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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

determining the status of sn Indian.
 as quoted to us, reads that when an Indian has severed his tribal relations
 and is living away from his tribe or
 has taken up his residence among
 white people and adopted their man. ners and customs, he can no longer be considered an Indian. As the In- dian, when put on the witness stand
 will invariably state under oath that he has no tribal relations or that he is living among white people, it Is almost impossible to secure convic- tions in any of these cases. We do not think this law applicable to the Indians in Alaska, and would respect fully recommend that Congress enact laws determining the true status of the Indian in Alaska; either to have
 the Indian come before U. s. Con-
 missioner or other proper official, swear allegiance to the Government and become a citizen, or law making it a felony or misdemeanor for any person to sell or give liquor to an In- dian regardless of the Indians place of residence or mode of living. We would recommend that the Ter
 ritorial Legislature at it's next ses-
 sion enact what is known as the
 Kansas Small Debtor Law, it being
 distinctly a poor mans law, saving
 expense to both plaintiff and defen-
 dant, and enabling the plaintiff to
 collect what is due, and the defendant
 to pay a proportionate sum monthly according to his income.
 In conclusion we wish to thank the Honorable Court and all the officials of the Court for their courteous as-
 sistance and cooperation in all our
 work.
 Respectfully submitted, F.. s. LARSON, Foreman. Dated Valdez, Alaska, Oct. "A, 1916.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30
DO SCHOOLS. NEED
 REVENUES FROM LIQUORS?

(Continued from Saturdays Paper.)
 Taking the same ten-year period, we find that the no-license cities of the state were, Beverly, Brockton, Cambridge, Everett, Maiden, Med ford, Melrose, Newton, Quincy, Son. erville and Waltham. The average amount per year appropriated per thousand dollar valuation for school purposes by these cities was five dol lars and four cents. During that same period nineteen cities which granted license including Boston, Fall River. Chicopee, Lynn, Gloucester, Haver- hill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, Marl boro, New Bedford, Newburysport, North Adams, Northampton, Pitts field, Springfield, Taunton. Woburn and Worcester, appropriated an aver age per year of four dollars and. eighty-eight cents. Not only did the schools in the no-license places not suffer, but they actually received more money in proportion to the valuation than in the cities and towns where they granted licenses, and received the high license fees which made them partners in the liquor business. There were thirty per cent less pupils in high schools in the license cities. showing the advantage of no-license in its effect upon the school life of the pupils. And while receiving the license money and paying out less for schools than the nO-license cities, the tax rates average one dollar and nine cents per thousand higher in the H. cense cities than in the cities which receiving no license money, keep their streets free from the demoralizing presence of the saloon.
 For a losing game, a devils bar gain. the license system is sure and certain method. To obtain one dol lar in revenue from the liquor traf- fc, at least seven dollars must be paid into the coffers of the saloon keeper to build up the fortunes of great brewers and distillers.
 AS drink is the great producer of the causes of taxation, and inf1icts losses of every kind upon the nation, it is very evident that the country is made poorer by the transaction. With a sober people the schools will need no rum revenue.
 Years ago a brewers deputation waited upon England's great states man, William Gladstone. to urge this revenue argument in defense of their business. His answer was, Give yourselves no concern about the rev. enue, as with a sober democracy I shall find no difficulty in raising the necessary revenue"
 Close the saloons, abolish the liquor traffic, protect the homes of the peo- lple from this destructive curse. and a sober people, freed from the blight of intemperance will raise the reve- nue. safeguard the schools, and in- sure the future of this land. Adv.
 VOTE ALASKA DRY.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30
LOCAL BREvrTTrs

Mir. and Mrs. W. A. c. Baldwin, who have been here for the past siz weeks while Mir. Baldwin was in at, tendance at court, left on the Mari posa for their home in Cordova.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

How about that photo you promised to send home? Go to Jenner, tn
 Photographer, and have it taken to- day. It only takes a few minutes. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Mrs. Paul Capris left on the Mari posa for visit to the States.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

The Golden North has steam heat ed rooms. fl
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

A new line of women's sweaters cap and cap sets at E. Winters
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Anything in nugget and ivory jew elry at Valdez Drug Go.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

The N. & s. leaves the Valdez dock on regular sailing days. See adv.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30
A Big Shipment.

