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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-02-03
In the District Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, Third Division.

In the District Court for the Terri- i tory of Alaska, Third Division.
 In the Matter of the Annexation of
 Certain Territory to the Incorpor- l ated Town of Valdez.--Order Set
 ting Time for Hearing Petition and 1 Giving Notice.
 l A petition having been this day presented to the court for the pur- pose of instituting the proceedings required by law for the annexation of territory to an incorporated town said petition praying for the annex ation of certain described territory to the incorporated town of Valdez, in the Territory of Alaska, Third divis- ion: and it appearing to the court that said petition is signed by forty eight qualified electors of said incor- porated town, the same being more than one-fifth of the number of votes cast at the last municipal election in said town, and by five actual resi- dents and owners of substantial prop erty interests in land in the territory proposed to be annexed and verified l by two of the signers of said peti- tion said petition setting forth the 1 boundaries of the territory so pro posed to be annexed to said town an ] having attached thereto a plat based upon an actual survey by a compe- | tent surveyor, setting forth the linn it's and boundaries thereof by metes and bounds, and stating the number of inhabitants therein: :"
 Therefore, it appearing to the court that said petition is in the form re- quired by law; it is ordered that said petition be heard and considered by the court on the 18th day of Febru- ary, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the court room of this court | in Valdez, Alaska, if said day be a day of jurisdiction in said court, or if the same be not a. day of jurisdiction, then said hearing shall be held on the 1 first day of jurisdiction thereafter. It [ is further ordered that notice of such hearing be given by posting printed or typew1itten copies of this order in three. conspicuous places within. | the limits of. said incorporated town of Valdez, and by posting such cop ies in three conspicuous places with in the limits of the territory so pro
 posed to be annexed to and included EWithin the limits of said incorporated town, and, by publishing @cdhy fof fthis ordeF once a week in the. Valdez Prospector, newspaper of general circulation published nearest to: said Incorporated town. ,l',-' |. :
 Done. in open court; at Valdez, Alaska, tfIfs Eth day of January, 1914. FRED. NJ. BROWN, Judge.
 First publication January 10, 1914.
 Last publication February IA, 19l;.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-02-03
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1911.
AFTER WAR, PEACE.

In warfare between civilized na- tions, no blood is shed after the bat tie has been won It is the great fortune of President Wilson that in the first year of his administration victory has come to the federal gov ernment in it's long war against ln- dustrial combinations accused of wrongful acts. The president, With the magnanimity of a successful commander, and with the wisdom of a bread-minded statesman, is resol- yed that hostilities shall no wcease and is concerned chiefly with the es- tablishment of peace that shall be permanent. That, at least, is the be lief of those who essay to read his mind near at hand in Washington; the country shares that belief. The radicals in congress, on the other hand, would continue to hack and hew the corporations after they have accepted terms of surrender. The in dustries and the commerce of the country, in which spirit of renew ed activity, of hope, and of conf'- dence is visibly stirring, would be chilled and disheartened by re- newal of the federal assault, and pro- longed prostration, not business re vival, would follow. The people, then, in their actual losses and in the shrinking of their gains, would pay the costs of this war. Profit, and that political, could accrue only to the fomenters of strife. A great part of the cost, too, would be assessed up on the administration. Presidents are most popular when the country is prosperous.
 MT. Wilson is wise in his insight and in his foresight. He sees, he cannot help seeing, for the proofs are before him, that the corporations and the men accused of doing business in defiance of law or contrary to the countrys declared policy have yield ed to the irresistible. They have yielded in more instances than the public is aware of They are sin cerely desirous to Aput themselves within the zone of safety by with dr" wing from the forbidden zone. The administration, without failing in it's duty, without the waiver of any pro hibitions, has helpfully met them half way In the present temper of the public it is those who have some other than the gen ral interest to serve who are vindictive, who clam or eor extermination. The law has been misconstrued, it is largely the fault of the courts that it has been so long misunderstood. There is a general disposition to acquit most Of the offenders of wilful intent to disregard the law. Intelligent men know and candid men, admit that it has been exceedingly difficult in many cases to extingu;sh between the prohibited and the permitted. The presidents purpose at least ]: that seems to be his disposition, is. to ae7- cept in good faith the, offers of sub mission to authority and to take more thought about the rebuilding, pf pros perity under the Jaw than of punish ing past transgressions now repent ed of.
 Patriotism. wise statesmanship, and sound judgment counsel that policy. It is the path to prosperity for the people, to. ne wand higher esteem and honor for the president.-New York Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-02-03
NOW
 MENACES NATION
Fifty Thousand Known Cases
 In the Last Six Years.
FUNDS NEEDED TO FIGHT IT

