Former Senator Lorimer’s Partner
is Gambling Deals Convicted
of Wrecking Bank.
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MORRIS. 111., Nov. 20.—Charles
B. Munday, an officer of the La Salle
Street Trust & Savings Bank, Chica
go, was convicted before a trial jury
yesterday on the charge of having
wrecked the bank and has been sen
tenced to five years in the peniten
tiary. The case was tried in Morris,
the defendant having been granted
a change of venue, on the ground
that he would be unable to secure a
fair trial in Chicago on account of
the unfavorable sentiment created
through the wrecking of the bank.
Ex-Senator William Lorimer was
president of the LaSalle Street Trust
fc Savings bank and was indicted at
the same time as Munday and J. X.
Seagrave, on the charge that they had
ased the deposits of the bank in
gambling deals in real estate.
GOV. STRONG’S THANKS
GIVING PROCLAMATION.
Citing that the people of America
are enjoying peace and prosperity
while the nations of Europe are be
ing consumed by the fires of war,
Gov. Stror^p,^ in his Territorial
Thanksgiving proclamation, urges
that the people of Alaska refrain
from labor as far as possible, and
that the day ~e devoted to thanks
giving. The proclamation is as fol
lows:
"The annual observance of a day
of thanksgiving in the United States
having become a fixed custom, it be
comes a privilege to remind the peo
ple of Alaska* of the recurrence of
this event, and to ask that its signifi
cance may be duly and fittingly ac
knowledged ; and therefore, in ac
cordance with the proclamation of
the President of the United State, I.
j, p. a. Strong, Governor of the Ter
ritory of Alaska, do appoint Thurs
day, the twenty-fifth day of Novem
ber, nineteen hundred and fifteen, a
day of Thanksgiving.
And it is recommended that On
that day the people of Alaska do re
frain from labor, so far as possible,
and unite in a general observance of
the day. As a people, we should be
thankful for many blessings. Our
country continues to be at peace wun
the world; it stands out pre-emi
nently as the sanest of nations in the
midst of the war conflict that engulfs
the peoples of Europe and which
shocks the world. Through the many
perplexing situations that have arisen
during the year, and the many prob
lems that have developed and de
manded solution, this nation has been
enabled to preserve and maintain
peace without sacrificing principles;
the continuation of this colossal war,
involvingrV$> jjf does, the clash of fun
damental political ideas, makes this
especially a time for the searching
of hearts for taking account of our
stewardship as guardians of those
principles which are the foundation
stones of the nation.
“We have had bountiful crops, we
have had opportunities for service,
for public enlightenment, and these
have been used for the uplift and
benefit of humanity; we have been
favored beyond all precedent, and,
while there is still much to be done
for the betterment of conditions
among our own people, there, has
been substantial progress along lines
that make for the well-being, and
greater economic freedom and hap
piness of all the people of this re
public.”
J. F. A. STRONG,
Governor.
MOUTH OF COPPER
RIVER TO BE SURVEYED.
The Cordova Chamber of Com
merce recently took up with the U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey, the mat
ter of having a survey made of the
mouth of the Copper river, both in
side and outside of the bar, which
would be of great service to small
craft plying between Cordova and
Katalla.
Dr. Jones has written the Cordova
chamber that he hopes to have the
work accomplished next summer, but
that the Coast Survey has been
handicapped by having only two ves
sels, the Patterson and Explorer, for
next year’s work. The Gidney and
McArthur were declared by marine
inspectors to be unseaworthy and
have been condemned.
It is believed that the new Geodetic
survey boat, the Surveyor, which is
being constructed by a Wisconsin
shipbuilding firm, will be ready for
service in Alaskan waters in 1917.
ABBE MOREAUX PREDICTS
MANY SEVERE WINTERS
PARIS: The world’s rain cycle
beginning in 1902, which the French
meterological authority, Abbe Mor
eaux, director of the Bourges Ob
servatory. predicted as the result of
his study of the sun's face, is now,
the abbe says, ended. He forecasts
a series, though not perhaps quite un
broken, of twenty-six hard winters
beginning the present year.
According to the abbe, it is impos
sible to say where in Europe the win
ter cold will be excessive, but the
probabilities are France will have to
face many rigorous winter seasons
during this period. He bases his
prophecy regarding coming winter
temperatures upon the supposition
that the temperature curve all over
the world can be calculated on the
same principles as the world’s rain
curves.
Christmas Is Coming.
And would it not be well to con
sider something in the line of photo
sundries for your friends. A trim
ming board for 40c or 60c; Brownie
Enlarger for $2.00 and up; Negative
Albums, Print Roller, Flash Sheet
Holder, Tripod or some of the many
other desirable things. I might have
just the thing you want. Those rela
tives and friends in the states appre
ciate pictures more than anything
else, especially if they are of Alaska.
Call at my place in the Cliff House,
tf P. S. HUNT.
Before the gangplank is on the deck,
Joe is there your baggage to check.
He knows just where you want to go,
And his auto bus is not so slow.
When leaving Valdez it is just as well
To wait until you hear Joe’s bell.
