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VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfortn
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Phone 188
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GERMANS HAVE EXPELLED
BRAND WHITLOCK’S ADVISER.
WASHINGTON: M. Deleval, a
Belgian subject and counselor (legal
adviser), of the American Legation
in London, has been virtually expell
ed from Belgium by the German mil
itary government and has gone to
Havre, where the Belgian government
ia temporarily establish. In admit
ting today that M. Deleviii had de
parted from Belgium because he was
persona non grata to the German
military authorities, the State De
partment declined to give details of
the incident, but it is understood the
acute cause of M. Deleval’s practical |
dismissal from his country was his!
activity in behalf of Miss Edith Ca- j
veil.
Before the case of Miss Cavell j
was brought to the attention of Min- j
ister Whitlock, M. Delaval had in
curred the displeasure of the Ger
man Military Government at Brus
sels, mainly, it is understood, be
cause he was a Belgian with special
privileges due to the fact that he
was under the protection of the Uni
ted States Government as one of the
attaches of its diplomatic establish
ment in the Belgian capital.' There
had been complaint against him and
the feeling aroused among the Ger
man authorities came to a head im
mediately after the publication of
the Co A^ispon deuce of the American
Legation * relating to Miss Cavell’s
execution.
M. Deleval had been very active in
the effort to save the life of Miss
Cavell. Minister Whitlock had asked
that he bo permitted to represent
Miss Cavell as a legal adviser, but a
German lawyer had already been as
signed to her defense. M. Deleval
asked permission to see Miss Cavell
but his request wal denied. With the
"Spanish minister and Hugh Gibson,
secretary of the American legation,
Minister Whitlock being ill, M. Dele
val went to see German officials in
Brussels and pleaded with them for
clemancy. In his report to Mr..
Whitlock, ' detailing the efforts to
save Miss Cavell, M. Deleval told of
his having heard that Miss Cavell
bad been condemned and of the de
nial of the German authorities that
sentence had been passed. Subse
quently it was shown that M. Deleval
had received correct information. In
his report he indicated that one of
the German officials who had prom
ised to advise the legation as to de
velopments in the case had failed to
keep his word. ■«
These statements of M. Deleval in
his report, which was furnished to
| the British Foreign Office and pub
lished as a parliamentary paper, are
supposed to have angered the Ger
man military administration in Bel
gium, and Minister Whitlock was in
formed that M. Deleval’s presence in
that country was no longer desir1
aT>le.
' M. Deleval had been employed as
legal adviser of the American Lega
tion in Brussels for many years. Ow
ing to the fact that he was not a citi
zen of the United States, his name is
not listed in the official register of the
State Department as a member of the
legation 'staff.
REPORTS THAT ALASKA
REPUBLICANS WAKING UP.
Republicans are showing signs of
awakening all over Alaska, especial
ly In the Second, Third( and Fourth
divisions, where Republican clubs
process of being organized, says the
Juneau Dispatch.
The Republicans claim Alaska is
logically Republican under normal
conditions, whilst the Democrats
make the same claim in their behalf.
The one apparent fact which stands
out is that party lines have thus far
cut little figure in Alaska. What the
future may hold in store is of course
a matter of opinion and purely in
the realms of speculation. It will be
the fault, however, of neither the
Democrats nor the Republicans if
party lines are not drawn strictly at
the next territorial election. ,
Tn the Third district Committee
man White has been active in organ
izing Republican clubs. Not long
ago a club was organized in Home
for the Republicans. In the Fourth
division, Thomas Lloyd, Republican
committeeman for that division, and
Mayor Carter of Fairbanks, are talk
ing of organizing clubs throughout
the district.
So far as known the holdover
Republicans have been pretty well
weeded out of federal positions in
Alaska, and replaced by those of the
Democratic faith. In the few in
stances where they remain, the local
Democratic clubs are keeping the
(ires going under them in the hopes
of "smoking them out.” Some of the
holdovers, however, seem to be tire
and smoke proof.
Those Republicans having fi lends
in office claim that under the Repub
lican administration in Aalska nearly
as many Democrats held office as Re
publicans and their feeling are hurt
over what they term the “Unseemly
haste of the Democrats to taste of
fice.”—Fairbanks News-Miner.
Parliamentary Law Claws.
Mrs. Lewis will conduct a class
in Parliamentary Law for women at
the City Hall tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 p. m. A nominal fee of three
lessons for $1 will be charged. All
ladies of Valdez are invited to at
tend. »
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Christmas and New Year Cards, 2
for* 5 cents at Emporium. *
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailot. Telephone 198. tf j
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
■
Shipment of fresh halibut just re
ceived at Frye-Bruhn's. tf
Kodak Supplied at me Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Suits pressed for $1.0b at Silvei
man's, tb< *ailor. Telephone 198. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Notice. A
Dr, German has returned fronM. *
trip and will be pleased'to serv«’v -
public with the best up-to-date*' f'
tlstry. Office over Owl Drug stoM-t • •
Hate Cleaned and Block*';' ‘J \
Hats cleaned and blocked^
cleaned and pressed. M
.tf , GUY F. CAME! '
IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS.
