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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Pope Plus X. was born in 1885 in d small Venetian town of humble parcntage. He was one of family of nine. one brother and seven sisters. His brother i, a Shopkeeprr and pnStman. and two sisters live near the Vatican. He was ordained as priest in 1858 and in lSSi was cunSecratcd a, bishop. and in 1893 was made a cardinal. He was elected Pope in August. 1903, after a fvp-day session of the College of Cardi- nals. Pope Plus is a striking ex- ample of the bcstowaI of the highest dignity within, the gift of the church upon one of lOwly or igin, in marked contrast to Pope Leo. whom he Surcrpdeu. as Pope Leo was an ariStOcrat by birth. of great learning. a scholar and a diplomat
 Plus x. was elected because of his great ability, which was re- cognized by the College of Cardi- nalS when they made the selec- ion
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

FOR RENT-Furnished house on Millionaire Row; fine location. Inquire uf C.. q. Wulfr.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Just received at llarvey's Tog- gery,,. a nice line of spring and summer coats.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

FOR RENT-Camp Comfort roadhouSe. Terms very reason able. Apply Mrs. Chas. Kraemcr.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

: Doueherty & Ferguson rcceiv-
 cd on the steamer Sampson a supply of fresh groceries. fruit and vegetables
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

FOR SALt,-.\ smith Premier typewriter. in tirsl-clasS shape. Call al the Valdez Transfer Co.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

W.\NTED-A cook: inquire O Col. O'Neil at Fort Liscum.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Tip Top registered brand se- lectcd Petaluma eggs three dozeE for Si at Kings. Phone 1888.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

WANTED TO RENT-A piano Gall at the PrOspector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Have your measure taken for a Lamm spring suit at Guy. F. Cain eron's .% @ -'
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

FURNISHED ROOMS with or without board. Ibex House, Key stone Ave. Mrs. H. Sharts.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

If you want all the news all tho time. read the ProspectOr.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Reinke, expert repairer, at the Valdez Drug company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Does your wa:ch.>nGed repair ing? See RriEke. the Walch doc tor. '.,
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Fine dance tonight at Moose hall.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Subscribe for the ProsGtctor
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Very best Seattle ranch eggs. three dozen for 80 cents, at Kings grocery. Telephone 1S5.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-04-09

Big show al the Orphcum.
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continued on page 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28

Your Excellency course of procedure
In the matter.
'1n the event that there is no fund
available to dcfray tho expenses Of
this we will defray the same our
selves. Perhaps am wrong and am
broad enough to acknowledge IT," Will
occupy a higher place in the esteem
of the good people of our Common
wealth than otherwise would be pos
sible.
Respectfully submitted"
Among the names OF those signed
to tho petition are the following:
George w. Brown. Jacob Umlauf, DIR.
w. L. Oppcnhimcr. J. ID. CarneaI.
Samuel Cohen, the Rev. ]. ]. Scherer,
NJ. j. Fulton, ID. c. O'Tlaherty, Judge
y. Fl. Hairston.
The statement was accompanied by
the following letter from Lawyer
Willis to the Governor:
Richmond, Va, March -. 1913.
Hon. William Hodges Mann, Governor
of Virginia:
Dear Sir.--I am enclosing you here
with q petition signed by several prom
incnt gentlemen of this city. I have
not in anywise attempted to make this
a general petition. but merely to obtain
enough signatures to entitle the mat
ter to receive your consideration.
while ii is burden OH your time
/ must earnestly urge YOU to read this
and consider it,
Yours very respectfully.
(SiEned) "R II. WILLIS"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28
ELLYSON ASKED TO
COMMUTE SENTENCE,
IN MANN'S ABSENCE
CONTINUED from First Pnpel

