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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
PUZZLED THE JAPANESE.
Tho Tumutt White Woman's Pair of
 Black Gloves Caused.

Japanese women never wear gloves: Thousands upon thousands of Nippon natives have never seen pair of gloves. One day as an American girl and l were walking through a small village some distance from Tokyo we were at loss to understand why such a large crowd gathered around us on the street.
 In u small town an American always gathers d crowd. but this crowd was particularly thick and excited. and when the Japanese do any looking they want to do it up close. The natives kept looking at my partner, pointing and jabbering away, wildly excited. The crowd kept getting tighter and tighter. while with our hands on our noses we kept trying to push out. They kept pointing at her hands, then at her face. and not until one of them reached over and felt of her hands did we un derstand what was the matter.
 The girl with me had on pair of black gloves With the ends under her sleeves. so that the excited villagers were trying to solve the mystery of how a person could have black hands and d white face When she drew Off her gloves. revealing hands the same color as her face, they diSappointedly widened enough to let us through. No doubt if she had not removed her gloves the legend of the woman with the black hands and the white face that once visited the town would have been handed down for years. Homer CrOy in LeSlie'S Weekly
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
THE OLD CLIPPER SHIP.
Now Almost Vanished, She Was Once
 Queen of the Seas.

Queen of the seas.
 In memory of the ship w. P. Frye, John Gould Fletcher writes in the New Republic eulogy on clipper ships" now almost vanished from the seas.
 Sometimes the lookout on great steamer wallowing and thrashing through the heavy seas by night sees far off on his lee quarter something like lofty swinging light Beautiful as a tiered cloud. q ghostly clipper ship emerges from the surges that keep run ming away before day on the low Pa cific shore. It's upper works are kin died by the sun into shafts Of rosy flame. Swimming like duck. steering like a fish. easy. yet dry. lively. yet stiff. she lifts cloud on cloud of crowd ed, stninless sail. She creeps abeam within hail. she skips. she chases. she outDaces like a mettlesOme racer the numbering teakettlc that keeps her company. Before she fades into the weather quarter the lookout cries; Holy jiggers! Are you the Flying Dutchman. that you go two knots to our one? Hoarsely comes back this answer from the sail: Challenge is our name. America our nation. Bully Wa terman our master. We can beat crea tion."
 And its way. Rio.
 'Way-hay-hay. Rio.
 Oh, fare you well. my pretty young girl For we're bound to the Rio Grande.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
LIVING HIGH IN THE AIR.
Quito. In Ecuador, With Winter Above
 and Summer Below It.

Quito. In Ecuador, With Winter Above
 and Summer Below It.
 Quito. in Ecuador. lifted nearly two miles into thin air. has always bonsted its ''lerI,etunl spring.. but in s"oth It would ie just as fair to call its ciim.t" .,,erIpetuui autumn" With Il tempera. ture that hovers about tD degrees F. iD the shude. the Quitonian i,,lsses his life iu early April or late October
 He pscaIes the winter. to be sure. Uut misses the verilal min,rle that re- deems the higher latitude. Hut. wheth CT he feels chilled or baked. he can al- ways turn hls eye toward eUmfort.
 Out acrOss the plain. about three miles to the north. the road drops 3.OOO feet through stupendOus ravine. and from the high places of Quito one can peer down into semitropical valley. its coffee trees and cane fields dancing in the heat waves.
 On the other hand. when the over. head sun scOrchex there are a score of SHOW l,euks to refresh the eye. Az yos study through 6eldglass the huge drifts and wild snowstorms on Anti sana. which looks out over the rank forests Of the "Oriente." you realize that 1t is easier and safer to get from where you are to Greenland than to reach those polar solitudex only dozen miles away.
 Groves of eucalyptus in the envirOns of Quito agreeably relieve the majesty of the scenery. and it is said that this province has third of million of these trees President Moreno intro duced them from Australia half cen. fury ago. and it was Il saying among even the enemies of Moreno that on the day of judgment he will escape the penalty of his misdeeds with the plea. II gave Ecuador the eucalyptus."- New York Telegram.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
The hunqarian Crown.

