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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1914.
BOMB-DROPPING
Says the Scientific American: War,
in spite of the fact that it is the
supreme exhibition of brute force,
lias its ethical rules of conduct, and:
the frightful game will be played fair
ly or foully, according to the human
ity and sense of honor of the nations
engaged.
It has been the constant aim ol'
philanthropy to prevent war altogeth
er, or, failing that, to mitigate its
savagery, and to shield the non-com
batant civilian, so far as may be, from
its horrors.
There lias grown tip. through the
centuries, a code of practices and pro
hibitions designed to protect the non
combatant, which of late years lias
been revised and amplified by The
Hague convention.
Hong before this convention was
drawn up it had been agreed among
the civilized nations that the attack
of artillery upon fortified cities should
be confined, as far as possible, to the
engirdling fort ideations, the trenches,
camps and other military elements of
the defense, and that the thickly poi>
lilated city Itself should be spared,
if military necessity called for the
bombardment of a city, it has been
customary among civilized nations to
give notice of the fact, so as to afford
time for the withdrawal of the civil
ian population.
The wave of indignation which
swept around the world when it was
learned that, a Zeppelin airship had
stolen by night across the sleeping
city of Antwerp and dropped high ex
plosive shells upon its civilian popu
lation, there was a protest against a
revival of the methods of war of the
middle ages. Had the shells have
been aimed at the outlying or interior
fortifications, or at the. barracks, or
the camp of the Belgian troop®, so
far from execrating, the world would
have applauded the feat tts one of
aeronautical skill and dating, and as
giving additional evidence of the mil
itary usefulness of the airship. But
to kill in their sleep the unarmed
citizens of a state whose only cause
of offense was that it objected to its
domain being turned Into a cock
pit in which its neighbors could set"
tlo their quarrels, is to add a specie
of vicious ferocity to the attitude of
Germany toward a weak and unoffend
ing people.
As upon the land, so upon the sea
lias Germany seen fit to ignore those
rules of The Hague convention, which
Germany signed, and which seek to
mitigate the cruelties of war, so far
as they affect the non-combatants
both of the enemy and of neutral
states. The Antwerp bombs find their
counterpart in the mine-strewn wa
ters of the North sea—one of the
most crowded thoroughfares of the
peaceful commerce of the world.
The strewing of mines over the
course followed by the enemy during
an engagement, or the planting of
mine fields for the protection of a
country’s own channels, harbors, ports
and dockyards, is recognized as a
perfectly justifiable means of attack
and defense.
This was done on both sides with
deadly effect during the Russo-Jap
anese tvar. But during that war, and
for many months afterward, the float
ing mines which had been dropped
by the Russians and Japanese re
mained afloat, and, drifting in the
ocean currents, caused the destruc
tion of many merchant vessels, often
at great distances from the point at.
which the mines were first planted
or dropped overboard.
The Hague convention attempted to
remove this menace to the shipping of
the world by rendering it obligatory
so to arrange the mechanism of the
mines that they would become inef
fective after.a certain period of time
had passed.
This merciful provision Germany ap
parently has seen tit to ignore. She
has sent her mine ships out and has
strewn the North Sea with mines
which, drifting far and wide, have
caused the loss of a large number
of the merchant ships, not merely of
the enemy, but of neutral states. On
the chance of sinking one warBhipof
■the enemy, Germany is willing to
•sink half a dozen unoffending merch
ant ships otf the few maritime states
with which she has no quarrel.
That she is willing to incur this
responsibility is characteristic of the
spirit in which she is conducting her
naval and military operations. Every
ship flying the American flag that
may have to enter the area of naval
operations is liable to disablement or
•complete loss.
Never in all the history of the na
tions did a great people stand in
such sore need of the 'friendly atti
tude of the outside world as does the
Germany of today. That she realizes
this is shown by the strenuous ef
forts she is making through the press
and by the mouth of her accredited
representatives of high standing to set
herself right in the eyes of the peo
ple of the United States.
But what would be the effect upon
this country if the news was flashed
over the wires that the United States
ship Tennessee, let us say, in the |
performance of her erratW of mercy,
had struck a floating mine upon the
high seas and gone to the bottom?
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The Name* of Constantinople.
Petrograd will have to change its
I name several more times to equal
the record of Constantinople. The
Ottoman capital was known as By rob
until B. C. 658, when it blossoms forth
into Bybantium, and bore that name
for nearly 800 years. Byzantium, like
Rome, was built on seven hills, and
this resemblance led Septimus Sever
us to rechristen it Nova Roma. On
making the city the capital of the
Roman empire, Constantine the Croat
bestowed his name upon it, and ever
since it has been known as Constan
tinople in the Western world. This
name, however, is Ignored by Orien
tals, who have called it Istainbul and
Stambul since its capture by the
Turks in 145S.—London Chronicle.
“JAG” CURE COSTS $10,000.
Minnesota Experimental Farm Savae
Thirty-nine Patients In a Year.
St Paul.—Minnesota’s “Jag farm” at
Wllmar has succeeded in its mission,
but it has been an expensive enter
prise, according to the report.
The cost of running the farm for a
years was $385,823. Eighty-eight men
were admitted for treatment Thirty
nine were said to have been cured.