Startling Report of Surgeon General
 Blue to Secretary McAdoo Is Likely
 to Result In Call Upon Congress to
 Mako Appropriation For Hospital
 In the South.
 So alarming are the reports of the spread of pellagra laid before Secre- tary McAdoo by Surgeon General Blue of the public health service that con- gross probably will be urged to make q special appropriation to rent hos pital building in the south, establish laboratories there and make a study of the disease in all it's phases.
 Since the disease was discovered in 1907 there have been about 5O,OOO cases of it in thirty-four states of the Union. and national remedy, a na- tional defense, is said to be impera- lively needed.
 While pellagra has been recognized for several hundred years, it is still one of the most bafiiing diseases with which the medical profession deals. The public health service has been struggling hard with investigations of country half dozen years ago, but the alarming extent to which it has spread has brought flood of appeal ing letters to Secretary McAdoo and has led to determination to urge congress to act quickly.
 Sometimes Causes Insanity.
 In some of it's phases pellagra re- sembles leprosy, and in some respects it is even more to be dreaded than lep- rosy, physicians say, because pellagra frequently affects the mental organism and leaves its victims insane.
 One physician, in reporting condi- tions in his locality, recently said:
 Calling it 'pellagra,' the public does not know the nature of the malady and gives very little heed to its great menace. but were we to speak of it as leprosy the whole country would be crying out in wild alarm. And, so far as the public menace goes, we are not yet justified in saying that it is not jlst as great q dread as leprosy itself"
 Corn Diet Theory Improved.
 There has been popular notion that it is caused by corn diet. but physi- cials are not yet ready to adopt that theory. One of the chief purposes in establishing the special hospital is to develop research in that direction. It is also unknown whether or not the dise:lse is communicable and by what means it is transferred if at all.
 The most characteristic symptom of the disease is an acute rash on the hands and parts of the body. This manifestation is said oftentimes to re- semble q scald or severe S,lnburn. Soon after this appears. in severe cases, th" patient becomes seriously ill. and many times death or insanity quickly follows Sometimes the attacks disappear and recur with increased violence.
 While probably existent in parts of the United States for a great many years. pellagra was an unknown and d negligible quantity i'll this country until six years ago. Appearing then and recognized in small numbers in Alabama, it has since steadily increas- ed in the number of it's victims, and the territory involved, until it has be- come national problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
MUCH IMPROVEMENT
 IN COTTON GOODS
Values on Gray Goods Are Stronger and
 Higher

New York, October 31-Trading fin cotton goods has improved during the week. Values on gray goods are strong
 CT and higher. Substantial contracts
 have been made for deliveries of goods
 to extend through the first half of the year. Jobbers are buying very mod erately of staples yet but the man ufacturing trades have been more ac-
 tive. Prices of some lines of wide
 print cloths are up A cent yard from the extreme low points and mills gen. erally are not ready yet to do busi-
 ness on the present level to the ex-
 tent that buyers want Sheetings are low and quiet
 There is an improvement in export demand and several requests have been received to ship export goods that have been held up for sometime. Wide flan-
 nellettes for the cutting trades have been revised on a basis of one-half
 cent yard lower than last year and business Is being done. Duck mark cts are stronger in consequence of the large orders placed for export pur-
 poses. There Is still considerable de-
 lay in revising colored cottons because
 of the inability to secure dyestuffs
 Bleached cottons, unbranded, are sell
 ing on bas1S or "A cents for 4-4 64s.
 The well known branded lines sold in the retail trades have not yet been fully revised for spring. Prints are quiet. and ginghams are unchanged. Prices, while more or less nominal. on the colored end, are as follows: Print
 cloths, 2S-inch, 64x64s, Sc; 64x60s. 2%c; SS1s inch 64x64s, 4c; brown sheetings
 southern standards. GA and 7c, den- inns, 9-ounce, 13c; ticl<ings, S-ounce, 13c; | standard prints, 5Ac; staple ginghams, 6Hc; dres ginghams. 9Ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Cupid's Great Problem
By MADGE ARTHUR

