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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1016
THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE.
Wbat means this winter drive at
France and this German naval activ
ity? Probably a terrific attempt to
break down the force of the Allies'
resistance before they are able to
make full use of months of prepara
tions for the 191C campaign. This
is more probably the cause for it
than is that other suggestion that
it is Germany’s last spurt. There
has been nothing to indicate that
Germany has by any means reached
the point where exhaustion is in
sight. She ended the old year strong
ind with her armies victorious both
against Russia and in the Balkans.
The great Russian army was defeat
ed last year. Later Serbia was des
troyed, and the Allies were whipped
off the Gallipolli Peninsula. Next in
natural order was to engage the
French and British in France and
Belgium.
The Germans know as well as any
body else that the French and Brit
ish have been preparing for a year for
the final clash in the western theatre
of war, though they probably did not
expect the fighting to begin until the
early summer. Germany struck first,
perhaps thinking that the blow would
not be expected. Another probable
reason for the early attack was a de
sire to act before Russia could recoup
from the drubbing that she received
last year and before the eastern win
ter should release its grip on that
country.
The question that must be decided
before long is whether or not the
French and British have been caught
unprepared. If so it has not yet been
disclosed, though the attack has con
tinued for 18 days.—Juneau Empire.
ARIZONA AND STATEHOOD.
An opinion given by Preston C.
West, solicitor for the attorney gen
eral of the United States, to the ef
fect that certain school legislation of
the Alaska territorial legislature is
void because it is in conflict with the
laws of the United States, has led to
to a renewed demand in Alaska for
statehood. Alaskans, remarks the
Globe, Arizona. Record, find that
they have a “limited power” under
territorial government to manage
their own affairs. A people believing
strongly in local self-government they
are restive under the restraints of
federal law and the uncertainties over
what they may and may not do thri
their local government If they wtl
take a look at what statehood ha:
done for—or rather to—Arizona, the
Alaskans might not be so impatient
Having nothing else to do the Ger
mans are amusing themselves with :
few whacks at the western front.
Now instead of reading weather re
ports let us study the catalogs or
spring fashions.
After due consideration and r
comparison of prices, one need not
go to Mexico for bandits. Seattle it
full of ’em.
Failure to register ana vote estop:
complaints against the management
of public affairs. He who fails tc
oil the machinery has no right tc
squeal when it squeaks.
England is converting her distiller
es into munition plants, and the dead
ly bomb will supplant rum. Not e
bad change. There are many things
worse than war. An England healthy
and at war is better than an Eng
land besotted, diseased and at peace
Alaskans must not permit politics
to cause them to forget that all the
elements are present to make 191C
the best .year from a business stand
point that Alaska has ever had, and
they should do all in their power to
make the most of the favorable con
ditions.
NATURALIZED PERSONS
MAY IXISE CITIZENSHIP
In a letter recently received, the
following question was made:
“A man born in Germany and
naturalized as an American citizen
is obliged to return to his native
country. How long are his American
papers good, and to whom must he
apply to have them renewed so that
he will not lose his citizenship in
America. He intends to come bade
to this country?”
A foreign born person who is
naturalized as an American citizen,
becomes so for the rest of his life,
unless by some definite action he
loses his citizenship. His papers in
themselves are good permanently.
However, in the “Expatriation Act
of 1907, provides that a foreign-born
American citizen loses his citizenship
here If he resides two years in the
foreign state from which he came,
or for five years in any foreign state.
This may be overcome on hte presen
tation of satisfactory evidence and
in conformity with the rules and
regulations provided by the State De
partment.
Congregational Church.
Rev. J. F. Dunstan, pastor.
Sunday services:
11:00, Devotional Service. Ser
mon, “Hornets and Angels.” Chil
dren’s story, “Playing Auto.”
12:00, Sunday School.
7:30, Evangelistic Service. Ad
dress, “A Pool Thero Was:."
Monday evening Bible Study circle.
Wednesday evening, Choir prac
tice.
Thursday afternoon, Ladies’ Aid.
Thursday at 7:30t Prayer meeting
A FOOL THERE WAS
The Vampire
••• At...
THE EMPRESS
Last Time To-night.
One Show-at 8 P. M., Sharp
ARTISTS:
THEDA BARA, “The Vampire”,
Leading Lady at the Theatre Antoine,^Paris.
EDWARD JOSE, Sarah Bernhardt.
And a Supporting Company Such as Has Seldom Been
Gathered for a Single Production.
