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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1914.
WHAT THE WAR HAS TAUGHT US
What has the war taught us about
business? The question is pertinent.
Since the beginning of the struggle
the main preoccupation of the gov
ernment and country alike has been
with business. After ten weeks we
should be in a position to cast up
accounts to some exten*.
The most importan* thing that the
war has taught us is that nothing
big is ever accomplished in a hurry.
We haven’t the desired merchant ma
rine, because merchant marines are
a growth, not a sudden creation. We
have not yet captured South Ameri
can trade, because trade is not cap
tured in a hurry.
We realize today better than be
fore the greatness of opportunity.
At the same time we realize better
the fact that there is no royal road
to commerce. There are royal oppor
tunities, but the roads must be made
to them. There is only one way to
go about doing business, and that is
to go about it in a businesslike way.
Enthusiasm counts, but practical
measures control.
We shall have the merchant ma
rine when we meet unflinchingly the
logic of the situation—though it leads
to subsidies. We shall have the
South American trade—the greater
part of it—when we have settled the
primary problems of banking and ex
change and have accepted the fun
damental fact that the nation that
buys the products of one of those
nations is, in the long run, the na
tion that will sell its products in ex
change.
All this reduces itself to a simple
proposition. Henceforth there must
be a steady, not a spasmodic, effort
to improve trade. Wise foundations
must be laid, or the end of the war
will see our advantage vanish. What
ever encouragement this government
can lend to American banking in
South America it ought to lend. Most
important of all, our manufacturers
and exporters must find what those
people want and furnish it.
The war has also called our at
tention once more to the prime im
portance of our great domestic mar
ket. • Reside it foreign trade almost
dwindles into insignificance. Here,
also, we see that results on the large
scale can’t be produced at once to
order. We are still dependent on
foreign countries for many things.
We might make them, but it takes
time to do it.
Here, again, we see the necessity
for steady effort. And right here is
worth emphasizing the fact that of
all the forces that help to make ef
forts at business improvement steady,
continuous and effective there is none
superior to a nationalistic trade loy
■ alty.. Let Americans feel the pride
in American business at home and
abroadj that Germans feel in Ger
man business development! We shall
then witness tremendous and far
reaching effects.
Word comes from Washington that
President Wilson intends to do ev
erything possible to help business.
He is also said to be greatly encour
aged over the improved export fig
ures for September. President Wilson
shows he realizes the needs of the
situation. Not only for the president
but for everybody the rule should be,
“A long pull, a strong pull and all
together!”—Ex.
Ruskin and War,
Ruskin might have welcomed the
prospect of a European war. For he
had little sympathy with the ideals
and aims of the pacifists. “All the
pure and noble arts of peace are
founded on war,” he told the mem
bers of the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich, in 18fi5. “No great art
ever yet rose on earth but among a
"nation of soldiers. There is no art
among a shepherd people, if it re
mains at peace. There is no art
among an agricultural people, if it
remains at peace. Commerce is bare
ly consistent with fine art, but can
not produce it. Manufacture is not
only unable to produce it, but invar
iably destroys whatever seeds of it
exist. There is no great art possible
to a nation but that which is based
bn battle.”—London Chronicle.
Nubone Corsets.
Try Mrs. St. Marie’s for one of
those Nubone corsets. tf
PAP1S GUILTY
SAYSTHt JURY
Tony Papas was found guilty of as
sault with intent to kill. The jury
were out but a few hours, part of
which time they spent in eating a
good meal at the expense of the gov
ernment.
Judge Medley, for the defense, made
an eloquent appeal for his client, but
the evidence was so strong that the
jury could not but find him guilty
as charged. It is believed that the
man he shot will never leave his bed.
Bn WIN IT
LHEMtRK
(Continued from page 1.)
ized what a service its garrison ren
dered the allied forces. For five days
150 of them kept 10,000 Germans at
bay, notwithstanding their awful
pounding from the guns that over
threw Liege, Namur and other strong
holds. After two days’ bombardment
the Germans tried to carry the fort
by storm. They got within ten yards,
but fell in such numbers that the sur
vivors had to withdraw. Next day
they summoned the garrison to sur
render. “Never!” was the reply.
"Then we shall shell you with our
heavy guns until your fort is only
a heap of cinders.” They almost had
time to carry out the threat before
relief came. When the siege was rais
ed practically nothing was left of the
fort, while more than half of its de
fenders had been buried alive in its
ruins. The captain in command was
wounded in 28 places and his lieu
tenant lost a leg. The Governor of
Verdun came in person to congratu
late the garrison on its magnificent
defense, and ever since a stream of
generals and high officers from all
sides has come to see the damage
done. Every regiment that passes has
orders to halt and render the garrison
military honors. The defenders are
being loaded with presents in recog
nition of their bravery.
French Ambush Germans.
LONDON, Nov. 14—The conflict
raging around Verdun is full of un
precedented cunning, and the ground
is furiously disputed. The French
have adopted tactics totaly different
from those they practiced at first.
