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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
SERVICE
 FOR H, SYR|NG
Rev. Zieoler Will Officiate at Ser vices Tomorrow Afternoon at
  the Episcopal Church.

The funeral services over the re- mains of Herman Syring, the Valdez pioneer. will be held at 2 o'clock to- morrow afternoon at the Church of the Epiphany. Rev. w. H. Ziegler of ficiating. The remains will be in tered in the Valdez cemetery.
 It is expected that the funeral will be one of the largest ever held in Valdez, as MT. Syring was known to almost every man, woman and child in the town, all of whom he numbered among his friends.
 Herman Syring was born in 1854 at Cauaue, Germany. He came to Amer ica when young man and has spent most of his life in the West. Arriving in Valdez in 1898. he with Mrs. syr- ing crossed the Valdez glacier and prospected on the Klutina river. In the fall of that year they returned to Valdez, where they have remained ev- CT since. By their united efforts the couple have become the owners of considerable improved Valdez real es- tate and have always had an abid- ing faith that Valdez would be the largest city in Alaska.
 Among the pioneers and those who arrived here later MT. Syring had a host of friends, who have extended to Mrs. Syring their condolences and sincerest sympathy at the death of her husband.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
POLL TAX DOOMED ] ]. :. SAYS j|uN||EAu|I..P'O||s'T ,j| \ ]. D
Believed 1t ls Now Too Late to col- feet for This Year-Wick
 Tried to Make Law.

The bill introduced by Delegate Wickersham in the House, says the Juneau Post, intended to cure the defects in the original enabling act, and make it possible for the United States commissioners to collect the poll tax provided for by the last leg islature, but which was held to be imperative by the San Francisco Court of Appeals, is now pending in the Senate
 The decision of court, together with the opinion of the attorney general rendered at this same time, prevented the use of the federal officials from carrying out of the number of terri torial laws including the collection of the cannery licenses. Delegate Wick ersham was asked to secure addition al legislation to enable the territory to use the federal officials in car rying out the measures, and the bill has passed the House.
 Whether the collection of the poll tax should be included was for Dele gate Wickersham to determine. He evidently believes in poll tax, for this feature was included in the measure introduced by him. The bill is now pending in the senate, where the sal mon canning lobby was lined up sol idly against it.
 Fortunately, however, there is a strong hope that the poll tax law cannot be enforced this year on ac- count of the fact that the law pro vides that the tax roll must be made up on or before the first of March.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
MEDl|A1ORS | MAD.
 AT SE0Y. BRYAN
Think We Should Not Help the Reo- t'.' t...'.t.ai ,' F T. ,.r els. Who Refused to Enter the - ts,''."a
 Peace Conference.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, June 7.- Late last night the peace enVoys, through the Chilian minister made protest to Secretary of State Bryan against the action of the United States government in allowing the rebels to arm themselves in the United States and protesting against the sailing of the steamer Antilla with arms for Villa. They couch the protest in no uncertain terms and charge the Amer ican government with violating the agreement under which the peace conference has been called.
 They claim that the peace confer ence was not called to carry out the wishes of President Wilson to seat Carranza or Villa in the presidential chair in Mexico, but rather to work out a solution of the Mexican trouble upon which peace could be effected and also to settle the dispute be- tween Huerta and the administration at Washington regarding the insults to the American flag. They claim that in securing the resignation of Huerta the provisional government has been sufficiently humiliated but that the powers of the world will be humiliat- ed and mediation made a farce if the rebels are to be allowed to control Mexico, when they refused to come into the conference and abide by its decisions.
 The bitterness of the South Amer ican envoys, through whose efforts caused the arnlistice to be established and hostilities stopped, is shown in the strong language used in the con- munication to Secretary Bryan.
 It is generally predicted here that the conference will break up with ev- cry member of it excepting the Amer ican members protesting to the powers of the world against the at titude of the United States.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
CITIZENS ID: WORK .0N ROAD
 'fn rtf. ,.s ... | t,., ,s'~ ,-'t. sn2 Gov. Ferris Calls Out the People of .,a., Y sssA.ss 'a.ssa Michigan to Help Make Bet
 -i.&'$ %
 ter Roads.

