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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
REPUBt}CAAS ID
 DECIDE UPON U|PI PLACE
National State Committee In Session In Washington Today-Many
 Are Opposed to Chicago.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec 14.- The Republican National committee is in session here today to decide on the time and place for holding the the National Convention. Five cities are competing for the convention, with strong delegations working for Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and Honolulu. T
 Most of the committeeman have announced that they have no prefer ence as to the selection of the conven- tion city, and indications point to a strong fight between Chicago, St. Louis, with Philadelphia gaining ground. '." t' '''' ''''
 It is understood that many Repub- licans are. opposed to holding the con vention In Chicago in view of the row which followed the convention there in 1Sl2 when the party was split causing its defeat.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
VILLA LEAVES TRAIL
 OF DESOLATION BEHIND.

HERMOSILLO. Dec. 14.-Enrag- ed by failure to capture this city and the loss of several hundred of his fol- lowers, General Villa left trail of desolatioh behind him in his flight to the southward. He is reported to have issued orders to his followers to destroy every building, drive of the live stock and lay waste the country, which has refused to recognize him as fighting for it's best interests. : It is reported that Villa has re- ceived an almost unlimited supply of cartridges from some source and that he now has munitions to last for sev- oral months.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
MOTOR BOATS WILL
 CHASE SUBMARINES
More than Forty-Eight Million Dol lars Worth of the Craft Shipped
 Over Pond in One Week.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-That the Allies are exerting every effort to check the activities of the enemy's s submarines is evidenced by the fact that fast motor boats to the value of forty-eight million dollars were ship ped across the Atlantic from Ameri- can ports during the past week.
 The boats will be used in patroll- ing the waters surrounding the Brit ish isles and in the Baltic and Medi- terranean seas. They are very pow erful and possess greater speed than any fighting craft, and will travel wide areas to pick up the trail of the undersea fighters. Once on the trail of the submarines, naval experts be- lieve the fate of the undersea fighters is sealed The launches are quipped with wireless and can summon the cruisers or torpedo boat destroyers to dispatch the submarine when she is forced to come to the surface.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
PAYS RESPECTS ID .
 BRYAN AND TEDDY
Senator Tillman Says Bryan Is Oh sessed with Peace and Teddy
 Shorts When Mention War.

l. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec IA Senator Ben Tillman, of South CarC lima, speaking on national prepared ness before the senate yesterday aft ernoon said that William Jenning Bryan. formr secretary of state. wa obsessed with peace and believed tn lion and the lamb were ready to Ii down together Col. Roosevelt. ol the other hand, was like the gian in the Mother Goose fairy tale an. snorted like a bull when he scented battle.
 Senator Tillman says congress mus choose middle course as the policie. of Bryan and Roosevelt would b. equally dangerous if either were act ed upon. He believes the United States should be prepared to rope any foreign foe attempting to invad, this country and that the army ant navy should be increased but not tt the exteI favored by Secretary Gar rison.
 He believes President Wilson S plai for a defensive alliance with the na tions of the Americas is practical ant would guarantee that the countries would not be molested by foreign foes. who might be inclined to dis. regard the Monroe doctrine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
MRS. ROSE JOHNSON
 AND SON FREIGHTING.

Recent arrivals from the westward state that Mrs Rose Johnson, for merly of Valdez, but now running a roadhouse at Matanuska Junction, has engaged in freighting with dog team between Seward and the june tion. She arrived in Seward the other day accompanied by her young son, whom she says is mo good on the trail, being too light for sled work. While other freighters are engaged in taking clothing and other consign- ments over the trail Mrs. Johnson confines her loads to magazines, etc., upon which she makes better profits.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
TO PAY
 WOMAN $7,5OO YEARLY

NEW YORK: Surrogate Fowler decided that Amy G. Lurati, of San Reno, Italy, was entitled to apply for an accounting from executors of the estate of Benjamin Guggenheim, copper multi-millionaire. who perish cd with the Titanic. Mrs. Luratis attorneys stated that Guggenheim en- tered into an agreement in 1907 to pay the woman $7,500 year until the end of her life. What service, if any, she was to perform, was not stated.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
FATHER AND SON ARE
 KILLED IN COLLISION

STOCKTON, Calif., Dec. 1.-Two men were instantly killed and two others seriously injured in head-on collision near here last night when a passenger and freigth train came together on the Santa Fe track. The dead are William Wing, engineer of the passenger train, and his son. Will liam Wing, Jr.. who was fireman on the freight engine.' The engineer of the freight train is not expected to recover from his injuries.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
British Division Lost.

