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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
DUPONT EXPLOSION
 STILL A MYSTERY
structiOn of Packing Plant Unable to Find Cause.

WILMINGTON, Dec "A search ing investigation by the commission appointed by the governor and the of- ficials of the Dupont Powder com pany, has failed to show that any out side agency was responsible for the explosion which destroyed the pack ing house here. causing the deaths of thirty persons.
 The Dupont Works here employ nearly eight hundred men and had the accident occurred in one of the other buildings the death list would have numbered hundreds.
 Guards who were on duty when the explosion occurred assert that no strangers were admitted to the plant during the day, nor did any apply. An investigation of the entire plant and the methods of safeguarding the lives of employees against death by explosions has been ordered by the governor
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
MRS. LEWIS LECTURES
 AT EMPRESS SUNDAY

Much interest has already been Lena Morrow Lewis is planning to give during her visit in Valdez. The subject for the meeting is to held Sunday afternoon at o'clock at the Empress theatre will be Capitalism and It's Contribution to Civilization" "
 Mrs. Lewis will present the good
 side of capitalism as well as the re- verse and will deal with the subject from scientific and evolutionary viewpoint. The meeting is open to anybody and large audience will undoubtedly be present to hear this instructive and educational address.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
INSURANCE AGENT
 IS UNDER ARREsl.
Working on Books 0 Commission Have Found He
 Made False Entries.

OLYMPIA, Dec. 4.-Claims Agen Gillies, of the Washington State In dustrial Insurance commission, .who was dismissed from office for alleged complicity in the footing of the fundt to the extent of $2O,O0O, has beer arrested for falsifying the records He has been allowed his liberty or $1O,OO0 bonds.
 The frauds were perpetrated by means of forged warrants which had been stolen from the office of the commission, and were cashed in sa- looms where gambling is believed to be carried on. A warrant for $3500 was cashed by Dave Blake. the we'll known Alaska gambler of pioneer days.
 Expert accountants who have been checking Gillies accounts report a shortage but the amount of the defi- cit has not been made public as the books are still in the hands of the auditors.
 Gillies is defiant and asserts that when the case comes to trial he will show that an effort is being made to make him the goat for officials high CT up who are implicated in the loot ing of the funds of the commission.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL
 FIGHT DISSOLUTION CASE.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1.-The case against the Southern Pacific railroad company in which the United States government is seeking to compel a dissolution of the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific interests under tho Sherman antitrust law, began in thes federal court here today.
 The Southern Pacific is trying to prevent a separation of the inter- ssfx and asserts that 1t is not com tine but two competing companies, although under one management, and that the rates have been approved by the Interstate Commerce commission. It is admitted that traffic arrange ,nents has existed on through freight but that the railroads compete for To- szl business. n
 The Southern Pacific railroad has n mileage of 34S7 miles and the Central Pacific railroad 2205 miles.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
ARE R|O|CUL|NG
 k|TCAENER'S CLAIM
'fsexmAn Editors Say that Great Brt- tain Cannot Raise New Army
 Roasted by Commander.

BERLIN, Dec 4.-German news papers are ridiculing the assertions of Lord Kitchener that Great Bri- lain will have a fully equipped army sf four million men in the field next spring and that sufficient munitions will be supplied to Russia to enable her to equip an army of six million nen for her spring campaign.
 German editors are reminding their readers that Lord Kitchener nearly a year ago cleaimed that Bri- tain would be ready last May to deal tAe blow which would drive the Ger man Troops back upon their own bor- derx, gut that the British force had 1sSsGdko materialize.
 Kitchener was to have saved Ser bia yet that country is now under the domination of the Teutonic allies, and hIs promise to the British people that Constantinop1e would be captured had failed utterly.
 It is not believed in Germany that Great Britain can raise the great army of which Kitchener is boasting without resorting to forced enlist unents and the British government dare not resort to conscription as it tears internal trouble.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
BROADWAY |S
 GIVEN THRILL
is in Turn Instantly Killed by Policeman

