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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915.
UNHARMED, BUT NOT SO HAPPY.
Germany's big and little war lords
are fond of comparing present con
ditions in Belgium and Luxemburg,
as showing the results, in the one
case, of a mad resistance, and, on
the other, of a wise submission. The
difference is indeed enormous, but it
does not lie wholly in the fact that
the Belgians are today the beggared
remnant of a ruined people, while
the Luxemburgers have suffered no
material injuries of any consequence
and are not threatened with any.
One notices that the young ruler
of the duchy does not regard the
situation as at all satisfactory, and
that, just as she protestedd with ve
hemence and tears when the Germans
violated the solemnly guaranteed neu
trality of her little land, so now
she refuses to have any except the
coldest and most formal of dealings
with the invaders and remains a vol
untary prisoner in her palace. More
than possibly her subjects share her
resentment of the way in which their
rights have been ignored, and it may
well be that they do not regard their
lot, after all, as so much more en
viable than that of the Belgians as
their masters would like to have us
believe.
Just as there was, so there is,
nothing for them to do except to sub
mit to the irremediable. What was
heroic when done by their neighbors
would have been merely grotesque if
attempted by themselves. Any op
position which they could have of
fered to the kaiser’s armies would
have been brushed aside with hardly
an effort, but one hears no rejoicing
from them that they were not ex
pected by anybody to make a fight—
that they are as safe as they are
helpless.
The Grand Duchess is now only 21
and succeeded her father in 1912, as
there were no male heirs. She is
a rather pathetic figure, and nobody
can laugh at her resolute abstention
from any exchange of courtesies with
those who regarded so little her
many titles to their respect. Of
course her coldness, like her tears,
is quite futile, but nobody with any
heart would call i* amusing or ab
surd. At least she is not bought by
humiliating mercies. Daughter, as she
is, of a warrior race, she probably
thinks the price of peace intolerably
high and perhaps her people agree
with her.—Ex.
(Continued frc**1 page 1.)
experts assert that it is not impossi
ble that supplies of distillate could
be drawn from tanks resting on the
bottom of the ocean. The supplies
could be replenished by fast German
cruisers which would immediately
disappear from the vicinity leaving
the submarines to secure their fuel
when required. It is asserted that
owing to ‘heir capacity for fuel be
ing very limited that the submarines
must receive additional supplies to
perm't of their operating in the Irish
Sea, as it is beyond the radius of
submarines operating from Helgo
land.
France Stops 8ale of Absinthe.
GENEVA, Feb. 25—The French
government has extended the new
laws governing the sale and manu
facture of absinthe to the portions
of Lorraine and Alsace now under
their control. All trade in absinthe
is prohibited.
To Buy Argentine Wheat.
MELBOURNE, Feb. 25.—The Vic
toria state government has arranged
to import 1,500,000 bushels of Ar
gentine wheat to fulfill milling re
quirements and to enable more local
ly grown wheat to be used as seed
for the next crop, which, under spec
ial government encouragement, will
be the largest ever sown. Through
out Australia general efforts are be
ing made to increase the wheat acre
age in order to supply the world’s
markets.
The barrier mining companies
have arranged to dispose of huge
quantities of zinc concentrates to
America, the government being sat
isfied that the consignments will not
reach enemy countries.
Premier Fisher, after a lour of New
Zealand, says that the war has drawn
that country closer to Australia. He
is optimistic about the possibilities
of preference agreements. Mr. Fish
er cherishes the hope that federa
tion between New Zealand and the
commonwealth may yet be accom
plished. The government intends to
do its utmost to bring about closer
relations between Australia, New
Zealand, Canada and South Africa,
with the object of binding the em
pire’s outposts closer.
SANTA ANA NOW
SPLENDID BOAT
Has Taken the Place of the Dora On
Westward Run With Head
quarters At Seward.
The Alaska Steamship Company
has announced that it will continui
to make Seward the headquarters ol
its steamers on the westward run.
When it was announced that the San
ta Ana, which has taken the Dora’s
run, was being fitted as an oil burn
er it was believed that Cordova would
be headquarters owing to the com
pany’s oil tanks being located there.
The Santa Ana will receive her fuel
oil from the steamer with which she
connects at Seward.
The Santa Ana has been overhaul
ed at a cost of $20,000, and has been
made into a splendid vessel for the
westward trade. She has accommo
dations for seventy-five first-class and
twenty-five second-class passengers
and cargo space for 600 tons. A new1
dining room was also provided when
the vessel was overhauled.
