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SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1914.
NO JOINT INTERVENTION.
Of all the suggested solutions of
the Mexican problem, which, it must
be admitted, has lately grown more
serious, joint intervention by the Un
ited States, and other American re
publics, including Argentina, Chile
and Brazil, is least entitled to serious
consideration. In any case where
joint intervention is justifiable there
is a common interest among the par
ties which could not exist in case of
an. agreinent between Washington and
the governments of the South Amer
ican countries to act together for the
restoration of Mexican peace. The
interest of Brazil and Chile in Mexico
is not ours. The troubled country
is not contiguous to their borders,
the continuance of disorder in Mexico
noes not affect them as it affects us,
their financial and (ommercial rela
tions with Mexico are inconsiderable
in comparison with ours. European
countries have acted jointly in efforts
to secure order in some troubled state
. frequently since the Napoleonic era,
but their interests have been similar,
and joint intervention at its best is
accompanied by many dangers with
which diplomatic ability of the high
est order is sometimes unable to cope.
Moreover, we cannot find in European
history any close analogy to our pres
ent relations with Mexico. We can
not share our responsibilities in this
matter with any other country what
ever, and it would be the height of
unwisdom to enter into relations with
South American republics which
would would inevitably lead to a
disturbance of our present friendly
relations with them.
Intervention in Mexico of any sort,
however, is not a pressing question.
In spite of their burden of trouble
the Mexican people seem to be get
ting along pretty well. Their exports
last year were large and the two
"governments have thus far found the
means of subsistence. It is easy to
say that things cannot go on as they
are going much longer. Mexican af
fairs have always gone on in very
much the same way, except in the
thirty years of facetitous peace under
Diaz, and the commercial classes
themselves were directly responsible
for the overthrow of Diaz. All over
this country there s disapproval of
the Mexican situation and the dispo
sition is general to credit much of
the trouble to the president’s policy.
But there is no sane suggestion of an
alternative policy. Armed interven -
tion is not favored. Recognition of
the unstable government of Huerta
would be out of the question now,
even if fhe had done anything to jus
tify a change of policy. Huerta’s on
ly hope lies in his vanquishing Villa
at Torreon if Villa ever goes to Tor
reon, unless, indeed, the old soldier
should see his way clear to a frank
admission of his inability to restore
peace and should call a conference of
all parties to consider new measures
for the country’s protection. -Kx.
AVIATION OLD AND NEW.
When, recently. Lincoln Beachey
said that one of our army aviators
would not have been killed except
for the fact t'hal he was flying in an
out-of-date machine in an out
of-date way, the statement had a
queer sound because flying in any
machine in any way is a thing of not
much more than yesterday. But it
was also a grave accusation, n that
it implied that the lives of our mili
tary aviators were being sacrificed to
economy somewhere or to somebody's
unprogressiveness.
That the charge, however, had more
or less of justification was fairly well
proved by Mr. Beachey himself on a
recent Sunday. While making aerial
loops he lost control of his aeroplane
for a few moments, and It started to
jfall exactly as has many another.
But. the aviator was not killed. He
was fastened to his seat, his engine
did not stop through failure of fuel
to flow into its cylinders, and he knew
what to do in such an emergency. He
did it, regained his equilibrium, and
came down safely. This he certainly
could not have done with an "old
fashioned" machine, as only too many
dreadful accidents have shown.
The moral Is obvious upside-down
flying must be included among the
requirements for an aviator’s license,
and aeroplanes must be built and
equipped for doing it.—Kx.
vote™
ON ANNEXATION
Only 110 Votes Cast On Reservation
and 60 In Town—Very Little
Opposition
At the time of going to press 110
votes had been cast at the Reserva
tion polling booth on the question ot
annexation with the incorporated
town of Valdez and 60 had been cast
in the town proper. Little interest was
taken in the matter and in conse
quence a light vote was cast in the
two precincts.
It is generally believed that the
vote will be three to one for annexa
tion both in the town and Reserva- :
tion. Many women availed them
selves of the opportunity to vote.
denounceThe
TOBACCO TRUST
BREMEN, March 21.—A large mass
meeting of persons connected with the
Bremen tobacco interests was held at
the Boerse last night to protest
against the growth of fthe Anglo
American Tobacco Trust in Germany.
Delegates from Hamburg and Dresden
tobacco organizations were also pres
ent. A resolution was passed declar
ing the trust to be a grave danger
to German business interests and
to Bremen’s tobacco trade.
There has been agitation in Ger
many for some time past against the
Anglo-American Tobacco Trust, which
has invaded the German cigarette in
dustry, gained control of a large num
ber of leading factories, and estab
lished a chain of retail stores. Re
cently independent manufacturers and
dealers united in a general protective
league and appealed to the- govern
ment for assistance against the in
vaders. Predictions were made that
the result of a promised government
inquiry into the situation would be the
passage of fa law for the establish
ment of a government cigarette mon
opoly.
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Saturday, March 21, 1914.
