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“DIGGING OUT” THE SUBMARINE
Arm chair naval experts are advis
ing the allies to adopt Winston
Churchill’s “dig them out” policy in
order to put an effective end to the
kaiser’s "bacilli of the seas”—to use
Lloyd George’s phrase. They argue,
and with correct logic, that the surest
way to defeat the submarine is to de
stroy its base.
This anti-sub program, which was
agitated for a considerable time in
England about the time Churchill was
dismissed from the admiralty, has
been revived in this country since
America joined the allies. It is ar
gued that the American navy could
be used for the purpose, and that ev
en if it were practically annihilated,
the entente still would have the
mighty British fleet to guard it from
the kaiser’s dreadnaughts.
Sir John Jellicoe, first sea lord of
the British naval staff, has shed some
light on how formidable an under
taking the swivel-chair specialists
propose. To the Assolcated Press he
made this statement regarding the
German submarine bases on the oc
cupied Belgian coast:
"One Is Ostend; the other is Zee
brugge. The Germans have applied
to this length of sand-fringed coast
the same principle of Intensive for
tifications adopted higher up in the
North Sea and the Island of Heligo
land. The coast line is studded with
heavy guns, which in themselves con
stitute infinitesimal targets at a range
of more than twenty thousand yards
on which any bombardment could be
carried out.
“Moreover, the enemy has not been
slow to make fullest use of aircraft
and smoke screen by way of protec
tion. Ostend offers the best target but
it can only be attacked at rare inter
vals when a favorable combination of
winds, weather and sea conditions can
be attained. Zeebrugge in the real
sense of the word is not a naval base
but merely an exit from the inland
port of Bruges, with which it is con
nected by a wide deep water chan
nel. There is little to hit at Zeebrug
ge.
"Still I hope that the problem
which the Belgian coast presents is
not un8olvable.”
Thus we have it from the head of
the most powerful battle fleet that ev
er was set afloat that to “dig them out
like rats” might prove a cotsly and
foolhardy enterprise. Many authori
ties think it feasible, however, to de
stroy these bases if a combined sea
and and land attack—which, incid
entally, may be possible by the allies’
drive in Flander—could be launched
simultaneously.
Meanwhile, however, the American
people are not prepared to sacrifice
their navy in an undertaking which
probably would be as disastrous as
the attack at the Dardenelles.
DID YOU FALL?
Are you helping to support a news
paper in the next town to the detri
ment of your home paper?
Are you after the manner of an
alien enemy earning your living here
and working against the community
in which you live?
Maybe it was just thoughtlessness
on your part which led you to sub
scribe for an outside paper which is
boosting for another town and doing
all it can to undermine this commun
ity.
There is just as much reason for
you to buy your groceries, your meat
and your clothing in the next town
as to buy your news there.—Ex.
Oluf Olesen, driving the Willow
Creek mail stage, left Copper Center
for Valdez this morning.
Father Van der Pol was a thru
passenger on the steamer Mariposa
for Cordova this morning.
A number o fautoists took advan
tage of the fine roads and good wea
ther to make the trip to the Sum
mit yesterday.
THE VfPRESS
TUESDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
Introductory Picture
of Travel
THE EMPRESS CIRCUIT PRESENTS
BERTHA KALICH
In the five part fox Feature
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A modern society photodrama that every woman
should see and men should study. Written and
staged by W. S. Davis.
THURSDAY—Madam Petrova in
“What v will People Say”
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VALDEZ ALASKA
—^M N .fT
OUR MARINE CORPS.
It la a Fully Equipped All Around
Effioient Little Army.
Do yon know the definition of the
word "corps?" if you do your advan
tage over the man in the street is con
siderable, for. the word In Itself signi
fies a large fighting force so completely
equipped in all branches that it can net
as an Independent army. And that is'
what our marine corps is—a fully equip
ped little army, representing Infantry,
cavalry, artillery, signal service, engi
neers, machine gun men, aviators and
hospital service.
The varied nature of the murine's
duties is retleetcd hi the dress uniform,
his dearly prized "blues.” Tbe trousers
are tbe color of the Infantryman's, but
the stripe Is red, like thnt on the uni
form of the uitillery. Ills coat Is a
dark nautical blue, but If he wears
chevrons on it they are yellow, like a
cavalryman's. As an example of cos
mopolitanism his cap device hears a
relief map of half the globe. An eagle
with outspread wings surmounts the
globe, and a fouled anchor shows In
the background.' To “tell” a marine at
a glance (whatever his uniform or his
rank) look on the front of tbe hat or
the cap for that globe. It Is the distin
guishing emblem of a marine the world
over.
Great Britain Is tbe only other pow
er that has. In our sense of the word,
a real marine corps, and the cap de
vice of tbe British marine also has a
globe in the center of tbe design.—
Charles Phelps Cushing in New York
Independent.
A FAITHFUL HORSE.
Paul Rsvsrs's Sturdy Steed Fairly En- |
titled to. Fame.
