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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-21
NEGROES ARRESTED
AS TAX DEFAULTERS

Thirty-five negro men were arrested
and lodged in the Northside city Jail
yesterday by Officers Williams, Malone
and Winston, on charges of not paying
their street tax after having been warned
The negroes will be tried in police court
this morning.
The officers assigned to collect street
tax expect to make larger number Of
arrests today for the same offense Many
of the negroes arrested stated to the
collectors that they were willing to pay
the street tax, but they were out of en-
ployment and did not have the $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-21
No Arrests Made

No arrest has been made in connection
with the robbery case Of Gus Henderson
a negro. who alleged that he was robbed
Tuesday night at PALS Fourth avenue
north.
Gus Henderson, who is employed by
the city as a stool pigeon, or better
known as "snitch,' was sent into thi.
house by detectives to purchase some
whisky, and the owner of the house rec
ognized Gus and threw him out Of the
house.
II am paid $1.75 per day by the cit,
to turn up people guilty of violating the
prohibition law. and receive my none,
every Monday morning. stated Gus Hen.
derson to reporter last night
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-21
At the Biiou

One of the essentials to genuine great
ness is the ability to tell he truth, even
about unplea SAINT subjects. Thousands of
parents allow their daughters to go their
way. simply for the lack of courage 10
tell them the exact truth In writing
"The Girl Without Chance" the Won
derful white slave play, now being pre-
sented at the Bijou,. Whitney Collins, the
author. has not hesitated to speak the
plain truth. That is why every mother
in this city should take her daughter to
see this play, the girl will learn a lesson
there that no parent can teach her 1t
is the plain spoken story of poor work.
ing girl trying to escape from the snares
of the white slave traffic" Next week.
While the City Sleeps will be the
attraction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-21
Larceny CHARGED

Will Hall, negro, was arrested yester-
day afternoon by Detectives Propst and
Fuller on charge Of petit larceny. 1t
is alleged that Hall had stolen some cloth
ing from George Mcneil, another negro.
The alleged stolen clothing was recov-
cred by the arresting officers
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-21
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres
Statement September II. 1915

Lyric-Vaudeville Matinee at o'clock
Night performance at 7;30 and 9 o'clock
Bijou-"The Girl Without a Chance
Night performance 8 o'clock. Matinee.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 2:3'
o'clock.
Colonial--Blue Ribbon Girls in musca
comedy.
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At the Photoplay Houses

Strand-Robert Warwick in Friday
the Thirteenth
Trianon-Helen Rosson in "The Light. ;"
Rialto-Anita Stewart in THE Com
bat"
Belle Theatre, Ensley-"The Iron Claw
with Pearl White.
Alcazar-William Farnum in Battle of
Hearts" has
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-21
arrested and the liquors

4Jtlslt-feA.
Andy Moss, a prisoner at the county
JAIL test 1sd hat he got two quarts and
s pint Wiisky and that another prison.
er ia ceil over him lowered string
70 bis window and he tied the bottle
Of LIQUOR re string. The other prison.
ee then fitted the liquor to his cell and.
having parta zen OF a hearty drink, low
cred the bortle back to Moss. 1t was
also testified by Moss that he and his
eeilT0ate jim Yarbrough, had been drink
lng. sH8 that he had poured molasses
over the br6ast of Yarbrough and stick
ing "a newspaper to it. had set it on fire
He also admitted to a slight dispute when
Percy Higdon searched his cell and took
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-28

