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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1915.
IS A MODEL.
The constitution of the United
States remains the best type of a
written constitution.
It is brief but it is also compre
hensive. and not a line of legislation
can be found in it. The executive
power is all centered in the execu
tive. The legislative power is all cen
tered in the congress. The judicial
power is all centered in the judiciary.
There is no division of responsibility
except in so far as the senate has
a check upon the president’s appoint
ments and shares the treaty-making
power, and the president through the
veto has a check upon the legisla
tion enacted by congress.
The powers relegated to the fed
eral authority are specifically enum
erated. The inhibitions upon the
power of congress and of the states
are clearly defined.
In spite of all the conflicts between
loose constructionists and strict con
structionists, the constitution has
never required amendment in any of
its essential provisions. Except for
an alteration in the method of elect
ing United States senators, the orig
inal constitution remains untouched.
The other amendments have added
powers or forbidden the exercise of
powers, but they have made no
change in the original structure.
State constitutions are forever un
dergoing revision because they lack
the simplicity of the federal struc
ture. They do not center the ex
ecutive power in the ,governor. They
do not center the legislative power
in the legislature; for these state con
stitutions are themselves stuffed with
legislation. The judiciary has no
clear charter.
In the Legislative Manual of New
York the constitution of the United
States, with its annotations, occupies
thirty-four pages, and the constitu
tion of the state of New York, with
its annotations, occupies 114 pages.
It is no exaggeration to say that half
of the New, York constitution is de
voted to matters which ought to be
'left unreservedly to the legislature,
and that haalf of what remains should
be left to the legislature under well
-defined restrictions upon legislative
'
; powers.
Most state constitutions are framed
in distrust of fthe governor, of the
legislature and of the people them
selves. In other, words, they are
framed in distrust of republican self
government. In that respect they are
Ihe very antithesis of the federal con
stitution.—New York World.
ENGLAND’S DEAD.
The appeal for men, more men, and
yet more men, is one that will ring
Dut long after the war is over, and
future generations will jpay for the
ives now lost who will leave no suc
cessors. The prospect is made the
nore serious by the steady decline in
he birth rate, which has continued
low for over twenty years. Recent
ly published vital statistics show that
|n 1914 the natural Increase of pop
ulation (the excess of births over
leaths) was some 12,000 less than in
1913, 'when Jt| was 450,000. From
|his figure, however, so as to get
some idea of the actual increase has
o be subtracted 268,000, the number
>f British emigrants. The outbreak
»f war stopped the flow of emigra
ion, so that the actual increase for
914 is higher than that for 1913.
Jut emigration of a new and more
!readful kind will affect the figures
jor 1915. This state of affairs is
endered more ominous by the fact
■hat we have become a nation of eld
erly people. The effect of a long
ontinued decline in the birth rate is
3 increase the proportion of elderly
eople to the total population. In
ingland and Wales, between the
ears 1901 and 1911, they increased
imost twice as fast as the . whole
spulation.—Manchester (Eng.) Guar-,
an.
In one of his letters to Senator
latt, read on the stand at Syracuse,
ie colonel speaks thus of Senator
ettigrew, of South Dakota, who bolt
1 the Republican party after being
ected to the senate, but for free
Iver, not progresslvlsm: "That
particular swine seems to be the most
noxious of the entire herd.”
The Turkish soldier has the hap
piest time in the present war. If he
advances, the enemy pots him. If he
attempts to retreat, his German offi
cers shoot him. The Turkish soldier
has probably never heard of Gen.
Sherman, but the chances are that
he occasionally paraphrases the gen
eral’s famous remark.
ROOSEVELTjury
IS STILL OUT
Trying To Divide Costs But Court Re
fuses Verdict—Roosevelt Acquit
ted of Libel.
:
SYRACUSE, May 21.—The jury
has acquitted ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt of any libel against former
Republican State Chairman Barnes,
but is still wrangling about the as
sessment of the costs of the trial.
The law requires that the loser must
pay the damage but the jury insist
that both sides have been guilty and
that the costs should be equally di
vined and paid by the opposing sides.
The judge refused to accept the ver
dict and has ordered them shut up
again.
The verdict, nominally for Roose
velt, is against him to the extent
that his record with the bosses of
the Republican party during his many
terms in office in this state and at
Washington has been exposed. The
Barnes attorneys are greatly disap
pointed at the outcome, as they con
tend that they have proven the case
against Roosevelt and that his charge
that Barnes and Murphy were work
ing together, has failed of proof.
FATE OF PRZEMVSL
STILLJ DOUBT
(Continued from page 1.)
them no opportunity to rest or re
pair the damage done them.
Say 82,000 Surrendered.
GENEVA, May 21.—The Tribune de
Geneve publishes statistics to the ef
fect that a total of 82,000 officers and
men of the Austro-Hungarian army
have surrendered to the Russians and
to the Serbians since the beginning
of hostilities, without firing a single
shot. The newspaper declares that
all of these men were fully equip
ped. Archduke Eugene had a con
ference in Vienna yesterday with the
Austro-Hungarian minister of war, ac
cording to this same newspaper, con
cerning a new campaign against Ser
bia in case Italy continues her neu
trality.
