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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
177 MEN ON COMMISSION
 PAYROLL AT SEWARD.

Accurate information secured at the offices of the Alaskan engineering commission shows that force of 112 men are employed on actual con- struction work out of Seward. This force will be increased by gang of bridge carpenters, who will be sta toned at Mile 52 to repair trestles in the section between Mile 45 and Placer river. This will bring the construction and repair force to 122 men.
 In addition the commission has in Seward an office force, miscella- neous crew, men repairing the office building, a force erecting residences in the terminal tract, a crew on the wharf and transportation men look ing after the gas car service, number ing in all 55 men. making a total of 177 men on the payroll.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
MEXICAN RAIDS
 UNFR|ENOLY Al
General Funston Notifies M, Leaders to Disperse Rel
 Bands Near Border.

BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 30.- .eral Funston, commanding the ted States cavalry patrol alon Mexican border has notified Gen ranZa and other Mexican leader, if they fail to disperse the bar Mexican outlaws camped alon. border of Texas and who co raids across the line, that it W considered as an unfriendly ac the United States will take the sary steps to prevent loss of il American citizens.
 "A large band of Mexican have concentrated near Pro, where the head of the American dier was tauntingly displayed | the eyes of his companions as phy of the Mexican raid into Tex
 It is believed that General ton has received orders to eros line into Mexico and disperse tho els if the Mexican leaders refu exercise control over them. It alized that intervention is very and preparations are being along the border with a view of viding for the safety of women children when hostilities begin.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
Kitchener Giving Orders.

LONDON, Sept. 30.-It is reported that General Kitchener has issued or ders to General French commanding the British troops in France to break the German line of communication by the capture of Lense and to exhaust every endeavor to pierce the German wall of defenses. There is rumor that Lord Kitchener is in France and
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
HAITIAN REBELS
 ACCEPT TERMS
Have Agreed to Offer No Further Armed Resistance to American
 Control of Haytian Finances.

CAPE HAITIAN, Sept. 30.-The rebel leaders who have been offering a stubborn resistance to the United States marines and the loyal Haytian troops in their retreat to the interior have accepted the terms offered by American officers and have agreed to give up their arms and offer no furth- er armed resistance to the Haytian government established and recog- nized by the United States.
 Under the treaty recently made be- tween the Haytian republic and the United States the latter is to have complete control of the finances of the couttry and has agreed to police the Il ublic and maintain stable government.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
FLOATING MINE SINKS
 AMERICAN SHIP VICINITY.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30.- The American sailing ship Vicinity was blown up and sent to the bottom when she struck a floating mine off Cape Orloff, near the entrance of the White Sea, on September 27th. The crew of the ship took the small boats and reached shore safely The ship and her cargo are reported as total loss. The Vicinity was loaded with of war and cotton from New York.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
in recent engagements. It is report ed that the Turkish army has ex- hausted it's supply of munitions.
Allies to Help Serbia.

BERLIN, Sept. 3O.-The German war office has received information that a large British and French force has been landed at Port Katherin, Greece, to aid Serbia repel the Teu- tonic invasion which has started through the Balkan state. The land ing of the Allies in Greece, it is be- lieved will hasten a declaration of war between Bulgaria and the other Balkan states.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
LAST BOAT OF SEASON
 LEAVES FAIRBANKS MONDAY

FAIRBANKS, Sept. 30.-The last steamer of the season leaving Fair banks for Upper Yukon river ports sails next Monday and will carry a ca pacity load of passengers. Ice is be- ginning to form along the banks of the streams and it is realized that soon river navigation will be thing of the past for many, many months. Indian summer is expected to provide fine weather for fall hunting and many parties are ready to take to the hills for moose, goat and caribou.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
PORTkGE BAY MILL
 IS CUTTING TIMBER
lIin and Living Quarters Have Been Completed and Work on Big
 Contract Soon to Begin.