Banker Hayden a multimillionaire of Boston, who holds vast mining in terests in all parts of the world, states that more money than ever will be put Into development work in Alaska this coming summer and that the northern country will receive attention from mining investors. The certainty that after the present war the demand for metals will be heavy and will con tinue for many years Is so certain that bankers and mining men are planning to make heavy investments in mines
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performed an act that entitled her to much thanks from every one in that part of Alaska. Last summer. accord ing to advices that have just been received here, native wandered into the mission at St. Johns in the Wild erness, in an awful condition. He was suffering from smallpox. The frightful toll of this dread disease Is to well known to need comment. An epidanis of smallpox would have practically Wiped out tho Indian settlements along the Koyukuk river. Deaeoness Mills isolated the patient Then she sent to Fort Yukon, the nearest mission hospital, for vaccine. TraYeing up and down the river with a lot of bichloride and vaccine she made the natives wash all their clothes in boiling water in which she had dropped a biehloride Indian on the Koyukuk river. So ex- cellent was the work of this lone woman that the one caes that wan dered into the mission was the only case that was heard of. An epidemic was avoided. The patient got well. Oeaconess Mills did wonderful work. Had she not acted as she did 1t Is probable that the disease would have spread. An epidemic would have re suited. and many might have perished. It Is acts of this kind that those who question the sincerity of those good women who are devoting their lives to the education of the Alaskan native think, and it is acts of this kind that bring to the missions in this norhern country assistance from the great out side.-Cordova Times.
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NOTICE OF ExEcuTRix.

In the Probate Court in and for the Saint Michael Precinct. Second Divis- ion, District of Alaska.
 In the matter of the estate of Frank In Moses. deceased.
 Notice Is hereby given that on the 17th day of January. 1916. the under signed executrix of the said estate duly nlcd her final account therein in said court, and also her petition asking that said account be settled and allowed. And said court has or dered that the hearing on said petition and objections to the settlement and allowance of said account be had be- fore Charles J. Koen, United States commissioner and exofficio judge of probate at his ofiice in St. Michael Second Division, District of Alaska, on Monday. May 1st. 1918. at o'clock p m. of said day.
 ELLA B. MOSES.
 Exssatrix-
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SUBMARINE CONTROVERSY STILL
 THREATENING
a. p. A. Service.


 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.--What has all the appearance of being an armis- tice in connection with the controversy between the president and congress over the German submarine question, was in effect today, but both sides are busy and there are many indications that a battle royal will shortly develop Both the administration and congress are depending on the Stone-Wilson let ters to strengthen their position.
 Speculation is now rife as to the possible action of congress in the event of the president persistlng in his view that Americans should not be warned away from armed vessels.
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kuSkOkWIM ON THE COMMERCIAL MAP
 

On the eastern shore of Boring sea, from Nunivak island to Nushgak, stretches what is perhaps Alaska s most unfrequented coast line, touched by waters leading into an even less frequented river. For the past i've seasons a steamer of the United states coast and geodetic survey, of the de- partment of commerce, has been en- gagged on the field work connected with the charting of the approach and en- trance to the Kuskikwim river, a work Just completed during the past season by the steamer Yukon.
 AS supplement to the coast work, a reconnaissance survey was made in- land from Bethel, the head of deep sea navigation. This was carried for $50 miles to McGrath. the main settlement on the upper river. from where, on a clear day, Mount Mckinley can be seen, 150 miles to the eastward. A river steamer can ascend beyond here for 200 miles. while the river, with It's tributaries, offers 1.2o0 miles of navi- gable waters.
 Two Trips to Bethel Each Season.
 The Quickstep Is the only steamer on the river. She draws four and one half feet and can push 3O0ton barge up stream. She averages two trips
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WHISKY CRAzED NATIVE
 RUNS AMUCK

