CROSPERITY WAVE
HITS RAILROADS
** KaKtern Kuiliouds and Hteel Conijm
I nies Show Enormous Increase
Over October, I') 14.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—-Dun’s Re-,
view Kays this is a period of the great-!
«st commercial development ever
known in the United States and that!
conditions are favorable for continu- j
ed expansion of business. It is stat
ed that the railroads throughout the ;
country are prospering as never be-'
tore and it is predicted that branch ]
lines which have been under contem- j
Idation for years will soon be under
^construction. #
The earnings for the Pennsylvania
raUraad for the month of October:
“vrj|&‘?36,000,000. an increase of;
iSore than $5,000,000 over the cor
responding month last year.
The New York Central & Hudson
River railroad shows an increase of i
52,500,000 during October over the* i
corresponding month in 1914. Ad
vices from many eastern manufactur
ing cities slate that the railroads a-e
refusing to accept shipments for ex
ports as ships are not available and
the warehouses are/congested.
The Steel Corporation’s October.
Statement shows that its unfilled or
ders increased eight hundred and
forty-seven thousand tons. This is
an unparalleled record but is only in
keeping with all other development! i
In the current markets.
Business in the eastern states is no
longer dependent upon the war de
mands of the European countries as
tkc bumper crops of the western
states, the widespread increase . in '
production and in the power of the i
t people to purchase has established a
» firm basis for an era of prosperity.
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Bn ill I MM (Tops of tlie Western Prdv
inres mid High Prices Realized
Relieving the Situation.
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OTTAWA. Dec. 2.—Tlie domestic
loan of $50,000,000 authorized by
the Dominion government to meet'
the deficiency in the treasury caused
by the decline of custom’s receipts j
owing to the European war, has been
oversubscribed. Demands for the
government bonds has been pouring
In from every part of the Dominion
and applications for more than one1
hundred million dollars worth of
bonds have been received.
, The outbreak of the war, coming
as it did before Canada had time to
recover from an over-extended boom
in city and town lots in the North
west, which had weakened the entire
financial fabric of the country by
causing the hanks to restrict credits,
hit the business interests a severe!
blow. Then, to cap the weight of wo
under which the Dominion was strug
gling. the grain crops of the western l
provinces were a partial failure just;
a 1 the time when all grains com- j
manded fancy prices.
Tlie total wheal crop of 1915 is
336,268.000 bushels, and most of it
is high-grade spring wheat, breaking
the previous record of 1913 by 104,-.
bill,000 bushels. This year’s crop
exceeds that of last year by 174,978
bushels. The Dig crops of the west
ern provinces and the high prices be
ing realized hy the farmers for their
crops, has relieved the financial po
sition of the west, and it has extend
ed to the manufacturing districts in
the eastern provinces, causing a re
vival of trade throughout the entire
Dominion.
FIRST SNOW OK SEASON
FALLS IN NEW YORK.
, NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—The first j
snow of the season fell here last
night and the ground is covered this
morning. The weather bureau has j
fanned a warning that a storm is j
sweeping in from the Atlantic.
KX POSITION BUILDINGS
SOON TO BK HAZKD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.—The
directors of the San Francisco expo
sition yesterday sold a number of
buildings on the fair grounds as the
lease on the ground expires immedi
ately after the closing of the fair.
The buildings are being sold by auc
tion to the highest bidders and the
Washington state building which co<
$50,000 was sold for $800. The Ore
gon building, costing $60,000 was
sold for $1200. The directors are
acting for the various state and for
eign governments in disposing of the
buildings, which will be razed.
VILLA PLANNING
TO INVADE TEXAS
Is Hostile at America ns because
l«'iinst<m's Troops Prevented Hie
Capture of Agon I’rieta.
WASHINGTON, Dec. i. It is re
ported that General Villa, the Mexi
can rebel leader, blaming the United ,
States for his defeats by the Mexi
can federal troops, has threatened to
invade Texas in revenge.
The Villaistas are reported to have
met with severe reverses in their at
tack against Hermosilla, and it is be
lieved they will abandon the attempt
to capture the city.
