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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
Cemeteries Where Women Gossip.

Friday, the Sabbath of the Moslems, when all true believers of the mascu- line gender make point of going to church. their wives, sisters and daugh. ;ers resort to the cemeteries and vail for the dead. But all their time is no, spent in weeping, and sorrow is not the only emotion they display on these oc. casions. They take with them punches and garlands of flowers and decorate the graves of their relatives and pray and weep over the dead for time. Then when this pious duty is perform ed they gather in little groups and have d good time gossiping about the living
 Thus the day of mourning is very popu. lar among the Moslem women. It gives them almost the only opportunity they have of cultivating the acquaintance of their neighbors
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
Crowns by Wholesale.

It is told of one of the ancient kings of Egypt that his coronation proces sion occupied whole day in passing through the city of Alexandria and that 32OO crowns of gold were carried by the servants. One crown was three feet in height and twenty-four feet in circumference. There were also car ried in the procession sixty-four suits of golden armor. two boots of gold four and half feet in length; twelve golden basins. ten large vases of per. fumes for the baths. twelve ewers fifty dishes and large number of ta' bles-all of gold. Twenty-three of the 3.2O0 crowns were valued at 1884 400 and it is not surprising that the pro- cession was guarded by 90.000 soldiers St. James Gazette.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
EXPLOSIVES OF WARFARE.
To Great Extent They Are Develop
 ment of Fireworks.

j. War is a wholesale fireworks cele- bration. 4 giant frecracker is really a dangerous bomb. and rife grenades are but small rockets. carrying high explosives and fired from rifles. Great fort destroying projectiles look simply like gigantic rockets.
 The first magazine gun was Ro- man candle. The first projectile pro- pelied by an explosive was rocket. The first shrapnel was bomb dis charging luminous stars instead of bul. tets
 Modern warfare is. so to speak. a development of Fourth of July ideas.
 However. gunpowder-the first ex- plos;ve-was itself mere play stuff for at least thousand years before any body thought of using it for war pul. poses. It was commonly employed ill China for fireworks and crackers dur. ing the earliest centuries of the Chris tian era. The bombs nowadays drop. ped by military aviators are children's $ torpedoes magnifed to make them deadly.
 Really an incendiary bomb was the famous Greek fire" of the crusaders
 It has been said that shrapnel is q modified fireworks bomb. It has the form of cylinder. which. at dis tance from the gun muzzle suitably timed by q fuse. blows its own head of. throwing out 25O or more lead bull. lets that travel on their own account with velocity of 400 feet a second.- Philadelphia Record.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
PIONEER WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY
SUFFERS APOPLECTIC STROKE
Mrs. Ed Wood, One of the Earliest Sea1lers in the Town, Drops Dead While Talking with Acquaintance at Home nD Mckinley Avenne.

Mrs Ed Wood, one of the pioneer residents of Valdez, died suddenly this morning about 1l:30 o'clock at her home on Mckinley street.
 Mrs. Woods was engaged in con- versation with an acquaintance when she suddenly fell to the floor and ex- pired almost immediately. A physi- elan was summoned, but on arrival it was found that she had suffered an apoplectic stroke and that death had been almost instantaneous. MT. Wood is at Shoup bay and friends have gone down there to break the sad news to him.
 Mrs. Wood was one of the earliest settlers in Valdez. Arriving here in 1898, she has resided here since that time continuously. She has been identified with the growth of the town, having been an active worker in every project for the npbuilding of the community. During her long res- idence here she has gained a wide circle of friends, who will mourn her loss. She was true friend to those in distress. every ready to extend a helping hand, and her taking away will be a distinct loss to the comnRl- nifty.
 The sympathy of the community will go out to the bereaved husband, who has lost a devoted companion and helpmate.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
PLAN SAFE TRANSFER
 EUROPE'S SECURITIES

