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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1010
IMAGINARY BOYCOTT.
From the press of France, England
and Russia come assurances that the
«nd of the present war will be the sig
nal for the beginning of an economic
war against the central powers in
volving a trade boycott and a read
justment of world trade lines likely
to favorably affect the United States.
It is proposed to prevent the re
building of Germany’s industrial and
commercial structure by the imposi
tion of tariffs and to interfere with
German trade in South America, and
the Far East by whatever means are
possible. The residence of Germans
in the allied countries is to be dis
couraged; the right of naturalization
to be withheld; German commercial
agencies are to be excluded from the
allies’ territory; the stock exchanges
of London, Paris and Petrograd are
to be closed against German stocks.
By every means possible it is the
present intention of the allied powers
to prevent the commercial and finan
cial rehabilitation of the German em
pire.
If the boycott plans are fully car
ried out, as they are not likely to be.
the United States would bfe the only
open field of any importance for Ger
man trade, and even this would be
subject to whatever discouraging in
fluence the allied powers could exert.
Such a boycott would divert to this
country the demand for manufactured
goods formerly supplier by Germany,
and should induce an industrial ac
tivity such as this country has never
known. But whether such boycott be
pricticable or not, there will be an
opportunity for its enforcement if
German arms prevail in the present
war.
From the Teutonic standpoint,
there is no thought of danger of com
mercial retaliation for the reason that
victory In the field is to made so com
plete as to render the allied nations
incapable of enforcing it. But what
ever defects may come on land for
the allies, there is a British war fleet
to be reckoned with. And Germany
has no effective means for reaching
or destroying the sea arm that has
driven every German ship into port.
War is more likely to bring a stale
mate of the opposing forces in which
the settlement of issues, including the
trade issue, is to come by mutual
concession. The equation now is the
German army against the British
navy, and each seems invincible in its
sphere of operation.—Post-Intelligen
cer.
KNTHU8IABM.
No work worth while is ever ac
complished without enthusiasm. This
is true of individual work aud it is
especially true where a number of
people are associated in a common in
terest. Six enthusiastic people vitally
interested in what they are doing may
meet together and feel the power of
their united effort. Let six other peo
ple who are not specially interested
come into the meeting and a damper
is cast u£on all. It is like diluting
rich milk with water. The disinter
ested ones perhaps do not realize the
effect their attitude has on the work
at hand, but they are like a dead
weight to be carried along by the
others.
This is a lesson that everyone who
is working with other people should
take unto himself. .He should enter
so heartily into whatever is under
--THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
2 Shows—at8 and 9:20, sharp
~ PROGRAM
Pathe News, Bray’s Cartoons,
etc.
Hie Hand of Fate, a Novel
Drama. Kalem.
The Lady, or Tigers, wild ani
mal Story. Sellg.
lJmls the Soul-saver, comedy
featuring Ham.
Paramount Feature Thursday,
“The Ring and the Man."
Admission 25c and 10c.
taken that his presence will be an in
spiration to the others. Be a lifter
not a leaner.—Weekly Unity.
WHAT EUROPE WILL HAVE.
Europe may burn up. Her people
may be blasted by bankruptcy. Her
national lines may be made to follow
new channels. Her Industries may be
buried. Her sons may fall and the
blood and the brain of many an un
known Tolstoi, Beethoven, Pasteur or
Darwin may fertilize her shell fur
rowed fields. She may set up for a
day new standards of national great
ness. But there, all these, cannot de
stroy the passionate purpose of her
people to own themselves and to de
cide for themselves what chains they
will bear and what sacrifices they will
make. For chains and sacrifices must
be; these mean social life and only
the anarchist dreams of life without
restraints. But Europe knows that it
may have what Americans long ago
gained, that degree of freedom in
which sacrifice is made—consciously
and proudly made—for those and to
those with whom we have a common
interest. And this is liberty.—Secre
tary F. K. Lane.
REBELS CAPTURE
ANOTHER PROVINCE
Government Officials at Peking are
Panfcstricken as Rebel Army
Is Marching on tlie City.
PEKING, Eeb. 2.—That Yuan Shai
Kai will never be crowned emperor
of the Chinese monarchy is the belief
of those who are best informed on
events which have been transpiring
during the past few weeks. The gov
ernment officials have been claiming
victories but it is known that in near
ly every important engagement the
federal troops have been defeated by
the revolutionists and that thousands
of government troops have deserted
and gone over to the rebels.
Twenty thousand revolutionists are
reported as marching on this city,
having decisively defeated the federal
troops in Kweichow province. The
rebels are well equipped and are led
by officers who won distinction in the
war which resulted in the overthrow
of the Manchu dynasty following
which the republic form of govern
ment was established. The governor
and other federal officials fled from
Kweichow when they received news
that the government troops had been
defeated.