VVortman’s, cldy, elm, snow 32 71
Summit, cloudy, windy .... 125
Beaver Dam, cloudy, calm 40 78
Teikhell, cloudy, calm .... 32 67
Tonsina, cloudy, calm .... 30 18
Copper Center, cloudy, light wind
.... . 33 15
Gulkana, cloudy, calm .... 29 26
Hogan’s, cloudy, calm. 33 28
Paxson’s, cloudy, calm .... 42 30
Wortman’s—Trail heavy.
Summit—Trail open.
Beaver Dam—Trail open.
Teikhell—Trail open.
Tonsina—Trail open.
Copper Center—Trail good.
Gulkana—Trail good
Hogan's—Trail good.
Paxson’s -Trail open.
Valdez, March 20, 1914.
Barometric Pressure .30.068
Temperature at 7 p. m.32
Maximum Temperature .39
Minimum Temperature .13
Mean Temperature .26
Precipitation ......03
Cloudy, calm, wind S. W. two miles.
Rain from 3 p. m. to 7 p. m.
A Treasure For 25 Cents.
LONDON, March 21.—A remarka -
ble find Is reported from Winchester.
In a hox of old books sold for '25.
cents as rubbish the purchaser dis
covered the first edition in three vol
umes of Pope’s Homer, 'with an in
scription stating that it was present
ed to Gilbert White of Selborne, the
naturalist by Pope, on White taking
his university degree.
Hope may be a good asset, but-it' is
responsible for a good bit of wasted
time.
FOR SALE—Household furniture;
Mrs. George R. Walker.
Dr. German, the dentist, jUs bade smd
is prepared to attend to ,his patients.
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A jackass is a horse for law pur
poses, Washington court has ruled.
Description of the “loud" clothes
worn by Abraham Abromowitz of Bos
ton. wanted there for conspiracy, led to
his arrest in New York.
John White, said to have been the
smallest man in the world, died recent
ly at Margate, England, aged fifty
three. He was one foot nine inches
tall. He kept a candy store with Ids I
two sisters, who are of normal stature.
William Sullivan of New Haven.
Conn., while digging In a hole seven
feet deep turned up an iron pot con
taining enough buried treasure to make
life easy. The best thing in the find
was a silver dollar of 1804, which col
lectors quote at from $3,000 to $3,000.
After eating porterhouse steak in a
San Francisco restaurant six men told
the proprietor they were without mon
ey and he might call the police if he
chose. He did, but the sextet was dis
missed in the police court by Judge
Deasv. The men said they had tried
to get work to buy food.
PARCEL POST A YEAR OLD;
SERVICE TO BE BETTERED.
Postmaster General Would Make a
Hundred Pounds New Weight Limit.
After Its test of a year the American
parcel post is pronounced an unquali
fied success. It. has recently been de
cided to Increase the maximum limit
to fifty pounds for the first two zones,
and Postmaster General Burleson be
fore a senate committee has suggested
t(X) pounds as a limit for the near fu
ture.
In discussing the prompt delivery of
holiday packages the postmaster gen
eral seemed to intimate that tills suc
cess would be an argument for further
extending the service
For the three or four days preceding
Christmas there were heavy Increases
In the force of employees In various
branches of the service. In the railway
mail service, for Instance, there are or
dinarily about 18.000 men. For tbe rusb
days this force was increased to ap
proximately 32,000. The clerical and
carrier force, it is estimated, was in
creased for three or four days from
its normal strength of 05.000 to a total
of about 88,000. These increases, bow
ever, were accomplished at a cost less
than was expected by the department.
The postmaster general believes that
the installation of the so called termi
mil railway mail service has been
largely Instrumental in preventing
congestion. This service, which has
been established In eighty-five inipor
tant mail centers, prevents the dump
ing on to the postal cars of large
masses of unsortod packages and pe
riodleals. The mail is sorted in ter
initial ofliees and is then deposited in
hags on through cars for distant des
tinations, thus preventing mail clerks
ou the cars from being overwhelmed
between stations.
“MOST MEN FALL AT FORTY.”
“More Orthodoxy In Jail Than Church,'
Assertion* of "Pastor ViBiiants.”
Preaching in Chicago recently, the
Rev. William Rader of San Francisco
said:
“More men fall into sin at fort}
than at tweuty years of age.
“It is time we stopped slandering j
the working girl and directed our mis
sionary efforts toward the fashionable j
rich, who clink their wineglasses.
“I’ve found more orthodoxy In pen
itentiaries than I have in the
churches.’’
The' Rev. Mr. Rader formerly was
a Presbyterian minister and during the
tight on graft in San Francisco was
known as the "pastor vigilante.’’
Liquor In Furniture.
Almost every conceivable method
has been employed to introduce liquor
into tbe Indian conutry of Oklahoma
from Fort Smith. Ark., but United
States marshals lately discovered two
new schemes. In the drawers of a
wasbstnnd and dresser consigned to a
company at Barnett. Oklu.. sixty
quarts of whisky wore found. Inside
a barrel of suit was a ten gallon keg.
Ducks Mosquitoes’ Foes.
