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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1914.
ASSUAGING WOES WE INCREASE.
One of our correspondents sees in
consistency in the fact that while
this country is contributitng millions
to relieve the sufferings caused by
war, it is at the same time selling
huge quantities of arms and ammu
nition to be used in making more
sufferers in need of relief.
There is something of the incon
sistent in that, but not a bit more
than in anything done to mitigate
and restrict the havoc of war. It
is obvious, for instance, that when
you fail to kill a man at the first
shot, you should in consistency fin
ish him off if you get another chance
at him. On the contrary, you are ex
pected to treat him as tenderly as a
brother till he recovers from his
wound. After that, shoot him again,
preferably with better aim. And,
though it is permissible to reduce the
numbers of "the enemy” as much and
as rapidly as possible, with bullets of
one sort, it is quite wicked to use
the bullets that would make the
quickest and most effective job of
the slaughter.
It is unreasonable to expect war to
be reasonable—as unreasonable as it
is to expect anybody with something
to sell not to sell it when he gets
a chance. Some day, perhaps—but
there! for the present, at least, busi
ness is business, and only unpracti
cal dreamers criticise the doing of
what the law permits. Consistency is
all right in its pretty little academic
way, but convenience and profit are
realities. And then, though we may
be inconsistent, we are not ungener
ous and our hearts are warm.—Ex.
FRANK IS AGAIN
SENTENCED TO HANG
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 11.—Judge
Hill today resentenced Frank, the
man convicted of murdering little
Mary Phagon in a pencil factory in
this city. The state supreme court
refused to certify the case to the Su
preme Court of the United States,
Justice Lamar refuses to rehear the
case and it cannot therefore come be
fore the federal supreme court. The
governor is expected to investigate
'he case, however, and may grant a
reprieve.
BIG MORMON
CROSSES DIVIDE
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. 11.—
Joseph Smith, head of the Independ
ent Mormon church, died here today
at the age of 82. His church opposed
plural marriages and the male mem
bers of his followers were satisfied
with one wife.
ENGINEERS WORK
14 HOURS A DAY
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—The switching
engineers who are demanding higher
wages testified today before the fed
eral commission that they are work
ing 14 hours a day. The men insist
ed that they were kept on the jobs
until they were in danger of drop
ping and that many of the accidents
and consequent loss of life and prop
erty resulted from overwork on the
part of the engineers.
Moose Dance.
The regular Saturday night dance
given by the Moose will be given at
Moose hall. Fine music and excel
lent lunch served at midnight.
Cali for Warrants.
I will pay all city warranto up to
and Including No. 4210 If presented at
my office in the Copper Block,
k 13 E. Q. AMES, Treasurer.
AMD MAT
AT EIALT DATE
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—Secretary
of the Interior Lane stated yester
day that an early report of the Alas
Engineering Commission could be ex
pected. The coal outlook for Alas
ka, he said, was very optimistic.
GARRISON WANTS
I RIGGER ARMY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—Secretary
of War Garrison reports to congress
that the United States army is in
excellent condition, well equipped and
officered, but that it is not large
enough and he recommends that 25,
000 additional men bei authorized at
once and that the reserve of militia
men be increased.
DANIELS PREDICTS
WORLD CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—Secretary
of the Navy Daniels in an interview
today predicted that an international
conference would be held following
the present war in Europe and that
many of the questions brought up by
the war will be settled and rules of
warfare adopted to fit the changed
conditions.
| LOCAL BREVITIES. |
Cooking apples $2 per box at the
Yakima Fruit Co. tf
?—Men’s heavy wool hose 25c pair
at Emporium. tf
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Suits pressed for J1.00 at Silver
man’k the tailor. Teh phone 198. i
GERMANS ARE
NEARWARSAW
(Continued from page 1.)
the Germans appear to be using their
finest troops and depending upon
manhood instead of machinery. Over
the Polish roads it is impossible to
make use of their big guns, even of
those which, like the 6-inch howitz
ers recently captured by Russia in
the neighborhood of Soldau, are cap
able of horse traction along German
roads. Krupp’s largest and newest
42-centimetre howitzers, which can
not leave the line of railway, are im
possible for a campaign in Poland.
So far as we know, the Russians
are retiring fighting before the sec
ond German invasion, and will con
tinue to retire until the place fixed
upon by Grand Duke Nicholas for the
final effort is reached. When the veil
is lifted which now conceals the en
tire theater of war on this front it
will once more show that the Ger
mans have been outwitted by the
strategy of the Grand Duke.
What the official Russian spokes
men say is that the present situa
tion is very serious, but is favorable
to Russia, and their manner of say-'
ing it quite plainly conveys perfect
'confidence in the result.
The Germans are engaged in enor
mous military engineering works to
defend Berlin, 50 miles east of their
capital at Kustrin, where the River
Warthe flows into the Oder. This
sufficiently proves the collapse of the
German plans in this war, which had
RUSSIA'S IMPERIAL INFANTRY.
photo by American Preaa Association.
