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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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July 23, 1912, at the postofflce of Valdeae,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, l!M7
SPEED I P PROPS—AND BUSINESS
"We need more business, not less,”
's the assertion of Howard E. Coffin,
of the advisory committee of the
ouncil of national defense, who has
just returned to Washington after a
’rip into the Middle West. Mr. Coffin
warns the nation against a real dan
ger in hysterical and ill-advised econ
omy and interference with the nor
mal pursuits of the people in time of
war.
"After nearly three years of refu
sal to take the European war and its
lesson seriously,” Mr. Coffiin says,
"we suddenly launch forth in a most
feverish activity to save the country
over night. Patriotic organizations
without number are milling around
noisily and while intentions are good,
the results are oftentimes blocking
good conscientious work by adminis
tration leaders.
"Because ot an impending and pos
-ible shortage of foodstuff's we have
hysterical demands for economy in
-..very line of human endeavor. Waste
s had hut an undiscriminating eoon
rny is worse.
“Some stales and municipalities
have stopped road building and other
public work. General business is be
ing slowed down because of the emo
tional response of the trading public
to these misguided campaigns for
economy: savings are being with
drawn from the banks: reports show
lhat some people have begun to hoard
food supplies, and thousands of men
are being thrown needlessly out of
employment. All this is wrong.
"We need prosperity in war time,
even more than when we are at
peace. Business depressions are a* J
ways bad, hut doubly so when wo
have a fight on our hands. The dec-1
laration of war can have no real evi!
effect on business. What had effects
are apparent are purely psychologi
cal and largely of our own foolish
making. For our markets are the
same in April that they were in
March. We need more business, not
less. There is real danger in hysteria
Indiscriminate economy will be ruin
ous. Now is the time to open the
throttle.”
"WHAT THK FL\<J SA1I>."
During these strenuous days when
the nation burns with patriotic lire
and when the meaning of the Hag
comes come to us with an irresistible
appeal, it is interesting to recall a
striking address delivered by Frank
lin K. Lane, secretary of the inferior
department, to the government em
ployes under him tin Flag Day a year
ago. It is entitled "Xv'lmi the Flag
Said.” and concludes with these
words:
"Let me tell you who i am. The
work that we do is the making of the
real Hag. 1 am not the Hag not at
all. I am whatever you make me.
nothing more. I am your belief in
yourself, your dream of what a peo
ple may become. 1 have a changing
life, a life of moods and possums, or
heartbreaks and tired ihum ios. Some
times 1 am strong with pride when
men do an honest work, littiug the
rails truly together. Sometimes I
droop, for then purpose has gone
from rue. and cynically 1 play the
coward. Sometimes 1 am loud, gar
fsh and full of that ego that blasts
judgment.
"But always I am all that you hope
to be and have the courage to try for.
I am song and fear, struggle and pan
ic, and ennobling hope. I am the day's
work of the weakest man and the
largest dream of the most daring. I
am the constitution and the courts,
; statutes and statute-makers, soldier
and dreadnaught, drayman and street
sweep, cook, counsellor and clerk. 1
ant the battle of yesterday and the
mistake of tomorrow. I an the mys
tery of the men who do without
knowing why. I am the clutch of rn
idea and the reasoned purpose of re.
elution. 1 ant no more than wlmt you
1 elieve me to he. and i ant till that
you believe I can be. 1 am "■■hat you
make me. nothing more.
"I swing before your eyes to- a i
bright gleam of color, a symbol of
yotti self, tin* pictured suggestion of
that big tiling which makes this i.a-j
tion. My stars and my stripes are
your dreams and your labors. They
are bright with cheer, brilliant with
courage, firm with faith, because you ;
have made then) so out of vour !
hearts, for you are the makers of the j
bag, and it is well that you glory in j
the making."
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“LAHOll will lie loyal (luring til*';
war. but labor letisl not •>*> exploited
loo much hv war prices it the nation j
expects no strikes. Capitalists are
reaping a golden harvest iry preying j
on the needs of the nation, unmolost- ’
ed by the govi-rumenf. and it is use
less to expect the laboring nun to do
•his hit’ on a peace basis while the
man he works for is robbing the peo
ple of the barest necessities of life.
Labor will lie found in the front
ranks with me most loyal of the na
tion but labor is entitled ant! demands
protection from thes* sharks. ’ The
above extract from a speech by a
prominent labor leader in the States'
the past week has a great deal of real
meat in it. It ns hard for a man to1
observe the laws and remain a patriot j
if his family is- crying for food The |
laborer will be the onncipal suffer* r j
in the present war, bcth in lives and
iiioperty. and the laboier should re- i
reive the most consideration; but re-j
e* i ves the least.
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i THK presence ol' a German L-boat
off New York proves that the enemy
is bringing tlie war to our doors. Hut
there is little danger thai any great
idamage will be wrought on this sidt
iof the Atlantic unless' the Germans
! succeed in establishing a base some
| where within striking distance an-!