Just received, a fresh line of Haas Candies, the kind you like, at Levy & Ross If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Fine new, local turnips at tn Keystone Produce Co.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Fox's fresh Clam Tea at Love Whitley Co.'S. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

For all kinds of cement work see Blake. ti
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

BIG REDUCTION in Coats this week at E. Winters. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

For steam heated rooms come to the Golden North. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Just Received the iatest Popular Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Go. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

See our windows for Bargains at the Owl Drug Go.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Capt. J. c. Mehaffey, of the Alaska Road Commission, left on the Mari .posa on a business trip to the States.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Fox's Chocolate Tea, at Love Whitley Co.'s. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

For good home-cooked meals tr! Mrs. M. Olson. on Hobart street.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Valdez Drug Company has a fine line of School Stationery. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Nuts and Fruits, Chocolate Cover ed, at Hunts.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

S& w canned fruits and vegetables at Blum's.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

The best dinner at the Arcade Cafe. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Don't fail to attend the grocery sal at Blum's.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

See Blake for Cement Blocks.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

The Golden North has steam heat ed rooms. If
 Mrs. Paul Capris left on the Mari posa for a visit to the States. , Just Received the iatest Popular Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Go. If
 Fox's Chocolate Tea. at Love Whitley Co.'s. If
 Capt. J. c. Mehaffey, of the Alaska Road Commission, left on the Mari .posa on business trip to the States.
 Valdez Drug Company has a fine line of School Stationery. If
 Don't fail to attend the grocery sale at Blum's.
 S& W canned fruits and vegetables at Blum's.
 For good home-cooked meals try Mrs. M. Olson. on Hobart street. Nuts and Fruits, Chocolate Cover ed, at Hunts.
 Fine new, local turnips at the Keystone Produce Co. If
 The N. & s. leaves the Valdez dock on regular sailing days. See adv.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-30

Dated Valdez, Alaska, Oct. "A. 1916.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
ZEPPELIN BURNED.
 CREW DIES IN FIRE
SHELL FROM FRENCH GUN STRIKES AIRCRAFT FLYING
 TOWARD PARIS.

Paris.-A Zeppelin airship was de- stroyed and the entire crew burned 10 death in the vicinity of Brabant-Le Roi. according to an official announcement made by the War Office
 The Zeppelin was flying from St. Menchould toward the south when attacked by cannon from Reyigny An incendtary shell struck the eirship and the machine fell to earth in flames.
 Numerous fights in the air between German and French aviators have taken place Paris reports that sey- eral of the German machines were brought down by the fire of the French airmen.
 Aeroplane raids have been carried out by French and British aeroplane squadrons. notably on the German aviation field at Hebshelm, qt Null. hausen and on a munitions factory at Pagny Sur Moselle. Britieh aircraft bombed the town of Don, southwest of Lille.
 An Entente Allies submarine has passed through the Dardanelles, reached the Bosphorus and torpedoed one tug and six transports laden with munitions, according to an Athens dis patch to Reuters Telegram Company The presence of the hostile submarine caused a panic at Constantinople.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
May Amend Divorce Laws.

The next Legislature will very like ly pass law amending the Arkansas statute relating to divorces. Several members of the Senate and house al, ready nominated. who have been wis ting the gabernatoria' headquarters fH Little Rock the past days, stat ed they would introduce '- regulat- ing the divorce evil as eJe ing in Arkansas One or the members stat ed that he has already drafted a measure prohibiting parties who were divorced from remarrying until six years after the divorce has been granted, and making 1t felony for any clergyman or officer of the law to perform a marriage ceremony unless the parties had been divorced more than six years The large number of divorce petitions filed in the various chancery courts of the state during the past three years has caused a widespread sentiment for the enact ment Of laws reducing the number of divorce cases to the minimum, and it is generally believed that this senti- ment will be erystalized into the pass age of an act by the next Legislature making the divorce evil thing of the past in Arkansas. The clergymen ot the state are also joining in the move ment
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
SINK LINER MALOJA
 IN DOVER STRAITS
MAJORITY OF PASSENGERS, Ac. coRolNG TO AN ANNOUNCE
 MENT WERE SAVED.
F0RTY-F0UR KNOWN DEAD
Scene of Disaster Was Two Miles of Coast of Dover and Explosion Shook Houses Along the
 Water Front.

