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July 2*. 1912. at the postofflce of Valdez,
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FRIDAY, APRIL 241, 1»I7
BLOW AT NEWS PIR At A'.
The Federal Court in New York de
livered a sockdolager at news-piracy
recently when it granted an injunc
tion wnich prevents the International
News Service, Hearst organization,
♦rom appropriating Associated Press
dispatches and palming them off as its
own. The action was not brought un
der the copyright law but was intend
ed to test the legal right of one news
service to steal news from a conipel
ng association.
The action was filed in January and
'he Associated Press charged that the
international News Service was en
gaged in pirating its news by bribing
employes of the Associated Press to
give them the dispatches of the Asso
ciated Press before publication, and
also taking from Associated Press
newspapers as rapidly as their vari
ous editions appeared dispatches of
.he complaintant and sending them
out as its own. Affidavits were tiled
showing that the telegraph editor of
,lu- Cleveland News was furnishing
no Hearst service the substance of
Associated Press news as soon as i
was received and in the office of the
New York papers representatives of
•.he International service had access
to Associated News as soon as ii was
rece ived.
The complaint and supporting evi
dence also showed that a number of
papers received the International
News Service followed almost instan’
)y the appearance of the Associated
Press dispatches with like dispatches
credited to the International service,
sometimes textually repeating the dis
patches and sbinetiraes rephrasing
i hem.
This situation was largely a devel
opment of the war. Some months ago
the British government barred the J
Hearst service on account of its pro
German sentiment, charging dis
patches passed by London censors
were rehashed and garbled in New
York to suit the policy of the Hearst
papers. One Ot the principal causes
of complaint was the reported de
structive raid by Zeppelins, which the
Hearst service said had wrought great
damage to London, and which the
censored dispatches from London de- j
nied. Inasmuch as all European war
news except that which conies by
wireless must pass through the Lon
don war office, where all parts unfav
orable to the Entente are deleted be
fore it reaches America, England
charged that the Hearst service garb
led its reports or faked them outright
in its New York offices.
Sonic time after the war broke out
Harper s Weekly exposed and alleged
characteristic Hearst fake. It stated
that the nam’es of the “special corres
pondents” of the International News
Service existed in name only. Signed
articles purporting to have been writ
ten in Berlin, London and elsewhere,
it was stated, bore the signatures of
men who did not exist or who never
saw these capitals. The stuff was al
leged to have been concocted in New
York.
The Hearst papers have been align
ed against the Entente Allies from the
beginning of the war and have incur
red the animosity of the pro-Allied
papers on several occasions by their
denunciation of England’s high-hand
ed methods at sea. The suit is the di
! rect outcome of the scrap. Whether
jit will seriously affect the service of
| the many Hear|* publications thru
out the United States remains to be
seen. Piracy in any form is not rec
ognized in the civilized world, but this
is the first battle between news pirates
and the Associated Press.—Exchange.
IT IS difficult to avoid sharp argu
I ment in the agricultural sections of
| the United States West when the sub
ject of the high cost of living is un
Nler free discussion. "What's the use
of complaining because eggs are up a
few cents?" a farmer asked the other
day, "when it takes a perfectly good
hen. under the most favorable circum
stances twenty-four hours to lay
one?" "If you are going to determine
prices by the time consumed in pro
duction.” said a college graduate, who
Iwas present, “what are you going to
charge for a chicken when it takes
504 hours for a hen to hatch one?"
C'hristian Science Monitor.
KAKMEKS have come into their
own at last and are receiving top
prices for their farm products. There
fore it is hard to convince the aver
age agriculturist that the present war
is not a divine dispensation of Provi
dence to give him a chance for once in
his life time of making more than a
living off his farm. This peace talk
listens to a farmer like a man read-,
ing Puck for a hearty laugh. There
is nothing to it.
ONE of our prominent citizens is
talking of raising a colony of pacifists
and migrating to some favored spot
where war and war talk will be un
known. He proposes that the people
who desire peace take their goods and
chattels and hunt an abiding place
where they can have eternal quiet.
Of course he is a single man and will
compose his colony of bachelors, for
where the weary married man lays his
head there is no such word as peace.
NOME papers are working to have
the proposed Territorial insane asy
lum established at that point. While
we are not casting any aspersions on
the sanity of the good people of that
district we will state here, now, hence
forth and forever that while we be
lieve Anchorage to be the best place
for it. Nome should know conditions
there better than we do,,so it is
•■Jake” with us.
PEACE is defined as a state of
tranquilty. calm, repose, quietness.