6 Reels. 300 Scenes
ADULTS 25c. 1 CHILDREN 10c
TRICKY AMD A BLUFFER.
Tho Spreading Adder Will Fool You W
You Don’t Know Him.
He's a sly creature, this snake
When lie's discovered and trapped he'll
make such a hullabaloo about It with
his hissing and contortions, that if
you’re not wise to the fact that he's
only IdufflDg you're sure to be fright
ened. It you're acquainted with him.
however, and refuse to run, he'll give
one (Inal twist and roll over on his
back, just as though lie had made up
bis mind to die and save you the trou
ble of kiting him. But don’t be fool
ed tic's only playing possum He's
the spreading adder.
His tricks have resulted in all sorts
of wild stories about him. Many peo
ple believe he's poisonous, because be
spreads bis head out flat and hisses
when he’s disturbed. As a matter of
fact, he couldn't hurt yon If you pick
ed him up by the head. He’s only
bluffing when he hisses.
Then there's another story about tbo
spreading adder to the effect that ho
nil] bite himself and fall over dead.
This belief comes from his habit of
playing possum when he sees he's cor
ncred and can't esca|>e.
The spreading adder is about thirty
Inches long, a reddish brown and
blotched and spotted. He lives in dry
woods and on sandy hillsides and eats
toads and insects. He’s also called
the blowing viper or the bognosed ad
der.—Philadelphia North American.
HAS TO SPLIT HIS TIPS.
Not All the Money the Waiter Gets
Goes Into His Pocket.
Don’t think the waiters are gelting
rieh. They might if they could keep
all their tips, but
Cornes a waiter of twenty years
service wbo says the man who does
the serving is lucky if• ho gets 25 per
cent of his tip nione?.
“We wouldn't complain much if we
were allowed to keep our tips." he said,
“but 1.he waiter is by necessity the liesl
tip|)er in the world. He has to split
his tips at least live ways. The head
waiter gets Ills, the captain has his
baud out. and the ‘scrub' waiter and
cook are next, in line.
“If the waiter keeps all the money
the captain will soon get wise to him,
und he will get no more 'live ones'
steered up to his table. If the cook is
neglected the waller raigbl get his or
ders cold from the kitchen. If he
doesn't eross the palm of the head
waiter with silver once in awhile he
will be looking for another Job.
“The popular idea that all waiters
are rich is ‘all wrong.’ The average
waiter gets about $0 or $3 u week, and
some of them get less. The man that
leaves a quarter in the tray is really
giving the waiter about t! cents.”--Chi
cago Tribune.
Latter* and Postage Stamp*.
“Strange ideas some people have
about postage,” said the clerk wbo
opens the mail. ‘‘Yes. See this letter
here with three onecent stamps on it
and stomped 1 cent due? That’s a ease
In point The writer of that letter
thought that perhaps it weighed a lit
tle over an ounce, a little-more than
would go for 2 cents, and so he put on
a little more postage--1 cent more—
which be thought would cover it when
tile fact is that it required an addi
tional two cent stamp. Of course'you
know that letter postage is not frac
tional, but that it goes in multiples of
two. It a letter weighs ever so little
over an ounce It requires aD additional
two cent stamp. But not everybody
seems to know this, and so we some
times get letters like this one with a
little more postage for a little more
weight”—New York Sun.
Jenkins' Ear.
There was a war known as' "the war
of Jenkins' ear.” It came about in tlie
following way: In the year 1731 an
English merchant vessel was boarded
by a Spanish guardsblp. and the cap
rain, one ltobert Jenkins, was most
cruelly used, one of bis ears being torn
off in the scrimmage. Obtaining no re
dress by appealing to bis government,
he appeared before parliament in. 1738.
when the convention of the Pnrdo was
so excitedly discussed thnt war fol
lowed. Jenkins’ story was verified by
the admiralty records so recently as
1899.—Exchange. t ,
Definition of an .Ohm.
An onm. ms defined by the Interna
tlomil congress on electrical units nnd
standards, Is the resistance offered to
the. passage of an electric current by a
column of mercury of uniform cross
section having a mass of 223.0248
grains nnd a height 41.8503 inches
st the temperature of melting ice.
In the bureau of standards at Wash
ington are four standard ohms so tier
fectiy made and kept that when, tested
recently their average deviation from
their mean value was less than .00001
ohm.
Musio and Dancing.