London=The Peninsula < Oriental line steamship Maloja. 12.432 tons gross, carrying approximately 150 passengers. and crew of about 200. mostly iascars. was sunk in the Straits of Dover. presumably by strik. ing q mine
 \ Central News dispatch from Do. yer states that the death roll of the P. X 0. liner Maloja has reached A.
 A majority of the passengers, ac- cording to an official announcement, were saved. An unofficial report says that about 25 bodies were landed at Dover.
 The steamship Empress of Fort VII. Hams, of 2,tst tons gross. while at- tempting to rescue the survivors of the Maloja. struck another mine and sank in less than half hour Her crew was saved by other boats
 The scene Of the disaster was two miles eff the Port Of Dover, and the explosion shook houses along the wa. ter front
 Relief boats quickly put out from Dover and succeeded in picking up number of the Maloja's passengers when the liner went down
 The Maloia carried in the frst-class cabin 26 men. 23 women and seven children. Among the passengers was Justice Oldfleld. of the India High Courts
 The Peninsular X Oriental Line steamship Maleja was an Australian mail boat and sister ship of the Persia. which was torpedoed and sunk off the Island of Crete December 30. last, with the loss Of 336 lives. The Maloja was last reported as having arrived at Marseilles. January 31, bound for London from Sydney, New South Wales
 In February of 1915 1t was reported that the Maloja. on entering the Eng i fish Channel with 400 passengers on board. was ordered to stop by an un- known armed merchantmen. The mail boat is said to have ignored the or i der and made for Plymouth. where upon the merchantmen fired five | shells at her. but all fell short.
 The Empress of Fort William was 1 formerly the Mount Stephen, and was built at Newcastle in 1908. She was deep The vessel was owned by the Empress Transportation Company of Midland, Ltd.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Finds Few Violations.

Deputy State Labor Commissioner F. I. Mckinley has returned from A trip ot inspection through the counties of Graighead. Greene and Clay. where he made an inspection of all factories, laundries. sawmills and department stores in the interest of the enforce ment of the minimum wage. child la. bor and saw and blaming mill hour laws. Only one general violation of the sawmill hour law was found and this he adjusted No violation of the other labor laws was found Deputy Mckinley left for Fort Smith. accon. panied by State Health Officer c. w
 Garrison, where they will investigate the sanitary conditions of the mines in Sebastian and adjoining counties.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
To America After War.

New York.-Twenty million men who have been living in the trenches in Europe and have developed the spirit of democracy will become rest less under old restrictions after the war and wish to come to this country, declared Frederick c. Howe. United States commissioner of immigration, in an address before the National Democratic Club. The largest influx of immigrants. MT. Howe points out, may be expected from Russia and the Balkan states. while Great Britain and Austria Hungary also will have trouble keeping their people.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Earle Price Ia Pardoned.

Governor Hays pardoned Earl Price, one of several white men convicted of perjury in connection with testimony in the trials of Ashley Ward, Andrew Holmes and Buck Fisher, serving life sentences for the murder near Wrightsyille more than year ago Of Agus Neely. an aged negro. Price was sentenced iH September, 1915, to one year. after being tried twice for per. jury The pardon was granted on pc tition of several hundred White coun- ty residents.
 The governor also pardoned Julian McHenry of Miller county, sentenced last November to two years for grand larceny and perjury. A proclamation was issued relieving Mat Jones, Ell Ray and Ed Tinsdale, olrectors of a school district in Cleveland county, ot paying fines of S25 each for alleged failure 10 comply with law requir, ing them to furnish duplicate copies of contracts.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
CHARGE OF USURy
 FAILS AS DEFENSE:
CLAIMS IT CANNOT BE USED IN PROSECUTION FOR FALSE
 PRETENSE.
SUPREME COURT so DECIDES
Case Before Tribunal an Appeal From Pope County-It Was Also Found That Three Mortgages Were
 Against the Property.
Little Rock