NEW YORK. Dec 4.-One of the most daring holdups in the history of New York was perpetrated last night when George Brosa attempted to rob bank messenger in the sub way while it was crowded with hun dreds of people.
 Brosa had evidently followed the messenger from the bank and was prepared for emergencies as he was walking arsenal. He was wearing two suits of heavy clothing carried three revolvers and two hundred rounds of cartridges.
 The bandit, who was evidently novice at the holdup business. carried a revolver in each hand and opened fire upon the messenger as soon as he came within shooting distance. When the messenger drop ped mortally wounded the bandit dropped one of his revolvers to seize the satchel which contained four thousand dollars.
 The wounded bank messenger seized the revolver which the ban dit had dropped and opened fire on Brosa two bullets taking effect, but failed to stop his flight.
 When the bandit emerged from the subway on Broadway he hastily dis carded his extra suit of slothing and attempted to evade his pursuers. A policeman, who had been attracted by the sight of man discarding a suit of clothes in the street. ordered Brosa to stop, and when he ran the officer opened fire. killing him in stantly.
 The police believe that Brosa must have had information from inside sources as to the movements of the bank messenger and are trying to es- tablish intimacy between some of the clerks which employed the messenger and the bandit
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
NEW HAVEN RAILROAD
 EARNINGS SHOW INCREASE

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-The earn ings of the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad for the month of October were more than one million dollars over the earnings of the pre- vious October. The increase in the earnings of the road is attributed largely to renewed confidence on the part of the travelling public in the ability of the present management to keep its roadbed and rolling stock up to the standard and safeguard it's train service.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
SCHMIDT USED
 ASSUMED NAME
Experts Testify that Signature on
 Order for Explosives is in Defendants Handwriting.

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 4.-The fed eral prosecution is tightening the net around M. A. Schmidt, who is on trial here charged with being implicated in the dynamite outrages for which John and James McNamara are serv- ing sentences in. the penitentiary: A'
 Schmidt is charged with having supplied the dynamite used by the McNamaras in the destruction of the Los Angeles Times, when nearly a score of the newspapers employees were killed and its plant destroyed. Detectives have discovered the source from which the explosives were ob- tained and the prosecution has estab- lished the fact that Schmidt was the man who purchased explosives a few days before the Los Angeles tragedy. The powder company had required unknown customers to sign orders for explosives and agree not to ship them on trains or boats contrary to the law governing trans-shipments of explosives.
 Handwriting experts of national fame, whose testimony has secured the conviction of many forgers be- fore the courts during recent years, testified during the trail yesterday that Schmidt undoubtedly had sign ed the order for the explosives un- der an assumed name.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
CAPTAIN b0y-EO
 ADMITS CHARGES Was Acting Under Instructions of German Government in Aiding
 the German Warships.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. A. Secretary Lansing has formally ask ed the German embassy for the recall of Captain Boy-E and Major von Pa pen, naval and military attaches to 'the German embassy, owing to their having been involved in the conspir- acy to violate American neutrality by sending supplies from the United States to German raiders of com merce.
 Captain Boy-Ed has admitted his connection with the chartering of sev- eral American steamers by the off, cials of the Hamburg g-American com pany to carry supplies to the war ships and openly declares he was act ing under instructions from his gov- ernment.
 The German officer has entered a denial through Ambassador Bern storff to the charge that he was one of the instigators of the alleged mu- hilton conspiracies which planned the destruction of factories in the United States having contracts from the AL lies. It is stated the Teutonic off, cers will leave for Europe on one of the first steamships, as Secretary Lansing's note intimates that their presence is no longer desirable in the country.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
FUNSTON LOANS
 CARRANzA GUNS
Mexican Federals Equipped with Mu- nitions in Order to Protect
 American Mining Interests.