LANSING, Mich, June 7.-Under proclamation of Governor Ferris-the first of its kind ever Denned by a Michigan executive-citizens all over the state will observe tomorrow ag road bee day. 1n many cities and towns banks, business, places and factories will be closed for the day and thousands .pf merchants and bankers wM work side. by aide with laborers and factory men for the inn provement of the states highwsys,
 The state highway cnmmissiqner, who endorsed .,tthe gpEernor's plans for road bee day. reahsed the inec- essity of effective organization if the results hoped for were to. be accen- plishsd, and he accordingay Dwepared and caused to be spread. broadcast oEer the aatata. a bulletin sstting forth effective methods of road building, repair and improvement, His .sug- sestions were expected to be gener- ally followed. In nearly every school district in the state. road boss" was appointed, and under shis. .direc-- ton thousands of citizens planned to work Loyalty thfpHEhopt tps, day. More than s7,epe ,00A was. expended for the improyemeit Of the 70,O00 miles of rural highways in Michigan last year and another large .xum will be appropriated for the same purpose during 1914. .......
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
NjlhII.ii,Jl:lIlalITis; m i ';; BURN BURN \ BIC MANSION

!. LONDON, June 7.---The arson squad ef eq t the le l militen r gnrragstses last night succeeded in burning one of the large WansiQns in the Buckingham section of the city an" the building with it's contents .of valuable ,paintingss yEorkz york of art and rare old furniture, was. entirely. a.stroyed, !
 The militants are determined to force the government to realize that the only way to save probfsftty fs U x6il grant them the right to vote.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
CHEECHAC0 CLUB
 MEETS TONIGHT
Excellent Program Arranged for This Evenins-eig Crowd Expected
 Final Meeting of Year.

The Cheechaco Literary Club of the Valdez public schools will hold its final meeting this evening at Eagle hall. An excellent program has been arranged for tonight and the club hope that a large number of the peo- pie of the city will attend the meet ing. Prof. Davis extends a cordial welcome to all to attend the meeting.
 The Reinke orchestra will play sev- eral selections,
 The program is .as follows:
 Music. Reinke prchsstrs.. .s.
 Elas$ History, Edward Fucker.
 Recitation, "Neighbors," Margaret Miller. Original story, "In the Garrett" Lurline7 Leavell.
 Recitation. "Iaska." Rose Johnson.
 Glass poem, Kerpa Fish. ,...
 Debate, Resolved, That the Mon roe Doctrine Should be Abandoned by the Limited States. Affirmative: Edward Fucker, Caroline Kelsey. Negative: Emmet Egan, Harlan Keesler.
 Music, Reinke orchestra.
 Dialogue, "Quarrei Between Sir Peter and Lady Tsazle." Characters: Sir Peter Teazle, Henry Miller: Lady Teazle, Theresa Johnson.
 Glass Prophecy, Eva Lockhart.
 Music, Reinke orchestra. i
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
LIKES
 AUTO MAIL PLAN
Editorial In Fairbanks Times Says 1t Will Be a Good Thing for h.
 terior Alaska.

