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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
ANOTHER STORM
 HITS CALIFORNIA
City of Los Angeles Completely Iso- lated as Bridges Have Beon
 Washed Away by Torrents.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29.--Another storm Is sweeping over this section of the state and thousands of persons have been rendered destitute by be- ing driven from their homes by the floods. The streams are swollen into raging rivers and have carried away many railroad bridges, leaving Los Angeles completely isolated.
 Photographic advices from points along the coast between Redondo and the Mexican border state that tremerf- dous damage has resulted from the wind and rain storms. Several of the towns are under water and the peo- pie are marooned in their homes which are threatened with destruc- tion.
 The damage caused by the storm cannot be estimated as many of the rivers continue to rise and are food ing new districts. Trains are stalled in all directions and all business is at a standstill.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
MAYOR GILL AND
 LUND|N QUARREL
Prosecutor Calls Mayor Liar for Saying that He Failed to Prose-
 cute when Evidence Had.

SEATTLE, Jan. 28.-The trial and acquittal of Patrolman Margett has started a row between Mayor Gill and County Prosecutor Lundin which may result in the vice conditions here be- ing investigated by the grand jury.
 In a signed statement Prosecutor Landin asserted that the vice ring was fiourishing in Seattle as during no previous administration for years. He declares that the evidence of the patrolmen during the trial of Mar gett shows that Chief Lang had is- sued orders prohibiting arrests in certain districts showing that protec- tion was being extended by the police to certain property owners whose buildings were being used for immo,- al purposes. 1.. 7.
 Mayor Gill is characterized by tho prosecutor as an infamous liar fQe saying that Lundin had refused to act when the. police department had sul:- mitted evidence to him that the law was being violated. He has assert ed that the mayor has used every el- fort to have the case against tic Rainier club dismissed and has ia- terfered with the police departmen. in enforcing laws governing vice in the uptown districts.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
FIGHT BE MADE
 0N APPOINTMENT
selection of Reformer to Succeed Justice Lamar causes Sensation
 in Congressional Circles

WASHINGTON, D. c. Jan. 29..- The naming of Louis D. Brandeis by President Wilson to be associate jus tice of the United States Supreme court has created surprise in official and congressional circles and 1t is predicted that the reformer will not be confirmed in the appointment.
 The opposition to President Will sons choice has already become &C., tive and it is said that party lines will be ignored in the fight which is sure to develop in the senate, Brand eis is regarded as the extreme type of radical.
 It was reported that at party eau GUS held last night it was decided that Senator Wadsworth, of New York, chairman of the sub-judiciary committee, should handle the case and in the event that President Will son refused to withdraw Brandeis' name for office that a fight would be made against the appointment.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
TRAINS STALLED
 IN SNOW DRIFTS
Tunnels on Railroads in Montana arc
 Filling with Ice and Relief Trains Cannot Operate.

GREAT FALLS, Jan: 29.-Advices from many points in this state re- port that thousands of people are in precarious positions and 1t Is feared that scores will perish from the in tense cold. Tn many of the towns the supply of fuel has been exhaust ed and relief trains cannot rsach them.
 Trains which were dispatched dur ing Hull in the storm have been stalled in snow drifts by a second blizzard. It Is also reported that the tunnels through the mountains are filling with glaciers and that it may require days before traffic can be re- sumed after the storm subsidies and the tracks cleared. An army of workers are being kept busy in the tunnels but 1t is fe..red that soon the railroads will be unable to operate.
 Reports from all parts of the state tell of persons who arc missing and believed to have succumbed to the blizzard and intense cold. Several trainment who attempted to make their way to stations to summon re- lief for the stalled trains have failed to reach their destinations and 1t is believed that unless they have reach ed the shelter of some farmhouse that they are lost. t.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
SUBMARINES ARE
 AGAIN ACTIVE
Reported that Several Vessels HaSo Been Claimed ofY English Coast
 by Undersea Fighters.

