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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY' 10, 1016
WITHHOLDING THE TRUTH.
The people of the United States for
the past two years have known actu
ally less about conditions in Mexico—
a country bordering the United
States, than they have known about
conditions in the war-ridden coun
tries of Europe, despite the rigid con
sorship on all European news. The
reason is that little news is permitted
to get out of Mexico save through of
ficial channels, and all of the news
which reaches this country officially
is suppressed and withheld from the
people, save such portions as the ad
ministration . press agents permit to
be given out.
A correspondent representing the
Chicago Tribune and the New York
Sun sent on a mission to get some
facts and throw some real light on
conditions as they exist and on the
history of the doings of the past few
months, has managed to get word
home to his newspapers that it is im
possible tb send the truth out of the
country.
There is a strict censorship of the
cable at Vera Cruz and on the tele
graph lines. The only way to get mail
out of Mexico City is to send it un
sealed in the United States pouch,
where it goes direct to Washington
City, there to be censored.
This amounts to a direct charge
that, besides withholding from the
public all of the matter concerning
Mexico which reaches Washington of
ficially, the private mails are like
wise censored at Washington City, in
order to prevent the real truth reach
ing the public from an official source.
If the charge be true it explains why
the country gets so little news from
Mexico and knows so little about con
ditions here.
This is still another amplification
of “pitiless publicity."
REPORT ON FISHERIES.
The annual report of the commis
sioner of Fisheries to the secretary of
commerce shows that the bureau has
just completed the most successful of
the forty-five years of its existence
The number of fish produced and
distributed was greater, and the cost
of production per million less, than
in any previous year. Fifty permanent
hatcheries and seventy-six sub-hatch
eries, auxiliaries, and egg-collecting
stations have been conducted and
the output during the fiscal year
1916 was over four billion young
fish and eggs, an increase of more
than 241,000,000 over the previous
year. Plants of food fishes were made
in every state and territory; fish
eggs were distributed to the fish com
mission of twenty-seven states; and
consignments of 6ggs were sent to
Porto Rico, Cuba, India, and Japan.
The distribution of the output re
quired over 146,000 miles of travel
by the five special cars of the bureau
and 491,000 miles by detached mes
sengers. The introduction of the
humpback salmon of the Pacific
coast into Maine streams, which
tast year was an experiment, is now
a reality as numbers of these fish
were taken during the summer of
1915 in the Maine rivers; further
more, ripe eggs have been taken
from them—a proof positve of
thorough acclimatization. The coun
tre-experiment of transplanting the
Atlantic lobster in Pacific waters is
still in progress.
The great fisheries of Alaska car
ried on in accordance with federal
-THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
2 Shows—at 8 and 9:20, sharp
PROGRAM
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS
TILL DEATH DO VS PART,
Two-Part Drama Featuring
Katlilyn Williams.
THE PROFESSOR'S RO»
■' MANGE,
. Sydney Drew in a Fine Com
■ edy.
the Catf of the North, 6-Act
"■k <i ■ - Feature, Thursday.
Admission 25c and 10c.
r " “r,rT
laws administered by the bureau
of Fisheries, were more prosperous
in 1914 than in any previous year.
The catch of salmon was the largest
ever made, and the output of red
salmon in the Bristol Bay region
was enormous.
- WAR AND DEMOCRACY.
Our political leaders tell us that
we are fighting in the interest of the
people. That is what the kaiser is
telling the German. The czar is tell
ing the same story to the Russians.
And the French government, no
doubt, assures the disciples of Sorel
that the carnage is for the benefit ol
the people. It is a great time for
democracy—surely never so many
diplomats and statesmen talked so
affectionately of it before. * * * * All
seem to be agreed that the principles
of democracy are at stake. No coun
try thinks of putting these principles
into practice, but somehow they all
want the people to fight for them.—
Exchange.
A MAN’S TASK.
To be honest, to be kind—to earn
a little and to spend a little less: to
make upon the whole a family hap
pier for his presence; to renounce
when that shall be necessary and not
to be embittered; to keep a few
friends, but these without capitula
tion—above all, on the same grim
condfyons to keep friends with him
self—tlere is a task for all that a man
(has of fortitude and delicacy.—Rob
ert Louis Stevenson.
The Hope of the Consumptive.
