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FRIDAY. JANUARY 15, 1915.
THE BRITISH VIEW.
It was doubtless an affluent prac
tical joker or a German sympathizer
■who paid at Lloyd’s a premium of fif
teen guineas per cent.—$75 on $500 -
for an insurance policy collectible “in
the event of a declaration of war
within twelve months from date.” At'
Lloyd’s they will insure you against
anything. They will write a policy
against an earthquake on any given
day, against failure or the sun to rise
or set, against the coming of his
Imperial Majesty of Germany to pay
a holiday visit to King George. The
improbability of these happenings is
no greater, or wilder, than the occ tr
ence of war between the United
States and Great Britain, especially a
war resulting from the position we
have taken in respect to searches and
seizures of our cargoes at sea. It :s
surprising that the London newspa
pers have made so much of the note
of instructions dispa+ched to A • bas
sador Page. Notes of similar purpose
and tenor All much space in the arch
ives of every foreign office. In war
time they are quite the usual thing,
and in the rote cabled to Mr. Page
by our S*ate Department, so far as its
contents have been disclosed, there
was no new doctrine laid down, no
right asserted that Great Britain
would not set up for herself and
should respect when set up by others.
There was no unfriendliness of tone
and nothing that could be construed
as a threat.
The comments of the British press
indicate that there is some little mis
understanding of the subject. The
London Times, for instance, while
declaring that “the note breathes
throughout an unshaken faith in our
sense of justice,” a trust that Great
Britain will do its best to preserve,
has this to say about the seizure "f
foodstuffs, which are only conditional
contraband:
“It is said that we do not sufficient
ly regard the legal presumption of
innocent use in favor of such cargoes
when consigned from one neutral
act on the mere belief that, although
not intended by the shippers for the
enemy, they will ultimately reach his
hands. Here again we ask, Does
American opinion hold that seizures
of the kind are not imposed upon us
by that principle of self-preservation
which they so fully acknowledge?”
The question of our London name
sake finds its answer in innumerable
decisions of British courts, in the
works of its text writers on interna
tional law, and in the diplomatic
communications of its foreign office.
During the Boer war a question arose
out of the seizure of two British ships
for a supposed violation of the law
forbidding trade with the enemy. In
the correspondence the position of
Great Britain was thus laid down by
Lord Salisbury:
“Foodstuffs, with a hostile destina
tion, can be considered contraband of
war only if they are supplies for the
enemy’s forces. It is not sufficient
that they are capable of being so
used, it must be shown that this was
in fact their destination at the time
of seizure.”
That is the American position, it is
perfectly well known that It has been
the British position. And the rule in
respect to foodstuffs destined for the
enemy’s country, though not for the
enemy’s armed forces, applies to car
goes of absolute contraband with a
'neutral destination. Seizure cannot
be justified on the mere surmise that
after reaching its neutral destination
the cargo is to be transshipped to an
enemy country. There must be proof
"clear and decisive.” Enemy destina
tion must be shown—otherwise seiz
ure or detention is unwarrantable in
terference with neutral commerce, for
whlcii, on proof of the fact, compen
sation must be made. There will of
necessity be a multitude of claims of
this nature coming up for adjudica
tion at the close of the war. The
principle of compensation for unwar
ranted Interference is frankly admit
ted in England, but damages do not
constitute full compensation for the
Injury to commerce. The purpose of
our note is to notify the British gov
ernment that it will be expected io
use due diligence in restraining the
activities of its sea scouts within the
limits of reason and of law.—New
York Times.
earthouakeIn
ITALY WORST EVER
(Continued from page 1.)
sociation has issued a public appeal
for funds with which to send relief
to the stricken district. Several mil
lions of dollars will be needed and
the burden must fall largely upon
Americans as the general war in Eu
rope prevents aid coming from the big
powers which, under other circum
stances, would promptly send money
and supplies to the afflicted people.
Quake Starts Avalanches.
GENEVA, Jan. 15—The quake of
Wednesday did considerable damage
in the Italian Alps, starting many
avalanches of ice, snow and rocks
and destroying many buildings. At
one point 30 soldiers near the border
were caught in a slide and buried
under tons of snow. Their comrades
immediately started the work of dig
ging them out. Several bodies were
recovered but ail were dead when
reached by the volunteer workers.
