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Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-10
TEST THE PROPHECY.

AlaSka'S population wuuld' in crGaS" in three millions in five years if the territory was given the proper form of government and financial aid sounds good. Alaskans arc the most optimistic people on earth, otherwise they must long since have become dis cOuragcd and sought countries or states where they would at least be a unit in helping to make the laws under which they live. The least encouragement is grateful ly accepted.
 Before accepting the position Of Secretary of Interior Mir. Fish CT was leader in the national conservation movement. He is familiar with every section of America, it's natural resources and the population which the re- sources would maintain if fully developed. In this he may well be considered an authority. Many millions of people have homes in states the area of which are much smaller than that of ihis great territory. Alaska has the natur- al resources which have made it possible for millions iO become prosperous elsewhere. Why not in Alaska? The resources await development and Alaska awaits the pleasure of congress.
 The Alaska fisheries, even in their present undcvclOprh state, gave employment during the past season i0 i6.000 men. Of thiS number about 600 were for eignrrs who were in Alaska dur ing the fishing season only. Un- der proper conditions these men would reside in Alaska and make it their home. The coast of Alas ka is capable of producing more fish than inc entire Atlantic sea- board of America. There are many prosperous fishing towns on tn" Atlantic coast, pcoplrd by happy and cOntcnl"d citizens. AlaSkaS fishing stations al ihiS season of the year are proplrd by watchmrn. One man to each sta ton.
 AlaSka'S coal fields are said ln he greater in area than that of Pennsylvania. Hundreds of Ilnu- sands of miners find employment in the mines of prnnSylvania. Why not in AlaSk Tn" copper mining industry of Alaska. as yet in itS infancy. is capable under development of supporting as largo riii"S as do the copper mines of Montana OF Colorado. Gold mining, both placer and quartz, will reach magnitude undroam- cd of as yet when rrasOnablc transportation and facilities for working al a low cost have been made possible. 'Tho development of the oil lands of California have induced many thousands of pcO- that state during thr past five years. This industry may become even greater in Alaska than in California. The agricultural pos sibilitirS of Alaska do not suffer by comparison with those of Den mark. Norway and Sweden. Mil lions of prosperous p"0pI" inhab- 1t those countries
 This territory has the rrSOur- ces tO back up Mr. Fishers state meni. Somr MaskanS nav doubt his prophecy. but all would well come aD effort on the part of con gress tn put it to the test.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-10
COL. RICHARDSON
 FRACTURES ANKLE

A report reached Valdez last evening that Col. Richardson, head of the Alaska road commission, fell on the icy pavements while walking in Washington ycster- day afternoon and sustained a fracture of one of his ankles.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-10
Call for Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that will pay all regular city warrants up to and including No. 2895 fl presented within 10 days from date. E. B. WHEAT,
 Town Treasurer. Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 6, 1912.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-10
History Readers.

Kindly look over your books and if you find Ridpath's History of the World or Elson's United States belonging to Oscar Fish, please return samc to J. Fish, Sr., Fish Bldg. or telephone ~.
Valdez daily prospector., 1912-01-10

John Miller. one of the Pros .pcciOr carriers. left on last nights Northwestern for Spokane, where he will attend business college.
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GRADY DIES A POOR MAN.
Noted Politician, Ever Generous to
Poor, Buried by Friend.

NEW YORK, February Ex-senator
Thomas F. Grady. whose hands always
went to his pockets when the poor of his
district needed anything, did not leave a
dollar in the world when he died Feb
ruary 3. 1t is known today, ALSO that the
senator's funeral expenses were paid by
mis- old friend Senator Frawley. Although
the senator had a lucrative law practice
in his earlier years, the exacuons Of pub
lie affairs, to which he gave most of his
lie. prevented him from attending to his
practice, and his salaries as assembly
man. magistrate and state senator did not
go very far.
Much Of the little money that the sem
ator had in his lifetime went to the poor
of his district 1t was a favorite saying
of his that criticising and preaching econ
omy to the poor didn't help them. and
he always held that little food and fuel
went a great deal farther than lectures.
Fill up their stomachs and heep them
warm" he used to say. "A little fire in
the stove will go long way to keep them
from hell fire." And the senator lived up
to his maxim. as many poor persons he
helped can testify.
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ASSAULT CLERK
George Powell of Majestic
Hotel Unconscious From
Murder0uS Blow.