The people of the westward, while
they will regret the departure of the
Dora, which has been calling at their
port for many years, will welcome
the Santa Ana as a great improve
ment in every way and one which
will help to hasten the development
of that part of the country. She was
at Seward to connect with the Ala
meda this trip.
THE CAPTIVE OFFICERS
ARE NOT SUFFERING
LONDON'.- The Daily Mail says the
British government, at a cost of $100,
.000, has converted Donington Hall,
Leicestershire, one of the most beau
tiful old halls in England, into a home
of rest for captured German ofltcers,
of whom it will accommodate near
ly 300.
There are about fifty acres of park
land, with spacious lawns and charm
ing views across the valley of the
Trent. The house is finely appoint
ed and contains a dining room with
carved oak panels and a carved and
polished elm ceiling, a smoking
lounge equal to that of a good ho
tel, six bathrooms with hot and cold
water, and a shower bath; also a
medical ward, with a doctor in con
stant attendance. Electric light has
been installed and all the apart
ments are heated.
‘‘There is also a canteen, from
which the prisoners can obtain wines
and spirits of all the principal
brands. They will be waited upon
by German valets, shaved by Ger
man barbers, and served with food
by German waiters captured in the
German ranks.
“Alongside the hall is an old chap
el with stained-glass windows in
which a German priest will conduct
services. Beneath the window is the
text, ‘On earth peace; good will to
ward men.’
I The Daily Mail says cynically:
"One must suppose that the war of
fice has really at heart the Idea of
reforming the Prussian officer, and,
by letting him soak in the sugges
tion of beauty and peace, showing
him the difference between the ‘kul
tur’ that watched Louvain burn and
the kultur inspired by a sunset in
the valley of the Trent.”
Imported Japanese Passers at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Mr. Sydney Lawrence
The Studio—Keystone Ave.
Photographic Portraiture
Sittings by appointment
A. W., L. & T. Co. Phone 217.
Living Without Drinking.
Proof that there are animals that
live without drinking Is given In the
London Field by Dr. R. E. Drnke
Brockman, who tells of the gazelles
that live on the island of Saad-ud-Dln,
off the coast of Somaliland, where
there Is no fresh water at all and
where the annual rainfall Is less than
two and three-quarters Inches.
A Portrait.
When he can't get front seats at the
theater he growls about the box office
discrimination; when he can he de
cides not to take them after all—for
the show can’t be a good one, or they
would have been gone long ago. We
all know the complete pessimist. He Is
almost as depressing as the profes
sional optimist.—Collier’s Weekly.
Her Awful Threat.
A youngster who already had eaten
more cheese than was good for her
was greatly injured when the plale
was placed beyond her reach.
“All right for you, mother!” she
cried. “When I get to be a woman
I’m going to sit up all night and eat
cheese and bananas, and”—she shook
a small, warning finger—“I’m going
to lick my plate!”— Llpplncott’s.
The Modern Young Man’s Slogan.
In a story by Edna Ferber in the
American Magazine a character named
Jock makes the following comment:
“These days it isn’t so much what
you’ve got in you that counts as what
you can bring cut. I know the young
man's slogan used to be ‘Work and
wait,’ or something pretty like that.
But these days they’ve boiled it down
to one word—‘Produce’!”
Not Too Bad.
“Both my husband and 1 had to go
to a hospital on the day we were mar
ried and submit to operations for ap
pendicitis.”
“What an unfortunate experience!’’
“Oh. it might have been worse. We
would probably have spent the money
on a honeymoon trip anyhow.” -Chi
cago Itecord-IIerald.
Nothing Left Behind.
“Are you afraid to go away and
lenve your windows unlocked?”
“Not at all. What is there to be
afraid of?"
“I should think you'd be afraid that
thieves would get in and steal your
valuables.”
“Oh, no. We don’t own more jewelry
than my wife can wear.”—Detroit Free
Press.
Unreasonable.
“Why did you divorce your first hus
band?”
“He did not remain around home
enough."
“And your second?”
“He remained at home too much.”
“But I should not think that would
be an objection?”
“But he wants me to remain at home
also.”—Houston Post.
To Avoid Cancer.
Dr. Bashford, director of the Im
perial Cancer Research Fund labora
tory, in a lecture at the Royal Sanitary
institute, laid down rules for the avoid
ance of cancer, which may be epito
mized as follows: Cut down your to
bacco allowance, take the pledge and
eat your dinner with the calm of a
cow.—London Standard.
Knew It Was Wet.
