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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

JUNEAU, March Ex-Governor Strong's message was read before the Alaska assembly yesterday afternoon and recommends safety, sanity, econ omy and carefulness on the part of legislators in making laws for the gov ernment of the territory. The message urged legislative ac- tion to secure wider form of ter ritorial government and expressed confidence that the legislators would use the authority with which they were clothed to prove that Alaska was entitled to fuller measure of home rule, with adequate revenue and taxa tion laws to maintain the govern ment.
 Governor Strong declared that the taxes necessary to provide the rev enues of the territory should be paid by those who were able to pay by reason of their using the natural re- SOuA COo Ol IAC IOAAAtOAy " NACoIO wealth and that the burden should not be placed on the man who was struggling to open the country by the labor of his hands. He urged the abo- lition of the poll tax and that the tax on canneries and other fisheries be increased.
 Governor Strong opposed the plan to create a territorial attorney-gener al because the bill now before con- gress to create a Territorial Develop ment Board provides for the office of attorney-general and the payment of his salary by the federal govern ment.
 The adoption of measures provid. ing for the use of the Australian bal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
ENGLAND |S SLOW ID PREPARE
 ANSWER ID PRESIDENT WILSON BRITISH GUARANTEE NOT FooDsruFFs ARMY-EsrAsLsH
 MENT OF GERMAN BLOCKADE INDICATES REFUSAL.

LONDON, March 4.-According to official reports the British govern ,ment has not yet drafted the answer which will be sent to America in re- ply to President Wilson's protest against the blockade of shipping from neutral nations to Germany and oth- CT nations allied with her in the war.
 It is believed that Great Britain will refuse to recede from her position in establishing the blockade in retalia- tion for Germany's submarine block ade and attacks upon unfortified sea coast towns. The British place little reliance in the answer of the German government to President Wilson's pro- test and her agreement to use the i'm ported foodstuffs only for non-combat- ants. Germany Is believed to be in
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
NEW DRUG LAW |S
 NOW IN FORCE
Number of Seattle Physicians Have Been Arrested for Violation of
 the New Law.

SEATTLE, March 1.-The new fed eral drug act which went into effect on March 1 prohibiting the sale of morphine and kindred drugs, has been followed by scores of arrests for vio- lation of the law. The arrests have not been confined to users of the in furious drugs but physicians who have aided them in getting supplies by pre- scrbing morphine or cocaine are among those apprehended
 The agents of the internal revenue are keeping a close tab on the rec ords of the druggists in order to de- tect who the users of the drugs are and take measures for their treat ment Druggists are required to keep an inventory of their stock and the doctors prescriptions calling for the use of the drugs. When the name of a patient appears on the list officers Investigate and if the user is found to be an habitual ''fend" he is sent to a hospital for treatment.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
CAUGHT R|FL|NG
 J. 5. MAIL SACK Mail From Granite Mine Is RifIed While Being Brought To Val
 dez On Launch.

Marshal Brenneman received wire today from Cordova stating that Will liam Pyne had been arrested there on a warrant issued by Commission CT Love charging theft of U. s. mail.
 The mail which was rifled was con- tained in a mailsack made up at the Granite mine and was en route to Valdez on the gasoline launch "Waif." Pyne was a member of the crew of the launch and is accused of opening a letter containing a money order be- longing to Peter Hansen, which he was sending to the Scandinavian. American bank at Seattle. He will be brought to Valdez on the Alameda and given a hearing in the commis- sioners court.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

desperate straits to secure provisions for her soldiers and grain for her horses and would readily agree to any provision which would serve to tenn porarily relieve the situation.
 The American note of February 22 protested against the enforcement of a blockade stopping the importation of foodstuffs to Germany from neutral nations. On March 1 Great Britain. France and nations allied with them established a complete blockade of German ports and no ships are per mitted to enter or pass out. The new order, coming as it did. after the American note had been received in England is indicative of the govern. ment's intention to adhere to the pol. icy of starving Germany as one means of crippling her armies in the field.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