Gen. Villa is said to believe that]
Gen. Diaz, who has assembled a band
of Indians and is preparing to march
against Mexico City, is being financ
ed by Americans who are opposed tp
President Carranza, President Wil-!
sen's choice. . - I
The failure to capture Agua Prifttaj
has caused an- intense hatred of1
Americans in the breast of the rebel
leader and it is reported that he has
instructed Mrs. Villa, who is residing
in Redondo, California, to take up
her residence in Canada.
WEEKS OPPOSES
Believe* Country Would Be Better
Oil' If Congress Would Adjourn
and Not Meet Five Year*.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—United States
Senator John W. Weeks, of Massa
chusetts, who has announced his can
didacy for the Republican presiden
tial nomination, is opposed to gov
ernment ownership on the grounds
that it is expensive and fails to give
service such as privately conducted
enterprises. At a recent banquet he
declared that the country was bur
dened with too many laws and be
lieved the country would be better
off if Congress would adjourn not to
meet again fpr five years.
He believes the postoffice depart
ment should be conducted by private
capital but thinks that such a change
would be impossible under present
political conditions. He predicted
that government interference with
business had passed the high water
mark and that in future private capi
tal would be tree to develop the re
sources of the country.
FOURTH SON 18 BORN
TO JAPAN’S EMPEROR.
TOKIO, Dec. 2.—As a closing cer
emony of the coronation observances
Emperor Yoshihito, of Japan, today
reviewed fifty thousand veterans of
the Japanese army who had been un
,able to attend the coronation at
Kioto.
It is announced that the empress
has presented her husband with an
other son. the fourth boy to be born
to the royal couple.
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BERLIN NEWSPAPER REPORTS
SUODEN PEACE IS POSSIBLE
BERLIN VORWAERTS STATES THAT PEACE MAY SOON COME AS
QUICKLY AT IT WAS SHATTERED EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO—
RELIEVED EMPEROR WILLIAM VISITED CENTRAL EUROPEAN |
CAPITALS TO CONKER WITH RULERS REGARDING PEACE—
WORLD WILL WAIT ANXIOUSLY KOR NEWS OK TERMS.
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AMSTERDAM. Dec. 2. -The per
sistent rumor from Central Europe
that Austria is seeking separate
peace with the Allies was partially
confirmed today when the Berlin
Vorwaerts printed a news story to
the effect that a sudden termination
of the war was possible and that
peace would be restored as quickly
as it had been shattered eighteen
months ago.
ti is now believed that Emperor
William's visit to the capitals of the
central powers and Constantinople
was made for the purpose of confer
ing with the rulers of the nations as
to the terms of peace upon which
Cermany will end the war.
SEATTLE JEWELRY
STORE IS ROBBED
I'nniHskeil Men Hold L:p lione Clerk
of First Avenue liuslness House
and Secure $2,000 in Stock.
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.— A daring hold
up was perpetrated in the heart of
Seattle’s business district at 9 o’clock '
this morning, when two unmasked
men entered West’s jewelry store on
First avenue and after gagging and
binding the lone clerk who was on
duty, escaped with $2000 in cash and
jewelry. i
Hundreds of citizens were passing!
the store at the time but failed to
observe what was going on inside,
and were not aware of the holdup un
til the arrival of other clerks dis
closed the fact that the store had
been robbed.
It is reported that the police are
suspicious of the story told by the
clerk who was on duty when the rob
bery occurred and they are working
on the theory that he was implicated
in the robbery, and was tied up by
his partners.
SOCIALISTS WANT
TERMS OF PEACE
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Party Has Iteen Split with One Fac
tion Urging: Keliance Upon Em
peror .William's Cabinet.
BERLIN, Uec. 2 The opening
session of the German Reichstag
was marked by demonstrations on
the part of the Socialist members, a
split having occurred in the pnriy
over the support lo be given to the
government's proposed war loan
( One faction of the Socialists is de
manding that the government an
nounce to the world the terms upon
which peace would be acceptable to
Germany, while the other fact'on iB
urging reliance upon the emperor’s
military cabinet to determine the du
ration of the ru r
Before the beginning of hostilities
thi o' were one hundred and twelve!
Socialist members in the Reichstag
but many of them are missing in the
present session, having fallen or been
unable to reach Berlin from their
distant posts of duty.
