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The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-31
The explanation given for

the governments determine ton to hold the annual sales ol sealskins from the Pribilol islands at St. Louis instead o1 London is that "the govern ment is unable to figure out why American skins should be .ugged over there for a market when most of them are final y worn by American women. .' Perhaps the fast that the Lon lon methods of dressing and lying sealskins are trade se- 'rets not successfully copied in his country as yet, and that he destination of the skins, 70 matter where sold, is to london for these treatments, hay have something to do with it.
 The Sea Wolf has just re- urned to Nome from Siberia, where she was storm bound I St. Lawrence bay during the low and had a narrow escape, icked up part of log of an nknown vessel. The copy in writing tells of a bad leak with the water rising in the old at the rateof four and one lalf inches per hour in spite of lumps. The log also made ference to Cape Wainwright q other points northerly of ome. The vessels log was und in St. Lawrence bay, and
 IS the opinion it might be e Of Stefansson's fleet, they .ng the only vessels known be equipped with typewrit- IFS.
 rank Hoffman, of Valdez IS been appointed for the hisana district by Marshal 'ennerman of the Third Div on. Hoffman and Commis- oner X. J. Diamond, recently pointed by Judge Brown, are eparing to leave for Chisana.
 SANE INDIAN
 WOMAN DIES The Governors office has en notified that Sopha, an
 ane Indian woman, confin-
 at the Morningside Sanitar- m, Portland died at that in- tuition on October 10th. She as committed from Nulato.
 sister, Mrs. Petree, lives at airbanks.
 w. c. Beyer, known as the Big Chief" among the Indians nd who has delt with them pr years and has practical lowledge of their affairs and odes of living, believes that e best way 10 stop the liquor affic among the Indians is to low them all the rights of her American citizens, says Valdez Miner. ''For in- ance," The said, "the present stem places a premium up- I whiskey peddling and the anufacture of ''rotgut" in llicit stills. If placed on atrol duty all the government fficials in Alaska could not 9ver the wide isolated sec ons wherein the Indians well. This idea of coddling nd mothering the Indians is a listake. Let the Indians walk openly into saloons and get heir liquor the same as white oeople and punish them just he same when they get noisy IF drunk and there will be a ess percentage of drunken- 'ess among them. The pres mt system practically forces hem to become the prey of he lowest type of oriental and 'hite Whiskey peddlers. The
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-31

Looking as lean and hungry as a timber wolf after a hard winter, Angus Mckenzie a" rived down from the roe the Seattle this r7o mas since beeu b~ "Hellol' to his mary f "Mac' has spent the sunu at Whitehorse where he to work, so is glad r. to the reslra
 Clarence
 l leg in tle
 5. X S., which recently tooA t sawmill outfit from Fairbanks up the Tanana river as near ly as it could be taken to the Chisana, died al Fairha'-'- September 2a
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-31

The Daily Miner, S1 DOT mo.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-31

pull with the southern nlocracy.
 T. $ reported from the West
 aF a rich strike has made on the Primrose near Kenai lake the is seven feet thick and Ire ore runs from S16O. to $754. the ton.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-10-31

AND THE r@T oersE r
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
PRESIDENT READS MESSAGE 70 CONGRESS
Listeners Seemed Pleased After Hear
ing Chief Executives Message
Delivered in Person.

ington.-President Wilson read
his first message TO congress in per
son Tuesday. 1t was a notable event
in congressional history, not merely
because of its rarity, but because of
its naturalness and simplicity.
The evening before the senate rang
with a warning that the return to the
practice of Washington and Adams
would be reversion to monarchy and
an invasion by the executive upon the
domain of the legislative branch of
government. With a single sentence
and sympathetic gesture of the hand,
President Wilson answered this sena-
torial criticism, he won the hearts of
his hearers and justified his course
with the very first words he spoke:
Il am glad, indeed, to have the OPP
portunity to address the two houses
directly and verify myself that the
president of the United States is not a
mere department of the government
hailing congress from some isolated
island of jealous power, sending mes
sages, not speaking naturally with his
own voice-that he is human being
trying to cooperate with other human
beings in a common service"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
Kills Bride and Self.