legislative powers as the home gov ernments of Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines or other previously organ ized territories in the United States before their admission into the Union as states. He declared that Alaska
 was entitled to a form of territorial
 government which would give the peo-
 pie of Alaska complete control over
 matters within her borders as in the states, except that they could not par
 ticipate in national affairs or part with
 the fee to national lands. The people
 of the territory should have control
 over their municipal governments, in-
 cluding county, city and town; school
 affairs; the police powers, including
 the regulation of transportation, pub.
 lie service corporations, industrial,
 commercial, and agricultural matters;
 the real estate laws; inheritance
 laws; domestic relations; criminal
 statutes; the public revenues, includ-
 ing the levying, collecting and expen-
 diture of tax moneys for public pur-
 poses. except customs duties. inter- nal revenues and such other items of
 taxation as are levied everywhere in
 the United States for federal purpos.
 es. In short, Alaska is entitled to a
 complete form of government with the
 power to choose all of the officials
 except those appointed by the presi. dent, which include the governor, ter
 ritorial secretary and courts of rec
 ord. The salaries of these federal of flcials and the salaries and expenses of the territorial legislature should be borne by the national government.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
INDIAN FIGHTER |S 'sENT OUT TO UTAH
General Scott, Who First Fought In. dians Nearly Forty Years Ago,
 Sent To Utah

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The gov ernment has sent General Hugh Lenox Scott, of the War Department staff here, to Utah to attempt to make peace with the revolting Piute Indians who are now on the war path.
 The revolt is spreading and despite the fact that hundreds of deputies are giving battle to the Indians the young men are leaving the reservations and joining their tribesmen in the noun tains. The Indians are reported to be in an ugly mood and are committing depredations in the sections through which they pass. They have driven on herds of stock and destroyed the buildings of the stockmen.
 General Scott is a noted Indian fighter and served in the expedition against the Sioux tribe in 1876. He took part in the Neg Perce expedition in 1877 and the Cheyenne expedition in 1878. He is personally acquainted with the chiefs of the Indians of the plains and has had wonderful success in treating with them when they grow rebellious.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

WASHINGTON. March 4.-Secre- tary Franklin K. Lane, of the Inter- for Department, has returned to the capital from San Francisco, where he represented President Wilson during the opening ceremonies of the Pana- ma-Pacific exposition on February 20. Shortly after his return he visited the White House and conferred with the president for severaa hours.
 Secretary Lane stated that he had received the report of the Alaska engineering commission and would consider the report for a few days before submitting it to President Will son. He declared that the commits sion had compiled figures and statis-
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
PRESIDENT CAUSES INVESTIGATION
 0F HAMBURG-AMER|CAN OFFICIALS INCREASED POWERS EXECUTIVE TO PREVENT vEs sELs CARRYING WAR SUPPLIES FROM AMERICA TO WARMING
 NATIONS OF EuRoPE-EmBAReo POSSIBLE.

WASHINGTON, March 4-The Sen ate late last night passed a resolu- tion enlarging the power of the pres ident to prevent vessels, both Amer jean and foreign, from carrying con- trabands from American ports. The introducer of the resolution declared that in view of recent disclosures President Wilson should be given the widest possible discretionary powers to prevent violations of Americas s neutrality.
 It is. stated on reliable authority that President Wilson personally or. dared the investigation which result %ed in the federal grand jury indicting the officials of the Hamburg-Ameri- can line on Monday last for violation of the customs laws by shipping con-
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
GOVERNOR SIGNS
 PROHIBITION BILL

DENVER, Colo, March 4.-Gover- nor Carson today signed the prohi- bition bill passed by the state legisla- ture making Colorado dry state af- ter the close of the present year. The brewery interests of the state made a vigorous effort to defeat the meas ure when submitted to the voters last November and for time 1t was fear ed that they had succeeded as the contest was very close.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
Hammerinq the DardaneIIes.

