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THU 151
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917
COMPULSORY SERVICE.
Major General Scott, chief of staff
of the United States army, has been
indulging in a little plain talk in his
testimony before a congressional com
mittee. He says emphatically that
the volunteer army system is a fail
ure—has proved itself a failure—and
that the only possible remedy which
presents itself is compulsory service.
General Scott’s views on this sub
ect are of vital concern to the Amer
ican people. When the chief of staff
says that the federalized national
guard has proved a failure, under the
present system of organization, he
expresses what critics of less stand
ing have already charged. He does
not blame the individual guardsmen,
but the border fiasco has demonstrat
ed to him that we are on dangerous
ground if we rely upon our militia
for national defense. There is a grow
ing demand for the repeal of the Hav
bill, passed at the last session of con
gress, because it is founded in poli
tics and is unsatisfactory in opera
tion, as its opponents asserted when
the measure was up for considera
tion.
It was somewhat surprising 10 near
the army leader say that we need a
trained army at ail times of 1,500,000
men and that be would need another
hfteen hundred thousand men within
ninety days after war broke out. The
increase in the British array, coupled
with the fact of the British-Japane. *
alliance, is cited by Scott as creating
the necessity for so large a military
establishment.
Some persons interested in tbf
Question have, of late suggested that
the nation build up an army by of
fering volunteers a decent wage—
one that would attract them from civ
il life. No doubt this would serve
the purpose, but, according to Gen
eral Scott, it would be so expensive
that it would bankrupt the nation.
He asserts with authority that the
volunteer system has failed in peace
time and adds that it would be mur
der to send untrained men against
trained .soldiers—as we would now
have do in time of war. The only
waetfut of the difficulty—the efficient,
the just and the right way—he avers
is to adopt the really democratic sys
universal service,
observations of the chief of
staff ajjfcp*rticularly timely. Ad
mitted^they come from an army
man rather than from a pacificist—
but Scott is known aa the “peacemak
er’’ of the army. In the European
countries continue to build up and
maintain great military establish
ments after the present war it is not
improbable thet we shall have to
come to compulsory service in spite
of our pacific inclinations.
The American people as a nation
are against conscription. It is ab
horrent to the average American to
be subservient to military discipline
and at the beck and call of a super
ior, but if it becomes necessary to
defend this country against encroach
ments by foreign powers, it will be
found that men will flock to the col
ors readily, and to be useful it is nec
essary that they have had previous
military training.
POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE
UNITED IN MARRIAGE
Married, by the Rev. A. Fletcher,
at St. Xavier’s church at 7:30 o'clock
this morning, Miss Mary Jewel Ru
dolph to Mr. George V. Strixner.
The bride wore a gown of crepe
de Chine, trimmed in white satin
and lace, and a veil folded about her
like an angel’3 wing. She was a
dream of youthful loveliness as she
stood with quite willing feet “where
the brook and river meet.”
Miss Louisa Tromantin and Mr. J.
McLaren stood for the bride and the
groom.
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Strixner will
live in Rudolph Court, McKinley St.,
where they will be at home to their
friends after Jan. 16th.
Fire Chief Thomas is suffering
from a badly bruised knee, received
from being hit by a falling timber
at yesterday’s Are. Mr. Thomas de
serves great credit for his skillful
manner in handling the firemen at
yesterday’s big fire.
MASS MEETING CALLED
FOR TOMORROW NIGHT
Mayor James Patterson has issued
a call for a mass meeting to be held
at the City Hall at eight o’clock to
morrow night for the purpose of din
cussing the advisability of offering n
reward for the party or parties re
sponsible for the disastrous confl
gration of January 2. Many business
men have expressed the opinion that
some steps should be taken to bring
the guilty parties to Justice, and it is
desired to obtain the sentiment of the
people, that the council may work in
larmony with them to this end. A
full attendance is desired.
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The Bawling Out of Julia
A deserted husband out west thus
advertised hiB spouse’s delinquency:
Julia, my wife, has grown quite rude
She has left me in a lonesome mood;
She has left my board,
She has took my bed.
She has given away my meat and my
bread.
She has left me in spite of.friends
and church.
She has carried with her all mj
shirts.
Now ye take note who read thii
paper.
Since Julia's cut this reckless capei
I will not pay one single fraction
Of any debt of her contraction.—Bos
ton Transcript.
Notice to Ladles’ AM
The Ladles’ Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. McGilvray Thursday at
2:30 p. m. Visiting ladies cordially
invited.
Malcolm Brock, the hustling man
ager of the Blum-O’Neil store at Cor
dova, was an arrival here on the Ala
meda last evening, on business con
nected with the recent fire. Mr. Brock
says Cordova is do a hustling busi
ness, and looks for a large trade the
coming season.
About one hundred telephones in
various parts of the town were pit
out of commission by the burning of
the lines yesterday. The Company
has a crew of men at work making
lepairs and expect to have the system
in good working order within a few
days.