Engagements-should they be long or
 short-is a mooted question whose answer depends upon many conditions.
 What constitutes the wisdom of waiting iii the case of pair of lovers who have formed a boy and girl attachment and become engaged before their united ages reach 40 would be sheer folly and waste and woman who have each reached two- score years or more, and who have fully considered the question and made up their minds that they will be happy as man and wife.
 Such a couple are far more likely to be certain concerning their choice than a couple of younger lovers who, with the
 in,petuosity of youth, have rushed head
 long into an engagement and are anxious to let nothing interfere with them marry ing in hot haste.
 Such couple too often live to find to their everlasting regret that there is more than a grain of truth in the old saying about repenting at leisure In a case like this, an engagement of a couple of years or even more. will be ,a most valuable safeguard. In the first place the pair are young enough to af- ford to wait; in the second, a long en- gagement may prove most valuable preparation for marriage. inasmuch as the test of time may only help to show them that they are ideally suited to one an- ether. long engagement may also help to enable young people to cultivate tastes in common which in their turn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
COTTON SINNERS
 ARE PESSIMIST|C Cotton Slump Causes Ap- prehension in England.
 See Little Hope

London, October l-(correspondenca of Associated Press )-While Sir Charles Macara believes Sir George Paish. In his conference with American government officials may be able to the deplorable condition of the cotton industry in England, cotton spinners in Lancashire are decidedly pessimistie about the slump in the trade.
 'I do not see ray of hope any where was the statement of a Man. chester spinner. Cotton brokers. yarn agents and leaders of textile indus tries seem to share the opinion quito generally. They regard as unwieldy and Financially impractlcablo the proposed plan of having tha English and Ameri- can governments buy the reserve sup- ply of raw cotton and hold 1t to pres vent violent fluctuations
 1t Is contended by many spinners that the absolute lack of storage facilities for cotton reserve makes the plan im- possible. Liverpool can store only 2,000,- GOO bales. Manchester can store 200, ,000 bales. The proposed plan would require storage facilities for S,000,00 bales. Furthermore, Lancashire spinners arc ioath to indorse plan designed to maintain a minimum price of cents pound in America.
 Meantime Lancashire lads are enlist. Ing in the army by the thousands. reai- izing that the slowness of the cotton mills will make 1t impossible for them to get employment this winter. Hun dIeds of thousands of women employees | in the mills are working only part time | and facing a lean winter.
 Discussing the cotton situation, sir
 Charles Macara said:
 | Nobody can tell how long tho war
 will last. But if il came to an end be- ! tween now and the end of the year. | although there would be great disor- ganization, a considerable amount of
 the surplus cotton would be required
 for ordinary channels. If 1t goes on for
 the whole 12 months of the present
 cotton season, we shall have to face
 the very serious problem of the supply l of foodstuffs. If the cotton planters
 lose heavily on, cotton thls year they
 are certain to reduce the acreage very lcousiderably in order to get high prices ! for foodstuffs they can grow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
COTTON IS STRONG IN N. O. MARKET Due Chiefly to Advance in Dallas Spot Quota
 tiOnS

New Orleans, october 31.-Cotton had 6 strong tone today for the first time in months. This was due chiefly to the ad- vance of 3-16o in Dallas spot quotations. rounding out a week of important 'ises in that center. Early in the session Jan uary stood at 7.35 bid, from which 1t climbed to 7.45c bid. with holders firm at I.5Oc and little offering. One sale at 7.49c was reported.
 The sales of 76O0 bales on the spot in the Liverpool market and official reports from Manchester of a better business in both cloths and yarns helped stimulate builish feeling. Weather conditions were excep- tionally favorable, but had no influence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
ses ALLIE.

promote that companionship of pursuits that is such an essential factor in es- happiness after marriage.
 On the other hand, many an engage ment of long standing has practically demonstrated that two natures attracted to one another at first sight arc in no way suited to one another
 Unable to bear the fret and worry of a long engagement 1t is hardly likely that they will get on any better in double harness. Unfortunate and uncomfortable as a broken engagement undoubtedly is, nobody will deny that 1t is better to have an opportunity to discover the dis agreeable truth that the couples are un-
 suited to each other before marriage rather than afterward.
 Although there are always exceptions to every case, 1t will be generally admit ted that as rule long engagements are a mistake, not only so far as the young couple themselves are concerned, but as egards the families of both parties, they are at the best of times nerve-w wearing tedious affairs.
 Loves young dream that drags itseli year after year. with no prospect of mar riage for a long time to come, is apt to sink to prosaic levels and lose much of tn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01