He never yet has missed a boat
But connects with all that ever floats.
Joe never sleeps day or night,
He does his best to treat you right.
The traveling public well can bless
The man who runs the City Express.
All you do—Just Phone Eight Two,
The City Express will see you thru.
tf
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Doughnuts what am—Cakes and Cookies.
Wiegels High Grade Candies.
Delicatessen and Lnnch Goods—Bread 3 for 25c. Call 1S6
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QUICK WITTED WOMEN.
Their Clever Ruse Thst Won the Fsvor
of Emperor Konrad.
There are countless stories to illus
trate the devotion of women, but the
most interesting of them Is the one
that Is recorded tn the annals of a home
(or dependent women at Welnsberg. on
the Neclutr. in the vicinity of Heidel
berg.
At the foot of the mountain was
fought one of the fiercest battles of the
long straggle between tbe Guelphs and
tbe Ghlbelllnes. When tbe conflict was
ended and tbe Gbibelllne leader. Em
peror Konrad, bad driven tbe Guelph
chieftains up tbe mountain to their
stronghold, he laid siege to tbe ancient
castle. After several days he sent word
that If the men would surrender he
would permit the women to depart In
safety, carrying their treasures with
them. The terms of surrender were
arranged, and tbe emperor drew up bis
army to form an escort for the noble
ladies with their jewels and other dear
possessions.
When tbe procession of women came
down the bill tbe hostile army saw, to
its amazement, that every gentlewom
an carried a man on her back. Tbe
men they carried were tbe Guelph offi
cers. who were to have remained In the
castle and been made prisoners of war.
Konrad was so touched by this expres
sion of devotion on tbe part of those
wives and mothers rhat be permitted
the women to go back for their Jewels.
In 1820 Queeu Charlotte of Wurttem
berg. daughter of George III. and a
member of the Guelphs. built the asy
lum on the hill as a memorial to those
quick witted Guelph women.—St Lou
Is Globe-Democrat.
HE WANTED BIG GAME.
And Found It In the Jungle* of the
Panama Canal Zone.
in the early days of canal construc
tion at Panama there arrived from the
United States for duty with the lire de
partinent a Danish American who told
numerous thrilling tales of his hunting
trips “hack home.” Anxious to get a
chance at the big game of the Panama
jungles, he secured a day off for a
hunting trip soon after his arrival, lie.
took as guide a Jamaican negro jani
tor. connected with the lire station,
who had never been outside of Colon.
They started early in the morning
and returned before noon. The Dane
seemed to be exhausted and spent the
afternoon resting and cooling oft.
When asked about his trip and why
he didn’t bring any big game back he
replied:
"Boys, I was all in after 1 saw that
big snake. It must have been fifty feet
long and as big around as your tody.
1 just saw the end of his body slipping
through the high grass on a trail, and
he was at least ten inches thick at the
tail."
During the recital his guide, the Jani
tor, was Sweeping the floor and grin
ning. When the hunter left the Jani
tor was quizzed, and this was his ver
sion of the chase:
"H’out by Mindi way. where dey is
buildiu' a higb trestle bridge, dey drag
gin' a long po-el trn de grass wid u
mu-el. De snake what de boss see was
de po-el. an' be was so frigbt dat be
don’t see de mu-el what draggiu’ h’it.”
— Los Angeles Times.
Natural Protection.
It has been pointed out that to some
ground animals nature's color scheme
for concealment furnishes almost com
plete protection The quail crouching
on the ground looks like a bunch ol
dried leaves. Many snakes and fishes
take the precise color of surrounding
sand and water. A mackerel from
above looks like a fleeting ripple, while
to fish enemies beneath his white tolly
will not show against the higher col
ors of sky and water. The wonderful
ly beautiful changes of dolphins and
chameleons were not evolved to please
the eye. but to protect their lives.
Precedent Adhered To.
"Will you marry me?”
The fair lady at the man's side
drew away with a movement that
seemed almost prudish. Her breath
came and went in little explosive jerks.
She tried to speak, but no sound came
from ber lips. She tried once more,
and then, with sweet tremulousness,
she gave her answer.
”1 will marry you if you get papa’s
consent,” she said. “I never marry
without that”—New York Times.
Nicoly Settled.
Lady—What will you charge me for
the use of a horse and buggy for a few
hours? Liveryman—it will cost you $2
for the-first hour aud $1 for each addi
tional hour. Lady—Well, I’ll use It for
two additional hours. I've got some
shopping to do und will not require it
for the first hour.—New York Sun.
Topaz. •
The word topaz comes from the Greek
verb signifying to guess. The jewel
was brought from the east and was re
ported to have come from an island."
and men then guessed at the location
of the isle which produced such beauti
ful gems.
Candid.
Edith—You must speak to papa first
Surely you don't expect him to make
the advances, do you? Jack—Well, If
be doesn't 1 don't see bow we are go
ing to get married.—Boston Transcript
Not Him Alone.
“And you refuse me a loan!”
“Ob. no, 1 don't refuse you alone
l refuse all panhandlersl” — Houston
Coot.