Britain Takes Over Meat From Col
onies.
LONDON, May 21.—Walter Runci
man, president of the Board of Trade,
announced in the House of Commons
yesterday that the British govern
ment had requisitioned the entire
supplies of meat from Australia and
New Zealand. The supplies that were
not needed for the army, Mr. Runci
man added, would be marketed for
the benefit of the eivil population,
in order to prevent such increase in
price as would arise from a short
age of supplies.
5. S. ALAMFDA DUE
FROM THE WESTWARD
The steamer Alameda, of the Alas
ka Steamship Company line, left Sew
ard at 3 o’clock this morning and was
expected in Valdez early this after
noon but up to the time of going to
press had not made her appearance
in the bay. The steamer will go
south one hour after her arrival here.
Weather Report.
Valdez, May 20, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,760
Temperature at 7 p. m. ..,. 55
Maximum temperature. 69
Minimum temperature . 35
Mean temperature . 52
Clear air, wind southwest 2 miles.
Everybody seems busy putting in a
garden.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Rood Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
S7 a m to B a m
Lunch 11 Hi to 1 p m
t to 7 p in
BOARD* ROOM SSO par Mo.
In Bankruptcy.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division.—In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of the estate of Alas
ka Oil & Refining Company, a private
corporation.—In Bankruptcy.
To the creditors of the Alaska Oil
& Refining Company, a corporation
organized under the laws of the State
of Washington and doing business in
in Kayak precinct, Third Division,
Territory of Alaska.
Notice is hereby given that on the
1st day of May, A. D. 1915, the said
Alaska Oil & Refining Company was
fluly adjudicated bankrupt; and that
the first meeting of its creditors will
be held at the office of Chas. G. Gan
ty, Referee in Bankruptcy, in Valdez,
Alaska, on the 31st day of May, 1915,
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon of said
day, at which time the said creditors
may attend, prove their claims, ap
point a trustee, ermine the bank
rupt, and transact such other busi
ness as may properly come before
said meeting.
Dated this 14th day of May, 1915.
CHAS. G. GANTY,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
Geo. C. Treat, Edmund Smith and
Logan Archibald, plaintiffs, vs. If. E.
! Ellis, defendant.—No. 721. Summons.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting:
To H. E. Ellis, the above-named
defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, at Val
dez, Alaska, within thirty days after
the completion of the publication of
this summons, to-wit, within thirty
days from and after the 28th day of
June, 1915, and answer the com
plaint of Geo. C. Treat, Edmund
Smith and Logan Archibald, the
above-named plaintiffs in the above
entitled cause.
The said cause is a suit brought
by said plaintiffs against you, pray
ing a decree of this court that you
specifically perform a certain con
tract entered into between you and
the above-named plaintiffs, Treat and
Smith, on the 9th day of July, 1908,
and by which it was agreed that a
certain corporation was to be formed
to be known as “Mystic Gold Min
ing Company”; that after the for
mation of said corporation you were
to deed to said corporation eight cer
tain lode mining claims, situate on the
northerly side of Valdez bay, between
Gold Creek and Shoups bay, in the
Valdez recording precinct, Territory
of Alaska, and known as and called:
The Mystic No. 1 lode claim, no
tice of location of which is of record
in Book K of Mining Locations, at
page 506, of the records of said Val
dez recording precinct, at Valdez,
Alaska;
The Mystic No. 2 lode claim, notice
of location of which is of record in
said Book K, at page 505, of said
records;
The Mystery No. 1 lode claim, no
tice of location of which is of record
in Book O of Mining Locations, at
page 452, of said records;
The Mystery No. 2 lode claim, no
tice of location thereof being record
ed in said Book O, at page 453, of
said records;
The Mystery No. 3 lode claim, no
tice of location thereof being record
ed in said Book O, at page 605, of said
records;
The Parallel No. 1 lode claim, no
tice of location thereof being of rec
ord in said Book O, at page 607, of
said records;
The Parallel No. 2 lode claim, no
tice of location thereof being of rec
ord in said Book O, at page 606, of
said records;
The High Bar lode claim, notice of
location thereof being of record in
said Book O, at page 451, of said
records.
Twenty per centum of the stock of
said corporation was then, by the
terms of said contract, to be trans
ferred to plaintiffs Treat and Smith,
and twenty per centum of the said
stock was to remain in the treasury
of said corporation, to be sold by said
treasury as directed by the board of
directors of said corporation, the
money received from the sale of the
said twenty per centum of treasury
stock to be used in establishing a re
duction plant upon said mining claims
and in the development of the. said
claims.
Or, that you deed to each of plain
tiffs Treat and Smith an undivided
one-tenth interest in and to each and
all of said eight mining claims. That
the plaintiffs herein be adjudged and
decreed to be the owners of an un
divided one-fifth interest in and to all
tools, machinery, equipment, buildings
and improvements placed upon said
mining claims by the Cliff Mining
Company, a corporation, in the fol
lowing proportions: Plaintiff Geo. C.