get still further under the influence of liquor.
 Becoming quarrelsome, he insulted Mary Zharoff and received slap a1 the face, which turned him for the inc being into wild beast with the desire to kill or main all who came within his reach. Drawing his pocke' knife he slashed the girl across the left arm, making a deep and ugly wound. The girls cries brought hei father and brother George to her as. sistance, when Rankin turned upon them with the knife, cutting Zharoft in the right shoulder. He struck with full force, and the blade sank to the depth of two inches into the flesh but fortunately did not touch vital spot. In attempting to save his father George had grabbed Rankins hand and received slight cut In the palm of his right hand.
 After being forced from the house through the front door. Rankin at tempted an entrance through the real door, but was scared away when Geo Zharoff fired shotgun through the door with the intention of warning him. He continued to terrorize the family for fifteen minutes until United States Marshal Mossman who had been summoned by the neighbors, ar rived and took him in charge.
 The knife with which the cutting was done Is an ordinary pocket knife the blade of which had been worn to thin strip of steel with an edge like a razor-Chltina Leader,
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John Rankin. a native of Unalaska who run amuck with knife at the home of Mike Zharoff. Is in the Valdez jail. and Mike hzaroff and his daugh- ter Mary are under the care of 8 physician. suffering from severe knife wounds.
 It appears that Rankin, who is 8 distant relative of Zharoff and had been a frequent caller at the home called there while under the influ- once of whisky, and despite the pro tests of the woman he continued to
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cent publication of charts has made it possible safely and confidently to navigate the channel through the vast area of mud flats which lie off the rivers mouth, feat formerly extreme ly hazardous and requiring sometimes weeks to accomplish. The comparison Of present with previous freight rates tells the story of putting the Kusko- kwim on the commercial map
 For the present the river Is still given mostly to the Indian and the squaw man, and the rife, the trap and the fish wheel still furnish the main necessaries of life. But the prospector and the homesteader have already visited the valley and will here, per haps. repeat the story of the Yukon and the Tanana. Three creeks, Candle, Bear and Canon. give promise of long and profitable hydraulic development, rich cinnabar claims have been stalk ca upon the very panks or 'ne FNci' vast ranging areas for reindeer are available and the native Irish potato Is the equal of any grown The time is no doubt coming when a steamer on the river will be no unusual sight. when settlements will spot the rivers course and the country will be home
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and no other work done. although nearly s2.OOO,OOO has been spent on it."
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from Bethel to McGrath during the open season, which extends from about the middle of May, to the middle of October. This steamer afforded the first means of taking good astronomi- cal instruments up the river, and the usual fair weather afforded opportun- ity for the first good determination Of positions along the rivers course. As some previous positions were found as much as fifty miles in error, new map of the river will fill an aurgent need in future developments in this region.
 For the first 100 miles the river winds through the low lake country peculiar to the territory east of Boring sea; for the next 200 miles It cuts through mountains where the rapids have a six to eight mile current and the banks in places rice 1000 feet directly from the water The upper river flows through an immense basin over which are scattered solitary peaks and the horizon of which is ring of diatant rnoOntQtpo
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A NORTHERN HEROINE.

Away off in the wilderness, as 6
 matter of fact the place Is known to all Alaskans as "St Johns in the Wilderness" there Is a woman who Is devoting her life to the natives of Alaska and is doing for them what she believes will be for their best interests. No one after reading this story can deny that Deaconess Mills
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Channel Now Charted.

Second only to the Yukon in size,
 the Kuskokwim Is visited yearly by but two or three small steamers. which ascend as far as Bethel; but the re-
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-28

In answer to an inquiry from a Michigan subscriber We can truthfully state that Valdez has 1269 citizens, APP good sled dogs, 12S pretty girls, and a large bunch of accommodating and obliging officials. We have had nc time to take a careful census of the bachelors, but we believe they out number of citizens by 25 per cent Valdez Miner
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The Seward Post Is authority for the statement that high officials of the Alaska engineering commission have admitted that the roads through the tundra country. where the heavy clear Ing must be done. on which $3.OO0 to $3,500 per mile has been spent. and which Is still uncompleted.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-28

Delegate James Wickersham Is quoted as having said: T am here to tell you that the Valdez Fairbanks trail Is a regular mud hole in summer and can only be used to advantage after the ground is frozen In the winter It Is no better than as if the trees and brush had been cleared out along 1t,
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Ernest B. Hussey, a civil and mining engineer of Seattle, formerly of the Boring river coal district and Copper river valley, Is opposing any further appropriations for the government railroad in Alaska He says that the Seward iailcoad will cost nearer S126,
 oOO,O than s25,OoO,OOo as estimated
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nearly s2.OOO,OOO has been spent on it.
 News of the first decision favorable to a claimant made by the land de- partment in coal claim cases in the Bering river anthracite district in Alaska was received in Seattle recently when the Alaska Petroleum & Coal Company was notified patent had been granted on it's Fremont claim. A report of government mineralogists who surveyed the claim, shows 1t con tains 4,960,OOO tons of coal. The com pany, which is a Seattle concern, will proceed at once to develop the prop erty and expect to repopulate the town of Katalla, which was once the home of almost 5000 persons.
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ALASKA NOTES

