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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, I!>I7
WILL RUTHLESS WARFARE FAIL?
According to some keen observers
of the war situation, the central pow
ers’ only hope of winning the war
rests on the success of the new un
restricted submarine campaign. It is
the common opinion in allied coun
tries and largely in this country also,
that the present campaign was dic
tated by desperation. So eminent a
man as Lord Bryce—who may be bi
ased but who is one of the most solid
thinkers of England—boldly asserts
that Germany has played her last
card and she is doomed to failure.
Germany officially admits that
there is much suffering in the coun
try, but denies that the army has been
reduced to want, or that it is in any
but the pink of condition. This situ- (
ation is the result of the pythonic
blockade which Great Britain, largely
in violation of international law, has
established in the hope of starving the
Teutonic allies into submission. The
blockade is pinching.
It is impossible to say with any cer
tainty whether the Kaiser’s retalia
tory undertaking will meet with sur
cuss, but the sinking of the Celtic last
week and the Lanconia yesterday, to
gether with some 200 smaller vessels,
l.as given the Germans much encour
agement. It is asserted by German j
leaders that if the U-boats can sink
one million tons of shipping a month
and force three million tons to re
main tied up, England can be reduced
to intense starvation in three months.
But there is the rub. Forcing En
land’s immense fleet of commerce car
riers to remain tied up is like the re
cipe for cooking a hare. You must
first catch the hare. England’s stur
dy hearts of oak have been nourished
upon danger and adventure, and the
tighter the blockade the more men
will go down to the sea in ships in
an endeavor to run Germany's block
ade and bring food and munitions to
Albion.
The average since February 1 has
been far below the standard set for
the U-boats, but on two days it ex
ceeded it. At the rate of destruction
during the “ruthless” period the Ger
mans cannot, on the basis of their
own estimates, starve out England.
Whether the small results attained
have been due to effective counter
measures of England, as friends of
the entente contend, or whether it is
owing to some other reason, one can
not know. The allies have claimed
that they have had 4,000 light sub
marine “chasers” for use in this cam
paign and it is possible their effective
ness has been responsible for the
showirg made by Germany, it is also
possible that Germany has become
somewhat chary of the attitude of the
United States, and has thus permit
ted many ships to pass that might oth
erwise have been sunk if this countrv
had remained quiescent over the sub
marine controversy, hut there has
been nothing to show so far that Ger
many has abandoned her plan except
so far as It applies to vessels of the
United States.
WHAT WILL THEY DO?
—
What shall the members of our ter
ritorial legislature do about that
“bone dry” law that congress has just
enacted for our benefit (?) when they
meet?
At the last session of our legisla
ture, prohibition for Alaska was
planned, and was referred to the peo
ple for decision at the fall election of
1916. In substance, the resolution
provided that in the event the people
voted dry. the following session ot
the legislature a law would be passed
making Alaska dry. Election came,
the people voted dry, and the legisla
tors prepared themselves to fulfil!
their contract. But lo. and behold'
less thau two months before the leg
islators meet, through our immortal
—almost—delegate, congress steps in
and arrogates to itself the power and
with glaring audacity tells our legi?
! lators to go way back and sit down.
; Forgetting entirely, absolutely and
! without recourse the courtesy that is
due from one legislative body to an
other.
Had the National Congress been
\ possessed of an ounce of good man
ners, action would have been defer
red until the territorial legislature
had met. The latter undoubtedly
would have memorialized the high
| power on that subject as it was in
| duty and promise bound so to do. In
stead of waiting Congress slaps our
j legislators in the face, takes the cou
! tract out of their hands, and leaves
an insult in its place. What are our
legislators to do about it?—Progres
sive-Miner.
THANK God our Delegate won't be
able to pry our climate loose from us.
VOLT can get on the fence to avoid
{trouble with either side, but if yoi
do you will get it from both sides.
-—
WHAT does it profit a man to re
solve to lead an abstemious life and
ilien go to a Dutch lunch where cigars
and liquid refreshments are the main
features'.' _
TONIGHT 8 p. m. TONIGHT
SPECIAL COMEDY PROGRAM
Hazel Dawn
IN THE FANCIFUL FOUR ACT COMEDY
' . •/• . nw i-i — .«
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
IN THE 2 REEL SPECIAL COMEDY PRODUCTION
“The Floor-Walker”
This is one of his late comedies made under the half
million dollar contract.
THURSDAY—TRIANGLE PROGRAM
Regular Admission - - - 25c
STEAM HEAT .NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
Story of a Lucky Stows and a Trie of
^cclffcto.
Georg* F. Hunz, thffwftll known gem
•Xpert relates this little story of a lucky
stone and the adventures of Its owners:
"Some years agb a meteorite was
given to Edward Heron Allen, tbe fa
mous writer on palmistry and the vio
lin, and this gifted man alwaya wore it
about him. One morning be awakened
to find that tbe entire roof above bim
had fallen in except Just that portion
over Ills bed.
