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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
Hay Seeds For Confetti.

Weddings in China are arranged by .go- betweens'-usually the busy old gossips of the district-whO get con- mission on the amount paid by the bridegroom to the father of the bride. On the wedding day the bride is clad in red and carried in a Sedan chair covered with red. Anybody has a right to turn back the chair curtains and take a look at her. Her hair is elaborately oiled. and so all the other girls throw hayseeds at her. which stick On reaching the home of her husband the bride has to submit to the candid criticisms of the entire family. The strange wedding ceremony con- sists in the husband and wife eating rice from each others bowl. Of course there is a feast. but it does not cost much. for every guest is expected to contribute something.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
To Fight Car Shortage

SEATTLE, March 6.-Unless the railroads immediately provide sufii' cient cars at western loading points to handle lumber shipments. an ap neal will be made to the public ser vice commission, according to action at the meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's association here yes terday. Lumber, it was said, is accum- ulating in the yards and orders are unified on account of the scarcity ot cars.
 The meeting authorized messages to the congressional delegations from Washington and Oregon urging ttc passage of the Webb bill, which pro- vides for cooperative selling agencies in foreign trade.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
ANOTHER RAIDER ABROAD.
Armed Merchantman Sinks Two Brit
 ish Steamers in Indian Ocean.

TOKYO, Japan, March 6.-The Nichi Nichi announces that an armed merchantman is raiding commerce in the Indian ocean and has sunk two British steamers southwest of Colom- bo.
 A mail advice to the Associated Press from Tokyo under date of Jan. 10 said persistent rumors were afloat in Japan that two German converted cruisers had appeared in the Indian ocean. The dispatch said that the Japanese navy department had detail ed several warships for parol duty in the neighborhood of Singapore, Pe- nang and other points on Indian ocean routes.
 Since the destruction of the cruiser Emden in the Cocos Islands by the Australian cruiser Sydney in Novem- Der, 1914, the waters of the far east have been undisturbed by German commerce raiders.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
LAKES WITH NO OUTLETS.
And Fantastic Mirasss That Greet the
 Desert Traveller.

A playa is a shallow. fat foored de pression, characteristic of valleys hay ing no regular drainage to the sea, in which storm waters collect and evap- crate. It may be shallow lake or salt incrusted mud flat.
 In his description of the ancient Lake Lahontan. in Nevada. l. c. Rus sell writes:
 "The scenery on the larger playas is peculiar and is usually desolate in the extreme, but is not without Its charm In crossing these wastes the traveller may ride for miles over perfectly level floor, with an unbroken sky line before him and not an object in sight to cast a shadow on the ocean-like ex- panse.
 "Mirages, which may he seen almost every day on these heated deserts. give strange fanciful forms to the moun- tains and sometimes transfiSure them beyond recognition. A pack train crossing the desert a few miles distant may appear like some strange caravan of grotesque beasts fording a shallow lake, the shores of which advance as une rides away. The monotony of mid day on the desert is thus broken by elusive forms that are ever changing and suggest a thousand fancies, which divert the attention from the fatigues of the journey.
 "The cool evenings and mornings in these arid regions. when the purple shadows of distant mountains are thrown across the plain. have a charm that is unknown beneath more humid skies. and the profound stiffness of the night in these solitudes is always i'm. pressive." - United States Geological Survey.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
ANCIENT BANQUETS.
Cleopatra Didn't Have to Spend Much.
 For Things Were Cheap.