A leading New York surety com pany announces a plan for the safe transfer of securities from Europe to this country. The scheme contem- plates the destruction of stocks and bonds on the other side in the pres ence of European bankers, the Amer ican agents, the American consul and a representative of the surety com pany, and the insurance of docu- ment describing the destroyed secur- ities. These documents are to be for warded here and application made for the issuance of new stock certificates, the presentation being accompanied by surety bond.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

kon about twenty-two miles. It emp ties into Dip creek about ten miles from its head. This creek in turn empties into the Klotassin on the other side of the divide from Isaac creek. Isaac creek flows into the Yukon and has number of trib- utaries, all of which have not been prospected but have been staked. At least six hundred claims have been staked and recorded in the district.
 When I left they had discovered pay on at least six claims on Rude creek. Mat Noonan representing Sid Barrington's interests has located a pay streak on number eleven below. It will run at least $1.25. to the square foot. Bed rock is reached at forty feet. The ground is frozen. The formation is a granite with a porphyry sand, which lays on top of the bedrock. Whenever this sand {! is found it carries pay.
 "On the lower end of twelve Steph- enson and Leslie sunk pit forty feet into the rock and drifted in about ten feet when they ran onto strata of this porphry sand about five feet in thickness. It will average from five to six cents the pan. No work has been done below this claim. own number 19 below and have re- fused an offer of one thousand dol lars for it.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
RETURNED MINER TELLS
 ABOUT NEW GOLD STRIKE

The Skagway Alaskan says:- Jack Enright, steward on the s. $. Yukon for the past three years and an old steamboat man of the A. Y. N. Co.,, returned to Whitehorse today from Rude Creek, where he has been prospecting his claims during the winter months.
 In speaking of the new strike on Rude Creek, Mir. Enright said; II reached there by dog team about the seventh of December, having been outfitted at Dawson. I arrived at the mouth of Issac creek which emp ties into the Yukon about forty miles below Selkirk and found settlement L,consisting of fifteen or twenty cab tfps and telegraph station. At that time the only pay dirt that had been located was at Discovery at Rude creek. The discoverers are Jens Rude and George Jenson who made the find late last summer.
 "They worked the claims and took out about fifty ounces. in short time but weather conditions were not fav- orable for a winters work and it was necessary to cease their operations The discovery made by these men caused quite stampede into the dis trict. The whole creek was staked in . very short Aime. There must have been fifty claims staked.
 Rude creek lies back of the Yu-
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
TIDE TARLEs FOR APRIL.

The following table IS cOmp11eu TUT high and low tides in Valdez Bay. High, 7:17 am, 76; s:98 pm, ". Low, 1:22 am, 3.4; 2:05 pm, 10.
 Friday, April 2S. High, 9:47 am, 7.7; 1e:05 pm, 9.1. Low, 3:46 am, IA; SAY pm, 1.3.
 Saturday, April go. High, 1O:42 am, 7.9; 10:40 pm, 9.6. LOW, 4:36 am, O.5; 4:28 pm, 1.5.
 Sunday, .<pril 80. High, 1l:29 am. so; 11:13 pm, 9.9. Low, 5:1s am, 0.3: 5:04 pm, 1.7.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

"Where did you get that chicken you had for dinner yesterday?"
 "Looky here, boss; if you's axin' jes' out O. inquisitiveness tain no use O. wastin' time on; if you's holdin' an 'vestigation you's got to staht in by provin' dat I had any chicken foh dinnah in de fust place. ."-Washing- ton Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
Let Her In on This.

T believe a man should be master in his own house." said the newly mar ried man. There can be only one head in a family, and mean to be it. |"
 That's a very good idea" answered his friend, who had been married more years than the other had lived. "a very good idea indeed. Have you spoken to your wife about it?"-St, Louis Post Dispatch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

"The Celebrated Scandal,"' with Betty Nansen the.royal actress from Copenhagen in her first made-in- America photo play at the Empress tonight. She is assisted by Edward Jose and an all-star cast. Five acts commencing at S:10 sharp.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

New Spring Coats just arrived or
 the last boat at B. Winters t
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
Ire. L.avss and Water.

Ash leaves are capable of taking up more water than those of most other trees Ip hundred pounds of ash leaves are eighty.flve of water. in the same weight of beech leaves seventy i've, of maple sixty. of pine fourteen and of fir ten.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
Naturally So.

"She's been so conceited since they managed to get a player piano."
 "Wel. dear. player piano owners do as general thing put on airs."-Bal' umore American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

A nice assortment of evening gowns and millinery just received at B. Winters. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez Drug Store. f
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

Bristles in your teeth? Not if you buy a guaranteed tooth brush at the Owl. II
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug Company. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

Banquet Steel Ranges, plain ant polished tops, at Mead's. t
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-28

Valdez Drug Company has a fine line of School Stationery. t1
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
NEAR FIGHT OCCURS
COMMITTEE NEE TING
REpRESENTATINE EDWARDS
AND TREaR CLASH OVER
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Frear Declared that iiufton Ought
u he President and Edwards
Predicted That He Mould New
or isc Nominated.

