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MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1915.
THE UNCALLED-FOR CHAL
LENGE.
President Wilson’s success in mak
ing the country come his way during
his first year and a half of admin
istration is now a matter of common
and platitudinous comment; and the
explanations offered for it are many.
But the real explanation is simple
enough. He has obtained his remark
able ascendency because congress,
with that factitious lurality of 1912
in mind, has been afraid to cross
him. It has passed his Currency bill,
his Tariff bill, it has even violated
the traditions of Buncombe County in
the Panama tolls matter—just be
cause it was afraid.
In all past times the recalcitrancy
and stubbornness of the Democratic
party in office have been a proverb.
President Wilson, the first Democrat
since Pierce to disprove the legend,
owes his success entirely to that fear
entertained of him by the men in
congress. It is an asset, an asset
such as few presidents have had, and
one he should not throw away.
He is throwing it away. He is
throwing it away in a fight which
never should have been made. The
country will not back the president
in a quarrel over patronage which
he could easily have avoided. It was
not necessary for him to quarrel with
Senator Reed, Senator Martine, and
Senator O’Gorman over a few little
offices of no interest except to the
localities involved. The president may
think that he is fighting for a prin
ciple, but what he is actually doing is
to jeopardize his great Influence and
the future success of his admin'stra
tion, with all that that means, for the
sake of proving to the senators that
his understanding of a clause in the
Constitution is right and theirs wrong.
They have their own interpretation
of the word “advice”; he thinks it
wrong, and apparently he is willing
to fight them to a finish for the sake
of showing that his definition is the
correct one.
It is a pity. No president in many
years has established the control ov
er congress that Mr. Wilson has.
Seemingly, he is now willing to frit
ter it all away in an easily prevent
able light over a few postmasterships.
If he really had to challenge con
gress, it would have been wiser to
issue his defiance on some question
that really affected the welfare of
the country. After a year and a
half of splendid management he has
seen fit to throw down the gauntlet
over that age-old question which
Hayes, Garfield, and Cleveland raised
in vain. Undoubtedly the framers of
the Constitution never intended that
the clause giving the Senate the right
to advise in the making of nomina
tions should have the perverted pow
er which, under the Senate’s inter
pretation, it now gives to individual
senators. Abstractly the president is
right, hut he is raising the issue un
necessarily, and is risking his best
asset before the country—his control
of congress—for a fleablte. The fact,
that he is right—and he is—will not
change the public conviction that
there are times when it is not well
to insist on truisms.
Mr. William G. McAdoo and Mr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt are not in
themselves epoch-making characters;
but if to their bad advice is to be
ascribed the wreck of the first Dem
ocratic administration since Cleve
land's, they wtll have their own lit
tle niche in history—such as it is,
and they are welcome to that fame.
—New York Times.
BARS BULLET-PROOF VESTS.
Judging from the number of adver
tisements appearing in some of the
German newspapers, a brisk trade
has been done in Germany in the
sale of so-called 'bullet-proof vests. ’
Such vests seem to have been favor
ite gifts for friends to send to sol
diers at the front. Owing to the high
force of modern bullets, however, and
the great difficulty of manufacturing
a really effective shield against bul
lets light enough to be worn with
out discomfort, the Berlin chief of
police recently issued the following
announcement, which was published
in the Berliner Tageblatt:
“Many shops are selling as a pro
tection against wounds shields con
structed of inferior material. The
use of such shields constitutes a
grave danger to the wearers, as they
are liable to splinter, and the effect
of bullet wounds is much more ser
ious owing to the metal fragments of
the shield which are driven into the
body. The commander-in-chief of the
Berlin district has, therefore, given
orders to prevent the sale of such
articles unless the firms in question
are able to produce an official guar
antee of their value. The penalty
of selling these shields without such
guarantee has been fixed at 300
marks.”
GERMAN ADVANCE
ARGONNEDISTRICT
Britain in this in return for her ser
vices in the war. The British fiee
is still chasing the Dresden.
