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SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1915.
THE TRIPLE ATTACK.
Perhaps the most bombastic utter
ance of anyone responsibly connect
ed with the European war was Win
ston Churchill’s threat to dig out the
German navy “like rats out of a
hole.” There have been plenty of
boastful pronunciamentos, but few of
them have even approached the fu
tility of this.
The German navy is so strongly
protected by mines and by its sub
marine outriders that any attempt by
the British to co-operate in force
against it would undoubtedly be fa
tal to the attackers. Even the great
superiority of the British in ships
and guns could not avail against the
protections which the Germans have
placed so skillfully.
That the British admiralty appreci
ates these conditions is evidenced by
the nature of the recent attack on
Cuxhaven. It was a triple attack, by
aircraft, warships and submarines. It
undoubtedly did some damage. But
no important British vessel was risk
ed in the hazardous undertaking. The
only ships, aside from the submarines,
were small cruisers, the destruction
of which would be no severe loss.
Practically all the damage was done
by the aviators, the convoy of ships
merely serving them as a base from
which to start their operations.
If the Cuxhaven affair is a measure
of Mr. Churchill’s ability to “dig out”
the German navy, it would have been
better to keep the ships and the fly
ers at home. The only result seems
to be a new proof of the inability
of the British to accomplish anything
until the Germans are ready to come
out and fight. Even as a measure
of retaliation for the German attack
on Hartlepool and Scarborough, the
Cuxhaven exploit was inadequate.
The German squadron of the large
cruisers which crossed the North Sea
and boldly bombarded the English
cities performed a far more notable
and more picturesque feat, even
though the practical gain was as in
significant as that won by the Brit
ish at Cuxhaven.—Ex.
MILITARY TRAINING.
The military problem of the United
States appears to involve the train
ing of a large body of men without
maintaining a large standing army or
cultivating an aggressive spirit of
militarism. One of the best sugges
tions along this line comes from
Princeton University. President Hib
ben proposes that the students shall
receive training in military practice
and theory along with their college
work. General Leonard Wood is
heartily in favor of the plan, and sug
gests governmental co-operation.
It would be intolerable, of course,
to turn our colleges, into military
schools, forsaking culture for the
ideals of the camp. Nothing of the
sort is proposed. It is merely sug
gested that students be given an op
portunity to devote a small part of
their time to such activity.
Every college has its gymnasium
and its athletic field, excellent places
for drill. Every student of normal
physique undergoes a course of phy
sical instruction. There is no reason
why military drill should not be
combined with "gym” work to the ad
vantage of the students. Along with
the physical exercise entailed by drill,
the knowledge of army maneuvers,
tactics and organization that might
be gained would at least do no harm.
Students who cared to specialize in
the work could pursue additional
courses under officers provided by
the United States army, and could
participate in the military instruction
camps established a few years ago
and already well patronized by col
lege men.
Students are presumably excellent
material for officers, and officers are
the chief need of a nation that de
pends for its defense on volunteer
soldiers. If the opportunity were of
fered, a good part of the men grad
uating from the large colleges and
state universities would be able, in
case of need, to step easily into the
regular army organization and ren
der efficient service to the country.
—Ex.
Talking of such things as painting
the lily and gilding refined gold, make
note of the fact that Turkey has “es
tablished a censorship.”
MEN S MEEK IT
EVERYMAN'S CLUB
The Early History of the Alaskan
Mail Service will be the subject of
a talk tomorrow evening at Every
man's Club House. James Fish, Jr.,
secretary of the Valdez Commercial
Association, and for many years con
nected with the mail service in the
north both as an inspector for the
government and later as a contractor
in the days when mail was carried
by dogs.
Music and singing will be provided.
The men may smoke« Everybody is
invited to attend the meeting. Rev.
E. H. Molony is anxious that these
meetings should receive the attend
ance they deserve. He has provided
different speakers for each Sunday
night and has selected subjects wh’ch
.will be of interest to the men of the
community. He extends to all a cor
dial welcome. Mr. Fish, the speaker
tomorrow night, is well qualified to
handle his subject and his talk will
be interesting.
The meeting starts promptly at
8:30 o’clock.
RUSSIANS REPORT
l BIUICTORT
(Continued from page 1.)
ond Balkan war. The certainty that
Greece will come to her aid is not
enough for Rumania, as the attack of
the Bulgars from the rear might re
sult in the ravaging of the country
before the aid of the Greeks would
be effective. With the Italians in the
war and willing to send troops to
Servia’to protect the Servian fron
tier from invasion by the Bulgars and
to threaten an invasion of Bulgaria,
the Rumanians would have greater
confidence in the outcome as Bulgar
ia would then be threatened on three
sides by the armies of Servia, Ru
mania, Greece and Italy.
