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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1914.
THE END OF WAR?
Scientists everywhere are pro
foundly interested in a discovery by
Ernesto Ulivi, an eminent European
professor, and if the claims of the
savant, who calls his discovery the
F-ray, are correct, there are startling
possibilities in this latest achieve
ment of science.
Ulivi claims for the F-ray that it
is capable of destroying ammunition
depots, aresnals, forts and battle
ships J5> “these rays would seem to
have the power of causing electric
sparks upon all metallic objects with
which they come in contact,” says
Current Literature in reviewing re
cent comments on the discovery;
“when the F-rays are turned full up
on a battleship electric sparks flash
out everywhere in the interior and
on the exterior of the vesesl; the
deadly work is done as the sparks
penetrate to the ammunition maga
zines.
Ulivi blew up the gas meter in his
laboratory by projecting F-rays
against it, and at the same time de
stroyed his laboratory, according to
his statement; moreover, at Trou
ville, in the presence of French offi
cers, he exploded three mines in the
port by the same process.
Of course the practical use to which
we have put the Roentgen, or X-rays,
have made us perfectly familiar with
the power and possibilities of rays.
But this whole field of apparently un
limited possibilities is still practical
ly virgin. While we use X-rays, we
do not know enough about them to
use them up to a maximum of their
power. Nor is it anything to our!
credit that we have not made greater j
progress in the use of rays.
Long since common observation j
taught us that these light rays can
be projected. Cats and other animals, |
including human beings, can see in j
the dark, and that is but another way
of saying that light waVes or rays
are projected from the eyes of these
animals. The same thing may be
said of cerain fowls, such, for in
stance, as owls.
The more interesting aspect of the
IJlivi discovery is in the fact that, if
his claims are correct, the peace
movement will t)nd in the F-rays a
powerful votary; indeed, war, it
seems, would become practically im
possible if the implements or war can
be destroyed by these rays. It would
be a great aehivement for science if
it could discover some force or ag
ency which would make war a thing
of the past, and it may be that we
will find this force or agency in the
IJlivi rays.
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken art. 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Wednesday, February 25.
Wort man’s, cldy, dm, snow 23 63
Summit, cloudy, calm .... 103
Beaver Dam. cloudy, calm 20 54
Teikhell, cloudy, windy ... 14 60
Tonsina, clear, calm . 10 15
Copper Center, cloudy, calm 5 18
Sulkana, cloudy, calm .... 11 26
Hogan’s, cloudy, calm .... 36
Paxson’s, cloudy, calm .... 14 30
Wortman’s—Trail open.
Summit—Trail open.
Beaver Dam—Trail ope*.
Teikhell—Trail heavy.
Tonsina—Trail open.
Copper Center—Trail good.
Culkana—Trail good.
Hogan’s-—Trail good.
Paxson’s—Trail open.
Valdez, Feb. 24, 1914.
Barometric Pressure .29.437
Temperature at 7 p. m.26
Maximum Temperature .30
Minimum Temperature .16
Mean Temperature .23
Partly cloudy, light breeze, wind N.
H. ten miles.
E. P. Cashman reached town this
afternoon.
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time, read the Prospector.
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM THE FAR NORTH
Mrs. Van Valine, writing from
Wainwright, in the far north, tells
of her life there, where she is now
isolated with her husband and little
one. An idea of the manifold duties
which fall to the lot of the teach
ers 'n the Bureau of Education can
be formed from he)[ letter. “You see,”
she says, “we have the coal, the coal
trading, the checking, the reindeer
work, the sewing, the medical work,
also the church work and there is
sure a variety here.”
She mentions that there is a con
siderable amount of sickness there.
“The ship doctor said that there was
more here than any other place he
had been. Six cases of tuberculo
sis. We have had two deaths and
daily expect more.
"We live right on the JjNacier with
one foot of dirt between the house
and the solid ice and the cold stor
age is great. Will killed twenty-four
geese one afternoon, and 1 cleaned
all of them and placed them in cold
storage. We have them whenever we
want them, and they taste good.
