its capital, and the
state department at Washington re
gards this decision as a breach of
diplomatic relations.
The enemies of the kaiser and his
allies, in order of their entrance, are
Serbia, Montenegro, Belgium, France,
Russia, Great Britain, Japan. Portu
gal, Italy, Greece, the United States,
Cuba. Panama, China, Siam, Brazil,
Costa Rica, San Saiwtt^ Arpehtjiji.
Peru, Uruguay and. Ecuador., Of these
no formal declarations of war have
been made by ttye last si?v A declara
tion of war need not necessarily be a
form of words, howeyer, an overt aci
of war sometimes being the only dec
laration made. Some of the South Am
erican nations have merely severed
diplomatic relations with Germany
but have made their position toward
the allies clear. ,
In addition to \hose enumerated,
may be counted Paraguay, in South
America, which refused" to harbor the
German minister from Argentina.
Chile is still on the neutrality list,
leaning toward the entente, as an op
posite tendency might provoke ag
gression from Brazil and Argentina,
an alliance to which Peru, Chile’s
neighbor, mught incline. Of the other
South American countries, apart from
Dutch, French and British colonies,
nothing has been learned denltely.
They are Colombia and Venezuela. In
Central America, Guatemala, Nicar
agua and Mexico are still neutral.
The only neutral countries in Asia
are Persia and Afghanistan. Persia
is disorganized and has been made a
battleground, some of her people
fighting for Russia, some for Turkey
and some benevolently neutral tow
ard the British. The Afghans are re-,1
crulting the British armies.
There are no Independent govern
ments in Africa. Practically the en-,
tire continent is prfealiy wife fee ex-.i
ceptlon of a few Germans being hunt-i
ed in East Africa and a few desert |
tribes In revolt against the Italians
south of the Tripolitan coast.
In Europe the only neutral coun
tries are Spain, Switzerland, Holland.
Denmark, Norway and Sweden—and
the majority of the people in all these,
nations are classed as pro-ally in sym
pathy.
THE statement made today by Gen
eral Greeue, commander of tamp]
Lewis, that three leading citizens of
Seattle were waxing rich off the vice,
conditions of that city, may be near-;
er the truth, than the general imag-,
ined when he made his rash state-,
ment. Seattle has always been wicked,
and Seattle will probably always be
wicked so long as her leading busi
ness men and officials encourage graft I
and vice. While sporadic attempts;
have been made to clean pp the city,,
the mayor and the whiskey ring have;
defeated every effort to better con
ditions. So vile and so bold have the
leaders in crime become that the av
erage sourdough is forced to hide his
poke whqn sighting the Modern Sod
om and draw on his frippds until he
left its confines. Apd with the excep
tion of the Post-Intelligencer, the
papers of the city do little to encour
age the officials who are doing their j
best to remedy conditions.
IF THE coming election next fall
will but retire representatives Claude
Kitchen of North Carolina and Harry
Rainey of Carrollton, Illinois, it will
have accomplished muck good for the
country at iarge. These gentlemen
are responsible for most of the radi
cal legislation enacted by the !?«»
congress, and for a decided animosity
toward the newspapers in geperal
Claude Kitchen, the lQud-npouthed
representative from the CaroUnas’ has
especially gone out of his way to leg
islate against the newspapers, delib
erately insulting those of his state,
and if the gentleman receives their
support, they are traitors to their
profession.
GENERAL W. P. Richardson arriv
ed in Seattle yesterday, on his way to
Washington, and the first words he
spoke were in praise of the Valdez
trail. The General one of the most
ardent boosters Alaska has ever sent
to Washington, and is in a position to
make his boosting effective. Whether
he returns to Alaska or whether he
is sent to the front. General W. P.
Richardson will always have a green
spot in his heart for Alaska. And Al
askans will always venerate his mem
ory.
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ENGLAND has changed her cabi
net officers several times during the
past three years. France has an en
tire new cabinet. Italy and Russia do
not give the incumbents time to warm
their seats before they are dismissed.
The United States has had the same
cabinet since the inception of the war,
regardless of their fitness for the
place. It is nearly time that we real
ize our shortcomings and attempt to
remedy them.
THE court house Is a busy place
these d^ys. From Judge Brown down
every official is up to his neck in
work. With half a hundred slackers
to be tried, several murder cases, and
dozens of minor offenses, it may be
several weeks yet ere the rush is ov
er.
IT IS amusing to read the excuses
presented by the Senators who voted
against Senator La Follette’s propo
sition to tax war profits 80 per cent.
In every instance the senators believ
ed profits should be taxed but—.
CAN the DispatcH fool us on its
ardent champiohing of Governor
Strong? We should say not. Our nose
knows. ...
VALDEZ did herself proud in U»e
recent Liberty Bond sale, her sub
scriptions to Democracy averaging ov
er $75 per capita for the entire city.
Her Twenty-first Child
ASHLAND, Ky.. Oct. 27.—A nine
pound baby girl was born to Mrs.
Wm. Large this morning, making
the twenty-first child to be bora to
her, five of whom are living. Mrs.
Large is 33 yeara-of age.
Ten inches of snow and drifted is
reported on the trail at various points
from Beaver Dam to Fairbanks, with
the mercury from 12 above to 14 be
low.
8TMAM HKAT NBWLY PUHN1SHBD
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. K. MILL. Propr.
VALDEZ _ . V.JUM.
EXPliOSION in powder
WORKS KILLH TWO MEN
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29.—An ex
plosion in the nitjo starch dryhpjjse
at the Du Pont Powder works at pib
bstown, N. J., resuited in the instant
death of two workmen. A third man
is missing and probably dead. Ano
ther man was seriously Injured. The
destroyed building was a small one
story structure isolated from the rest
of the plant, and the force consisted
of four men mentioned. There was no
other damage. The Du Pont company
says there is nothing suspicious about
the explosion. The terrific force of the
explosion shattered windows in Phila
delphia, twenty miles distant.