Dr. E. L. Trudeau, condemned as
a hopeless consumptive at the age of
26, lived till he was 67, staying all
the time in the Adirondacks, near
Saranac lake. The case is interesting
but it is only one of thousands. Open
air, however, is what counts most,
according to the modern theories of
medical men, and the climate is a
subordinate matter, though not un
important. Dry air is better than
damp air, always. The hope of the
consumptive does not hinge on such
a life In the open as is possible only
for people of means. That is the
cheering merifcage of modern science.
There is a chance in any climate. Nu
tritious and digestible food, open
windows, or preferably porch sleep
ing, avoidance of alcohol and either
total abstinence from tobacco or a
very moderate indulgence, careful at
tention to the safeguarding of others
that makes it possible to remain at
home, with the psychological advan
tages of home surroundings, these
are the lessons of experience to those
who used to be told they were sure
to die in three years, most likely to
die within a year. The Trudeau il
lustration may be used to advertise
the climate of the Adirondacks, but
it is wholly possible that a man liv
ing as much in the open as did Tru
deau at Saranac Lake, even if he had
stayed on Long Island, would have
done as well. The way of living,
not the place, is what is vital for the
tuberculosis victim.
What We Kat.
The doctors may disagree over the
origin of pelagra (they disagree on
most things), but the theory of the
public health service is reasonable
enough. We are largely what we
eat. Diseases that once were fatal
are now treated absolutely by diet
and treated successfully, as all phy
sicians agree. Perhaps, in another
generation, the drug store will be a
food shop. Instead of paregoric or
castor oil, the family doctor will pre
scribe orange juice or lettuce. Every
child will know the relative impor
tance of fats, proteids and carbohy
drates. After having banished drink
and tobacco, a new generation will
circulate pledges against sugar and
pie crust. Both have slain their thou
sands and tens of thousands, and su
gar has killed way more Americans
than rattlesnakes ever did. , Many a
man worries more over the lubricat
ing oil he puts in his motor car than
on the fuel he shovels into his diges
tive motor. We call this a civlized
age, but in the matter of food and
food frauds, we have just begun
emerging from the stone age.
GOOD PROGRAM
AT THE LIBERY
The following program is on at
the Liberty Theatre tonight.
Old Enough to Be Grandpa—The
Flying A apd American. Film Com
pany presents William Grawood and
Vivian Rich in Old Enough to Be
Grandpa. A gorgeous farce drama
from a Mutual Movie; some.film.
, Nipped—a. Domino film in two
parts entitled. Nipped, a plot in which
an American Secret Service man hears
the Japanese plotting and a Japanese
girl falls in love with an American
artist, and there the trouble begins..
Taken in Mexico.
, Fatty’s, Jonah Day—a Keystone
eomedy in which Fatty is taken away
as a murderer, and Fatty's reading of
“Three Weeks" and saying "Gee!"
gets him into trouble.'. Roscoe Ar
buckle in the title role, a laugh from
start to finish.
> . VA*- i .’ HIT
WATER GLASS
HELPS FIND BODY
System May Be Used In Finding Bod
ies of Krause Victims—Was
Used in Yukon Cases.
The UBe of a waterglass for assist
ing in searching the Yukon river for
a distance of sixty miles for the bod
ies of victims murdered by O’Brien,
all of which were recovered and
O’Brien hanged may be used to lo
cate the bodies of William Christie
and Captain ± .unkett, who are be
lieved to have been victims of Ed
ward Krause, at Juneau.
P. R. McGuire of Fairbanks, the
man who secured the evidence which
hanged O’Brien, is now in Juneau.
A water glass is a very simple ar
rangement for searching the bottom
of a channel and may be used to a
considerable depth. The Yukon riv
er was searched from where it war
discovered the bodies of Messrs. Fred
Clayson, Ralph Clayson and Olsen
had been deposited in the river to a
distance of 60 miles and all of the
bodies were recovered. A violin box
was also brought to the surface which
contained $80 in gold nuggets, and
the body of an unideptified negro,
mostly decomposed, was brought to
the surface. The men were murder
ed Christmas, 1899. Four other men
were killed by Fornea and Labell and
their bodies were recovered, and the
two men were hanged in Dawson. In
the Brown murder case Brown was
hanged and in the Mitchell murder
case Mitchell was given a life sen
tence.
H may De remarxea mar me iu
kon river where It was dragged is
three times as wide as Gastineau
channel, but from the time the search
began until it was finished there was
no question of expense and the work
was carried along in a systematic
manner. The same ground was not
gone over twice; every bar and drift
pile was examined, and finally the
bodies were recovered and the evi
dence against the murderers com
pleted.