Russians Block Relief Work.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The
State Department has received a re
ply from the Russian government to
the request that American Red Cross
work be allowed among the German
soldiers held as prisoners of war in
Siberia. The Russians have prohibit
ed the relief work, claiming that the
prisoners are well cared for. Reports,
however, have reached here to the
effect that the condition of the pris
oners was pitiable and that many
were dying as a result of lack of care.
The American ambassador at Pet
rograd, who is in charge of German
interests in Russia, will make an in
vestigation and report to the State
Department. Secretary Bryan has or
dered that the investigation be thor
ough and that it start a once. If the
condition of the prisoners is as re
ported the United States will insist
upon more humane treatment. The
report here is that if the facts are
THE READING TABLE
There Is no light that makes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric portable is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes become affected. Reading in im
proper light is one Of the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read In comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, light & Telephone Company.
substantiated Russian prisoners in
Germany, of which it is estimated
there are 300,000, will receive similar
treatment to that given German pris
oners in Russia.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jan. 10, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,095
Temperature at 5 p. m.27
Maximum temperature .31
Minimum temperature .10
Mean temperature .20 1-2
Partly cloudy, moderate wind north
east 18 miles.
Orpheum Pictures.
At the Orpheum tonight the fol
lowing pictures will be shown:
"The Forgotten Woman,” a drama
with Kerrigan in the leading role.
“The Brigand,” a sensational story.
“Mike and Jake In the Wild West,”
some comedy.
Blooded Dogs for Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine head, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
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King’s Counsel.
King’s counsel differ from all other
English lawyers. King’s counsel are
appointed by patent from the crown,
on application from the lord chancel
lor, and can act as judges of assize
when named in the commission. They
have in many ways precedence over
other lawyers and rank among them
selves according to seniority. The
robes of king’s counsel are of silk1 in
stead of stuff like those of ordinary
barristers. It is the established rule
of the profession that no king’s counsel
shall conduct any case without the
employment of a junior counsel.
Self Government.
We are not propagandists. Wherever
other systems are preferred either as
being thought better in themselves or
as better suited to existing conditions
we leave the preference to be enjoyed.
Our history hitherto proves, however,
that the popular form is practicable
and that with wisdom and knowledge
men may govern themselves.—Webster.
Falling Straight Ahead.
Jay Green—1 bad a ride in my cous
in’s automobile while I was up t’ the
city. Aaron Allred—Ye did? How’d
seem? Jay Green—Waal, It felt a good
deal like failin’ into a mighty deep
well, only ye dropped straight ahead
instead o’ downward.—Chicago News.
Ho Heard.
Diner—I’ve forgotten what I want
ed to order and I had it on the tip of
my tongne. Waiter—What did yon say
about a tip. sir?—New York Journal.
Polishing Pearls.
Pearl ornaments may be elegantly
polished by first rubbing with olive oil
to remove the dirty appearance, then
applying any red nail polish. This lat
ter gives a burnished appearance, and
with a little fast rubbing the pearl
takes on a brilliant glow.—Scientific
American.
Twisted Logic.
Pat—So ye don’t expect Miss Mulli
gan will accept ye? And why not?
Mike—So that she will. It is alwnys
the unexpected that happens. Pat.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
The desire of appearing clever often
prevents one becoming so.—Rochefou
cauld
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tt
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.
In the District Court of the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
Otto R. Hansen, Plaintiff, vs. Alas
ka Northern Railway Company, Alas
ka Central Railway Company, W. E.
Stavert, F. G. Jemmett, W. J. Boland,
Sovereign Bank of Canada, The
Trusts and Guarantee Company, Lim
ited; International Assets Limited,
and O. G. Laberee, Defendants.—Sum
mons By Publication. No. 700.
The President of the United States
of America, Greeting:
To the above named defendants, W.
E. Stavert, F. G. Jemmett, W. J.
Boland, Alaska Central Railway Com
pany, Sovereign Bank of Canada, The
Trusts and Guarantee Company, Lim
ited; International Assets, Limited,
and O. G. Laberee:
You and each of you are hereby
summoned to appear in the District
Court of the Territory of Alaska.