 According to an opinion handed down by the Arkansas Supreme Court, usury cannot be used as a defense Tn prosecutions for false pretense. The proof in the case showed that ]. F. Judkins of Russelville had borrowed S350 from J. N Hoffman, also of Pope county. Judkins' note being secured by chattel mortgage Later Judkins induced Hoffman to release the note and to take what was represented as | third mortgage on real estate instead. It was found that three mortgages already were against the property
 Judkins then was indicted on q charge of false pretenses and set up a defense that Hoffman charged him 20 per cent interest which was usurious, and therefore that the note as well as the mortgage should be held void. The supreme court held that usury could not be set up as a defense in such proceeding.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Incorporation Matters,

L. B. Jones & Son of Madison, St. Francis county. incorporated for the operation of a general store. The cap. ital stock is $21, 1000.
 The Mark H. Brown Lumber Com. pany of Tennessee filed notice of a change in it's name to the Brown. Hack ney Lumber Company. Its Arkansas headquarters are at Mounds The company also increased it's capital stock from s2O,OO0 to s1O0,0O0.
 The Sulphur Rock Development Company of Sulphur Rock, capitalized at. s3O 900 filed articles of incorpora. ;i1n in the office of the secretary Of state.
 The Mount Olive Slave Company filed notice that it's headquarters have been changed to Batesville.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
TAX PAYMENTS
 ARE PROTESTED
MEETING OF LAND OWNERS AROUND cADRoN LEVEE DIS
 TRICT IS CALLED.
DIVIDED INTO O2iNSTALLMENTS
About 6o,ooo Acres Are Included Into District Which Was Organized By Legislature of 1909 and Abolish
 ed By Same Body in 1915.

SOith dJ -
 Opposition to the payment of a spe- cial tax in the defunct Cadron Dam and Levee District for the purpose of paying claim of about $2,000 to the estate of the late George H. Burr or engineering services, developed, when J. Il. Cunningham of Enola, one of the principal owners of land in the dis triet, called a meeting of other land owners to protest against the pay ment
 The special tax is now being col lected by Judge w. B. Wilson, who was appointed receiver of the district by the Chancery Court. Judge Will son stated that quite a large number of property owners had already paid it.
 Attorney J. c. Clark, who secured the Judgment against the district for thwestate of Professor Burr, said the tax will be divided into two annual in- stallment The first, he said is one and one-half per cent of the total. bet terments. which were assessed on the same basis as If the contemplated inn provement had been carried out About 60,000 acres are included in the district, which was organized by the Legislature of 1909 and abolished by the same body in 1915, with no work other than the surveys ever having been performed MT Clark stated however, that only the overfowed lands were assessed, which probably embrace less than half the total acreage in the district The over flowed lands are assessed a maximum betterment of s5 per acre.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Fioht Contempt Fines.

A writ of certiorari is asked for Bob Turk and Luther Waller, sentenced 10 fines and imprisonment for contempt of court by Judge w. J. Driver. judge ol the First District, in petition filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court by State Senator l.. Clyde Going. Ac- cording to the petition, Turk was fined $500 and sentenced to 90 days and Waller was fined s250 and sentenced to 45 days The petition asks that the record of the court be produced immediately and that the judgment against the men be quashed.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
LIQUOR LAWS UP 10
 U. s. SUPREME COURT
PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT CASE OF KIND IN A DECADE
 JOINT ARGUMENT FILED.

Washingten.=Fift southern and western attorneys general joined in filing with the Supreme Court of the United States an argument in support of the West Virginia liquor law pro hibiting the receipt and possession of intoxicating liquors for personal use and of the federal Webb-Kenyon li- quor law prohibiting the shipping of intoxicating liquors into states for use in violation of state laws.
 The attorneys general were Wiley E. Jones of Arizona. Clifford Walker of Georgia, J. II. Peterson of Idaho, George Cosson of Iowa. s. M. Brew ster of Kansas. Ross A. Collins of Mississippi, T. W. Bickett of North Carolina, Henry J. Linde of North Da- kota, s. P Freeling of Oklahoma, George NJ. Brown of Oregon, Thomas H. Peebles of South Carolina, Frank NJ Thompson of Tennessee, John Gar land Pollard of Virginia, w. " Tan ner of Washington and William L. Martin of Alabama.
 The decision in the West Virginia liquor cases, now before the court for oral argument, is expected to be the most important of it's kind in de cade The cases were to have been argued this week, but the presence of only seven justices at the courts sit tings resulted in a postponement.
 Tt seems strange at this late day, ' the attorneys general said in their brief, ito hear a claim made that the state and national governments guar antee to a citizen the right to possess and receive liquor for personal use and to drink the same in unlimited quantities"
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
May Amend Tax Laws.