Wife—My husband came home from
the club Inst night with such a swelled
head that I haven’t been able to arouse
him today. Neighbor—Why don’t you
try pouring a pitcher of water over
his head? Wife—I did that very thing,
but the only thing he did was to call
out for an umbrella.—Fliegende Blat
ter.
—
Little Breaks.
Among “blunders in emphasis" the
prize must be awarded to the remark
of the beautiful Miss Gunning to
George II. She told the king that she
would dearly love to see a coronation.
A compliment not infrequently takes
a questionable form. G. W. B. Rus
sell in his "Collections and Recollec
tions” tells of a working class admirer
who once said to the dean of Windsor
(Dr. Wellesley). “1 always say there’s
nothing of the gentleman about you.”—
SL James’ Gazette.
Fooled His Doctor.
The late Rev. H. R. Hawels. who
was equally notable as preacher, jour
nalist, lecturer and musician, suffered
from a dangerous hip disease when a
boy of nine. The celebrated Sir Ben
jamin Brodie. who was asked If a
change of scene would benefit the af
flicted youth, answered, “Take him
anywhere—it does not matter."
Hawels lived to laugh at bis doctor,
and half a century later, after a life of
exceptional Industry, he was in vigor
ous health.
STEADFASTNESS
It is easy in the world to live
after the world's opinion; it is easy
in solitude to live after our own,
but the great man is he who in
the midst of the crowd keeps,
with perfect sweetness, the inde
pendence of solitude. — Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
Snowflake Corn on Cob
Packed in New Brunswick, Maine, the
Home of Sweet Coni.
The most''delicious you have ever tasted.
Six large full ears in a can.
Price $1.00
Costs more—Is worth more.
Your money back if not more satisfactory than other brands.
AUTOS RUNNING FROM
CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS
Bob Sheldon, the pioneer auto stage
driver between Fairbanks and the
coast, who went out of business last
fall when the snow became too deep
for the machines, is again doing busi
ness at the old stand according to the
Fairbanks Times.
Sheldon has cut the axles of his
machines so that the w'heels now
travel in the ruts made by the ordi
nary double-ender sleighs. The bod
ies of the machines are set high so
that they do not come into contact
with the center ridge. One of the
machines is used on the Fairbanks
end of the run and another from
the summit to Chitina. Double-end
ers are used in transferring passen
gers over the divide.
In Bankruptcy.
In the District Court tor the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the matter of E. \V. Blackwood,
bankrupt.—No. 12. In Bankruptcy.
Order to Show Cause.
Whereas, Application has been
made by the above-named bankrupt
for a discharge, as provided by Sec
tion 14-a of the bankruptcy law of
1898; now, on motion of Donolioe &
Dimond, attorneys for such bankrupt,
It is ordered:
That all creditors of E. W. Black
wood, a bankrupt, as well as all
other parties in interest, show cause,
at a hearing to be had on such ap
plication before the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion, at Valdez, in said Territory and
Division, on the 8th day of March,
A. D., 1915, or as soon thereafter as
such hearing may be had, why such
application should not be granted.
That notice of such hearing be
given by mailing a copy of this or
der at least ten days prior to the
date set for such hearing to each of
the creditors, parties in interest and
attorneys entitled to notice of pro
ceedings herein, and by publishing a
i copy hereof in the Valdez Daily Pros
pector, at Valdez, Alaska, not later
than one week prior to such date.
That such notice be so given by or
under the direction of the clerk of
this court.
Done in open court at Valdez, Alas
ka, this 15th day of February, A. D.
1915.
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
Notice To Creditors.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion. At Valdez. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
H. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate of
W. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred
itors and all other persons, having
claims against said estate, are here
by notified to exhibit the same to me.
together with the necessary proof
thereof, at my place of business at
Valdez, Alaska, within six months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, the same being the place for the
transaction of all business In connec
tion with said estate. Dated at Val
dez, Alaska, this 13th day of Febru
ary, 1915.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix of the estate of W. H.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16. 1915.
Date of last publication March 16,
1915.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 25, 1915.
STATION Above Below, Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 14 8 Cloudy, calm, trail fair. ->
McCallum . 10 33 Clear, calm, trail heavy.
Paxson’s .... 10 30 Clear, calm, trail heavy.
Hogan . 7 15 Clear, calm, trail good.
Gulkana . 11 14 Cloudy, windy, trail good.
Copper Center .... 10 10 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Xon8lna . 0 25 Foggy, ealm, trail good.
Teikhell . 0 26 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam. 7 12 Partly cloudy, calm, treail heavy.
Wortman’s . 7 H Cloudy, calm, trail fair.