ATHENS, Dec. 1.-The troops of the Allies are evacuating the town of GriveH, in southeastern Serbia, and
 by throwing their strength against the Bulgarian forces holding Doiran, on the Bulgarian border, have cap tured that city. The Bulgarians have retreated northward to await rein forcements. Details of the fighting when two British regiments were an- initiated and the capture of the en- tire regiment was prevented only by the heroic action of an Irish division. which checked the Bulgars at criti- cal time in their encircling movement,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14

LONDON, Dec. 14.-It is admitted in the official communications from Saloniki that the British forces suf- fered the loss of fifteen hundred men and eight field guns which they were unable to remove from supplements when they were forced to retreat from Doiran. The troops engaged in the battle were the British Tenth di- vision and it is reported that they were crushed by overwhelming num- bers until a conjunction was made with the French troops to the east of the British positions.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
KNIK MINES ARE :.
 WONDERFULLY RICH.

SEATTLE: William Morrison. SUI 'perintendent of the Geld Bullion mine in the Knik district. states that the greater the development of the mines in that district the richer they appear as the values have been found to in crease with depth.
 "The 1915 output of the knik gold mines." said Morrison. was the larg- est yet In every case. as work pro gressed, the claim appeared richer than at first believed.
 "The Gold Bullion mine had an ex- ceptionally good year. There were seven stamp mills working to capac- |ity Five more stamp mills are tosbe 
 MT. Morrison says the coming of the Alaska railroad will not directly affect the Knik district. Anchorage, the Southern terminus of the road, has become the Mecca for fortune seekers and the numbers of men en- Itering the Knik section is small Ter than usual. ~
 "I believe, however" said MT, Nor jrison, "that many men will quit man. ual labor on the road to engage in mining. The great wealth of the Knik district is bound to attract some who have funds to work quartz claims"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
PAMPHLET DISCUSSES
 THE SOIL OF ALASKA

The Juneau land office has receiv- ed two thousand copies of a govern ment publication entitled Soil Re conn aissance of Alaska" It is said that from the point of view of the homesteader or gardener 1t is one of the most important publications to came from the government press so far as Alaska is concerned. Persons desiring copies of the bulletin can secure them by writing the Juneau Land Office.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
German Casualties Heavy.

ROTTERDAM, Dec. 14.-German papers received here report that the Imperial chancellor has told the Reichstag that the Prussian casual ties since the beginning of the war had reached the enormous total of two million, two hundred and fifty thousand men. Of this number it was estimated that forty per cent have recovered from their wounds, and have rejoined their regiments. It
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
French Troops Isolated.

BERLIN, Dec. 14.-Latest ad- vices from Sofia state that the Bull garian troops have broken through the Allies lines near Doiran on the Serbian border and have succeeded in isolating the French troops. Re- Inducements are being rushed to the scene from Nish and other Serbian forts by the Bulgarians and it is be- lieved that the entire French army in the Balkans will be captured.
 It is reported that many British and French field guns have been abandoned by the Allies in their flight from Doiran.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
Turkish Transport Sunk.

ROME, Dec. IA French sub marine which had evaded the mines in the DaTdanelles and the guns of the Turkish forts and entered the Sea of Marmora, torpedoed Turkish transport carrying troops to the Gal lipolo peninsula. It is reported that four hundred were drowned. It is also
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show that both sides suffered terrific losses. The Bulgarian troops charg- ed the British positions in mass for nation through a dense fog and were moved down by the machine guns. When the fog lifted the dead and dying were piled in heaps before the British trenches.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
Submarines Take Heavy Toll.

Submarines Take Heavy Toll.
 BERLIN, Dec. 14.-The German admiralty has issued statement cov- ering the operations of the subma- rines since the beginning of the war. It shows that five hundred vessels be- longing to the enemy nations have been destroyed since the beginning of the war. The ships destroyed had a total tonnage of nine hundred thou sand tons.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
TWO BRITISH DIVISIONS REPORTED
 VENTILATED BY THE bULCARIANS

IsPATCHEs ATHENS TELL FIERCE FIGHTING KAN CAMPAIGN SIDES LOSING HEAvLY-EIGHT THOUSAND BULGARs MOVED DOWN WHEN THEY CHARGED ALLIES POSITIONS IN FORMAToN-BERLIN REPORTS BUIGARs HAVE SEVERED ISOLATED AND CAPTURED-TURKIsH TRANSPORT suNK-pRussIAN CASUALTIES MILLIONS
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14
N Former Senator Dies.