Assaulted by three white men. who de-
manded his money. George Pow IL a
night clerk at the Majestic Hote. 40
Pennsylvania avenue northwest was
found unconscious at Ills o'clock this
morning bt hind the hotel counter
He was taken to the Casualty Hospital.
where an examination showed that he
had probably sustained a fracture OF the
skull. An iron pipe. with which Powell
had been struck, was found on the floor
beside him.
Powell recovered consciousness and told
the physician at the hospital that the
men entered the hotel and told him To
hand over his money. One Of them struck
him q blow over the head and knocked
him unconscious. They opened the
cashiers drawer and took s..
Powell declares that he knows the men
who held him up and can identify them.
A vigi ant search is being made by the
police Of the sixth precinct
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CHAMPION WITH THE CUE
Morris D. Brown Wins the Ma
ti0naI Amateur Tournament
in New York.

NEW YORK. February i0.-Morris D.
Brown Of Brooklyn won International
amateur class A, 1872 balk line. billiard
championship. two weeks play for which
ended In Brooklyn tonight. Brown lost
but one game in the series.
Brown played the final game with
Joseph Mayer. the Philadelphia cham
pion, and displaying the same form he
had shown throughout the tournament.
won w 400 to $751; Brown also ca tured
the high run prize Of the tournament,
scoring IS at a run In one Of the previous
games
The tournament ends with ]. Ferdinand
Poggenburg Of New York and Percy
Collins, the young Chicago player. tied
for second place. each with four vic
tories and two defeats The tie will
be played Off Monday afternoon.
Collins won the single high average
prize of the tournament with Is 1929
rhe condensed score Of tonights game f.:
Brown-Total. 400; average, 13-i:;
high runs, IS. 81 and AZ.
Mayer-Total. 3S1: average, 1915
high runs, s.. 45 and 80.
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President Taft, last speaker at the ban
quet of the League of Republican State
Clubs, held last night In the New Willard
Hotel. expressed absolute confidence In
the prospects Of victory for the republic
can party at the presidential election In
November.
Assurance Of victory for the republican
ticket, Taft for standard bearer and tariff
for the issue were the sentiments OF most
Of the speeches.
Senator Root Of New York, In a
stirring speech which won enthusiastic
applause, predicted the denomination
and reelection Of Taft and the con-
tinued triumph of republican princi-
pies.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
while not mentioning the name Of
President Taft. pointed to him. when he
declared that the standard bearer
nominated by the republican convention
In June would be the next President.
His reference to the great party lead
ers, Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft, met
with applause in an ascending scale Of
enthusiasm which Indicated that Taft
was by tremendous odds the favorite of
the gathering.
Other speakers were former Senator
Nathan B. Scott Of West Virginia, Repre-
sentative Thomas Parran of Maryland,
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Bryan's attitude toward