John Enlund, the Portage Bay saw mill man, accompanied by Mrs. En- lund, returned to Valdez on the launch Shamrock and will spend a few days in town before returning to Portage Bay.
 llr- Enlund reports that the saw mill and other buildings have been completed and that approximately a9a.OOO feet of lumber has been cut. The mill building is 36 feet wide and IFS feet long, covered with sheet iron and supplied with water power of force sufficient to throw a stream of water seventy feet high. The mill has a capacity of 3O,000 feet daily.
 The building which is being used as living rooms for the men, and in which MT. and Mrs. Enlund have pri- vate quarters is Is feet wide and 1OS feet long.
 The mill is located on bay on the south side of Portage bay about six miles from the tract reserved by the government at the head of Port age Bay. The small bay is about one and one-half miles long and affords shelter from all wind storms. The shores of the bay are heavily covered with splendid sawmill timber and Mr. En1nnd reports that all the logs used in cutting the 300,0OO feet of lumber were lowed to the mill by TOW boats, the services of the launch not being required. He believes that the mill, located on deep water where. any steamer can land, and in the midst of heavy timber sufficient to keep the mill busy for several years, can cut and deliver lumber at any of the Alaskan coast towns at price which will compete with lum- her brought from the outside.
 Col Stevenson of Seattle, and K. Johnson, formerly of Fairbanks, are associated with MT. Enlund in the en- terprise. They have contracts for cutting 100000 feet of lumber for the government railroad.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
NJ NEWS FROM MELVIN OEMPs :
Believed that He Was Swept tc Death While Trying to For
 Some of the Streams.

It is feared that the fate of M. Dempsey, who disappeared Whil route from Paxton's roadhous, Slate creek, several weeks ago, never be known and that his d pearance is another of the tragt which have ended the life of so Ii of the venturesome men who are neering Alaska.
 Arthur McNeer. the we'll kn oldtimer along the coast and in interior, who spent several day company with a Signal Corps searching for trace of Dempsey, returned to Valdez and expresses belief that Dempsey was swept of feet and drowned while eros some stream. Just previous to De sey's leaving on the trip heavy r had fallen and the rivers were ming bank full and rendered for, extremely difficult.
 Melvin Dempsey was one of pioneers of Valdez and was the coverer of Slate creek, which yielded a great store of the prec yellow metal. He still owned V able property in the district and endeavoring to finance the insts tion of hydraulic plant on ground and the trip from which has failed to return was being m for the purpose of securing additit data concerning the ground and 1 of water in the stream.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
DOCTOR SAYS
 TURKS EXPECT DEFEAT.

NEW YORK-One of the passen- gers arriving from Liverpool on the American liner New York was an American doctor who has lived in Asia Minor for forty years and speaks, reads and writes the Turkish language fiuently. He said that when he left Constantinople sixteen days ago, the Turks realized that the Dar- danelles would be forced shortly by the allies, and as result the engi- neers. were busy preparing for the abandonment of the trenches on the Gallipoli peninsula by making fresh defenses nearer to Constantinople.
 When Turkey went into war, he said, 5000 German officers with red crosses on their arms passed through Bulgaria and in the battles that have been fought since they have stood behind the Turkish soldiers with ma chine guns and revolvers to make them fight.
 u0 uIhS udlC IuC 1ClA A0ho, eAO doctor said, "but feel they are in their grip so far as fighting goes. There are 60,O00 wounded soldiers in the Turkish capital The American nurses from the college there are do- ing good work in the hospitals. The Turks are taking advantage of the war to form hermit state and are sending all foreigners out of the country. After war had been declar- ed they ordered all Greeks, Armen- ians, Jews and even Germans to leave Asia Minor and over 100000 have been thrown out. These refugees have been sent to Ninevah, on the Ti- gris, and Deir For, on the River Flu pirates near Bagdad."
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
LAUNCH SHAMROCK BRINGS
 PASSENGERS FROM PIT. WELLS

The launch Shamrock, Capt. Tim Marcum, returned from Port Wells yesterday bringing eight passengers from the Granite mine, Portage Bay and other sound points. The passen- gers were: J. Clausin, P. H. Nelson, J. H. Legreid, J. H. Hanson, Wm. Ol- son, Joe Domenzet, and John Enlund and wife from Portage Bay, Capt. Marcum reports that rough weather was encountered on the trip but that the Shamrock proved herself as be- ing capable of handling the business of the route during the winter sea- son.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
British Punish Persians.