Cleopatra Didn't Have to Spend Much. For Things Were Cheap. We hear a great deal about the lux ury and extravagance of Cleopatra. the queen of the Nile, and of the gor- geous feasts she and Mark Antony had together. yet these little dinners and suppers for two cost Cleopatra only about shillings. with wine and attendance.
 If Cleopatra had lived in these times she could not possibly get supper at 2 shillings a head. with waiter and wine included.
 In those days a large jar of wine cost only shillings, and this probably lasted long time. A pigeon was dear at 2h pence. and quantity of veg etables which lasted for months could be bought for about shillings.
 Slaves were easy enough to get. and their dress was so scanty that liveries couldn't have been expensive.
 Cleopatra once went in for very costly drink She melted a priceless pearl in a glass of wine and presented it to. Mark Antony. But the queen of Egypt did not go in for such extrav agances every night.
 Nero. the tyrannical emperor of the Romans, famed for his extravagant. luxurious living. who gave twenty-two course dinners, where the guests re- clined on ivory and silver couches and dipped their fingers into finger bowls which contained costly wines, did not spend nearly so much on feasting as many modern millionaires.-London Answers.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
A. M. DIERINGER Valdez Transfer
 Company Office on Alaska Avenue, in George C. Treat Building
 Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting 1 to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
 STORAGE, Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un.
 less Paid for in Advance

a willow and started up unarmed. When dozen or so feet from the quarry it came to life and started quite battle. The ledge upon which Sawyer was standing was so narrow that several times in the encounter he was afraid that the huge bird would strike him, and send him down to the foot of the hill, a drop of approxi- mately 75 or so feet. He barely managed to make his way to the bot tom and returned with the rife to dis patch him.
 The bird which weighed about 40 pounds and measured good eight and half feet from tip to tip. pleas ed Sawyer, who packed it home in tact. He did not attempt to hide his elation and some of the boys put their heads together.
 Before retiring that evening he placed the carcass outside of his win dow upon an adjoining roof of the Northern hotel, preparatory to ship ping it south to be mounted. Imag- inc his chagrin on returning to his room from breakfast to find that the bird had been stolen. Several of Sawyer's friends had stolen over the roof while he was at breakfast and copped off the bird.-Seward Gate wav
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
SPARK FROM MANS BODY
 CAUSES GARAGE FIRE

When a resident of Dubuque, la., wearing a fur coat and rubber boots, walked hurriedly to his garage on a Skad morning recently, he did not re- alize that his movements were storing electricity in his body. But the fact was tue friction of his arms against his coat caused certain amount Of static electricity to be generated. ard this was stored in the mans body be- cause it was insulated from the ground by rubber boots. When he sought to prime the motor of the car kNh a mixture of gasoline and ether, using a metal squirt can, probably of copper, which is good conductor of electric current-the can was prot so close to the motor, spark was pro-
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
MAN ASKED FOR KISS;
 DENIED, HE BITES HER

LEWISTON, Maine, March G. Handsome J. Mountford, 23, was found guilty in the Municipal court the other day of biting the left cheek of Beatrice Morris.
 Miss Morris alleged that Mountford stood on her feet. grabbed her arms, and being refused a kiss, bit her or the cheek.
 Recorder Russell, who heard the case fined Mountford $15 and costs with the alternative of serving 3G days in jail. Mountford, through f1s attorney, H. E. Holmes, entered m appeal and the bonds were placed at $100.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
NEW YORKER ALMOST
 LOST BIG EAGLE

Jack Sawyer, of New York, took a trip the other day to the head of Resurrection bay, covering line of traps and also in quest of a good spec imen of the bald eagle. After mush- ing in the hills for the best part of the day, he espied a huge American
 bird in a tree top on a near by ledge. The shot was a long one but he brot the sought-for to earth. This is where his troubles began; the accent to be made to reach the eagle was so steep that he leaned his gun against
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
piscussina q Verb,

As an intransitive verb to material. ize" will no doubt be pilloried by pur- ists as an undesirable alien. but with little effect. for it has long since been communicated for useful service. though it has not yet gained scholas- tic support. Like the verb to wire. now in general use. this particular in transitive no doubt comes from Amer ica. where it is common to fix up" an appointment with some one who may fail to materialize" or wait for a con- veyance that misbehaves itself in a similar way.-London Chronicle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
Churches Gain 747,OOO

NEW YORK, March 6.-The net increase in 1916 in church members in the United States was 747,00O, a gain of 204,000 over the gain for 1915, Dr. Henry Carroll, one of the secretaries of the Federal Council of the Churches of America, announces.
 The year book of the council will show that the Roman Catholic, Pro- testant and eastern orthodox bodies in 1916 had an aggregate of more than 4O,O0O,OOO communicants or members.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
POPULATION OF GERMANY
 GREATER THAN STATED

