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The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
COURT: RULES
AGAINST EEW
ALASKA LAW
CLAIMS LOCATED WITHOUT
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
HELD VALID.

CORDOVA, March 22.-That the
new mining law Of he United States
for the Territory of Alaska, adopted
about two years ago, is invalid in
some of it's features was indicated BY
ruling of Judge Brown in court
here when it was decided that
James and his partners, discoverers
of the Chisana diggings. had the
right to locate land for other peo-
pie without having first recorded
powers of attorney from the people
for whom the locations were made.
The new Alaska mining las.
which was passed by congress al
the request Of Delegate WickershaTl
provides that before one person
locates a claim for another person
a power of attorney in writing must
be received f1om the person for
whom the claim is to be located,
and that the power of attorney must
nrSt be nled TOT record.
In the three cases in which the
court ruled, James and his asso-
ciates were granted the right to the
land These, however, are not all
the suits in which James and his
associates are involved.
The case Of Likaits VS.. James was
the most stubbornly fought suit
presented to the court at the pres
ent session, and after the case went
to the jury the latter was unable to
reach an agreement. After being
out for Sc hours the jury stood six
to six, and it was announced that
decision would be hopeless The
jury was then discharged and the
case will be retired later.
After the jury had failed to agree
a motion was made to have the case
retired in Cordova. but Judge Brown
denied the motion.
Attorneys in various other cas- IS
that were due to be tried at the
term Of court here announced yes
terday that they were not ready to
proceed. and upon their request
Judge Brown adjourned court until
March 81.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
Nine. Caillaux Is
Her Own Witness

PARIS, March 22.-In testifying in
Ter own defense, Nine Caillaux who
is charged with the murder of Gas.
ton Calmette, editor of lie Figaro
eclared that two love letters which
ere published in Calmette's paper
were stolen from her by another
woman
The trial of Nine. CaillauX has
reused intense excitement through
ut the ci y, and a police guard j.
kept about the court room to prevent
OTIS, for the murdered editor was
opular with the common people. 1t
feared that an attempt may be
,ade on the life of The accusef
woman,
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
WOMEN HOLD MASS Meeting
DAN CALLAHAN SAYS HE WILL
BE AN INDEPENDENT cANDl.
DATE FOR COUNCIL-SOCIAL-
lists ARE BUSY, BUT FAIL TO
MAKE TICKET PUBLIC.

City politics took a sudden ACTIVITY
turing the last week, and there
,eems at present to be promise Of
/ lively campaign for the election Of
the new council. The first tick
It in the field was that prepared
~ number of businessmen, and the
lineup of his ticket is as follows:
Murray c. Smith, Andrew Nerland,
Dan Driscoll, A. j. Nordale, E. 4.
Peoples, S. Gordon and A. j.
iroves.
Following this was the publication
# a ticket which later lost some
ground, as most of the men named
n it as candidates declined to run
or councimen. This ticket was
s follows: George Smith, r. S.
Mcdonald, DR.. r. r. Myers, Ralph
7. Kubon, Frank Ahlburg, Frank
r. Clark, w. H. Gilcher, and DR..
p S. Whitney.
The Socialists have also been pre-
pairing a ticket, but their candi.
iates are not officially made known
for the present 1t Is understood
that the Socialists will have only
six candidates for the council in
the field
Although the Socialists have not
made any official announcement OF
heir list Of candidates, the following
is said to be the list originally
agreed upon: Frank Buteau, N. r.
King, r. r. McGown, Bernard Friss.
James Morgan and George Brinkman
Those of the proposed candidates
who have not declined to run for
the office Of councilman, are the
following, but it is believed that
some Of them will withdraw before
the election is held on April 7: Dan
Callahan, Dan Driscoll, A. ]. Nor.
dale, e. r. Peoples, F. S. Gordon,
Andrew Nerland, J. H. Groves, Muir
ray C. Smith, N. R. King, Frank
Buteau. r. P. McGown, James Nor
gan, George Brinkman, R. S. Nc.
Donald, DR. r. r. Myers.
Dan Callahan has announced his
intention of running for reelection
independently, and intimates that
he does not want to be tied up to
a regular ticket.
Early in the week the women OF
Fairbanks held meeting for the
purpose Of considering the advisable
ity of putting ticket in the field.
and at the close Of the meeting
another meeting was announced for
the following Friday night. but ow.
ing to the court house not being
available at that time, the meeting
was Indefinitely postponed
Whether the women will put one
or more candidates in the field
for council seems uncertain at the
present time, but they seem quite
determined to put one Of their own
members in nomination for member
of the school board.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
Valdez Real Estate
Grows In Demand