The rebel leaders have sent assur
ances to representatives of foreign
nations here that the lives of foreign
ers will be protected when the city
is attacked. The government officials
are panic strickenj^it are making no
real preparations In defense of the
city or to suppress the revolutionary
movement which is spreading to every
part of the empire.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Feb. 1, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.663
Temperature 7 p. m.. 0
Maximum temperature . 14
Minimum temperature .— 6
Mean temperature. 4
Clear, wind northeast, 4 miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Feb. 2, 1916.
Fairbanks, —12; clear, calm.
Salcha, —18; clear, calm, trail
good.
Richardson, —19; cloudy, calm,
trail good.
McCarthy, —10; cloudy, calm, trail
good.
Donnelly, —48; cloudy, calm, trail
good.
McCallum, —8; 46 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Hogan, —25; 21 inches snow,
cloudy, calm.
Paxson, —14; 36 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Gulkana, —23; 21 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center, —28; 15 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
Tonslna; —24; 18 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail drifted.
Teikhelt, —16; 36 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
- Beaver Dam, —22; 46 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail 'drifted.
Summit, 10 feet, clear, calm, trail
drifted.
Wortman’s, —6; 40 Inches snow;
clear, calm, trail closed north; heavy
south.
Program Tonight
The- Liberty theatre announces for
. tonight:
" The Hidden Message.
City of Darkness.
When Queenie Came Back.
Four good reels. Visit the Liberty
for good pictures and be warm and
comfortable.
' CHINESE TRICKERY.
Trader* Who Keep Their Victime In
Financial Slavery.
Dishonest traveling merchants in
China Hud a partic ularly lucrative Held
in which to |>ly their labors, with the
result that almost uubelicvuble conse
quences come to light uow and then.
Some traders, taking advantage of the
simplicity of the Mongolians, make an
attractive display of goods such as the
natives crave to possess, and tempt
them to purchase what catches their
fancy.
Woe to one who is beguiled to walk
into the snare, for the glib tongue of
the traveling merchant will soon in
duce him to take possession of that
particular article to which bis atten
tion is directed at any price demand
ed. If be has something to offer In
exchange fleecing stops there, but in
case he has nothing to give in return
a great calamity will befall him.
The vendor will assure him that be
is quite welcome to carry away the ar
ticle on credit. He will come back
again to the town ufter u certain lapse
of time. If the native hands over on*
or several head of cattle ns the case
may be. and an extra sheep or a horse,
equivalent in value to 30 or 40 per cent
of the price of the goods advanced, as
interest, everything will be satisfac
tory. However, the merchant on re
turning seldom collects the price, but
is satlsfled with carrying away the
promised interest, leaving the pur
chaser in debt 30 that he can forever
milk him.
Thus, it is not rare to see some
Mongolians working for the payment
of usurious intercut on a debt con
tracted by their fathers or even grand
fathers as the result of having fallen
a victim to one or these tricky Chinese
peddlers.—Argonaut.
MONSTER WATER BUGS.
On* of Tham Can Grip and Easily Put
to Death a Frog.
Tin; frog’s worst enemy Is a monster
water bug which inhabits the tropical
waters of both North and South Amer
■lea. This water bug is one of the
largest aquatic insects. It is called a
giant by comparison with other bugs,
but it is much smaller than any of the
frogs on which it preys. Yet so pow
erful are its legs that it is sure death
for the frog that gets within their
grasp.
Tile two principal joints of tbe fore
legs fold down on one unotber, and the
stouter of these two has a groove
along its front, to receive the sharp
inner edge of the next joint, much as I
the blade of a pocketknlfe folds down.
In tlie pools and tbe estuaries of
tidal waters these giant bugs bide
among stones and rubbish, from which
they dart rapidly to attack passing
frogs and occasionally Ashes. The vic
tim is clasped by the bug's forelegs,
and the deadly beak between its two
compound eyes'is plunged deep Into
the liesh.
This is not a case of taking toll
merely of the victim’s blood, as in the
ease of many other sucking insects; it
Is speedily followed by the death of
the bug’s victim. This appears to be
due to u copious supply of liquid from
around tbe base of tbe beak, which
finds its way into tbe puncture.
Professor Locy bas traced this to n
pair of glands in tbe head of the giant
water bug. Their secretion produces
death very quickly.—New York Amer
lean.
Getting an Autograph.
A Munich boy of fourteen who bail
seen and admired many of Rudolf von
Seitz's paintings was anxious to se
cure the painter’s autograph, but did
not know how to go about it. After
much thought be wrote a letter, stat
ing that he had sent a case of wine to
the professor’s address and wanted to
kuow whether it had been received.
