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THURSDAY, OCTOBF.R 3, 1912.
JUST IMPUDENCE.
William I>. 11 ay woo I, head of
I In1 Industrial Workers of Ihe
World, says there will he a gen
eral slrike in this country if El
1 • »r and (Siovannilli, now impris
oned in Massachusetts for their
pari in the Lawrence strike, are
not released. "Every wheel will
erase lo turn and every mill, far
lory, mine and industry will he
shut down," he predicts if Ihese
men are not released, for "we
know I ha | I hey have eommitled
no crime or olTenee against so
ciety, ye I they have hern coin
pelh'd lo slay in jail «»i^III
nionlhx."
As <1 class advocate Haywood
i- nothing if no| enthusiastir. II
seenis likely th;il lie is overoplo-1
inistic sit v hi I litis general slrike.I
lltou^h. There won'l he any gen
eral slrike. because the American
people, even the most radical of
llic '"ihor unionist, are loo son
> ii»l« lo lake pari in such an af
f;iir. Ellor and r.iovannitti may
In* as innocent as unhorn babes
of the eriines of which they are
accused. If they are, it is to be
presumed that they will have fair
facilities for proving their inno
cence at the trial which was be
pun on Wednesday. Meantime,
even labor unionists don't forget
I hat the McNamaras protested
Ihoir innocence violently, and oili
er persons of great eminence in
Iho labor world made statements
about the impossibility of their
Knill quite as flat as Haywood'.?
about the Lawrence prisoners. So
perhaps it is as well lo have a
Trial before Haywood's friends
are sent on! into the world again.
Meantime his threat of a gener
al slrike is sheer impudence. It
is "anti-social" lo oppress or
punish unjustly through process
<»f law any individual. Bui how
much more "anii-social" would be
this general strike! If Iho full
ness of lime and proper legal
processes show Ellor and fiiovan
ritti In be innoconl, nobody will
know better than I hoy and Hay
wood how lo ulili/.o Ihoir "mar
tyrdom." Until that lime his talk
of paralyzing the industry of Iho
country and blithely bringing
about Iho suffering whirl) a gen
eral strike would produce indi
cates that he and his like nro a
real menace lo Iho class they pro
fess |o help.
UNPREJUDICED OPINION.
Tin* French newspapers arc very
1111icli puzzled In account fop the
protests being made by I!i«• lirif
ish press against Ili«> aelion of
I In* American I'niigriM.s in i*«*li«*v
ing fhmi lolls through I In* Pan
ama canal American shipping en
paged in coastwise trade. The
French nuthorilic* insist that the
Americans have only exercised a
righl thai every oilier nation
would exercise under similar con
ditions, and they po further hy
declaring that after all Ihe Pan
ama canal is an American water
way in which Kurope has hut lil
tle irderesl, and llmt lis principal
importance is thai, Ihe coast* of
the TJniled Stales am thereby
brought, nearer together and
Amrrica is enaldcd to Ifold thai
balance of power in Ihe Pacific to
which il is clearly entitled.
This is an opinion by practical
ly disinterested persons and a«
snch it should have considerably
more weight lhan would those of
either individuals, corporal ions or
povernmenls having a selfish end
in view. The French authorities
are loo diplomalie |o call alien
lion to Ihe facl lhal Ihe oppnsi
lion lo |he canal measure, bolh in
Furope and America, is due to Ihe
desire lo defeal Ihe provision
against the use of Ihe canal by
railway-owned ships, and that
the Pacific, railways of Canada,
backed by Ihe power of the Pacific
railway* of the United Plates, are
, standing behind the British pro.
test.
There never has been any
feround in reason or justice why
Ihe United States should not reg
ulate the waterway which has
t'een constrluclelKat its own: ex-,
pense, and it wou)d seem that in
View of the. expressions /of the
French maritime authorities
some of the Americans who, with
out informing themelves of the
facts in the case, hastened to take
sides against their own country
would have the grace to be heart
ily ashamed of themselves.
THE BURIAL OF MUT8UHITO.
Two imperial funerals in our
lime come to mind for compari
son wilh that of Mulsuhito. They
are those of William 1 of C.ier
many and of Victoria of (treat
Britain. In (h<> importance of ihc
reigns in fin* histories of the
countries, and in the popular af
fection in which the sovereigns
wore held, comparison is not un
just or incongruous. Each of the
Ihpave to his or her empire
a new and splendid era, profound
ly and permanently impressing its
whole national life and charac
ter. Each was assured of fame
long before the end of life. Tint
in some not unimportant respects,
not least, of all in appeal to the
imagination, the funeral of Mul
suhito stands not in comparison
1>ut in striking contrast to Tire
o| hers.