courts and Mr. Bryan's attitude toward
them. He said:
I'm the light OF decisions OF the courc
and Of messages of the President and
speeches Of learned opponents Of the
Constitution. would have considered
1t an insult tn the Intelligence OF this
body to enter upon a discussion OF the
merits of this question. But with MIR
Bryan no question is ever settled until
II is settled wrong. and no position is
ever certain until he makes il so. Bat
aside from the fact that the Culi"p
proposition was a fragrant attempt 30
violate the Constitution. il was and il
most dangerous and indefensiblc. IT
carries to the American people che
false and s>>~-s er assumption mar tho
presidency and the Supreme Cour' are
corrupt do not believe that is true.
and I refuse to teach that doctrine.
mo corrupt man has ""er OCCUPIED tho
White House. and no corrupt man has
ever sat upon the bench OF the supreme
Court. II I did not believe that ] would
join revolution to overthrow the -epub-
lie. II those who seek TO destroy the cor
fdence OF the people In the patriotism or
the President, in the purity of the Su-
preme Court. should succeed the people
would be amply justified In blotting this
free government from the face OF the
earth.
There are no greater enemies OF the
people in a free government than those
who teach the people to distrust honest
and faithful public servants"
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fore the arrival Of tho President, neo
suggested that he was in SITUATION
prophetic. under the shadow OF q coming
man: who, will not state. but the logic
Of events viii develop him In the next
ten minutes"
Immediately after the President had
taken his seat, Mr. Root, referring to his
augury Of the coming man. said: Il did
not know who was coming tonight; but
as the old wife turns the leaves OF her
Bible to determine upon q right course
OF conduct, so I knew that the right man
would come. Here he Is.
II do not know how 1t has appealed
to you" said President Taft. called upon
to speak by the POSTMASTER. land per.
hars have not played so rerSonal
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Former Representative Leonidas F. Av-
ingston-Uncle Lon, as he was known at
the Capitol and everywhere else In
Washington-died here at his home
shortly after midnight this morning. He
was in his eightieth year. The body will
be taken to Covington, Ga. over the
Southern railway, this afternoon at 4:15
o'clock, where interment will be made.
Mr.. Livingston had hardly had a sick
day up to November, 1910. when he
was defeated for reelection to the
Sixty-second Congress. This hurt him.
and he was frank to admit it.
Had my constituents left me In the
harness." he often said in the last few
months, II might have lived to be a
hundred. I had become accustomed
to the congressional routine. and 1 was
an efficient, If old. machine"
But Mr.. Livinston's constituents got
the idea, for some reason or other. that
he wasn't progressive enough for this
age and generation, and retired him to
private life in favor Of William Schley
Howard. He has hardly been seen al
the Capitol since his defeat.
Became Quite Dependent.
Once or twice he went up there. visit.
ing around on the floor and talking to
the political Warehouses; on both sides
OF the chamber, but the associations
seemed to affect him unfavorably. and
each time he would go home more de-
spondent and more careless abou,
whether he lived or died. OF late months
he had not left his home, and had grown
steadily weaker day by day. The end
last night was not unexpected.
Mr.. Livingston was born in Newton
county, Ga, April 3, 1892 He was of
Scotch-Irish descent. His grandfather
migrated to this country from north
Ireland, and served under Gen. Washing
ton during the revolutionary war.
Mr.. Livingston was educated In the
common schools of Newton county. was
a farmer by occupation, and unlike a
e.s In the Congressional Directory, &C
tually lived on his farm all of the time
that he was not called to Washington by
his congressional duties.
Mr.. Livingston served As private
soldier from August. 1861. to May, 1865.
In Congress Ten Years.
He served his state as a member of
its house OF representatives for two
terms. For one term he was a MEM
Der of the state senate. For eleven
years he was vice president OF the
Georgia State Agricultural Society. and
for four years it's president. He was
for three years. resigning when elect
ed to Congress. He was exceedingly
prominent in all political struggles in
his state for more than q quarter Of q
century.
Mr.. Livingston was elected to the
F1fty-second Congress and served con-
tinuously for ten terms.
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CORNELL STUDENT LOCATED.
Charles J. Evans Found in Florida,
With Mind in Daze.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ITHACA, N. Y, February 1O.-The Cor
nell University authorities today received
confirmation Of the news that Charles
]. Evans. the missing Cornell law steudent
and athlete, had been located in Florida.
President Schurman received Il telegram
from W. H. Drawn. Evans' brother-in-
law. sent from Miami, stating that a
brother, J. @. Evans. is bringing the
young man northsto his home In Pittston.
Pa. The young man recalled only that
he had been In Philadelphia He did
not know who he was or his past history
but when told that he was Evans. ex-
pressed a wish to go back to his family.
He had been working in a canning fac
tory In Florida and was practically out
of funds. Evans disappeared January l..
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Jail Prisoner .Plunges to Death.