he assured that the Attorney General believed him
eligible to exercise the duties of the office of Governor He
replied that he would be glad to have the opinion the
Attorney General adding that he had compared the Con
stituton of Virginia with that of other States notably
LOUISIANA where the law explicitly gives certain powers to
the Lleutenant-Governor whereas the section of the
organic law in this State is not specific
The Virginia Constitution saws on this point. ON
of the removal of the Governor from office or of his
death, failure to qualify resignation removal from the
State or inability to discharge the powers and duties of
the office the said office, with it's compensation shall
devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor"
Decide to Get Attorney Generals Opinion.
Judge Williams was communicated WITH and
expressed Willingness to give his services He had no
copy OF the Constitution in his home and MI Branchs
automobile was called to take him to his Office There he
worked until II 80 o'clock this morning.
Reaching the Branch residence where most of the
interested people still in waiting Judge Williams
stated emphaticaly that the Leutenant Governor has
none OF the powers of the Governor He said the Const
fer of power Such power once given to the Lieutenant
GOVERNOR could not again be assumed by the Governor
Even supposng thinks Judge Williams that the
powers could be SO transferred the arise at
tenant Governor Eyson anybody else that the Gov
efor Is not III Virginia. and might at the moment he was
talking have been asleep in the Executive Mansion Still
urIhe the point was not practical one SINCE if there
any new evidence i'll the Allen case, restraining order
delaying the execution could be secured from the courts
Lawyers on the other side took issue with Judge Will
lalS, and much discussion enSued At last it was sug-
gested that the execution be delayed and this done
Two Earlier Efforts to Save Him Fail.
During the day two separate petitions were presented
to the Governor asking him to appoint commission as
sort OF advisory pardoning board to examine into the
merits OF the appeals for clemency and conjunction
with NM One OF these severely criticized the executive
its entire argument being directed to the proposition that
he was preudced in the Allen case as to be unable to
render fair and just decision.
Its very tenor led to the belief among the advisers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28
CANNOT ESTIMATE
LOSS TO ITS ROAD
President Willard Talks of Enor-
nous Damage to Balti-
more and Ohio.

Baltimore, March 27.--That the
financial loss to the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad by the foods will run
into the millions was indicated by
President willard. of that company,
to-day When asked how much the
damage would amount to, Mr.. willard
said:
81 cannot tell | haven't an idea.
I wish ! could say that it would be
$4,000. 600, but | cannot. ! know that
half dozen bridges on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton have been de-
stroycd and bridges on the Baltimore
and Ohio have been washed away. We
have lost one of our largest bridges
on the main road to Chicago, at Zanes-
Vile o., and 1t will probably be six
months before we will have another
completed bridge there. although we
will have some bridge there soon. We
hope To have our main line to Chicago
open in twenty four hours. and our
main line to Cincinnati open in the
same time We cannot tell when we
Will have our line to st. Louis open"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28
Awaiting The
Joyful Sound
Tho Wonderful Music that Bursts Forth
When the Stork Arrives.

That funny. little. brassy cry thai echoes
the arrival OF the new baby is perhaps the
most cherished remembrance OF our lives.
And thousands OF happy mothers owe the.-
preservation 10 health and strength to
Mothers Friend. This is external REM
edy that is applied 20 the abdominal MUS
clcs. II reicSes all the tension, prevents
tenderness and pain, enables tho muscles
to expand gently, and, when baby comes,
the muscles relax naturally, the form is
preserved without laceration CT other &C.
cidcnt.
You will find Mothers Friend en- sale at
almost any drug store, as it is one of the
standard reliable remedies that grand
mothers everywhere have relied upon
With its daily use during the period of
expectation. there is no weakness. no
nausea no morning sickness, no pain dis
tress or strain Of any kind. Its influence
Is truly roma rkablc, as ii penctrates the
tissues and renders them plant and easily
governed by tho demands Of nature. You
will he surprised at its wonderful effect and
what n grateful relief II affords
Especially 10 young women Mothers
Friend is one OF the greatest OF all helpful
Influences
You will find this wonderful remedy on
sale at the store where you trade. or they
Will get II for you. II Ia prepared by Brad
Geld Regulator Co.. t3s Lamar Building.
Atlanta, Ga. Write them for a very valtI.
able book TO cHpectant mothers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28
Floyd Allen to Die First.

