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SUGGESTIONS OK TAFT
FOR PERMANENT PEACE
Among other things while speak
ing in Seattle, William Howard Taft
proposed permanent peace as follows:
“It is a question of great interest
to every thinking man how to make
peace possible,” he said. “The great
cataclysm in Europe has brought us
face to face with fact that if we are
not to retrograde, we must make
peace a permanent thing, and prevent
the recurrence of what seems a fool
ish and cruel war.”
The germ of the plan that led to
the organization of the.league to en
force Peace came when a number of
men met in the club of an eastern
city after a banquet and laid the
groundwork. Later a meeting of one
hundred was held in Independence
Hall, Philadelphia, and the “plat
form,” as the speaker termed the
plan, adopted.
The plan explained by former
President Taft, is substantially as fol
lows: First, to establish an inter
national court to decide all questions
capable of judicial solutions; second,
to refer all non-judicial questions to
a court of colciliation to mediate be
tween the parties and make recom
mendations for a settlement; third, to
punish a recalcitrant nation that may
attack another member of the agree
ment without submission of the ques
tions of issue an international con
gress which shall agree upon princi
ples of international law.
By historical reference and by
many precedents, in which he drew
Notice Board of Equalization.
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the fown of Val
dez, Alaska, will meet as a Board of
Equalization to equalize the taxes of
the said town for the year 1915, on
each of the following dates, at the
City Hall in the Town of Valdez:
The first meeting of the Board will
be held on the second Monday in
October, and the Tuesday next fol
lowing, from eight to nine o’clock p.
m. on each of said days. The Board
will again sit on the Thursday fol
lowing the third Monday in October,
from eight to nine o’clock p. m. on
said day, and as much longer as may
be necessary to complete the business
brought before it.
The second Monday in October will
fall on the 11th day of that month
and the Tuesday next following the
second Monday in October will fall on
the twelfth of said month., The
Thursday next following the third
Monday in October will fall on the
21st day of October, and the Board of
Equalization will remain in session
until all business before it is com
pleted.
The assessment roll is now open
for inspection at the office of the
Town Clerk at the City Hall, Valdez,
Alaska.
J. W. FRAME,
9-29-7t Town Clerk.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Granite Gold Mining Company
will be held at the office of the com
pany in the Copper Block at Valdez,
Alaska, on the 21st day of October.
1816, at the hour of 2 o’clock p. m.
A Board of Directors will be elect
ed for the ensuing year and such oth
er business transacted as may prop
erly come before said meeting.
The books of the Secretary will be
closed from October 1st, 1916, until
the first day after said annual meet
ing, and no stock will be transferred
during this period.
. ' B. F. MILLARD,
9-21-20t President.
largely from the International rela
tions between the United States and
Canada since 1815, he built up his
case. He impressed his auditors with
the fact that the proposals were not
radical, although forward looking.
He drew even upon Grotius, the
Dutch jurist of the seventeenth cen
tury, whose writings were the basis
of international law, to emphasize
this fact. When he concluded his
case seemed unassailable.
PLANS OF WARSHIPE
CLOSELY GUARDED.
Government Believed to Have Design
Which Will Render Warships
Immune from Torpedoes.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 29.—
The plans for the two new 32,000 ton
superdreadnaughts, which are to be
built for the United States navy, are
being very closely guarded. They
are reported to contain a number of
ne widens desiged to render the bat
tleships immune from attack from
torpedoes.
It has been announced that bids
will soon be called for th'e construc
tion of the great seafighters which
are expected to be greatly superior to
the warships of any other nation.
Special guards have been employed
to watch over the’ rooms where the
battleships are being designed in or
der to prevent the plans being stolen.
TOLOVANA NO
LONGER A GAMBLE.
I No longer in the Tolovana district
| a gamble or a prospect for a camp
•but is in fact a good small camp,
with the possibility of growing into
a camp almost as large as Fairbanks,
according to recent arrivals from the
new diggings. Pay has been lined up
on Livengood creek and prospects
along other streams indicate that the
operations will be extended over a
large area. Conservative mining men
of experience, including Harry Pat
terson, say that in six pans they took
out 91 cents. In drifting toward thej
creeks, in two thaws with eight-foot
points the results were favorable.
Gus Peterson, Alois Fremieur, Sam
Godfrey, J. J. Sherry and others are
convinced that the new camp will
prove one of the best producers in
recent years and think that it will
add several hundred thousand dol
lars ct more to the output of the
Fairbanks district next summer.
They also consider that it is situ
ated so that it will prove a greater
i help than any strike made in years
to Fairbanks. The camps will natu
rally be supplied from Fairbanks,
they think, and the merchants or
business houses of the Yukon river
side will not be able to compete.—
Fairbanks Times.
Tonight.