LONDON, March 1.-The lombard ment of the inner forts of the Dar danelles has been resumed by the British and French fleets. There are nine battleships participating in the bombardment in addition to subma rines, torpedo boat destroyers and oth- CT light naval vessels. Although the fleet is more than half way through the straits it is realized that con-
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
INMATES OF DEATH
 CELLS PROTEST

ALBANY, N. Y., March 4.-Advo cates of the bill to abolish capital punishment in this state read a mum Der of letters from inmates of death cells as a means of gaining support for their measure. Many of the writ CTS who are awaiting execution de clared that they elected to die in preference to spending their lives in the penitentiaries as punishment.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

LONDON, March 4.-Attention is centeree. on the battle which is now developing in north Poland, where the Russians are advancing on East Plus- eja from Grodno. The Germans are rlobilizlng a strong army and arc re. ported to have taken number of large siege guns from Belgium for use against the Russian defenses along the Prussian border. The German army is reported to be composed of troops from before Warsaw reinforced by un. its of the new army which has just completed training in Central Ger many.
 Same Battle Ground.
 Two battles which have been fought on practically the same ground where the present struggle is developing have resulted in the defeat of the Muscovites and the capture of large portions of their armies by Gen. Hin' denburg's command. That the Rus sians did not suffer the crushing de- feat last month reported from Berlin is generally admitted by German off. cials but it Is asesrted that the num- Der of prisoners taken by Gen. Hin. denburg in the campaign in the lake
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

lot system at elections, the adoption of the corrupt practices act and direct primary as means of protecting the purity of elections in the territory are urged.
 Governor Strong favors the eight hour law, and also a workmen's con- pensation law if the legislature, after investigation, believes that the indus tries of the territory have reached a stage where such compensation meas ures are practicable.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
SECRETARY LANE RECEIVES REPORT
 FROM THE ENGINEERING COMMISSION
ALL REPORTS DIFFERENCE OPINION BETWEEN PREs.
 DENT AND SECRETARY INTERIOR OVER SELECTION

tics covering all the different routes from tidewater to interior Alaska and that a decision would shortly be reached as to the route which would be selected for the government rail. road.
 The secretary declared that the re. ports of leaks having been reported from the presidents office and engi. neering commission as to certain routes being favored were without foundation as President Wilson had not even seen the report of the com mission. He denied that he person ally favored any particular route or that there was any difference of opin- ion between President Wilson and himself as to the selection.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

The commission form of government for municipalities is recommended to the legislature for consideration. The commission form of government is rapidly coming into vogue in the towns and cities in states and where given a fair trial had been found to work to the advantage of the com munities.
 Governor Strong's message deplores the circumstance that the Alaska leg islature does not possess the same
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
Will Close BerIin1Theaters.

BERLIN. March At is reported that the government will order the theaters and all places of public amusements to be closed after April l in order to concentrate the atten- ton of the German people more close ly on the war and to exert every pos sible effort by the nation to bring vic- tory from the struggle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

traband goods concealed in other ship ments.
 It is believed the granting of the enlarged powers to the president is made for the express purpose of en- abling him to establish an embargo on the shipment of goods to the war ring nations of Europe should he deem that action the proper course to pursue. President Wilson is desirous of America maintaining a strict neu- trality and to that end is taking ev- cry possible precaution to prevent contraband shipments being surrep. tiously sent from the country.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

A number of miners who have spent the winter in Valdez are leaving for the interior copper country as re- port has reached here that employ. ment can be secured there owing to a number of properties having start
 ed up again doing development work.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
Turkish Fleet Fled.

ATHENS, March At is reported here that the Turkish fleet which went to Constantinople to defend the cap ital against the attacks of the Allies fled when it was reported that the outer forts of the Dardanelles had
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
Germans Concentrating In North Pc.