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.---Amster- dam dispatches state that after a period of inactivity German subma- rines, are again ravaging commerce in the waters surrounding the British isles. Several vessels are reported to have been torpedoed and sent to tho bottom during the past two days
 The submarines are reported to have claimed many victims among the vessels which were detained off the Coast of Kent by the refusal of the British admiralty to show the navi- gators through the mine fields which were laid by German craft.
 It is also reported that unusual ae- tivity is manifest among the naval officers at Kiel and 1t is believed that the German fleet is preparing to raid the British coast.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-A son. sation was created in the Senate yes terday when Senator Walsh of Mon- tana denounced the seizure of Amer ican mails by the British government. He read an extract from the orders of the British government directing the commanders of British cruisers to search American mails in order that the British government might learn the trade secrets of American manufacturers and exporters.
 Senator Walsh is urging Q resolu- tion, which, if favorably acted upon by congress would require President Wilson to adopt drastic measures to prevent further interference on the part of British warships with mails of the United States to or from Eu- ropean countries. He declared that Britain was acting the part of pirate
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
SHERMAN WOULD
 MIX WITH JAPAN
Believes that America Should Inter fere to Prevent Japan Encroach-
 ing Upon Chinese Empire.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 20 Senator Sherman of Illinois has iD- troduced a resolution in the HoLse which declares that the United States cannot longer permit the encroacA- ment of Japan upon the Chinese ,m- pire without jeopardizing the rights of America in the Orient.
 In his introductory speech on the Senator Sherman stated that the manufacturers of Japan had captured the American cotton goo4s trade with China and the commercial interests of the United States were being crowded out of China through the activities of the Japanese.
 The Department of Commerce. se- cording to the senator. had hopes of a renewed export business betweaa the United States and China and be- lieved that an entirely different class of goods than that formerly export ed would find a good market in the ,-. .ent.
 The resolution provides that the American government enter pcptsst with the Japanese government against the recent demands made by that upon China for conces- sions in the iron ore fields.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
TEXAN CR|T|C|SES
 THE PRESIDENT
Minority Leader Declares that Demo. cratic Members Should Be Loyal
 to the Nations Chief.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.- Representative Mann of Illinois. lead CT of the minority party in the House, administered a stinging rebuke to Representative Martin Dies of Tex as, on the floor of the House yestcr- day afternoon, for his attack upon President Wilson.
 Representative Dies, who is an ar dent exponent of intervention in Mexico, had severely criticised Pres ident Wilson's New York speech rela- tive to the Mexican satuation. He asserted that the president was re- sponsible for the murders of Ameri- cans in the neighboring republic, as he had failed to take decisive action to secure the punishment of the mur- derers.
 The minority leader, in sarcastic speech which was intended to raise the ire of the Texan, declared that President Wilson had shown his su- perity over his critic as he had learn ed something as a result of the effect which the European war had unon this country. He believed the Deno- cratic members owed loyalty to their chief and should refrain from attack ing him before his tour through the country was ended.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29

and had broken all international rules guaranteeing protection to mails. she had even seized shipments of mail be tween neutral nations with whom sne professed to be friendly.
 The British government, in the opinion of Senator Walsh. Is prepared to adopt measures to prevent the United States manufacturers from ex- tending their foreign tr4de to coun- tries where they would come into competition with British manufactur- CTS after the close of the war. He did not believe the .....e secrets referred to in the British orders to the commanders of warships were for the purpose of gaining knowledge of shipments which might reach Ger many from this country despite the blockade but was general and design ed to cripple American foreign con- merce.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
LIEUT., ORCHARDS FATHER
 DIES AT KEICHIGAN