LONDON, March 6.-Germany's new census claims that there is now a population of not only 65,000,000 but of over S0,000,000. which figures may account somewhat for their unexpect- ed capacity to produce reserves and more soldiers. With war in view they deliberately published false fig ures to mislead possible enemies, not giving the true account of their pop ulation and man power
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
GOES TO PRISON RATHER
 THAN REVEAL TRUE NA>tE

CHICAGO, March 6.-"James Me Carthy," 22 years old. was sentenced to two years in the state reformatory today because he refuses to reveal his real name. He was found guilty of burglary yesterday. The judge told him he would be paroled if he gave his right name; that under the law prisoners may not be paroled under assumed names.
 Mccarthy" said he would rather serve two years in prison than give his name and bring disgrace on a reputable family.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
SHOW PICTURES TO
 KEEP MEN IN CAMPS

ASHLAND, Wis. March G.-With wages double those of year ago, lumber camps in this vicinity are hav- ing extreme difficulty in keeping men at work. Quite number of the larger camps have been installing moving picture services, with changes two and three times a week to enter tain the men.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
DEFAULT ORDERS MADE
 IN DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS

In the divorce court yesterday aft ernoon an order of default was made in the case of George Osborne vs. Lottie Osborne, the action being for divorce.
 An order of default was also issued in the divorce case of Clarence Bus singer vs. Martha Bussinger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06

duced between it and the priming cup, igniting the gasoline. The can exploded, throwing the flaming liquid over both man and car. The man es- caped with severe burns, but the car and garage were destroyed.-From the March Popular Mechanics Maga- zine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
The Mexican Mar.

If the histories are to be believed the Mexicans during their war with this country in 1S46-7 did not win a single battle. notwithstanding the fact that in nearly every encounter the Ameri- cans were outnumbered from 2 to l to 5 to 1.-New York American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06

LADY-42 years; wishes to CO., respond with gentleman between 45 and 60 years; object matrimony. No triflers., M. E. Madaw, General De- livery, Seattle, Washington. 2t
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06

FOUND-That the subscription price of the Modern Priscilla will 3e advanced to $1.25 on March 25. Save money by subscribing now. Mrs. L.. A. Deputy, representative. k-12
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
One Reason Why, Perhaps.

The world keeps moving"
 "Yes. but the world doesn't have to go house hunting and admit to a land lord that it has children. ."-DetrOit Free Press
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
THE THR|CE-A-W A-WEEklIEDIT|0l
 OF THE NEW YoRk:WoRlD
IN 1917
Practically 8 Daily at the Price of Weekly. No Other Newspa- per in the World gives so much at so low 8 price.

The value and need of a newspaper in the household was never greater than at the present time. The great war in Europe is now halfway into it's third year, and whether peace be at hand or afar off the events to fol low will be world shaking. The Prospector Publishing Company offers the Thrice a Week World, The Daily Prospector and The Weekly Miner, one year for only $500 cash in advance. You get 1s6 copies o' the World, 313 copies of the Prospec- tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this price. Can you afford to be without them.
 The Thriee-a-Week World,
 The Daily Prospector.
 The Weekly Miner,
 ALL FOR $18.OO PER YEAR
 The Prospector and the Weekly Miner are the only papers published at Valdez, and are replete with local and world news. The Miner makes speciality of Territorial News in cen densed form. The World is too well known to our readers to dilate upon it's field of usefulness.
 SIND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
Caustic.

Peter Qovingly)-My wife made me what l am. Philip (cuttingly)-HavP you forgiven her yet?
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-06
No Trust.