Germans Concentrating In North Pc.
 land.
 PETROGRAD, March 4.-Advices from the front state that strong German force is being assembled in North Poland, where the Germans are expected to make an attempt to break through the defense of the new Russian army advancing on East Prus- sia from Grodno. A desperate battle has been raging near Osowiec and the Germans are reported to be bringing their heaviest guns to capture the field forts of the Russians.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

siderable time will be required to ov- ercome the difficulties before reach. ing position when the bombardment of Constantinople by the fleet can be- gin. It is expected that the straits ahead of the fleet have been obstruct- ed by chains and mines and that the remaining forts will offer stubborn resistance.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
MESSAGE TO ALASKA ASSEMBLY

URGES COMPLETE FORM OF TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT wrn LAWS TO ADEQUATE REvENUE-NcREAsED TAXA TON ON cANNERIEs AND OTHER FisHEREs-FAvoRs TERRI ToRAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD, EIGHT HOUR LAW AND CON- PENsATIoN MEASURE IF FOUND APPLICABLE RECOMMENDS COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES pEPLoREs LACK OF LEelsLA TIVE POWERS
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

Paul and John Paulson left today for Shushanna. They, will go over the trail to Chitina and on into the new camp by dog team.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

1 been forced. Three more forts are re- ported to have been silenced and the fleet is cautiously advancing through the straits.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04
MJSC0V|TES TO AGAIN MEET GEN. H|NDENBURC

STRONG GERMAN CONCENTRATED NEAR NORTH Po LAND BoRoER-RATTLE RAGING NEAR osowIEc MANS USING HEAVY RUSSIAN FIELD FoRTs-FLEEr ALLIED NATIONS MINIMIZING FORTS NOW GUARDING oARoANELLEs-sERIous DIFFICULTIES YET TO BE ovERcoME-HERLIN THEATRES
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-04

district numbered 26,000 men and many cannon and machine guns as well as other war material. The new Russian army from Grodno have the advantage of the selection of posi- tions where the battle will be Waged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
BRIDGEPORT D HOMES AND. .F0LKS FIGURE
 IN BIG PHO.I. 0PLAY

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 ss.EBridgeport residents and Bridge ports residences figure in Blood Heritage g film drama recently taken here by Universal players. and which is shown for the first time at Polls today The Universal company was here several weeks ago and utirz- ed several familiar spots in Bridge port and vicinity for scenes in the drama tS
 N; W. Bishop sfsshome; at Seaside park ; the famous Bedford Gardens. in Greens F'arms;s the new plant of the Arms company; and other familiar spots are irnfn ortalized in the films which tell a really Interesting story.
 Harrison E. Odie, a clerk at The Stratfield, was one of the t'extras,' in the drama and made~a thrilling leap for Jlife in one Of the many intense scenes. He did it, too, with. all fthe finesse ofV a regular Francis x. -Bushman, critics say.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
GLASS MANUFACTURE.

This year is the tercentenary of, the first manufacture of glass in America, and, under this date in 1915. it is recorded that the people of amestown, Va. succeeded in pro ducing a satisfactory quality of glass. Commenting ontzthis. fact, John Smith Iamented that stthe labor of the col ony has been misdirected in the man ufacture of ashes, soap, glass and tar, in which they could by no means conn pete with Sweden or Russia The inha bitants Of Jamestown did mot agree with this view, however and soon afterward commenced the erec- ton of a glass works. the completion of which was interrupted by the In dian massacre of 1922. The first glass factory in North America to attempt the industry on an ambitious scale was built in 1780 at Temple, N. H., by Robert Hewes. of Boston. The building was sixty-five feet square, and the workmen, thirty-two in num- ber.S were German deserters from the British army. The carelessness of a drunken workman caused the destruc- ton of the plant by fre~in 17S1 In 1908 a glass factory was established in Boston and since that time the in dustry has hourisI1ed and waxed great
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
LlTTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Paw

