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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1914.
COSTLY ARMAMENTS.
The London Chronicle says: The
world is at peace, but expenditure on
implements of war is increasing at
such a reckless pace that the nations
will soon be bled white in order to
satisfy the ravenous maw of damor
threatens to become more burdensome
than war. All the nations are bitten
with the mania for lavish expendi
ture on armaments. In fifteen years
British naval expenditure has advo
cated from £26,000,000 to £46,309,
000. This year it will probably reach
£50,000,000 and v.’e may see another
penny added to the income tax. Con
siderable as has been the increase in
our expenditure, it is modest when
compared with that of the chief con
tinental countries. Germany, con
fronted with a demand for an addi
tional £52,000,000, has been compell
ed to impose a tax on capital. France
is faced with a deficit this year of
£31,760,000, with a further prospect
that an additional £24,000,000 will
have to be provided for in subsequent
years. Italy, which cannot find mon
ey for the element'.'ry education of
her own people, has b, the foolish ad
venture of the Tripoiitan war added
permanently nearly £10,000,000 toiler
annual national expenditure, and is
embarking on an ambitious naval pro
gram. Russia is spending vast sums
in the rebuilding of her navy, an 1 her
army on a peace footing has now
reached the gigantic figure of 1,300,000
men. By a strange paradox all the
nations who are participating in iliis
orgy of military extravagance loudly
profess their love of peace. Never
has Europe been more militarist oi
less warlike.
Unless this prodigality is checked !
nothing can avert a cataclysm that j
may submerge civilization. Wo ut j
terly despair of that check coining j
from statesmen whether at home or j
abroad. Alas! There is no longer a .
Gladstone. The check can only come j
from the people’s consciousness of its j
power. Where aristocracies and plu- I
tocracies have signally failed democ- ,
racy may yet succeed. May its reign j
soon dawn!
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given j
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Wednesday, February 18, 1914.
Wortman’s, cloudy, calm .. 16 62
Summit, cloudy, calm .... 102
Beaver Dam, clear, calm . . 24 54
Teikhell, cloudy, calm .... 20 60
Tonsina, clear, calm . 25 15
Copper Center, cloudy, calm 15 18
Gulkana, part cloudy, calm 15 26 ;
Hogan’s, part cloudy, calm 30
Wortman’s—Trail closed.
Summit—Trail drifted.
Beaver Dam—Trail heavy.
Teikhell—Trail heavy.
Tonsina—Trail open.
Copper Center—Trail good.
Gulkana—Trail good.
Hogan’s—Trail good.
Tuesday, February 17, 1914.
Wortman’s, snow, cldy, elm 15 62
Summit, cloudy, calm .... 102
Beaver Dam, cloudy, calm 16 54
Teikhell, cloudy, calm - 16 60
Tonsina, clear, calm . 15 17
Copper Center, cloudy, calm 12 18
Gulkana, gloudy, calm .... 15 26
Hogan’s, part cloudy, calm 30
Valdez. Feb. 17, 1914.
Barometric Pressure .29.814
Temperature at. 7 p. m.28
Maximum Temperature .32
Minimum Temperature .19
Mean Temperature .25.5
Partly cloudy, calm, wind N. E. one
mile.
Washington’s Birthday next Sun
day at the Orpheum. A special pic
ture. The Review of Gettysburg, also
special music.
Arthur McNeer, the Fairbanks
freighter and well known here by the
sourdoughs, arrived this afternoon on
the Northwestern. He is making a
trip to Seward.
CHINKS TO FIGHT
STANDARD OIL
Bankers of Shansi Province Oppose
Granting of Oil Concessions to
American Trust.
PEKIN, China, Feb. 18.—The bank
ers of Shansi province, in which is
located the big oil grant given by
the president of China to the Stand
ard Oil company of America, are pre
paring to organize to fight the Amer
ican trust and prevent it from se
curing the oil lands.
Great indignation is expressed at
the action of the president in giving
the concession as a bonus for the loan
and many disorders have resulted, but
so far the police and troops have been
able to maintain order.
WILSON URGING
RAILROAD GILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—President
Wilson earnestly hopes that the Alas
ka railroad bill will pass the House,
and he so stated yesterday to a num
ber of callers. He desires that some
constructive legislation be passed for
the immediate development of Alas
ka; that will open the coal lands, pro
vide transportation and solve the
problems of the territory.
HORSE THROWS
BELGIUM KING
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 18.—
King Albert was thrown today from
his charger while visiting the Water
loo battlefield, where Napoleon was
defeated by Wellington. The horse
became unmanageable and before any
of th attending staff could grasp the
bridle the king had been thrown
heavily, suffering a broken arm.