Information was received in yes terday's mail from ketchikan stating that John Orchard. who made many friends in Valdez while visiting with his son Lieut.. John Orchard some years ago, had died at Ketchikan on January 20, from an attack of pneu- monia. It is reported that the body was sent outside and will be buried at his old home in Texas. Deceased was "A years of age and had heen living with his sons family at Shrimp Bay near Ketchikan.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
ARMED MERCHANT
 VESSELS BARRED
Secretary Lansing Win Prevent All Americans from Taking Pas-
 sage on Armed Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-secre- tary Lansing of the State Department, hay announced that all foreign pow CTS, have been notified that the Uni ted States will in future bar the en- trance of armed merchant ships from American ports. It is said that the rule will be enforced in order that the Awerican government would be jus tified in adopting measure to protect from submarines.
 During the recent controversy re- garding the sinking of the British liner Persia, which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean sea and caused the loss of several American lives, the German and Austrian governments. while denying responsibility for the sinking of the liuar, claimed that her destruction was not in violatiorof in- ternatiopal rules of warfare as the vessel was armed. ...-,. s>- .-.,. ..- !,
 Americans having interests abroad cannot be prevented from entering the European war zones if business calla but Secondary Lansing believes that they should receive protection to the e&tent of being prevented from taking passage on vessels whose dr. maments would make them objects of attack by the submarines.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
uMAI|LlA FOR
 THE NOME BUN
xa BaiuR Converted into Oil Burner and Is Expected to Re Popular
 Vessel on the Route.

SEATTLE, Jan. 29.-The officials of the Pacific Coast Steamship com many have announced that the steam ship Senator, which has been on the Nome run since the discovery of the Seward Peninsula camp and which has come to be known as the Nome 'gold ships' will be withdrawn from the Nome rum and that the steamer Umatilla will take her place.
 The Umatillatis now at the plant of the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock company where she Is being converted into an oil burner. The vessel will be renovated throughout, given 8 thorough overhauling and re- painted and refurnished in prepara- tion for her service between Puget Sound and Nome. The officers of the company claim that the installation of the oil burning system will in- crease her speed and make her a de- sirable boat for the Alaska trade. The Umatilla has passenger accommoda- tons for more than two hundred first class passengers and about the same number for second cabin passengers She Is a larger vessel than the Sena- tor and will be able to handle more freight and passengers than that ves- sol
 The Senator Is also to be converted into an oil burner and will be used by the company as an extra vessel to ply where freight offerings are too heavy for the vessels on the regular run~s.
 The Umatilla has mado several trips between San Francisco and Nome where she was occasionally en- pIoyed as an extra vessel to care for the early offerings of freight after the opening of navigation. During the past year or two she has been operating as freight and passenger steamer between Seattle and San Francisco.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
London Hears of Menace.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-It is persia- tently rumored in official circles that the British admiralty has received confirmation of the London News critics report that the Germans havs mounted seventeen inch guns on their new super-dreadnaughts. The guns are reported to outrange the largest of the British navy and are capable of hurling shells weighing ton for a distance of twenty miles. A neW type of shell is also reported to have been invented by the Germans which causes gas to be generated whom they are exploded.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
BRITISH CASUALTIES
 NOW NUMBER 55O, 900

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Premier As ouith has announced that the Brit ish losses since the beginning of hos tilities has reached the total of five hundred and fifty thousand men. These figures, 1t Is said, include the losses of both the army and navy in captured, wounded and killed. It is admitted that the British forces at the Dardanelles, which were largely com posed of colonials, suffered the loss of one hundred and ten thousand men.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
". .--T JUNEAU COLDEST PLACE ON COAST.

SEATTLE, Jan. 29.-.The steamer Admiral Evans, the Pacific Ala ,ka Navigation companys liner, arrived
 from Alaska at midnight. The off, cars report rough trip and were 'lad to get back to Puget Sound. Several of the sailors suffered frosted hands and faces but are able to attend to their duties. Juneau was reported as the coldest point on the run which : extended as far west as Seward.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
DANCE AT POST WAS
 SOCIAL SUCCESS

The dance at the Post last night which was given by the Fort Liscum Social club was one of the pleasantest affairs this season. The crowd which attended from Valdez was not up to the usual number as the change in the date from Saturday to Friday eve ming found many of the young people with prior engagements.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
Y. F. 8. c. K.