LONDON, Sept. 30.-Because of the murder of two British officers near Bushire and the failure of the Persian government to punish the tri- bal chiefs concerned in the affair, who, it is claimed were assisted by Germans, British troops have occu- pied Bushire, a Persian city on the Gulf of Persia. Conditions in Persia are reported to be in a state of chaos and fighting is reported among the tribes of Teheran and Ispahan. At Ispahan the British consul is report ed to have been attacked.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
TWO AUTO STAGES
 REACH FAIRBANKS.

FAIRBANKS, Sept. 30.-Two autos arrived from Valdez this morn ing bringing a number of returning Fairbanks people, among whom are Dan Mccarthy, Mrs. J. A. Healey, J. H. Patton, G.. Shaw, Dad Robinson. Marion Leach, who will operate the News-Miner linotype machine, was a passenger on one of the machines and reports pleasant trip over the road.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
French Penetrate German Lines.

PARIS, Sept. 30.-The French troops have penetrated the German lines in the Champagne country and have captured the Teutons' second and third lines of trenches. Fearful carnage is reported by both sides.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
MIGHTY STRUGGLE RAGING ALONG WESTERN
 BATTLE FRONT TO BREAK GERMAN WALL

KITCHENER ORDERED BRITISH GERMAN COMMUNICATION LENsE DESPERATE FIGHT ING BEING PosITIoNs-BERILN THAT GERMAN - CLAIM ADVANCES IN CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY-PRDE BRITISH AND AGAINST OTHER sTRUGGIE-BRITIsH TROOPS LANDED GREECE TO AID sERBIA-ENGLAND EXPECTS ZEPPELIN RA1D
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
Berlin Admits Loss.

BERLIN, Sept. 30.-The war office has admitted the loss of several posi- tions on the western frontier It is admitted that after desperate fighting the Germans had been forced to re- treat from Hill 191 before the heavy British bombardment.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
Tonight.

Series and of Lucille Love, |" that seriai~story in fifteen episodes or 30 reels, at the Liberty Theatre. Francis Ford as the international spy, and Grace Cunard as Lucille Love. Many interesting events hap pen. Comedy to balance.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
Driving Turks to Bagtlad.

LONDON, Sept. 3O.-The British army operating against the Turks from the Persian gulf, is driving the Turks back toward Bagdad. The Turks are retreating along the Tigris river and have suffered heavy losses
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
England Expects Zeppelin Raid.

DOVER, Sept. 30.-Six German Zeppelins were sighted early this going in a northerly direc- tion and it is believed that another raid upon the English coast is being made.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30

Hotpoint Irons, Heaters, Cookers, and Electric appliances; mems and women's suits, overalls and aprons, at Emporium. =
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30
British Lose Generals.

LONDON, Sept. 3O.-The war off, fee has posted the names of General Sir Thompson Cooper and General C.. H. Theisger as among the British of- ficers killed in action yesterday.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30

is guiding the British troops in their terrific struggle which may determine the duration of the war.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30

Mrs. Merchant, Milliner. Hats remodeled and made to or der. At Emporium. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30

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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-30

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
SOOTHING SUBJECT
BENEFACTOR OF HIS KIND

prehistoric proctors gave way to a new cohort; James Odoriferous Cor JohnsonD, slave bought free by Princetonians. artist in the shutter, pedler of apples and sweets, was eternaly emanclpated; Sam passed on to hunting grounds that are not one whit more happy; and "st. Peter'' lin- gered, knowing more about Princeton than Princeton men knew, students, pro- fessors or trustees Ripenng with the years, he attained a silver dignity such as blesses few even of times most fa- vored ones. Genial, kindly, with a wit of his own and a wonderful store of memories. he seemed to share the inr-. mortal youth of the noble institution he so nobly served. The world was better world for having Charles Van Marter in it; not a worse world for his going from it, for there is a precious terrestrial i'm mortality, in memory
 Is it permissible to moralize, mildly that the value of the Charles Van Marters to this world is that they give out, from humble stations an influence that reaches subtly, sweetly, to the outermost bounds of the society of man?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
Ap OptimIrt nt Inst