,N Former Senator Dies.
 WARRINGTON Dec. 14.-yFormer SenatHK .cockrill of Missouri dted at his h&laS' here last night. Deceased had been a member of the upper house for several terms.
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reported that the Allies have sent sev- eral submarines into the Sea of Mar mora to harrass the movements of Turkish troops to the peninsula.
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the total casualties will be crippled for life.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-14

l.. A. White of Ellamar, arrived lin town last night.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19

% vhieh the-r have been several On
the past instead o. providing Tor an
arugr factory. az recommended by the
secretary % the navy. o. worth from
e. 5000 90 $1,000 900 a year % the
armor ring
would have favored euthusinsticai-
iy the provision providing for an lu-
ssEiFatiou % the cost % armor but
for the fact that NUMEROUS iuvestlEa-
tious have been made To- the past. and
this provision Tor an unnecessary add
tloual investigation impressed me. as
{ stated a. the time on the floor OF
the house. a. being merely dodge 90
sidefracE an appropriation Co. this
CONGRESS for an nrmnr plant a. recon
meuded by the secretary OF che navy
The insertion % this provision In
stead % a paragraph carrying an ap-
preparation FOR a plant means that the
movement for an aTmor factory is set
back % the point q reached 70 years
ago.
But the precious life % the arTnor
r'uE has been saved There has been
no appropriation Tor a plant. and that
Ia the thing the ring vas opposed 20
and The only thing that IL fears
Ia the meantime there has been an
election and % or 30 members % con
Eress who wFTe In favor % a govern
rneut plant have been defeated. and
many % them will be succeeded By
men who v1iii be uufavorabie.
10 has been my conviction through
ont the 6Grd congress that 81 vote
could be had on the subject an arrnor
plant would have been authorized. u
ts also my conviction thar in the ssh
eonEresE there vail Eof De- enough
votes 90 obtain an appropriation for a
government plant. The patriots Tor
profit are resourcefli A. profit Do on
their eide and Dniy a principle on the
other side they all generally be vie
t9riugs-
Nov. t~f us see whether there have
not been ample Investigations tn thc
past. without che necessity for an ad-
fitionai ore af time uhcn the votes
are ou hand tu obtain government
Giaat
on u~e g. 1885. the senate passed
f resolution directing tho committee
1a naval affairs fo inquire whether
.hT prices paid or agreed 90 be- paid
for amor vessels % thc navy have
been tair and reasonable
This c1mmitfrw. vish th~ assistance
aut cooperation % che then secretary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19
TIE ANNEXATION ISSUE

Voters 81 Eset tsIsot VIII make
selections fsr certain ofrecs a. tae
election Apru CO rHev VIII also pass
upon certain grsrsf.9 one % wftrs
VIII BE- tae annexation % a. part ~
sstfh RocE fslggd ant another rss
sbsorptiou o. fhs VtiaEe % Sears
o. f. not tfkriv thaF t1e duty %
oassisE uoou sac candidates f5r t1s
ofrees VII b. oVeFlsoked. for 90 VII BE-
ERE Business OF 10 NEE ard tss.+
friends aad political allies to Keep ths
Dubtie ssusoFy vel refreshed.
There e a chance. bowevsr thaf enc
ae-d far an eNDressipa upor ere az
asxatiou propositions VIII b. iCss sight
Of. f1r % f. not tHs Business - aGq
Dartieuisr person or Eruup Of persons
20 aEfLsts me causs. tt ts rSbodv's
p~rticuiar .r&fr asd yst everybody e
or should ~ Interested.
AL tnst caa D. Goas ugder ths ctr.
cannstasees - 60 call the attsnti5n %
the pubisc 60 its dutv. Which - aot
saiy % see that there r. a FAN expires
sior % city voters bgt 20 90 iuGivtt
uaiiy al that - possible 20 secure
o fsvorzsis v-rttet 50 The VILLAGE %
Sea-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19