Then you won't sell me the place on time?'
 No"
 And you call this trust company: charlottesville COurier-JOurnal
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
President Wilson Praises Lawmakers for Their
 Splendid
 Work.
WAR IS CARED FOR
Army and Navy and Ma ti0nal Finances Have
 Been Well
 Handled.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6-In a state ment issued today from the capital President Wilson praised the work of Congress during the extraordinary session which began last April and continued for more than six months. He said that the Army and Navy needs had been met in a way that assures the effectiveness of the American armies, and that the fi- nances have been handled in such way that the administration will be able to carry out it's war plans without embarrassment. The Presi- dent praised the unanimity with which Congress acted on the vital questions in the legislative plans for the furtherence of the war prep arations and for actual operations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
ARE
 ADVANCING
 IN THE WEST
Germans Are Forced from Permanent DefenseS to Temporary
 DefenSeS.
LOSSES ARE HEAVY

BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE BELGIUM, Oct 8. - The Allied forces continue to follow up their great victory and are hammering the German lines backward, step by step.
 At some places along the new British line in Flanders the Ger mans, who were in exposed posi- tions, have been forced to retire from permanent defenses to tempo rary defenses, within a short dis tarce of the British patrols.
 The British have taken up posi- tions forward of the shell hole de- lenses in one section which the Germans abandoned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
Wisconsin Senator Bases Defense on COnStitu- tiOnal Guaran-
 tees.
SAYS HE IS PATRIOT
Accused Legislator Claims That He Was Con- trolIed by Love
 Country.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-Congress entered the sessions closing hours this morning with the attention of the country turned toward the Sen ate where Senator Robert La Toilette took the floor to make a three hours speech in answer to his critics in Congress and throughout the country.
 The Wisconsin Senator exhibited great emotion in his statement of the case against himself, and in lay ing the foundations of his defense, which he based upon the Constitu- his right as a Senator toobey the dictates of his conscience in the per formance of his duties. He said that no citizen of this country loves her more than he. and that his course as a Senator in Congress and as a citizen had been controlled by that love and a patriotic desire to see his country always right.
 Every seat in the Senate chamber was occupied by Senators and oth- CTS who have the privilege of the floor, and the galleries were damned with spectators when the Senate op- ened. called there by the announce ment of Senator La Follette's speech
 Condemns War Party
 Continuing his speech. Senator La Toilette. answering his critics, asserted that the war party. besides conducting campaign of libel and character assassination against Sen ators and Congressman who voted
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
SUBMARINE
 DESTROYED
 BY YANKEES Depth Bombs Are Dropped Over It While U-boat
 Running Partly
 / Submerged. PRAISE IS GIVEN TANKS British Admiralty Writes a / Letter in Praise of
 the American
 Gunmen.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. - Infor- nation was given out by the State Department today that an Ameri- can destroyer recently caused the loss of a German submarine.
 The submarine when sighted by the destroyer was running sub- merged with only the top of the periscope showing. The destroyer at once opened fire and one of its airmen passed over the submarine four times, dropping a depth bomb" each time.
 When the last bomb struck the surface of the sea, oil came boiling to the top. The submarine went to the. hQttoms witheut trace.
 Tie British Admiralty has writ ten an expression of admiration for the efficiency and seaman-like con- duct of the Americans.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
GERMAN AVIATOR DROPS WREATH
 FOR BROTHER

BEHIND BRITISH LINES IN FRANCE, Oct. GA Ger man plane was brought down within the British lines this week after battle lasting nearly an hour. The next morning German machine came lowering over the same spot and maneuvered for a position. It was promptly attacked, but returned to the German lines after drop ping overheard something which was seen to fall near an evacuated village.
 Two British soldiers, who were sent to find out what had been dropped, returned with beautiful wreath nearly three feet in diam eter. To the wreath was at tached a note asking the British airmen to place it on the grave of the dead pilot.
 "The officer you have bur- jed was my brother" said the note. 'I spent six hap py years working in a Lon don bank. I know you hon. or the dead. Please do this little service for me-" The wreath was deposited as re- quested on the grave of the dead German airman.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
MAKE WAR ON SPIDERS.

MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 6. - The University of Idaho is in the thick of campaign to chase the red spider mite from the State. Accord ing to A. C. Burrill, university en- tomologist. there are about eighty different species of this mite, and it is hard to tell which species is the most destructive
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
WIFE KEEPS BUSY.