The juries for electrocutions are
always summoned for o'clock in the
morning. and the two juries OF twelve
each who were seen yesterday by rep
resentatives of Superintendent Wood
were to be on hand at that hour this
morning.
1t is TO be supposed that Floyd Allen
will go to his death first. 1t is un-
fortunately true that the officers visit
the death cells for the first prisoner.
and the second mus. watt there in
agony while the first is being done to
death Tnasmuch as Claude Allen is
the much more composed OF the two,
it would be natural TO conclude that
his father will be first called upon, as
the less likely to break down
Some fifteen minutes must elapse be-
tween the first and second clectrocu-
tions The body must be removed from
the chair. and the jury must be con-
Quoted upstairs to the office and the
other jury must he taken to its place.
Burial in Carroll County.
After the execution, the bodies will
be turned over to Victor Allen. to be
taken to Carroll County for burial.
Claude Allen. it is understood has
left M anteInortem statement to he
given out after his death. II is pre-
sumed he gives a circumstantial ac-
count of the killing and reiterates the
assertion he has made 80 often on the
witness stand and slnce-that he knew
of no plan in advance TO shoot up the
court. and that he did not fire the
first shot In the courtroom
His sweetheart Miss Nellie Wissler,
did not come to Richmond at the last.
She has at no time been expected as
the final good-bys were said three
weeks ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28
FLOODS HAVE LAID
WIRES PROSTATE

New York, March 25.-Never before
has there been such widespread
prOstration of telegraph and telephone
wires as exists Tonight. There have
been mnny instances Of the tsoIntiOn
Of localities for considerable period.
but Tonight the telegraph and teIc-
phone companies arc confronted Will,
IL prostitution of facilities embracing
the vast stretch Of country from the
Atlantic Coast to Utah. and ms far
South ms Tennessee and GeorgIn, as
n result of the succession OF storms
embracing every element known In
weather, during the pnat seven days.
Canada. too. Ia cut of by billiards.
and foods that have done much DAM
age In upper New York md In lower
Cnnnda.
Out of New York City tonight, telc-
graph facilities which under ordinary
circumstances are ample to reach
every section of the United States, are
confined on the West to Cleveland, O.,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28

while southwark. although the wires
are working to Jacksonville. a tor
nado which made itself felt in Vir-
ginia this afternoon. Is sweeping up
pect OF fiattening BEFORE morning. the
few remaining wires between those
points and New York.
In the Central South the situation
Is decidedly uncertain. The wires
there crippled by last weeks storms.
have noe yet been repaired. and the
inclement weather is playing havoc
with the remaining facilities
Owing TO the seriousness Of the sit
uation In Ohio and particularly at
Dayton. the telegraph and telephone
companies are putting forth their
greatest efforts In that locality. The
Western Onion last night managed 10
get gang of linemen and repairmen
northward from Cincinnati as far az
Archnum. Ohio. a few miles south OF
Dayton. and although ii is believed
that this body of workers have by
this time gotten to the outskirta OF
Dayton, no word has been received
from them
The work OF restoring communica-
ton will be not only difficult. but an
almost amending task. The miles OF
poles that were washed away must
first be replaced before the wires can
be strung. After this will come the
task Of practically establishing a new
office, so 1t will be perhaps two days.
with all conditions favorable, before
the outside world will be fully ac-
quainted with the extent OF the dis
aster and the thousands OF anxious
persons waiting for some words from
relatives will learn the fate of loved
ones.
in Dayton the Western Union has six
operators. Two of these are now in
the office of the National Cash Regis
tor Company, three miles from the
centre of the city and the others are
at Wolf Creek. ready for work when
tho wires are restored.
Telephone communication is possible
with Dayton, but that is all. The latest
and most reliable information out OF
the stricken city is coming from
Phoneton, five miles from Dayton,
where the American Telegraph and
Telephone Company has large sta
ton.
Great District Cut OF.
Both the Western Union and Postal
Companies In New York announced
tonight that they did not have wire
working in the thousand square miles
roughly marked by Pittsburgh on the
East, Cleveland at the North, and the
Ohio River on the South
Indianapolis has been cut off for tp,,
days; communication with Columbu,
was lost about noon, and Cincinnati
and Louisville are reached only by one
wire each and these are being used for
important messages concerning the
food situation and instructions for re,
lief.
An army of 10000 men is ready -
restore the wires whenever the flooded
conditions VIII permit OF work. and
this IL Is strongly hoped from reporta
received tonight. will be to-morruw
morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28