The Hungarian crown worn at their accession by the enperors of Austria as kings of Hungary is the identical one made for Stephen. and used at his coronation over 800 years ago. The whole is of pure gold. except the set. tings. and weighs almost exactly four teen pounds. The settings above allud' ed to consist of fifty-three sapphireS. fifty rubies. one emerald and 33s pearls. It will be noticed that there are no diamonds among these precious adornments. This is accounted for by the oft quoted story of Stephens aver sion to such gems because he consid cred them ''unlucky."
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11

headstrong irregularities of medieval times. It was not until 1913 that the first Kurdish newspaper appeared. It was published at Constantinople. As, however, there is no written lan- guage for the Kurds, this paper is carried on under some difficulty. There was something called Kurd- ish movement before the war, but it's labors seemed hopeless. The latest reports from the haunts of the Kurds tell of the massacre of many thou sands of Armenians, and the seizure of their property and women."
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
Form of Divorce In Old Rome.

In the earlier period of the Roman republic divorces were quite unknown and were rare right up to the time of the Sultan wars In the old days the husband and wife who wished to sepa. rate appeared for the last time before the common hearth. q priest and priest ess being present As on the day of marriage d cake of wheaton flour was presented to the husband and wife. but instead of sharing it between them they rejected it. Then. instead of pray CTS. they pronounced formulas of Il strange. severe. Spiteful character. by which the wife renoulceu rhe worship and gods of the husband, From that moment the religious bond was broken. and. the community of worship having ceased to exist. the marriage without further ado was forever dissolved.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
NO.
WORK L..

WUnN I. uNU. Result of an Cr. .. in alaska Four
 te. ., Ago.
 Every L.. {. upper Yukon river ll,s ricliOus whitr bed. fuui in thickness that o,, nanks. This Is made ash derived fr0m a Il the noltherp nlargil, .+ range. more th8u lH, ... south. Though geUloyican. rd~.n-. the material is of recent .t.>. yet it was probably erupted l.4u) years ago.
 There are. of course. no historical records of this eruption. but in the course of explorations in Alaska much has been learned about the distribution and thickness of the material elected It originally covered an area of over 10000 square miles, and some of 1t was carried over 45O miles from the volcano.
 The deposit varies in thickness from 300 feet near the volcano to an inch or two at the margin of the urea covered by it. A rough estimate indicates that over ten cubic miles of material was elected at the time of this eruption During the eruption of Katmai volcano in southwestern Alaska in June. 1912. about five cubic miles of ash was eject ed. and about the same amount fell from the Krakatoa eruption of 1883 'rbia Yubon or,,utiOn fS therefore com parable in intensity with some of the larger eruptions of historical time Geological Survey Reports.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11

Holiday goods, wearing apparel, household utensils and articles of ev- eryday needs coming on every boat, and sold at bargain. There will be no half or one-third off after the Holi- days at the Emporium. The goods are now marked at bottom prices;
 you will find many articles on our five-cent counter you have been GUS tomarily paying IS and 25 cents for.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
A False Alarm.

'l know something. l do. about u member of this family" said little Bobby Slithers triumphantly to his old CT sister. Maud.
 "Oh. dear!" exclaimed Miss Slithers. Half q dollar is all have. Bobby Will you promise not to tell If ] give you that?''
 Sure. will" answered Bobby ill surprise. '"But it ain't nothin' on you. sis. It was the cook and the iceman Birmingham Age Herald
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
Puzzled.

A little girl has new baby sister and she has been somewhat puzzled rival in the family. She had willingly given up her bed. hut something still seemed to trouble her greatly. One day she was found surveying the din ing room just at menItime She look ed at her own nigh chair then inquir ed suspiciously of her father. Where is she going to eat. daddie:" Indiana polls News. ...
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
What She Learned.