"The most effective method of ex
i terminating mosquitoes.” says Dr. Geb
! bing, director of the Leipzig zoological
1 garden, "is to keep wild ducks on the
ponds where they breed. These birds
feed ..eagerly upon all Insect life in
the larva state, and where there are
plenty of docks very, few of the larvae
reach the glorieii of. mosquitohood.
even in the most stagnant pools." ....
PLENTY OF WINTER AHEAD.
There will be no lack of win
ter weather anywhere In the
United States If government
r weather bureau experts read the
signs aright. Inquiries at the
bureau as to the prospect* of a
Mild winter were met with, the
^statement that storms merely
were slightly delayed, but fhat
nothing had pome under the de
partment'* observation to Indi
cate less than the usual min or
' snow'faH; ; ■ ' '
Copyright H»rt Schartncr CC M«rx
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that; pur
suant to an order made by the dis
trict court of the Territory of Alaska,
Third division, in the matter of the
annexation of certain territory to the
incorporated Town of Valdez, the
common council of the Town of Val
dez has called "n election to be held
in said town and in the territory pro j
posed to be ann xed to said town, on
Saturday, March 21, 1914, to determ
ine whether said territory shall be :
so annexed as prayed for in the peti
tion therefor, filed in said district
court as provided by law. The de
scription of said territory as set up 1
in said petition, is as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Meander Corner No.
1 of the Valdez townsite survey and |
running thence south, 24 degrees, 19
minutes, 14 seconds east, 240.638 ,
feel: thence south 53 degrees, 32 j
minutes east, 1228.26 feet; thence j
south, 74 degrees, 52 minutes east,
568.26 feet: thence south, 45 degrees, I
43 minutes east, 136.62 feet: thence
south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west,
131.24 feel: thence south, 29 degrees,
12 minutes west. 123.42 feet; thence
south, 14 degrees, 45 minutes west,
51.95 feet: thence north, 61 degrees,
27 minutes east, 5000 feet; thence
north, 28 degrees, 48 minutes west,
2050 feel; thence south 61 degrees,
30 minutes west, 5700 feet, to place
of beginning.
At such election qualified electors
are invited to vote upon said prop
osition to annex said described ter
ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac
ing upon their ballots the words "For
annexation to the Town of Valdez,”
or "Against annexation to the Town
of Valdez,” or words equivalent there
to.
The polling place tor sucn election
in the Town of Valdez shall be in
the hall of the common council on
Broadway avenue. The polling place
In the territory proposed to be an
; I'xod shall be in the ground flooi
room of the Fish building <m McKin
ley street, adjoining ihe Tillikum
Rub. The polls shall be open from
9 a. m. to 0 p. m. of March 21. 1914
The election board designated for
the Town of Valdez is composed of the
following persons; Judges—H. I’.
Sullivan, Louis Rosenthal, Thomas
Hunt: clerks -J. J. Cavana, Dan Wil
cey.
The election board designated for
the territory proposed to be annexed
is composed of the following persons:
Judges Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise.
J. ii. Bell; clerks.Frank Millard.
Robert Weber.
The qualifications of an elector en -
titled to vote at such election, pre
scribed by law’ are as'follows:’; He or
she ’shall be si male or female per
son of the .age of twenty-one years
or more and shall be the owner of
substantial property interests in land,
building or improvements on land or
tide land within the said corporation
or the territory proposed to be an
nexed to or incorporated within such
corporation.
TOWN OF VALDEZ.
By E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor.
RANDALL. E. ASHBY.
Town Clerk.
First publication Feb. 20, 1914.
Last publication March 20, 1914.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For. $6.00 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
;are for any eight weeks out of the
/ear from date of your ticket, when
ncapaeltated by injury or sickness.
See W. H. Ziegler.
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CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every* Tuesday evening at P o'eiotu In
Katrle Ilall All members are reqjested to
attend T. (i. QUINN. ArcticChief
S. Mi'NIKCK. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY ;
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store
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Summons for Publication.
Tkeo. Emel, plaintiff, vs. \V. Fred
Swanson and F. A. Hancock, defend
ants.—No. 653. Summons for Publica
tion.
To the above-named defendant,
W. Fred Swanson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
publication of this summons against
you, to-wit, within thirty days after
the 28th of March, 1914; and answer
the complaint of plaintiff filed here
in, and unless you so appear and an
swer the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint, decreeing her to be the
owner of the launch Anita, and that
neither you nor your co-defendant has
any interest in or title to the same.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, this 13th day of
February, 1914. ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court, for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By T. 1>. GERAGHTY, Deputy Clerk,
First publication Feb. 14, 1914.
Last publication March 28, 1914.
Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased. W. A. Rystrora,
administrator.—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Peter Steinmetz, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, w ith the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the busiftess of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th
day of February, 1914.
W. A. RYSTROM.
Administrator of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased.
First publication Feb. 11, 1914.
> Last publication March 16, 1914.
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Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
kWashington.'D. C.
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9 a. m., to 6 p. m.. 7 p. in., to 9 p. m. Sundays
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Offices Wall S*,reet
Phone 3i VALDEZ
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