Little Fighting In West.
PARIS, Jan. 30.—The only activity
today along the battle line in Prance
was at Soissons, where the Germans
made two smashing attacks upon the
French positions in an effort to break
through the line and cross the river
Aisne. The savage attacks of the
Germans were met and repulsed, the
kaiser’s forces being forced to flee.
Both sides lost heavily as the fight
ing was the most desperate of the
war. The Germans massed a large
number of heavy siege guns and field
pieces in a position where they could
shell the part of the line upon which
they intended to deliver the attack.
Many thousand were killed in the
French trenches, but when the in
fantry attack was made enough men
remained in the bomb proof cells to
protect the trenches until the arriv
al of the French reinforcements. The
Germans were subjected to a terrific
cross-fire in making the assault. The
French field pieces and machine, guns
slashed through the lines of charging
Teutons, making the battlefield a
small hell. The fighting continues
and neither side dare go out to pick
up the wounded except under cover of
darkness.
Germans Report French Failures.
BERLIN, Jan. 30.—The French
tjroops have been repulsed in a vio
lent attack made by them on Nieu
port and the attempt df the British
to capture the German positions near
La Bassee failed. The losses of the
Allies in these two engagements to
tal several thousand men.
Russians Fall To Break Line. '
The Russians have resumed' a ter
rific offensive movement in East Prus
sia. The German line has been sub
jected to terrific assaults by the su
perior Russian forces, but has stood
against every assault and still holds
back the hordes of the czar. The Rus
sian attempts to break through the
main line has been a complete fail
ure.
Orpheum Tonight.
Animated Weekly, latest news of
the world in motion pictures.
‘'The Bond That Binds,” interest
ing story.
"Mother’s Love," IMP. melodrama,
and a good one.
. _ ■ 1
. A nice line of art pictures Just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. 9
FLOATING ISLANDS.
Japan Has a Lake of Them, and They
* 8ometimea Capaize.
In Yamagata, Japan, Is a small lake
called the Lake of the Floating Is
lands, discovered ubout the year 1340,
which has from that time attracted
the attention of many poets and liter
ary men. A report on the mysterious
movements of these islands, drawn up
by a party under Professor S. Kusa
knhe. Is published in the science re
ports of the Tohoku Imperial univer
sity.
The floating islands, which at times
number no fewer than sixty, are found
to be continually changing their posi
tions, moving first one way and then
the other. Iif the first series of obser
vations wooden floats were placed in
the lake, showing the distribution of
the various currents. Subsequently a
model of the lake was constructed, and
it was found possible closely to repro
duce the various movements of the
surface. When both water and wind
currents were taken into account the
actual behavior of the Islands was
found to be quite in accordance with
theory and experiment
The Islands originate from masses of
vegetable debris, which are first car
ried to the surface by bubbles of gas;
then reeds commence to grow from
seed on them. Sometimes the mass
becomes topheavy and overturns, and
reeds grow on the other side, until the
island has grown sufficiently large in
extent to secure stability.
TEST OF A TOASTMASTER.
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His Speech, Whether It Be Good or
Bad, Should Be Very Brief.
To the average man an Invitation to
"make a few remarks” after dinner is
at once a terror and a secret pride. To
be asked to be the toastmaster at a big
dinner is usually taken as recognition
of wit and knowledge.
The toastmaster’s speech should be
very brief. If he is a good speaker
himself a speech of any considerable
length imposes unfair competition upon
the real speakers, usually visiting
guests, whom he is to introduce. If
the toastmaster is a poor speaker he
bores the audience and the waiting
guests as well. And in any event
every minute occupied by the toast
master is a robbery of the time of the
real speakers of the evening, and an
after dinner speaker may have a real
message that'needs delivery, and the
long drawn introduction, with side
lights and anecdotes, will really cheat
the audience of something worth while.
The toastmaster has a task of courte
sy—to prepare the diners for the man
who is to speak, to tame and train the
audience into a proper frame of mind
and to turn it over to the speaker in
formed as to his identity, prejudiced
in his favor a little perhaps, but cer
tainly not in the reaction following a
laugh raised by the toastmaster.—Bos
ton Globe.
Are Foxes Vegetarians?
Foxes nre not generally accredited
with vegetarian instincts. You never
see their tracks, as you see those of
rabbits, around a young oak tree shoot
which has been nibbled down to the
tough stem. But Aesop evidently
thought otherwise when he wrote his
fable of,the sour grapes, and there is
plenty of testimony that Aesop was
right Foxes do eat wild grapes, as
many observers have testified, climb
ing a considerable way to get them,
and probably at times they eat berries
and perhaps apples. I have found their
tracks, at any rate, beneath apple
trees. I have also been confidently as
sured that they eat the persimmons in
Virginia, that the “or houif dawgs”
know how good this fruit, is, too. and if
you wish to find the very host bee tree
take a “dawg” with you. — Walter
Prichard Eaton in Harper’s Magazine
A Famous Warhorse.