The tickets for the "Ueestrict
Skule” entertainment are on sale at
S. Blum & Co.’s, the Valdez Mercan
tile, the Valdez Drug Co., and the
Owl Drug stores.
Subscribe for .he Prosnector.
The Berlin report has caused spec
ulation to the probable terms upon
which Germany will make peace. It i
is believed that the success of the:
Serbian and Hussian campaigns has
caused the German Emperor to feel
that he is now in position to dictate
to the Allies in the settlements to be ■
made following the cessation of hos
tilities.
Montenegrins Desisting Austrians.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Advices from
Cettinje state that, a strong Austrian j
and Bulgarian force has invaded
Montenegro and the Montenegro!
and Serbian troops are offering aj
fierce resistance.
VILLA’S INDIANS
HAVE SURRENDERED
Dissatisfied with leadership of Villa
they Surrender to Mexican
Federal Troops.
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NOGALES. Dec. 2.—Gen. Urbano,
Gen. Villa’s leader of his Yaqui In-j
dian troops, has surrendered with
fifteen hundred Indians to the Mexi-j
can federal troops. The Yaqui troops
suffered a terrible defeat in the at-;
tack on Cananea. when they were
routed, leaving eleven hundred dead
and wounded on the battlefield.
It is reported that the Indian j
troops are without provisions as they
have been living off the country
since the beginning of the rebellion.
They have been unable to secure sup
plies of munitions from Villa since
the recognition of Gen. Carranza by
President Wilson and are dissatisfied
with his leadership.
It is believed that President Car-.
ranza has promised amnesty to the j
Indian troops for surrendering and i
that he will not require them to take
up arms against the rebel forces. !
JOURNAL CONNECTS
BOPP WITH CROWLEY
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Editor of Providence Journal Claims
to Huve Evidence Official f'aus
' ed Seattle Wharf Eire.
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PROVIDENCE, Dec. 2.- The edi
tor of the Providence Journal, whose,
publication of Dr. Goricar's confes
sions as to Teutonic conspiracies in
the United States, has resulted in
scores of Germans and Austrians be-,
ing arrested, says- he has evidence!
connecting Consul-General Bopp with
the destruction of the Seattle wharf,
several steamers at sea, and dyna-!
mittng of munition factories.
It is assorted that Detective Crow- j
ley, the federal employe who was
engaged to work for the government
but who enlisted with the German;
spy service on British recruiting
agents in San Francisco, received i
four hundred thousand dollars from
Consul General Bopp for the destruc
tion of the Seattle wharf. It is also
charged that Crowley was Instrumen
tal, while acting under the orders of
Bopp, in bribing stevedores to place
timed dynamite bombs in the holds
of steamers and causing their de
struction by fire.
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ROOHEVEI/FH TRIBUTE TO
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON'
OYSTER BAY: Col. Roosevelt
made the following comment on the
death of Booker T. Washington, the
noted negro educationalist, who died
recently:
“I am deeply shocked and grieved
at the death of Dr. Booker T, Wash
ington. He was one of the distin
guished citizens of the United States,
a man who rendered greater service
to his own race than ever had been
rendered by anyone else, and who in
so doing also rendered great service
to the whole country ! mourn his
toss and feel that oi*e of the most
useful citizens, of our land lias pun '
ADMITSSUPPLYINO
GERMAN WARSHIPS
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President of the Huniburg-Aiiiericaii
Says Germany Has Contract
With Company.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. The name
of Ambassador Bernstorff was con
nected with the alleged German con
spiracy today when Dr. Karl Buenz,
president of the Hamburg-Amerfcan
Steamship company, testified that
Ambassador Bernstorif. as tlie repte
sentative of the German government,
held a contract with the steamship
company whereby the Hamburg
American company was bound to help
the German warships in case of a
war.
Dr. Buenz stated that the contract,
he believed, had been in existence
since the steamship company was or
ganized and thinks that all German
steamship companies are .subject to
the same rule. He admitted under
cross examination that a number of
American ships had been chartered
to carry fuel and food to the war
ships and said that ships had been
sent into the Pacific to coal cruisers j
there.
LANSING TO DENY j
FORD PASSPORTS
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Only in ('uses of Absolute Business
Necessity are Passports Given
to Belligerent Countries.