"Amusements that Are Worth While' will be the topic for discus sion at the Christian Andeavor meet ing in the Congrsgattonal Lecture Room Sunday at e:Se. Mrs. J. F. Dunstan will preside. All young pso- pie are cordially invited.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29

Jim O'Brien left this morning for Knights Island, where he will be em- |ployed with P. J. Bonner on the property which he Is developing there.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
Children Take Notice.

There will be a free matinee at the Liberty Theatre Sunday afternoon at 2:3O. All the children of Valdez are invited with the compliments of MT. and Mrs. William Callaghan.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-29
SENATOR WALSH PROTESTS
 SEIZURE OF AMERICAN MAILS

DECLARES THAT BRITISH GOVERNMENT ORDERS FOR SEIZURE CRIPPLE AMERICAN E1GN TRADE WHERE COME COMPETITION WITH BRITISH MANUFACTURERS WAR-OFFERs oLuT1oN THAT UNITED STATES ADOPT MEASURES VENT FURTHER INTERFERENCE BRITISH WARsHRs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-22
GO IN AND SIT DOWN.

What are you going to do Easter
Sunday?
Go into a church and sit down. Stay
sit until the end of the service and
keep your ears open and your mind
on what the preacher is saying. Then
go home and think wei what he had
to say. Don't give his words just a
passing thought and then let your
mind slide back into the old financial
groove.
Take his discourse subject by sub
ject and analyze it thoroughly. Pick
out the good points and study them
infinitely as you discover them. You
can spend several hours pleasantly in
this work, and at the end of that
time you may be amazed at the feel
ing of peace and contentment that
pervades your being.
You will find that there are many
things you knew that had been for
gotten for these many years, and
when they pass from memory their
value practically eases to exist. Z
Go to church Easter!
Set an example to the young peo-
pie of your family and of other peo-
Piles families. Let them judge you
by what you are, and not by what
others may have to say of you. Let
your own actions afford them the OPP
portunity for so judging.
There's a church around the corner,
and the door swings outward to every
human being. The hand of welcome
beckons to you, and the still voice of
conscience is calling to you.
Go in, and sit down, and listen, and
think, and then act.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-22
HAPPY POSSESSOR OF
DIR. SOOY'S NEW BOOK.

Mr.. Joseph B. Collins, of South
Main street has become h~ecently the
proud recipient of one of the new
books of the year, entitled Episodes
of a Quaint Countryside" presented
to him by the author, DR.. John Milton
Sooy.
DIR. Sooy is a native son of Pleas
antville, having been born in the red
cottage at the corner of Edgewater
avenue and Main street, and being
the youngest son of the late Steel
man S. Sooy, once a prominent mer-
chant along the shore. Having spent
his youth in Smiths Landing, as that
part of the town was then called, he
moved later to Philadelphia, where
he became a practicing physician.
DR.. Sooy married in eighteen nine
ty-two Miss Lena Collins, a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. B. Collins and
a popular teacher in the Pleasantville
public schools. Their summer home
is in South Pleasantville.
The book is one of peculiar interest
to residents of the county, many
places and quaint characters familiar
to the older generation being embod-
led in it's interesting pages.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-22
MISS HELEN BOWEN
HOSTESS FRIDAY EVENING.

Miss Helen E. Bowen was hostess
to IN evening company last Friday
evening at her home, $40 S. Main st.
The evening was spent in dancing,
games and music, after which dainty
refreshments were served.
The invited guests were: Irma
Stiles, Beatrice Mason, Gwendolin
Bassett, Alice Clifford, Mollie Cox,
Sadie Carmen, May Cramer, Edna
Weer, Frances Costello, Maria Gif-
ford, Zillah Sapp, Geo. Bassett, Louis
Meloney, Arthur Gordon, Thomas
Graham, Joseph Ludwig, Albert Avis,
J. Merrill Leek, Raymond Ireland,
John Reilly, Alfred Graham, Harvey
Young, Alfred Dick, Charles G. Bow
en- and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. F. Bowen.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-22
MUSICAL GIVEN SCHOLARS
BY MUSIC INSTRUCTRESS