The following inscription marks the
gra ve at Strathfieldsaye of Wellington’s
famous charger, Copenhagen, which
died in 1S35 at the ripe old age of twen
ty-seven. This chnrger was buried witli
military honors:
God's humble instrument, though meaner
clay.
Should share the glories of that glorious
day.
Copenhagen, it might be mentioned,
was the grandson of the mighty Eclipse,
and Wellington paid £400 for him. His
powers of endurance were marvelous
"I rode him,” said Wellington, “at the
battle of Waterloo from 4 in the mom
ing until midnight If he fed it was in
the standing corn and as 1 sat in the
saddle.’’—London Globe.
A Spacious Plea.
"Your honor, if we can show that
serious errors were made in the choos
ing of the jury would you grant us a
new trial?"
"That depends. What serious errors
were made?”
“There were twelve of them. We
thought we were selecting men who
would acquit our client"—Louisville
Courier-Journal. *
His Mistake.
I "Before we were married you told
me that I should never want for any
thing."
“That shows how little I knew you
then."—Detroit Free Press.
h» Mm 8chool of Politics.
Oeflne ’investigation.’ James,” said
the teacher.
“Buntin’ up a lot of blame, ma’am,
and placin' it on somebody else.”—Phil
adelpbia Ledger.
Touching,
Easymark—I’ve loaned so much mon
ey to my friends that I am almost
broke. Owens—Let me make the fin
tailing touch.—Spokane 8pokesman-Bo
view.
Carpets, Rugs
*nd Art Squares
We have a Complete Assortment
in stockattpopular prices.
Linoleum and Floor Oilcloth
The best grades known. A large variety of patterns.
We will cut these to fit any room.
Stair Runners and Matting. Paper Bined Burlap and Art Burlap.
ST"
' Look Over Our Stock Before Making Your, Spring Purchases.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
L. F. Shaw passed through on the
Mariposa for Sewarrd.
Beautiful hand-painted vases Just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
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Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Dunkle passed
through to Latouche on the steamer
Mariposa.
Animated Weekly and other fine
pictures at the Orpheum tonight.
If yon want all the news all the
time read the Daily Prospector.
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the. Xakima Fruit Co. tf
Will A. Steel, of the Cordova Alas
kan, returned to the railroad town
on the steamer Mariposa after a
vacation of several months in the
states.
There will be a meeting of the Val
dez local of the Socialist party at
8 p. in. tonight. Resolutions will be
I submitted defining the local Social
ists position should this country be
come involved inw ar. Everybody in
vited, ladies included.' The meeting
place is on McKinley street across
from Silverman's tailor shop.
Church of the Epiphany.
Rev. Edward H. Molony, pastor.
Services 8:30 a. m., 11 a. m., 7:30 p.
m. Sunday school at 12 noon. All
welcome.
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Catholic Church.
Sunday services:
Confession and holy communion,
8:30 a. m.
Mass and sermon, 10:30 a. m.
Sunday school, 2 p. ra.
Rosary, instruction and benediction,
7:30 p. m.
FATHER VAN der POL, S. J.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1915.
Barometric pressure .27,173
Temperature at 7 p. m. 27
Maximum temperature . 29
Minimum temperature .'22
Mean temperature . 251-2
Precipitation...33
Cloudy air, wind four miles. Snow
ed from 6 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
TIDE TABLE8 PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from tne official tide tt •
bles Issued by*the Coast and GeodeL
lc Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and la Valdes time. Immediately fol
lowing the time of high and low wa-.
ter is given the height of the tide
In feet and tenths:
8«turday, January 30.
High water 12:23 a. m„ 9.9; 11:30
a. m., 12.7.
Siunday* January 31
High tide 12:51 a. m„ 10.4; 12:09
p. m„ 12.9.
Low tide 6:02 a. m„ 2.4; 6:54 p.
m., 1.2.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 30, 1915.
STATION Above Below, Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 14 5 Clear, calm, trail good.
Parson’s . IP 14 Clear, calm, trail drifted.
Hogan . .. 8 17 Cloudy, windy, trail drifted.
Gulkana . fc 14 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center. 0 10 Clear, calm, trail good.
Tonslna . 5 24 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Telkhell . 10 25 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Beaver Dam . 25 39 Snowing, calm, trail heavy.
Summit . 32 46 Snowing, windy, trail drifted.
Wortman’s . 28 41 Snoying, calm, trail fair.