Thinking tbe matter of sufficient im
portance, the painter did not write, but
called at the address given, met tbe
boy’s mother, and the fraud soon be
came apparent The boy was thor
oughly scolded and next day received
this autograph note:
It often happens here on earth
That little roguee to great ones grow.
Borne autographs for which you’re trying
Can be procured without much lying.
No Sana* of Proportion.
The young man who bad spent his
efforts for several years without re
sult In studying art was talking with
his practical uncle, who had patiently
paid the bills.
“Of course,” said the youug artist, “1
know I haven’t made much of a go of
It, but 1 don’t think you ought to ad
vise me to try something else. You
know It’s best to put all your eggs in
one basket and watch that basket.”
“Urn! That may be, Charlie; but
did you ever think how foolish it Is to
put so many baskets around one ban
tam egg?”
Rubber Trees.
Rubber trees planted in Ceylon have
attained a height of fifty feet and a
girth of two feet from the surface of
the ground in six years. At the end
of that time the trees are ready for
tapping In order to extract the latex,
or sap. which Is transformed into rub
ber.
■vading the Issue.
“Has that borrowing friend of yours
dropped out of sight?”
”Oh, no; he mnnagee to keep in
touch with me.”—Baltimore American.
His With. ,
Tom—1 wish this ten dollar bill was
• ten ‘dollar debt DWk — Heaivensl
Why? Tom—I’d never get rid of It—
exchange.__
He chooses best who chooset.*' labor
Instead ef rest—Old Baying
Stop and Shop
al Valdez Leading
A V Grocery Shop
Y :•
We carry -the best brands of
Domestic and Imported Groceries
Petaluma Eggs and Jersey Butter
Are The Best In Town,
Phone us for your bread and pies.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
The Leading Grocers
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WILSON STARTS SHAPING
INDUSTRY FOR WAR DUTY
»
NEW YORK: President Wilson
has decided that the time has come
for organization of “the manufactur
ing resources of the country for the
public service in case of emergency.”
,He has requested that the collection
of data make possible the contem
plated organization be taken by rep
resentatives of the American Ins'i
tute of Mining Engineers, the Amer
ican Chemical Society, the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, the
American Society of Civil Engineers
and the American Society of Me
chanical Engineers.
These are the five leading scientifc
bodies of the country. They have
agreed to do the work.
Pacts pertaining to the manufac
turing industries of New Jersey al
ready have been complied. Work In
the other states will be started imme
diately.
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ALASKA COAL LEASES
BE MADE EXPLICIT
I ________
WASHINGTON: according to
Secretary Lane of the Interior De
partment, when an individual or cor
poration takes a lease on Alaska coal
lands he will not be bothered by any
regulations for interpreting the terms
of the lease, as it will all be in the
lease itself. Speaking of the coal
land situation he said:
i “After many months of study and
investigation, we have now deter
mined upon a form of lease, and have
rejected the idea of having extended
regulations go with it. The form is
not long, but it gives the lessee the
: exact knowledge of what he may and
I may not do. In framing it, we have
had the advice of private operators
:a8 well as government officials.
, “I am confident that it will prove
! satisfactory and that it will produce
real development of Alaskan coal
lands.
“Survdys of the Alaskan coal fields
have been completed. We are wait
ing now for the completion of the
maps and the setting apart of the ex
act areas to be reserved for govern
ment purposes. When all this is done
—and it will be done soon—we will
make public the form of lease and at
the same time will make public the
maps, showing the exact places where
leases have been taken.”
! ’
! Don’t Miss It.
I See “Dope”, in six reels at the
Liberty theatre Thursday night,
i _
Ed Hunt will surrender his lease
on hiB present premises on February
19 and will establish his candy busi
ness in the Owl Drug atom
Dougherty & Ferguson
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GENERAL
Merchandise
ir \
The best groceries received
en every boat
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and ;
nuts. ' ■
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yean In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. 'GERMAN
PHONR 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
:
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone*42
Alaska Avenae^MMIP Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMGND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offlce Onpoalte Coart Honor
Phone S4 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Ofleea <a Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
i « » a ■ J. i .i.LAAi.AAA
Somebody
With Money j
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining proi
pect; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams,
i Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with , a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
advertise in the
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
neater.
BREAD KOH SALK
Jack Callin • . Pvaptiata*
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 1
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CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine; Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val- •
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fid algo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply oa Beat.
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VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free ni Accented Mmmmmm.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKinler
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. ML
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
When In Seward Stop at 4be
COLEMAN HOUSE
^ GEORGE SEXTON. RROR.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
The Beat Place In Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hot<el
Vim, Light Rmbi-TIm iJo«« «f CwlMt
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