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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1917
THE FLAG, OUR FLAG.
OCR flag unfurl, now—everywhere.
Three cheers! Old JGlory, free and
fair!
The banner loved on freedom’*
shore,
The Stars and Stripes forevermore,
For liberty and peace should wave
Till there's no despot and no slave.
Carry the flag and set it high!
Cherish Its folds and let them fly!
Let brave men march that right have
sway.
Let mothers love and sisters pray.
All patriots know on land and sea
That right should win—no wrong be free.
True blue, blood red and puresj white.
They know that only right Is might.
The flag of progress, pence and truth,
Where virtues keep for age and youth—
Tour children's flag deserves your care;
Defend your brother s flag and share.
A nation’s birth and grow th and powers
Is written in this flag of ours.
If fight we must it leads the way
Till peace shall come—God speed the day.
God help us all to understand
The mission of our flag and land.
—L. R. Murray.
FIGHTING FOR A DYNASTY
The threatening storm in the inter
nal affairs of Germany seems to have
blown over for the time being thru
the sheer force of the kaiser’s author
ity. The imperial chancellor, whose
scalp the majority of tiie papers have
been demanding for months, retains
his post by grace of “der einige”—
The One—and as the obedient
mouthpiece of his creator he avers
that Germany is resolved to “fight
and conquer.” I
j ne inciaeni uemonsiraies iwo im
portant things—that the internal
situation in Germany is anything but
encouraging to the Prussian military
caste, and that the Hohenzollem dyn
asty is still dominant.
The sensational speech made by
the leader ot the Catholic center par
ty last week, in which the admiralty
was denounced and a demand was
made not only for an abandonment
of submarine warfare but for peace
without annexations and indemnities,
shows how bold the opponents of the
kaiser have become. In spite of the
rigors of the censorship enough in
formation has transpired to show
that revolt against the ruthlessness
of Prussian militarism is growing.
To this extent the situation is en
couraging to the kaiser’s enemies for
it is a harbinger of a more serious
situation.
But it is manifestly erecting false
hopes to look for any collapse of the
German political structure. Such a
development is possible but hardly
probable. The kaiser is still in the
saddle and is battling not so much
for Germany,which he knows would
be safe under a condition of demo
cratic peace, but for his dynasty.
When the kaiser says Germany must
fight and conquer he knows Germany
cannot conquer but realizes that to
give up now would be to forfeit the
throne of the black eagle.
"History,” said Ridpath. the his
torian, "does jiot aduce one instance
in which a nobility entrenched in pre
cedent and custom, has ever volun
tarily made restitution to society of
the rights of which she has been de
spoiled. The iron jaws which close on
the marrowy bones of privilege never
relax until they are broken.”
So it is with the doomed imperial
government of Germany. It will nev
er surrender until it is overthrown
trom without or within.
SITt'ATION CONKl'SING
The internal situation in Germany j
is so confused that it is difficult, in |
view of the rigors of the censorship, j
to appraise the somewhat meager in- j
formation that does come out of that
war ridden monarchy. The ministrial;
crisis is serious enough, but Germany ]
is one of the last countries at war to j
have a cabinet upheaval. More acute
is the situation which has brought
about this political crisis.
One of the uncertainties of the
situation is how robust the demand
for peace in Germany has become. It
is well known that Germany, as a
government and as a people, devout
ly hopes for peace, but whether the
people are ready to give in to their
enemies on terms which would be
acceptable to the entente, only Ger
many knows. The demand of the1
strong clerical party for a definition
of the government’s aims, which
would waive indemnities or annexa
tions, indicates that the reichstag is
ready to make important concessions.
Peace on such terms would be a con
fession to the world that Germany’s
dreams of world dominatino have
vanished and that the country is
ready for compromise—and yet it
would not be acceptable to Germany’s
enemies.
The downfall of Chancellor tsem
mann-Hollweg marks the fall of the
last great leader who was in office
when the war broke out in Europe.
Asquith and Sir Edward Grey, as well
as others, have walked the plank in
England; Viviani, Briaml, Joffre and
other popular men in France have
been howled over by events; Tisza
and Berchtold in Austria-Hungary,
von Moltke, von Falkenhavn and von
Tirpitz in Germany and numerous
lesser lights in all the warring coun
tries have succumbed to the iron
rules of war. Even a number of
crowns, including that of the Czar of
Russia and the king of Greece, have
been over turned. Von Bethmann
Hollweg is the last of the great min
istrial leaders to go, and his incum
bency did not outlast the first three
years of the war. Were it not for cir
cumstances the retiring chancellor
probably would have been liberal irf
his actions and it s assumed that his
downfall was due to the fact that he
was not conservative enough for the
war party, the mentor of which is the
crown prince.