VALDEZ, March 22.-Local real
estate has increased wonderfully in
demand since the Alaska railroad
bill was passed, and the general
belief that this will be the terminus
of the road is stimulating business
n this city materially.
One of the important real estate
deals that are now pending In
wolves the Seattle Hotel corner. Jaf-
ct Linderburg has made an offer
of about $4,000 for the property,
and 1t is believed that the deal
will be closed soon.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
Booklet to Boost
Port as Terminus

CORDOVA, March 22.-Advantages
of Cordova as terminus for the
new government railroad will be
printed in a neat booklet that is
in the course of preparation. The
booklet will contain pictures of the
Cordova waterfront and a mass of
statistics concerning the city.
The booklet will be so arranged
tha. it can be read in short time,
for everything will be condensed.
1t will be sent to government Off
cials and others who will habe any
thing to do with the proposed rail
road 1t will also be sent to various
newspapers throughout the country.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
WOMEN HAVE CANDIDATE.

CORDOVA. March 22.-The womel
voters of this C ityhave nominate
Or school director at the comm
lection. There has been some talk
# having some women candidates
FOR the council, but the plan failed
to materialize. Judge Brown has
ordered all saloons in the city to be
rlosed on the coming city election,
April 7.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
LoNcwoRTH NOT PROGRESSIVE

CINCINNATI. Ohio, March 22.-
Nicholas Longworth, son-in-law Of
former President Roosevelt. refuses
to affiliate himself with the political
party Of the latter and has an
'runced his candidacy for re-elec-
ion to congress on the R publi-
can ticket.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
ACTOR GETS RICH.

NEW YORK, March % - Actor
Packet playing in "A Grain of
Dust" has announced his retirement
from the stage, giving as an ex-
planation, the statement that he is
heir to s1,00O,O00.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
DEMOCRATS IN SESSION.

ALBANY, N. Y, March 22.-
Governor Glynn and Chairman Os-
tral committee are urging the men,
bers of the committee to work for the
proposed constitutional convention.
The Democratic State committee is
in session here at the present time,
and part of the work of the COM
mittee is to plan general reorgan-
ization of the Democrats of the
ate.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
STEAL MANY DIAMONDS.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, March %.
Two bandits held up jewelry
store late last night and secured
diamonds valued at $4,000. The
police are searching the city for
them, but no definite trace of their
identity has been secured.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23

CORDOVA, March 22.-Chicken
pox has made It's appearance in this
ely. The one case reported has
been quarantined and it is hoped
to prevent a spread of the disease.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23

Contrary to the Scriptures, the
straight road not only Is broad, but
it is much easier to travel than
any Of the highways of darkness.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23

II you believe a good many things
that are not true. and cannot by any
possibility come true, you will be re-
garded as a progressive.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
MEXICAN CRISIS
IS NOW REACHED

BERMIJILLO, Mexico, March %,
After an exciting engagement, this
place fell into the hands of the re-
bells yesterday, and the federals are
now making preparations, it is un-
derstood, for last determined stand
at Torreon.
Almost at the same time that this
town fell into the hands of the
rebels. other towns surrounding Tor
reon were deserted by the federals,
who are massing themselves at Tor
reon. 1t is expected that the fight
for the occupation of Torreon will
be one Of the most decisive of the
rebellion, and that the federals will
make a stubborn resistance there
WASHINGTON. D. c., March %
Officials of the government as
sert that the pending battle at Tor
reon will mark a turning point
in the war in Mexico. 1t is as
serted that the result of the bat
tie will determine the American poll
cy In Mexico In the future.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
Race Across Ocean
MAY Be Abandoned