WASHINGTON. Jau 25.A dis
eussion over Senator Burton's pres
idential candidacy caused a lively
row today before the house rivers
and harbors committee concerning
the proposed improvement of the
Trinity river in Texas.
Congressman Edwards of Georgia
and Congressman Frear of Wiscon-
sin ciashed Frear declared that
Burton ought sto be president and
Edwards predicted that he would
never be nominated for the place.
Representative Summers OF Dallas
presented the Trinity project. He
said he thought the Dallas business
men would show their loyalty 20 the
project by cooperating to the ex-
tent of one million dollars.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
DEMAND PROTECTION
FOR AMERICAN LIVES
TO THAT EFFECT
To HE PRESENTED M CiT-
TlL.NES'S COM ENTloN.
4 Committee VIII Also Be Sent o.
WASHINGTON to urge that Amcri-
cans ir Mexico BE- Pro-
tecsed.

FL PAso, Texas. January IS
RESOLUTIONS calling on the Amer
can government for protection FOR the
lives and property OF IT'S citizens in
Mexico will be presented 10 the con
vention OF the Ameiisaw National
Livestock association which openeti
mere today.
The resolutions are now In the
hands of a Subcommittee.
the association inteads - send a
committee TO Washington 70 ask for
protection of Amerieha oatilcmen N
the southern repehlic
Federal control OF public grazing
lands as L means Of eliminating the
friction between the eattlemen ana
sheepmen was recommended by
President u. II. Heard IN his annurl
address.
About three hundred dclegates are
in attendance. a lafge delegation
from the salt Lake convention of
the National Wool Growers is also
here.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
GERMANY IS PLANNING
RENEWAL Of AIR RAIDS

her from the honc of her maternal
grandparents. Mr. and N,~. q g..
oake~, In this city late yesterday
afternoon. slaughter aud the girl
went to Bcrwyn IA an aniomobiI,'
where they boarded santa fc train.
While az Berwyn Slaughter dressed
thc girl ~ hoy. shortly after
they boarded the ;rain tire porter
penetrated the Disguise ani inform
the conductor. The conductor noti-
fled the officers ut Purcell aud when
the train reached there slaughter
WAS arrested.
sIaagltier tnsiay started q hancas
corpus procccsiing. fop his own re-
lease and at the same time began n
legal fight to obtain possession OF
the girl. The child l. being earc,i
lor by friends here.
The oakes sas they have a writ.
ten agreement signei hs the girls
nloths to take care of her.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
DALLAS MAN
K|ONAPS CHILD
". u. SLAUGHTER ARRESTED
AND PLACED ~ JaII
At ARDAfOEE.
CHILD DISGUISED
With the Girl Dressed as "A hoy
Slaughter Attempted 10 Escape
with Her on santa ic Train.
Arrest ut Purcell.

ARDMGRE. Okla. Jan. ..p.---N
u. Slaughter of Dallas, who l. In jail
hero on charge of kidnapping his
tcn.year-oid granddaughter, Dorths
Slaughter, dressed the gir. In boys
clothing to save detection. The dis
enise was penetrated by negro
porter while the couple were riding
in smoking apartment of a Santa Fs
passenger train. Slaughter was ar
rested when the train reached Pur-
cell, Oklahoma.
The girl is the daughter ~ G. e.
slaughter, formerly connected with
the Mercantile National Bank Of
Pueblo. Colorado. Both he and his
father, ". u. Slaughter, were In
diete,l. by the federal grand Jury fol-
lowing the banks failure. The
younger man is believed Go be in
Mexico. The elder slaughter gave
himself up but is fighting eNtradi-
ton to Colorado.
W. II. Slaughter, who gays he has
the written permission of the girls
mother TO care for the child, took
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
MAKE ATTACK
ON OUNK|RK
GEHN,N aNItroRS ATTACKED
FRENCH SEAPORT EARLY
THIS MORNING
PLANE SHOT DOWN
Dne of the Attacking ieropianes is
Renortsi Ia Have Been nsuught
povn Near German Lines
iiy british Ayiatsr~.