Paul Revered name was made Im
mortal when be. rode from Boston to
Lexington and Concord warning the
patriots along tbe way of tbe British
approach, and his fame has been se
curely enshrined In the hearts of all
Americans.
Historians have honored themselves
In honoring him. Poets have found In
spiration In praising him. He Is an
Idol of childhood, an example In the
prime of manhood and a solacing mem
ory of old age.
How few characters loom up like
great peaks above tbe mountain ranges
of time!
And Paul Kevere was one of these.
He was one of the preHous few great
enough to grasp an opportunity to d<>
an Incalculable good to mankind.
But while we give deserved glory to
Paul Revere let us no longer forget
that there was another hero In that
wild midnight ride.
There was the horse.
“Any other horse might have done as
well,” you think? Well, so might any
other man have done as well perhaps.
1 So might we flippantly disparage any
hero.
But tbe fact remains that It jyas
Paul Revere and Paul Revere's horse
that did It. And tbe harder work fell
on the horse. But for the true horse’s
faithfulness Paul Revere would have
been a failure.—Christian Herald.
Laarn History by Novels.
In the Woman's Home Companion
Anne Bryan McCall says:
"One of the pleasantest ways 1 know
of making varied travels Into history
Is by reading historical novels. 1 re
member that when I was twelve years
old I read Harrison Ainsworth's ‘Wind
sor Castle.' and when I was fifteen I
read Scott's ‘Kenilworth.’ When 1 was
sixteen I read Hawthorne’s ‘Scarlet
Letter.’ I was not thinking of hlBtorv
at all when L read them. 1 read them
solely for the story. Yet from thoee
three books 1 learned more of tbe
times of Henry YUI. and Queen Eliz
abeth and of early American days, I
do believe, than In the many historical
chapters covering those times that I
have read since. Those books made
these tlmee live for me, and It was as
though I myself wars living in them.”
Van and Semlramls.
Van Is a. city of Immemorial an
tiquity, which gave Ilia pamq to the
"Vannlc empire” of Aaeyrla, and was
supposed to have been founded,.by the
semi-mythical • Queen Semlrapds. Un
toUS cruelly libeled by, the legend she
was no better than she ought to have
been, which la not surprising If she real
ly was a daughter of the mermaid who
ruled the neighboring lake. Van la to
day famous for the cuneiform Inscrip
tions, Indelibly printed on rocks, by
which forgotten Van dwellers at once
preserved .their historical records and
provided against future "paper fam
ine.”—London Chronicle. w
Tee Muoh For Tommie.
“Mother wants you to come right
over and see Tommie,” said the little
girl
“What seems to be the matter with
him?” asked the doctor.
“He can’t awallow. His teacher gave
him some big words to spell today, and
we think some of ’em got stuck in bis
throat.”—Yonkers Statesman.
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Not Truo to Life.
“How very few statues there are of
real women.”
“Yea; It’s hard to get them to look
right.”
“How so?”
“A woman remaining still and say
ing nothing doesn’t seem true to life.”
So Ho Doos.
“Old man Soggs says his boy Bill
■tops at the best hotels in New York.”
“He does. They're on the route of
the laundry be drives a wagon for.”—
Browning s Magaslne.
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When yon lose your temper you lose
your Judgment. There’s no precision
In an angry decision.
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NOME IS FOR
PHILIP CORRIGAN
NOME, Sept. 4.—Nome citizens in
all walks of life, including bankers,
professional men, clergymen of var
ious denominations, mine operators
4*
and citizens generally, have sent en
dorsements of Philip Corrigan as to
character and efficiency for appoint
ment as United States Marshal for
the Second Division.
Corrigan was a member of the late
House of Representatives. He was one
of three men endorsed for the posi
tion of United States Marshal by the
Democratic Division committee, the
other two being Representative J. P.
Daly and Paul Kegsted. The under
standing was that the National Com
mitteeman should endorse whichever
one of the three that it was found
had the strongest backing in the East.
Senator J. D. Phelan, of California,
Senators Marcus A. Smith and H. F.
Aslihurst of Arizona, Secretary of the
Interior Lane and others were discov
ered to be strong supporters of Rep
resentative Corrigan, and National
Committeeman T. J. Donohoe gave
him the endrosement.—Gateway.
The Canny Scot
A Scotchman came upon an auto
mobile overturned at a railway cross
ing and beside it lay a man all
smashed up.
“Get a doctor,” he moaned.
“Did the train hit you?” asked the
Scot.
“Yes, yes, get a doctor.”
“Has the claim agent been here
yet?”
“ No, no, please get a doctor.”
“Whoosh, move over you,” said the
Scot, “’til I lie down beside you.”
Private De Marco of the Signal
Corps left this morning on the Mari
posa for the States.
Miss Cecille Wilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Wilson, of this
city, left for the States on the steam
er Mariposa, where she will attend
school the coming winter.
Four insane were taken out to
Morningside on the steamer Maripo
sa this morning. Three came from
the westward and one from Valdez.
Captain W. M. Q. Bullard, Chlaf af tha
Navy Wlralaaa.
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