Also, trying and nerve wearing as 1t may be for Edwin and Angelina not to be allowed to start housekeeping on nothing more substantial than bread and cheese and kisses, but to be kept waiting by the mundane considerations of providing themselves with enough to live upon, a long engagement Is infinitely better than too hard struggle for existence in the early days of matrimony
 For, whatever the novelists and senti- mentalists may say to the contrary in this every day world of ours, which is ruled by money, 1t Is very hard work for love not to yield to the temptation of slipping out of the window when poverty comes in at the door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01

charm and romance that should surround
 the days of courtship; while marriage itself. when it does come, under such circumstances loses a great deal of It's ideal bliss by reason of too familiar and prolonged intercourse resulting from
 lengthy engagement.
 Far, far better marry in the ardor of first love than let your romance grow stale and spoiled in the early days of
 matrimony by reason of a dragged out 1 enga cement for prosaic romance is bad
 thing to start welded life on.
 | Some one said that "to be ideal an en- | gagement should be just long enough
 ot enable the couple to study and un-
 derstand each others characters but not
 so long that they grow away from each | other In taste and feelings"
 l This is all very well in cases where prospects are good, and where the couple
 know something about one another be- | fore hand. In many cases when couple | of comparative strangers meet and be- | come engaged the test of a long engage
 ment is not only wise, but almost i'm
 perative as the risks Of matrmony ar. increased fourfold, for not only tempera- ment, but environment plays no smal
 part in contributing to matrimonial bliss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Pheasant Caught in Net

fIoin the New YOrk Times.
 Four New York men who left here about 10 days ago for holiday at golf got back yesterday with tale of a pheasant eaten out of season.
 s. L. Snowden, bond broker; A. A. spriggs stock broker; T. M Logan. a manufacturer, and W. P. Joe Saus- sure, Jr., of the McAlpin. ate the pheas- ant. According to MT. De Saussure, the four golfers hid themselves at Brick Hill Falls, N. J and played golf so hard that on last Wednesday they were glad to try tennis for a time. At a critical point in the game there was a sudden whirring sound in the brush behind MT. De Saussure and his part ner. and a big bird flashed past them and dashed itself Into the tennis net. All the players rushed to see what 1t was. and found that it was a hen pheas- ant. It had broken its neck in the ret
 Knowing the open season had not begun. the four men discussed serious ly whether it was lawful to eat the bird. The upshot was that 1t made a full breakfast for the four.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
WHEAT FALLS BACK AFTER AN ADVANCE Close of Market Is Nervous. Corn Finishes Un-
 changed

Chicago. October 3l.-Big receipts at pri- marw points made wheat fall back today after an early advance. The close was nervous at 14c under last night. Corn finished unchanged to 14c down, oats off A@1ec, and provisions varying from 1oc decline to a rise of Dc.
 Nearly twice as much wheat arrived at the principal terminals today as the total amount on the corresponding date a year ago. Besides, the figures for the week exceeded by 100000 bushels, the record for the preceding seven days. It was said exporters were becoming re- luctant to take the risk of contracts which called for shipment during previous months.
 Fine weather put something of check on corn bulls. Account was also taken of the setback in wheat. Oats were gov erned chiefly by the action of wheat and corn. December was under considerable selling pressure.
 Buyers held off in the provision mar let apparently for the monthly report of stocks on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Port Cotton Movement