DOUGLAS, Dec. 4.-General Fun ston, commanding the United States troops along the Mexican border, has loaned the Mexican federal soldiers guns and munitions to protect the American mining interests in Sonora which are being attacked by rowing bands of outlaws.
 It is also reported that a large shipment of munitions has been sent by Gen. Funston to Mexico City to equip the federal troops to repulse the rebels now marching against the capital. ....
 Recent arrivals here from Chihua- hua state that the citizens are starv- ing, as the food supply from the south has been cut off by the Federal troops and the rebels are unable to purchase food in the northern states.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

LONDON, Dec. 4.-Advices from Petrograd state that the new Rus sian army is ready for the field and that it will be hurled against the Ger man troops in the north with the ob- ject of breaking their lines and fore ing the withdrawal from the posi- tions which threaten Dvinsk and Riga, the Russian advices state that the army is better equipped with munitions than any force as yet against the Teutons. The German troops along the Drina river south of Riga are reported in desperate straits as the nature of the district prevents their occupying trenches as the country is swampy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
GERMAN MONEY HAS
 DEPRECATED IN Y. S.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.--The German mark, which was equal to twenty three and four-fifths cents of Ameri- can money before the beginning of the European war, has dropped to nineteen and five-eighths cents. the lowest point reached in history. The cause of the depression of the Ger man coin is puzzling American bank CTS and it is believed to be due to the influence of the London money mar ket.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
THE NORTHWESTERN
 IS COMING NORTHWARD

SEATTLE, Dec. 4.-The steamer Northwestern, of thc Alaska Steam snip company's fleet. sailed for Val deg and other Southwestern Alaska points last night with William Noon ey and Chris Peterson as cabin pas sengers for Valdez. The passengers for Latouche are Rodney Dobson and J. Pape.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
Y. F. s. Q. E.

The Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor will hold a meet ing in the Congregational lecture room Sunday evening at 6:30. Lead CT. Earl wathey All young people are cordially invited
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
pedoed and sunk in the eastern Med
 iterranean sea by an Austrian sub marine. The fate of the crew is un- known
British Forces Retreating.

LONDON, Dec. 4.-Advices from the far east state that the British troops in Mesopotamia, the district lying between the Tigris and Euphra- tes rivers and northwest of Babylon, have met with severe reverses and are retreating to the Gulf of Persia. It is feared that the small army pen etrated too far into the hostile coun- try and was unable to hold it's line of communication against the enemy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT TO
 LEAVE SEATTLE TUESDAY

SEATTLE. Dec. 1.-The steamer Admiral Farragut of the Pacific Alas ka Navigation Company's fleet, has reported by wireless that she will reach Seattle on Sunday. The steam CT is scheduled to sail again for the north on Tuesday evening next.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
JURY FINDS FATHER LEsCHES WAS INSANE.

WINONA, Minn., Dec. 4.-The jury in the case of Father Lesches. the Catholic priest who shot the bishop under whom he was laboring, has been acquitted by the trial jury as he had been adjudged insane.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
MOB OF MASKED
 MEN LYNCH NEGRO.

FOREST CITY, Ark, Dec. IA negro prisoner, who had murdered Q Forest City merchant while trying to rob the store, was taken from the local jail last night by . mob of one hundred masked men and hanged to a telegraph pole.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

Holiday goods wearing apparel. household utensils and articles of ev- eryday needs qdRtng on every boat. and sold at bAfsain. There will be half or one-third off after the Holi- days at the Emporium.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

Come Seven! Come Eleven!" a straight talk to men by Rev. J. F. Dunstan in the Congregational church Sunday evening.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

been landed from transports on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. It is stated that an army believed to be nearly one million men, has been as- sembled at Sebastopol, Odessa, and other Black Sea ports in preparation for the invasion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

thousand men in the field to be sent against the Austrian invaders of Montenegro. A force of one hun dred thousand Italian troops are be- ing landed at Aviona, in Albania, to intercept the march of the Bulgarian troops to the Adriatic sea.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

