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RUSSIA’S NEW RAILWAY
ROUTE INTO PERSIA.
In view of the unrest all along
the Rus80-Persla border which hv.
grown more intense with each pass
ing month of the war, a sketch of
Russia’s new route, a railway route,
into Persia, takes on considerable
timely interest. The new line plan
ned and constructed just previous to
the war, when Russia’s interest reach
ed out beyond southern Transcau
casia into the northern parts of the
weakening and wildly governed ter
ritories of the Shah, is described in
a bulletin issued by the National
Geographic society. As roads in Tran
scaucasia are built upon the Spanish
principle of keeping people off them,
this line of track -has a most import
ant bearing upon the maintenance
of order at the boundary. The bulletin
reads:
' “There are two routes from Eu
rope to Teheran. One through Rus
sia to Baku, the oil city on the Cas
pian, thence by steamer to Resht
and, finally, by road to the Persia!,
capital a road built up and kept up
by Russia. This route is the older
route. The second way, made possible
by railway construction thru South
Transcaucasia, which today has
considerable strategic value, is the
product of recent Russian labore.
The traveler by this route sets out
from Ttflis, the capital of the Cau
casus, takes a train South over Alex
andropol and Erivan, thence to
Nakhitchevan, the first city founded
where the Armehiana place Eden, he
passes the international boundary at
DJuifa. From here the travelel goes
by another Russian road to Tabriz.
"Cohditions of travel upon the
Nakhitchevan railway are very dis
couraging’to people inexperienced in
Roseau branch lines. The trains sel
dom arrive or leave anywhere ao
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cording to schedule, and their prog
ress is deliberate in the extreme. The
way lies through a country intensely
hot during a great part of the year,
and the cars used on the line are
constructed after the most advan
tageous manner for catching and re
taining all possible heat. Moreover,
the fares are cheap and the way is
patronised heavily by swarms of
Asiatics, malodorous and neighborly.
"The trains, in pre-war days, had
a way of leaving important stations
between 3 anu 6 o’clock in the morn
ings. The wayside , stations were
mirerable shanties, Where wildest
confusion reigned. Buying tickets at
the small hovtls, which housed the
ticket offices, meant the business of
a free-for-all fight in the midst of a
jostling crew of excited Orientals.
Moreover, one mnst go with the
crowd on this line to the Persian bor
der, because co first class carriages
are operated tnereon. Among other
drawbacks one soon has the knowl
edge forced upon him that his fel
low-passengers *are verminous.
"The cars ar® dirty. They are old,
uncomfortable, and m ventilated.
The seats are narrow and covered
with white canvas, the covering usu
ally turned brown and yellow with
accumulation of evidence from the
hands and clothing of the railway's
pntror.8. The third class cars re
seinble the American box-car, only
they are much smaller. Both the
second-class and the third-class cars
are generally pacsed as tightly as
space will permit.
"Much of the scenery along the
■■ The »w*y
through the Airaxee valley, wide at
first, and farther on, narrowing be
tween ridging mountains, lies in the
beginning, through an inviting coun
try ' of vineyard and orchard. Far
thur toward the Persian border ttye
country becomes desolate. Stations
are few, and for the most part are
mere wooden sheds or disused cars.
Gaping Tarars and Persians lounge
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before them to see tbe occasional
trains pass. At all stations one sees
the frontier guarding Cossacks and
the blue-clothed Russian police. At
each station the train of peace-time
stopped at least an hour and often
longer. From Ulukhanlu the inte
rior end of this lap of the border
railway to Djulfa is a distance of
about 145 miles. In case of diffi
culties in her districts along the Per
sian boundary Russia could throw
protecting forces over into this re
gion in short order over her recent
railway.”
VIENNA REPORTS
CETTINJE FALLEN
Capital of Montenegro Has Been
Captured and Teutons will be
Kree to Join Main Troops.
VIENNA. Jan. 14.—The Austrian
war office has announced that the
troops have captured Cettinje, the
capital of Montenegro, and that the
little Balkan kingdom is now suing
for peace. It has required less than
two months’ time for the Germans to
force a passage through the moun-(
tain passes of Montenegro, which for
centuries have been regarded as im
pregnable to a hostile force.
The royal family of Montenegro
and all the government officials fled
from the country into Italy, which is
now the home of the former ruler of
the Serbian kingdom.
The news that Montenegro is seek
ing peace at any price has caused
great joy here as it is believed that
the enemy nations will soon be driven
from the Balkans when the central
European powers can turn their at
tention to crushing other enemies.
•Vo News on Steamers.
The local office of the Signal Corps
had received no information regard
ing the movements of the steamers
Northwestern and Admiral Evans,
both of which left Seattle last Mon
day evening for Valdez. The steam-’
ers were expected to have reported
from Juneau but no news has been
received from them up to a late hour
this afternoon.
PASSENGERS ON
NORTHWESTERN
SEATTLE, Jan. 14.—The steamer
Northwestern, of the Alaska Steam
ship company’s fleet, which sailea for
Southwestern Alaskan ports last
Monday night carried the following
passengers for Valdez. George Boyd
Mrs. Boyd, Sister Amadeus, Sister
Angeles, Henry Slater, Mrs. D. John
son.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Alaska and its wonders at the Em
press tonight.