Father Corbett Comments on Church
Scandal.
The local paper, which prints the
press dispatches as it receives them,
records the fatal fight that took place
in the Sacrfd Heart of Jesus Church,
at Dupont, Pa.
Whilst we might wish that those
who control the Associated Press dis
patches would give out only edifying
news, still we realize that they give
out what they think of interest to the
public and the public dearly loves
the rehearsal of a scandal.
The facts as related are presumably
true as the Prospector printed them.
Regarding the unfortunate incident
Father Corbett begs to make the fol
lowing comment.
Dupont is a town of about 1500 in
habitants near the county seat of
Pittston, Pa. The Sacred Heart par
ish belongs to the diocese of Scran
ton, Pa. The 1916 Catholic Direc
tory names Kev. Henry Clchoki, M
D. A. J. as the parish priest. His ap
pointment as the appointment of. ev
ery Catholic priBest is mad.e not by
the people but by the Catholic Bishop
of the diocese nor can he be removed
except by the authority of the bishop
His congregation is made up of
Polish people. The Polish Catholic?
on account of their factional fights
amongst themselves, have in various
parts of the U. S. caused a great deal
of trouble to the bishop, whom they
recognize as their lawful superiors in
Church matters.
When a faction of these passion
tossed, misguided foreigners attempt
ed to eject the lawfully appointed
Parish priest, in defiance of the Bish
op, they were acting in the spirit of
anarchy and excommunicated them
selves from the Catholic church.
The Catholic Church, in common
with all good men, deplores the aw
ful scandal enacted within the pre
cincts of a Church consecrated to the
worship of God and to show her ab
horrence for the fatal violence will
close the church to all religious wor
ship. "
The loyal Catholics will submit to
the Bishop; the disloyal Catholics
will be no, longer recognized as Cath
olics.
JOHN T. CORBETT, 8. J.
Valdez, Jon. IS, 1916.
Valdes Drug company nave a Use
line of School Stationery. «t.
WANTED: Experienced woman de
sires work as cook or maid. Refer
ences given. Address Prospector.
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Visit the Liberty tonight, good pic
tures, new film service, first time ever
in Valdez.
PORTRAITS made bv appointment
in your own home, by F. W. 8heelor.'
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LIGHT ON LIGHT.
What It Roally Is and How Its WavM
Affect Our Eyes.
How many of us could say wbat
•light" Is?
Could 'we explain why the gloom of
the streets seems Increased tenfold
when we leave a well lighted room?
And do we know why all of us suffer
discomfort, if uol actual pa in. when
front darkness we enter u hrllliautly
lighted place?
The discomfort on entering a lighted
room after darkness Is because the
optic nerve, which receives light just
as the drum of the ear receives sounds,
is suddenly burdened with light rays
before the pupil of the eye has had
time to contract tp receive them. The
pupils dilate very much iu the dark
in order to admit every ray possible,
and a dilated pupil cannot, without
discomfort, suddenly receive an abun
dance of light rays.
When the pupils contract there Is an
automatic adjustment to the quantity
of light When we,"peer” we are
really only adjusting our pupils. Go
ing from brilliant light to darkness,
the pupils do not dilate instantly
They remain contracted and cannot
for a time collect wbat light there Is
So the darkness appears Intensitied.
Cats, owls and other animals see in
the dark because they have the power
of enlarging tbcir broad pupils and
collecting light which is invisible to us
I.lgbt itself is a fluid of luminous
ether, which fills up the spaces in the
air particles, it has an undulating vi
bratory movement, which strikes on
the optic nerve, giving us the sensa
tion of ‘‘light.”—Pearson’s Weekly.
THE HEART OF LONDON.
Where the Land Is Valued at Over
$16,000,000 Per Acre.
There Is an amazing price set upon
the land of London. In the center of
the English metropolis tiny lots have
been sold for fortunes.
An acre there is the dearest in the
world. Many a transaction over ground
in the heart of the city has set the
figure of $10,250,000 per acre. One
square mile of London is valued at
$750,000,000. The land beneath the
Bank of England at low estimate is
worth $35,000,000, and there are only
three acres in that tract too.
There are places on Queen Victoria.