shop by Mail.
Your mail orders will be
promptly filled and deliver
ed, freight psid. TO your
station. Satisfaction or
money refunded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
The Greatest h1er, IN, Cai,,a--Story of Their Lives

other personal questions his excellenCy
asked me how much money made In my
newspaper work. My answer was evasva,
but I tackled the question. at the end of it,
saying: 1T is currently reported In the
United States that you are the richest
man in the world our papers say yoil
are worth 500 100000 I have wondered
whether that is true
The old viceroy laughed and replied;
Most of my riches are In American
newspapers Indeed | am so poor-here
he chuckled-that | think you rich Amer
lean editors ought to raise q fund for
me-"
When Ii died he left an estate which
was actually worth over s12.oo0,0oo He
owned pawnshops in almost every city of
the empire, and he had millions lent out
in that way One-third of his money was
in pawnshops. lie owned poppy farms
and opium factories, although he was
avowedly an opponent of the opium evil.
He had great deal of stock in the Hong
kong and Shanghai bank and was inter-
ested in other banks, and in railroad and
steamship companies He was Il man of
great business ability; and had he been
one of our princes Of finance he would
have led In the money market. fa
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
One Good Turn Deserves Another

been smoothed out and the show moved
with reasonable ease Now the great
question was as to whether it would
appeal to the British audience. Bill
ings had heard the songs SO often and
the dialogue SO many times that he
had brain fag.
The theatre filled up slowly, Billings
from a nupper box watched the crowd
gather. He was fearfully depressed
when there was lul1 in the stream
and there was load lifted from his
heart when the doors swung open
again and more people poured in. At
last the house was thronged. The cur
tain went up and the show was on.
How that first audience took the
show Billings didn't know. He sought
refuge early in the first act in the
stars dressing room. He remained
there only few minutes and then left
the theatre and walked the streets for
two hours. When the show was over
he went back. The manager of the
house was cheerful, but not enthusias-
tic. Some of the players were sure the
play had made a big hit Others were
doubtful.
Billings stayed up to see the first
copies of the morning papers. Most
of them praised the show One of
them roasted it numerically. Billings
felt relieved He was satisfied that
tic press work. of which he was a
grand master he would have London
success to his credit and that would
mean an American triumph.
The house was not filed the second
night nor the third, but befor ethe
week closed the receipts were more
than enough to meet expenses.
The second week opened auspicious-
ly, and Billings to boost thing along.
used all his available money in additi-
ional advertising. The effect was i'm
mediate. Before that week closed,
there wasn't an empty seat in the
house.
Then thing happened in South Af-
rica that stunned England. A British
army bent on chastising a lot OF Boer
burghers was cut to pieces. Hardly
had this news been digested than re-
ports came of another great disaster.
The whole nation took on mourning.
Playhouses had little attraction for the
multitude just then.
Mr.. Billings a chorus girls and the
others played for three weeks TO about
enough persons to pay the bill for
lighting the house, They would have
played longer, but It was no use.
Meanwhile MIR, Billings sent dozen or
NOPE frantic. cable calls to his New
York friends for money He got only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

late years he has grown fat and his COM
.plexion is sallow and discoored He is
short and heavy, with big head. on
broad, flat shoulders. He has little black
eyes, which shine out of puffy slant lids.
His haird is now white and his mustache
is the color of snow. He looks shorter in
the European clothes which he now wears
than he did in the gorgeous Chinese silk
costume. embroidered with gold. which
formed his official attire up to the time of
the last revolution. He has also cut off
his queue, and altogether has lost much of
his striking appearance. He is, | venture.
six or eight inches shorter than was Ii
Hung Chang, and physically speaking, he
lis by no means so impressive.
Yuan Shih Kai is said to have aged
greatly since he came back to power.
He has always been high liver He has
a half dozen wives of various degrees,
and it Is currently said that he loves
them not wisely but too well. The late
Ambassador Bryce, who went to China
after leaving Washington a short time
ago, has been reported as saying that
Yuan is sadly addicted to the opium habit
and that he observed that the President
was under the influence of opium during
the audience, ! do not believe Mr. Bryce
said anything of the kind. He is too
much of a diplomat to have done so, even
though he were sure that the above wee
a fact.
Yuan Shih Kai is the last of the really
great statesmen of the old regime. The
most of the other men woh are now do
ing big things in China are comparatively
young. Many of them are graduates of
our colleges and the day Is soon coming
when China will be ruled by men who
are educated in America. Tang Shao vi
is graduate of Yale. The present Chi
nese minister at Washington went to the
Indeed, 1t seems to be that some of the
most interesting characters of the last
generation have been Chinese. These peo-
pie are a strange mixture of barbaris,n
and civilization. They love their friends
and they kill their enemies and the man
in power has no hesitation about cutting
off the head of him vino stands in his
way. During my last visit to China,
about five years ago. / met Tuan Fang
the viceroy of Nanking, great scholar.
we'll known general. and the ruler Of
more people than we have in the United
States. He travelled around the world a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
AnnnYinp But Useful