It has been reported from the Can adian Yukon that much road repairing has been done in the Dawson district this year by the Dominion government. Some roads, it has been stated, have been widened to 24 feet, others to 30 feet, and made with a good raised crown In the center.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-03

THE FIGHT IN THE SNOW.
TTNHEY found shelter that night under
i thick balsam. and when they lay down
on the soft carpet OF needles which the
snow had not covered. Gray Wolf snug
gled her warm body close to Kazan and
licked his wounds. The day broke with
a velvety fall of snow, so white and
thick that they could not see a dozen
leaps ahead of them in tho open. 1t was
quite warm, and 30 still that the whole
world seemed filed with only the futter
and whisper of the snowflakes Through
this day Kazan and Gray Wolf travelled
side by side. Time and again he turned
his head back to the ridge over which no
had come, and Gray Wolf could not un-
derstand tho strange note that trembled
In his throat.
In the afternoon they returned to what
was left of the caribou doe on the lake.
In the edge of the forest Gray Wolf
hung back. She did not yet know the
meaning of poison baits. deadfalls and
traps, but the instinct of numberless gen.
erations was in her veins, and It told
her there was danger in visiting a second
time thing that had grown cold In
death.
Kazan had seen masters work about
carcasses that the wolves had left. He
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-03

"No, indeed" said the tiny, tiny
root, 81 have hundreds of big sisters
and brothers and thousands and thou
sands of little sisters and brothers, so,
you see, we are never lonesome. And,
besides, we are too busy. We must
creep away down, down into the earth
to get food for our mighty Mother
Oak, who has stood in this spot for
more than two hundred years"
"oh," said Willie, II don't see how
such tiny, tiny root could feed such
mighty oak"
"But," replied the tiny root, 1--WE do.
and our mighty mother oak could not
live without US. We reach down and
get the food and send it up with the
sap which flows in our veins through
the trunk of the tree and then through
every branch and tiny twig."
How interestingly said Willie. II
would like to stay and chat with you
. little longer. but l have such long
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KAZAN :