Edward wilkins was 4 farmer boy
who when be was but seven years old
showed signs OF towering ambition
Even at that tender age be discerned
that while there were a number of
sources OF power. the one that covered
the widest field WAS wealth. At any
rate. he saw persons living In fine
houses and driving about in style and
he not only envied them. but resolved
that as soon as he was able TO accumu-
late money II should be the object OF
his life.
When Edward was fourteen he said
goodby to his father and mother and
went TO the city 10 begin a career. Be
ing bright and ready at all times for
work, he found a situation and not only
kept Il, but advanced rapidly. As he
grew older there was no desire in
him for money in itself. but for the
power and prominence IT would give
him. Except for the first few years
he spent in the city. he did not accumu-
late by saving. The fortune that came
to him was the result rather OF daring
operations. for which he seemed to
have a genius.
After awhile Edward wilkins had &C
cumulsted so much money that il seem
ed impossible be should ever be poor
His safety lay in having so much CAPT
tai that he could carry through any
scheme he undertook. II he wished TO
buy all the corn In the country and
hold IL at his own price he was able to
do so. Did he choose to buy a rail-
way he could first depress the stock,
then purchase It and hold il at his own
valuation.
wilkins had no desire TO exercise the
power his wealth gave him. He was
content with knowing that he possess
ed It He did not care for political
preferment: he took no interest in in
huencing the course of the government
When the great 6nancier was forty
years Of age he had reached the sum-
NIT of his ambition He had acquired |
enormous power through his wealth, |
but since the exercise of that power |
would give him no enjoyment he had /
come TO the end of his desire. He was /
Ike Alexander, who complained be- |
cause there were no more kingdoms to |
conquer.
When an active brain tires Of what |
has occupied and fed It there comes
a craving for something TO take It's
place One such person will spend
years building a sumptuous residence,
which is more likely to be sepulcher
than a home. Another VIII turn au-
thor. ia king comfort in giving TO the
world theories for which Il has no use.
wilkins. now that he had reached his
goal in half a lifetime. began TO won
der what would be the end of the 9th
er half After n continued rise 10 the
summit would he descend again to end
his career in the valley2
One thing he had lived long enough
10 recognize. Life appeared to him 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19
The Daily Story.
A Career-By Donald Chamberhn

constant shifting. Nothing seemed to
/ endure unless il was fnanimate. and
even that, though slowly. was confirm
| ally changing its form. There were
| mountains where there had been val
/ leys and valleys where there had been
mountains Cities had been buried for
centuries. forgotten. then uncovered TO
serve as curiosities. Whole sections
OF land had sid down into the sea and
( passed out of sight
What would become OF his great for
tune? He knew that after his death
ii would pass back into the great ocean
of wealth But would be retain il for
the rest of his life? Now that he had
achieved II he no longer valued IL and
cared not so much what was to be-
come OF &c as what was to become of
him. Enough to give him the ordinary
com forts essential TO old age was all he
desired. But that much was OF great
moment 10 him.
One night he dreamed vivid dream.
He dreamed that be returned 10 the
farm and was boy again. Yet he
possessed all the experience he had &C
qufred- His ambition was gone He
I wish to remain. My body is not as
it was, full of life It is tired All
desire is rest"
II was n strange dream. this old
spirit in a young body. 1t made 6
marked impression on him al the time.
but gradually passed out OF his mind
with other forgotten things.
When wilkins found that he had at
tained his desire he bethought himself
what he could do to replace the object
he had lost Like many other rich men
under similar circumstances, he decid
ed to build himself a magnificent resi-
dence. He had long owned the farm
on which he had been born His IA
Their and mother had died there, and
he had no use for the place. So the
house was shut up and the land left
untitled. though he gave orders that
the house and fences should be kept
in repair. The farm marked his be
ginning; the palace be was about to
build would mark his end.
He spent a year on designs for his
residence, then began to build. Four
years passed. and it was not finished.
Indeed. he did not wish it finished.
He chung 70 building it for something
to occupy him. When it was complete
and he moved In he seemed lost in It
1t was big enough for hundred fami-
lies. and there was only himself 10
use il.
One day when he felt I'll and tired
and lonely he concluded to go TO the
farm. He had not been there in many
years. The view in front of the house
be had always loved, and he sat down
on the little porch to look at IL.
Then he remembered his dream.
He never left this place of his birth.
In a few weeks he died
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19

