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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915.
AN EXTRA SESSION NEEDLESS
AND DANGEROUS.
Not even American fondness for
record-breaking will "et much satis
fac'ion out of the fact of the Senate
in giving a longer continuous per
formance than it ever did before.
Other records than those of long ses
sions are in danger of being broken
—that of party folly, for example.
It is probably true, as Senator Hitch
cock has asserted, that at least half
of the Democratic senators either pri
vately dislike the Ship Purchase bill
or are averse to making a last-ditch
light for it. Yet they are held in
line—-or stretched out on cots and
sofas—by party pressure and the de
mand of the president that the bill
be passed. It cannot be called a
glorious struggle. Dike Reranger’s
hero, the aged senators sleep well in
the committee rooms, but they also
do it sans gloire. Yet the ultimatum
is said to have gone forth from the
White House: “Either the Ship Pur
chase bill or an extra session of con
gress.”
In the very terms ot this, it is
plainly implied that an extra session
is an evil to be avoided if possible.
That it would be needless this year,
everybody would have agreed when
congress met in December. Presi
dent Wilson as good as said that his
legisaltive program had been com
pleted; and two or three minor bills,
with the appropriations, would, be
all that congress need attend to.
Over one of these bills has come the
obstinate and senseless conflict in
^he Senate, which is as wearying to
the country as it is to those engag
ed in it. Even now, an extra ses
sion is not necessary. If both
houses would drop everything else,
the money bills for the carrying on
of the government could all be pass
ed before March 4. And that course,
we are convinced, would best meet
the desires and unspoken mandate of
the great majority of the people.
The reasons why they do not like
to think of an extra session, com
ing at this time, and even fear it,
are not far to seek. It would be
both an unnecessary public expense
and a needless source of disturbance.
The president has not the power with
congress, as some governors have
with the legislature, to specify the
subjects to be considered in an extra
session, and to confine discussion
and action to them. He may. Alad
idnwise, let the jinn out of the bot
tle, without being able tic.' get it back
again. Congress, once in session,
is free to do what it will. And the
. general business conditions and sen
liment Deing wnai uiey now me m
this country, it is certain that the
calling of an extra session would be
a signal for further disquietude and
even apprehension. The probability
is strong, to be sure, that a con
gress sumnurtned to enact appropri
ation bills that had failed would at
tempt little else. Yet It might; and
so long as the possibility existed of
new congressional inquiries, or of
added legislation, affecting commerce
and industry, the wheels of the char
iot of both would continue to tarry.
A much graver danger remains to
be noted. It is one closely affecting
the conduct of our government, and
the official attitude of the United
States, in the face of the European
war. Thus far, all this has been left,
as it should be, in the hands of the
president. He has had almost no in
terference by congress. A few re
quests for information have been
made, and ncrw and then a mischief
making resolution has been introduc
ed, only to be buried in committee;
but in the main congress has perceiv
ed the propriety of letting *he presi
dent manage the diplomatic relations
of the war unhampered. Mr. Wilson
has signified his wish that the war
be kept out of congressional debates,
and it has been, almost entirely. But
it is obvious that the tension over
certain aspects of the war is grow
ing more acute in the minds of some
congressmen. Incidents like the Lu
sitania’s hoisting of the American
flag, it is harder and harder to in
duce congress to refrain from dis
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cussing. And with the possibility
one might say the high probability—
that other causes of diplomatic fric
tion may arise, as the war goes on,
it certainly would be more comfort
able for the administration, charged
with the handling of all these deli
cate international matters, and more
reassuring to a country desirous of
remaining at peace, if congress were
not to be in session after March 4.
This feeling cannot but be deepen
ed in any one who considers the in
creasing effort to bring political mo
tives to bear upon congress, in order
to persuade it into some non-neutral
step or a“itude. The new German
American organization expressly
avows its determina‘ion to throw
its vote in this country into the scale
for Germany—in the sense, that is,
of including or compelling congress
to adopt certain measures. Agitations
like this grow partly by their oppor
tunity to put pressure upon congress.
If congress were not in session, the
temptation to present petitions and to
get flamboyant resolutions introduc
ed would be much lessened. In ses
sion, congress would be more and
more inviting that sort of thing.
It might easily take on proportions
and a form highly embarrassing to
the presiden* and injurious to the
country. Has Mr. Wilson taken this
possible peril into reckoning as he
■should, driving congress as .he is
straight towards an extra session?