The night was almost as oiear as day
and from the edge Of the forest Kazan
first saw the caribou run out on the lake
third of a mile away. The pack was
about dozen strong, and had already
split into the fatal horseshoe formation
the two leaders running almost abreast
of the Kill, and slowly closing in.
with sharp yelp Kazan darted out
into the moonlight. He bore directly in
the path Of the fleeing doe, and bore
down upon her with lightning speed
Two hundred yards away the doe saw
him and swerved TO the right, and the
leader on that side met her with open
jaws. Kazan was in with the second
leader and leaped at the does soft throat
In a snarling mass the pack closed in
from behind, and the doe went down,
with Kazan half under her body, his
fangs sunk deep in her Jugular. She lay
heavily on him, but he did not lose his
hold. 1t was his first big kill. His blood
ran like fire. He snarled between his
clamped teeth Not until the last CULVER
had left the body over him did he pull
himself out from under her chest and
forelegs. He had killed a rabbit that
day and was not hungry So he sat
back In the snow ana waited whlL the
ravenous pack tore at the dead doe.
After a little he came nearer, nosed in
between two Of them and was nipped
for his intrusion.
AS Kazan drew back, still hesitating TO
mix with his wild brothers, a big gray
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had seen them conceal 1rietta ..Iverfy. and
roll littie capsuies OF Mr6hnins In the
fat of the entrai1s ana once he had put
foreleg In n trap, and had experienced
It's sting and pain and deadly grip. But
he did not have Gray Wolfe fear He
urged her to accompany him 20 the white
hummocks on the ice, and at last she
went with him and sank back restlessly
on her launches, while he dug out the
bones and pieces of flesh that the snow
had kept from freezing. But she would
not eat, and at last Kazan went and sat
on HIS launches at her side, and with
her looked at what he had dug out from
under the snow. He shifted the air. He
could not smell danger, but Gray Wolf
told him that II might be there.
She told him many other things in the
days and nights that followed. Tho third
night Kazan himself gathered the hunt
pack and led In the chase
Three times that month before the
moon left the skies, he led the chase,
and each time there was kill. But
as the SHOWS began to grow softer under
his feet he found greater and greater
companionshIp In Gray Wolf and they
hunted alone, living on the big white
rabbits In all the world he had loved
but two things, the girl with the shining
hair and the hands that had cRressed him
and Gray Wolf.
He did not leave tho big plain. and
often he took his mate to the top Of
the ridge, and he would try TO tell her
what he had left back there. With the
dark nights the call Of the woman became
SO strong upon him that he was filled
with n longing to go back, and take
Gray Wolf with him.
Something happened very soon after
that. They were crossing tho open plain
one day when UP on the face OF the
ridge Kazan saw something that made
his heart stand still A man. with a dog
sledge and team, was coming down into
their world. The wind had not warned
them, and suddenly Kazan saw some-
thing glisten In the mans hands. He
knew what It was. 1t was the thing that
spat fire and thunder, and killed.
CONTINUED ToMoRRow.)
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woirs eyes alert and questioning She
was youns-so young that she seemed
scarcely TO have passed out Of puppy
hood Her body was strong and slim and
beautifully shaped. In the nnoonlight the
hair under her throat and along hcr back
shone sleek and soft. She whined at the
red staring light in Kazan's eyes, ana It
wes not puppys whimper Kazan
moved toward her, and stood with his
head over her back, facing the pack He
felt her trembling against his chest. He
looked at the moon and the stars again,
the mystery of Gray Wolf and of the
night throbbing in his blood
Not much of his life had been spent at
the posts, Most Of II had been on the
trail-in the traces-and the spirit OF the
mating season had only stirred him from
afar. But 1t was very near now. Gray
Wolf lifted her head. Her soft muzzle
touched the wound on his neck. and in
the sentleness OF that touch, in the low
sound in her throat, Raaan felt and heard
again that wonderful something that had
come with the caress of the woman's
hand and the sound OF her voice.
He turned, whining. his back bristllng.
his head high and defiant OF the wilder
ness which he faced. Cray Wolf trotted
close at his side as they entered into the
gloom Of the forest
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VOLTS foreleg, close to the body.
form leaped out Of the pack and drove
straight for his throat He had just time
to throw his shoulder 10 the attack. and
for moment the two rolled over and
over In the snow. They were up before
the excitement of sudden battle had
drawn the pack from the feast. Slowly
they circled about each other. their
white fangs bare, their yellowish backs
bristllng like brushes. The fatal ring of
wolves drew about the fighters.
1t was not new to Kazan. A dozen
times he had sat in rings like this, wait
ing for the final moment. More than
once he had fought for his life within the
circle 1t was the sledge-dog way of
club or whip 1t always ended in
death. Only one fighter could come out
alive. Sometimes both died.
And there was no man here-only that
fatal Gordon of waiting white-fanged
demons, ready to leap upon and tear to
pieces the first of the fighters who was
thrown upon his side or back. Kazan
was a stranger, but he did not fear those
that hemmed him in. The one great law
of the pack would compel them TO be
fair.
He kept his eyes only on the big gray
leader who had challenged him. Shoulder
to shoulder they continued to circle.
Where few moments before there had
been the swapping of Jaws and the rend-
ing Of flesh there was now silence. Soft
footed and soft-throated mongrel ioC5
from the South would have snarled and
growled. but Kazan and the wolf were
still, their ears laid forward instead Of
back, their tails FREQ and buuhy.
Suddenly the wolf struck In with the
swiftness of lightning, and his jaws, came
together with the sharpness OF steel
striking steel. They missed by an inch.
In that same instant Kazan darted In
the side, and like knives his teeth gashed
the VOLTS flank
They circled again, their eyes growing