Ths sfrzxx1s Es-oaG z14 proxressed
"a sa11ra fo- Azsricaz saiSDizE r1sn
70 aspr-claf~ ga Elects gpoa ne
ocs4n esrrTi-< trse@ Hitherto tA@
Azz~-tear las faso-se u1esT serious
s4seie4ss o. eesss u.oF- 90 ogiif .
sap In az Americas tEaa e. a Esro-
pas rarf Wages h-Ts are siEHsr
L4sor res--ssnfs 80 tEFr-ss sisxis
i-sr m rEs esuefsz a. a saip. %
costs -grs 600. 60 operate e ussssi
zz9sr fss Aazs-feaa .aE IA. EnesT
fhas % arr csssr rafi1s or AVS 70
s4ir.sx tzrrsr crews
TEs uar or ts 81 E~urG wif brtaE e.
resg. ssssrss ssas wl1 uiSs o-zf tas@r
sfTsrs1e~s Tere4Ea ths Hzrerees %
Ft8asaafs % Eer kiisd as4 see nil
uees ue1ad-f. % is stpsctse here
vfr 81 40 rreaf "a scarcity % labor &C.
fllros~ utss fss wsr srGs thAt Wages
vll Er decreased Co level sever
rearssf tEerr before. asf ths h@avy
fatarfer lusossG oz al tregssries 20
cay go war eFbss VtI rats~ fas costs
20 sro-sa-fs r1 q esctfef degree Afd-
- % an fhls ts sE~ sset that whus
saefr-fs ~ rerrasss rrsft Eaus hssa
slaE bF eaeEHsrcs fearrog@rs. the
-rrg sr ogtels % E19rusean sslpgaris
saa ceased
rrere ts rr~ -r1rr fftaE ~ wEiea
s.r1~ al1rr ear rrrasgr~ ere terp0r-
tsrrr Thsf Gel ere e~p'ssier aaf dis
erEanizarioa % exc forces formerly
ssrnE~e fs 81 ssgfifisr - s-izE raii-
81 % military t1ty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19
AUTHORITATIVE OPTIMISM

a note % opsimism ts sounded hy
Prssi1ezt Fassy % the national char.
bsr o. eommsrc~. wh1. iu an inter
view 90 w'assinEtoz. said
ne rsslmpsioE % business activity
LII eoatiruirE steadily ard ere move.
u1enf should quicken nos. The con
cs1Egt % al eNuTsssi1us "a that in a..
-9st every directiou things are mead
lrE rapidly Ns a rssgIt % the var.
H uF Inevitable that there be- sI1wuFsa
ia soue lines. bat more men are be-
irE plf 90 work every week and the
Industrial o1tpuf is Increasing
TEF products % orr factories are
moving fn ar orderly way tu response
90 the natural demand TIE prosper.
.fv o. our irfgstriaI sections &C.. %
course. almost vh9fIy dependent up-
on domestic demand. and that demand
begins with tE~ people % the mining
art agricultural districts az they set
ueaeT in hand.
oar factories s-r being called on 70
supply ft~ seeds OF fhis great factor
.a our population OH addition. the
people ~mpioTFt on those factories
sefirE var supplies u1w have funds
'1 hand ara ere volume e. decreasing
every tav These ttousands % pso-
pie are comlrE into lice ir their de-
unrt upon our factories
last sow. % course. business is BE-
EienirE Co 30 Influenced By thr move
u~1t % goods fs response 20 sraso--
attr demand jest as tr other years.
Te~ etit~rrs is clear thar fs rVsry az.
rref.o1 stocks Gel ere baads OF retail
rrs arf eaangfsctgrrrs have been l1u.
arf are being kept tow ard mat there
if a strucE tsudeu-r toward economy
or fh~ cart % thr people % an classes
Pei stowu by TIRE confitteu o. savings
eacts anf ERE general rtrrrss51r %
f~rfiwr~f .~ en- sections
Wsftr Eruerel optimism ts f-~ress-
.rz af ere same tire Business 5s GO
les f1-Sart uita a s1of deal of ear.
s.1s.
Tts .s frsTirerv from an agssufits-
rIr- sources aet ls ts rrfsrf-t sa BE- 20
esf~f visE fsu rFetruer no uEf b.
11frt tsss We rater does ras Blame
200 hes.erss ter.fre upon csc frrfr.