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Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
FIRE MENACES
ARMY SUPPLIES
Quartcrmaster Department at Hobo
ken In Danger From Roaring
Blaze in Paper House

HOBOkEE. y. u, Jan. 4.-Fire
raging in wholesale paper house on
Garden street is menacing the army's
quartermaster depot, which is cram
med with supplies for the soldiers in
France. The New York department
has been appealed to for help and is
rushing to the assistance of the Ho-
boken department 1t is not stated
whether the fire is OF incendiary ori-
gin or originated from other causes.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
EX-CIRCUS CLOWN
IS SHOT TO DEATH

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan. 4.-The
murder of Eddie Eckert. one-time cir
Gus clown, who was dragged from a
closed automobile last night and shot
through the head with a revolver In
the hands of an unidentified man, was
still unsolved today.
The spot where the killing occur
red is sparsely settled. but witnesses
described the assailant as we'll
dressed man in a long overcoat. who
showed his victim against fence.
murdered, him and then leisurely
drove OF. About Ave minutes later the
man returned and STOPPING over Eck-
ert,s body said to one of,the witnesses
who remained with the body while the
|other. sought TIM. policsc '*Wsll. Hd.
7 guess you're dead" =
Just then the police automobile va
Seen approaching sAS thA qEst4igpl
murderer clsMAeEed easily besk, iteo
hts car and sdisxppeared: = sHS IS
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
NEW RECORD SET
IN COAL OUTPUT

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. jan. a
While several sections of the country
actually are suffering for want OF
toal, mines producing bituminous coal
turned out more during November
than in any month in history. the
geological survey reported today.
cfaese mines are practically one month
ahead of the 1915 production and
il the present output is maintained,
production this year will be 3 per cent
in excess of last year.
The average daily production the
report says, was 1,S72,000 tons. The
years output to October is estimated
1T 5o2,O91,000 tons.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
CHECKERS AND OLD
MACHINES HANDICAP L.. $.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Jan. e.
Ordnance officers without apprecia-
tion of the first principles of manu-
facture." are handicapped with ma
chinery so years old at the Spring
field government arsenal.
With this testimony. Fred H. Col
vim. editor of the American Machin-
list. told the senate military probers
today that an expert production en-
gineer should be placed in charge Of
American munitions manufacture. He
gave a strong impetus to the move
ment for the United States minister
of munitions.
Criticising army heads for spend
ing "too much time on non-essen-
tials." Colvin declared their failure
to decide small details kept workmen
idle in rifle factories. In one shop he
photographed workmen playing at
checkers on August 8.
/ ut was some weeks after that be-
fore the rife orders were received by
the factory" said Colvin. II was told
conditions were the same in other fac
tories"
A letter he sent to Secretary Bak-
er. outlining methods of speeding
production. was turned over to Chief
Of Ordnance Crozier, who wrote Col
win, sharply criticising him for sug-
gesting that army ordnance men did
not know their business.
/ 'eThe fact is." he declared. "the
military men do ~ we'll n expected
with antiQuated equipment and small
training. They have not any apprSci-
alton of the first psiAeiplei OF mahu-
fAetpre. They have machines that are
lto syeAsS DID, -'' ''''' -' -'>'
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
EAGLES HAVE NINE
MEMBERS AT FRONT

The local aerie of Eagles. an order
which has always been noted for Its
patriotism, has a new service flag dis
played on its walls with nine stars
on it, showing that nine members OF
this order are serving their country
and the order. This is the first service
flag yet displayed in Valdez. and the
probabilities are that before the wal
is over the order will have to great
ly enlarge the field, as many of Its
members are also registrants.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
MOTHER THROWS ACID IN
IN FACE OF DRAFTED son

TWO HARBORS. Minn., Jan. A.
Allegedly 10 prevent her son being ac-
cepted into the draft army. Mrs. Chas
lagnuson, of this city, according to
the police, threw acid into the face
of her son, Arthur. yesterday while
he lay asleep at the family home. he
was rushed to a hospital and 1t was
learned there that he will not lose his
sight. Magnuson was to leave yester-
i,ay with the drafted boys from Lake
county. Constant brooding over the
fact that her son was drafted is be-
ueyed to have affected the mother
mind.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