The overthrow of the house of the
Hohenzollerns—not only the kaiser
but the fire-eating crown prince and
the whole caboodle of Prussian war
lords and war princes—would be a
long stride toward peace. The pros
pect of such a development will come
however, only when the army shows
signs of going over to the people.
WHADYEMEAN BY THIS?
The Seward Gateway says that
Marsha] Brenneman went out on the
steamer Northwestern with the larg
est bunch of insane people taken out
of Alaska at one time for years. It
further states that four came from
the westward, two from Seward and
the rest would be taken from Val
dez. We must have a fine reputation
as a squirrel cage over in the rail
way town.
THERE are two sides to the Butte
and Kennecott copper strikes and
one of them is that the companies
are receiving more than double for
their output what they were two
years ago and that during that per
iod the cost of living has increased
more rapidly than the wage scale.
The miners simply want a small
share in the prosperity apparent.
Personally, we think the German agi
tation claim at the copper mines is
all bunk.—Douglas News.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
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FIGJflJN ARMY
‘'COMMAND OK DEATH”
MEET GERMANS IN BATTLE
Woman's Battalion Enter Engage
ment Witli Germans and Give Good
Account of Selves—Many Killed
and Wounded.
PETROGRAD, July 115. — Vera
Butchereffs woman's battalions, the
members of which are sworn to give
no quarter to the Germans captured,
entered into their first engagement
today on the Krevo front, and won
much commendation for their brave
conduct. They fought well, but suf
fered severe losses.
This is a battalion composed of
Russian women who have lost a son.
father or brother in battle.
SCOUTS SOLD WAR BONDS.
Putnam Browne, 8cion of An
cient Family, Making a Sale.
i liolo by Amelkaii IvesH Asso. ialion
The picture shows how the Boy
Scouts of America aided the liberty
loan bond sale. Putnam Browne, a
lineal descendant of General Israel
Putnam, Revolutionary hero, was snap
ped Just as he succeeded in getting
Mayor H. U Trout of Lancaster, l'a.
to subscribe. Ail over the United
States boy scouts were in a cuin|»nlgn
to win subscribers to the loan.
To Koop From Losing Breath.
Where respiration ia rhythmical there
is no loss of breath in walking fast,
running uphill or going upstairs. The
method of preventing breathlessness
consists In maintaining the rhythm and
the speed of respiration. When the
breathing is rhythmic the breathing
keeps pace with the step. The out
breathing must be twice the length
of the inbreathing, and not more than
eighteen or twenty complete breath cir
cuits must be made per minute.
Bluebirds.
During the nesting season the blue
bird may be found in the United
States (west to Arizona, Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana), southern
Canada. Mexico and Cuatemala. In
the winter It Is found in the southern
half of the eastern Uutted States and
south to Guatemala.
Domestic Economy.
‘‘Does your wife economize?"
“Yes,” replied Mr. Meekton. “She
has figured to a nicety bow many new
gowns the money I sj>eiid for cigars
would buy."—Washington Star.
Going To Fairbanks?
Ask For the Sheldon Service
SHELDON AUTO STAGE LINE
Through Service from Valdez to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
For further information call on or
address
| ,THE AGENT, at the Prospector Office
Toilet Soaps Standard makes, Pears, Colegates. 4711 <i!y
cerine, Savon Rose. Cutieura. Palmolive, tooth pastes and powder,
shaving soaps.
Special values in yard goods
This store offers you exceptional advantages in the way of staph*
wash goods—a clean new line of everyday staples have recently
been placed in stock.