LONDON. Jan. 25.--Four Ger
nlan air raids ou English channel
points In the last forty -eight hours
aud the bonbardment Of numerous
villages behind the French lines arc
believed to mark the beginning ot
- new TeutonIc air campaign.
IN official statement issued by
the admiralty tosIaf reported that "a
raid was made by two tserpian aero
planes on the French seaport oI
Dunkirk nj O'Clock this morning.
The admiralty statement added that
a German aeropianc, Is,-ssibll, nne
of lho~. engaged ia the raid or, Dun
kirk. WIS shot down BY British avia-
tor at y o'clock I'm Nieupott, eight
ecn miles from Duakirk and short
distance from the German lines. The
bunkirk raid was foiioaed bs two
Bombing expeditions Ia british coast
towns and an attempt to attack
Dover yesterday afternoon in which
the Germans were driven off by the
british. The type of machine nSesl
IN these sttarks was not reported
in the official statements issueti
either nj Berlin or London.
London asronautic writer's be-
Iieted. however. that Germany has
equipped the tokkers ~ that they
can carry heavy cargoes of bombs
aud plans system of raids b, them
to tefrofize treuci, and English civ
ilians.
Dunkirk, until recently. WAS tins,
headquarters OF the stan of one 81
the British armies in noftifera
France Since the removal of these
headquarters the town has been
practically immune from attack hf
airmeu. The first great air battle
of the war was fought ON the sand
dunes between Dunkirk and Ni@si-
port when the British are said to
have engaged and defeated "a Ger
mnn notilia Of aircraft
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
VILLA STARTS
4 NEW REVOLT 7
BANDIT CHIEF ORGANIZING CAV
AIRY REGIMENT TO con
TiNUE RESOLTTION.
PLAN AN ELECTION
Carranza Is said to BE Planning for
Holding 4 Congressional Flee
ton Soon--tiiIa Is aonfis-
eating Livestock.

Ell PASO, Texas, January 2J.---
General Carranza is trying tn es-
tablish an effective defacto govern
ment at Caerresaro, it was reported
here today.
At the same time Francisco Villa
is organizing u cavalry regiment as
the nucleus for new revolution.
According to refugees arriving
here the task of bringing Mexico omt
of anarchy, poverty and disease
which exists in many sections has
been eclipsed by the necessity fos'
suppressing malcontcnts.
Carranza is planning congress
sionaI election. The capital will be
rc-established i'm Mexico City aftei.
the election.
Villa is said to he recruiting bis
forces on the Hearst ranch In the
state OF chihuahua. He is said To
be confiscating horses and food sup
plies. Nothing has been heard from
the Carranza troops sent out to bring
Villa in dead or alive
The Carranza governor of the
state OF Chihuahua has taken direct
charge OF the sale of food supplies
there to avoid extort:onate prices, it
is reported.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
CHICAGO MAN STEALS
CHILD FROM WIFE
W. l.. CRAWLEY kIDNaPS 1s.
NOvTHS-OID son FROM
HOME NIFE'S PARENTS.
knocks His Wife Down and Beats
Up "a Man Who Tried 10 Inter-
fere--Escaped in nm
Automobile.

DALLAS. Texas. Jan 25--A state
wide search ls being made today
fer w l.. Crawley OF Chicago. for
mer Midway football star. who kid
mapped his eighteen -months-old son
at the home OF his wife'a parents
here after knocking his wlfe ioN n
ard beating up an unidentified men
who attempted 10 interfere
Crawley fled 30 Fort Worth ia a
large touring car. where he cnansed
to a Ford. All trace was lost II
him after he started northward nom
Fort Worth
County officials aud TIE police
throughout North Texas have been
notified 20 be- on the aies..
The kidnapping vas the culnIna-
tion OF divorce proceedings filed
against crawley by Mrs cofinne
Crawley, The petition statei that
they wers married IN Texarkana
end after living a few months IN
Chicago Mrs. crawley was forced 10
leave because OF Crawieg's inhum1n
treatment. She lived vito sister
at Champagne. III. untii few
weeks ago when she came 20 Dallas
10 reside with her father. L. -.
Ayers. Texas and Pacific rsilway
official.
An injunction was granted IN the
district court here prohibiting craw-
ley from taking the child eaf ~ the
state.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
EXPORTS TO MEXICO
SHOW AN INCREASE
BUSINESS SHOWED a MARKED
IMPROVEMENT DURING LAST
HALF OF 1918.
Experts for That Period Amounted
20 81 ,3f7,520. Compared with
Sf,2GS,1.S i'm 1911.