They pretend to evacuate forests and
wooded country so as to let the Ger
mans advance; then they open fire
from ambuscades and from behind
trees where their mitrailleuses are
situated. The dead are innumerable.
As the French do not possess heavy
artillery of the German type and are
consequently unable effectively to re
sist the German guns, from time to
time they occupy advanced positions
with their field batteries and after
discharging a hurried fire immediate
ly change their positions without giv
ing the Germans sufficient time to
fix their target. In view of these
tactics the Germans are constrained
to employ a permanent exploration
staff, whose duty it is to reconnoitre
day and night the rapidly changing j
poition of the French.
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Petrol Going To Germany
LONDON, Nov. 14—‘‘Germany lias
an elaborate plan to transport petrol
from America,” says The Autocar
Magazine today. Within the last six
weeks, the magazine adds, a dozen
vessels carrying 10,000 to 20,000 bar
rels of motor spirits sailed from
America for north European ports.
It is said that in the present year
Copenhagen received 1,200,000 gal
lons against 16,275 in the same
months last year, the bulk of the in
crease being credited to the period
covered by the war. Vessels flying
the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish
flags are mentioned as the carriers.
Cattaro’s Fall Near.
LONDON, Nov. 14.—A dispatch
from Cettinje, forwarded by the Rome
correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph Company, says that the nine
forts about the bay of Cattaro, in
Dalmatia, are being constantly hit by
shells from the new French guns,
which have been placed on Mount
Lovtchen and are gradually being de
stroyed. Only one fort attempted to
reply. The Anglo-French fleet con
tinues a successful bombardment of
the outer fortifications.
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Austrian Operations In the Adriatic.
MANCHESTER, Mass., Nov. 14.—
A wireless dispatch from Count von
Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister, regarding the Austrian oper
ations In the Adriatic, was given out
last night by the Austro-Hungarian
embassy here. It follows:
“In the Adriatic on October 17, near
Punta ’Ostro, an engagement occur
red between a few Austrian torpedo
boats, .a submarine anr: a hydroplane,
and the French cruiser Waldeck
Rousseau. The cruiser bombarded
our vessels without success. The
lighthouse was slightly damaged. The
bulk of the French fleet was sighted
at some distance, but left at once
when our submarines appeared. Aus
trian torpedo boats attacked Antivari
early on the morning of the 18th and
destroyed some magazines. The news
of alleged victories of the Servians
spread in the press are pure inven
tions. In our operations against the
Servians everything goes on without
a hitch.”
Austria’s Internal Crisis.
VENICE, Nov. 14.—The shortage of
raw materials, notably cotton, wool,
jute and petroleum, is greatly restrict
ing production in many branches of
manufacture in Austria-Hungary, ac
cording to advices l^ceived here. It
is officially estimated that the sup
plies in some of the most necessary
raw products are barely sufficient for
the next two months. Factories are
closing down and the number of un
employed is increasing steadily. This
applies not only to the chief manu
facturing districts of Moravia and Bo
hemia, but to many points such as
Triest where the unemployed already
number some thousands.
Submarines By Rail, Rumored Ger
man Plan.
LONDON, Nov. 14.—A widely cir
culated rumor in London tonight is
that the Germans expect to transport
hy rail to places on the Belgian and
French coasts a number of subma
rines with which to attack the British
fleet. The entire feasibility of trans
porting submarines by rail is the con
tention of a well-known American en
gineer here who in the past has had
considerable to do with the study of
submarines and of the handling of
submarine mines. He said:
“It would be possible to transport
submarines by rail from Germany to
the Belgian or French coast once the
railroad lines will be secured, but
after reaching the coast would come
the problem of escaping British war
vessels or mine fields.”
The rumor has it that the Germans
may try to send the submarines from
near the mouth of the Scheldt.
REDUCE
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HIGH COST OF LIVING
Heating is one of the serious problems which
confronts every family in Valdez. An econ
omical heater will help reduce your expenses.
The Cole’s Hot Blast Heater
takes the least fuel gives the most heat
Retains fire longer than any other stove.
Burns Wood or Coal. If you need a stove
Buy a Cole’s Hot Blast. We are Sole Agents.
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Wood! Wood! Wood!
Sawed alder wood, $3.75 per rick;
two ricks, $7.50; 14 or 16-inch lengths,'
delivered at your back door. See
Jesse Crawford. Phone 117. tf
MADONNA SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION.
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Photo copyright. 1914, by American Press Association.
This little statue, standing in a niche of a small convent in Termonde.
was unharmed, though the building' was destroyed and a portion of the roof
fell within a few inches of the image.
■
Photo by American Press Association.
German Artillerymen at Practice
For years the German kaiser, the war lord of Europe, has been getting the
German army up to the highest point of efficiency. The troops have been
constantly drilling and meneuverlng. Here are shown artillerymen at target
practice. The man elevated Is keeping score. These men will now have a
chance to exercise their skill at human target*
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the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
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Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell*. Douglas*
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Nov. 15th, Dec. 5th and 25th
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