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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1914.
ZEPPELINS A FAILURE.
Under the caption “Aeroplanes and
Zeppelins” there is published in the
Proceedings of the United States Na
val Institute, a statement that ap
peared in a recent issue of the tech
nical publication, The Engineer. Ac
cording to this statement, Zeppelins
have been a hopeless failure in the
present war. The quotations from
The Engineer as printed by the Na
val Institute read:
“Zeppelins have been shown to be
less fearful in their effects than ev
en a single field piece. They have
done nothing that an aeroplane could
not do better, and, presenting an ad
mirable target, several have already
been sunk by the gun-fire of the al
lies. As for bomb-dropping, it has
been shown to be wholly insignificant
in its power of destruction, as much
from a Zeppelin as from an aero
plane, and is no longer the dreaded
thing it was. If more serious attacks
should be attempted by the remain
ing Zeppelins that Germany possess
es they will be met as those already
made have been met, or, as a last re
sort, by the concerted action of a
handful of aeroplanes. There can be
no doubt that a few desperate pilots
who were willing to throw their lives
away could successfully ram and de
stroy any airship that has ever sail
ed. Their speed and manoeuvring
powers are far greater than those of
the Zeppelin, and such guns as the
latter carry would find the greatest
difficulty in bringing down everyone
of a covey of aeroplanes before one
had got sufficiently close or into such
a position as to ram with certainty.
“It is becoming more and more
abundantly clear that as far, at any
rate, as the present war is concern
ed, the function of the fourth arm is
not offensive. The great duty which
the aeronaut can perform* is to spy
out the enemy’s position, and in do
ing this he is no doubt rendering sig
nal service. For this work the aero
plane is better than the airship in
every respect save one. It is less
visible, it is faster, it is a smaller
target, it carries fewer men, it is
readily transportable, requires no gas
plant to charge it, costs but a frac
tion of the price of a Zeppelin, and,
finally, can fly at a higher latitude.
It suffers only from the fact that it
cannot remain at rest in the air, but
this is a very small disadvantage
when set against the many that the
airship presents. To sum up, while
the aeroplane has done brilliant work
during the last three weeks, the Zep
pelins have proved a hopeless fail
ure.”
mariposTgoes
ATJAST CLIP
The steamer Mariposa arrived here
last night at 8 o’clock, making one
of the fastest runs north via the in
side passage The steamer left Se
attle at 9 p. m. on the night of the
9th and reached Valdez at 8 p. m.
on the night of the 14th, less than
five days on the trip, calling at
Ketchikan, Juneau and Cordova en
route here. The boat left for the
westward at 9:30 and is due back ear
ly tomorrow morning.
PEOPLE OF ROME
DEMANDING WORK
ROME. Dec. 15.—The unemployed
of this city held a huge mass meet
ing last night and demanded work.
The people are starving. Industries
have been destroyed because of the
war in Europe. The heavy burden of
the war with Turkey and the cost of
mobilizing the troops to protect Ital
ian interests during the present trou
ble has made financial conditions
here bad.
Matinee at the Orpheum on Sat
urday for the children.
I
SENATE PASSES
EMERGENCY BILL
Provides Money To Cover Cost of
Fighting the Recent Epidemic of
Foot and Mouth Disease.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.—The Sen
ate today passed the emergency ap
propriation wanted by the Depart
ment of Agriculture to pay the bills
contracted in the successful fight
made by the department against the
spread of the foot and mouh disease
among the cattle of the Unied States.
The department expended $1,000,
000 without authorization from con
gress but upon the recommendation
of President Wilson and with the
approval of many members of con
gress, who were informed of the
great need for prompt action. The
disease was checked. A strict watch,
however, is still maintained by the
department to prevent another out
break.
It is expected the bill will pass the
House as an emergency measure
st>me time this week or before the
holidays.
STEAMERS DUE
The Admiral Evans is expected in
Valdez tomorrow, as is also the
steamer Mariposa. The Mariposa
leaves Seward at 5:30 this evening
and will stop at Latouche to load ore.
The local agents of the company ex
pect the Mariposa about 8 in the
morning. The Admiral Evans had not
reached Seward at 3 this afternoon.
BASKET BALL
ONJURSDAY
The Valdez and Fort Liscum teams
will play another game of basket
ball on Thursday evening at the
Valdez Skating Rink. The two teams
have been practicing and a good
game is anticipated. The Liscum
jDoys have determined to win the com
ing match and have been hard at
work at the post gymnasium.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Beautiful hand-painted vases just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Remington ana Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Pete Kirvokapich is in town from
his property near the narrows, where
he is doing some development work.