LAREDO. Texas. Jan. 25.-The
semi-annual report OF the United
States collector of customs in the
Laredo district. forwarded TO Wash
ington today. shows that exports in
20 Mexico for the last six months
OF 1915 amounted TO S4,2l9,52s,
compared with Si.1gs779 for the
same period the previous y1sr The
imports from Mexico for the last
six months of 1915 totaled s2.-
o8s.1S5, against S2.53S,007 for the
last six months OF tho previous year.
There Fas 10 railway communiea-
tion between Mexico and laredo and
Brownsville for Two uoaths IN the
last half OF 1915.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
STEEL STOCK BOOSTED ON
PROSPECTS OF DIVIDEND

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-United
States Steel common was boosted
to 50 today a few hours before the
directors we're to meet and reach
a decision regarding dividend Be-
lieving that dividend would be
declared steel stock held the entire
market for the first few hours after
the opening. Fifty-eight Thousand
shares of steel common ehangca
hands by ] o'clooE 0as rang
ing from S4 to S5. There as a
most persistent rumor on the oof
Of the exchange that the corpora -sa
would declare a regular diVideha q
1 ga cents.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
|NSAT|SF FACTORY TURN
| IN THE LUS|TAN|A CASE

preparedness played an important
part. There was no decision.
1t is not believed that either will
take the matter into court. Never
is said to have been invited By
Beale 70 como outside" following
an argument at the Metropolitan
Club. Capt Templin Potts. re-
tired naval officer, DR.. Carey T.
Grayson. White House physician.
and other prominent persons saw
the fight. DR.. Grayson is said to
have been passing the club aud gave
first aid to the combatants after
they were picked up Scared, bruised
and dirty
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
MRS. GALT'S HOME
OFFERED FOR SALE
HOUSE WHERE THE PRESIDENT
MOOED AND WON His BRIDE
II To BE SOLD.
Through Real Estate Company The
New First Lady OF the Land -
Offering Place IA the
Highest Bidder.

WASHINGTON. Jan - The
house In which President Wilson
vooed and won his bride is fo- sale.
Mrs. Edith Boiling Calf Wilson
through real estate COMPANY aas
offered her dwelling at i5oS TwsE-
tieth street. Northwest. to The high
est bidder \ small card aaRoune-
irg the sale has been placed ia the
window OF the drawing room in
which Mrs. Gait and the president
we're married II is not known
whether the sale includes the fur
Eishings OF the home.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
ENGLAND MAY ESTABLISH
M A STRINGENT BLOCKADE

LONDON, January 25-on the
eve of the formal discussion of the
blockade on Germany
in parliament France is urging the
definite establishment of the block
ade without waiting -or further pro-
tests from neutral countries. The
position or Lord Beresfofd and other
leaders for a strong blockade policy
has. been greatly strengthened by the
attitude OF the French leaders. IL
is said sentiment is strongly grove
ing in the house of commons in faV-
or OF forcing the government to take
immediate action.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
TRIAL OF NIGHT RIDERS
IS SUDDENLY TERMINATED

NEW MADRID. Mo. Jan. "a
The eases against the night riders
we're suddenly terminated TODAY
when the attorneys for the state
and defense reached an agreement
to accept pleas Of guilty from the
seven remaining men 70 be- tried
and ailow them 10 go free uuder
paroles.
The seven leaders who have al
ready been convicted and sentenced
viii NOT be affected BY this arrange
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-25
RAILROAD MAN FOUND
WITH SKULL CRUSHED
JOHN L. BURKE OF DALLAS
KILLED SOME TIME DUR
ING THE NIGHT.
Police Believe That Robbery Was
the Motive for the Crime--Slull
Had Been Fractured.

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 25.-John
+. Burke, aged So, night watch
man for the Houston and Texas Cen
trail railway company, was found
dead early this morning at the north
approach to the tretsle over Trini-
ty river in the outskirts of the city.
His skull had been fractured with
a blow from a heavy weapon and
he had been checked. The police
believe that robbery was the motive
for the crime. Burke formerly
worked as railroad man in Mon
tana, Missouri and Iowa.