WASHINGTON. D. Dec. 2.—
Secretary Lansing, of the State de
partment, has announced that he will
refuse to issue passports to the mem
bers of the Henry Ford peace dele
gation except to ports in neutral
countries.
The secretary says that since nu
merous complaints have been receiv
ed from the European countries that
Americans who have been traveling
in Europe under the guise of busi
ness men or newspaper correspon
dents, have abused their privileges,
that passports are given to persons
en route to the belligerent countries
only when it is a case of absolute
business necessity.
Ford has announced that his peace
ship will sail from New York for
Holland early next week and declares
that he has every reason to believe
that his plan for the restoration of
peace will he effectual in stopping
Lise war before the end of the year
It IS reported that passports will he
denied to several of the delegates ow
ing to their partisanship for some of
the warring European nations.
EDUCATIONAL WORKER
ARRANGING MEETINGS.
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis, the tal
ented educationalist and public
speaker, who is now in Valdez, is ar-:
ranging a series of meetings when
parliamentary law, new methods of
teaching children and other educa
tional topics will be explained to the'
people of Valdez. She is also ar
ranging to give a lecture on some So
cialist topic at one of the local the
atres next Sunday evening. It is
announced that the address will he
an extra feature as the regular pro- ■
gram of film will be shown.
RUMORS OF PEACE
HAVE BEEN REVIVED
Austrian Km|ier<ir lias Accepted Ites
ignations of Two Ministers who
Opposed Demands of Italy.
V(I'XX \. I)i . The rumor tha
Austria is seeking a separate peaw
with Italy ‘ms revived i)v the resigna
lion of tiie Austrian ministers of Fi
nance ami commerce, both of whon
were members of the cabinet whici
refused the demands of Italy for th
restoration of the Adriatic province
and led to the declaration of war be
tween Italy and Austria
The resignations of the minister
were tendered to the emperor see
eral days ago and wore accepted in
mediately after the German.emperor
visit to Vienna. It is reported tit
men selected to fi 11 the positions at
in favor of seeking the terms upo
which Italy will make peace.
it is understood that if Human
will enter an agreement whereby tin
country will promise not to partir
pate in the war that Austria will wi!
ingly meet the demands of the It?
ians. the refusal of which led to tl
declaration of war. Austria fears t
invasion of the Slavs through her u
fortified border alone the Rumanit
province of Muldavia and it is belie
ed she will make sacrifices to Ita
in order to centralize iter fore
against the Russians.
Although German troops have he
assisting the Austrians to repel t
Italian invaders no declaration
war has ever been made betwe
Germany and Italy and it is believ
the German emperor has advis
the Austrian government to ma
peace with Italy if honorable ter
can he secured.
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THREATEN STRIK
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Prices of Foodstuff* Have Ad van'
t
Nearly Fifty Percent Since
Beginning of the War.
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LONDON, Dec. 2. Premier ,
quith yesterday appeared befor
conference of labor leaders and urj
them to plead with laborers to p,t
tice economy, and not ask for at_
crease in wages at the present t
when the nation was involved inf
which was taxing its utmost eft?
The pleadings of the premier
the laborers to avoid strikes cu|
murmurs ot dissent when he adm
that the price of food had beer;
vanced 40 per cent and clothinj
per cent, since the beginning oil
war.
Premier Asquith declared y
should the union workmen of
gland engage in a general strilj
the present time such action r
result seriously to the empire a
cry mun was needed to meet th
sis.
f in- conference of labor leadi
composed of delegates from u
throughout llie British Isles an
set.Itcil from many of the local u|
having voted to participate
strike unless their wages wer
vanced 25 per cent. The lai
element blames the British gi
uient for failure to exercise it
thority in regulating the pri<
foodstuffs as was done in Get
and France. They are uuable
derstand why prices should havi
advanced nearly fifty per cent
the markets of the world are
to British importers as prior
beginning of hostilities. J
Many of the delegates were
in their denunciations of the g
meat and ridiculed Premier A
for begging the laborers to be
and economize while dealers
reaping a harvest of millions I
Ing advantage of war condtttoi
“Come Seven! Come Elevt
straight talk to men by Rev
Dunstan in the Congregational
Sunday evening.