It does not follow that In order to
write successful dance music a person
must lie an expert dancer, ft Is said
that, rhnugh Johann Strauss and bis
family wrote dance music for three
or four generations, not one of them
could dance a step.
Musical.
When a person learns to pronounce
Wagner ns "Vogner” and Chopin us
••Rim-pang” and cello as “cheHo” he
feels Unit lie thoroughly understands
tlie classics of music.—Macon New a
Man and Trouble.
Only two kinds of people In the
world, the man whose troubles are big
ger than he nnd'the man who Is bigger
than his troubles.—Milwaukee Journal
HUGH CORPORATIONS
UNFAIR COMPETITORS
"The greatest menace to the busi
ness of this country is unfair compe
tition,” said Joseph E. Davis, chair
man of the Federal Trade Commis
sion before the Industrial Commer
cial Congress in session at Madison,
Wisconsin, under the auspices of the
University of Wisconsin.
"Of the 306,000 corporations of
tile United States 296,000 have a
capital, surplus and undivided pro
fits of $1,000,000 or less,” continued
Mr. Davies, “Only 1,600 corporations
have a' capitalization of $6,000,000
or over, and yet one hundred of
these corporations own one-seventh
of the total property value of the nar
tion.
“The greatest menace to these
296,000 corporations of relatively
small capital, who constitute 95 per
cent of the business interests of the
country, is the unfair methods of
competition which might be employ
ed by their large and more powerful
rivals, who might have no scruples
in the methods they might employ.”
Chairman Davies said the principal
function of which the trade commis
sion was created was “to protect
American business men against un
fair practice in trade.”
Church of Epiphany.
Tbe Rev. Edward H. Molony, priest
in charge.
Services tomorrow. Second Sun
day in Lent.
11:00 a. m. Holy Communion and
Sermon.
12 noon. Sunday-school.
7:30 p. m.. Evening Prayer and
Sermon.
As Mr. Molony returns to Seward
on the Watson, communicants are
earnestly requested to attend In the
morning. He will also address the
Sunday School children at noon.
At the evening service there will
be a remembrance, “In Memorium,”
of the late George Blaine of Candle
Creek, and Tom Knoyes, well-known
pioneers of Alaska.
All welcome.
Champ Clark of Missouri, Speaker
of the lower House of Congress, feel
ing it his turn to enliven a story-tell
ing party, said that a man—not in
Missouri—found himself in such
financial straits that he couldn’t pay
his debts. Creditor, who also needed
the money, made a tearful appeal for
at least partial settlement.
“I’m very sorry,” the delinquent
dolefully informed him, "but I can
not pay yon anything this month.”
“That’s what you told me last
month,” complained the creditor.
“Well I kept my word, didn't I?”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ULLY CAFE
We Are Here to Serve
You *
FIRST BOOR ABOVE THE
BUFFET
TRY US
^Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails tor Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fldalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
. VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free and Accepted Maaoa»
Kegumr communiumuin urat
needay In each month in McKinle)
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.,
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Averue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to ail Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance _
Jtt Emraating ffl«r
ifyrmv (Ehm Spring
Set 11a Strip flou.
A large aaaortatent of
Saga
3luat Sereioeih
SIZES ARE FROM 6X9 TO 9X12
PRICES FROM $6.50 TO $27.50
Ute AI00 (Samt a (flmttjjlrtr Him? uf
HJinnlnints, mattings, Hinfimii
^>l|aftps, mattrp00p0, (Smn
fnrtprs anil Hlankrts.
Will be pleased to have you call and inspect
our line even it you are not ready to purchase,
j§». Slum $c (£u.
GOOD GOODS
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER, iPrerirfsat.
Granite Mno.
CUAS McCAllUMjStcfejgj^
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When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON.PXOF
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ato, Seward, Alaska
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
Idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
Anything in the Jewelry Hue at the
Vftldez Drug Co. tf
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National I'llirraita.
Waahlajtfoa. U. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHOXE 110
Office Koodih in Whaling Kai idling
E. C. DALTON, IV^ D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DtMOND
dlTORNEVS-AT-LAW
Offlcr OppoNlt^ (’eart Hodw
Phote 34 VALDKZ. .tLAilILK
JOHN LYONS K K R1TCHUK
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW
Office* I* Whaling Building
Phene 101 VALDKK. ALARM
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdes, AUal*
Copper River ■
Draying Co
Freighting and Passenger#
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street. Valdei
ED. WOOD, Proprietor