TOLEDO, Ohio, March 22.-Upon
The advice of Aviator Atwood, it is
probable that the proposed aviation
race across the ocean in 1915 will
be abandoned, and that the aero
planes will be carried across the
ocean in ships but the race around
the world, as far as the land is
concerned, will be held it is assert
ed
Atwood insists that the race across
the oceans would not be practic-
able, for there would be too much
danger attached to it and few avia-
tors would care to take the risk.
He asserts that not one man out
Of those that would attempt the
race would ever finish within a rea,
sonable time.
SAN FRANCISCO. March %
Considerable indignation was express
sed by the fair officials here con-
cerning the attitude of Aviator At
wood in opposing the race across the
oceans. The president Of the fair
and others connected with it assert
ed that aviation across the oceans
in not impracticable.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23

DUBLIN, Ireland, March %
The resignation of General Cough
from the British army has caused
a sensation here, where the general
is we'll known.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08
Resiprasatio1 BY M,,nshin,rs.
From a Polkton Letter in Wadesboro
Messenger and Intelligencer.

From a Polkton Letter In Wadesboro
Messenger and Intelligencer.
A few days since, some 200 OF
Savannah's first ladies' sat
lown to a card party, the pro-
,eeds OF which was to go for the
education and uplift OF the noun
tain people. From the gambling
city lady to the mountaineer the
distance is long and steep, but
it is all in favor of the rough but
uncorlupted mountaineer. 1t
would be more in accord with the
eternal fitness of things for a
moonshincr to set apart the pro
ceeds of his still for the education
and uplift of Savannah's card
playing women. There are purity
and refinement in the mountains,
and a lamentable lack of these
ennobling qualities among t h e
silk-skirted inhabitants OF t h e
cities. "All that glitters is not
gold"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08
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GROUP AND COUGH REMEDY.

Group is a terrible disease, it at
tacks children 80 suddenly they
are very apt to choke unless Civ
en-, the proper remedy at once.
There il nothing better in tn e
world than DR.. Kings New Dis
covery.; Lewis Chamberlain, OF
Manchester, Ohio, writes about
his children:, Sometimes in severe
ATTACKS We were afraid t h e y
would die, but since we proved
what q certain remedy DR.. Kings
New Discovery, we have no fear.
We rely on it for Group, coughs
and colds" So can you. SOC and
81. 90. A bottle should be inevery
home. At all druggists. Fl. E.
Bucklen & Co. Phila. and St. Lou
is.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08

cess and went on to tell how they
were going on the next day from
Gettysburg to Harrisburg, Bal
timore~ and Washington a n d
would wind up the war. After
talking in this manner for some
time he said: .N
Sergeant, what did you come
out to fight against US for any
how?" Mr.. Balsey's reply was:
Lieutenant, I thought it right
to fight for the old flag.'. At the
mention Of the flag his counte'
nance dropped and he walked a.
way a few steps. Then he came
back and said: Well, sergeant,
never desert the old flag.'.' Then
calling one of his men he bade
him get Mr.. Balsley a canteen o.
water, and he himself procured q
blanket and fixing him, as com
fortably as possible said: "God
bless YOU" and went on =.
Again thanking syou' for YOU
kindness, / am, "
Respectfully yours. g.
H. A. DAVIS,
Sands, Dec. 20, 1913. = ~ r.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08

Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte observer. i
We don't know yet just what
to do with DR.. Friedrich A. Cook,
but we are clear in refusing him
the congressional investigation
which he now asks for his much
exploited polar claims. Doctor
Cook has been at his old tricks
again. He has finally alientad
we'll nigh his last remaining ad-
herant, Capt. E. B. Baldwin, who
was meteorologist OF the Peary
expedition in 1893 and organi-
zer of the Baldwin .Ziegler expe-
lition in 1901. 1t came about
through Doctor Cooks attempt
to use the manuscript Of a forth
coming book by Captain Baldwin
which Captain Baldwin had sent
him for return with illustrative
photographs and original data
IS Doctor Cook could supply.
The great explorer-lectuer heav-
y edited the manuscript into a
lorid defence of his own claims
ind added four type written out
right. He then mailed the manu-
script thus handled to Captain
Baldwin, with the statement that
It would be used as an outline
of his communication to Con.
yress. Among numerous other
.nterlineations was a list OF fifty
odd explorers alleged to havsup-
leld Cooks allegations but for
the most part never heard Of by
captain Baldwin before. lncen.
sed at this effort to make him a
party to a fake docment, the
Captain after consultation with
George B. Cortelyou, now presi.
lent of the Consolidated Gas
company, and several Congress
men whom he also numbers a.
mong his friends, decided to give
the Doctor what the Doctor de-
served. He had been resisting
with great difficulty the belief
that the latter was a fakir ever
since the appearance of the Cook
book, in which his eminent friend
added three paragraphs over his
signature to a friendly letter writ
ten by him. In these circum-
stances his attitude and ours
toward the proposed congress
ional investigation explains it.
self. We don't believe that Con-
yress needs any more vaudeville
10 keep out of mischief, and, be-
sides, Doctor Cooks valiant
champion, Representative Macon
of Arkansas, will not be there to
make the vaudeville truly a sue
.pSS.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08
Women Who Get Dizzy,