There are also ptarmigan, reindeer
and other geese and fine eider ducks
galore. Mr. Stefannson arrived in
Barrow a week or so ago. He had
three white men with him and sev
eral natives, who had gone ashore to
hunt for a week, and a strong wind
came and carried his boat to sea in
the ice. The Karluk is fast in a
piece of ice several miles square. He
has not seen her since, but thought
she was about 75 miles north of Bar
row. Today we received a letter from
Mr. Cram and he says Stefannson is
still there and has had no word from
the Karluk. Some of the natives saw
smoke or what they thought was
smoke a week ago, and he thinks
maybe it was the Karluk going out
through a lead. He hopes so.
“We have had snow for a long time
here. The ice has been in here just
once, when it sent Captain Beck
land’s boat ashore; then it went out
and hasn’t been back. There was
some shore ice formed from some
snow, and it left, then it came back
the other night and went again, and
this morning it is back again. Every
one is in hopes it will stay now for
the dog feed and seal for the natives
is getting scarce, although they have
some yet in cold storage since last
winter.
MORE TROOPS FOR
CITY OF MEXICO
(Continued from page 1.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The State
department is in receipt of a dis
patch from Consul Edwards at Juarez,
stating that Gen. Villa has refused the
request of the consul that the body
of William S. Benton, the Englishman
who was assassinated by the rebel
general, be turned over to the United
States government. Villa has, how
ever, agreed that the widow of the
dead man and several doctors may
visit the cemetery, have the body ex
humed and examined.
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 25—Feeling
runs high here against Gen. Villa, the
murderer of William Benton, who had
a large number of friends in this city.
Extra guards have been placed on the
border to prevent any open hostilities
between the Americans and the Mex
icans.
LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 25—The Mex
ican federal troops across the border
today hung Clement Vergara, an
American, because he had complained
that the troops were stealing his cat
tle. He was taken out to the near
est post and hung. The State depart
ment has ordered an investigation of
the killing.
COURT UPHOLDS
MINE SAFETY LAW
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—The Su
preme Court today handed down a de
cision upholding the Pennsylvania
mine safety law, which the operators
held was unconstitutional. The court
held that upon the broad view of pub
lic policy that the law should be up
held.
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TIDE TABLES
Wednesday, February 25.
High tide, 12:46 a. m. and 12:34 p. m.
Low tide, 6:35 a. m. and 7:03 p. m.
Thursday, February 26.
High tide, 1:10 a. m. and 1:07 p. m.
Low tide, 7:07 a. m. and 7:26 p. m.
Friday, February 27.
High tide, 1:33 a. m. and 1:39 p. m.
Low tide, 7:38 a. m. and 7:49 p. m.
Saturday, February 28.
High tide, 1:56 a. m. and 2:13 p. m.
Low tide, 8:11 a. m. and 8:12 p. m.
Sunrise and 8unset.
North latitude 61 degrees, 1914.
Feb. 20, sun rises 7:30 a. m., sun
sets 5:00 p. m.
JUVENILE HIGH FINANCE.
Give Him Half a Chance and This Chap
Will Own the World.
A pupil lu one of the well known
boys’ schools, being short of pocket
money, conceived n means of replen
ishing bis funds by the following plan:
He wrote to a jewelry house in New
York, where he had an established
credit, asking that a silver cigarette
case selling at $25 be sent to him on
approval. Upon its receipt he arranged
a lottery among his chums at the
school and offered for sale 100 chances
at 25 cents each. He sold all the
chances for a total of $25.
The boy who held the successful
number that won the silver case hap
pened to be one who did not use cig
arettes, and therefore the lfianager of
the affair offered to buy the case for
$5. The winner accepted the offer, as
be thereby made a profit of $4.75 cash
instead of having an article of no use
to him, whereas the promoter of the
deal had $20 left.
