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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917
ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM.
FREEDOM! Thou art not as poets
dream.
A fair young girl, with light and del
cate llmbe,
And wavy treseee gushing from the cap
With which the Roman master crowned
his slave
When he took oft the gyves. A bearded
man,
Armed to the teeth, art thou. One mail
ed hand ♦
Qrasps the broad shield and one the
sword; thy brow,
Qlorious In beauty, though It be, Is
scarred
With token of old wars; thy massive
limbs
Are strong with struggling. Power at
thee has launched
His bolts and wUh his lightnings smitten
thee;
They could not duench the life thou has
from heaven;
Merciless power has dug thy dungeon
deep.
And his swart armorers, by a thousand
fires,
Have forged thy chain: yet, while he
deems thee bound.
The links are shivered and the prison
walls
Fall outward; terribly thou sprlngest
forth.
As spring the flames above a burning pile,
And shoutest to the nations, who return
Thy shoutingB, while the pale oppressor
t flies.
I
Thy birthright was not given by human
hands;
Thou wert twin born with man. In pleas
ant fields,
While yet our race was few, thou satst
with him
To tend the quiet flock end watch the
■tars
And teach the reed to utter simple airs.
Thou by his side amid the tangled wood
Didst war upon the panther and the wolf.
His only foes; and then with him didst
draw
rhe earliest furrow on the mountain’s
side
Soft with the deluge. Tyranny himself,
Thy enemy, although of reverend lot*.
Hoary with many years and far obeyed,
Is later born than thou; and as he meets
The grave denance of thine elder eye.
The usurper trembles In his fastnesses.
• • • Oh, not yet
kfayst thou unbrace thy corselet nor
lay by
Thy sword! Nor yet, O Freedom, close
thy lids
In slumber, for thine enemy never sleeps!
And thou must watch and combat till the
day
Of the new eaith and heaven.
—William Cullen Bryant
WAR AFFECTS BIRTH RATE
War is making good inroads on the
populations of the belligerent coun
tries of Europe with the effectiveness
of a two-edged sword. Statistics from
the various countries now at war are
not available, but enough is known
of conditions in Germany to show
that the birth-rate is diminishing at
a rapid rate while the casualties of
warfare have reached a staggering
total.
The official statistics which apply
to German towns of 15,000 or more
inhabitants, show that the number of
infants born alive in such towns de
creased by 131,068 in 1915 as com
pared with 1914, and that in 1916
they again declined by 114,55^, mak
ing a total decrease from the begin
ning of 1916 to the end of 1916 of
246,626, or 39.6 per cent of the num
ber of living births recorded in the
year 1914. This percentage also ac
cords with the decrease percentage in
the absolute number of such births
recorded in the largest twenty-six
German cities, which are separately
tabulated.
It is clear that such a decline in
the number of births can by no means
be counterbalanced by the simultan
eous decrease shown in the mortality
rate of infants under one year old, al
though this is relatively somewhat
greater than the shrinkage shown in
the number of births. The mortality
rate of infants under one year old,
measured by comparison with the
number of births, has continually de
clined since 1914. In the twenty-six
largest German cities the rate of such
infant mortality, as compared with
births, fell from 15.3 per cent in 1914
to 13 per cent in 1916, while in all
German towns of 15,000 or more in
habitants it declined in the same per
iod from 15.5 to 13.3 per cent.
The German press emphasizes that
the rate of infant mortality in the
war year of 1916 was lower than in
the year 1912, when it stood at 14.1,
hitherto a record low rate. However,
such a decrease can have but a relat
ively slight effect on the shrinkage of
the actual number of births in the
empire in two years of war, and the
next population statistics must show
evidences of the check which war has
imposed.
THE special Norwegian commis
sion, which is in this country to in
duce our government to lower the
bars for the exportation of food to
Norway, says that its government
"would give a guarantee that none
of the food imported would reach the
Germans,” according to a dispatch
from Washington. Such a guarantee
would not meet the situation unless
it was supplemented by a clause in
which Norway would agree further
not to export to Germany Norwegian
products equivalent to those import
ed. The neutrals bordering on Ger
many, although not especially friend
ly toward Germany, have been beat
ing the devil around the bush by giv
ing worthies "guarantees.” America
does not want them to starve, nor
does it want them to feed the kaiser’s
legions.
ASKS FOR REPORT ON U. S.
ENLISTING MEXICAN CITIZENS
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 24.—Sub-sec
retary of State Ernest Perez, has sent
instructions to Ambassador Bonillas
at Washington, D. C., to investigate
the aleged reports that Mexicans are
being forced into the United States
army.
