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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06
GOVERNOR sTRONG's REPORT.

Governor Strong's annual report to Congress shows healthy condition in Alaska. He shows that the value of all shipments between Alaska and the United States and other countries for 1915 is$7O,113,916 as against $61.- O76,692 for the previous year, an in-
 crease of over $9,000,000. For in- stance, he says:
 Shipments of domestic merchan- |dise from the United States to Alas ka showed a decrease of $525, ,482 from the previous fiscal year. while shipments of domestic merchandise
 from Alaska to the United Sates in- creased $3,172,154; shipments of
 foreign gold and silver increased $92S,5SS; and the values of fish
 shipments of all kinds showed an in-
 crease of $4,023,411. There was also
 an increase in copper production of
 $1,305,593 over the previous year.
 "The volume of business for the
 present calender year will show a
 large increase over the calendar year
 1914. In almost every line of industry the shipments of merchandise from the United States to Alaska have been larger than ever before. This is due principally to the increased mining activity in the vicinity of Juneau and elsewhere on the southeastern coast. In southwestern Alaska or the third judicial division, there are also i'm creased commercial activity due to the increased production of ores in the Valdez and Copper River dist ricts. There is considerable activity in the Cook Inlet country, due to a large influx of people to that section and the building of the government and trade and commerce, in that section shows a advance. The volume of business of Seward Peninsula and Alaska shows little change as compared with last year, and the total merchandise tonnage of interior Alaska, including Iditarod, Fairbanks and Yukon River points is about the same as in 1914"
 :. It is interesting to note that of the total value of $20,792,609 for domes- tic merchandise shipped from the United States to Alaska, one item was coal, valued at $255,810. whilst Alaska excels in coal and another item was lumber, whilst Alaska is
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06
ALASKA SHOULD HAVE
 REGIMENT OF INFANTRY

In the statement of proper mili- tary policy for the United States. prepared by the War College Division, general stan corps, in compliance with instructions of the Secretary of War, Alaska Is not overlooked. The statement has been submitted to con- gress. The full report deals with military preparedness and equipment as advocated by President Wilson. Regarding Alaska it says:
 "The garrison of Alaska should be large enough to support the authority of the United States and, in time of war to maintain our sovereignty over small selected area of the territory. Az work on the Alaska railroad pro- gresses the military needs of Alaska will increase. H.
 'Ih time of peace it Is believed that the Alaska garrison should be one regiment of infantry (1916 officers and men), to be increased later as circumstances demand"
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06
DECLARED TRUTH USELESS

One victim of Mondays nights de tention of suburban trains in widest and darkest Westchester, says the New York Times, reports that to his assorted physical discomforts there was added the torture of new dis quietude as to the state of the nation. He says that as he sat there in a cold, dark car, snuggled as deeply as possible in his overcoat, his atten- |tion was thrice distracted from the beating of snow against the window
 beside him by remarks, in each case essentially the same, that were eX- changed by men, evidently near neighbors, who met by chance as they wandered restlessly through the stalled train. In all three instances one of the men asked the other in a tone indicative of real anxiety: How are you going to explain get ting home so late-by telling your wife the facts?" and the three replies were all in effect the same-"No, what would be the use? She would not believe it."
 Now, according to the narrator of this tale, the men who thus convers- ed were seemingly good average spec imens of the commuter type, who might be expected as much as any body else to be truthful with their wives. Yet from their conversation it was evident that, for good reason or bad, their wives had come to so distrust their veracity as to see lie in any excuse they gave for being late to dinner or for staying in town alone for an evening. A queer feat ure of the conversations according to him who heard them, was that not one of the men believed himself the sufferer from a special or individual wrong or that his wife was any diff ferent from any other woman. On the contrary they appeared to be ex- changing general remarks on the al- ways interesting subject of feminine and peculiarities. They indicated no resentment whatever at the incredulity with which their ex- plantations of absence whether true or false, were received, but treated it as a part of every husbands expe- rience.
 Is it? The purveyor of the anec- dote is a bachelor and his opinion ;s therefore of no value, but there is some justification for his assertion that if such is the usual or even ire quent status of American husban ds and wives the situation is serious one, and ominous for the future of the republic.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