The promoter now returned the cig
arette case to the jeweler and asked
that it be credited to his account. This
being a frequent occurrence, nothing
was thought of the return of the ar
ticle.
By this scheme the pockets of the
young promoter were replenished by
$20, the other boys had enjoyed their
little game of chance and were per
fectly satisfied with the operation, and
the business house was likewise satis
fied. Yet some people who have heard
of the transaction are asking, “Is the
young financier open to any criticism
for his methods?”—New York Sun.
SINGULAR DREAMS.
"Poetic” Effusion That Drew Tears of
Pathos From the Sleeper.
Lord Roberts records a remarkable
dream. In October, 1853, his father, to
whom he was acting as aid-de-camp at
Peshawar, India, had issued invitations
for a dance. Two days before it was
to take place he was silent and de
spondent during breakfast and eventu
ally told his son that lie had had an
unpleasant dream, which had visited
him several times before and had al
ways been followed by the death of
a near relation. As the day wore on
his depression grew, and he wanted to
put off the dance. His son dissuaded
him, but that night the dream return
ed, and the dance was then postponed.
“The next morning the post brought
news of the sudden death of the half
sister at Lahore with whom I had
stayed on my way to Peshawar.”
Many people have dreamed poetry
in their sleep. The London Chronicle
(ells of one man who awoke from a
dream with the tears streaming down
his face at the pathos of the following
lines:
Walker with three eyes,
Walker with two,
Something to think of,
Something to do.
But the limit of absurdity in this
curious art was achieved by the wom
an who composed a whole epic In her
sleep. On awaking she found that she
could remember only the concluding
couplet:
Admiral Kinkums and his seven daugh
tors
Hung ill a bark suspended o’er the waters
Pepys on May Dew.
In Pepys’ time May (lew—that is,
dew gathered from the grass on a May
morning, and especially on the morn
ing of May day—was highly prized for
bleaching linen and improving the
complexion. Pepys wrote in 1007: “My
wife away down with Jane and W.
Ilewer to Woolwich in order to lie
there tonight and so to gather May dew
tomorrow morning, which Mrs. Turner
hath taught her is the only thing in
the world to wash her face with, and I
am contented with it.” Two years later
he made this entry in his diary:
“Troubled, about 3 in the morning,
with my wife’s calling her maid up
and, rising herself, to go with her
conch abroad to gather May dew, which
she did, and I troubled for it for fear
of any hurt going abroad so betimes
happening to her, but I to sleep again.
She came home about 0."
What Ailed Him.
“They tell me you’ve lost your hired
man.”
"Yep, best farm hand I ever had.”
“Sho! What wuz the matter?”
“Nothin’. John's a German, you
know, and these here Germans hev
what they call the wanderlust. It’s
somethin’ thet keeps ’em movin' from
one place to t’other and don’t let ’em
stay long anywheres.”
“That’s queer, ain’t it? How long
had John been with you?”
“Only eleven years.” — Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
What Changed Him.
Mistress liinding visitor in the kitch
en)—Who is this. Mary? Mary (con
fused)—My brother, m’m. Mistress
(suspiciously)—You’re not much alike.
Mary (stammering apologetically)—We
were, m’m, but he’s just bad bis beard
shaved off, and that makes him look
different”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Modern Structures.
“What’s the matter with this eleva
tor?” asked the nervous man. “Yon
keep trying to run it through the roof:”
“You’ll have to excuse me.” replied
the operator. “Pm not used to one of
these little twenty story buildings.”—
Washington Star.
Gloating Over the Victim.
"Your teeth are in pretty bad condi
tion.”
“They must be.” sighed the patient
“You look so happy.”—Judge.
He to half done who has made a
goad beginning.—Old Saying.
Spring
BONNETS
First Showing of For Men
GORDON
The Home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Fine Clothes.