There has been much talk of late
about making diplomacy more demo
cratic. In this there is a certain
amount of truth, but a great deal of
nonsense. There should be the larg
est popular representation in the
government, and every avenue of in
formation and approach to it should
be kept open. But, when all is said',
the great decisions in international j
policy have to be made by the chos- \
on *ew in the administration upon
whom the people have placed the
solemn and unescapable responsibil
ity. Their judgment should not be
dictated by clamor and the mob-spir
it, whether these And manifestation
in lhass meetings in Chicago and
Milwaukee and New York, o/r in con
gress. I* has been said, and it seems
true, that In 1898 President McKin
ley could have avoided war with
Spain if congress had not been in
session. Heaven send that the story
may not be repeated in 1915!—Ex.
ALLIED FLEET IS
III MARMORA SEA
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son’s note agreeing to abandon the
submarine warfare against commerce j
ships if the blockade of foodstuffs is j
lifted.
Admiralty Makes Denial.
LONDON, Feb. 27.—The British!
admiiaity has issued a denial of the
report from South America that sev
en British cruisers were disabled in
the sea fight off the Falkland Is
lands. The report is declared to be
without foundation.
Submarines Get British Ship
DIEPPE, France. Feb. 27.—Anoth
er British steamer was torpedoed by
a German- submarine in the English
Channel last night and sank with her
crew. The news of the loss of the
.steamer was brought by trawlers who
had been searching for mines.
Alcohol Supply . Is Getting Low.
BERLIN, Feb. 27.—The German
government has taken steps to limit
the distribution of alcohol as the
supply is nearly exhausted. The gov
ernment has taken charge of the re
maining stock in the country.
COMMUNICATED.
To the Editor of Valdez Prospector.
As a number of people have asked
me why M. O. Adams has left this
town when he declared that he had
come to stay, I take this opportunity
to enlighten them and warn others
against attempting to practice den
tistry without a license. Adams has
no diploma, had no license or right
to practice here and could not pass
an examination when the time came.
As Secretary of the Alaska Dental
Association I was requested by some
members to write to the Alaska
Board of Dental Examiners and ask
if Adams had a license. The sec
retary of the board stated that Ad
ams had no license and was subject
to prosecution if he continued to prac
tice. He was notified and left Val
dez. Yours truly,
H. COCKERILLE, D.D.S.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Feb. 26, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,846
Temperature at 7 p. m. 18
Maximum temperature . 27
Minimum temperature . 4
Mean temperature . 151-2
Partly cloudy air, wind northeast
4 miles.
Her Only Word.
“Well,” he said after he had kissed
her, "you are silent. Have you nothing
to say?”
There was no response.
“Are you angry?"
She did not answer.
“Do you thfnk me n brute?”
She remained silent.
“Are you ever going to let me see
you again?”
She made no reply.
“For heaven’s sake, speak to me.
Say one word at least!”
"More.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Life of the Farmer.
I think that the life of a husband
man of all others is the most delecta
ble. It is honorable, it is amusing
and with judicious management It is
profitable.
In indulging these feelings I am led
to reflect how much more delightful to
the undebauched mind Is the task of
making improvements on the earth
than all the vninglory that can be ac
quired from ravaging it by the most
uninterrupted career of conquest.
I know of no pursuit in which more
reul and Important service can be ren
dered to any country than by improv
ing its agriculture, its breeds of useful
animals and other branches of a hus
bandman's care.—Country Gentleman.
Delhi’s Famous Buildings.
Architecturally Delhi is one of the
richest cities in the east. When the
British took Delhi after the mutiny,
many public men urged razing the city
with all its monuments level with the
ground, and some Americans, moved
by the cruel treatment of British ladies
by the mutineers, sympathized with
the Idea, like Oliver Wendell Holmes,
with ills famous “Dele Delhi” pun.
Happily wiser counsels prevailed and
the vast palace of the Moguls, with its
famous inscription, "If there be a
paradise on earth, it is this, it is this,
it is this,” and the wonderful mosque
of Shah Jehan. were spared from de
struction.
Egyptian Baseball.
"Careful investigation would show
| that the baseball and football games
as played today are but evolutions of
games played long ago in Egypt,” said
the assistant professor of physical.edu
cation in the University of Wisconsin.