The piles of snow which had ac- cumulated on the sidewalks of the business streets during the past few days has nearly all been removed, as scores of men have been busy since morning. There are few property owners who have neglected to clear the walks in front of their places and they will no doubt receive a warning from Chief Scott. A new wrinkle to render the shoveling of snow easier was noticed this morning when Otto Kanitz employed a saw to cut the hard snow in squares just the right size to fit the shovel.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06
GREEK ROYAL FAMILY
 WILL TAKE NO CHANGES

ATHENS: We believesthat it is better for Greece to make sure of keeping what she has got than to risk what she has just won in two bloody, costly wars in the hope of getting more."
 One of the Princes of Greece was speaking to the Associated Press cor explaining the attitude of the royal family of Greece, which has been so much criticised, both here and abroad This is no time," he "for a mere fox to be greedy. There are too many lions and tigers on the prowl for prey these days"
 If the royal estate of the House of Schleswig Holsten Glucksburg Son. dergurg (to give 1t its full title) is at stake in Greece at this moment, as many are ready to affirm, the fact would never have appeared from the demeanor of most of those concern ed. If 1t Is just conceivable, as has been declared, that the events of the next few months may leave Constan- tine I. King of the Hellenes, without a throne, the King himself seems to be the last person in Greece to sus- pect any such possible eventuality.
 He is undoubtedly we'll aware that the tenacity with which he has held to his determination that Greece shall not enter the European struggle has brought on one political crisis after another in the internal affairs of the country. He has followed with ap- parent equanimity the creation and fall of one Cabinet after another and cannot be ignorant that he has set himself against the expressed will of the people and has driven their idol, Eliptherois Constantine Venizelos into a political corner from which there is no outlet; that he is looked upon as having become in fact If not in name, the sole dictator of the fu- ture destinies of Greece. But it can mot be seen that anything of this dis concerts him for a moment. He sim ply waits what he considers the ap- lpropriate moment for action.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916
VALUE OF RAILROADS

In the Wall Street Journal a civil engineer of wide experience in rail- road construction offers the sugges- ton that the radicals who have been furthering the matter of physical valuation of all the railroads of the country are due to a serious disap- pointment when the program is fin- ally carried into effect. He believes that the effect of making a physical valuation will be a sharp advance in freight rates, because the showing will be that at present rates the roads are not permitted to earn leg itimate interest on the actual value of their property.
 It is his belief that the physical value of the railroad properties of the United States is far higher than the present market prices of stocks and bonds of such companies. Tho basis of valuation fixed by the inter- state commerce commission is the cost of reproduction of the properties. The courts have decided that in fix ing the values appreciation in the value of realty holdings must be talk on into consideration. The realty Holdings of the railroads are worth very much more now than the origi- nal cost to the comrades.
 It has been suggested that the in creased value of the real property may be offset by charges for depre- siation. But so far as railroad prop critics are concerned there has been no depreciation. Railroads are in better shape by far than when they were first constructed. The require nents of business and regulation of state commissions have forced the keeping of the roadbeds in the best possible condition at all times.
 It is a fact, frequently referred to, that the capitalization of the rail- roads of the United States is far low
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

You had us badly worried, Corny, about that pioneer stuff; but after yesterdays revelations by "Rufneck, '' no more for us. To think that you have only been here little over four years and telling everyone in Valdez how to regulate their affairs. Keep her. up, old sport: our little facts make your figures look like thirty cents.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

If you were sick would you go to a blacksmith for repairs? Why then do you go to a lung mechanic for in- formation about machinery when you have mechanics in your home town that stay there the year around, and depend on their knowledge and abil- ity to do your work satisfactorily for their existence as mechanics. Try the Valdez Iron Works; we are here to ~."n with ynnr ,sssistance, th-tf.-
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06
I SHOULD WORRY.