It is believed that several of the vil
lages in the Alps were destroyed by
the slides but because of lack of tel
egraphic communication no report has
been received as yet.
GERMANS AGAIN
THREATEN PARIS
(Continued from page 1.)
the war office. The Russians have
suffered one of the worst defeats of
the present Poland campaign. The
Germans have been strongly rein
forced and are pushing the Russian
troops back, capturing the stragglers
and wounded, who have been aban
doned by their fellows.
Flooded River Aided Germans.
LONDON, Jan. 15.—The French war
office admits the Soissons reverses
and states that the flooding of -the
river Aisne by reason of the recent
warm weather and heavy rains great
ly aided the Germans, as the bridges
were carried away and reinforcements
could not reach the advanced posi
tions. The German gain, however, is
only temporary, as new bridges are
being built and assaults will be made
upon the new German positions. Tne
•reports of losses of cannon are dis
puted by the French war office, which
states that most of the guns were
removed before the bridges were
.washed away. The men holding the
advanced trenches, however, were un
able to retreat so they remained and
sold their lives dearly, checking the
Germans for many hours and kill
ing many thousands of them until
finally forced to surrender.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Bert Berry leaves for Port Wells in
the morning.
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
G. O. Reinke, the watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Corsets at half price. We are clos
ing out all of our corsets at one-half
cost. Hosiery and underwear at less
than cost at Harvey’s Toggery. tf
Remington ana Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Cooking apples $2 per box at the
Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Yakima netted Gem spuds, 17 lbs.
for 50c *t Yakima Fruit Co. tf
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Beautiful hand-painted vases just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Before sending to the mail order
houses for your wants examine the
goods on the bargain counters at the
Emporium. Men’s 60c wool hose 26c.
Fresh candy 25c pound. tf
LOCAL BREVITIES.
W. Soule returned to Valdez last
night from Port Wells.
Suits pressed for 51.00 at Silver
man's the tailor. Telephone 198.
Neil Robertson is in town for a
few days and will leave on the launch
Brighton for Port Wells.
Joe Busch came in last night from
the interior.
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tt
Robert Weber leaves in the morning
I for the Granite mine.
The big free dinner at the Big
Place tonight at 9:30. All are wel
come.
H. L. Jaynes returned from Miner
al creek last evening.
Dr. and Mrs. Meister leave on the
Mariposa for Seattle.
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
John Cantlon leaves on the steamer
Mariposa for the Great Outside.
See Tod Winter for your watch and
jewelry repairing at K. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Mrs. K. J. McLean leaves on the
Mariposa in the morning for a trip
to the states to visit relatives.
A nice line of art pictures Just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
George Hobart will leave on the
Mariposa for Rochester, Minn., to re
ceive medical attention from Mayo
brothers, the great surgeons.
Supt. W. R. Millard reached Valdez
last evening from the Granite mine,
He will return to the mine tomorrow
morning.
For home cooked meals go to Mrs.
Matilda Olson’s on Hobart street.
Phone 219. Special Sunday dinner
served at 5 o’clock. Week days din
ner served at 6 p. m. tf
B. B. Broonell, of Tacoma, arrived
on the Mariposa to adjust the fire
loss on the Krau building. A satis
factory settlement was made; $700.00
paid for loss to the building and
$400.00 for damage to contents. Mr.
Broonell adjusted the Are loss to the
Valdez Mercantile Company when
their building on Keystone avenue
was destroyed ten years ago. He is
greatly surprised at the rapid .strides
made by the city. Mr. Broonell leaves
in the morning on the Mariposa for
his home.
Blooded Dogs for Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine head, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. If
Notice To Shorthand Class.
The Pitman-Howard shorthand
books have arrived and may be ob
tained at the high school. All those
who signified their intention to take
the course in shorthand will please
call and take the books ordered for
them, as the books cannot be return
ed and are a dead loss to the man
agement of the class. The price of
the books ordered at the beginning
of the course is SOc; that of the later
lot 90c.
TRENCHES BLOTTED OUT
BY 600 FRENCH GUNS
—
PARIS.—Gen. Joffre, the French
commander-in-chief, said to Cols. Ig
natieff and Yarde-Buller, the Russian
and English military attaches at the
field headquarters of the French
army, three or four days ago: “Come
with me and you will see something
never seen before in war.”