Mrs. H. J. Harvey leaves tonight j
r'or Seattle to sper 1 the winter, re-j
turning in the spring.
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Miss Alice Segerquist is an outgo
ing passenger on the steamer Alameda
for the States, where she will reside in
the future.
Mr. and Mra. S. A. Hemple are out-j
;oing passengers on the steamship |
\lameda for Seattle, where they will
spend the winter, returning next
spring.
Charley Meins will be a passenger
in the Alameda for Seattle.
The Moose Band will hold their
regular practice tonight.
Ted Lindsay, who has been millnpan
at the Homestake mine the past few
months, will Jnave. on the steamer Ala
meda tonight fpr the States, where he
will try to get into the aviation corps.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Edgecombe, who
recently arrived from Chitina in their
Cadillac, will be passengers for Cor
dova on the steamer Alameda.
M. O. Fox and W. H. Robinson,
will leave tonight for Juneau.
L. L. Washburn, the electrician,
will leave tonight for Seattle on the
steamer Alameda, thence over the
Milwaukee to New York
Charles Schlosser, the old-time min
or. newspaper man, and Alaskan,
leaves tonight for Montana, where he
will spend the winter with his son.
ALL DUTCH SHIPPING TO
GREAT BRITAIN STOPPED
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 29.—The Mas
NEW OVERCOATS
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Ulsters in handsome patterns, warm, but
not too heavy.
Convertible collar
coats in new Scotch
tweed fabrics.
Black and colors
in Cravenettes.
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Now is the time to
make your choice
while the Sizes are
complete.
S. BLUM & COMPANY
GOOb GdODS
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bode says that it learns that all Dutch
shipping to England has been stopped
on account of the pending differences
between Great Britain and Holland
Great Britain on October 11 stop
ped all commercial cable communica
tion with Holland until such time as
The Netherlands government placed
absolute restriction on the transit of
sand, gravel and scrap metal from
Germany to Belgium by way of Hol
land.
The British government contended
that this concrete raw material was
being used by the Germans in great
quantities in the construction of dug
outs, to the detriment of the British
soldiers.
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SAVED
WHY send out for your printing when we can j
ftitriish you with anything needed in stationery for j
the omce ana store.
A dollar kept at Home is a dollar saved to the com- j
mimity. If you send for your needs your neighbor
will follow your example and we all surer. Thetown
that in uto and coining is the towd with.an dplWng
fditfi in its ftitdrfe, and how cari ybd maintain your
faith in .the city when you buy all you eat and wear
outside?
,, SaWbu^f.A Bunk have busted more mm
than they have built up, and you never saw a dollar ;
, ofyourmoney ever come back to yihi.
When you send your money outside to the old re
liable printing houses of SChttlp and Tapotpa you
may get a ClifcSfcfei- job in ^yery sense of .the word,
j aiia you rhky also have to pay a higher price for it.
Location i ses, both qjuartz and placer; warran
ty dec&». mi ite location notices, proofs of labor,
quit clai nidct^is, amended location hotScesj, and all
kinds of legal blanks at The Prospector Office.
We sell a good quality of tjjfewiter pap^r at fl^O
per box, a better quality foj* $2 ahd the best Crane s
Japanese Liiieh for $?-50, legal size.
Why .nbt let us print you 100 calling cards in the
latest style type, for $lM
s
The Netherlands government re
plied by saying that it would satisfy
t^e British desire to stop the transit
of sand and grav»l to Belgium only
wt^en .tji.e British government showed,
notwithstanding the declaration of
the German authorities and the inves
tigations of the Dutch officers, that
the materials were being used for war
purposes.
GERMAN TROOPS- I.AI GH
AT THREATS OK GENERAL
LONDON, Oct. 29.—A dispatch
from the British headquarters to
Reuters Limited says that a prisoner
,from the 72nd German infantry re
serve. in describing the .discipline of
his corps, declared that before the
last battle a regimental commander
addressed his troops with the warn
ing that anyone who held back would
be shot. The only answer was a gen
eral groaning, swelling into derisive
laughter, upon which the comman
der rode away. |
Genuine Sweet Appie Cider at j
Hunt's Candy Kitchen. tf
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HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
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European Plan.
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Valdez infers UilN Id. 188
Waatarn FMantfw of Minar»
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W. M. CdNLtY Br.rifraa>, . •
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Citft H. L. Rader
Weekly tripe from Valdes to
KUamar, Landlock, Fldalfto and
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way porta. Passendere landed
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at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L RIDER
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J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all pointa
hk the thftd diviifon.
fortes bought ahd told.
Pbofte' IS0.
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professional cards.
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DR. S. WlCktS MEkRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phone 90. McKinley Street.
Contract Surgeon. 0. 8. Army
A. A Surgeon, U S. Public Health Sorv.
(Marine Hospital)
Dfc. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate MaUooal University
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898
PHOltfi no
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
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Phoos St YALDKL tl.AMRA
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LYONS & RITCHIE
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Pbowa 101 V4LDKL ALASKA
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' . JUNKAC, ALASKA r
G1mn69 Fitted LenMR Ground
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valdez Hospital
Private Room* _
Term* Reeaoneble
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Joe. A. tilnr^jikp Q, &. J>.
PHYSICIAN AND 91’RGEON
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OMk* Uar^-l to 4 p. m -7 to I p. m.
Sunday by Appointment .
Roe. tel. 174 Office TeL If
Boyle Block VaMai
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Traiuleat Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Moath
Baths la Connection
l phone 133 Mis. sthing, r»p
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