“Who Goes There?" After 12.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. IS.—Mid
night is to be the deadline for re
spectability in Indianapolis. Such was
the order issued yesterday by Samuel
Perrott, superintendent of police. Any
persons found on the streets after
midnight are to be regarded as sus
picious characters until they prove
their respectability.
All pedestrians outside of the night
life in the heart of toe city found on
the streets after midnight are to be
stopped by the patrolmen and ques
tioned. Unless satisfactory replies are
made the pedestrians are to be
searched, and if the search produces
nothing in the way of identification
more satisfactory than the replies, or
if any weapons or suspicious articles
are found, the pedestrians are to be
arrested. The order is said to be the
result of a number of robberies and
the efforts to rid the city of suspic
ious characters.
Notice.
By order of the board of direct
ors the Granite Gold Mining Co. of
fers for sale at 50 cents a share 10,000
shares of the treasury stock of the
company. This is for the purpose of
clearing up all indebtedness up lo
March 1, 1914, at which time, barring
the acts of Providence, the mill will
start. The company has expended
about $32,000, for which we have a
complete power equipment, a com
plete twenty-ton mill, a hoist, an un
derground station, a gallows-frame
for hoisting, 450 feet of tunnel work,
an upraise from the tunnel to the
surface of 147 feet, and a shaft. 6 1-2
xlO 1-2 feet and 40 feet in depth,
leading from the tunnel down and
which exposes the ore for 200 feet.
A shaft has also been driven on the
upper vein for 40 feet in depth. The
company has a surface tram across
the gully 200 feet long and will have
an aerial tram 320 feet long to trans
port the ore from the mine to the
mill. Supplies to the value of $3,000
are on hand on the property. Stock
can be secured at Attorney C. E. Bun
nell’s office, secretary of the com
pany. B. P. MILLARD, President.
Councilman King, when he heard
that the railroad bill had parsed,
tie(J the whistle cord of the Inde
pendent Laundry and let her go un
til the steam ran down.
An eastern sign painter has died
leaving a fortune of $300,000. Evi
dently there is more in painting signs
than in painting the town.
FOE OF THE FLYING FISH.
Albacora Actually Jump Out of tha
Water to Catch Them.
The home of the flying fish is along
the path of the north Atlantic trade
winds. In "Memories of the Sea” Ad
miral Fitzgerald of the English navy
says that in sailing down the trades
you find the sea fairly alive with these
fish, which are relentlessly pursued by
the albaeore, the largest of the mack
erel family.
From my commanding position at
the end of the Jib boom I could look
straight down on the strange scene.
There was a shoal of some dozen al
bacore swimming along ahead of the
ship. Sometimes one or two of them
would dart off on either bow or right
ahead for thirty or forty yards and
then drop back again until they were
straight under where I was sitting.
The ship was going about seven knots.
As it sailed along the flying fish would
rise, out of the water before it, spread
their wings and soar away to the right
or left. Often I could see exactly what
happened. As the flying fish rose one
of the albaeore darted Off in pursuit
and kept almost underneath him until
he dropped into the water again; then
there was a splash like the rise of a
salmon, and the flying fish flew no ,
more.
Hut the albaeore did not always wait
for the flying fish to touch the water.
On several occasions I saw them ac
tually take their prey in the air by
making a huge jump out of the water, j
BODY SNATCHERS.
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Fate of Hare, the Last of His Odious
Tribe In London.
The skeleton of the last of the body
snatchers treasured in King’s college
hospital recalls that there must be
Londoners still living who remember
Ilare, who, with his accomplice. Burke,
first substituted murder for resurrect
ing corpses in order to supply subjects
for the dissecting rooms. Burke, whose
method of smothering the victims gave
his name as a new verb to the lan
guage, was hanged on the testimony
of his accomplice, for Ilare turned
queen's evidence and was relensed.
Forty years or so ago Hare was a
well known figure in London streets,
for Sergeant Ballantine in his “Life’’
describes him as one of the most per
sistent blind beggars on the streets
about 1870. Few people recognized the
cold blooded murderer in the middle
aged stout man. clad In a white smock
and led about by a dog. His blindness
he owed to the fact that on leaving
prison Hare found work in some lime
kilns. The laborers discovered his his
tory and threw him into a pit of lime
It was a terrible vengeance, for it do
stroyed his eyesight. And as it Is not
fifty years since he was a striking tig
ure in London streets some people
should recall him.—London Spectator.
Lightning Cures.