Treat, an undivided one-tenth inter
est; Plaintiff Edmund Smith, an un
divided one-twentieth interest; plain
tiff Logan Archibald, an undivided
one-twentieth interest. That you,
your agents, attorneys and employees,
be enjoined and restrained from sell
ing or removing any of said tools,
equipment or buildings pending this
suit. That you be enjoined from
transferring the title of each and all
of said mining claims pending the
final determination of this suit. That
the said plaintiffs have such other
and further relief as to the court may
seem Just. And that plaintiffs have
Judgment against you for their costs
and disbursements incurred in this
suit.
The order for the publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
in the above-entitled court on the
10th day of May, 1916.
And you are hereby notified that
if you fall to appear and answer said
complaint as heroin required, the said
plaintiffs will take Judgment against
you for want thereof for their costs
and disbursements Incurred in this
suit, and will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said com
plaint, as heretofore set out.
The date of the first publication
THEY MAKE LIFE’S WALK EASY
THE CROSSETT SHOES
The last steamer brought us a large shipment of these justly
Celebrated Dress Shoes For Men In The New Models.
We have handled these shoes for sometime, have sold many of them with
great satisfaction to our customers, both for Wear and Comfort.
CROSSBTT seems to have solved the problem of making
Shoes That Fit The Foot.
Besides making the regular lasts he specializes on a shoe intended to
relieve people with low insteps or broken arches.
\JtOSSETj
j^jioeV
showing the/DOCTOR ARCH SUPPORTING SHOE
They are built up with
Sole Leather and Steel
to raise the instep, and
have an advanced heel
which gives the foot
great support.
This Shoe has proven a
great boon to people so
afflicted. If you are
having trou b 1 e with
your feet come in and
try a pair on. Ask for
The Crossett
---Doctor Last
Price $6.50 & $7.00—'The regular models sell for $5.00 & $6.00
We also received a shipment of
Pingree Shoes For Women
in the new styles. We are showing the New Mili
tary Model in I^ace Shoes with gray and black
cloth tops.
Price $5.00.
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
of 'his summons is tne 17th day of
May, 1915, and the date of the last
publication thereof is the 28th day of
June, 1915.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 15th day of May,
.in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen, and of our
independence the one hundred thirty
ninth. ARTHUR LANG,
(Official Seal.) Clerk.
Lyons & Ritchie and Donohoe &
Dimond, attorneys for plaintiffs.
Publications May 17, 24, June 1, 8,
15, 22, 28.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
Anthony J. Dlmond, plaintifT, vs.
Rambler Gold Mining Co., a corpor
ation, defendant.—Summons. No. 714.
—Summons. No. 714.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting:
To Rambler Gold Mining Co., a cor
poration. the above-named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, at Val
dez, Alaska, within t'jirty days after
the completion of the publication of
this summons, to-wit: on the 20th day
of July, 1915, and answer to the com
plaint of Anthony J. Dimond, the
above-named plaintiff in the above
entitled cause. The said cause is an
action brought by the said plaintiff
against y6u to recover from you the
sum of twenty-two hundred ninety
three and 14-100 dollars ($2,293.14),
together with interest thereon from
the first day of January, 1915, until
date of judgment at the rate of eight
per centum per annum, and the said
plaintiff’s costs and disbursements in
said cause. The order for the pub
lication of this summons was duly
made and entered on the 7th day of
May, 1915.
And you are hereby notified that
If you fail to appear and answer said
complaint as herein required, the said
plaintiff will take judgment against
you for the said sum of twenty-two
hundred ninety-three and 14-100. dol
lars ($2,293.14), together with inter
est and costs and disbursements, as
above stated;
The date of the first publication of
this summons is the 7th day of May,
1915, and the date of the last pub
lication thereof is June 18, 1915.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th,[24th an d[ 30 th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez aouth-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, Eilamar. Valdez and Latouche. Explosives. S S Seward.
S S Seward. 5tf S S Latouche, 15th; S S Cordova. 85th of esoh month—Right re
served to change this schedule without notice.
F B. Trscy, Gen’l Agl- Valdes Dock Co, Local Agt
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 7th day of Majf.
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred fifteen, and of our in
dependence the one hundred thirty
ninth.
ARTHUR LANG, Clerk.
CHAS. A. HAND,
(Seal) Deputy Clerk.
Publications May 7, 14, 21, 28, and
June 4, 11, 18.
Administrator’s Notice.
In the Commissioner’s Court for Val
dez Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Liz
zie Stropp, deceased—Notice of Filing
of Final Account and of Hearing
Thereof.
Notice is hereby given that E. E.
Ritchie, administrator of the estate
of Lizzie Stropp, deceased, has filed
his final account as such administra
tor, and asked for settlement of the
same; and that Tuesday, July 6,1915.
at -10 o’clock a. m., has been set by
order of court for the settlement of
said final account and bearing objeo
tions to the same.
Dated May 4, 1915.
E. E. RITCHIE,
Administrator
First publication May 4, 1915.
Last publication May 25, 1915.
Leave your picture films at the Val
dez Drug Store for development. The
prices are right and workmanship
guaranteed. tt
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