“Many tablets found in forgotten ruins
indicate a knowledge of the game of
baseball among the Egyptians. In the
time of the Greeks football had gained
some prominence. And the Greeks ex
perienced the same evil which the col
leges of today have to combat, that of
professionalism. Winning became a
mania. They would go to any length
to get successful men. Finally It was
necessary to abolish the Olympic games
by royal edict”
—
Martial Law In England.
Martial law has not been known in
England for considerably over a cen
I tury. Yet its validity iu times of do
! mestic trouble and war is recognized
| by a clause from the "petition of
j rights” inserted In the army act which
parliament passes every year. Essen
tially, martial law means that the or
dinary law ts suspended, because It is
j too cumbrous and slow, in favor of
summary judgment in times of great
stress. The last occasion it was pro
! claimed in London was the Gordon
■ riots in 17S0, and the Jacobite rebel
i lions of 1713 and 17-13 brought about
the same state of affairs throughout
I Great Britain.—London Chronicle.
The Game of Cricket.
Cricket dates from the reign of
Queen Elizabeth and had its origin in
rounders and stool ball. Lord Chester
Held was the first man of weight to
take it up seriously and Eton the first
public school. In those days scores
were notched upon tally sticks, the
ball had heavy cross seams, the bats
were curved, aud the fielders stood al
most in Indian file. The early laws of
the game had th'eir inception at the
Star nnd Garter inn. Pail Mall, and
one of the few of these original laws
which obtain today is that of the toss
up. The wickets were twenty-two
inches high nnd the ball six inches in
diameter. The first county match was
when Kent played all England in 1711.
English Pantomimes.
Though pantomime Is generally re
garded as a purely British Institution—
nnd rightly so, fbr no other country
puts nursery tales upon the stage at
Christmas time—most of the stories
we dramatize are drawn from foreign
sources. “Bluebeard,” “Cinderella”
and “Tom Thumb” we owe to France;
“Puss In Boots’*, comes from Italy;
“Jack the Ginnt Killer” halls from
Norway; "Jack and the Beanstalk”
came to us with the bouse of Hanover,
and “Slndbad nnd the Sailor” comes
from the east. “The Babes In the
Wood” and “Little Red Riding Hood"
nre among the few fairy tales of purely
English origin.—Exchange.
YOUR OWN BODY.
Every man is the builder of a
temple, called his body, to the god
he worships, after a style purely
his own, nor can he get off by
hammering marble instead. We
are. all sculptors and painters, and
our material is our own flesh and
blood and bones. Any nobleness
begin* at once to refine a man s
feature* any meanness to imbrute
them.—Thoreau.
Snowflake Com on Cob
Packed in New Brunswick, Maine, the
Home of Sweet Corn.
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.
Cyclone Buck and Wing Dancing.
At the Orpheum tonight will be
shown the following interesting pic
tures and extra vaudeville:
“The Female of Species,” Hex two
part drama featuring Lois Weber and
Phillip Smalley.
“The Wife’s Burglar,” a comedy
that will sure cure your blues.
Vaudeville, Baney in Dutch comedy
and cyclone buck and wing dancing.
"Oh, Heine! Oh Heine!” a Dutch
sketch that will make you laugh.
Public Notice.
I will return to Valdez and reopen
my assay office about June 1. Any
one wishing to pay bills due me
please deposit to my credit at First
Bank of Valdez.
GEORGE F. WHITE.
In Bankruptcy.
In the District Court lor 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 Donohoe Ai
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
copy hereof in the Valdez Daily Pros- j
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 Creditor*.
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
dice, 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, 4
Executrix of the estate of W. H.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16. 1915.
Date of last publication March 16,
1918.
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Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Kerahikun, Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell, Douglas
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Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nerses— Priests Rooms for Patkets
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E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician ie Charge.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez. Alaska, Feb. 27, 1915.
STATION Above Below, Snow In. WKATHEK CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 1° 8 Clear, light southwest wind, trail fair.
McCallum . 10 18 Clear, calm, trail good.
Paxson’s . 5 ;!3 Clear, calm, trail fair.
Hogan . 7 15 Clear, calm, trail good.
Gulkana . 24 12 Clear, calm, trail good.
Copper Center. 5 10 Clear, calm, trail good.
Tonslna . 22 25 Clear, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 20 26 Clear, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam . 0 42 Cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Summit . 0 65 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Wortman’s . .i. 20 41 Clear, calm, trail fair.
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