Mrs. Willis - So your daughter is home from domestic science school I suppose she has learned several new ways of washing the dishes. Mrs Gillis-NO: she seems to have learned several new ways of getting out of washing thtm. Judge.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
Couciliatory.

Head Waiter (dignitied and pompous' Have you ordered. sir: De~pairing Patron Yes. ordered porterhouSe steak half an hour ago. and wish to apologize for my rudeness. With your permission l will withdraw it as an or der and renew it as suggestiOn.--Chi cago Tribune.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11

George Reinke, the jeweler, has moved his store to the Valdez Drug store where he is prepared to serve all his old customers and meet new ones. He has a big stock coming on the steamer Northwestern for the hol- iday trade and will continue to make a specially of fine nugget jewelny.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
COMING WITH
 NUMBER OF PASSENGERS

:. SEATTLE. Dec. 1.-The steamer Alameda. of the Alaska Steamship company's fleet sailed for southwest ern Alaska ports last night with the following cabin passengers for Val deg: Clinton Coffman, H. Bloom, Mrs. Howard, Gust Brummell, Mrs. J. Cunningham, and T. Samuelson.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
Unnecessary Knowledss.

Aunt Sarah "a Spinster'-~ Now. dear, if you would only watch me closely you might learn how to crochet Little Bessie--Oh. I'm goin: TO get married when l grow up!--Pitrsburgh Press
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
Don't Worry.

Mrs. Wuilaby De agent says If we ain't got de rent nex' Monday we's got to git out. Sam, Wullaby-Nex Mon day? Den we doan' Ineed to worry fo' le nex' f0' days.-Pnck.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11

Hats Cleaned and Blocked. Hats cleaned and blocked; suits cleaned and pressed.
 If GUY F. CAMERON.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11

There are only two roads by which any important goal can be reached sheer strength and perseverance, Goethe. ..
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
Coca Leaves.

Coca. from the Ienyes of which CO caine is produced. was known among the Incas as the divine plant" long be fore the discovery of America.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11

:, Just received the finest line of neckties ever shown in Valdez, at Ben Silverman's
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-12-11
A Matter of Figures.

Lobbyist May submh some nguras in support of my rnnreniiHn: Senstor Well. there'il have to he at least four f]gures. Puck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
VILLA ADHERENT
 TAKES GLOOMY VIEW
 OF MEXICAN AFFAIRS
tContinued from Page One,

lay his removal to Mexico City be- be followed by occupa ton of Vera Cruz by his enemies
 People can be assured" says the statement. that judging from mfli- tary standpoint the two contending fac tions are well balanced. Villa has as many men as Carranza and If the war should continue the only result would be the weakness of both parties. for neither can conquer the other entirely.
 No One in Control
 Tn military sense neither Carranza controls Villa. nor Villa Carranza and IT the obstinacy of the supporters of the latter would reach the extreme of becoming an obstruction to all peace negotiations, which. on the part of the conventionists are sincerely desired if Is not improbable that there may ap- pear a new party at whose head may be placed one of the leaders of great est prestige
 If I were selfish. I should desire for the complete failure of Carranza. that ms government be recognized, certain as l am that he would prove absolutely in capable in less than a month. and know ing as l do the strong dspleasure that will be felt by the revolutionists in Mex ico upon recognition by the American government of a party. hea ded by a man who next to Huerta has been the most hated man in Mexico in these latter times.
 %'rhe situation in this case would be terrible. indeed, for the 100000 men at least who compose the army of the con vention, added to all the civilians at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
DEMAND FOR RAILS
 BECOMES ACTIVE Outlook Encouraging in the
 Metals Trade
FURNACES BLOWN IN
Sale of War Munitions and Automo. piles Continues in Great Volume. Heavy Rolling Mill Equipment
 Being Bought in .Pittsburg