While I have never been disposed to taik Of hard times. l had not felt sure apnut returning prosperity in Birmingham until last week. notwithstanding the fact that Alice furnace was in blast, usually a good business barometer" said Capt F. L. Demere agent of the Potter estate.
 T am an optimist now My rent col lectons are easy and I have just made the largest deposit in bank for any one day during a long time past.
 T am having some extensive repair work done and l find carpenters and bricklayers very scarce. few months ago building mechanics were walking the streets seeking employment. Contrac- tractors tell me now that the supply of carpenters and hrickayers Is hardly equal to the demand.
 All of sudden a wave of prosperity has struck Birmingham. Yes, I am an optimist at last.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
Size of the Cotton Crop

Since early in the summer the 1915 cotton crop has been estimated by most of the unofficial statisticians at between 11,000,000 and 12,000, ,000 bales. The governments estimate a few weeks ago called for approximate ly 12,000,000, and yesterdays report indicated a crop of 11,970,O37, equiva- lent to 500-pound bales.
 But the report says that whether the crop will be greater or less depends upon the growing condition from now until picking time. Cotton produced on good land without commercial fer tilizer has a way of looking well up to the time of fruiting, but it loses heavily after that. What seems to be a 12,000,0 0,000-bale crop now may turn out to be barely 100000 bales as compared with 16,134, ,930 bales in 1914. The Alabama crop will be about 100000 bales.
 The farmers who have diversified their crops and have raised more food stuffs and live stock than usual, as many of them have, will be better off this year, no matter what the price of cotton may be, than they were in previous years with large cotton yield and the price above 10 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
"A RED-sTAINED REPUBLIC.

From the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Amid scenes of bloodshed as shocking except for narrower extent, as any In Flu cpe, the Haytian revouticnists yester day diagged President Guillaume from the French legation and killed him in the street.
 Somewhat larger than New Jersey. with a smaller population and a debt greater than Peru, Hayti is a rich land cursed by appalling ignorance and savagery. The Gecendants of the Afric m slaves brought by the Spanish after exterminatng the IIIspa n.cls Indians have advs need little under nominal self-g government, in real sty, under tyranny tempered by assas- sination.'
 The black Washington, IOuverture, won Hayti's freedom 114 years ago. Not on ? new administration has come into power since by lawful process. Every change has been a bloody revolution; and there have been many more bloody rebellions without change. The land has been king dom, empire, republic, empire again, re- public once more; but under every form has remained cruel military absolutism. If the reign of President" Salomon CT Nord Alexis was less monstrous ;lan that Of Emperor Dessali,les or Sou,ououc it was from fear of foreign intervention and punishment
 Punishment and reparation are due now foc the violation of the French legation. But whom shall Francn punish for :, ,,,po murder and how shall she exact reparation that shall not press heavier burdens rpcn hapless people? It is Hayti's tragedy that she is unfit for selfrule. but no civ liked nation covets the tremendous task oi he ping her toward civilization. The United States. which forbids Europe to colonlzc the island least of all desires tie thankless responsibility. Yet it tnay not indefinitely be avoided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
Meeting the Inevitable

A strong man, in the zenith of his manhood, passed into the great be- yond, in New York, the other day. He died in an electric chair-paying the penalty for murder of which the courts adiudged him guilty.
 This man, Charles Becker, formerly an honored member of the police force of Americas greatest city, died pro- testing his innocence. The last words upon his lips were in the form of a prayer for mercy.
 Whether that were a prayer of in- nocence or guilt, who shall say? This fact, however, stands out clearly: Charles Becker could not die as he had lived. In the fullness of his power and health he had, according to all re- ports, been selfishly grasping; honor and duty to the public had been slight considerations with him. He had amassed fortune through greed and graft, using his position to practice extortion.
 Yet when trouble came, when friends turned aside and that most terrible fate confronted him, he found he could not die as he had been con tent to live. He was not weak man; his nerve never failed him, he walked to his fate with unfaltering step, but he died with a prayer of supplication upon his lips.
 Aside from all religious considera- tion, there is food for thought in this incident. It would not be amiss for every man to pause and ask himself whether he would be willing to die as he is living.
 In final analysis, the man is most to be envied who can, when his sum- mons comes, meet it with calmness and tranquility
 "As one who wraps the drapery of his
 couch about him,
 And lies down to pleasant dreams. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
To Have the Best State Fair