Upper Thames. St Mary-at-Hill and
Cannon streets where one square Inch
is worth $1.25. In Lombard street and
King William street prices have ranged
from $200 and $250 to $350 per square
foot
Cornhill property has been bought for
more than $12,000,000 an acre. Thread
needle street' land for $350 per square
foot, and a church In Austin Friars,
not such a large church either, was
tempted with an offer of $5,000,000 for
the land beneath it
The steady lifting of London land in
price has brought fabulous riches to
the owners. Families have risen to
prominence on no other ground than
that they owned small bits of ground
In valuable sections. Rents are high
there, and sales have made owners per
tnanently wealthy.—Philadelphia North
American.
Odious Comparison.
A little girl from Brooklyn was tak
en to visit her maternal grandmother
In Connecticut. During her stay the
household made much of her, and on
her departure she was bugged, and
kissed and wept over by each member
of tbe affectionate family In turn. Tbe
scene made a deep impression on her
young mind.
A visit to some Boston relatives fol
lowed. At tbe conclusion of it her un
cle and cousins stood smilingly waving
their adieus to tbe little one until she
was out of sight
Tbe child’s mother was beginning to
wonder wbat made her so unusually
quiet when a solemn little voice rang
out from her comer of the car:
"Not a tear shed!’’—New York Post.
Pinched Him Financially.
An esteemed citizen went into a shoe
store In a metropolitan town and asked
to see some leather goods. Another
minute and an obliging salesman was
hauling out some boxes.
‘•That Is a nice looking shoe,” re
marked tbe customer as -the salesman
pushed his foot Into a shiny right'and
started to lace it. “What la the price?"
"This pair is $8.’’,responded the sales
man as be finished the lacing and-ran
his bands across tbe vamp.
“Does it pinch you any?”
“Well, 1 should say It does!" wob the
prompt rejoinder of the customer.
“Give me something about S5 cheaper.”
-Kansas City Star.
How tho Roughheusa 8tartsd.
They were talking about, various
things at the club, when a member
not especially noted for bis cleauliuesa
remarked. "Would you call a hath a
luxury or a necessity?"
“In your case,” replied the man ad
dressed, "It would be both—a necessity
because yon need It so badly and a
luxury because you take It ao rarely.”
-Boston Transcript ► >. 1
Tha Cow.
“Johnny," said tbe teacher, “write a
sentence containing .the- word "con
tents.’ ”
After a few motnegtar hard, labor
Johnny MbadtMd Ihw-Mfewtag: “The
con tents of a cow la milk.”—Chicago
News. __
One ef Its Uses.
.“Wirne. did you
brush?" . ; . ..u
“Yep. Mom to using It to paint the
bird cage.”—Columbia Jester.
Tbe word “tomorrow” wsa Invented
for irresolute people and for children.—
TurgenleF. .
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-- S. BLUM & CO.
CLEARANCE SALE'
_ T’S too good an opportunity to
miss. The prices are reduced to
_make it worth while for you to
buy now.
100 MEN'S .SUITS 100 I
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At Price.
A $25.00 Suit for $12.50! A $30.00 Suit for $15.00!
Men’s Cravenette Overeqats, $20 value, now - $10.00
Men’s Cravenette Raincoat Kwere $15 & $20, . $7.50
Heavy Blanket-lined Canvas Coats, $5 & $6 quality, now $2.50
Men’s Smoking Jackets, $4 & $5 quality, now - $2.50
Corduroy Coats at half price.
Buckskin-lined Corduroy Vests, $5 quality, now - $2.50
Moleskin blanket-lined Teamster’s Overcoats, fur collar,
were $15, now ... $10.00
All Boys' Suits and Overcoats at
.... 25 per cent off. ....
25 per cent off on
Ladies’ Furs
Children’s Furs,
Men’s Fur Collars.
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Reduced to
Men’s Stock Ties - 25c
Silk Mufflers - 50c
Way’s Knitted Mufflers 25c
Men’s Dress Shirts, $1.50* and $2.00 (quality,
now - - - 75c
Men’s NegligeeJjShirts, $1.50 to $5.00 quality,
now - - . One-half off
Boss-of-the-Road Mackinaws, in blue, brown
and gray, $5.00 quality, selling now for $2.50
Malone Mackinaws, were $6.00, now -$4.00
S. BLUM & CO.,
GOOD GOODS
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Grad sate National University
Washington. D. C. .
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdes.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
.. THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone'42
Alaska Aveime Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Ofliee Opposite Coart House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling Dulldlng
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
Idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in-,
traductions of the man with'.
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE-,
SULTS.
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Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month. In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
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COLEMAN HOUSE
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S'lRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, . Alaska ;
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M.
We Serve Corona Coffee I
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Jack C.tlin . . Proprietor
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
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STORAGE,
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