Every woman who is troubled
with fa,uting and dizzy spells, back
ac.,e, headache, weakness, debility.
constipation or kl iney troubles
shonld use Electric Bitters. They
give lelief when nething else will,
improves the h' al.h, adding strength
and vigor from the first dose. Mrs
Laura Gaines, Of Avoca, La, ,syays:
"Four doctors had given me up and
my children and all my friends were
looking for me to die, when ~,
son insisted thtt l use Electric Bh.
,ers. l did SO, and they have don.
me a world ofgood." JUSTIFY them.
soc. and $I.oo. at all druggises o.
ny mail. H. +. Buck'en & Co.,
Philadelphia or st Louis.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08
ealax Leaves and Holly.
(Bv j. A. Robinson.)

Wy - a. ASOOIueOus)
The western part OF North Car
olina furnishes a number ofbeau.
tiful evergreen's for Christmas
evergreens. From the beautiful
Blowing Rock section, in t h G
northwestern portion OF t he
State, through the mountains to
the Tennessee line, the mountain
evergreens are bought and ship.
ped to Northern markets. In the
fall and winter galax leaves arr
the principal staple. These leaves
are in great demand for Christ.
mas decorations, and the trade
is growing, One dealer at Little
Switzerland, in the mountains O!
western North Carolina, last sea.
son, bought 81, 800 to $4,000
worth at that place alone, anC
there are six to eight other mer.
chants within twelve miles OF that
point who buy the same amount
All these leaves are shipped tt
the Northern markets, New York
and Philadelphia principally.
Local residents principally wo.
men and children, are busy iron
the middle of October to the last
Of November gathering galax-
leaves, and this represents al
much OF an industry to the peo
pie of the mountains as the cot
ton-picking is to the people of the
low country
Another dealer at Little Swift
zerland gives a demonstration
Of how this industry is carried on,
and the packing OF Galax leaves
for shipment, He has two rooms:
one filled with water-moss, il
the leaves are embedded as hi
buys them; in the other room
they are packed in wooden box
es. There are twenty-five leaves
in a bunch and ten thousand
leaves to the case. The cases are
lined with waxed paper, then 6
layer of Water moss, and t h e
leaves packed closely, another
layer of water-moss, and waxed
paper on top. Balsam and ferns
are sold to some extent.
Coming down into the eastern
portion of the State, there is q
great demand for holly. Hun
dreds of cart loads of holly are
cut in Onslow county and ship
ped from Jacksonville to thenor
thern cities. Most of the holly is
shipped to New York City, which
is the clearing-place in the East.
Hundreds of thousands of trees
and branches are sent from the
metropolis to many places in the
northern and Middle States and
retailed for Christmas.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08

It must be about the incest
thing on earth to be a young la
dy and preety and come home
from a boarding school for the
holidays. '
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08

Bull fights and dances are still
patronized by Huerta. Perhaps
war after all is not what Sher-
man said it was.-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08

News and Observer.