He will return again in a few days.
The Eastern Star will hold its last
regular meeting for 1914 Tuesday, De
cember 15. All members requested
to be present. Installation of new
officers will take place Tuesday, De
cember 29. Visiting members wel
come, Bertha E. Cockerille, Worthy
Matron.
PULLMAN COMPANY
GET MORE ;MEN
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—The Pullman
company are re-employing thousands
of men to build cars ordered by the
Great Northern railroad. Other or
ders are expected from the transcon
tinental railroads which expect a
heavy tourist travel next summer now
that the lanes of ocean travel are
closed to Europe.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Home cooked meals at Mrs. Matil
da Olson’s on Hobart street. Phone
219. Dinner served at 6 p. m. tf
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
See Tod Winter ror your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Suits pressed ror $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Art leather goods make appropri
ate Xmas presents. See Valdez Drug
Company. tf
A fine assortment of Christmas
cards at the Valdez Drug Co. Make
your selection early.
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
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G. O. Reinke, tne watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
?—Men’s heavy wool hose 25c pair
at Emporium. tf
Suits pressed for J1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Tel> phone 198.
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Bargains in holiday goods, wearing
apparel and articles of every-day want
at the Emporium. tf
The Emporium has received a large
stock of fresh candy and Christmas
novelties on the last boat and more
are coming. Don’t fail to see our
stock before buying elsewhere. Miss
Blomquist is in attendance and will
give your wants prompt attention, tf
FOUND a beautiful silk petticoat
at the Orpheum theater. Owner can
have same by calling at the box of
fice.
Notice of Sale of Personal Property.
Delinquent list of assessments
against personal property for the year
1914, Town of Valdez, Territory of
Alaska:
VV. W. Harvey & Co., lot 12, block 7,
stock of ladies’ furnishings, value
$1,500; tax, $22.50; penalty, $2.25;
cost advertising, $2.00; total, $26.75.
Al. White & Co., lot 4 1-2, block 8,
stock of liquors, value $2,400; tax,
$36.00; penalty, $3.60; cost adver
tising, $2.00; total, $41.60.
Owl drug Co., lot 2, block 7, stock ot
drugs, value $3,500; tax, $52.50;
penalty, $5.25; cost advertising $2.
00; total, $59.75.
The above taxes were unpaid and
became delinquent on the 7th day of
December, 1914. The owners of the
above described personal property are
hereby notified that unless said de
linquent taxes, together with penalty,
interest and costs are paid on or be
fore January 21, 1915, the property on
which such taxes are a lien will be
seized by the Town Marshal and sold
at public auction on said January 21,
1915, between the hours of 10 o’clock
a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m., at the Town
Hall of the Town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 14th
day of December, 1914.
E. G. AMES,
Town Treasurer of the Town of Val
dez.
First publication Dec. 14, 1914.
Last publication Dec. 21, 1914.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 15, 1914.
STATION Above Below Snow. In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Wortman’s . 30 14 Snowing, calm, no trail.
Summit . 24 30 Snowing, windy, no trail.
Eeaver Dam ..32 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 19 24 Snowing, windy, trail Tafr.
Tonsina . 20 15 Cloudy, windy, trail good.
Copper Center .... 30 3 Cloudy, windy, trail good.
Gulkana . 22 8 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Hogan .,. 30 5 Cloudy, windy, trail poen.
Paxson’s . 22 6 Cloudy, windy, trail poen.
McCallum . 20 6 Cloudy, windy, trail good.
Donnelly 1. 50 drifted Sixty-mile gale blowing, no trail.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE CONSUMERS’ COMPANY
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Office in Copper Block, on Broadway
RUINED STREET IN TERMONDE. BELGIUM.
• tot by American Frees Association.
HURRY! HURRY!
Xmas Is Coming
YOU HAVE ONLY 10 DAYS LEFT
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR
TOYS
Make Your Selections While Our
Stock Is Complete.
We Will Hold Your Purchases Until You Are Ready for Them.
Copper River Lumber Co., he.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and | | TRipCD and Building
Puget Sound LjU1V1DLiI\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle
Nov. 15th, Dec. 5th and 25th
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan. Juneau, Yakutat, Ka
talla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND--CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard for southern California ports.
meht reserved to change dates and steamers without notice
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau. Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell, Douglas
Cordova. Ellamar. Valdez and Latouche. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th.1
S S Latouohe. 15tli: S S Cordova. 25th of eaoh month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gan’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
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