“lie told the story to one of the best
known ladies in Boston, one wbo is j
known for ber public spirit, ber love of
art and ber faultless manner of enter- j
tabling. This lady successfully urged j
Allen to give her the meteorite.
"A few days later while out driving a
great truck with two runaway horses I
attached to it struck her carriage. In- j
stinctively she raised her muff to pro- 1
te< t her face. The muff was almost cut 1
in two, but tbe lady was not hurt. A •
few days later while she was walking !
under some scaffolding It fell, and the
open part wnere the hoists went up
proved to be just where Bhe stood. Al- ;
though surrounded by ruin, she re- j
niaiued unharmed.”
Whether the stone was a factor in |
averting disaster to its owners lu their j
moments of peril Is, however, a matter !
apart Irom the facts in tbe case.—
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
HE KEPT THE TOOL.
And Prized It Because It Had Never
Dene Dirty Work.
“I was throwing up dirt from an ex*
carat ion in the pavement one day,”
said an old laborer, “when a little old
chap with white hair stopped to look
on. I was as big as two of him. After
a minute or two I rested on my shovel
and looked up at him. Said I:
“ ‘I f you bad to do work with a
shovel for your living you'd starve to
death before you could make a trench
deep enough to bury you in.'
“I thought that was a smart thing to
say. and I laughed. Then be answered
me. He was a slow speaking man with
a sort of drawl. .
“ ‘I might—starve—as—you—say,’ he
said, ‘and yet I—have—a—trade—in
which I use—a—tool very much—like—
yours. In fact—many people—who—
work at my trade—use—the—tool—to—
shovel dirt and tilth—with—as—you—
do—with—yours. This—is—the—tool.’
"He handed me a steel pen.
“ ‘Is it a joke7’ I asked.
“ ‘It—is—a—tool—to—make — them—
with,' he nodded. 'That—is—part—of
—my—trade. My name — is — Twain
Mark Twain.’
‘‘I have (he pen yet.” concluded the
laborer, “and no dirt was ever shov
eled with it.”—New York Globe.
Rulers of England.
The ill’st to rule over all England was
Egbert, king of Wessex, who united all
the various petty kingdoms and became
king of England In 827. The greater
kingdom was disrupted from 878 to
958, when the Danes ruled north of the
Thames. In the latter year King Ed
gar reunited the kingdom, and since
that time It has never been partitioned.
Between Edmund Ironside (1010) aud
Edward the Confessor (1012) three
Danish kings ruled all England—Ca
nute. Harold I. and Uardicanute. The
first king of Great Britain was James
I. (1003). The first king of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
was George III. From the conquest of
Ireland in 1172 by Henry II. the kings
of England were styled lord of Ireland
until the assumption of..tlie title king ;
of Ireland by Henry VIII., aud there- j
after this title was used until the act j
of union hi 1801. The Imperial sover- \
eignty of ITidia was assumed by Queen 1
Victoria.
Patrolling Eight Mila* of Fance.
To prevent wolves, coyotes and oth
er wild animals from entering a pas- j
tun; where experiments in sheep rais
ing were being conducted hunters em
ployed by the forest service were re
quired to patrol eight’ miles of fence
twice a day in the Wallowa National
forest. In Oregon.
Two thousand five hundred and six
ty acres of choice lund were Inclosed
to conduct experiments with a view
to ascertaining whether it was more
advantageous to cave for sheep in pas
tures than to herd them on the open
range. A coyote proof fence eight
miles in length inclosed the pasture.
It was made of woven wire about four
feet bigb, with two strands of barbed
wire across the top.—Popular Science
Monthly.
Tru* Joy of Fishing.
To go a fisbln£ Is not of necessity to
catch fish, hor is the catching of fish
the onltf pleasure in fishing, else would
the toilers nud fishing fleets exist in a
very paradise piscatorial. No; the true
joy of fishing couaists, as does all oth
er true joy, in anticipation. The strug
gle of the finny victim over and the
prey landed, a Kind of sorrow pervades
the gentle angler.—B. H. Sot hem's
"The Melancholy Tale of ‘Me.' *'
Crude.
“That young man is out to make a
name for himself."
“What’s the matter? Ain’t he satis
fied with the one bis father gave
him?”—Detroit Free Press.
History Made Whila W* Wait.
"Are you a student of history?"
“I surely am. I’m reading the news
paper faithfully every day."—Wash
ington Star.
Prayer carries us halfway to God, !
fasting brings us to the door of his J
palace, and almsgiving procures us ad
mlssiou.—Koran.
.of.