(the chances of its being discovered
<-ven if it is established are antin'
in our favor. No doubt Ain-wic;
shipping will ai.a'er somewhat off our
own shores, for one submarine can
j piay considerable havoc among a
merchant fleet, but the vigilance of
our navy can be counted upon to pro- |
vent the kaiser's submersible-; from j
becoming a rer.1 menace to commerce.
Our isolation is a greatest asset, how- j
ever, for without a 'use or a “molher j
submarine” no L-boat can operate!
3,000 miles away from home for any <
length of time
KOl'K GERMANS, ONE A
WOMAN, HELD AS SPIES J
NEW YORK. May 2.—Federal of
ficials in their round-up today of al
leged “alien enemies," made four
more arrests declared to be highly
important ones.
Hans Ehret, a German, was taken
into custody as he was attempting to
liee in an automobile. After being
grilled several hours he made a con
fession that resulted in three more
arrests. Officials withheld the names
of the three, but one of them was sahl
to be a German minister.
Ehret is understood to have declar
ed that the activities of secret service
men have caused German agents to
flee from the city.
One of the three persons arrested
i.n Ehret's confession was a young
German girl who has been employed i
as a companion by a wealthy Mount J
Vernon woman.
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WAR EASTS PALL OVER
NEW YORK’S NIGIIT LIEE
NEW YORK, May 2. War will
soon cast its pall over the gay night .
life of New York city. An order is- j
sued by Mayor Mitchell, to take ef-!
feet May 1, will stop the sale of li- [
<|iior throughout the city at 1 o'clock j
in the morning. All-night licenses he! 1 I
by saloons, hotels, roof gardens, res-!
laurants and cabaret places will he
cancelled for the duration of the war.
Mayor Mitchell said that this action
was called for by good taste and a
proper sense of the present crisis; al
so by the necessity of conserving "our
resources, national and personal, hu
man and material."
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! SEATTLE HOTEL |
MRS. K. Mll.Ii, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA Jj
i^urnur -irmnMIfinmin—nri mill 11 a !
HISTORY OK ALASKA
IS NOW IN MOV! ' ;
Judge John p. Marshall, formerly j
United States Commissioner, and j
Father A. P. Kashevaroff, the priest j
of the Russian church at Juneau, have,
written a historical romance found
ed on the Russian occupation of Alas- j
ka and its taking over by the United j
States and arrangements have now,
been made with a great film company
to produce it.
This company's representatives,;
players, etc., will arrive here within
three weeks en route to Sitka, the
old capital where many scenes ol' the
romance have been laid, to begin tlv
work. The scenario has already prob
ably been written and the way is'
clear.
The story tells of the arrival of,
I’.aranoif. the Russian governor, thej
lighting with the Indians in most ro
mantic surroundings, the love of Bar- (
anofl for the daughter of the Indian!
chief, his marriage to her. the arrival,
of Governor Razanoff and his trip to
California, his romance with the I
daughter of the Spanish governor,'
the coming of the Americans to Alas-j
ka, the raising of the Starry Banner.;
the rivalry of two young American
officers for the hand of the beauti-.;
fill Russian girl, their resulting duel;
and tlie death of the one chosen byj
the girl, the final trafcedy of her life!
and many other absorbing interest !
ing incidents.
AM,IKK MARK $3,500,000
IN TWO MONTHS ON STOCKS:
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CHICAGO, May 2.—The Allied j
governments, dealing through Chica-;
go brokers, are credited today with j
having made a profit of more than
$3,500,000 in the last two months in
“turns on the grain market by chang-1
ing from one option to the other. j
This profit, it is said, was made by!
telling a line of July wheat and buy-!
ing the September option at a price j
approximately 30 cents below thej
July option. The Allies, it is said, for:
a year have simply had speculative,
profits forced on them. They had no
desire to speculate but bought for,
future delivery to obtain the actual j
wheat. Car shortages, embargoes, in- j
adequite facilities for ocean shipping, j
prevented deliveries at specified times j
and the contracts were sold out at;
jrofits running well into the million1.
At the opening of the market today
July wheat shot up 7 cents and Sept.
1 3 $4 cents.
Troops Nab Suspect.
OMAHA, Neb., May 2. Nebraska:
rational g' " Isruen. detailed to gir..r<!
the Union Pacific railroad bridge her
yesterday fir-id upon a man who start
ed across the bridge and did not obey
an order to halt. At the first shot the
man plunged from the bridge to the
river, 80 feet below and began swim
ming with the current. Union Pacific1
engineers in a motorboat gave chase |
When the boat disappeared around a .
bend in the river three miles from the I
bridge the swimmer was still leading j
by a good margin and going strong. It j
was announced later that he was cap -j
tured and had been taken to a farm I
house. The prisoner claimed he was ;
tramping over the country and had I
not heard the warning to halt hntil!
fired upon, and that fearing he would ;
be shot he had jumped into the rivir j
Germans Attack ussians
PKTROGRAD, May 1.-—Teuton j
forces yesterday made a violent at-j
tack on the Russian positions on the
Danube river northwest of Braila, thej
war office announced today. The at- |
taebers were repulsed.