Until the present tax laws of Arkan- sas are amended there can be no equalization of the basis of assessment in different counties, according to members of the State Tax Gommis sion Assessments reports from 72 of the 75 counties Indicate there will be little change in the range of as- easements between 1914 and 1915. In 1915 the basis of assessment ranged from 169 per cent in Benton county to TAG per cent in Perry county.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Paid Fee of S6.374.5z.

The largest insurance fee received this year was paid into the general revenue fund by T. M. Cory, manager of the Equitable Life Assurance So- ciety He paid s6,37457 for the tax of one and one-half per cent on pre- miums issued in the state during last year. Other fees brought the receipts in the fund to more than S7,000.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Embraces 25.ooo Acres.

Washington, D. C.-Congressman Caraway introduced another bill for the reclamation of government lands similar to the St Francis drainage project, which recently received the endorsement of the Committee on Riv- CTS and Harbors. The bill seeks to reclaim about 25,000 acres of govern ment lands in the Little River val. ley, between Hornersville Mo, and Marked Tree, Ark, and will come be- fore the Committee on Flood Con- trol.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Typhus Fever in Texas.

Austin. Tex-Typhus fever has crossed into Texas from Mexico, ac- cording to reports received at the State Health Department The dis- ease is spreading to inland points, these reports say, and Dr. w A. Da- wis, state health officer, has sent warning to health officers in all bor- der counties to exercise every effort to stamp out the disease if any cases be found.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Stons Sunar Industry.

New York.-A strike and lockout of agricultural laborers. most of whom are natives, has paralyzed the sugar industry on the Island of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, according to pas sengers on the steamship Parima The strike has assumed such propor- tions officials fear violence. the pas trol the streets and marines with ma chine guns have been landed from a Danish cruiser.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
In Memory Of Madero.

Fl Paso, Tex-Juarez gave itself up to ceremonies in honor of Fran cisco l. Madero, former president of Mexico, who. with his wee president, Pino Suarez, was slain in Mexico City, when the late Vietoriano Huerta took over the reins of government two years ago. Speeches, parades and music featured the ceremonies, public buildings were draped with black and Mexican flags flew at half-mast.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Oppose Philippine Bill.

ashington.-Charles II. Swift. president of the Philippine Railway Company has filed with Chairman Jones of tie House Insular Commit tee a protest against the Philippine bill as passed by the Senate The Clarke amendment to grant to the 's- lands independence within four years. would MT. Swift wrote. "expatrate American citizens. American capital and American enterprise"
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Shin Gold to Holland.

New York.-AIthough the general balance of trade is in favor of the United States since November be tween $S,0000oo and sJ000,000 gold has been shipped by New York bank CTS to Holland. The shipment has be- come profitable because of the. hlgh premium at which Dutch guilders are quoted.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Debt Grows larue.

Payment of approximately s5O000 in insurance taxes during the last month has kept the outstanding state warrants from increasing rapidly, but the total probably will reach $500,000 within month The amount at the close of business was $445, 5,986.13 Feb ruary 19, 1915, the outstanding war rants totaled $4770591S.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Ieuee Contracts Let.

Emergency contracts for the mov. ing of 450,000 yards of dirt in the Linwood and Auburn Levee District were let to Lamar Bros. X Tansey of Texarkana. at a joint meeting of the State Penitentiary Commission and the Levee Board at Warner The price was 22 cents yard.
The Monticellonian., 1916-03-02
Powder Works Explosion.

Oakland. Cal.-Fire and an expio- sion destroyed one of the five drying units of the Trojan iowder Works here and probably fatally injured By ron Bayard. an employe. This was the third fire in eight months. Before years