Series three and four of that well
known serial story, "Lucile hove,”
and series five and six tomorrow
night; also comedy to balance. Fran
cis Ford as the International spy, and
Grace Cunard as Lucille Love, taken
from the story, in thirty reels, at
the Liberty Theatre. It
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EASTLAND OFFICIALS
HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.—Eight of the
officials of the steamer Eastland, who
were indicted by the federal grand
jury charging them with contribut
ing to the loss of the steamer where
by nearly two thousand persons lost
their lives, have been placed under
arrest. Fourteen of the officials were
indicted but several of them are re
ported to have gone to Canada to
evade trial.
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NEW ALASKAN MINING
COMPANY INCORPORATED.
_
SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—The Talkeet
na Mining company is the title of a
new Alaskan mining company which
has been incorporated under the laws
of the state of Washington. John
Filton of Portland, and a former res
ident of Indiana, is president of the
company. The capitalization is for
$1,000,000, with assets of valuable
placer ground in the Shushitna val
ley. It Is reported that the holdings
of the company on the Talkeetna
river have been extensively prospect
ed and that hydraulic plants will be
Installed during the coming year.
PENNSYLVANIA MINERS
ARE STILL ENTOMBED.
LANSING, Pa., Sept. 29.—Two of
the miners entombed In a coal mine
near here by an explosion, have been
reached by the rescue party and "have
been rescued alive. There are still
nine men in the mine and the res
cuers report that some of the men
are alive as they have been able to
hear signals from the imprisoned
men.
MANY LEAVING INTERIOR
FOR THE OUTSIDE.
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FAIRBANKS, Sept. 29.—A steam
er leaving Fairbanks a few days ago
carried enarly one hundred passen
gers bound for the outside, where
they will spend the winter. The last
steamer is expected to leave Fair
banks early next month and the boat
will be crowded to capacity by min
ers who have been detained in clos
ing up their affairs for the season.
New Preacher In Town.
Father John T. Corbett, S. J., for
the past three years assistant priest
of St. Leo’s church, Tacoma, Wash.,
and now pastor of the Valdez Catho
lic church in succession to Frs. Van
der Pol and Shepherd, begs to an
nounce to the public the opening of
what is called a “Mission.” This
“Mission” is in the nature of a ser
ies of conferences on the great fun
damental question of religious life
of vital interest to every human soul.
These conferences will be expository,
not controversial, and whilst directly
intended for those of the Catholic
persuasion, will be helpful to all.
Father Corbett hereby extends a cor
dial invitation to non-Catholics to at
tend the evening exercises of the
“Mission” and assures them that no
word will be uttered calculated to
wantonly wound their religious sus
ceptibilities. The former opening of
the “Mission” will take place in the
Valdez Catholic church at 7:30 p. m.,
Sunday, October 3. Watch the pa
per for further announcements.
Miss Alice Coles who has been vis
iting in Seward arrived home on the
Evans. *
J. A. Bourke, special agent for the
Suppression of Liquor among the Na
tives arrived on the Evans from the
westward. •
The passengers from the west
ward on the Admiral Evans this
morning for Valdez were: A. D.
Nash, Sam Poteet, C. P. Davis, J. A.
Burke, Mrs. Horace Deline and Miss
Alice Cole.
The boys of Port Llscum who are
arranging the program of sports for
a smoker soon to be given in Valdez,
announce that the athletes of Valdez
are invited to take part in the con
tests and those wishing to secure
matches should notify Private Fisher
at the fort. Among the soldier boys
who have announced their intention
of taking part in the contest are:
Young Sharkey, of Milwaukee, Pri
vate Fisher, Private Hoots, Private
Gifford, Private Morris and Joe
Schulte, of Valdez. A good card of
boxing, wrestling and other athletic
contests are being prepared. Private
O’Dear has offered to meet any man
in Valdez on the mat.
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
are taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To And the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is used be
fore the height, in which case Bub
tract it.
Wednesday, September 20, 1015.
High, 3:47 a. m., 9.0; 3:04 p. m.,
11.2.
Low, 8:60 a. m., 3.7; 10:12 p. m.,
1.6. v
Thursday, September 30, 1015.
High, 4:49 a.'m., 8.4; 3:50 p. m„
11.6.
Low, 9:29 a. m., 4.2; 11:33 p. m.,
Friday, October 1, 1015
High, 6:34 a. m., 8.2; 4:66 p. m.,
10.1.
Low, 10.25 a. m., 4.7.
Saturday, October 2nd.
/ High, 8:20 a. m., 8.4; 6:30 p. m.,
9.9.
Low, 12:64 a. m., 2.2; 12:04 p.
m., 4.9.
Sunday, October 3, 1015.
High, 9:11 a. m., 9.0; 7:66 p. m„
10.1.
^Low, 2:15 a. m., 2.1; 2:04 p. in.,
4.5.
LEARN HOW TO RELAX.
Nervous Women In Particular Should
Be Kind to Themselves.
One of the Important things to know
tn life, especially if you lire h wuninn.