Italians Join Serbians.
 ROME, Dec. At is officially stated that Serbia will soon have a new army of two hundred and fifty
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04
LONDON REPORTS INVASION 0F BULGARIA
 BY RUSSIAN ARMY FROM BLACK SEA BEGINS

MILLION RUSSIANS ARE TO BE HURLED AGAINST GERMAN POSITIONS ALONG RIVER BETWEEN DvINsK AND RIGA, AS WELL AS MILLION TROOPS INVADE BUlGARIA- ITALIANS WILL JOIN sERB1ANs ALBAN1A-BRrTIsH TROOPS COAsT-FEARED THEY MAY BUIGARIANs
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

Pictures developed at the Valdez Drug CaSepany, tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

Fancy stationery xt the Valdez Drug Store.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

Subscribe for the Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

Begin Bulgarian Invasion. from Sofia that Russian troops have
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

Bargains at the Emporium; opeI from g a. m. to 9 p. Ill.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-04

French Steamer Sunk.
 ATHENS. Dec. At is reported that a French steamer has been tor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-17
FACTIONS AND CANDIDATES

All these conventions are ancient
history and We are now in an era OF
presidential primaries. The republican
| part Is fast surviving the wreck of
1912 and no good can come to anyone
| by opening old sores. If Senator Cum
Minis can get the republican presiden-
tial nomination next year, all Iowa will
rejoice and the west will expect Lie
east to join hands to the end he may
| be elected. On the other hand If an
eastern man is nominated the duty OF
western republicans is likewise plain.
There is just one way open to repub-
| lican victory next year, and that way
| is thru united party.-Webster City
Journal
The above from formerly anti Cum
minis and ultra conservative newspaper
together of the separated wings Of re-
puhlicanism under affiiction.
But there is somewhat to consider
beyond agreements between newspa-
pers and leaders. The candidate, in
order TO harmonic and bring into vic
torious cohesion the elements Of the
party which divided under circum-
stances sill fresh in mind. must be one
! whereon each element may dress ranks
| in the reorganization. He could not
be Victor Murdoch. Neither could he
be the choice and protege of Boise
! Penrose.
Back of republican success is the
approval of the voters for the candi-
date. He must be a man with a pro-
gressive record and a clean slate or he
can not recall those who fell out of the
ranks in 1912. He must have the con-
the progressive party has indicated
that the voters of that party are ready
TO support principle and candidate
wao represents progression. Such
candidate is Cummins. The conserve
tive element of the republican party
Will vote for a man whose record OF
fairness and farsightedness is un-
questioned. Such a candidate is Cum
Minis And whether he be from the
west of from the east such candt-
date we must nominate in order to win
the next election.
SO, as matters stand Iowa has
chance with an Iowa candidate. 1t is
not primarily a question of agreement
between leaderships Of faction but Of
selection of man who can win And
there is but one kind of candidate who
can win.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-17
WHY THE WOMEN FAILED.