The military attaches accompanied
the general to a place near the lines
not far from Arras. The 600 piecc-s
of heavy artillery had been placed
in a position so as to bear upon a
comparatively short section of Ger
man intrenchments. The ranges had
already been found.
After a quarter of an hour the
French infantry charged. Not a hos
tile shot met them. Not a bayonet
gleamed over the edge of the works.
The trenches were actually torn to
pieces as though by gigantic plough
shares.
Dead and wounded men, half bur
led, littered the line where formerly
had been the trenches. The few
alive were struggling to free them
selves from heaps of earth. Those
who had tried to run were caught by
the horrible spray of bursting shells
in the rear of the German trenches.
Probably not a man defending that
part of the line escaped.
The Prospector office for Job work.
Stock-Adjusting Sale
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This Is the Month When We
Adjust Our Stock
After going through our stock we found that we had
a surplus of the following lines, which we are now
offering at greatly reduced prices:
Men Coat Sweaters, formerty $3.00 - - Now selling for $1.00
Men’s V Neck Athletic Sweaters, formerly $4,00, Now selling $1.00
Ladies’ White Coat Sweaters, were sold for $3.00, Now selling $1.00
Children’s Coat Sweaters, were $1.50 and $1.00, Now 50 cents
A very few Women’s Wool Under Vests, formerly $2.50, Now 50c
The above lines are very limited so come and make
your selections early.
BABYLON AND NINEVEH.
The Incident That Led Sir Henry La
yard to Explore Their Ruins.
The first man to undertake extensive
and Important explorations among the
ruins of Babylon and Nineveh was Sir
Henry Layard. It was due to his
friendship for a young man who had a
great fear of seasickness that he was
led to begin what was to be his life
work. Layard was educated in the
law and started for Ceylon to prattice
his profession.
He was accompanied by another lad,
who had a horror of the ocean, and
Layard readily agreed when his com
panion suggested that they make the
trip by land across Europe. Asia Mi
nor, Persia and India, it was while
on this journey that Layard was in
spired with the ambition to delve
among the ruins of the ancient cities
of Asia.
“When I first beheld the mounds of
Nineveh,” he wrote, “a great longing
came over me to learn what was bid
den within them."
He yielded to the desire and largely
at his own expense carried on these ex
cavations at Babylon and Nineveh,
which were chielly responsible for the
discovery of the lost records and relics
of a people who lived o.tKK) years ago
Many cities and palaces, including the
palace of King Nebuchadnezzar, were
unearthed by Layard, and the most
valuable treasures in the British mu
seum serve to commemorate his name
and fame.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Parting of the Ways.
It was over, then—the dream. The
wife rose unsteadily and put on her
hat.
She was weary—weary to the bone
of it all—his threats, his unmanly eva
sions, his weak, despicable subter
fuges.
But her eyes were resolute.
“It’s no use, Henry,” she said bit
terly. “Pm going.”
At the door she paused—paused with
set lips and unpitying eyes, while he
poured forth a husband’s soul in one
last anguished appeal.
“Think of me!” he cried desperate
ly. “Think of your father and mine!
Think of our son"—
“It’s no use. Henry,” she repeated
wearily, as the door closed. “I shall
vote the straight ticket.”—Judge.
Some Quick Thinking. j
“What In the world made yon bny
more postage stamps?”
"Why, I went into the drug store to
get some face powder, and who should
be there but Fred!”—Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and | f IMDCD and Building
Puget Sound LUlVlDCJx Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right
W. M. FINICAL, Mgr.
Patronize a Home Industry
Phone 18
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell, Douglas*
Cordova Ellamar. Valdez and Lutouche. Explosives, S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th*
S S Lntouche, 15th; S S Cordova. 25th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice,
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local1 Agt.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry lfic lb.
FULL
QUART
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Has Had no Peers for Fifty Years
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS_
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 15, 1915.
STATION Above Below Snow, In- WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 1 4 Cloudy, high winds, no trail. f.
Paxson’s . 2 12 Snowing, calm, trail good.
Hogan . 10 12 Cloudy, no wind, trail good.
Gulkana . 4 12 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center _ 8 8 Clear, calm, trail good.
Tonslna . 8 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 5 18 Snowing, light wind, fair trail.
Beaver Dam . 2 27 Light snow, calm, trail good.
Cloudy, windy, trail ope nnorth, drift
Summit . 10 40 ed south.
Wortman’s . 26 28 Cloudy, windy, trail drifted.