Thirteen have relapsed. Eleven are
missing and thirteen are back for more
treatment at $10,000 per cure.
Feel of Corpte Revives Him.
El wood City. I’a. — When Ed Wil
liams, a negro, who was thought dead,
revived, stretched Ills arms and touch
ed a nearby corpse he "came to life”
suddenly. With a yell he sprang from
a stretcher on which he had been plac
ed and raced down the street with only
a sheet as a covering.
Police to 8top All Swearing.
Cleveland, O.—The police of this city
have been ordered to halt all persona
heard swearing and scold them.
Fuller's Great Memory.
Thomas Fidler. the author of “The
Worthies of England,” possessed the
useful accomplishment for a clergyman
of being able to repeat a sermon verba
tim after hearing It only once. Fuller
once succeeded In naming backward
and forward and without a single omis
sion every shop sign on both sides of
the way from Temple Bar to the east
ern extremity of Cheapslde. This ap
pears a remarkable feat when it Is re
membered that Fuller lived before the
practice of numbering houses was
adopted, so that every shop he pnssed
bore a sign.—London Chronicle.
For Sale.
Only drug store in Knik, carrying
complete stock of drugs and drug sun
dries. Reason for selling other busi
ness requires my entire attention.
Cheap for cash. Address Dr. Kyvig,
Knik, Alaska. tf
Notice of Marshal's Sale.
Ca the District Court for the Territory
(of Alaska, Third Division.
•J Robert D. Gray, Plaintiff, vs. Ra
tal; 'a Oil Company, a Foreign Corpor
atli >n, Defendant.—No. 670. Notice
of Sale.
0 nder and by virtue of an order
of t ale and writ of execution issued
out of the District Court for the Ter
rltoi y of Alaska, Third Division, on
the i 30th day of September, 1914, in
the . above entitled cause, wherein
Robe. rt- D. Gray, the above-named
plaint iff. on the 26th day of Septem
ber, 1 914, obtained a Judgment and
decret > against Ratalla Oil Company,
a fort ign- corporation, the above
named defendant, which said decree
and ju dgment was on the said 26th
day ot September, 1914, entered in
Court .Journal No. 8, at page 353, of
the ret ords of said court, I am com
manded to sell:
Those three certain mineral oil
claims, situate, lying and being in
the Ka,yak recording precinct, in the
Third .fudlolai Division of the Terri
tory ol Alaska, and known as and
called ^
The Rrown Bear Association min
eral oil claim containing 160 acres.
The Bald Eagle Association min
eral oil claim containing 160 acres.
The Gray Wolf Association min
eral oil claim containing 160 acres.
Notice of location of each of said
claims is of record In the records
of the office of said Kayak recording
precinct, in Book 6 of Mining Loca
tions and Water Rights, at pages 149,
149 .and 148, respectively.
Together with all and singular tiie
tenements, hereditaments and appur
tenances thereunto belonging or in
any wise appertaining to the above
named premises.
And notice is hereby given that on
Wednesday, the 4th day of November,
at Ihe hour of two o’clock, in the
afternoon of said day, at the front
door, of the court house, in the Town
of Valdez, In the Third Division of
the Territory of Alaska, I will, in
obedience to the above-mentioned or
der of sale and writ of execution,
sell the above-described property, or
so much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy ,the Judgment of said plain
tiff, together with Interest, costs and
accruing costs, and expenses of sale,
to the highest and best bidder for
cash, in lawful money of the United
States of America.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 30th
day of September, 1914.
F. R.' BRENNEMAN,
United States Marshal.
C. E. Bunnell" and Donohoe & Di
mond attorneys for plaintiff.
Publications October 1, 8, 15, 22,
29, 1914. ■
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Notice.
The original owners of the Valdez
Ivanhoe property will not be respon
sible for any debts Incurred by the
Valdez Ivanhoe Mining Company.
Signed. Emil Davis, Wm. Wesser
ling, Buck Hoyt, L. C. St. Marie, tf
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President Woodrow Wilson
ALASKA as a storehouse, should be
unlocked. One key to it is a sys
tem of railways. These the govern
ment should itself build and adminis
ter, and the ports and terminals It
should itself control in the interest of
all who wish to use them for the ser
vice and development of the country
and its people.
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
C. E. Bunnell
THE policy of President Wilson’s
administration toward Alaska has
been one of magnificent constructive
development.
Support the Administration by voting
for
C. E. BUNNELL
FOR
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From Alaska
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JOHN LYONS
Independent candidate
for Representative in
Alaska Legislature.
Resided in Alaska since
1897. Resided in Valdez
since 1901. Believes in
opening up Alaska for
this generation, and that
such a course is best for
all future generations.
IHOS. C PRICE
of Cordova.
Democratic candidate for Senator.
Believes in government con
trol and Immediate development
of the resources of Alaska.
If elected will work in harmony
with the National Democratic Ad
ministration in ltB attempt to open
up Alaska. A vote for him is a
vote in sugpport of President Wil
son.
Tor Representative
Thomas H. Holland
of Cltitlna.
Democratic Candidate.
Has lived in Alaska since 1902.
Knows Alaska, knows the needs
of Alaska and if elected will work
for Alaska.
A vote for him Is a .vote In sup
port of Woodrow Wilson In his
attempt to develop Alaska.
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