Cleveland, September 22.-(Special) ] 1 The Iron Trade Review tomorrow will | say:
 With rail buying more active, in- cluding 10000 tons for Erie, placed with Illinois Steel company, and with excel lent prospects, of heavy domestic de- | mand for leading products and continu- alton of exporting of munitions present outlook is exceedingly encouragine Some contracting for shapes. plates. and bars for first quarter next year is being done at $1.40 Pittsburg Sales rounds for manufactured shells have aggregated large total during past
 week and fully 25000 tons are still pending. Good prices are obtained for steel sold for export. Demand for do- mestic consumption Is also active In- dications point to very large buying of shapes and plates for cars and both at early date. Several boats have been placed In the east and on the lakes and number of others are pending and 1t Is confidently believed that sev- eral railroads are about to enter the market for large number of cars. About dozen blast furnaces are about to be blown In and for this reason the outlook for coke is more encouraging
 Coke Market Inactive
 Furnaces are showing greater inter- est but there Is not yet much real ac- tivity In coke market. Scarcity of semihnished materials, especially open hearth billets and sheet bars, continues On recent inquiry for from 5000 to 1000 tons from Scotland. not a bid was for warded from the east High price sheet bars is having an influence on sheet market and scarcity of blue annealed sheets has been reported during past few days Manufacturers of automo- piles and electrical machinery are specifying heavily on their sheet con tracts. England and France continue to send inquiries for many lathes and oth- CT machine tools. but as delivery is desired before January 1, are finding it difficult to place orders. It Is un- derstood that Cincinnati builders will furnish 100 lathes for December deliv- cry to French government. As England has not been able to place among the larger builders an order for 1000 lathes recently sent out, 1t is picking up ma chimes wherever it can get them. Do- mestic buying of machine tools is very light. Crane market is active and buy ing of heavy rolling mill equipment is extensive in Pttsburg district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
BULGARIANS
 TREMBLE IN BALANCE
tContinued from Page one,

of the army. The premier subsequently, called a meeting of the cabinet The greatest activity prevails among entente representatives. The British, French and Russian ministers held con- ference. The Venizelos government faces the situation confidently It is understood here that your divis- ions totaling 100000 infantry and several cavalry regiments will be first mobillzed for the reliance strength Several cav airy regiments already have left Sofia for an unknown destination. Merchandise traffic on the Bulgarian
 railways has been suspended since Satur-
 day Bulgarans in Macedonia and
 Thrace numbering about i5,o0o have been
 recalled to the colors
 Granite City. Ill. September 22,--BuI-
 garians of legal age were orderecS >SN I,e-
 port to their consulate in New YIATs lin advertisements printed here today. The advertisement said transportation would be provided to Bulgaria for military duty. There are about 15o0 Bulgarians of fight ing age in this vicinity. London September 22-A Bulgarian re- serve officer. preparing to leave London to join the colors. said tonight The general moblizatio includes 10 divisions of the Bulgarian army. one di- vision having been added since the Bal kan war. It now affects 250 GOO rifles as compared with 216.000, the previous num- Der.
 The strength of the artillery has been increased by approximately a third and the stores have lately been replenished. will be better equipped than during the Balkan war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23

tached to it who constitute the great mass of the people who are striving to- ward the advent of better times which will allow their evolution in all respects. would see their hopes entirely dissipat ted and they would not be content to have contributed uselessly with their blood to end up at last with dictatorship much more hateful than that of porifiro Diaz. l frankly confess that myself am fright ened at the prospect of the anarchy which would undoubtedly follow.
 What conclusions can be reached from the foregong2 Simply that the confer ences to which have been invited and which We accepted with pleasure. be held, for not only the American government, but also those of the countries repre- sented by the distinguished Pan-Amercan diplomats may be sure that insofar as we are concerned. that Is sincere desire to put an end for all time to civil war in Mexico
 IT. unfortunately, the meetings to which we were invited are not carried out. the war in Mexico will assume such pro- portions that in a short time the high officials of the American government and the representatives of the I.atn-A Amer lean governments will be astonished by the results of their work. if. as we be- lleve, they are acting sincerely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23