Shreveport.-A Bunch, a painter,
Saturday shot and killed his bride of
nine days and then fired two bullets
into his own breast He was taken to
a hospital in a dying condition. The
tragedy for which jealousy was given
as a cause took place in a local hotel.
A note found in Bunch's pocket bore
this writing:
Have gone to show with Happy
Will be home SOON" 1t developed
later that Happy referred to a girl
friend.
Mrs. Bunch, who was Miss Myrtle
Cox of jefferson, Texas, had a pre-
monition of the tragedy as related by
a friend in the hotel. The friend was
told a few minutes before the shoot
ing took place that if she heard cries
in their apartment to go to her assist
ance.
Mrs. Bunch then crossed the hall,
bystanders say, where her husband
had Just returned home in an intoxi-
Gated condition. A moment later
shots were heard and she ran into
the hall screaming. She sought entry
to the door but found it barred. A
few minutes later she died.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
(Copynght.)
BALKANS SUBMIT TO PEACE PROPOSALS
they in Large Measure Reject the
Terms of the PoWers-Many
Reservations Made.

Sofia.-Tha Balkan allies have sub
mitted to the powers their formal re-
ply to the suggested basis for peace
negotiations with Turkey.
The reply purports to be an accept
ance of the conditions, but the accept
ance is subject to reservations, which
practically repudiate the proposed
terms. The propositions Of the pow
ers were as follows:
/. The frontier of Turkey shall
start at Enos and end at Midia.
All the territories west of this line
shall go to the allied states, with the
exception OF Albania, the delimitation
of which shall be fixed by the powers.
2. The question of the Aegean
Islands shall be settled by the powers.
8. Turkey shall abandon all claims
to Crete.
4. The powers can not favorable en-
terrain the demand for indemnity.
5. AS soon as these basis are ac-
cepted hostilities shall cease.
The reply of the Balkan allies con-
tains the following counter PROPOSE
tons:
1. In the definite determination of
the frontier of the pro.ince of Thrace
the line indicated in the conditions
formulated by the powers shall be
taken as a basis and not as definite
line.
2. The islands in the Aegean Sea
shall go to the Balkan allies.
3. The allies consider they should
know beforehand the frontiers pro
posed for the future state of Albania
trusting they will be in conformity
with those they proposed in London.
4. The allies demand for a war in
demnity must be accepted in principle
the task of fixing the amount being
left to a commission, which is to study
financial questions and on which the
Balkan allies will be represented.
5. The allies agree that the wal
shall cease as soon as the above condi
tons have been favorably received.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
Louisiana
! Neus |
Sheriffs Settle for Taxes.
From all corners
of the great State

Baton Rouge.-The following sher-
ifs and tax collectors Saturday made
settlement with State Auditor Capde-
yielle for taxes collected during April:
Y. o. Reed, Allen, $37193; James
Beary, Lafourche, $5,020.19; II. G. Par
ker, West Batson Rouge, $4,953.34; j.
]. Payne, Winn, $1,433.41; J. w. Wal
tiers, Catahoula. SS17.40; j. ID. Miller,
Union, $I177.S5; Amet Guillot, Avo-
yelles, $5,42I31; A. j. Sewer, Jr.,
Madison, $3O6.92; r. ]. Herring, West
Carroll, $685.; j. Z. Currie, Bienville,
$1,6S9.S5; Wv. J. Mcbride, Jackson,
$496.72; ]. F. Edwards, Bossier, ST.,
22O.44; b. T. Collier, Claiborne,
S561.63: c. w. Smith, De Soto,
$733.33; Louis Fontenot, Acadia, 81
O31.65; p. l.. FontenOt, Evangeline,
$1.449S2; NJ l.. Swords, st. Landry,
$19,46OS9; w. A. Martin, st. Martin,
$685. d. r. Grain, Cameron
$592.62; F. c. Bevers, PlaQuemines
$1,1S62S; II. A. Reid, Calcasieu, &c.,,
1915; F. NJ. Colvin, Lincoln, ST.,
1875; John Fitzpatrick, Orleans, $S5,
709.53; c. J. Yarbrough, St Helena
$294.74; J. ID. Hubbs, East Feliciana
$417; A. w. Connely, TerrebOnne, So,
1853; ]. F. Parker, Jr., Ouachita
$5,O79.55; F. f. David, Rapides, So,
O2995: Albert Estopinal, Jr., st. Der
nard, $3,152S2; l.. H. Marrero, JEFF
ferson, $1,39196; w. o. Martin, st
Martin, $3,249.12; ]. +. Carpenter
Morehouse, $769.52.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12