The British monarchy is anci
ent. :i in I the line of Brandenburg
dates far hack. But they are mod
ern by the siib' «»f the dynasty of
Japan. Kven if we dismiss Jiin
iii11 Tenno In the age of fable and
begin wilh the Irulyand indispul-j
ably historic pari of Japanese an-i
mils, we tlml the present dynasty
established before the Saxunj
'lleplarcliy. If was lilting, there
fore, that there should be a com
mingling of the antique and the
modern in the great funeral pro
cession. The huge car, precise
ly such as was used a thousand
years ago, was drawn by oxen as
of old, and was attended by guards
in ancient armor, bearing bows
and spears and battle axes, pre
cisely as the warriors of (he Em
press Jingo were equipped in the ,
invasion of Korea. Yet the scene
was illumined by electr.c lights
of a type unknown before the 20th
century, and there were in the j
liain thousands of soldiers with <
the most modern equipment. In 1
another respect the occasion was 1
noteworthy. It was the funeral
of the only Emperor Japan bad j
really known in the time of even I
the oldest men now living. For .
those who can remember hi.* pre- '
decessor remember a shadowy
monarch, who was kept in seclu
sion while the Shoguns really rul-r
erl I lie land. Bui Mutsuhilo wasl
"every inch a king."
The most obvious contrast of
all, however, is I ho character of
the regard paid lo tin* departed
monarch. William and Victoria
wcro esteemed as a groat man and
a groat woman. But Mutsuhito,
like Roman emperors, only with
far more sincerity of faith than
they, is translated into divinity.
Of that the Shinto rites remind
us Japan is partly Shinto, part
ly Huddhist and partly Christian;
hul it is still entirely Shinto in
the religion of patriotism. In
deed, Shintoism is patriotism
rather than religion. II has no
doetrinal code, no idol worship,
no priestcraft, no definite teach
ing of a future life. But if has
regard t• > ihe forces «»f nature, and
among these it reckons groat men
as the most important. Mutsuhito
is Ihus enrolled among Ihe gods,
not for worship in our sense of
the term, hul for studying and f«»I -
lowing as an exemplar, and with
Ihe implicit belief that his spirit
survives and will continue to ani
mate his popple. In that view
"the Way of the Cods" i- not un
deserving of even Christian re
spect. If the people of Japan do
keep tho spirit of Mutsuhito alive
and potent among thorn they will
do well.—N. Y. Times.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Evidently those Wyoming con
victs have an active purity squad
operating within the prison walls.
My taking a supply of tahasco
auco along with him, Wada might
work his Aniak claims during the
winter months
Alton B. Parker says he is a I
Progressive Democrat. Tttft, we
believe, laid claim to being a Pro
gressive Republican.
Hearst's Magazine says those
facsimile letters of Archbold's
were not forgeries; they were just
written on another typewriter.
Of course Teddy did not know
that all that money donated by
the trusts to the national commit
tee was being used for his elec
tion.
The Copper Hiver road .should
soon be able to pay dividends by
reason of the recent large accre
tion; of real estate on their right
of-way.
After all there is some pro
gression in Adams methods of
getting rich quick. At first he
started in with gold dust, and now
he proposes to finish up with coin
of the realm.
At a Methodist pow-wow held
in Ottawa lately one of the breth
ren was deploring the fact that
ministers in that church are un
derpaid. Among other things he
said: "You cannot expect a min
ister lo preach a good sermon on
one sausage floating around in
the gravy." Well, hardly, lie
should eat I he sausage.
Closing oui suits, coats and ev
ening gowns nt half price at Har
/ey's Toggery.
ORDER TO 8HOW CAUSE ON PE
TITION TO SELL LAND.
n the United Stales Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In Ihe mailer of the guardian
hin of the eslalo of Nels Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.—Order to Show Cause on Pe-i
lion |o sell Land.
The United Slates of America
«» Nels Oscar Sail, Cliarles (S. Sal I, i
.(•wis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie j
Valson. and to all persons in
••resled in the atiove-uameii es_
ate or in the sale of lands !>••
outing In said estate:
The petition of Charles (J.
all, as guardian of Ihe estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly tiled in this court, r?p
esenling that it would be for the
lenelit of the estate of said in
ompctent person and of all pcr
nns interested therein that cor
am lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
'escribed therein be sold, ana
raying that license be granted
o the said Charles G. Sail, as
uardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and each
)f you are hereby cited, ordered
ind required to show cause, if
ny you have, before this court,
t the United States Commi9sion
r's court -oom in the court house
n the town of Valdez, in the above
tamed precinct in the Territory
)f Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
ooer, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m.f
vhy the prayer < f said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Uaska, Ibis 26th day of August,
1912.
THOMAS R. SHEPARD.
Tudge of the United States Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.-In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VaLOmZ. ALASKA
on Minmb
PArmNT Sumrmrm
Oknmbal Mining Enoinkkrino
f*HONm No. 109
F. BUTTERWORTH
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U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
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Vm mrj Friday. • p.' »• S«fl« HHI
UO YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY?
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The Old Saying, "Money Saved Is Money Earned"
The ladies of Valdez and vicinity have surely been
making money this past week by attending
our enourmous clearance sale of
LADIES SHOES.
This sale will positively end next Saturday, Octo
ber 5th, 1912. Don't forget the date if
you want bargains.
Notice of Annual Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Sealey-Davis
Mining Co. will be held at the of
fice of the company in Valdez,
Alaska, on Tuesday, the 8th day
of October, 1912, at the hour of
2 p. in. for the purpose of elect
ing a board of direclor3 to serve
for the ensuing year and the
transaction of such other busi
ness as may come before the
meeting. Transfer books will be
closed October 5th.
SEALEY-DAVIS MINING CO.,
If. F. Suessdorf, Secretary.
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