You find people ready enough to do
the Samaritan—without the oil anil
twopence.—Sydney Smith.
NOT ALL CAPTAINS.
Sams Member* of the Small Company
Were Roally Private*.
An American woman—now safe in
the States—writes that while she was
I in Mexico five soldiers one day rode
into her remote mountain camp They
were very decent fellows, and made no
threats. Still. In the absence of her
husband. It seemed only wise to give
them plenty of food and drink, also to
yield gracefully to the request of one
of the number, who said be was the
captain, for the "loan” of a blanket.
Pretty soon a second warrior Inti
mated that he, too, could use a blanket
to advantage In bis campaigning, add
ing that he. too. was a captain. When
a third made the same request, also
announcing his rank as that of cap
tain, -their hostess paused in her dis
trlbutlon of blankets.
“Tell me,” she inquired politely, "is
this entire detachment composed of
captains?”
“Oh, no, sonora!” replied the one who
had first spoken. “I am the Captain
Primero, this is the Captain Segundo
and that la the Captain Tercero. Those”
—indicating the two remaining—"are
the private soldiers.”
And at this the admiring senora, ac
cording to her own account, at once
gave a blanket to each of the two
"high privates in the rear rank”—
moved by “sympathy with them for be
ing captained firstly, secondly and even
thirdly, and also by admiration of them
as being such rare birds!”—Youth’s
Companion.
THE FIRST TROUSERS.
They Led to Edicts Against Their Use
In Some German States.
The latest Instance of a European
country enacting laws concerning dress
occurred at. the time of the French
revolution, when some rulers of Ger
muu states forbade their subjects to
wear trousers, these being held to indi
cate revolutionary opinions. The elec
tor of Hcsse-Cassel. besides prohibiting
the obnoxious garments, had the con
victs employed on road sweeping dress
ed in trousers so as to inspire disgust
for sans-culotte fashions.
The term “sans-culotte” means "with
out breeches.” and during the French
revolution the “sans-eulottes,” who de
nounced every one who wore breeches,
finally went beyond their opponents
and wore twice as much cloth around
their legs—in a word, adopted the mod
ern trousers and made them the badge
of a party.
Napoleon wore trousers on state oc
casions after he had been crowned
emperor. His army was the first that
adopted trousers, and they kept prog
ress. step by step, with the march of
the French legions. The Duke of
Wellington would insist on wearing
pantaloons—or trousers, as they are
now called—when be attended certain
social functions, nltbough he was al
most alone in so doing. This was
about the year 1814, but by 1830 trous
ers were worn by almost everybody.—
Westminster Gazette.
Golf’s Hardest 8hots.
"T have heard many debates as to
rbe hardest and the easiest clubs to
play.” says Jerome D. Travers, the fa
mous golfer, in the American Maga
zine. "I should say the hardest shot
in the game, (.be one tbat has fewer
masters, is the full iron shot to the
green. Running a close second is the
rnasbic- pitch. There ure fewer golfers
by far who can play these two shots
well than those who are good drivers
or good putters. The easiest shot in
golf is the drive, and the simplest is
the putt. But as putting is almost
purely a mental proposition it probably
varies more with ail players than any
other shot.
“You see very few good sound Iron
players, especially among the amateurs
in America. In England their iron
play Is much better.”
Man’s Will Is All His Own.
True education lies tu learning to
wish things to be as they actually are.
It lies in learning to distinguish what
is our own from what does not belong
to us. But there is only one thing
which is fully our own—that is our
will or purpose. God, acting as a good
king and a true father, has given ns a
will which cannot be restrained, com
pelled or thwarted. He has put it
wholly in our power. * * • Nothing can
ever force us to act against our will.
If we are conquered it is because we
have willed to be conquered.—Epicte
tus.
His Reward.
“Willie,” called hia mother from the
head of the stairs, “did you wipe your
feet before you came in?'
"Yessum,” replied the youug hopeful.
“Did yon close the door carefully be
hind you?”
“Yessum.”
“Did yon hang up your bat?”
“Yessum.”
“Very well. Then yon may practice
your music lesson.’’—Pittsburgh Press.
A Much Needed Improvement.
“Do you believe that we should have
a more elastic currency?” asked the
man who always talks national finance.
“Not much!” snorted the man with
the shiny clothes. “It’s elastic enough
now. Wbat they ought to do 1b make
It more adhesive.”—Exchange.
Othar Paopla's Burdens.
If we could read the secret hlstor
of our enemies we should find in each
man’s life sorrow and suffering enough
to disarm all hostility.—Longfellow.
What Did He Mean?
“Have you noticed, my friend, how
many fools there are oc. earth?’
‘‘Yes. and there's always one more
than yon think "-Sonrtre.
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Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Bay and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
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Large or Small Deliveries Made
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PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Bast of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. ■ TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chltina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mar.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 Clias. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
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PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING.
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* Illamaa and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Ancliorngc.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franelneo every Wednemlay nttd Sunday, eounwtlng with
Steamer* Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattle: VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, l£th,24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway. Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on tho 5th; Latoucho. on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
Z B. TRACY, Gea'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
f
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chieago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.