STETSON™* MALLOR Y
1917_ Spring Hats
in all the latest popular styles
and shades are now on display at
our store in the former Ingram &
Bush Building-come in and look
them over.
Stetson $5.00 Mallory $4.00
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
TO MOBILIZE WOMEN
FOR WAR SERVICE
— ■
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—A mobili
zation of women in home, office, farm
and factory to prepare them for war
duty is to be effected thru a new emer
gency committee headed by Miss
Maude Wetmore and Miss Annie Mor
gan.
“We hope to organize the women
of the country to take the places of
the men who will be called to mili
tary service,” said Mrs. Schuyler Van
Renssaellaer. one of the organization
committee.'
“Women are ready to do their part!
always, but they often fail to be ef-!
fective because of the lack of organi
zation. We are probably the only
country that has gone to war with
its women as well as its men mobiliz
ed for national service.”
SMALL BOY IS KILLED
BY CONDEMNED SHELL
LAWTON. Okla.. Feb. 27.—Lore
ney Meadows, 12, was killed and Le
roy Hinkle, 12, was injured by the ex
plosion of a three-inch shrapnel shell
on the Fort Sill military reservation.
The explosion occurred when the
Meadows boy tried to remove the
brass cap from the shell. He was
blown to pieces.
The Hinkle boy sustained a deep
gash in the foot from a fragment of
the shell.
The boys were gathering junk and
found the shell in an inclosure known
as “explosive cemetery" where explo
sives are deposited by military au
thorities.
For Sale.
Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 15 mos.
old, weight 108 lbs.; price f. o. b. Val
dez $75.00. Address, Box 232,
Douglas, Alaska. k3-l-17
In every line or manufactured ar
ticles there is usually one maker who
sets the standard of excellence. The
Rexall Products set such a standard
for the United States in Drugs, Per
fumes, Toilet Articles and In fact, for
every article which they manufacture.
The OWL DRUG GO., exclusive agent;
f't Valdez. *f
Unfailing
Satisfaction
1* one of the many reason*
why
CRESCENT
BAKING
P6WDER
' F • * l- ■/ > « -
Ih increasing in popular favor.
SOLD BY GROCERS
POUND TIN 25c
ORESCENT MFC. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
Open Day aad Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All[Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVHRYTHING THB BEST ANDY MAROVICH. Prop*-.
Candy Kitchen
E. W.'HUNT—h Owl Dh« Start.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT--COLD
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
ALL. KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Areata, Be.
SEATTLE, WASH.
The Beet Place it> Valdez to
Stop at to the
Arctic Hotel
Wane, lift* Raw -TW DawrfCaatart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH BOOH Spatial Rataa Bp tto HadL
RHONE 133 MIS. STRING, Prap
VALDEZ CAFE
AND BAKERY
Fresh Bread and Pastry always am band
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
BERGSTROM A ROC5TAD. Props.
PHONE 17 - Three dean Mo. Owl Dray
IMPRISONED FOR AIDING
ESCAPE OF FRENCHMAN
BERLIN, Feb. 27.—Mrs. Bertha
Strasser, wife of a non-commissioned
officer was sentenced to serve two
years in the military prison by one
of the Berlin criminal courts yester
day for aiding a French prisoner of
war to escape.
The woman :net the French soldier
in a factory where he was employed
and fell in love with him, hid him in
her flat for nine days and when a fav
orable opportunity appeared furnish
ed him with suitable clothing and
money add aided him in passing the
lines. He was caught however, when
he attempted to reach Denmark and
was brought back. He confessed that
he had been assisted by Mrs. Strasser.
Hot drinks are in full swing at the j
Candy Kitchen. tf
A new stock of A1 Fruit Tablets
Candy Kitchen. tf i
_m !
Have you tried our Boston Mints
in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
(Mrn »t« Valdez Drag Co.
Hfcoae ’IS ItoKtnley Street
Contract Suryeon. (' S Army
A. A. Surgeon, L’ S Public Health Serv
(Marine Hoppital 1 J
JOS. A. SILTERMAI, PH. 6. M. 0.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGBOX
Over Owl Drag Co.
—OFFICE HOURS:
1 t» 4 P. X. 7 to 8 P. M
Sant Jay by Appointment.
Rh. Phone 176 Office Phone 1»
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. B.
JCNBAU, ALASKA
GIftNMt* Fitted I .en.se* Ground
DR. R COCKERILLE
Orilwte National talrtraUj
DENTIST
Koartaen Van 1b Tahtea.
PHONE 110
Office Room* 1b Whaling BnUdlng
DONOHOE & DIMOND
aTTORNBYR-AT-LAW
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Office ttnwrito Cn» Hour
Pkaac U VALBH. 4LARKA
JOHN LfONh a K KlTCHia
LYONS & RITCHIE
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ED WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. H. GARNER. IWhWn*.
Granite Mine I
GUST KRING. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
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