PITTSBURGH, February 1O-Staney
Kelfher, aged thirty-three. a twenty-day
prisoner at the county Jail here. hurled
himself from the fourth tier OF cells to
the fiagstones Of the rotunda. sixty feet
below, today, with suicidal intent He
was taken to hospital with fractured
legs and ribs. crushed skull and In
ternal injuries He died later. Two
weeks ago he tried to take poison at an
eye and ear inf1rmary.
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mot IMPORTANT, IF TRUE"
Mr.. Bryan's Response to Representa-
tive Dies Denunciation.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. February 10
When shown an Associated Press dis
patch telling OF Martin Dies denuncia-
ton OF him in the House, Mr.. Bryan
said:
THAT may be called not important
II true. Is not Dies a represent alive
from the lumber district of Texas"
He was answered In the affirmative
and declined to make any further com
ment.
Bryan reached here on his way 10
Tucson. Ariz-. late today.
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Farmer Kills q Bear.

SptciAf UlspatcB % III CtnI.
: MARLINTON, w. Va, February 10
Isaac Waybright, who lives on the farm
s-.of Leonard Harper. In The Sinks. near
.Marainton. viva. killed a very large bear
-anear his home. His son was out looking
for hogs that had been feeding on mast.
His dog barked In an excited manner and
MIR. Waybright Investigated. He got
within a few feet OF the bear before he
knew II. He secured his gun and dis
patched the animal. II required the ef-
forts of four men to get the bear home.
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REPRESENTATIVE NICHOLAS
LONGWORTH.
Representative e ]. Hill Of Connecticut,
Judge D. D. Woodmansee Of Cincinnati,
Ohio. and the POSTMASTER. Capt John
G. Capess. president of the organization.
President Greeted With Cheers.
President Taft arrived at the banquet
hall at II o'clock, while Senator Root
was speaking. He was greeted with
cheers and a toast In his honor, pro-
posed by Senator Root was responded to
by the guests standing.
Senator Root. beginning his speech be-
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can member Of Congress from Maryland
made a brief speech, humorous In char
acter and free from political reference.
Senator Root followed him.
1T is useful to us in Washington.
said Mr.. Root. ito have men from all
parts Of the United States come here
to remind us that we arc not making
public opinion. and that we are not the
opinion Of tho people OF the United
States.
why are we herer' he asked. mo-
to aggrandize ourselves. but to draw
lines, to form battle array for q con-
f1ict which In dignity and Importance
and mothentous consciousness TO the
happiness OF our beloved country. 70
the advancement Of civilization. to the
development OF free and orderly gov
eminent. 10 great In its consequences.
not only to our country. but to the
entire world-second to no aIroy that
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Calls It Injustice.
A Swindler

representing himself to be an
agent of the ]. w. Holloway
Company is calling on SUBJ
scribers to THE STAR, Of
fering to take orders for
Photographic engagements
for IS cents, or for 90 cents
additional to print the photo
graph on one dozen post
cards.
The man is.a fraud.
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GIVES HOPE
Of PARTY VICTORY
Expresses Confidence in Re-
publican Success at Polls
in November.
his MESSAGE OF CHEER
TOlEAGUE CLUB DINERS
Senator Root Predicts That Present
Executive Will Be Reflected.
SPEECH AROUSES ENTHUSIASM
Representative Longworth, Former
Senator Scott, Representative
Hill and Others Address
Large Gathering.
Senator Root Predicts That Present
Executive Will Be Reelected.
SPEECH AROUsEs ENTHUSIASM