Counterfeit Dimes in Circulation
OLYMPIA, Jan. At. has been
discovered that along with the Xmas
holidays several counterfeits of the
nice new dimes being issued by the
government have turned up in Olym-
MA. Several of them have been pick
ed up. They are fairly good limitations
in some respects, but when examined
closely, the workmanship is found to
be crude in many ways and they are
Of lead composition that eaily bends
in the fingers. The public Is being
warned against them and 1t Is not
thought that very many of them have
been distributed here.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
WAR TIME EFFICIENCY Is
PRACTIC'ED BY UNCLE SAM

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Jan. 4
Wartime efficiency is being practiced
as well as preached by the govern.
ment.
President Wilson has sent to all the
executive departments copies of let
ters recently addressed by Secretary
Redfield to his bureau chiefs:
Forget how things were done be-
fore the war. eliminate red tape" one
letter said I'VE must learn, with the
Germans. that war won't wait De.
lay is the kaiser's ally"
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
PRESIDENT EXPLAINS ACTION
IN SEIZING RAILWAYS

WASHINGTON. ID. G.. Jan. f.
President Wilson. in an address to
the war made the seizure ofthe rail
roads necessary. and that compensa-
tion of the war made the seizure Of
pensation for their use should be bas-
ed on the average net earnings for
the past three years.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
ADMIRAL LINE
BUYS STEAMER
treighter Northland, Formerly in Al
aska Trade, Purchased BY Pa
cific Steamship Company

SEATTLE, Jan. 4.-The Pacific
Steamship Company has purchased
,be steamer Northland, formerly In
the. Alaskan trade, and which was
sunk at Kake some time ago and rais'
ed a year later. She will be used in the
Alaskan. trade. The Northlsnd Is own
Cd by the Borderlinc Transportation
Co. of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Is OF
sno tons burden, 140. feet long, "a
.eet beam and IA feet depth of hold
She was built in 1903 at Seattle. Wn
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
YAUp INDIANS
KILL AMERICANS
Train Attacked ut Ell PAtme, in state
Of sonora, and Thirty-Stx Per-
sons Are Killed

TUCSON. Aria. Jan. 4.-H. J. Poe
cf Los Angeles. and Miguel Martinez
of Nogales, both American citizens
we're killed together with "a others
Yesterday, when a band of Yaqui In
6ians raided a train at Ell Paine, In
the State of Sonora. After the mas
sacre the train was looted and burn
ed. The band is being pursued by the
Rurales.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
Coast Captain Dies

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4-Cap-
tain George Scott. for the last TWEEN
ty years bar pilot here and a direct
or of the Robert Dollar steamship
Company, died today at the age of
II years. Captain Scott was known
to shipping men up and down the
coast. He was born in Scotland.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

Louis J. HorowItS. smistated from
Rpssla 70 srookiyn % years ego, and
- . boy Of ssvsntsep bssan work Ia
= shoe store Tor >46o awss,s.A New
ne has, been drafted from, thG. pnssi1
dsney. eta, bio Nsw York eenssrvSAleN
company % take charge Of ths tseeiuH
relied, Wpgk Of. ths. American Red
Cree, a,seupsnbeus i1ndS dSstakipo. NJ
will act q q connecting link tStwssn
Rss, crpss epNnisSsas sbraafr and
the organization In the United States,
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
ADVANCE
SOUTH OF LENS
No Changes Mentioned by General
Haig During Night-An Quiet
on Cambria Sector

LONDON, Jan. 4.-Gen. Haig re-
ported today that during the night
the British troops advanced their lines
slightly south of Lens. There Is no
change in the situation on the Cam
brai front, although a heavy artillery
fire is being directed at the enemy.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
lSaby Girl Born

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Caswell are
rejoicing over the arrival of baby
girl, born yesterday. Mother and
daughter are doing we'll. DR.. Silver
man was the attending physician.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

. Fdred at BY IOttererS
.SEATTLE, Jan. Sam Bradford,
Waterman at. the Pacific. Coast Steel
cocnpany,s plantat Youngstown. near
hene,v reported today he was Ared up
on BY two loiterars whom he discov-
cred near the plart shortly sitter mid
night lat tnixht. BraHerd, MAS ,unhprt.
before No could, ere his revolver In
return. he said. the men hsd ned.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

VIM. Quitch, mining operator at
the Alaska -Homestake, will leave for
the property on Hartman Fiord, with
a. large lot of supplies as soon as the
present gale abates.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