My cuzzfn Artie came erround to- day, and wat did we find up in the setting room sbut a hole in wun of the pillows avn the sofer, wich every time you shook the pillow a lot of fet1irs foo out Ii ke- snow.
 Let's play its showing sed Artie.
 Wich we did, ferst Artie shaking the pillow in the niddi1 Of the floor and me running erround in a serkel yelling, Herray, herray, jingle bells, and the fethirs flying out like eny- thing, and then me shaking the pill low and Artie running erround yell ling, Herray, herray, it's showing snow.
 And we kepp avn taking terms making snow and running, and awl of a suddin mboddy sed. Well for the love of mud, wats the big ideer. It beefng~pop standing in the door, and me and Artie stood thare looking at him, and the floor was so full of fethirs you coodent see the carpet in sum phases.
 Pick them, awl up, sed pop, pick up eetch solitary. single last fethir, and perpose to rename rite heer till the last single solitary wun is waf the ffoar. And he sat down and start ed to sTnoak a segar, and me and Artie startfd to pick up the fethirs, not bee ing a eezy job avn account of beeing 50 hard to get a hold of, and the more we picked up the more scanned to be left avn the hoar, and aftir a vile the sfeIlos startid to wissel for us out avn the street, and aftir anuther vile Artie sed, think III go out and see wat they. wunt.
 think I will, te,- I-sed.
 That's ony wat you think, sed Pop. Artie can go if he wants, hes no sen of rnine,s but you will stay in this room picking up fethirs till thares no more fethirs to pick.
 Maybe III come back and tell you, sed Artie. And he went out, beeing Ia pritty derty trick, 1eeving me with awl those fethirs, and the fellos keep avn wisselling and kepp avn picking up fethirs, and pop kepp avn setting thare srnoakinG so I kepp avn pick ing up fethirs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
Fairfield Beach Has
 Big Winter Colony
Especial to The Fsarner)

(SpSC1a1 10 The FArmef1
 Fairfield, Nov. 27.-BecauseI of the overcrowding in Bridgeport and the almost impossibi1ity of getting rents in Fairfield Sof the neighborhooods Fairfield beach has a winter colony on greater proportions than ever before.
 Scores of persons are living at the beach, some of, them with families. Rents are in the neighborhood of $S and $1O. which isn't a quarter of what some of them pay in the summer time, but which nevertheless is looked on as tseasy money by owners who former Ny: had their houses idle and neglected during the winter.
 No city water is piped to the beach in the winter and this is. it's greatest. disadvantage. Some persons live an +11e beach all the year round and pre- fer<it. to the town or Bridgeport.
 Many of those who are now residing there are persons who came from other cities and procured work in Bridgeport young men have cIubbed together in some instances and have hired cottages. waiting for. an oppor- etunity to get rent in the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
ToDAY's POEM
THE TO1MoRTAn..

It sleeps in the bud and the lesSi It hides in the rustling. leaf. It quickens the hushed, cool doWeECs It quickens amid the showers. It laughs on the sun drenched hill, It laughs on the snow capped mill, It laughs on the sun drenchsd hill. It nestIes beneath the snow, It stirs when the March winds blow. Where the braided midses dance, Wherethe wheeling swallows glance It is there; and it builds it's nest Even in sorrewis breast, g4 From the du1Iness Of cIodlike tiinss It wakens and finds It's wings; Though the womb of tho dark give it
 birth,
 It leaps and thrills through the earth, When beaten and wounded sore, 85 It ariseth Der and o'er, For it never can perish quite The spirit of pure delight. tfs5
 s~7James B KenyOIa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-29
LOVERS sCRAPAING.
Dear Miss Libbey i:

Dear Miss Miss Libbey:- s'9.
 I am, a girl of 21, engaged to man my senior. We are constantly scrap ping over the most rivial things. We often sit in silence an hour at a tirnee He waits for me to speak. I wait for him. We part in anger. Does it tap- pear that we will get along in the same way after 7wef wed ?? Mother thinks we. will never agree. Please advise. s3
 MISS M C. To quarrel so persistently before marriage does not auger well for fu- ture happiness when wed. Try hard to overcome this. Make a compact you will not quarrel and stick to it. If you are unable to overcome this tendency, defer marriage until you can.