GATHERING OF MANY GREAT SINGING SOCIETIES
Twenty-Five or More Societies win
Gather at Houston in May to
MngIe Music and Song.

Houston, Tex.-One of the greatest
attractions of the coming Saengerfest,
which is to be hdd in Houston May
), 6 and I, will be the German male
choruses. Arthur Claassen of New
York is to be the leader and it is now
the expectation that there will be at
least twenty-five singing societies
societies having their homes in Aus
tin, Fort Worth, Denison, Dallas,
Brennan, Rockdale, Taylor, Schulen-
burg, High Hill, La Grange, Cedar,
Bellville, Galveston, San Antonio,
Welcome, New Braunfels, Fredericks-
burg, Comfort, Boerne, WNo, Kerr
vile and Houston. AS there is more
than one society in several of the
larger cities, there will be no lack of
singers for the leader to WELD his
baton over.
In addition to these German male
societies, the combined musical clubs
of Houston will have a great massed
chorus, to be under the skilled direc-
| ton of HUI. T. Huffmaster and Julian
p. Blitz, both of them thorough mu-
sicians and leaders of distinction.
| They are both professionals and have
during the past few years attained
considerably more than a local repu-
tation. Practice upon their numbers
is now going on and there is much en-
thusiasm among the local musicians.
The festival chorus of the school
children of the city on Monday after
noon is also to be big event. There
are few buildings in Texas SO large
as the Houston Auditorium and it will
take every inch of the space to accom-
modate the crowd upon that after
noon, for the anticipation is that there
will be upward of 5000 school chill
dren in attendance. These children
will be the principal guests for the
matinee and they are to be admitted
without charge by the management.
There will be a German song and an
English chorus by the glee clubs of
the High School and then the whole
building will vibrate with America
as it is sung by the thousands of
youngsters.
The children will also have the
pleasure of hearing songs by Nine.
Marie. Rappold, the soprano of the
Metropolitan Opera company of New
York, and by Herr Carl Schlegel,
the great German baritone, both world
famed musicians, and will have spe-
cial music by the st. Louis symphony
orchestra, an organization of fifty
trained musicians under the leader
ship of Max Zach. 1t will be one of
the real events of the week for ting
children.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
MONTENEGRO DEFIES THREATS OF POWERS
Little Kingdom Declines to Yield to
the Powers and Is Determined
to Hold Scutari.

Cetinje.-The little kingdom of
Montenegro has thrown down the
gauntlet to the six powers. She de-
clines to yield to the demand of the
powers to abandon her attempts to
gain possession of Scutari and has Of
ficially announced there will be no
departure from the attitude which con-
forms to the necessities of the state
of war existing between the allies
and Turkey"
An international fleet comprising
warships of Austria-Hungary, Italy,
France, Germany and Great Britain is
now blockading the Montenegro port
of Antivari.
On Saturday the British admiral
sent the following message to the
Montehegrin premier.
81 have the honor to inform you that
the international fleet is assembled in
Montenegro waters as protest
against the nonfulfillment of the
wishes of the great powers. / desire
to call your excellency's attention to
the presence of the fleet as a proof
that the great powers are acting in
concert, and request that their wishes
be fulfilled without further delay
please inform me Immediately thai
your government is ready to carry
out the wishes of the great powers.
To this the Montenegro premier re
piled in a note, expressing regret a.
the presence of the fleet, which he
considered a violation of the neutral
ity proclaimed by the powers at the
beginning of the war, and to the detri
uent of Montenegro.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12