The Order of Alaska Moose will
give a dance tomorrow evening in
their hall. Good music will he fur
nished. and the flood is in excellent
condition.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
Seven in Family Lose Lives

Seven in Family Lose Lives
GREENWOOD. S. c.. Jan. 4.-Mrs.
J. l.. Whitman and her six children,
ranging from to 13 years. were
burned to death in their home near
here last night.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04
Soldiers Arrive at Post

A number of soldiers arrived at the
Post last night. all of them from the
States with the exception of a man
or to from guarding the railway at
Cordova. Those arriving were w. Ell
lis, J. w. Abel. C.. B. Anderson, Pri-
Yates Wade, Horroth. Koski and
Kahn.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

SALINA, Kan, Jan. 4-As Xmas
present, 1. A. Pribble, of Salina, sent
q cahlegram to Field Marshal Johre
At Paris stating that Salina had adopt
ed thirty-six French orphans.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

The launch Reliance, Capt. Jack
Stanley, will leave for Port Wells and
down-sound points as soon as the
present storm abates.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

Olaf Larson was Valdez arrival on
the steamship Alameda.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1918-01-04

When ii. I'll a.sm.n. ts.ss shat'sr.neA
yaid on Z salient hsid-by Amsrieanss
they captured ten men. ens q whom
svas Privats Harry Ieushusan q CHI:
eaos. ~ 10 ,txssnty ysars cd and
)sln6E tA6reeeear amy - soea - war
|leeN $1,000, - -oespsa,F s.sAs usie. !.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21
Trouble of Years
Standing Is Over
Gains 20 Pounds "WouldRt rake
Anything in World for Good Tan
lac Did Me-" says Mrs. Allen

Mrs. J. M. Allen, wife OF a we'll
known business man, residing at lilo
cowart street, Chattanooga, Tenn, is
one Of the most enthusiastic endors-
ers Of Tanlac in the South. Her own
story follows:
81 wouldn't take anything IN TINS
world for the good that Tanlac mas
done me. have gained twenty
mounds since | started taking it, and
have been relieved Of suffering tnat
kent me miserable for years. don't
know what my trouble was and |
couldn't find out, but | was in ter
rible rundown condition as a result
Of many years of misery from terri
HE mains in my back and extreme
nervousness couldn't get any sleep
ar night, and didn't have any energy
at all, and was almost past going
GIVE taken nine bottles Of Tanlac
and from what it has done for me
know it is a wonderful medicine.
can sleep better than I have in q
good many years, the awful pains in
nv back have disappeared entirely
and am feeling stronger and better
than have in a mighty long time.
Tanlac is sold in Lakeland by Hen
ley & Henley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21
CHEERFULNESS

(Memphis Commercial AppeaD
OF all seasons Of the year this is
the one tina tneeds your cheerfulness
most. The heat affects your bodily
comfort, and the disarrangement is
reflected in bit of an edge to your
temper that cuts both ways, into your
consciousness and into your neigh
boris feelings. Hold the line against
this sort of foe as faulty as the big
battle line in held in France.
We never confess that we are COW.
ards, but the fact is that a lack of
cheerfulness is one of the strongest
eidences Of cowardice that one can
show, 1t means a Stacking down of
the will power and of that fine sense
Of individual responsibility that
makes us fighting agents in the great
game of life. When that has lost it's
elasticity we are as an unstrung bow
in the contest of achievement
Moping is self-hurtful; moping is
hurtful to others with whom we come
in contact; moping is the craven's
part in the big race for any given
goal
The reverse Of this is: Cheerful
ness is self-helpful; cheerfulness is
first-aid to those about us; cheerful.
ness is the courage that wins the
race, or that smiles at the lack Of
winning.
Just now the whole country has
need of every fraction Of cheerful
ness that 1t can muster. These war
times draw on our reserves of faith
and endurance, and the response we
give to the call is the test of our men,
tai statue. Ask yourself where YOU
stand on the cheerfulness line, and
so determine what your average is in
the quality of patriotism. II you
nope and whine, know that you are
Stacker, no matter how many sons
or how much money you have yield
ed to the government Like the Lord
that government loves cheerful
giver and your percentage of credits
is rated low if you ae moper and
groucher. Ask yourselves tehis
morning which you are going to be
and then for heavens sake 20 on and
be 1t. If you can't be cheerful, be Al
least candid enough to accept tho
towards badge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21
BEEF CONSERVATION RULING