Third Division, within thirty days af
ter the 23rd day of February, 1915,
excluding said day, said day com
pleting the period of publication of
this summons, and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff, a copy of
which is herewith served upon you,
and unless you so appear and an
swer, the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
This action is brought by a holder
of bonds of the second mortgage Is
sue of the defendant Alaska Central
Railway Company, for the purpose of
setting aside, on the ground of fraud
on the part of' the defendants, the
sale on or about the 9th day of Octo
ber, 1909, of the properties of the
Alaska Central Railway Company un
der foreclosure proceedings in a
cause in the above named court en
titled Trust* and Guarantee Com
pany, Limited, Plaintiff, vs. Alaska
Central Railway Company, Tanana
Railway Construction Company, and
The Central Trust Company of Illi
nois, Defendants, in which cause
there was a cross complaint entitled
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Central Trust Company of Illinois,
Plaintiff, vs. Alaska Central Railway
Company, Trusts and Guarantee
Company, Limited, and The Tanana
Railway Construction Company, De
fendants. Plaintiff further asks that
the court decree to plaintiff and such
other holders of bonds of the sec
ond mortgage issue upon the prop
erties of the Alaska Central Railway
Company as may join herein a first
lien superior to that of each and all
the defendants; that the defendants
be required within a time to be fixed
by the court to discharge the lien
of this plaintiff, as established by
this court, together with the lien
of other plaintiffs who may come in
and establish their claims, and in
default of such discharge that the
property covered by the mortgage se
curing the second bond issue of the
Alaska Central Railway Company be
sold by decree of court, and that at
such sale plaintiff may be permitted
to become a purchaser, and Render
his lien together with that of any
Other plaintiffs that may establish
their lien, in payment for the same,
and that the properties be sold, real,
personal and mixed, as a unit, with
out redemption; that a temporary re
ceiver of all the properties of the
defendant Alaska Central Railway
Company and Alaska Northern Rail
way Company be appointed at onctj,
and that such appointment be made
permanent after notice; that the
plaintiff have such other and further
relief as may be equitable, together
with his costs and disbursements in
tins action.
Thi3 relief is asked on the ground
that the foreclosure sale here>p
before mentioned was the result of a
fraudulent conspiracy on the part erf _
the defendants herein for the pur
pose of obtaining the assets of the
railway company for the benefit of
defendants, to the exclusion of plain
tiff and all other second mortgage
bond holders except the defendant
Sovereign Bank of Canada; that as
a result of this conspiracy the de
fendants have subjected the assets of
the defendant Alaska Central Rail
way Company and the securities of
the defendant Alaska Northern Rail
way Company, to illegal preferred
liens and charges In favor of them
selves, which, if enforced, will de
stroy the security for plaintiff's
bonds.
The amount for which plaintiff
claims a lien upon the properties
formerly owned by the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company is the sum of
$155,000.00, that being the face value
of bonds of that company held by
plaintiff, and the sum of $25,753.45,
exclusive of interest, advanced by
plaintiff to the defendants Stavert
Jemmett and Boland for the purpose
of protecting plaintiff’s rights as a
second mortgage bondholder.
This service of summons by pub
lication is made pursuant to an order
of the above named court entered on
the 18th day of December, 1914, di
recting service of summons by pub
lication upon the defendants W. C.
Stavert, F. G. Jemmett, O. G. Lab
eree, W. J. Boland, Alaska Central
Railway Company, Sovereign Bank of
Canada, The Trusts and Guarantee
Company, Limited, ai}d International
Assets Limited, which publication
was directed by the court to be made
once a week for a period of six
weeks. The first publication hereof
will be made upon the 11th day of
January, 1916.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown Judge of said Court this 9th
day of January, 1916.
(Seal.) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of last publication February
23. 1916.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 11, 1915.
STATION Above Below Snow, In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 10 7 Cloudy, calm, no trail.
Hogan .„. 5 12 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Gulkana . 15 12 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center .... 16 9 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina . 18 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 5 18 Cloudy, calm, trail good
Beaver Dam . 3 26 Clear, calm, trail open.
Summit ... 8 40 Clear, calm, trail drifted.
Wortman’s .18 '< 27 Clear, calm, trail drifted. ;