The defeat of woman suffrage in
New York. New Jersey, Massachusetts,
and Pennsylvania was to be expected.
These states have very large urban
populations and likewise a large pro-
portion of foreign born voters The
saloon interests, which exert such
powerful influence in all large cities,
is arrayed against woman suffrage
everywhere. 1t will be felt in Iowa.
The voter from Europe will have to be
born in this country for several gen
eratlons before he can accept western
civilization TO the extent Of it's concep-
ton OF the equality of women with
men. Women in Europe are yet the
beasts of burden NEST useful 20 men in
many locality and even in those
countries in which they have been
exalted above the sphere of domestic
service there is yet wide and i'm
passable gulf between the European
mans view Of woman and her equal
right to be heard in the affairs of state.
Urban populations, factory slums,
saloon politics and all that goes with
the political activities of an eastern
city, too, have made the thought of
politics so distasteful to many lady
of more refined environment that she
| has organized in these eastern states
to defeat women suffrage which she
| views with alarm and likens unto a
call to suppress a riot in a congested
Italian district or unto voluntary ser
vice in the street cleaning department,
Many so-called gentleman in the
large cities of our eastern states
snrinks from the muck Of city politics
hence we find such misgoverned cities
as New York and Philadelphia SO tina.
it is not strange that some women
should oppose a reform which would
ask them to perform duties now toe
! disagreeable for even the men of their
| own class.
| Woman suffrage will always be un-
popular in large cities. The voter who
leans against the bar at a saloon while
his woman" takes in washing will be
the last to grant to woman the RICH,
to vote and the saloon keeper who
trades beer for votes will be the last
to vote his victim in favor Of the fran
chise for the women whom he fears
This Is the explanation Of the vote
upon woman suffrage in the states o,
large cities and foreign born cleo.
} torates. 1t remains for Iowa, the state
OF clean living, home loving, intelli
gent, property owning, middle clas.
men to decide whether the wives ant
the mothers in their homes are capa
bile Of voting as intelligently as tn,
naturalized citizens In the sewe
bitches.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-17
Topics of the Times

The Dubuque Times journal con-
and suggests that Carl might be salts
fled with that. Good idea but after
we have been given the head of the
ticket We'll have to let somebody else
have look in.
The fact is that the Iowa farmers
aren't half as scored Of foreign armies
and navies and 42-centimeter guns as
of domestic 22-caliber inspectors of
mail routes.
Speaking Of vice presidencies per-
haps in the flush of his enthusiasm
Mr.. Taft would consent to make a
second with Mr.. Root
The Chicago Tribune and President
Wilson are playing leap frog on the
preparedness question and prove ap
active pair. When the president
imagined we were strong enough to
be peaceful the Tribune thirsted for
blood and now when the Tribune is
lamblke and mild the president is
dancing about with both sleeves
rolled up.
The Eagle Grove Eagle expects
woman suffrage to meet the fate of that
| issue in Iowa that it met in the east
This is a good hearing for suffra ge
for successful political prophets al
ways play the Eagles expectations to
lose.
! Nine farmers to the mile deprived OF
mail service is the record at Essex
| And the soil that won over all the
| soils in the world at the Chicag &c
worlds fair was taken from a farm
four miles from Essex Spose that
farmer is one of the left outs?
| Cummins has always been q stake
horse. The farther he goes the better
/ he stays. And that is worth consid-
ering in the race in which the Iowa
man is entered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-17

Boarding is a substitute for home
cooking which is bought in large
quantities by Americans with case
hardened palates. 1t is an exciting
pastime, also. for the boarder always
has ample time between meals to
guess whether it will be roast beef or
roast pork.
The cheerfulness Of the American
people under adversely Is illustrated
by the manner in which they resign
themselves to the boarding house
boiled potato, which is 4 water Jack
eted crime against the laws Of ma
ture. A great many boarders revolt
against this entree, only to see 1t re-
appear at the supper table In the
guise Of corn beef hash.
AS rule, women take to boarding
more eagerly than men. After a
woman has tried to retard the ap-
petites of her husband and five grown
sons three times a day for ten or fif-
teen years. without any excitement
except the prospect Of a new cook
stove. the only way she can keep up
her courage is by remembering that
there is no dish washing in heaven.
That is why the boarding houses c.
this land are filled with ex-house-
wives who no longer have to hang out
! the lice" sign and wrestle feverishly
with the flour bin.
Men are attracted to the boarding
house because II is social center
where they can air collection OF
opinions which nobody downtown Is
Interested in. These opinions range
from the outcome Of the European war
to the effect of the safety razor on
stout beard 1t is dull meal at which
some great national problem is not
solved to the entire satisfaction Of the
speaker.
The boarding house shows up the
peculiarities OF the male sex In a
strong and lurid light For instance.