Effective Immediately upon publica-
ton of this order or notification by
County Food Administrators, all ho-
tells and public eating places shall be
governed by the following rules, re-
garding the serving of beef to pa
irons
No public eating place shall serve
boiled beef on more than two meals
each week; beef steak shall not be
served at more than one meal each
week, and roast-beef, hot or cold,
shall not be served at more than one
meal each week.
CA For the purpose of uniform OBJ
servance of this rule, public eating
places will be allowed to serve at the
midday meal each Monday, roast
beef, hot or cold; on Wednesday and
Saturday, each week, stewed beef,
boiled beef, or beef hash, may be
served at the midday meal; on Thurs
day each week, steak in any form, in
'cluding hamburger steak, may be
served at the midday meal. The nam
ing of these meals and the methods
OF serving beef are for the specific
purposes Of making uniform the con
servation of beef, and no departure
from the rule as stated will be al
lowed
% (B) Bi-products of beef, such as
oxtail, liver, tongues, sweet breads
hearts, kidneys, brains, and tripe may
be served at any meal of the week
Mutton and pork, poultry and fish may
be likewise served without restriction
(C)Any violation of the above rule
will be met with severe attention BIZ
the Food Administration, and County
Food Administrators are authorized
upon discovery of violation to immed
lately notify dealers to withhold sales
of food products from such public
eating places as are found guilty O,
violating these rules.
CD 1t is understood, however. tina
nothing In this rule shall interfere
with the sale of beef by dealers o,
meat markets, on the day or days pre-
vious to its use, the responsibility fol-
the observance of the rules beins
placed solely on the public eatins
places serving beef, as prescribed II
the foregoing paragraph.
BRAXTON BEACHAM
Federal Food Administrator, Florida
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21
Feeling Blue
Take A Calotab
Wonderful How Fne You Feel After
Taking the New Nausealess
CalOmel

II you have not tried Calotabs, you
have a delightful surprise awaiting
you. The wonderful liver cleansing
and svstem-purifying properties of
calCme!, the doctors favorite among
all medicines, may now be enjoyed
without the slightest unpleasantness
One Calotab at bedtime, with q swal-
low of water, that's all. No nausea
nor the slightest unpleasant effects
You wake up in the morning feeling
fine. your liver cleansed. your system
purified and with hearty appetite
FOR breakfast. Eat what you please
go where you please, no restriction
Of habit or diet.
Calitabs are sold only in original
sealed packages, price thirty-flve
cents Your druggist recommends
and guarantees Calotabs and Will re-
fund your money IL you are not de
lighted with them. -(Advt.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21
MAY THERE BE NONE
UNFINISHED ON THAT DAY!

President Wilson, in his statement
calling upon every man, woman and
child to pledge themselves on or be-
fore June % to save constantly and
tc buy regularly the securities of the
government, says, MAY there be none
unenlisted on that day."
AS the President points out, "This
war is one Of nations-not of armies
and all Of our 1OO,OOO,OOO people
must be economically and industrially
adjusted to war conditions if this ma
ton is to play its full part in the
conflict.
That part consists in giving the
army and the navy all the support of
which we are capable. To do that
each one of us must first of all be \
producer to our maximum ability and
a consumer of necessities only for
every bit Of man power and everv mar
ticle OF material is necessary for the
use OF the army and navy and for the
making Of the things essential to our
citizens.
AS maximum producer and as a
consumer of necessities only, each of
us would be an accumulation of saw
ngs' And these savings can be in
vested in War Savings Stamps with
oenefit both to the government and to
ourselves.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21

London June 20.-In one of the
most important British government
departments in Whitehall few days
ago, loud and prolonged screams were
suddenly heard. There was an i'm
mediate rush of military men and
others to the door of the room
whence came the commotion. The
door was pushed open and the twelve
girls employed there were revealed
standing upon two large tables, with
their skirts well tucked up, scream
ing for help and shaking with fright
The cause of all the trouble was a
small mouse. The military promptly
gave chase with such weapons as
came to hand, and finally a gallant
artillery sergeant, a Mons hero,
armed with coal shovel, killed the
intruder
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21
MRS. ADOlPHUS BUSCH
HEARS THE CRIES OF JACKlES
(St. Augusticne Record)