The launch Katalla Queen, Capt.
Bert Cooper, arrived in port last
evening from the westward, bringing
a number of passengers.
NOTICE—Electrical heaters, cook
ers, percolators, vacuum-cleaners,
will be advanced in prices after New
years, by the manufacturers. Stock
on hand will be sold at prevailing
prices, at the Emporium.
Fresh butter and eggs at Keystone
Produce Co. 3t
New Year Resolution.
Your first New Year resolution
should be: "Resolved, That I will
take out both Life and Fire insur
ance and have the Alaska Inv. Con -
pany write my policies.” 2\
The best dinner at the Arcade
Cafe. tf
Best Sourdough hotcakes and beat
coffee at the Arcade. tf
Fresh Box candy at Hunt’s Candy
Kitchen. A new line opened. tf
Every dollar that von spend
in town is a SHOT FROM
A 42 CENTIMETER GUN
FOR TOWN PREPARED
NESS.
Von coo MAKE THIS TOWN
HUM if you do oil your (honing
hero. The homo merchant WILL
NOT ASUSE your cdufideoco.
TRAP* WITH HIM
mH ***** MISTAKES.
■van the Greatest Plngnolere Oat In an
Investment*.
Every Investor must learn by experi
ence. and experience coats money. Ev
arybody baa to fool tbe bill for bis
own education. Tbe inun who buys a
horse and finds he bus been cheated
ought to and probably will know better
bow to make his next horse trade. The
same thing applies to the purchase of
real estate or any other property, se
cuTitles included.
I have commented often on the
credulity of the public In buying all
kinds of securities without knowledge
of their real value. This credulity up
parently extends to all classes. It Is
a curious fact that the estates of sonic
of our greatest financiers after the
death of the latter disclose large hold
lugs of worthless or nearly worthless
securities.
As shrewd and careful a man ns the
late Itussell Rage loft a lot of what are
called “cats and dogs,” though these
constituted but a fraction of his enor
mous estate. The late J. P. Morgan,
head of one of the strongest, most con
servative and richest banking houses
In the world, left about $70,000,000, and
the inventory shows that one-tenth of
this, or $7,000,000, is marked as “worth
less."
It Included all kinds of mining. In
dustrial and otber speculative enter
prises that may have promised returns,
but that failed to meet expectations.
Possibly the worthless securities Sage
and Morgan held came to them as a
part of trade deals without costing
them much, or possibly they were
bought to help out friends. Mr. Mor
gan especially was known to have man
ifested his friendship In a very sub
stantial manner to those to whom be
had taken a liking.—Leslie’s Weekly.
THEY TOLD THE TRUTH.
But Not All of lt( and 80 Their Testi
mony Was Misleading.
An attorney who has practiced law
In Indianapolis for many years for
merly was counsel for a railroad com
pany entering the city. He told the
following story recently:
"I remember a damage case we had
once which Illustrates how easily the
truth may mlrlead If another material
fact Is withheld. A man had been
killed by a passenger train when cross
ing a grade a few miles out of Indian
apolis. It was at night, und the rattle
of his covered wagon prevented his
hearing the approaching train.
"Two witnesses testified that no
headlight was burning on the locomo
tlvc and that they did not hear any
whistle. It was In the days when oil
headlights were universal, and each
headlight was equipped with a little
shade like a window blind that could
be raised and lowered. The engineer
and the fireman testified that they had
lighted tlie headlight an hour befdTe
the accident and that they examined !
It after the accident and found it burn
Ing.
“We won the case. Several days aft
er that I met the engineer and asked
him, •John, how did it happen those
other people testified the headlight was
not burning?' 'Well.' he said, ‘they
were right in a way. We lighted the
headlight early and pulled down the
shade. It was still down when the
accident occurred, but we told the
truth when we said it was lighted.’
Indianapolis News.
Complicated Injuries.
Angelina, having said something that
offended Edwin, was pained at the look
of pique on his face. “Oh. my dar
ling. my darling!" she cried. "I have
hurt you!" “No, my dearest,” he re
plied gravely. “The hurt I feel is due
to the fact that I know It hurts you to
feel that you have hurt me." "Ah, no!
Do not let that hurt you for an In
stant. My hurt is because I know it
hurts you to feel that I have hurt my
self by hurting you." “Noc mj pre
cious! My hurt is because'you are hurt
over feeling that I am hprt because you
feel that you have hurt me and are
therefore hurt yourself, and”—
Dangerous Sport.
First Lady treading a newspaper)—
This golf seems to be a very danger
ous game. Did you see what hap
pened to a man named Taylor? He
went into bunker and was in two
when he came out.
Second Lady—How dreadful!
“Yes. here are the words: ‘Taylor
getting out in two; Braid secured a
half.’ "
“Does It say what happened to the
other' half?"