The Fairbanks Times of a recent date prints the following editorial in 1 reference to the establishment of an automobile mail service from the coast. to the interior and gives its hearty approval to the tests to be made by Colonel Richardson, the Alaska road builder, this summer.
 The editorial follows:
 "The establishment of a summer auto service between Fairbanks and thee southern terminus of the over land road, as planned by the Alaska road commission, will be splendid thing for Fairbanks and the whole of interior Alaska, as it will solve the problem of summer mail delivery. Not that there is any assurance that a public mail service will be inaug- urated during the coming summer. The dispatches do not state that. But it is reasonable to believe that the road will be used the year round for that purpose long before the railroad is completed, provided it is demon strated by the commission that a regular summer schedule can be maintained.
 'In order to do that, it will be necessary for the commission to ex> pend considerable money o nthe road. Colonel Richardson undoubtedly real izes this, as he made a trip over the road last summer in an auto, and had ample opportunity to study condi- tions. And the announcement that the service is to be established with in few weeks indicates that he sees no difficulty in the way of improving the highway so that it will be real benefit to the territory.
 "The use of the overland road as summer mail route will mean say ing of many days in the delivery of letters in interior Alaska. and a still greater saving will be effected on the outward-bound journey. The i'm provement of the road so that autos can make the trip comfortably also will stimulate travel to the interior by affording cheaper means o1 transportation from that particular part of the coast where the majority of those attracted to the territory by the railroad will congregate.
 "The money expended on the road will not be lost to the government The travel of single season. after the travelling has been made easy. will mean 8 saving to Alaskans of more than the amount expended to put the road in good condition, and inasmuch as the highway passes through g rich mineral and agricnl- tural country, it is destined to be- come a valuable feeder to the rail road. and probably will be used gen erally as a public highway as long as there is a public to use it."
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
't5t' " -- .-s -.A-a. .F-T VI
 BLAMED OLD CABLE . $ DOWN AGAIN
Rotten String Connecting Valdez and
 a." E.t;. T . the Spirit City Breaks During the '. I '- ..;s."& !. |. l>:
 Niqht-Burnside ls Disabled.

The string used by the United States government to send messages from Alaska to Seattle and other parts of the United States. and which is highly subsidized by the press Of Alaska in order that the people Of the north may have the news of the worlds happenings, is broken. This beautiful American-made cable, the first ever made in the United States, went down and out some place near Seattle. The cable is rotten. It breaks whenever it gets chance, and always when the cableship Burnside is out of commission. The Burnside is on the ways being overhauled, or laid up, or having her bottom scraped her bottom is always in bad con dition when we need her to repair this makeshift cable.
 Maybe it was whale that put the line out of commission, but few people think that when McIntosh's and Woods teams were. filling the cable office yard with gravel and dirt they drove over the cable. sending the juice to the other end and burned the cable. Because the cable is so poor the government have the best master electricians in the army work ing on it all the time, and only for the exceptional ability of men like Faust, Stocker and Joe Smith we would be out of dope all the time. They sure nurse that line. The op- orators are all given a course in spec ial work on rotten cables before they are allowed to work on our govern ment system.
 Master Electrician Faust, in charge of the local office, expects that the cable will be repaired in a few days, as the break is near Seattle. The prayers of the newspaper men of the north and of the public generally will be with the brave boys who will start to load the cable supplies and apparatus on a scow and, taking their lives in their hands. go out on Puget Sound and make the repairs.
 While the line is down the Pros pector will try, to get press via the line operated by our British cousins from Edmonton and Ashcroft, but the price is staggering and the manager will have a perpetual grouch on for the rest of the month, or until James Wickersham adds the Prospector to his long list of subsidized Alaska newspapers.
 The cable laid ten years ago was the frat cable made in the United States and the company that sold it ahould- be, proud of the first job they turned out.
 The cable was all right when the operators quit yesterday evening. but this ,nosnins when they tried to open the line, trom shta tp Seattle and say good naornipsi.a to: the boys in. the Spirit City nothing was doing. Tests were ,inmediately made by the operators at ,Sttka, and Seattle, and the break is said .te he near the lat-s ter city in Puget Sound. !
 The Prospector received 8 message last night before the line went down and all the. people of Valdez will get today is little stale news and some "gravevine."
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
G;I|A'. j fl1|Ipfs /. : :. VIII bAAHFFEvA

SEATTLE. June 7.-norotheal Goodwin. the daughter of . .proui-, ,nent real estate dealAr. seloped withs and married Marion !Tuttle, heE un-' ,cle's chsneur. The wedding took place, a week aSo and the ,cpptracting part; les kept 1t secret fqrr q week. TAeI real Astate broker. tretpaes to to.suppost' his new, son-in-lavr and dApghter andl has solds them to- sssk |, homo else-' where and they Miai ip fture live in.
 a three-room apartment.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

Captain Morris, of the launch Three M. secured the contract for the 500 extra poles needed by the road com mission for the dike work. The price is. 32h cents a pole and they must be of spruce. or hemlock and are re, .Quired within ten days.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