ests and to magnify science. art. edu-
cation-all necessary and worthy
out of true proportion.
Surely that vision is not clear that
gives hundreds of thousands to
library. q museum, or even an opera
house. while it deals out pitiful dole
to the church that is trying to make
men!
The church need not be poor. There
ia money enough within her borders.
What is needed is a revival OF the
sense of responsibility. If all the
Christian men that leave money to
various causes we're to turn their gifts
into church channels. her storehouses
would run over.
There will always be plenty of 9TH
ers that will repond to patriotic mo-
tiyes. that will build schools. erect
colleges, endow museums and so forth
men that see the need try to meet
| IL as citizens. What we need is a
growing number of men and women
that feel that they are Gods stewards,
and that their gifts should go more
largely-directly, and not indirectly
through civic institutions-to the adj
vancement Of the lingdom of Cod
Christian Endeavor World
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
WHY IS CHURCH F0RG0TTEN7
Minds of Wealthy Men Who Give
Millions to Foster Art Seem
Turned Away From Her.

Ore can only rejoice when one
hears of princely gifts to museums such
as recently fell into the lap of the
Boston Museum Of Fine Arts.
Not long ago one donor provided
half million dollars for picture gal
lery, AID the other day the munificent
sum Of s1.500.0oo was given to the in
stitut.o:I
In contrast with such largesses. and
they are becoming fairly common, we
have the persistent poverty of church
organizations that are in chronic need
of funds. Now and again millions
are left for missions or for church
work. but seldom, in comparison with
more or less patriotic causes.
Evidently there is lack of interest.
for where a mans heart is, there will
bis fortune go. Cne wonders II there
is not a subtle something in the pro-
cess Of making money which tends to
minimize spiritual and religious inter-
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
DARING HoIdup; One Dead.

San Antonio, Tex.-A daring holdup
was committed on a crowded street
car Monday night by three masked
men, and one of the passengers, Louis
f. Amman, was shot through the
heart. The robbers boarded an in
coming car at a crossing about ten
blocks from the heart of the bust
ness district and commanded the con-
ductor and motorman to throw up
their hands. While two of the robbers
covered the conductor and motorman,
the other attempted to relieve the pas
sengers of their money. Louis ANN
nan demurred The robber fired point
blank at Ammnans breast.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
MESIcANS FIGHT TWO BATTLES At yACO
VEGA Meets State Troops.
rory Men Were Wounded-eul-
lets Cross Border.

Na'o, Ariz-Wth rtra .d,.r+,ce
TO '''"er side, state forces Tuesday
alternately attacked Naco ,sonora, or
Were met midway by Ojeda.s small
federal force defending the border
town. In two distinct battles during
the Gay and a continual lon.-rao.o ar
tlier| duel, the fcderals are known
to nave lost forty wounded and seven
killed. The state troops loss is he
lieved to be much greater
twenty wounded federals We're
brouSh' TO Naco for treatment hy the
United States ARM medical corps
Two uied IN the hospital Ten federaIs
who deserted reported the loss IN he
state troops was great at stage. of the
battle where the attackers were
cauShl IN a shower of shrapuel she'll
and machine gun bullets
While on patrol duty Private White
OF the Ninth United States cavalry
was wounded in the hand and loo
Trumpeter Fleming was shot through
the shoulder the ball piercing his
body and falling into his blouse
pocket {. J. Brown, negro trooper.
was shot in the abdomen while in
camp. He probably will not survive.
While the state troops pressed the
attack, Ojeda continued his custom Of
striking the first blow. throughout
the day he made sallies to the south.
east and west.
The last sally was made late in the
evenine, when a car of dynamite ex-
ploded on the railroad a short distance
below the town, either as a signal or
in an attempt to dynamite the town
by stealth. At once the federal com
mander ordered a charge and once
more met the advancing lines of
troops. Occasional firing continued
into the night
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
Rice Increase 20 Per cent.