A musical was given at the home
of Miss Pearl Stebbins, on Park Ave-,
by her music teacher, Mrs. Mench.
Refreshments were served. The fol-
lowing selections were rendered:
Dorothy Flanagan-Duet with Mrs.
Mench.
Gerald Tompkins-Duet with Mrs.
Mench, by Strealbog.
Eda Herlzeg-Star of the Sea, by
Kennedy.
Anna Stears-First Rose Waltz, by
Pressei.
Hilda Formun-Humming Bird.
Elizabeth Enssen--Kisses of Spring,
by Walter Rolfe.
Gertrude Helfrich-Alone, by Cor
erdeler.
Verna Oakley-Sunset of the Ocean
by Marie Loulka.
Alberta Fieldhouse = Fairy We'd
ding, by J. w. Turner.
Bernardine Turney-Robins Depar-
ture, by Fisher.
Sadie Stinger-Twittering of the
Birds, by Billema.
Eleanor Helfrich-Silvery Waves,
by Wyman.
The guests were: Mrs. Helfrich,
Mrs. Tompkins, Mrs. S. Bowen, Mrs.
Steers, Mrs. Flanagan and Mrs. R. J.
Stebbins.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-22
NOTICE.

To the owners of property abutting on all
streets and avenues within the corpo-
rate limits of the city of PleasantvfIie
and to whom it may concern:
TAKE NOTICE that it is the intention
OF the Common Council of the City of
P~ieasantville to have introduced at a reg
ular meeting of that body to be held on
Monday, May list, 1916, in the council
chamber, city hall, at the hour of eight
O'Clock Z. NJ, an ordinance providing foIr
the construction and repair of sideWalkH
on both sides of all streets and avenues.
WITHIN the corporate limits of said city,
specifying the materials to be used and
providing for the payment of the cost of
Su / improvements, such cost to be borne
ers as provided by law in such case.
AT the time and place aforesaid ali per-
sons interested will be heard for or
gains the Introduction and passage Of
such ordinance and also its application
10 any street, avenue or section thereof.
Dated ~Pleasantville, N. j., April IS, 1916.
CRANK BLACKMAN.
WIN. H. SAPP,
CHARLES w. SCHMIDT.
street of City of P~leasantville
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-22
EASTER-TIME.

Easter is a time of rejoicing.
The sleep of winter is over and ev-
erything is bursting with new life.
The bare brown trees will soon burst
forth into new beauty of leaf and
blossom, giving promise of fruit in
abundance. The beautiful Easter
lily that was once a dry brown bulb
showing no life, grew up through
black, unattractive dirt and filth; ap-
propriating the elements of growth
and rejecting the filth, it came forth
in all its beauty of snowy purity, to
bring joy and hope to wearied hearts.
Let US reject the filth and darkness
of the world, not being embittered
thereby, but, use the elements of
growth until our characters will de-
velop in purity like that of the Eas-
ter lily, and will grow in likeness of
Him who was "without spot or blem-
ish."
Let this Easter mean more to us
than a spring festival. Let our
hearts be glad with renewed hope.
When the world is wrapped in the
dark pail of war, and death is every
where, let US remember, that after the
darkest night cometh the dawn of a
new day.
"Weeping may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning"
Oh blessed promise divine, "Be-
cause I live, ye shall live also"
e. M. CARR.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-22
before she got a chance.

before she got a chance.
X X X
Philanthropic? You bet we are!
We'd give our last years breeches to
charity today if we thought they'd be
returned to us tomorrow in the guise
of a new pair.
X X X
A staid and dignified citizen AYERS
that nothing so takes the edge off the
finer instincts of a mar as egotism."
Which, incidentally, might pass with
out challenge were it not for the fact
that an egotist is one of those pestif-
erous its without either edge or in
stinct.
X X X
A wife, some kids, a good home, a
dog, a cat, a peacock, a car, a million
plunks. What more need a greedy
cuss want?
X X Y
The fellow who wants something for
nothing-or nothing for something
has but to look in the glass, name it,
and take it.