Seattle Fish Prices
SEATTLE, Aug. 24.—Seattle price
at noon August 23; halibut 15c;
black cod 4c.
TRAINS ARMY DOCTORS.
Dr. Carral to Taach Naw Math
ads Which Ha Laarnad Abroad.
The Rockefeller foundation baa
erected a model war base hospital In
which American doctors will be train
ed in the surgery used on the battle
front In France The hospital will be
In charge of Dr. Alexis Carrel, the fa
mous surgeon, who recently returned
from the French front, where by new
methods he was able to save many
Uvea and limbs.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. B. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
REPUBLIC PERU
SENDSJOMATUM
Diplomat!* Relations May be Severed
Over Sinking of Peruvian
Hark I^orton
—
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 24.—A die
pctch to Amsterdam from the lierliu
er Vossiche Zeitipg announced today
that Peru had bent Germany an ulti
matum over the sinking of the bark
Lorton, and that diplomatic relations!
were liable to be severed at any min- j
ute.
Siam Censors Cables
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—Siam has i
imposed A cable censorship. The Com
mercial Cable Company announced
that Siam now only admits cable
grams written in plain language. En
glish, French or in certain specified
codes.
French Artillery Pour Withering Fire
Upon Germans From Verdun
Fortifications
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PARIS, Aug. 24.—The French ar
tillery fire directed against the vil
lages occupied by the German army,
is proving unusually destructive, as
whole villages are being slowly
crumpled, the Germans being forced
to retreat to new positions.
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Special price of 75c per curl for
permanent hair waving will close
Aug. 31. Vanitie Shop. tf
Cordova Minced Clams, Keystone
Produce Co. , j
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT
VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE
CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE 7TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1917.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts . -...$123,493.60
Overdrafts _ 3,964.28
Bonds, Warrants _ 95,238.07
Furniture and Fixtures__ 2,600.00
Other Real Estate owned --- 1,000.00
Checks on other banks and other cash items. 696.43
C A SEXCH ANGE? _S86 849.441
TOTAL ... .-...$313,841.82
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid in —...- $ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund-- 3,000.00
Undivided Profits-- 1,242.48
Due to Banks—Deposits _______ 139.83
Dividends Unpaid _ 600.00
Deposits .....—$283,704.51
Certified Checks - 155.00
TOTAL ...1_ $313,841.82
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial
Division, 88.
I, J. W. GILSON, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the beBt
of my knowledge and belief.
. J. W. GILSON,
Cashier.
E. B. WHEAT,
Correct Attest: J. C. MARTIN,
JOHN LYONS
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of August,
1917.
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission Expires February 18, 1921._
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THE AGENT, at the Prospector Off ice
Advance Showing of
Fall Mackinaws
AN extra good selection of high grade Mackinaw
, Coats for this fall and winter have just arrived
and are being shown at this store. These are excep
tionally well tailored garments, made on the newest
style lines, Pinch Back, Norfolks and Yoke models.
Made of not less than 32 oz. wool mackinaw cloth, a
warm servicable garment is the result.
We are showing a large assortment of patterns and
colorings to be had, browns, blues, greys, maroon and
%
green check, and plaid mixtures. As these coats were
purchased months ago, before the big advance in cost
of Mackinaw cloth and production, you will find them
unusual values at from £9 to £14.
S. Blum & Company
GOOD GOODS
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G. O. Reinke’s. tf
A complete line of nugget and
Ivory jewelry at the Owl Drug Store.
tf
Use Rexall Hair Tonic and you will
use no other. Valdez Drug Store, tf
Do not trust to luck or amateur
methods. Have your hair dyed by an
expert at the Vanitie Shop. tf
Subscribe for the Prospector.
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Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
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ED WOOD. Secretary.
WE PAY
Lead 8 l-2c a pound.
Rags .$2.75 a hundred.
Cast Iron $33 a ton.
Rope 5c a pound.
Brass 18c a pound.
Copper 27 l-8c a pound.
Rubber 7 l-2c a pound.
Ben* bottles 27c a dozen.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1848 Railroad It venue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Launch Patsy
for Charter Aawyhere on
VALDEZ BAT
At any Time Day or Night
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, AI.AMTA
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths in Connection
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Weekly trips from Valdes to
Kllamar, Landlock, Fidalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
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PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
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Tillikum Club.
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Contract Surgeon. D. S. Army
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(Marine Hospital)
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Graduate National (Jaleerslty.
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Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 16
Boyle Block Valdez
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FOUNTAIN DRINKS
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Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
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