The fact that this is the definition
makes it absolutely impossible for us
to ever have peace for we can never
have all these things where two > .•
more people are gathered together.
THE Cordova Times "the only pa
per in the Territory which receives*
the Associated Press service,” is still
dishing out post-election news to its
readers with a gravity which would be
serious were it not for the fact that
the larger part of the citizens of Cor
dova take the Uaily Prospector.
IF Thomas Edison wishes to be a
real benefactor to the human race he
should stop puttering over methods to
make war more effective and perfect
a plan whereby a man can stop eating
without discomfort until food prices
resume their normal state.
LATE war news has convinced us
that the ubiquitous censor can win
more battles than troops. The way
our daily press slaughters Allied and
Teutonic forces is something to pon
der over.
FOR fear our readers will think we
are not on the job we will state that
a boat will be due in Valdez some time
within the next six weeks.
THE next thing we know some
hard-hearted editor will be accusing
the Colonel’s son of marrying to es
cape conscription.
THIS is the time of year when the
old baseball and mitt feel mighty
good to the Laseball fan.
Will Intern Americans
LONDON, April 20.—A frontier
correspondent asserts that he under
stands General von Bissing, the Ger
man governor general of Belgium, is
sued orders of internment of all
Americans between the ages of seven
teen and forty-five living in Belgium.
The Correspondent adds that they
! will be sent to western Germany,
! probably to Aix-la-Chapelle.
A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to 52
a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Remember your friends by sendiug
them a Panoramic View', a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co. tf
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
MEXICAN INTERNAL
POLITICS IN MESS
Proposed Alliance With Germany
Splits De Facto Followers.
LAREDO, Texas. April 20.—Inter
nal politics, used as a lever in an ef
fort to regulate Mexico’s course in in
ternational affairs, have brought
about a situation of the utmost grav
ity in that republic according to trav
elers just arrived from the Mexican
capital. These travelers say the con
stitutionalist party now holding the
reins of government is divided in a
so-called ‘‘civil" group and a military
party embracing many of the chiefs
of the army. Tremendous pressure is
being brought to bear on General
Carranza by each party but the pres
ident elect so far has not detinitely
aligned himself with the policy of
either, altho it is known he desires to
curb the undue activities of the mili
tary, according to the recent arrivals.
The civil party, these men say,
was strongly opposed to any alliance
with Germany against the United
States and is standing firm for a pol
icy of neutrality in the event of the
entry of the United States into tins
European conflict.
SPRING WEATHER IS
PREVAILING INSIDE
Warm weather is reported from
practically all stations along the gov
ernment road between here and Fair
banks. McCallum is the coldest place
reporting, 15 above being recorded
there this morning. At the other sta
tions the temperature ranges from 20
to 42 above, and rain is reported at
Fairbanks and Salcha. The snow trail
is* rapidly disappearing, and in many
stretches has disappeared entirely.
UK KM AN HOLDINGS WILL BK
IMMUNE IN SPITE OK WAR
WASHINGTON, I). <\. April 20.—
The government again today an
nounced its protection ot' foreign citi
zens and their property in this coun
try when war begins. In response to a
letter from .Mayor George X. Seger
of l’assaic, N. J.. who wrote German
subjects in that city were concerned
about their fate when hostilities be
gan, so the President’s secretary Tu
multy. sent the following, authoriz
ed by Secretary Lansing.:
“There is no danger of any for
eigner who conducts himself proper
ly suffering any loss of property >r
liberty by reason of a state of war, as
has been declared by the Congress.
Safety First.
An Okianoma editor tells of an old
Indian that came into his office to
subscribe for the paper. The editor
took the money, then the Indian want
ed a receipt. The editor tried to talk
hint out of it, but Mr. Indian insisted
on getting the receipt. After making
it the editor wanted to know why he
was so persistent about wanting a re
ceipt. The Indian said: “Me die some
time. Go to big gate and Saint Peter
ask if 1 been good Indian. 1 say yes.
He say. did you pay debts? I say yes.
He say, did you pay editor for paper?
I say yes. He say, where is receipt ? I
no have it. 1 have to run all over
hell to find you and get receipt!"—
Exchange.
First Sign of Spring
SEATTLE, April 20.—Untouched
by the woes of war, the first real ac
tual harbinger of spring arrived here
today. It was a report to police head !
quarters from Frank Hoagland, man
ager of a grammar school baseball
team.
“We was playing the St. Mark’s
church,” he phoned, “when a bunch
of big kids come along and swiped
our bats and all our baseballs. Send
out a lot of cops to pinch ’em."