I've paid for the butter, the eggs and
 the meat, I've paid for the gas, the ice and the heat; I've even paid doctors and dentists
 bills, too; I've settled with plumbers before
 they were through, I've paid all the servants, the taxes
 and rent, And another big bill that the drug
 gist just sent; But the hardest of all, and I'm wor-
 ried at that, Is the bill that I'll get for my wife's
 winter hat.
 Louisville Courier-Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

The steamer Alameda brought 22 tons of freight for Valdez today. At 75 cents per ton this would amount to exactly $16.50. It has bee4 nine days since a steamer landed at our dock going north. In his next array of figures the editor of Stardust will show how the city has lost $3,O00,000 since the first of January by not hav- ing control of the wharfage.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

What puzzles us Is how a man could have left Juneau several months before the election and still helped Mayor Valentine save the city $60,000 by running a Guggenheim paper in Cordova and handling the Truth like Ia Commoner in Valdez. We give it up. Produce the figures, Capri.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

CT than those of any railroads else where in the world. James J. Hill has repeatedly called attention to the fact that the value of necessary ter minals for a great railroad system is actually more than the cost of con- struction of the lines. There is lit fle' water in railroad capitalization in this country now.--Post-Intelligen-
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

It now develops that the champion of the working man on the Star was one of the most consistent union fighters in Juneau, until the unions combined and smoked him out. One by one the rose leaves fall
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

And now it comes out that our old friend down on Wick's Donation at one time was editor of a Guggenheim paper for seven years. And to think of all the worry that man has caused us by yelling corporation tool' and "sycophantic slave" in his paper.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

Fix up the old adding machine, Corny; your total column isn't work ing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-06

Every time Corny opens his mouth he puts his hind foot in it, figurative-
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
EX-ALD. O'BRIEN
MAY RUN AGAIN
AS REPUBLICAN

Petitions are being circulated in
the Terth ward indusiny The candi.
dacy OF Patrick O'Brien for no.nina.
ton a. alderman on tfc Republican
ticket. Mr. O'Brien served IN the
common courcIl for six years a. a
Democrat, being defeated for re
election two years age.
The Tenth ward is Republican.
ordinarily. by about 1900 majority
and hat il the reason Mr. O'Brien's
friends and admirers want him to
change his party alliance. After
being staunch democrat and an
lri shman for 50 many years, Mr.
O'Bricu H. Aiding II difficult to cast
on the old party lies
lie has called n meeting Of Tenth
ward representative Democrats TO
be held in his home next Tuesday
night. when he will rlt The PROPOSE
ton up To- them and abide by their
decision. Grand Riyer-ave business
men are active In circulating petit
lions I'm his behalf on two differ
ent occasions committees have wait.
cd upon him, urging him 10 enter
the race on The Republican ticket.
Aid. Charles Wing AMI FREQ W.
Robinson are tho Pre- sem ward rep
resenta1iyc3.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
ANTI-BOOZE
LEAGUE HAS
WAR MAP"
,Centinu~d from Page one)


column next fall Is one OF the i'm
portant features ot the An,i-saloon
league battle.
The map hangs on the wall in the
Office OF Walter j. Hoshal. Wayne
county campaign manager for the
league. Blue strings. strung from
the river TO the north end city lim-
its, mark OF the wards, brown
lines drawn upon the map sepa.
rate precinct from precinct. and va
rious colored tacks. each color hav-
ing a separate meaning. designate
the location OF the various divisions
Of the workers.
Black-headed tacks indicate the
locations OF churches that have sig
nifled a willingness TO supply work
ers for the dry cause. Tacks bear.
Ing checkered black and white
heads designate churches where
dry" bulletin boards have been
placed in public view, telling Of the
evils OF drink and asking for sup
port for the dry cause; red tacks
indicate the location Of lawn
boards" where householders have
placed bulletins on their lawns pro
vided by the campaign committee.
Tacks of another color will be used
10 designate locations OF factories
that have been organized in the
dry work. as soon as the campaign
ers have achieved this object.
The campaign Is one OF the most
thorough political campaigns the
city and county has ever expert
enced. Working on an organized
plan, IL is the intention OF Mr.. Ho-
shall and the committee 10 know
how every voter. in every precinct,
In every ward of the city will vote
when the liquor amendment comes
up in November.
In each OF the 100 Protestant
churches that have signifled their
Willingness TO assist in the battle,
the ministers have been requested
ing TO canvass their precincts, and
ask support for the movement. II
is hoped that by this method ev'
cry voter will be reached, and his
views on the prohibition question
whether favorable, unfavorable or
Indifferent will be discovered. This
will enable the dry workers 10 know
where they must exert their great
est efforts.
An army OF challengers. for work
at the polls, is made up OF 500 men
none OF whom is less than zoe
pounds in weight and most OF whom
are at least six feet in height. The
league win cover each precinct
thoroughly with challengers or
election day and see that no bal
lot box "stufing" or other illega
practices are INDUCED in
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
BRIDGE TO BE
READY AUGUST /