The System Devised by Bertillon and
the Way It Is Worked.
Any malefactor who gets Into the
clutches of the law nowadays Is a
marked man for life If he runs up
(gainst the Bertillon system, which Is
a scientific method devised by M. Al
phonse Bertillon for tbe Identification
of criminals. Bertillon was born In
Paris in 1853. Certain measurements
are taken from every convicted per
son, and these physical records of pris
oners are kept on cards, any one of
wblcb can readily be found by an elab
orate system of classification.
The measurements arc taken on the
left side of the subject, as they are less
liable to alterations than are those on
the right side. The determination of
the convict’s height Is taken always
at the same hours, because the stature
may be as much as half an Inch great
er after a night's sleep than it is in the
evening. The color of the iris of tbe
eye and' the characteristic lines made j
by the print of tlie finger are also re
corded.
The following measurements are
made: Tbe length und width of head:
the length of the left foot nnd of the
middle and little fingers of the left
hand: the stature of the whole body,
as well as the length of its upper and
lower portions: the span of the out
stretched arms; the length and breadth 1
of the left ear and the length of the
left arm.
The system bns been used In Paris
since 1880 and is now employed by all
important police departments In this
country.—Exchange.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
This Old Time Punishment Wae Costly
to the Community.
Imprisonment for debt was abolished
by congress in the United States In
1833. though this measure was not
fully enforced until 1839.
In nearly every country until com
parutlvely recent limes debtors have
been subject to imprisonment. After
the panic of 1825 101.000 writs for debt
were issued in England. In 1830 7.000
persons were seal to London prisons
for debt, and on Jan. 1. 1810. 1.700 per
sons were held for debt in England and
Wales, 1.000 in Ireland and less than
100 in Scotland. From time to time
modifications in the laws governing the
imprisonment of debtors have been
made, so that fewer debtors are im
prisoned for this crime each year.
In 1829 there were 3.000 debtors in
prison in Massachusetts. 10.000 In New
York. 7.000 in Pennsylvania. 3.000 in
Maryland and a like proportion in oth
er states. Many of these persons were
jailed for debts of $ly
The law providing for the lmprlsou
ment of men who could not pay their,
debts was shown to be impractlcatrle
by statistics taken from Philadelphia,
where In 1828 there were 1.085 debtors
imprisoned for debts amounting to $25.
000. The expenses of keeping these
persons In confinement was $302,000.
which was paid by the city, and the
amount recovered hy this method was
$295.—Philadelphia Press.
The Battle of Chalons.
There tiave been so many bloody
battles it is perhaps impossible to say
with absolute certainty which of them
all was the bloodiest, but the balance
of the evidence seems to be in favor
of the battle of Chalons. France
fought A. 1). 151 between the Huns
under Attila. and the Romans. Goths
and Franks, under the command of
Aetius. the most renowned captain of
his day. At the head of Ills 500.000
savages Attila was having everything
his own way. and it looked as il
Aryan civilization was destined to fall
before the Tartar despotism, when
suddenly, like a bolt out of the blue
Aetius fell upon the barbaric hordes
and Europe wsis saved. It is estimat
ed that 400.000 of the barbarians wen
left dead on the field.
Too Tired.
Frank UVes In Eastern avenue. A
few days ago Ills companion George
cnught his clothing on a picket fence.
He was held fast, his feet a foot or
two from the ground. He pleaded with
Frank to release him or run for help,
but Frank refused.
“Why don't you go and help George?"
his mother inquired from the front
iwreh.
"I'm Just too tired.” said Frank
"Yesterday I wanted him to shoo' my
dog out of his yard, and he wouldn't
do it ’cause he said he was tired. I'm
Just as tired as he wns."--ludianapolls
News.
Proof Against Wasp Stings.
A Scottish naturalist lu a paper on
the habits of wasps tells how a black
bird will stand at the side of a liflhg
lug wasps' nest and deliberately tear
It in pieces in order to get at the lar
vae. apparently undisturbed by the
swarm of angry Insects, whose vicious
stings Instantly put to Might the human
curiosity seeker who ventures ueur to
watch the demolition.
j Only a Beginning.
“Bhe can't be as progressive as you
aay If she’s taken up embroidering
handkerchiefs.'
“Why not?”
"Because that very seldom gets Oe
yond the Initial stage.” - Baltimore
American.
I -
Chines* Thieves.
China thieves who are caught
ure compelled to make a tour
neighboring villages with a
an account of their of
around their neck*.
depends upon doing com
Proverb.
HIS HARDJASK.
It Waariad Him, and Yat Wa All Faoe
lha Same Problems.
A friend once asked an aged man
wbat caused him to complain so often
at eventide of pain mid weariness
"Alas,” replied be, "1 have every day
so much to do. I have two falcons to
tame, two bares to keep from running
away, two hawks to manage, a ser
pent to confine, a lion to chain and a
sick man to tend and wait upon.”
'•Well, well,” commented bis friend,
"you are busy indeed! But 1 didn’t
know that you bad anything to do
with a menagerie. Bow. then, do you
make that out?”