New Orleans: Middling 67kcb re- ceipts, 10,122; exports, $500; sales. TAO: stock, 114.530.
 Galveston: Middling. 516c; receipts. 16,43S; exports, 1900; sales 21o0; stock. 237.o01.
 Mobile: Middling, 61ac; receipts, 3S5, exports, 1000; stock. 26.429.
 Savannah Middling, 7c; receipts, 1881; sales, 2553; stock, 109,416
 Charleston: Middling, 7c, receipts, 1251; sales, 100; stock, 52,953.
 Wilmington: Middling, 7c; receipts, 70s; stock, 25,375.
 Texas City: Receipts, 245O.
 Norfolk: Middling. 7c; receipts 250e; sales, SIS; stock, 29,157.
 Baltimore: Stock 6931.
 Boston: Stock. 2700.
 Philadelphia: Receipts, G. exports, 200; stock, 2S75.
 New York: Receipts, 25; exports. 11o4; stock. 6S,5s7.
 Minor ports: Receipts. 1891; stock, 30,233.
 Total today: Receipts, 42,616; exports, IS, 105; stock 705,1S7.
 Total for week: Receipts, 4261e; ex' ports. 1s,105
 Total for season: Receipts, 1,392,97S; ex- ports, 56S, 2S5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Middling, 71sc; receipts, lo.S33 shipments, 15,636; sales, 400; stock, 109. 2S0. Memphis: Middling, 6&c; receipts. 9702; shipments. 4275 sales, 4500; stock, 15S, ,964. Augusta: Middlng. 3-16c; receipts, 3771; shipments. 1722 sales, 959; stock, 11s,- 464
 St. Louis: Middling, s%c; receipts, s77s; shipments, 9s14 stock, 19,104.
 Cincinnati: Receipts. 1883; shipments, 1S97 stock 325S.
 Little Rock Middling, 61ac: receipts, 1234 shipments, 1924; stock, 26,S54
 Dallas: Middlng. 13-16c; sales, 121e7. Total today: Receipts, 42,151; shipments, 33,16S; stock, 26,S54.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square. N. y;xMembers New York Cotton Exchange. York Produce Exchange, Associate Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for consignments of spot cotton for delivery. Correspond >ace invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Chicago Grain

Chicago, October 31.-Cash wheat, No. 2 red, s1.14d1 .15; No. 2 hard. $1.13&@ i.14a4. Corn. No. yellow, 754Q75s4c. Oats, standard. 4sA@4Ss4c. Rye, No. ?, 96c. Bar ley, 6o@77c. Timothy, 8 3.75d5. .25. Clover, sllQ14. Pork sls.5O. Lard, s1o.75. Ribs, S9. T5dl10. IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Breakfast Cost S115

From the Buffalo News
 One hundred and fifteen dollars for eriddle cakes for breakfast is the rec ord price Mrs. Fannie Llewellyn Of Miltown, Putnam county. had to pay recently, when her 3-year-old daughter, Elsie, tempered with a roll of bill Mrs. Llewellyn left the roll and two half dollars wrapped in paper under h
 lamp on the dining room table Elsie played. with them and showed them into a bag of waste paper kept for kindling fires. unknown to the mother. When
 Mrs. Lewellyn made a fire she stuffed
 the bag of papers into the stove and
 urwittinE2y used the money to cook
 the griddle cakes.
 When she removed the lamp to set
 the table she missed the bills. After a long search she found the burned frag-
 monts and two badly disfigured coins in the stove grate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Spot Cotton Market

New Orleans, October s1.-Spot cotton quotations today were: New Orleans, 67sc; Galveston, 5-16c; Mobile, 6asc; Savannah, 7c; Norfolk 7c: Houston, 7se; Memphis. GAG; Augusta, 3-16c; St. Louis, GAG: Lit tie Rock. 61ac; Dallas, 1s-1sc; Charles ton, 7c; Wilmington, 7c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
Cnttan Seed Oil

New York, October 31.-The cotton seed oil market was steady at the start, owing to continued absence of crude offerings, but developed an easier feeling under eel-end profit taking, closing 1 point net higher to lower. Sales, 10S00 bar rels Spot, 5.O565. 15c; November, o.0s@ 5.10c; December, 5.1905.20c; January, $5.29 @5.30c; February, 5.41@5.42c; March, 5.51Q 552c; April, 56ld5.63c; May, 5.72G574c; June, 5S095. soc. Total sales, 1oS00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-01
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, October 8l.-Spot cotton firm. Sales on the spot, 40 bales: to ar rive, 300. Good ordinary, bsc nonlinai strict good ordinary. 57sc nominal; low middling, Csc nominal; strict low mid- ding, Csc; middling, Csc; strict midd]ing, 7lsc; good middling, 7iac; strict good mid ding, 7Ac nominal. Receipts, 10.ll; stock, 11Ah9n