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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915.
ITALY’S DEMANDS.
That Italy will soon send her fleets
and forces to the aid of the Allies in
their war against Germany, Austria
and Trukey becomes every day more
probable. But up to the time when
the war broke out Italy was bound to
Germany m:d Asutria by treaty ties.
There was an alliance. The question
of national morality, therefore, is in
volved. It will be said that Italy,
if she could not fight side by side
with her Allies, is at least not free
to take up arms against them, that
she is bound to adhere steadfastly
to her earlier policy of neturality.
But the Triple Alliance was formed
to preserve the peace of Europe.
Austria and Germany by their action
destroyed the peace of Europe. They
went to war for purposes in which
Italy had no interest; they either did
not ask or failed to secure her ap
proval of their procedures. The treaty
relation was broken off by their ac
tion, its binding force was destroyed,
since Italy could have been called up
on to come to the support of her al
lies if they were attacked. Moreover,
alliances are based on interest, not
on sentiment. Italy not only has, as
we have said, no interest in the ob
jects for which Germany and Aus
tria are fighting, but she has large
and recognizable interests of her own
which would not be promoted by the
success of Austria and Germany. She
has long cherished national ambitions
which would be altogether cheated
of their object by the triumph of the
powers with which she was lately in
alliance.
Sero venientibus ossa was the old
saying at university commons.
Though a late comer to the feast of
war, Italy will not be sgijfrfied with
bones. She demands Bf Austria ces
sions of territory that would round
out her national domain by including
within her frontiers territory which
she has always felt to be legitimately
her own and which beacuse its popu
llation is chiefly Italian should on
very high grounds of right and jus
tice be restored to her. Her de
mands include not only Trent and
Trieste, not only the wedge of Aus
trian territory lying between Venetia
and Lombardy, but Goritz and Istria
on the eastern shore of the Adriatic,
including the Austrian naval base ai.
I’ola. Austria is by no means willing
to grant all this territory to secure
the continued neutrality of Italy, and
Vienna dispatches indicate that Ger
many will not be able to prevail ov
er the traditional 1-Iapsbrug disincli
nation to surrender what has once
been Austria’s. Germany’s anxiety to
deprive the Allies of such an import
ant accession of force as Italy could
bring to them is naturally very great,
but even if Austria under pressure
from Berlin should consent to en
large her concessions to Italy, there
could be no certainty that the .allies
at the end of the war would ratify
an arrangement of that kind made
during its progress. There will be
many changes in the map when peace
is made and Italy can make sure of
the changes she desires only by tak
ing part in the conflict.
That evidently is the reasoning of
the Italian government, certainly that
is the view taken by the Italian peo
ple. From the moment that the
French and British fleets began their
serious assault upon the defenses of
the Dardanelles the reports of Italy’s
intention to join forces with the Al
lies became much more positive. That
brought the war nearer to her and
made very plain to what an extent
her interests would be involved in
the conditions of peace.—Ex.
THE HAPPY FARMER.
The Agricultural Department re
ports that the prices “paid to produc
ers” of farm products rose 2.5 per
cent, during last month. That is in
addition to an increase of about a bil
lion dollars previously reported, and
is an increase of about one-half more
than the usual Increase at this time
of approaching exhaustion of stocks
and preparation for a new crop.
That the next crop will be enor
mous Is indicated by everything that
Is known, and Is emphasized by the
distribution of the planting. The
planters of cotton who in other years
have been unable to limit their pro
duction by agreement with each oth
er have this year planted grain *on
acres which cannot raise cotton for
the next crop unless they are re
planted. This gives the planter this
year a double chance. He can let
his grain grow while he watches the
cotton market, and can harvest the
grain or replant to cotton if the price
is an inducement.
The demand for guncotton and
khaki has created a demand for cot
ton such as there ^'as no ground
in experience for expecting, and the
largest crop ever grown will be sold
at not the lowest prices known. It
is almost like finding money for the
South, which has wailed amid an
abundance which it persisted in con
sidering a calamity. To fill the cup
of the farmer to overflowing it must
be added that his labor costs are
about as much cheaper as his crops
are dearer to the buyer, and that
there is the abundance of help wh'ch
th(> cheapness implies. Who would
not be a farmer in these days?