While northbound train No. SO,
bearing the private car of Mrs. Lily
Adolphus Busch, wife Of the German
founder of the Budweiser Brewery,
st. Louis, on her way from Key West
to her American home. after spend
ing three years in Germany drew up
on siding at the Florida East Coast
Railway yards here at 1910 o'clock
today, as pecial train Of four Pullman
cars, an old Pennsylvania Railroad
sleeper and two day coaches, loaded
to overlooking with bluejackets from
the Great Lakes training station,
near Chicago, waving Get the Ger.
mans" banner and shouting "Show us
Hun passed through toward the
south, carrying the seamen to the Mi.
ami training school.
Mrs. Busch, whose brewery has
been taken over by the alien proper.
ty custodian, is going to ST. Louis
but will stop at Jacksonville this at.
ternoon till 9 o'clock tonight. She
had just gone from the chartered car
to the diner and had left word not
to be disturbed.
Secret service men, it was stated
forbade her talk to newspaper report.
ers, and the ding car conductor did
not want the guests of the car dis.
turbed during their meal. She was
accompanied by her son, August who
has been in Germany with her, by her
attorney and several attendants. "At
the proper time and place. her at.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21
THINKS OF THESE THINGS

A thrift stamp costs the investor
twenty-five cents.
When one has sixteen of these
stamps, which have cost him four dol
lars he may exchange them for a
war savings stamp.
To purchase this stamp he must add
a certain number of cents, depending
en- the time when he applies for it.
lhls month he needs to add only
thirteen cents to the four dollars
seventeen cents to the four dollars
worth of stamps.
He receives war savings stamp
that will be redeemed in 1923 for five
dollars.
This means that he is getting inter-
est at about the rate of four per cent
on his small investment of twenty
five cents, when he has accumulated
sufficient number of them to entitle
him to a war savings stamp.
The stamp is transferable and, in
case of necessity, may be used at any
time practically as money. The gov
eminent will take them up at their
book value at any time.
The government expects to raise
two billion dollars by the sale of these
stamps. That money goes to aid the
government in prosecuting the war.
1t means that whenever one buys a
stamp he is doing two things, yes,
three things, He is aiding his gov
eminent in the greatest enterprise
any government ever undertook, that
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21

of making the world safe for people
to live in.
1t means that it is giving the small
est investor a chance to accumulate
money, paying fair rate of interest
on the investment.
And it means that it is teaching the
practice of thrift, showing the small
saver that by putting aside his pen
MES and his nickels and his dimes he
may soon accumulate sufficient money
to become a small bondholder; teach
ing him that he can go without many
things he now thinks he cannot get
along without; teaching him the value
OF money.
Think Of these things and begin now
to lay aside your small change for
the purpose of buying thrift and war
savings stamps.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21
A SOLDIERS OUTFIT

1t is said that it cost Uncle Sam
SOL for the clothing of every soldier
sent to France, in spite of the stand.
ardization and the universal employ.
ment of machinery. This amount
does not include eating utesils and
fighting equipment. The change in
methods since the days of the Amer.
lean Revolution is shrinking. The
uniforms of that time were cut IN
and sewed by hand in the homes OF
the people, who also wove much OF
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21

Rome, June 18.-The automobile In
dustry has been quadrupled in Italy
owing to war demands. As compared
with 1918, there are now SIS manu-
featuring companies instead Of 81
with a total capital of nearly 100000
900 lire as compared to 100000 lire
in 1918. Dividends now paid are 5
per cent as compared to 3.5 per cent
in 1913. Exports Of automobiles have
increased in value nearly four times,
or from 34,O0O,OOO lire to 11S,OO0,Oao.
The use Of passenger cars by pri'
vate persons have been forbidden for
q year, so as to save motor and la'
bricating oils for military purposes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-21

had also been in Germany, was a
rigid one but the Federal agents at
Key West had stated that nothing
was discovered that would point sus-
picion toward the widow or any OF
her party The papers and all be-
longings were returned to them and
nothing held by the Government
agents. The heads of the Depart
ment Of Justice at Key West stated
that the investigation had resulted
in complete satisfaction and that
they would make their report to
Washington accordingly.