“Why,” continued the old man, "lis
ten. Two falcons are my eyes, which
I must guard diligently; the two hares
are my feet, which 1 must keep from
walking In the ways of sin; the two
hawks are my > bands, which 1 must
train to work that I may provide for
myself and those dependent on me as
well as for a needy friend occasionally:
the serpent is my tongue, which I must
keep ever bridled lest it speak un
seemly; the lion is my heart, with
which I have a continual fight lest
evil things come out of it. and the sick
mail' Is my whole body, which Is al
ways' needing my watchfulness and
care. All this dally wears out my
strength.”
CAPTURING A GIRAFFE.
. _
Th* Animal Is Too Fragile to 8nare In
Traps or Pitfalls.
Perhaps you have often wondered
about the scarcity of giraffes in pub
lic zoos. Tbe reason that only a very
few menageries can boast of this ex
hibit is on account of the difficulty in
capturing and transporting them.
The long legged and long necked ani
tnal. keen of eye and nose and ear. can
see. smell and hear a hunter miles
away. Hunters cannot employ traps
and pitfalls against hitiv His fragile
legs would be crushed in a trap, and
both his legs and neck would be bro
ken In a pitfall.
There is only one way to capture a
giraffe alive. He must he surrounded
and chased until from sheer weariness
he staggers helpless iuto a bamboo In
closure.
Peril lies in shipping the giraffe for
his voyage on tbe sea. The giraffes
legs break very easily. If be slips the
fragile underpinnings double under
him anti snap in transferring the ani
hial from shore to ship bis long, help
less neck may become tangled in tin
tackle or strike a spar, mast or shroud,
in which event it's all over with Mr
Giraffe.—Chicago Herald.
Couldn’t Leave.
They were late at the special sale
and found a crowd clear out to the
doors.
“isn't It dreadful?" asked No. 1.
"Perfectly awful,” replied No.- 2.
"Think of cultivated, intelligent worn
en in such a Jain as that!”
"How can they endure it?”
"No woman of dignity would be
caught in such a mob. and 1 am going
right back home ”
“So am 1.”
-Then come ou. Hold on a minute,
though. What’s that woman saying?"
“Why. that she got three cukes of
regular ten cent soap for 15 cents. Oh.
Susan, bow can we go home?”
“We can’t. Take hold of my hand
turn your shoulder to the crowd, and
we will push our way in there or die
in the attempt.”—Washington Herald.
Temperature of the Earth.
It has been generally believed that
tbe temperature increased ut almost a
constant rule from the earth's surface
toward its center, but this supposition
appears to he incorrect in the light ot
recent experiments. In one mine the
average rate of increase in tempera
ture. carried down to S.ooo feet, was
one degree for each 250 feet of de
scent. Various results have been ob
tained from measurements in other
places. No temperature variations
were shown between depths of 1.400
feet and 2?300 feet in tile Kalgoorlte
mines in Australia. These and other
observations are considered as indi
eating that the tncreuse of tempera
tures with depth in the earth is uot
governed by any general law.
No Royalties Called “Baby."
One noteworthy feature about royal
ties is that uone has been called
•baby." From their earliest years the
royal children are alwilys called by
their names or possibly by some pet
name, but an English prince or priu
cess Is never cnlled ••baby" either by
relatives or by his or her nurses. From
the age of live a prince Is styled .•‘sir’1
by his attendants and a princess "mad
am.'’—-London Standard.
That’s Different.
"1 know her father does not like me.
He wants me to go to work In his fac
tory."
••Well, why don’t you prove your
worth by going': Then there will be
wedding bells and a happy ending.”
“I don’t know about that! It's a
dynamite factory."—Louisville Courier
Journal
Definition of a Drop.
In the new British pharmacopoeia a
••drop" Is defined ns coming from a
lube of which the external diameter Is
exactly! three millimeters, twenty such
drops bf water at IB degrees C. being
equivalent to one milliliter or cuplc
centimeter. . ’' !
Niealy Flavored.
Newlywed (at dinner! This lettpce
ia something fierce! Did you wash Itl
Mrs. Newly wed-Of course I did! Afnd
I axed perfumed soap too! - Judge
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS AIX BOATS AND NEVEIi MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE G CAR ANTKED VALDEZ, ALASKA
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted. Mp.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Plione 68 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
►Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING.
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
WET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
California UilB Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MCN^H
Steamer Sailing ISth ealla lllamnn and Kodiak—All Snllliiii call at Knlk
and Ancliorugc.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franelnco every Wednesday anil Sunday, ramnea'fiuK »»lth
Steamer* Vale and HurvarAl for Southern Cullfornla.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RISK WOOD, Mgr., Seattle! VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
!©ALASKA!
i \ j STEAMSHIP CO. |
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X
X S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern |
| sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th I
| EVERY MONTH j
1 From Valdez south— 7th, 13th, lSlh, 25th and 31th for Ccr- |
| dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle. |
X Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep +
+ Creek. Treadwell, Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez and La- *
4. touche. Explosives, S. 8. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 16th; S. S. +
T Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule +
i* without notice. T
4. P. n. TRACY, Grn’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent, it
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It's the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
iror information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, AgenVyaldez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE** ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.