The franchise of the YAldes Elec- trio Co. provides that After Novem- Der. 1916. the town of Valdez has the option ot aeauiri.n's, the light and tele1,- !, 'phone business of tho Yaslde4 Electric GO. at its true appraised saluatipp. Support municipal ownership. 'k17
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

WASHINGTON. June 7.---7A cable gram of congratulations upon his forty-nipth birthday .snniyyersary to- day, was sent to King George v of Great Britain by Presidept Wilson.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

A party of bear hunters went across the bay yesterday to get a hide, but they fell asleep on a sunny knoll while bruif sneaked up and stole their guns. r-.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

.Nra. Guy Ranta and the children are expscted te return to Valdez next week and win ,repccppy their old res ,idepce on Alaska avenue.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
JAKE AND GoLpiE
 START LIFE AMEN

Goldie and Jake will open their Tango barber shop and bath house on wednesaay. .!They have spent cep- time and money making re- pains AAd altarakions to thA Treat building on Wall. street. foruerly oc- cupied by pr. Vance. and have turned the place into arst-olass, up-to-ths-
 qinsAs ~Noasosasl -psraor Aad~ Aath Aonsss Me, heth spewA win ,he taf V sissst ia sisltn. Ai ESpaintra;,aat. ai ;,.i b tho place are nsM ,snd pp-to.date.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

George and Fred Elkins will leave in the morning for Tasnuna to con- mence work on their property.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

Carmen" in three reels at the Or pheum tonight. This Is master piece and you should see 1t.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

.. . '-''. - 1-- -'st>'9 VI -''EF c. P. Toplift left thif, morning on 2 business trip to Port Wells and Latouchs and expects to return on' the next steamer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

Bob Smith arrived in town Sunday from Knights Island and will leave shortly to work with tho road com mission.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

Carmen" classic masterpiece inA three reels at the Orpheum tonight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08
'Nciics, Ds,a'ie,crates !,

The resdfsr Mohthiy Meeting of the valdez Democr.tic Club will bel held at the city han tonight at s|
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

Chas. Lawson is in town from Port wells.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-08

R. P. FERGUSON, Secretary.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-08-18
BANDITS Retreat
IS DYNAM|TED
Explosion Kills ALI Five of West
Virginia Robbers.

Williams, w. Va, Aug. 1.-THE
pursuit of the five bandits who last
Friday killed Joseph Shaler, paymas-
ter of the Glen Alum Fuel company
and his two companions and stole
the company pay rpll Of $4,000, end
ed yesterday when the mountain
cave into which the desperadoes had
retreated was dynamited and the
five men killed. The death of the
bandits brought the fatalities to
eleven.
Pursued by posse of armed de-
tectives and deputy sheriffs, the des-
perados. fled to the mountains Fri
day night. In battle Saturday
night Detective Burrell was killed
and Deputy Sheriffs Edwin Mounts
and Jacob Groves were wounded,
probably fatally. The bandits then
retreated to cave in the mountains
five miles from War Eagle and dur
ing Saturday night and early yes
terday morning held the posse at
bay. Detectives Landon, Tiller and
Squire Belcher were killed during
the night attack.
1t being impracticable to attack
openly, the attacking force yester-
day began throwing dynamite bombs
against the mountainside and fin
ally a heavily charged missile was
hurled into the cave, where it ex-
ploded. The rifle fire of the bandits
then ceased. The posse entered the
cave and found five mutilated bod
les. The valise which had contained
the company's payroll was found in
the cave. Five hundred dollars of
the $4,000 was missing.
The bandits were recognized as
Italian miners, who had been dis
charged from the employ of the Glen
Alum Fuel company.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-08-18
REFUSES TO GIVE
CAUSE FOR crime
Wisconsin Negro, Who Slew Five
and Seriously Injured Four,
Remains Silent.