Ine(oIofC 30 u koSolvoa."
News and Observer.
Let's have q talk, just you and
l, about this new year just ush-
cred in. Let it be Retrospective
and perspective, perhaps, O. little
interpretive, a kind Of heart to
heart talk. Z i.
It's about resolutions t h a t
this talk is to be. Resolutions Of
1913 that. were kept or which
went into the waste basket, and
about resolutions which. we have
already made, or have in mind
to make for 1914. It is an old
habit this resolution making
when we hang a new calendar on
the wall, and open q. new set Of
books with ourselves.
Agood habit, even if we fail to
keep the resolution as we plan
ned, for it is out oi our failure
that we often attain to success.
It has been written truly that
''men may rise on stepping stones
of their dead selves to h Ugh e r
things" So make resolutions for
the new year and strive to keep
them, even if you have failed in
the past. Let there be resolutions
of service to self which will prove
OF service to others, and of SER
vice to Others which will have a
multiplying influence for good as
the days roll. =.
Let us aspire to higher, better,
cleaner things in our lives, for
our State, for our nation, for the
world. Let us do our part in kee-
ping aroused the public con-
science for the right of the indi-
vidual, for just. and fair treat
ment Of manly man. II We have
failed to do this in the year gone,
let's make a fresh start today,
and make a !. hard fight to keep on
at it. 80
Don't imagine it's q long time
task to keep resolutions. JUS t
keep them a day alta time. That's
the important thing in making
New Year resolutions. Don't
think OF the 365 days they are to
be kept. One day and then an
other follows; Resolutions kept
one day makes it easier to keep
them the next. And the year will
round itself out.
Take an 'insp spective view, let's
look into ourselves and see what
are our needs, what things need
remedying, what errors arg to be
guarded against, Then let ns re-
solve, to.::be guided only sby,shigh
purposes, to do our part in, ma
king home life, civic iife, the bet
ter. Let's make resolutions with
an uplift in them. Then we have
made affair startsih 1914. And
may strength be given to you
and to me to keep our grip tight
and fast till it is time to make
new resolutions for 1916.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1914-01-08
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.

0uHuS NM U6USUUk WSW0s
On Sunday 28th, ult, President
Wilson was ST years old.
Secretary Of State, Bryan and
wife speatpthe holidays at Grove
Park Inn, in Asheville.
Mr.. CHI, Gwyn, a prominent
citizen OF Elkin and proprietor OF
the. Elk Inn, died on the % ult.
Of Bright's disease.
: President Wilson and family
wentto Pass Christian, Miss, to
spend his holiday vacation OF
three weeks.
. J. w, Thomas, Jr., president OF
the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis railway died recently
in Nashville, Tenn.
Col. David Farthing Clarke
came down from Boydton, Va. to
visit relatives and friends during
the holidays.-Lenoir News.
A. Cunningham, editor Of the
Confederate Veteran, published
in Nashville, died on the Goth,
ult., after an illness of several
days.
Walter Poovy who about three
years ago shot and killed Gus
Ward, in Caldwell county, and
escaped, has lately surrendered
to the Sheriff and has been re.
leased on $1,000 bond.
The Biltmore Hotel, just COM
pleted in New York at a cost OF
$40, 100000, was opened on New
Years eve. It is 26 stories high
and occupies a block and is the
city's most magnificent hotel.
The Queen Dowager Sophia, OF
Sweden, mother of King Gus
tave V, died at Stockholm on the
Both, ult. of Inflammation of the
lungs. She had been an invalid
for 25 years.
The Roaring Gap Hotel and a
cottage belonging to Mr.. Alex
Chatham, Sr. were destroyed by
fire on Sunday the 2Sth, ult. The
fire is supposed to be the work Of
incendiaries.
Joseph Cullen Root, founder OF
the Woodmen of the World, died
in a ho tel in Hendersonville
Christmas eve, after a short ILL.,
ness. His home was in Omaha,
Neb., and his remains were taken
there for interment.
y. President Mingea. of the Vir-
ginia-C Carolina Railroad Co., has
-announced his intention of build
ing a through trunk telephone
line along theirnew railroad from
Abingdon to Todd and from the
latter place to Blowing Rock
Wilkes Patriot.
The following is a Rock Creek
item in Lenoir News Of the 3Oth,
ult: Our teacher Miss Ella Day
underwent a very successful oper-
alton today at the home OF Miss
Margaret Williams. The opera
tion was the removal ofan abnol
NAL growth from her left shoul-
der, performed by Drs. Corpen-
ing and Moore OF Granite Falls.
miss Day is a daughter OF Mr..
Thomas Day of our county.]