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Our fresh candy arrived on this
last boat late for the holidays, 12%
cents half pound at the Emporium.
Nugget jewelry made to order at
the Valdez Drug Co., by G. O.
Reinke. tf
Mrs. Peter Davidson and child, wife
and family of-major Peter Davidson
son, disbursing officer of the Alaska
road commission, are passengers on
the Admiral Evans, which sailed from
Seattle last Mopday for Valdez.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdes
Drug Store. •
Brooms 26c, 36c and 60c; for the
best at the Emporium. tf
Bargains at the Emporium; open
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. •
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
Valdez Drug company nave a line
line of 8chool Stationery. tf.
The trail is broke and the Tele
phone No.: 85 is working. Did you
ever stop to think that every time
you leave a dollar with your local In
dustry that you have a fighting
chance to get it back, as they live and
eat in the old home town and It oosts
something at that. You may not get
It tyek directly from him; he may
USve to give it to some one else who
has to give it to you. Try the Val
des Iron Works. fr-tf
Statement Endorsed by Former Pres
ident Taft Ik Contradicted Re
garding the Philippines.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.—Briga
dier General Frank McIntyre, chief
of the Bureau of Insular affairs, in
his annual report to the War depart
ment, highly praises the manner in
which Governor Harrison has ad
ministered the laws in the Philippine
islands.
The report is in direct contradic
tion of the statement made by Prof.
Jones who visited the islands and aft
erwards issued a pamphlet in which
he declared that Governor Harrison’s
administration had resulted in de
moralizing the natives through the
abolition of the civil service rules.
The pamphlet created considerable
comment as it had been endorsed by
former President Taft and was used
by the Republicans in an effort to dis
credit the administration.
It is admitted in the report that
more than ten thousand of the natives
succumbed to the ravages of cholera
during the past year but the disease
is now said to have been brought un
der control and is rapidly disappear
ing.
PERJURY CAUSES. BIG
VERDICT SET ASIDE
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Jan. 14.—
Because the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Company produc
ed affidavits to show that two wit
nesses for Oscar Fried, who obtained
a verdict for $75,000 against the cor
poration for injuries he suffered in
1913, had committed perjury, Justice
Morschauser filed a decision in the
Supreme Court here setting aside the
judgment and granting a new trial.
The lawyers for the railroad company
had been fighting the judgment for
nearly two years.
Fried was in charge of a gang of
linemen who were employed in elec
trical work on the New Haven system
at Mount Vernon when he came into
contact with a high tension wire con
taining 22,000 volts, which burned off
both his arms near the shoulders.
At the second trial on May 8, 1914,
a jury awarded a verdict for vio.OOO,
which was tne largest amuuui
given a laboring man in the history
of Westchester county. The verdict
was considered excessive by the court
and Justice Morschauser then an
nounced that unless plaintiff stipu
lated to accept $56,000 he would
grant a new trial. Then both sides
appealed to the Appellate Division.
In the meantime, however, the New
Haven detectives began working up
evidence to show that two of the wit
nesses for Fried, T. J. Berkeley and
Joseph Sharkey had committed per
jury. They ytere both indicted.
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN
HAS A CODE ALL ITS OWN,
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man: There are
almost 30,000 aliens of military age
interned on this island, all men, and
they are being supported by the gov
ernment at an approximate cost of
ten shillings per capita weekly. Elab
orate camps with modern sewage sys
tems have been constructed and a be
ginning has been made in establish
ing workshops where idleness can be
turned into industry. In time all the
interned aliens may be brought here.
There are also 4,000 at Alexandra
Palace in London still. There are no
longer any interned at Frimley, near
Aldershot.
There are still many thousands of
Germans and Austrians who have not
been interned and all have a chance
of appearing before a tribunal estab
lished for the purpose of deciding
whether Internment is desirable.
When interned they can communicate
with their home governments through
the American ambassador which still
maintains two men at the former
home of Prince Llchnowsky in Carle
ton Terrace. For many monthB these
two men have been Ed ward. G. Lowry
of New York and Leland H. Little
field of Providence.
The agitation calling for the whole
sale internment of enemy aliens, so
vigorously carried on during the past
year, has now died down and there
appears to be an indifference as to
whether aliens are interned or not.
Resentment is dying down. The
nations are beginning to respact each
other. They are being to fraternise
more. French soldiers claim they are
treated excellently by the Germans
and the Germans praise the French.
Guy Banta, storekeeper for the
Ellamar Mining Company, at Ellamar,
came up' the bay yesterday afternoon
in his launch Hyak. He reports some
trouble with a light Ice which formed
from the fresh water on the hay.
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Gnaranteed
Telephone 66
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When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fineit Hotel is the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Roomi.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
UPPER T0NS1NA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLl/MBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pi])e, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located' on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
California Lina Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 13th calla Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday* connecting 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.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdes and La
touche Explosives, S. 8. Seward, on the 6th; Latourhe on the 16th; a a
Cordova, 16th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice *
F. B. TRACY, GeaT Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent.
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When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
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1YUL YY AUIVCiLi
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It's the Short line to the East
over *
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
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For information and literature write or ask
J. C. - MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE A ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
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