Is how to let yourself alone. - The hIiII
Ity to relax, the art of being Judiciously
lazy, the tact to lei Herself ulone. has
saved many u woman from a nervous
breakdown. We all know the house
wife who nags herself Into such a
state of conscientiousness that she
cannot rest If she lies down she is
continually worrying herself with
thoughts of the work that she Is neg
lecting.
Much of the blame for this Rtate of
affairs Ilea at the doors of the mothers.
The mistake Is in their training of
their children, especially their daugh
ters. They are taught from earliest
infancy to be kind to others, to bear
with them, to forgive them, to help
them, but from birth to death no one
ever tells them to be kind, also, to
themselves.
The woman who nags herself can
make herself more miserable than any
one else possibly could. She can make
ber life more of a nightmare than any
misfortune could possibly make It. If
such women conld learn to be kinder
to themselves there is no doubt that
their own lives would be lengthened,
and not only that, but the lives of
those with whom they come In close
contact would be made far more pleas
ant—Mary Carolyn Davies In Mother’s
Magazine.
CHEERED BY HIS FOES.
An Incident In the Career of the Duke
of Wellington.
While the Iron Duke was still Mar
quis of Wellington he went from Paris
to Toulouse, where he hud fought and
won the last battle of the Peninsular
war. He attended the opera that first
evening, and. though he wore plain
clothes and sat in the back of the box,
he was almost immediately recognized
by some one in the orchestra chairs,
who called out, ••Wellington!"
The name wbb taken up by others,
and at last the entire bouse rose, turn
ed to the box and called. "Vive Welling
ton!"
Nor would the people be satisfied un
til he had stood up and bowed to them,
when he was cheered and applauded
ugain. At the conclusion of the per
formance the passage from the box
was found to be crowded with people.
The women of the party drew back
uervously, but the duke said “Come
along!” In his brusque way and con
ducted them on. While they were
still In the corridor a man in the crowd
was heard to say to his companion:
“But why are you applauding so
much? He has always beaten us!”
This was very true, and the question
seemed a natural one, but the answer ;
was charming:
“Yes, but he has always beaten us
like a gentleman.”—Washington Star.
Your "Funny Bono.”
When you bump your nose or chin
you bump the flesh and bone and not
a nerve. Conseguently you feel a sen
sation of pain just where the blow was
struck. If you strike the point of your
elbow it will be just the same. It’s
only when you strike that little hollow
between the big ceutral bone of the el
bow and the little inside bone that the
tickling, tingling sensation Is felt. In
the little hollow you strike one of the
large trunk nerves that spring between
the vertebra at the base of the neck
und run through the arm to the wrist.
In the hollow of the elbow the nerve
lies over a bone. When you strike that
spot you feel a tingling sensation which
isn't exactly funny, but because it
tickles the bone is called the “funny
bone.”—Milwaukee Journal.
First Sea Signals.
Richard I. when he set sail for the
Holy Land found his flag and his
patron saint provided for him by the
church—St. George and his red cross
on a white ground. But Richard
floated another banner at the mast
head—a red flag with three gpld lions.
The king's ships of those early days
carried these two as well as a streamer.
Signaling by means of flags gets its
very first mention in 1350—“When It
shall please the admiral to assemble
the captains and masters of the fleet
he shall carry • high In the middle of
the mast of his ship a banner of coun
cil."—London Chronicle.
Gold.
The specific gravity ot gold Is 19.50
—that Is, It weighs nineteen and a half
times as much as Its own bulk of wa
ter. ^Tbe ductility and malleability of
this metal are equaled by no other. By
ductility Is meant the property of al
lowing Itself to be drawn out Into a
wire and by malleability its property
of flattening without splitting under
the hammer. ,
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Willing to Help.
"I don’t see anything the matter
with you,” said the doctor.
“Well. I’m worried, doctor.”
“About what?"
“My money.”
“Oh. well, I guess I can relieve yon
of that”—Yonkers Statesman.
Aerobat at the Dinner Tablo.
He—Say, that friend of yours Is the
greatest soup eater In the universe.
She—Why. how’s that? He—Well, I’ve
seen soup siphoned and gargled, but
he’s the first one I ever saw who yodel
ed it—Cornell Widow.
In the Hospital.
“That policeman who has Just come
In has a professional affliction.”
“What might it be?”
“He has a couple of felons on his
hands.”—Baltimore American.
CITY EXPRESS
( MEETS AIX BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
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Buy and Sell Anything.
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Jas. E. Wilson, Freighte
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALAS
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reason a
MERCHANT’S CAF1
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Phone 68 Chas. Fischer, Pro
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUS
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GENERAL. STORE. - TRADING POST.
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VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENC
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Millies 18th calls Illamaa aad Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday aad Bandar. connecting with
Steamers Yale aad Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD. Mgr, Seattle l VALDEE DOCK CO, Local AgL