Thu !• a picture of the caaria troop# made In Galicia.
been prepared for with minute care
in every conceivable detail.
To Hunt Down Karlsruhe.
LONDON, Dec. 11—The rBttisb
fleet in the Atlantic will hunt down
the protected cruiser Karlsruhe at
once.
Japs After Protected Cruiser.
TOKIO, Dec. 11.—The Japanese
fleet is still hunting for the auxiliary
■cruiser Prince Eitel which has sunk
a number of Japanese merchant ves
sels.
Trainload of Wounded Wrecked.
LONDON, Dec. 11.—A train load of
wounded being taken from the Ger
man battle line to Brussels for treat
ment were wrecked in Belgium yes
terday and 50 of the wounded soldiers
were killed.
German Cruisers Fine Record.
The Scharnhorst and Gnelsenau,
the German ships lost on Tuesday
in battle with the British South At
lantic fleet, were cruisers of 11,500
tons displacement, had a speed of 24
knots, carried eight 8.2-inch guns and
six 6-inch guns. The two boats were
in Chinese waters at the outbreak of
the war but left Kiau-chau before the
British and Japanese could bottle
them up. They have preying upon
the commerce of the allies since that
time in spite of the efforts of almost
a hundred British, Japanese and
French warships to locate and de
stroy them. They did many millions
of dollars’ worth of damage to ship
ping.
The Dresden was a scout cruiser of
28 knots speed and was in Mexican
waters at the outbreak of the war.
It was from this ship that German
marines were landed a year ago at
Tampico to protect 500 American ref
ugees, who were in danger of being
killed by a mob of Mexicans. Ad
miral Fletcher left Tampico steam
ing out to sea and the Mexicans, be
lieving that the “gringoes” were
afraid attempted to storm the hotel
in which they had sought safety.
The commander of the Dresden sent
marines ashore with orders to pro
tect the Americans even if it were
necessary to kill the Mexicans. He
also notified the Mexican commander
at Tampico that his men had orders
to fire if molested, and that the guns
of the ship were trained upon the
Mexican barracks.
The Leipzig is a 5,000-ton boat of
the scout type, which was in Pacific
Mexlcan waters at the outbreak of
the war. The Nurnberg was a 3,450-,
ton scout ship with a speed of 24
knots, and carried ten 41.-inch guns.
She has made many captures in the
Atlantic since the war commenced,
destroying shipping valued at from
ten to twelve million dollars.
The Karlsruhe, the only German
ship of any size still at large, is one
of the fastest in the German navy
and can easily make 27 to 28 knots,
as her trial trip disclosed the boat
had several knots faster speed than
expected. She has been sighted re
peatedly b ythe British warships but
easily escapes. The Kronprince Wil
helm, which was formerly the North
German Lloyd steamer of the same
name, and which escaped from New
York a few days after war was de
clared, is also in the Atlantic ocean
and has sunk many British, French
and Russian vessels. The Emden,
which was sunk a month ago, de
stroyed $20,000,000 worth of shipping
and has made the best record for the
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Germans of any ship, with the Karls
ruhe second with $15,000,000 to her
credit. The British liner Van Dyke,
a $3,000,000 ship, with a cargo of
frozen meat, was captured a few
weeks ago by the Karlsruhe.
The difficulty of coaling all these
ships have been overcome by the
Germans, who sent coal from neutral
ports in German or neutral bottoms
to the ships at sea, where the coal
was transferred.
Orpheum Tonight.
The Old Parlor, a drama with good
acting and an interesting plot.
The Rex Servant, a story full of
romance.
Tale of a Fish, a fish story comedy
that is a peach.
Harvey’s Toggery Retiring From
Business.
We are closing out our entire stock
below cost. Fixtures for sale. tf
The Emporium has received a large
stock of fresh candy and Christmas
.novelties on the last boat and more
are coming. Don’t fail to see our
stock before buying elsewhere. Miss
Blomquist is in attendance and will
give your wants prompt attention, tf
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed Tor JI.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 11, 1914.
STATION Above Uelow Snow, In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Wortman’s . 30 8 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Summit . 32 24 Cloudy, calm, trail drifted.
Beaver Dam . 20 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell . 19 24 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina >.18 15 Cloudy, west wind, trail godo.
Copper Center ... 19 4 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Gulkana ..15*“ 8 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Hogan . 18 2 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Paxson's . 32 6 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
McCallum . 20 5 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Donnelly . 25 light fall Cloudy, calm, trail bad.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
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CONSTANTLY ON HAND
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Patronize a Home Industry
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle
Nov. 15th, Dec. 5th and 25th
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan. Juneau, Yakutat, Ka
talla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND—CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard for southern California ports.
Kletit reserved to change dates and steamers without notice
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
Local Agent
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 Latouohe. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th>
S S Latouche. 15th: S S Cordova. 25th of each month-Right reserved to change this
schedule without notloe.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdai Dock Co, Local Agt.
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