THE confidence Of the democrats
Is misplaced: the recent victory OF
its candidates at the polls was due
to misunderstanding. The vote
was q rebuke by republicans to re-
publicans: the democratic vote did
not increase. The misunderstand-
ing responsible for that vote Is
gradually giving way to the EVIL
dences that the republican party
is carrying out all the promises
made in 1908. President Taft.
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mendous argument between two colofed
men one Of whom gave the impression
that he thought the fate OF the nation de-
pended on his seeing what wss inside OF
it
Small Riot at Headquarters
He got II and opened It. despite the
enormous gang that Jumped on him, and
after he had taken a hasty glance at the
contents threw II back toward the place
where II belonged. The Judges decided
they would use another box after that,
and discarded the old one. which looked
like a well macerated tomato can.
. Somebody kidnapped" the oFrt Reno
and Tenleytown box completely. for up
to midnight no one had heard OF It at
all No one. seemed to know where 1t
was, and around the returning board
Headquarters last night no one seemed
to care very much.
small sized riot occurred at 602
F street early In the evening when q
large and earnest delegation OF hench-
men called for their money. They de-
manded a days pay. and said 1t had
been promised them. They said they
had voted. stayed away from work all
day to do it. and wanted money. and
wanted it quick. After a few violent
speeches from the leaders Of the small
mob, four policemen chased them away.
Neither faction wou d publicly recoeniz
any of these persons
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by permission Of the Secretary and have
been widely distributed over the country
by land companies as the Official report
Of the DepaN Of Agriculture"
Secretary Wilson is also In receipt Of a
letter from Mr. Morgan. In this letter
Mr. Morgan says he went over the
Wright report. and makes the following
comment:
"Mr Wright made some very remark
able deductions in arriving at his con.
illusions. l assured myself that the plan
was so completely erroneous and gave
evidence Of such complete Incompetence
that its publication would not only be
misleading. but that II would be a very
serious reflection upon the character Of
the professional services performed by
the drainage division"
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Conferred With Morehouse.

Mr.. Morgan adds that during Chief En-
g1neer Elliotts absence he conferred with
Assistant Engineer Morehouse and held
up the Wright report until Eihotts re-
turn.
'Mr. Elliott" he says, then examined
1t more critically, saw the absurdity OF
the deductions of Mr.. Wright, and with
drew the report as you know.
an vel u o ne strong influence
that has been brought to bear against
Mr.. Elliott by Florida real estate pro-
motors to prevent him from making
public the facts Of the situation. but
would prefer to confne myself to the
strictly engineering features. I shall be
pleased to assist you in your EFFORTS to
get at the facts Of the situation
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Right Only When Wrong.

Mr.. Dies was wildly appIauded when
he remarked that no question was ever
settled with Mr.. Bryan until II was
settled wrong. He made the remark in
the course Of further comment on the
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CONTINUED on Tenth Psgal
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for It's existence upon the OeneVO eHce
SO to speak, Of each succeeding Congress.
1t has a ready been announced that the
appropriation for the tariff board Is to
be cut off at the present session. Ii
this IL only bluff on the pat of the
democracy we shall call it. If 1t Is an
announcement of deliberate intention, our
answer Is that we dare them to do It
Issue Squarely Joined.
"Thus we propose to bring squarely
before the country in the next cam
paign the issue. between. on the one
SIDE protection, and on the other no
protection, by whatever name II may
be called. and we are willing to abide
the result.
''when I look back kover the fifteen
years or so that I have been In a tive
political life, and think of the great
leaders that my party has had in that
time, Mckinley and Roosevelt and Taft,
and when think, on the other hand, Of
the great leaders Of the democratic party
IN that time; Bryan and. and Bryan an !
why should not have high hopes Of the
future?'
Quotes the Candidates.
Representative Hill, tie next speaker,
discussed the declarations of candidates.
democratic and republican, the subject
Of tariff. He said. in part:
"As understand It the object and pur-
pose OF this association is not to nominate
republican candidates, but to help to win
republican victories. The path before us
seems to me to be clear and plainly
marked. for the democratic party has
chosen its own ground on which it will
fight the campaign OF 1912
while It has not clearly defined the
policy which win control It, 1t has forced
70 Q course Of procedure which Is en-
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