Some have had physical reasons to
rejoice that they had been struck by
lightning. De Quatrefages mentions
the case of a telegraph employee at
Strassbnrg who was struck senseless
and remained paralyzed until the next
day. but thereafter enjoyed better
health than ever before. In Martinique
a M. Itoalde was deprived by lightning
of the use of his limbs for three hours
but. having previously been a man of
weak health, was much stronger from
that time on. Several authors refer to
cases in which rheumatism was cured
by lightning. And in this respect also
trees seem to be as men. Arugo saw
a poplar, one of an avenue of 1,500
near Tours, which, having been struck,
developed such vigor that its trunk
soon far surpassed in dimensions those
of all Its neighbors.
He Knew the Moment.
The last time Augustus Thomas, the
playwright, went to a dinner of the
Hoboken Chowder club (noted for its
hospitality more than its views on na
tional questions) he was assigned to
the rear of the speakers’ list to “bring
up the retreat from Moscow," as he
put it One of the speakers made a
stab at politics, and the chairman turn
ed to Thomas.
“I’m going to call on you next” he
whispered hoarsely.
“Don’t do it.” begged Thomas.
“I will,” insisted the chairman. “It is
the proper zoological moment!”—New
York Tribune.
Why the Cook Left.
There was a dead silence in the
kitchen, and the mistress felt that the
work was not progressing as it should.
She walked quietly along the passage
and found the cook reading a novelette
“Why are you wasting your time like
this? What is this rubbish that keeps
you from your work?” demanded the
mistress. Her eyes fell on the title of
the novelette. It was called "Married
to the Master.”—Manchester Guardian
A Wicked Prisoner.
A perfectly formed hard shell crab
about the size of the end of a person’s
thumb was found in an oyster shell.
The crab had evidently been swal
lowed by the oyster, but presumably
the crab proved too much for the oys
ter. as there was no oyster in the shell
when it was opened.
The Difference.
Mnrks— What is the difference be
tween lutacb and luncheon? Parks—
Well, my Idea is that "lunch” Is mascu
line and "luncheon" is feminine.—Bos
ton Transcript.
A Npisy Noise Annoys an Oystor.
Oysters are such nervous creatures
that a sudden shock, sncb as a loud
thunderclap, will kill many hundreds
of them.
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Summons for Publication.
Theo. Emel, plaintiff, vs. W. Fred
Swanson and F. A. Hancock, defend
ants.—No. 653. Summons for Publica -
tion.
To the above-named defendant,
W. Fred Swanson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
publication of this summons against
you, to-wit, within thirty days after
the 28th of March, 1914: and answer
the complaint of plaintiff tiled here
in. and unless you so appear and tin
swer the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint, decreeing her to be the
owner of the launch Anita, and that
neither you nor your co-defendant has
any interest in or title to- the same.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, this 13th day of
February, 1914. ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court, for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Division.
By T. P. GERAGI1TY, Deputy Clerk.
First publication Feb. 14, 1914.
Lust publication March 28, 1914.
Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased. W. A. Rystrom,
administrator.—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Peter Steinmetz, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers'. wit'hin six (6) months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th
day of February, 1914.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Administrator of the estate of Peter j
Steinmetz, deceased.
First publication Feb. 11, 1914.
Last publication March 16, 1914.
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Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
United States of America, Third Di
vision, Territory of Alaska, ss.
Public notice *s hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of execution, dated
January 9th, A. D. 1914, issued out
of the District Court, for the Third
division, Territory of Alaska, on a
judgment rendered in said Cour,, on
the 5th day of January, A. D. 1914,
in favor of the United States of
America, and against James Fish, ad
ministrator of the estate of Louis Ca
m cia, deceased, Angus unisnoim,
Frank Gustafson, Max J. Schm-'dt and
Jennie Raymond, I have, on this 9th
day of January, A. D. 1914, levied
upon ihe following described real es
tate, situated in the town of V idez,
Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
Lot nine (9) in Block B: lot three
(3) in Block two (2); lot four (4)
in block twenty-four (24), of the
Valdez Townsite, according to the
official plat ■ f said townsite on file
in the office of the recorder for said
precinct, and that I will, according
ly, offer said real estate for sale, at
public vendue to the h'gbest and best
bidder, for cash, on the third day of
March, A. D. 1914, at two o’clock p.
m„ at the front door of the Court
House, Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, January
9, 1914.
F. II. BRENNEMAN,
(J. S. Marshal, Third Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last publication February 21, 1914.
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entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the
year from date of your ticket, when
incapacitated by injury or sickness.
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