p CommNsloner Fenkell expects 10
have the temporary Belle Isle bridge
ready for trafflc by the first Of Aug
ust. The swing Ia being placed in
position now The contractors Nave
experienced considerable trouble In
securing material and labor causing
delay In the construction work.
81 have no fault 10 find with the
manner in which the Gambler Dock
a Dredge Co. is doing the work. -
said the commissioner. Saturday
morning The work is being push
ed Just as fast as possible
Mayor Marx will lead an automo-
bile parade over the new bridge the
arst day II In completed The mayor
will he the nrst 10 cross the bridge
Commissioner Fenkell has not yet
decided how the automobile traric
will be regulated. but he Is consid.
erine the exclusion OF machines dur
ing certhIn hours as safety mea.
sure Scr the benefit OF parents who
want to take their children 10 the
island for romp.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
LUNAR ECLIPSE
PULLED OFF ON
SCHEDULE TIME

Friday nights lunar eclipse was
1 event OF especial interest to as
tcncmers. lovers and burglars.
There's . dark night before US"
Whispered Jimmy, "the Rat" to his
prch climbing pal.
# They were foiled. however, for the
:}4pOn WIS not totally obscured, and
~ little Old Man that resides up
't1ere flashed an accusing eye from
~ edge of the curtain that yelled
~ larger part Of his habitation, and
caused the perpetrators Of fell deeds
NJ pAuse In their villainous intents.
LAYERS In secluded places ceased
~ swear by lyon neon" as a dark
oo1ential body interposed it's form
41tween the luminous orb of night
and the eyes of ordinary human be-
1ngs on this planet.
ouperstitiocs persons viewed the
ocllp5e, which wa. only a three.
QUnrtcrs obscuration. with awe, for
eclipses are still regarded as I'll
0suens by the unenl!ghtened.
Students Of the sky. professional
md amateur astronomers. were
abroad with their telescopes. and
many paid 4 nickel to obtain a bet.
lor view OF the phenomenon. The
eclipse started at S:41 r. m. and
ended at 1894 a. m. when the Old
Mans fat, round face again appear
~, the eyes blinking as unstesdily
~ those Of milady after a beaut
aap.
From. Portland, Me-. TO Ogden.
Utah. astronomers. lovers and bur.
glars watched the temporary retire
ment Of the Old Man. and saw him
return to the fullest measure Of his
glory.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15

en- Friday. brings the total OF heat
fatalities up 10 &c victims since tie
hot spell started
Mr.. Brucker, who WAS widely
known In political circles, was for
four years secretary OF the late
Mayor Pingree He began his news
paper. career on the old Detroit Post
and Tribune. making specially OF
municipal affairs His wife was a
member OF the SchWeikart family.
we'll known In east side boating
circles.
Ophelia PitllnsM 80 years old. Z:
No al Frontensc blvd was over
come by the heat while planting
flowers in a garden in her. yard.
She died a few moments after beins
carried into the house hy neishbors.
After making al investigation Cor,
oner Rothacher declared II was a
case OF sunstroke.
c. A Rotbacker. 20 years old OF
No. 352 Hillger,ave died Friday
morning in Harper hospital. He was
stricken while a. work IN the Con
tinental Motor Co. plant Wedues
day, and in falling came IN contact
With an electric switchboard attach
ed 10 crane. II was az firSt
thought that he was elec,rocuted
until Coroner Rothacher held post
mortem examination Friday and de
clared that Rothacker succumoed
10 the extreme heat.
Two other persons who were over
come Friday, James Summers, IS
years old. address not known. and
Arcadia Latin. 81 years old, OF No
l07 Jos. Campau-ave., are expect
ed TO recover. Both were striker al
their work and are in the city re
ceiving hospital.
Children in the Women's hospital
and in the Children's Free hospital
were reported. Saturday noon, as
getting along comfortably no new
cases of heat p-ostration were 70
ported Saturday noon in the city
receiving hospital.
Reports OF persons being bitter
by dog have beep coming into police
headquarters al An alarming rate
Weather Observer Conger says
that the heat is slowly moderatins
from its high point and that condi
tions will be much more bearable
from now on. for a time at least.
From ! o'clock Saturday morning
until the temperature remained
stationary at 20 degrees. The min.
imum was reached al O'Clock
when the mefcury descended TO the
IS mark. At I Il was SO and by s
O'Clock II had reached ~.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
BY UNITED PRESS.