Crowley.-The rice seeding in this
parish is being rapidly rushed, the
weather being favorable. The in
crease in acreage will not be more
than 20 per cent over last year. The
early anticipations of the planters
for large acreage this season is not
realized, owing to the fear of a big
crop being a dreg on the market and
the dnwillingness of the banks to
finance an overprCduction. This con-
dition of affairs Will make the produc-
ton equal to the demand and main
tain good prices tor the next crop.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
Thousands Sacks of Sand on levee.

ldsonville.-Nearly 5000 sacks
filled with earth have been placed
along the line of levee extending from
point in front of Captain Joseph
Constantine residence to the lower
line of the old Sims homestead, just
below Donaldsonville. The work was
done by laborers from the Peytavin
and Salisbury plantations, under the
supervision of F. B. Lemann, Jacob
Lebermuth, Clerville Himel and others.
This is the levee on which a con-
crete revetment is to be constructed
by the government, and the work has
already started, but was interrupted
by the high water in January.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
German DirieibIe Seized in France.

LunevlIIe, France.-The German mir
itary dirigible airship Zeppelin w
landed in the military parade grounds
Friday and was seized by the French
authorities.
The incident has caused tremendous
excitement, notwithstanding officers
aboard the airship explained that they
had been lost in the clouds and did
not know they had crossed the
French frontier.
Inhabitants of the eastern frontier
regions of France have been much
agitated the last few weeks over re-
ports that German dirigibles had been
observed or heard nightly lowering
over the forts.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
Will Veto Election Measure.

Austin, Textile Boehmer elecuoh
bill will be vetoed. That much was
learned definitely from the governor
Tuesday. But it will have plenty OF
company, as several other bills, In
GLIDING two or three special court
measures. are adorned with a memo
of a death sentence. The Boehmer Dill
forbids any assistance being gwen
voters in the preparation of their PAL
lots. It's consideration during the re-
cent session was marked with much'
9ratory.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
PROTEST AGAINST NEW ACT.
Calcasieu Lumber Men Call on Louis
lana Governor Praying for Read
iustment of License Tax.

New Orleans.-ProteSting that they
are being assessed on the basis of 50
per thousand feet, whereas timber op-
orators in other parishes of the state
are getting off on a basis of SLIGO per
thousand, a committee representing
the vast lumber interests of Calcasieu
parish, headed by eX-COngressman Ar
ed before Governor l.. +. Hall and
Other state officials Monday praying
for REIMBURSEMENT of the state S
charge under the new license act. 1t
is the first protest under the recent
legislation of 1912, known as the Ii
cense act, which proposed a tax on
natural resources as they were Sc
vered from the soil of one-half OF l
per cent of the value of the product.
The real issue in the governors con
ference was as to how to ascertain
this actual value
Assistant Attorney General H. P.
Gamble, acting with Governor Hall,
Auditor Paul Capdevielle and Mr..
Plauche, attorney for the tax collector
of Calcasieu parish With Mr.. Pujo
were E. T. Woodring, ]. a. Bel, r. II.
Krausse and Mr.. Birmingham of the
Gulf Lumber Company, all of Lake
Charles, were at the conference.
Mr. Pujo spoke for twenty-five of
the largest lumber and timber con-
Germs in the state, which produce
three billion of the four billion feet
of pine lumber manufactured annual
ly. or about so per cent of the entire
Louisiana pine product. The lumber
delegation insisted that the actual
not possibly exceed 81 per thousand
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-12
Three Years for Mrs. Pankhurs'

London.-The sentence of three
years penal servitude imposed on Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the
militant suffragettes, for forcing her
followers to destroy property, has
aroused the militants' fury, and they
threaten strong reprisals. When SEN
tence was pronounced by the Judge,
Sir Charles Montague Lush, in the
Old Bailey sessions Thursday, Mrs.
Pankhurst showed as defiant an at
titude as ever, declaring she would
fight to the end.