ITALIANS WANT
WAR WITH AUSTRIA
(Continued from page 1.)
work of driving General von Hinden
burg from his entrenched positions
in central Poland.
Austrian Counter Move Fails.
The counter move of the Austrian
general staff to divert the Russian
army by sending in a terrific attack
upon the Russian forces in Bukowi
na has failed and the Russian w'ar
office reports success in the fighting
in the lower Carpathian province.
Rumania Ready for Fight.
Reports continue to come to this
city from Rumania indicating that the
Rumanian government will be forced
to join the Allies in spite of the fact
that the royal house is related to the
German reigning family. The cabinet
has forced the mobilization of the full
strength of the nation and the reserv
es of the first three classes are under
arms.
French Schooner Submarined.
LETREPORT, France, April 10.—
The admiralty reports that a German
submarine succeeded in sending the
French schooner France to the bottom
off the Island of Wight and that the
crew were all saved by a submarine
destroyer which reached the scene
too late to save the vessel.
STEAMER ALAMEDA
PASSES JUNEAU
The steamer Alameda, of the Alas
ka Steamship company, passed Ju
neau at midnight last night and reach
ed Skagway at 1 o’clock today and
is due to reach Valdez some time
Sunday night or early Monday morn
ing.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Hebe Smith is in 'own for a few
days. (
Gus Henkle left this morning for
Tonsina.
The matinee at the Orpheum for
the children was well attended this
afternoon.
H. L. Jones, late of the Everyman’s
Club, will leave on the next boat tof
Sheep Creek.
Henry Deyo and Boyd Leedy made
the round trip to the Ramsay-Ruth
erford mine, returning this morning.
Otto Silberman will leave for Teik
hell on Monday morning to commence
development on his gold quartz prop
erty.
:Ike Westberg, who was seriously in
jured at the Ellamar mine about two
weeks ago, is improving rapidly. He
is now able to sit up in a Morris chair.
The Orpheum Tonight.
Animated Weekly, exciting news
features.
“The Price,” Barbara*Tennant in
fine drama.
“Slim Joins the Army,” frontier
comedy.
Fine change on Sunday evening.
Weather Report.
Valdez, April 9, 1915.
Barometric pressure .27,750
Temperature at 7 p. m. 33
Maximum temperature . 41
Minimum temperature ..;. 19
Miean temperature . 311-2
Partly cloudy air, wind northeast 4
miles.
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THAT COMMANDS RESPECT
Fads and extremes make freakish clothes but never the
well-dressed man. The real fashion artist—and there are
only a few real ones—designs clothes that have the spark of
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Whether you are tall and slim or short and
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Don’t Forget Our Grocery Sale Still Continues
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TWO MEN ARE HELD
FOR GIRL’S DEATH
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 10.—
.Joseph St. Pierce, a Cambridge drug
gist, and Bernard Lehand, a Stand
ard Oil Company employe, must an
swer charges against them in court
today in connection with the death of
Esther Ryan, a candy store clerk. It
is claimed that the girl died as a re
sult of an overdose of a drug, which
it is alleged she gained through the
aid of the accused.
The Prospector office for job work.
Fresh Koenigs, Augustine Kyer,
and Shull’s candies at Valdez Drug
Co. tf
DONALDSON 8CHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Liscum. Leaves Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. in. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There wHl be no trips of the launch
on the secoLd and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boil-rs.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, April 10, 1915.
STATION Vbove Below, Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 35 Cloudy, calm, no snow on trail.
McCallum .25 10 Clear, calm, trail fair.
Paxson’s . 26 7 Clear, calm, trail good.
Hogan . 35 Clear, calm, trail soft.
Gulkana . 30 Clear, calm.
Copper Center. 35 Clear, calm, trail bare.
Tonsina . 35 9 Snowing, calm, trail soft.
Teikhell . 37 20 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Beaver Dam. 34 47 Snowing, light wind, trail soft.
Summit . 36 90 Snowing, calm, trail soft.
Wortman’s . 38 30 Raining, calm, trail soft.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEOROE SEXTON, PROF.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avi Siwaro. Alaika
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Weatern Federation of Miner*
H. M. CARTER, Preaident.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdea, Alaafca.
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