ROSWELL, New Mexico, Oct. 6. While Captain Charles De Bre- mund, commander of the First ar tillery battery, New Mexico Nation al Guard, is on active service, his wife is raising and selling black face lambs at record prices.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
BREAK EXPECTED.

Washington, Oct. G. The action on the part of Peru had been antici- pated by statesmen who have been following closely the situation, ow- ing to the sinking of Peruvian ves- sells by German submarines with. out warning. It is the opinion here that the remaining South Ameri- can countries will shortly follow the example and brcAk wifi SesnlaAy z
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
EAT COTTAGE CHEESE. ;

MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. Make cottage cheese" That is the ad- wise being sent out by the depart- ment of dairying of the University of Idaho here, in it's campaign to conserve the food of the States as a war emergency.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
WOMEN ARE DRILLING.

FL PASO, Texas, October 6. - Not content with meeting troop trains at all hours of the night and day to serve coffee and sandwiches to soldiers passing through here, the women members of the Fl Paso Red Cross have obtained a drill- master and are holding regular drills to perfect themselves in the rudiments of military tactics.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
 and Mail Information Now North Bound

Alaska is expected from the south at 10 o'clock tonight, according to word received from Ketchikan. Has mail. Admiral Evans is expected from the south at midnight tonight. Has mail. City of Seattle is expected to arrive tomorrow. Not re- ported Has mail.
 Scheduled Sailings Jefferson was scheduled to sail from Seattle today. Not re- ported.
 Al-Ki is scheduled to sail from Seattle tonight.
 Princess Alice is scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight. Mariposa is scheduled to sail from Seattle Monday.
 SoUTHsouND SAiLiNcS Prince John is scheduled to sail southbound tonight. Admiral Watson is scheduled to sail southbound on Monday. Alameda is scheduled to sail southbound on Tuesday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
LOSSES WERE HEAVY.

NLondon. Oct. 6.-The field oc- cupied by the British forces on the west front, in the recent success full drive, was strewn with the dead. The losses have been heavy on both sides. The British have captured many prisoners.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
CAN RESTORE PLANTS

PARIS, Oct. 6.-An examination of 40 sugar refinery plants in French territory liberated by German re- tirement shows that 12 of them can be restored without difficulty.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
BAR GERMAN TEXTBOOKS.

SPOKANE, Oct. 6.-The use of "Im Vaterland," a German textbook which discusses the governmental and military system of Germany in laudatory terms has been stopped in local high schools, it was an nounceded here by school authori- ties
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
WILL RELIEVE CHINA

LONDON, Oct 6-China's entry into the war will relieve her of in- terest payments on German oblsga- tions amounting to $235, ,000,0 gold. China owes Germany Boxer indem- nifty money amounting to $106.565,- 0OO
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
WANT BETTER RATES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-Railroads from Virginia have filed schedules for increased rates on lumber to Philadelphia and New York.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
AvIAT0RS KEEP BUSY.

London, Oct. 6. = British and French aviators continue raids against the Huns. several fortified positions having been bombed in- side the German lines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
WINS
 FIRST GAME OF
 SERIES, 2 TO 1

CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-The Chicago White Sox. won the first game of the worlds championship series from the New York Giants by a score of 2 to 1.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
PERU MAY BE NEXT NATION
 WITH ALLIES Congress Votes Almost Unanimously to Sever
 Relations with
 Huns. ACTION WAS EXPECTED The Relations Have Been Strained Some Time Between the Two
 Nations.

LIMA, Oct 6. = The Peruvian Congress has voted almost unani- mously to sever diplomatic relations with Germany.
 The break is expected to take place soon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
WILL BUILD THANKS"

WASHINGTON. Oct. 6.-The war appropriation bill includes as an item of 36,750,000 for motor tanks" for the fighting front.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-10-06
PRICE OF BREAD FIXED

LONDON, Oct. 6-The food con troller has fixed the price of bread at 20 cents for four-pound loaf.