Hats
Spring
1914
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that; pur
suant to an order made by the dis
trict court of the Territory of Alaska,
Third division, in the matter of the
annexation of certain territory to the
incorporated Town of Valdez, the
common council of the Town of Val
dez has called -n election to be held
in said town and in the territory pro
posed to be ann xed to said town, on
Saturday, March 21, 1914, to determ
ine whether said territory shall be
so annexed as prayed for in the peti
tion therefor, filed in said district
court as provided by law. The de
scription of said territory as set up
in said petition, is as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Meander Corner No.
1 of the Valdez townsite survey and
running thence south, 24 degrees, 19
minutes, 14 seconds east, 240.638
feet: thence south 53 degrees, 32
minutes east, 1228.26 feet; thence
south, 74 degrees, 52 minutes east,
568.26 feet; thence south, 45 degrees,
43 minutes east, 136.62 feet; thence
south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west,
131.24 feet; thence south, 29 degrees,
12 minutes west, 123.42 feet; thence
south, 14 degrees, 45 minutes west,
51.95 feet; thence north, 61 degrees,
27 minutes east, 5000 feet; thence
north, 28 degrees, 48 minutes west,
2050 feet; thence south 61 degrees,
30 minutes west, 5700 feet, to place
of beginning.
At such election quaiinea electors
are invited to vote upon said prop
osition to annex said described ter
ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac
ing upon their ballots the words “For
annexation to the Town of Valdez,”
or “Against annexation to the Town
of Valdez,” or words equivalent there
to.
The polling place for such election
in the Town of Valdez shall be in
the hall of the common council on
Broadway avenue. The polling place
in 'the territory proposed to be an
nexed shall be in the ground ilooi
room of the Fish building on McKin
ley street, adjoining the Tillikum
Hlvb. The polls shall be open from
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. of March 21, 1914
The election board designated fot
the Town of Valdez is composed of the
following persons: Judges—H. P.
Sullivan, Louis Rosenthal, Thomas
Hunt: clerks—J. J. Havana, Dan Wil
cey.
The election board designated for
the territory proposed to be annexed
is composed of the following persons:
Judges—Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise,
J. H. Bell; clerks—Frank Millard.
Robert Weber.
The qualifications of an elector en
titled to vote at such election, pre
scribed by law, are as follows: He or
she shall be a male or female per
son of the age of twenty-one years
or more and shall be the owner of
substantial property interests in land,
building or improvements on land or
tide land within the said corporation
or the territory proposed to be an
nexed to or incorporated within such
corporation.
TOWN OF VALDEZ.
By E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor.
RANDALL E. ASHBY.
Town Clerk.
First publication Feb. 20, 1914.
Last publication March 20, 1914.
Hospital of the Sood Samaritan.
For $6.0(1 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital servioo and
care for any eight weeks out of the
year from date of yow ticket, when
Incapacitated by Indory or sickness.
See W. H. Ziegler.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o’CiOCK in
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. T. Cl. QUINN, Arctic Chief
S. MCNIECK. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingrain & Bush’s Cigar Store
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Summons for Publication.
Theo. Emel, plaintiff, vs. W. bred
Swanson and F. A. Hancock, defend
ants.—No. 653. Summons for Publica
tion.
To the above-named defendant,
W. Fred Swanson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
publication of this summons against
you, to-wit, within thirty days after
the 28th of March, 1914; and answer
the complaint of plaintiff filed here
in, and unless you so appear and an
swer the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint, decreeing her to be the
owner of the launch Anita, and that
neither you nor your co-defendant has
any interest in or title to the same.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, this 13th day of
February, 1914. ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court, for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By T. P. GERAGHTY, Deputy Clerk.
First publication Feb. 14, 1914.
Last publication March 28, 1914.
Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner's
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased. VV. A. Rystrom,
administrator.—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Peter Steinmetz, deceased, to the
creditors «f, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) months after the
flrst publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the 'place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th
day of February, 1914.
W. A. RYSTROM.
Administrator of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased.
First publication Feb. 11. 1914.
Last publication March IS, 1914.
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