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TAFT IN CABINET?
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Ex-President Would Likely Be
Called In Case of Coalition.
Aiming the names silasested for a
coalition cabinet as Kurland now has
in case our affairs with Herman;,
should warrant it. is that of former
President William Howard Tuft
White Lead, Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Ground Colors and Japan, in
quantities for large jobs—our specialty.
Paints, Oils, Varnishes
NOTHING helps to improve the looks of things like
a little paint. It works wonders with the appear
ance of your building both inside and out. A complete
line of paints and finishes recently arrived at this store,
the famous SHERWIN & WILLIAMS make: Ready
mixed, Enamels, Brighten-Up-Finishes. Gold and Alu
minum, Oil and Varnish Stains, Stove Pipe and Iron
Enamel, Marine Floor and Deck paint, Copper boat
paint, Waterproof paint, Navy paint, Scar-not, Mar-not,
Rex-Spar Varnish, Paint and Varnish Brushes, etc.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
----- Former INGRAM & BUSH BLDG.
J. E. WILSON "j
Freighting to all points 1
in the third division. 1
Horses bought and sold. 1
Phone 166.
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A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
: Company
! Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
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General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
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! LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
; Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
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CHICAGO SALOONS
MAY BK OLOSKH
CHICAGO, May 2.— The indications
here now are that the saloons of this
and other great cities will be closed (
as a war measure. Many close obser
vers of the trend of public opinion
are of the belief that the life of the j
saloons will be brought to an end all
ever the country very soon.
To Cultivate Lands
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 2.
As a part of the program to encour
age nation-wide growing of food
stuffs, everx employe of the treasury
department throughout the United
States was today requested by Secre
tary McAdoo to cultivate all the land
in his possession or control.
State and National
Food officials i
havk dkclakkd that
THK MATKKIAL OK WHICH
Gresent Baking Powder
is composed
is a proper ma
terial for use
in Baking
Powder
25c lb.
AT ALL GKOCKKK
CKKSCKNT MK(1. CO.,
Seattle, tYaati.
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j LOUIE'S cafe]
i • l>a> and Night McKinley Street, Below t able Office •
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
! S KVKRYTHING THK BUST ANDY MAKOVH II, Prop,-. Z
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT---InOwl Drnt Slnre.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD
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WE PAY
2K rente per pound for Copper
18 rente per pound for Brass
.4c lb. for Rubber Shoes.
7r lb. for Ijead.
$20.00 per toa for east iron.
$15 per ton Wrought Iron.
5c per lb. for Rope.
3 c per pound for Rags.
$20.00 per ton for Paper.
27r per doz. Beer Bottles, tjts.
17r do*. Beer Bottles, plats.
P. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
i VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY |
? Cake*, Cookie* ft Baj, 15c per dona. *
% Freack, R*e tod White Bread 12 1-2 $
* ceott per loaf. Order* takea for tpecitl *
•> occaetoa* +
* CHRIST KOCrSTAD, Propr. *
* PHONE 17 - Three 4oon MorriOwt One J
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When 1b Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. e»or
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel \
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Space
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRIKG, Prop
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CITY EXPRESS. Phone tsLl; ready
to transfe. t-.ui l>ag-,.0L lor you. tf
Ice cream every day, specials on
Sunday at Hunt’s ('aiuly Kitchen, tf
A full and complete line of Cigars,,
Cigarettes. Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Full line Koenig’s Chocolates at
Keystone Produce Co. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
I’HOI KSSIOVII. r\!{|*S.
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DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OlHi'es over » »lilrt llrua * o.
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A A .'in neon. T S Pulili. Health Serv
(Marine Hospital i
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Ynars in VaMez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOH\RYS-.AT-LAVV
OppnuHr Court Hontr
Phour M VAI.DKZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS « IT HITCH:*
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY*-A'l-LAVA
Ul<n la “ Saltan BulMln*
Pkoaa ISl vaLIIKZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
.R’NKAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted lenses (*i oun<1
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PL. a. M. D. Prop j
Jo*. A. Silverman Pb. G. M. D. |
I’HYSIt'lAX AM) Sl'IMJKON |
Office boors--1 to 4 p. m --7 to 8 p. m. j
Sunday by Appointment
Rea. Tel. 170 Ofliee Tel. 19 j
Boyle Block Valdez j
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Krrr mill Am-plrd Mnnona
Regular Communications first Wed
nesdav in each month tn McKinle
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
* F. M. BROWN, W. M
ED WOOD. Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
Geo. M. Barry Secretary*
Valdez Alaska. ,