LONDON. July 1.-THE Germans.
at one point, have Deen forced back
To the third line OF their defense I'M
der smashing British blows, four
miles behind their original front.
Gen. Haig reported to the war ofrce
this afternoon.
Special dispatches from Paris this
afternoon reported that the Germans
have retired upon the French front.
adjoining the British, 10 the Guile
mont-Albert- Combles railway. The
retreat was made necessary by the
British advance.
"All is well al the British front,
said an official statement we
have pushed our rear from Fricourt
TO Mametz, capturing 1000 prison
ers, in "a hours. The total num-
Der OF prisoners since the beginning
OF our offensive is now 10000. In
addition We have taken large guam
titles of material"
The reference 10 the advance
made by the rear from Fricourt TO
Mametz emphasized the gains MADE
by the British in the lighting yester-
day. The first and second British
lines apparently have advanced well
beyond Mametz with the third run
ming through the wood where des'
perate hghting occurred.
No important new gains since
the issuance of last nights official
statement were claimed. nor were
they expected. Unoff1cial dispatches
from the front had reported that
heavy German counter-attacks had
slowed up the momentum OF the
new advance, though the British
were maintaining the positions cap
tured yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
Ry TINTED PRESS.

LONDON, July 15.-Heayy Ger
man counter-attacks slowed up the
momentum of the new British ad-
vance, in desperate fighting on the
ers-Longueval front last night.
The British encountered most
stubborn resistance after breaking
through the German second line and
were met by steady sheets OF ma
chine gun FIRE in the district north
of I.ongueval Notwithstanding
this determined opposition the Brit
ish troops continued to consolidate
their positions and break down
small German positions in hghting
that continued well into the night
The newly conquered positions. in
some cases on the slopes OF rolling
hills, whose ridges are held by the
Germans, are being made ready for
defense against even stronger en-
envy attacks.
The Germans poured hot artil-
lery fire upon the southern fringe
OF the Village OF Ovillers throughout
yesterdays fighting after most OF
the town itself had fallen into
British hands. Correspondents al
the British front reported hundred.
Of bodies lie buried beneath the
ruins of the town.
"The lighting for Oyillers has
been hard. bloody and close" said
one dispatch. Many OF our mer
died to gain yard or two OF the
earthwork. There have been fights
to the death between a handful Of
English or Irish soldiers and doz
en- or more Germans, meeting each
other In the darkness OF deep Gel
lars quarried out from the chali
subsoil.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
HAY NAMED TO
CLAIMS BENCH
Wilson Finds Place for Trouble
some Member of
House

WASHINGTON. July lE.-Presidenv
Wilson today nominated Congress.
man JamcS Hay. author 81 the new
army bill. OF Madison, Va. to Ice a
Judge On the United States court
OF claims
Congre ,sman HAY veteran mem
Der OF he house is chairman OF the
military committee. whose much
CT Cl>rd federalizeC militia bill
furnished the fame work for the
present army Reorganization plan.
Acceptance Of the position aud his
retirement ftOm congress Is expect
cd 10 be announced at once.
For several months Il has been
reported IN congressional circles
that the adm Illustration VAS trying
10 And a place for Hay Many OF
his policies have not agreed with
those Of the president.