Spring Green, Wis, Aug. IT,
Edwin H. Cheney and Frank Lloyd
Wright, former close friends, es-
tranged by Wright's elopement with
Cheney's wife, came together here
yesterday to care for their dead.
Cheney, whose two children were
the victims Saturday of murderous
Negro, made arrangements for their
burial in Chicago. OF his former
wife, Mamah Bouton Borthwick,
who since Cheney obtained his d.
vorce in 1911 has lived here in
Wright's bungalow until her death
Saturday, he said nothing.
II have two children who were
murdered here" Cheney told
friends. He made no mention of his
former wife.
Cheney and Wright both stopped
at the home of Andrew T. Porter,
whose wife is Wright's sister. They
rode from the station to Porter's
home in separate automobiles, which
each had ordered from Chicago.
Thomas Bunker, laborer on the
Wright estate, who was reported to
have died from his wounds, was
still living last night, though ply
sicians expect his death any minute,
they said.
The motive which actuated Julian
Carleton, the Negro, in his murder
GUS attack which caused five deaths
and left four persons suffering Sc
verely, is still mystery.
A suspicion that he had been in
fuenced by an outside source rested
on remark by Carleton Immediate
ly after his arrest and when he fear
ed his death by poison was immi-
nent.
"I'll tell you before de-" he told
deputy sheriff.
Later when physicians told him
he was in no danger from death by
poison, the Negro declined to ex-
plain his former statement.
Il did it in self-defense," he
said.
Neither statement was given any
credence by the authorities at
Dodgeville, where Carleton was
locked in Jail.
DR.. F. A. Boysen has purchased
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-08-18
Will Work Among Farmers.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Roseberry anG
little daughter of Baltimore, Md.
are in the city for a two months
stay. Mr.. R. represents the Home
Health Society Of Baltimore, Phila.
delphia and Washington, and his
duties are to visit the farmers and
lecture to them and their families
on health protection, likewise how
to prevent accidents and what to dc
in case they occur. He is assisted
by two other gentlemen and the
three will work this county in the
interests of the society above men
toned.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-08-18

"a Wv AoAOASs ~ SOSVA AAASAI At1o aA-
ready received offers from the Amer
lean market and the transportation
of grain will be facilitated as Italy
will assume the war risks.
New York, Aug. 17.-Summary:
Japan demands that Germany with
draw and dismantle her fleet in
Asiatic waters and vacate her Chin
csc possessions within one month.
j. P. Morgan & Co. not to make
loan to France.
Vice President Sicles says Ham
burg-American line will sell some
of it's boats if fair price obtained.
U. S. cruiser Tennessee with $4,-
100000 gold aboard for Americans
reaches Falmouth, England. U. S.
S. North Carolina also arrives there.
German government has offered
United States the use of any of the
Hamburg-American lines in port at
New York to bring Americans home.
Offer has been accepted.
Emergency shipping bill now in
senate arouses coastwise shipping,
fearing foreign invasion of expen-
sively built ships and traffic.
Canada will put off settlement of
German debts until after war is be-
lief in legal circles in Ottawa, pend
ing final decision by Department of
Justice.
Kansas City, Aug. 17.-104 in
the shade in many points in Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Missouri and no
rain yet.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-08-18

learned from good source that
the Tribuna asserts it has learned
from a good source that Greece has
decided to demand explanations in
Constantinople about the concen-
tration of Turkish troops on the
frontier of Thrace and that if the
Turkish governments reply is not
satisfactory Greece will mobilize her
army.
At Belfort Jean Cruppi, former
French minister of justice, has gath
cred together hundreds of children
of poor reservists now at the front
and will take care of them on his
estate while hostilities last.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-08-18
SOLDIER DROWNED
IN RIVER CUTOFF
Richard Lloyd Of Council Bluffs
Loses Life Near Camp
Dodge.

Des Moines, Aug. 1.-THE
drowning of Richard L. Lloyd Of
Council Bluffs, private in Company
l., Fifty-fifth Iowa National Guard
infantry, was a tragic incident Of
events yesterday at Camp Dodge
Lloyd, met his death while swim.
ming in the Des Moines river cutoff
which forms the north boundary OF
the state rifle range. Two company
comrades, Kent C. Mead and Mark
NJ. Mohler, also of Council Bluffs
were with him and made desperate
efforts to save his life.