We secured amusements and special features which will guarantee the best state fair ever held in the south" declared President R. A. Brown of the Alabama State Fair and Exhibit association yester- day, having just returned from a several days trip to Chicago, where he and B. B. Burton, chairman of the executive com mittee of the association, closed contra cts for the 1915 fair.
 "A meeting of the board of directors of the Business Mems league will be held Sunday at 12 o'clock and at the same time the officials of the fair association, which are the same, expect to confer and an announcement of the details of the trip to Chicago will be made. said MT. Brown. the Chicago trlp,l but would wait until after a conference with MT. Burton and others today before giving out detailed announcements.
 At the meeting of the directors of the Business Mems league one of the main subjects for discussion will be the enter tlemens association convention, which will meet here August IS, 19 and 20. This convention is expected to bring to Bir- mingham between 1500 and 2o0O delegates and big entertainment plans are to oe made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
THE REsoURCEFUL KINKEADs

From the Brooklyn Evening News. l The Kinkead family has ever num-
 bered some of our best pinch hitters. Ty-
 rus Cobb to the contrary notwithstanding.
 A Kinkead. you recall, was the one
 to plan the Boston tea party and his lov-
 ably incorrigible son tweaked the nose
 of the British commander in Boston. l Later it was a Kinkead who slapped
 the Mexncan commander in the face with
 his own hat during the battle of Palo
 Alto.
 Kinkeads have always borne a strain
 of red blood and carried an extra sec-
 ton in their backbones.
 Therefore, it is not surprising that one
 of the tribe should write his rame in the
 book of our generation. | This member of the family is Eu-
 gene Kinkead and he is sheriff of Hudson county, New Jersey, the seat of the re- cent trouble between the oil companies and their emples.
 1 When the trouble began KinlSead an- l ticipated violence, discrimination, shoot ing and the usual trimmings. Nor was he disappointed He appealed to the governor ! for troops and was refused. for reasons tha. governors frequently fall back upon. | The spirit that tweaked the nose of the
 British commander came to the surface, and Knkead swore in every stray man with eyes and two hands that he could sight. All were made special policemen. Then he did the thing that agents of the law and men whose official duties make them nat-ral mediators, frequently lack courage to do. He went to the employers and demanded a fair wage and decent hours for the men. He insisted upon both
 as the only condition under which he could guarantee peace He won.
 Then he talked sense to the strikers and they agreed with him, or rather the greater number did. The next morning the plant opened.
 Kinkead had it staged. All his depu- ties reported. He stole the l lice force from Jersey City He refused to take the chance of a slip-up. | The men went back to work, at a high
 CT wage and happy in the contemplation
 of brighter things.
 | The Kinkeads are great lott
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
"Germanized" Belgium

The Germans, with their character istic thoroughness, went to work to put the Belgian house in order as soon as their victorious armies had swept on in the drive to France. The Cologne Gazette reports that considerable progress has been made, and it can readily be believed that the systematic Germans have lost no time in restor- ing order out of chaos. They have a marvellous aptitude for system, and when nation thinks their way of do- ing things is superior to all other ways they are enthusiastic in putting it into practice.
 Postal communication has been re- established, with more than HOO postoffices in operation. The German post now delivers letters, money or ders and newspapers on as large a scale as the Belgians did before the war. Furthermore, the Belgians, mak- ing the best of the situation, are lib. erally patronizing the German post as indicated by the sale of stamps tc the value of S80,000 in last April, ar increase of more than $60,000 in the sale of stamps by the Belgians in Oc tober, 1914. In April about 95,00( pieces of mail were delivered in Bel. gium and about 498,O00 were sent out among them thousands of registered letters and money orders. Thirteen branch offices have been established in Brussels and Antwerp to take care of increased business.
 Not only has the postal service beer re-established and made more .ef. ficient in every way, including mai trains and the opening of many sub stations to accommodate the people but the telephone and telegraph ser vice has also been extended and i'm