The female sociolosist, as a conf
nlercial asset, is experiencing bull
market. says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
she is actually in demand as u
maid of all work" said the manager
of an employment agency. Times
have changed in that respect
Not SO very long ago the applica-
tion of social worker for a nice, iu-
teresting job, where she could study
the habits of heartloss employers and
get points for magazine article.
placed. me metaphorically between the
devil and the deep sea. If I didn't get
her a situation, she wrote me up as
an oppressor of honest labor, and IL
I did set her one, her employers, when n
they found out wha. she was up to-
got after me and 1 lost their patron
age. ss
But people want sociologists for
servants now. Here Is a bunch of let
tcrs from a dozen women, asking IL I
have any settlement workers in need
of job. They claim that with all her
faults of shopping around and trying
to reform the universe, the sociologist
is the most thorough. the most system
attic, the most trustworthy housemaid
that can be found.
,Iinfortunately. now that she Is
wanted, the sociologst has lost all
ambition to shine as a slavey. | have
telephoned to every settlement house In
town, but 1t appears that social work.
ers are primed with all the facts they
ncde for the present. for not one can l
find that will take place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Billings went to every London man
ager he knew in an effort to harrow
money. They had their own troubles
Their houses were empty and they had
losses to meet He could not get q
pound. There were some Americans in
London to whom he applied for assist
ance, but in vain
lie was desperate one day and lie
went into the Hotel Cecil. In the grill
room he saw a friend and saluted him.
His friend beckoned to him and intro
duced him to companion.
You are from New York. are YOU
not Mr.. Bilings?" inquired the third
man of the party
Billings acknowledged that he was.
I've heard of YOU" said the
stranger, who was Mr.. Joyce, d
stockbroker of Wall street.
The three men chatted for a while
and then the one who had summoned
Billings to the table departed.
you have show here. haven't you,
Mr.. Bilings?" inquired Joyce.
Il had" replied Billings, "but now
I've got lot of hungry and wild eyed
people,"
Then he went on to pour out his
woes TO the New Yorker. When he
nnlshed, Joyce asked him how much
ne needed to clear up all his obliga-
tions and get his people back to Amer
lea. Billings dolefully acknowledged
that 1t would take nearly $4,000
III let you have the money" said
Joyce.
What" exclaimed Billings. you
don't know me and I'm broke and I
don't know when 1 ever can pay you"
That is all right" said Joyce, Il
know enough about you to take a
chance"
What do you know about me?" in
quired Billings.
only what Mrs. Merriman has told
me-"
Mrs. Merriman? Who is she?'
II you are the Billings who used to
be in the newspaper business in New
York you ought to know her." said
Joyce.
Then Billings remembered.
Mrs. Meriman used to write and 1
think she used to offer articles to you
She has told me about how kind you
were to her. She has told me that
she thinks you bought some of her
articles simply out of goodness of
your heart and not because they were
of much value. am rather partial to
Mrs. Merriman" said Joyce, Il mar
ried her daughter"
With the $4,000 that he got from
Joyce the next day Billings made glad
the hearts of the "A chorus girls and
the rest of the troupe. They all got
back to New York in good shape.
was a good scout.
That London fasco was a hard blow