I Mcdmoiit Zephyrs and < Jing
hains, plain colors, pink and
l>!u«* stripes and checks A
‘J7 inches wide, yard.| Ju
Toweling, guaranteed all lin
en buck and damask, glass
cloths, 15 and 18 in. f)0 Aim
wide, yard.ZU ll “I*
Silkolcne, neat patt erus
light grounds, 36 in., Qfln
wide, a yard.... ZUU
< 'urtain material — Scrims,
Etamines, Voiles, fancy bor
ders and plain white and ec
ru. 36 inchi
wide, yard
Outing Flannels—pink, ])lain
white and light blue, fancy
stripes on white ground j Cp
37 inches wide, yard. ■
Towels—Turkish, buck and
damask in differ OCpfncnp
ent sizes, each .. aJwIUvUw
House linings, sheets, bed spreads, mosquito bar.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
Good Goods
NEWS NOTES FROM '
ANCHORAGE AND SEWARD
Wm. Trout left this morning for
his mining property in the Talkeet
na district, after spending several
days in town as a guest at the Cres
cent.—Times
T. M. Hunt, forest service officer in
charge of the Chugach forest, arriv
ed this afternoon from an inspection
trip to the interior.—Times.
J. E. Wilson, of the Alaska road
commission, left this morning for
Matanuska to begin active work. Mr.
Wilson was a guest at the Crescent
Hotel while in the city.—Times.
Jos. A. Bourke, Indian Agent for
Southwestern Alaska, arrived from
the westward on the Santa Ana.—
Gateway.
Marshal Fursman and wife, of
Naknek, are guests at the Overland.
—Gateway.
P. V. Cooper, of Valdez, arrived
today and is a guest at The Coleman.
—Gateway.
The Unalga will sail west this af
ternoon.—Gateway.
Members of the Seward military
unit, who took the examination at
Port Liscuni for appointment to the
Officers’ school at the Presidio, were
guests of the officers of the Coast
Guard Cutter Unalga at a dance at
Valdez Wednesday evening. The of
ficers had been entertained many
: timest here and determined to repay
i the compliment, so engaged Moose
hall, music, provided refreshments
and entertained in royal style.—
Gateway.
James Smyth Sold
NEW YORK, July 25—The Brook
1 lyn National league club today sold
(James D. Smyth, utility outfielder, to
; the St. Louis Nationals under the
waiver rule.
Horseman Is Killed
MISSOULA, Mont., July 25.—Max
Hood, horseman, of Ronan, Mont.,
died here this morning as the result
of injuries received here yesterday at
the fair grounds when he was run
over by three horses at the finish of
a race.
SEATTLE, July 25.—Prof. David
Thompson, head of the Latin depart
ment of the University of Washing
ton, was appointed yesterday to fill
the place left vacant by Arthur Sew
ell Haggett, who died Saturday.
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Complete line cf Bulk Chocolates.
I Candy Kitchen. tf
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Krrr and 4rrrpted Matui
Repulat Communications nrst wea
uesdav In each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome
F. M. BROWN, W. M
ED WOOD. Secretary.
WE PAY
t'a*t Iron $25 per ton.
Wrought Iron $18 per ton. „
Oopjier $26 per ton.
Brass $18 f>er ton.
lead 8V4c per i«>und.
Rubber 7 Vt c per pound.
Qt. Beer Bottles 27 per doz.
Pint Beer Bottles 17 Vi per doz.
Rags $2.50 per 100 pounds.
Paper $1.00 per 100 pounds.
Manila Rope 4V*c per pound.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Launch Patsy
tor Charter Anwybere on
VALDEZ BAY
At any Time Day or Night •
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
/
Sailing weekly out of Valdez
will deliver passengers, mail, ex
press and fast freight at any
point on Prince William Sound.
RATES REASONABLE
Periodical service by agree
ment to outlying camps a spe
cialty.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDEZ, ALASKA
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
DAY OR SIGHT
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
PROFESSIONAL CARDS*
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phone ’15 AtcKWtVey Street
Contract Surgeon, C. S. Army
A. A Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKER ILLE
Graduate National I nleeratty,
Washington, D. ('.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since ISOS
PHONE 110
Office Rooms Id Whaling Palldlng
DONOHOE & DIMGND
ATTORNIK YS-A T-LAW
Offlee Oppoalfe Conrt Honae
Phone 34 VALI1KZ. ALASKA
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LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOKNEYh-ai-LA W
OfBcea In “ haling Hnllrilag
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted lenses Ground
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Room* I
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, Ffc. G.. M. D. Pre*. ]
Jot. A. Silverman Pk. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office Leers--1 te 4 p. ■ —7 te 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
Candy Kitchen
L W. HUNT—la Owl Dm Stare.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. M. CONLEY President.
Valdes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.