short time later the rescuers reached the worst part of the wreckage and the first body was recovered. Police and flremen later reported taking five dead from the cave-in.
 Resauers found numerous sticks of dynamite scattered about in the excava- ton, and a foreman said much blasting had been done this morning between Twenty-third and Twenty-ffth streets un- der Seventh avenue.
 A A Little general superintendent of contractors, said:
 "The disa ster was due to a small explo- sion of dynamite which caused number of street props in this section to give way. The charge which actually caused the accident was a regula ton dynamite pocket and the caVe-in was not due to any carelessness on the part of our em- ployes. It was rather due to the crude. loose formation of the dirt which We un- expeotedly came across"
 Mayor Mitchell drove to the scene early. There he found Police Commissioner Woods, Fire Commissioner Adamson. of ficials of other city departments, and Ed ward E. Mccall. chairman of the public service commission.
 After an inspection of the cave-in. May or Mitchell said there had been 7S persons in the wrecked surface car, but that so far as he knew, only two had been killed in the car, He added that it was too early to suggest criminal responsibility, but thought that all subway construction work in the city would be inspected at once.
 Blast Set off
 The blast was set off under Seventh avenue near Twenty sixth street, accord ing to the chief of the exploding squad. He told the authorities that it was placed against rocks near the underpinning.
 There were between 70 and so laborers in the excavation. although most of them had withdrawn some distance. the others being reported to have been buried in the cave-in. Five of the dead were said to have been laborers.
 That more pedestrians were not killed or seriously injured was due mainly to the fact that the major portion of the sidewalk on both sides of Seventh avenue did not fall
 The dead: Louis Krugmann. 22 years old, passenger on the car; an unidenti- fled woman about 60 years of age. a pas senger who was apparently on her way to work, four laborers.
 It was announced the number of in jured would total between S5 and 100 The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
STATUS OF FOREIGN
 LOAN UNCHANGED

New York. September 22.-The Anglo establish a huge credit for Great Britain and France were in session most of the day and until late tonight The matters discussed were not dis closed. Apparently. their nature was unknown to American bankers who have been conferring with the commis- : sion.
 Early in the day it became established that the anticipated announcement of the success of the commissions work here would not be forthcoming today, and might not be made till next week. A dozen rumors sought to tell why the expected announcement should have been deferred. One was that the com mission was marking time till the ca bles should bring word as to whether Russia wanted a slice of the proposed loan. Another was that the commis- sion was rounding off a mass of minor details.
 Several American bankers ventured the opinion that there might be an eleventh hour change in the terms. One banker thought the commission had been asked to make the interest rate 61s per cent. Another thought the com : mission should offer the five-year joint notes at 97la to the underwriters and sS1a, or thereabouts to the investor, instead of offering them to the investor at par
 Still another report was that the com : mission had been advised that an even $500.0 1000 was the maximum amount American bankers would be willing to fond.
 The opinion prevailed in Wall street that the recent finding of the British prize court in the case of American meat cargoes had not helped the com . missions cause in the middle west. Street gossip said certain big Chicago banks were reported as being less in- clned than heretofore to participate in the loan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-23
FAVORITES LOSE
 AT GRAND CIRCUIT

Columbus, O.. September p Seventeen heats of grand circuit racing today de- veloped poor time average and few close nnishes. Favorites were overthrown in both sections of the 2:15 trot. The first division went to Roy Miller, second choice With the favored Pareiiffe outside the money Rose D.. was pack in the f,rst heat of the second division, but she cas- ly showed the way home in each of the next three miles. Fair virsinia and King Charlie were in most favor.
 General Todd. the champion 3-year-old pacing colt won the Horse Review fu- trrity in straight heats Not since 1905 mas Hotel Hartman stake for 2:13 pac- CTS been raced in such slow time as that made today by Hal Boy. The third heat @as best and it was in p:o7 In the spe- c.al trot Margaret Druien won as she pleased. - 1l--T' [