Toppcnish Has $50,000 Fire
TOPPENISH, Wash., April 20.—A
loss reaching close to $50,000 is esti
mated here today as the result of a
fire which destroyed the George Gang
warehouse, where it started, with a
loss of $10,000, and swept a hay ware
house with 700 tons burped at a loss
of $14,000. Seven or eight cars loaded
with freight on the Northern Pacific
tracks were also burned.
Them There Wimmin.
Why is it that a woman will pick
up a rabbit skin with her middle fin
ger and thumb and hold it gingerly at
arm's length from herself when she
is wearing around her neck a fur with
a sknk head on one end and its tail
on the other.
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Full line Koenigs Chocolates at
I Keystone Produce Co. tf
Fresh canay at the Emporium, tl
i
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Your Attention.
Just at this time of the year is the
time to have your blankets washed,
or your carpets cleaned. The Inde
pendent Steam Laundry is prepared
to take care of this class of work and
guarantee satisfaction. Lace curtains
carefully laundered. tf
Style Plus Clothes $17.00—the price remains the same.
Economy
In Clothes
should not mean that you purchase cheap shoddy clothes made only
to sell—but clothes that are far superior in every detail to many that
cost more, clothes that are guaranteed to give service and satisfaction.
STYLEPLUS 017 nil
CLOTHES l|llliUU
are the medium price clothes of the country, sold at a known
price that never changes—without doubt the best clothes values
offered today. Our new stock of spring styles contains models
and sizes for everybody; stouts, long stouts, slims and regulars: in
serges, worsteds and soft finished fabrics—many exclusive pat
terns that are sure to please you. We are the Styleplus Store.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
-INGRAM AND BUSH BUILDING
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
OWL DRUG CO.
The only Rexall Store in
Valdez.
Prescriptions a Specialty.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
For Sale.
Two-room house on City Dock, fur
nished. Built last fall. Cash $300.
Must be taken immediately.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Fine assortment Koenlg-s Easter
Box Candies. Keystone Produce Co.
Genuine Sweet Apple rider at
Hunt's Candy Kitchen. 11
Ask tor the. Best and You
Ask for
CRESCENT BAKING POWDER
The most effec
tive baking pow
der known, and
one the whole
some character of
which High Au
thorities and thou
sands of House
wives endorse.
25c lb. Can.
AT ALL (JROOKRS
( RKSCK.VT MFC. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
0|*Mi Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Dm* Store. '
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD
WE PAY
28 cents |*er pound for Copper
18 cents per |Kiund for Brass
8c lb. for Rubber Shoes.
7c lb. for Lead.
820.00 per toh for cast iron.
815 |>er ton Wrought Iron.
5c per lb. for Rope.
:14c per pound for Rags.
$20.tM> [ter ton for Paper.
27c per doz. Beer Bottles, qts.
17c doz. Beer Bottles, pints.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
VALDEZ! CAFE & BAKERY
Cakes, Cookies & Bus, 15« per dosca.
Freack, Rye aad Wkite Bread 12 1-2
ceats per loaf.* Orders takes for special
occasiaas.
BERGSTROM * ROGSTAD. Props.
PHONEI17 - Three deers below Owl Dre*
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON.
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Are. Seward. A lawk n
Arctic Hotel
Watch This
Space
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NG, Prop {
!
Anything id nugget and Ivory jew-!
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
The articles you ordered have ar-1
rived at the Emporium. tr'
\ new line oi heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. I
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt s j
Candy Kitchen. ** j
All of the latest Books, Aiaaazines |
land News Papers received on ea<h;
| bout. Valdez Drug Co. tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* o% er \ aide/. I)ruic < '©.
Phone *l.*» Mclvinlci Street
« S’z: ^ •••»;:, ! *. S. .\rniy
.\ A M S Public Health Set v
(Marine Hospital i d
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
(■radaate National L'atmiftty,
Waahlafftoa, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Y°ars in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Room* in Whaling Full ding
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LA W
ODre Oppoaltf Court Hpih
Pbonr M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LIONS C It RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS. AT.LAW
OEitf Is “ baling Building
Phone 1*1 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Manana A
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN. W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. Pk.G.. M. D. Pra».
Jos. A. Silverman Ph. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office keari— 1 It 4 p. ■ —7 to 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Rea. Tel. 176 Office 19
Boyle Block Vaklea
Valdez Miners Union No. 188!
Western Federation of Miners
W. H. GARNER. Pre.id.nt.
Granite Mine
GUST KRING. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.