“No. but there was worse to follow
According to the report. Taylor then
fell completely to pieces."
Point of Raaemblance.
“Wasn’t she a bird?” exclaimed Jack,
referring to the girl he had just been
dancing with.
"She cetralnly was pigeon toed,’’ re
plied Gus.
And thus was a lifelong friendship
shattered to smithereens. — St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Restricted.
“It’s moved into a restricted neigh
borhood we have.”
“One of these neighborhoods where
ye have to build a $10,000 house?”
.“Not so bad as that. But we had to
get rid of the goat."—Louisville Cou
rier-Journal.
Wretched Man.
Algy—By Jove, Miss Clara, how sweet
you look In whits! Do you know when
I saw you coming across the lawn you
looked so nice I thought It was Miss
Julia.
People seldom Improve when they
have no model but themselves to copy
after.—Goldsmith.
GROCERIES:
In the King Grocery Stor
JUST RECEIVED:
A complete stock of Green Goods, Butter, Eggs, Potatoes,
etc., and a good General Stock— We are ready to serve
our customers.
Grocery Telephone 12
MEN’S GOODS:
Fortunately our large reserve stock of Men's Furnishings
was stored in our warehouse and was saved.
We have resumed this department in the old Ingram &
Bush store room. We have a good stock of Men’s Fur
nishings and more coming on the first boat.
Furnishing Goods Telephone 13. /
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.?
“MOVIE” FILMS ARE
ADMITTED TO MAILS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
Motion picture films are admitted to
the mails by an order today of the
postofhce department, effective Janu
ary 1. Films will go under regular
parcel post rates but stringent regu
lations governing packing have been
adopted. They must be shipped out
side mail bags, enclosed in metal
cases and spark proof boxes bearing
a label with a warning to keep fire
and lights away. Motion picture
companies have sought admission t
the mails for several years.
Teamsters May Strike
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3.—Refus
al of the dairyman’s association tc
grant an increase of 5 cents a daj
to union teamsters of San Francisct
will result in a strike vote. A strike
by teamsters in 1911 led to a gee
eral labor war that lasted elghl
months.
Forty sacks of mail arrived on the
Alameda last evening.
Received by steamer Alameda a
fine line of fruits and vegetables. Key
stone Produce Co. 3t
Location notices, Dotn quartz and
placer, at the Miner office.
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MRS. STELLA B. DABNEY.
Society Woman Aiding DiaMlSFfl'’'
ad Prisoner* to Got Joba.
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Photo by American Preea Aeeoclattoo
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OSeea over Valdea Drug Co.
Phone ’IB McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, V S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Oppoolte Court Honor
I'honr 3« VA1.UKL ALASKA
JOHN LYONS g. F K!TOH:k
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Ofllrro to « Building
Phone 1SI VALDEZ. ACASK
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University
Washington, d. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Tsars In Valdes.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in WhaUjis
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ASA C. \UDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdes. Alaska
Miss Florence Root, of Seward, for
merly of Valdez, was a through pas
senger on the Alameda for her home.
J. L. Steele, who is making prepa
rations to re-open the Standard Cop
per mine at Landlock Bay, is a pas
senger on the Mariposa, which sailed
from Seattle for Valdez last night.
The city has several men at work
clearing up the sidewalks in front
of the ruins of yesterday’s fire.
Rumors were current about town
last evening to the effect that several
persons were under arrest on suspi
cion of having been implicated in
starting the conflagration yesterday.
An inquiry at the office of the U S.
Marshal reveals that but one person
has as yet been taken into custody.
Miss Gladys Wiltsey has taken a
position as operator in the telephone
exchange.
As a general thing every salaried
man has a little cash register in his
home.
Another thing we don't like about
a girl who smokes cigarettes is that
maybe her mother cusses.
Boy 14, Kills a Huge Bear.
SMETHPORT, Pa., Dec. 30.—The
king of sheep-killing bears of Mc
Kean county is dead, five shots from
a rifle in the hands of Edward Grif
fith, a 14-year old Smetbport boy,
putting an end to the raider’s life. It
is one of the largest killed in this
section of the state in many years.
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Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
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Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles, <
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SEATTLE, WASH. I jj
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—lo Owl Dmg Store. ^
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
LOUIE’S CAFE,
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188 <
Western Federation of Miners
W. H. GARNER. Presided*.
Granite Mine \
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary.
V aid ex Alaska.
The Beat Piece in Veldes to
Stop et is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Lift! Raoea—The Hoaaa of Caefart
rates; REASONABLE
BATHXROOM Special Rates By the Mend
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRING, Prsp
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
MEN
RATES REASONABLE
Nice clean rooms, good beds,
rooms rented by day, week, or
month. At the Hopkins House
MRS. P. REED
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COLEMAN HOUSE
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ED WOOD, Secretary
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Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Ob.'
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For fine Candles see .our ' stock.
Valdes Drug Co. tf