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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1»16
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MUIR ON THE THLINKIT8.
John Muir, who made three trips
to Alaska, in 1879, 1880 and 1890—
speaks with great cordiality of the
Alaskan Indians, having made him
self intimately acquainted with the
Thlinkit tribes. These Indians dif
fer radically from those of the Uni
ted States in their obvious derivation
from Mongol stock. They have the
downslanting oval eyes, wide cheek
bones, and rather thick outstanding
upper lips. But they differ also from
the tribes east of the Rockies in be
ing willing to work hard. They feed
themselves well, build good substan
tial homes, fight their enemies brave
ly, love their wives, children and
friends, and cherish a quick sense of
honor. Muir writes particularly of
their quick sympathy for their
neighbors.
"Thus when a family lose a child
or a member by death, neighbors vis
it them to cheer and console. They
gather around the fire and smoke,
talk kindly and naturally, telling the
parents not to grieve too much for
the departed. ‘Now consider that we
have the valuation of another world
and of the troubles and trials the
little ones escape by dying young.’
AU this in a perfectly natural and
straightforward way.” They are fond
and indulgent parents. "In all my
travels I never heard a cross, ill-na
tured word; or anything like scolding
inflicted on an Indian child, or ever
witnessed a single case of spanking.”
—New York Post.
DRUMMERS TO PAY
FOR EXCESS BAGGAGE
The traveling men who represent
outside wholesale houses,in Alaska
are doing some tall hustling just at
present to cover as much territory
as possible before February . 15 th.
During the present year the com
mercial men have enjoyed the priv
ilege of checking their excesB bag
gage on their tickets Irrespective of
the number or weight of their sample
cases. A new order, whereby the same
rule will apply to them as to ordin
ary travelers, will go into effect on
the steamers of the Alaska Steam
ship company on and after February
16th, and excess baggage will be
charged for all weight over one hun
dred and fifty pounds.
CONGRESSMAN IN JAIL
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WASHINGTON: The United States
Supreme Court has confirmed the
conviction of David Lamar, who was
tried in New York on the charge of
impersonating a congressman over
the telephone. This takes away the
last chance that Lamar had of avoid
ing serving his sentence in jail. He
will be confined in one of the federal
penitentiaries. Lamar recently at
tracted public notice by being in
dicted with former Congressman
lluchanan, of Illinois, and former At
torney General Monett, of Ohio, on
a charge of conspiracy to blow up
munition plants in the United States.
IMPORTS TO VLADIVOSTOK
SHOW BIG INCREASE
WASHINGTON: The rise of Rus
sia’s racific Coast port of Vladivos
tock a port of world importance
within the last year was accompan
ied by a tremendous increase in im
ports of American goods.
Figures made public by the depart-1
ment of ^Commerce show that 14
times as much goods poured through
this narrow gateway during the first
eight months of 1916 as during the
same period in 1914. The United
States furnished one third of the en
tire amount.'
Imports at Vladivostok for the
first eight months of last year were
valued at $87,626,600. Japanese
shippers get the heaviest share of
this business with goods valued at
$32,397,000. The United States was
second with $31,620,000.
THE EMPRESS
THE EMPRESS CIRCUIT PRESENTS
“Tilly's Punctured Romance”
Six-Reel Side-Splitting Comedy Feature
CHAS. CHAPLIN
MARIE DRESSLER
MABLE NORMAND
IN TWO HOURS of Loughs, Howls, Screams, Yells,
Guffaws, Chuckles and Roars*
A FINE PATHE NEWS WILL BE SHOWN FIRST
Only One Show—At 8:00 Each Evening
TO-NIGHT—FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
NOTE—Owing to the extra expense to Produce this
big Comedy in Alaska we are obliged to charge
ADULTS 50c. CHILDREN 25c
NEXT FEATURE- -“MORE THAN QUEEN”-Mag
nificent production in natural colors.
“THiLIK'8 PUNCTURED
ROMANCE” AT EMPRESS
The Empress Circuit presents to
night, tomorrow night and Saturday
uight, Marie Dressier in a six-reel
side-splitting Keystone Comedy, en
titled “Tillie s Punctured Romance.”
Tillie, a country maiden, was
throwing blocks of wood for her dog
to fetch to her. Charlie, a city chap,
wanders into range and receives an
unusually large block ia the middle
of the face. Tillie, seeing the stranger
is in distress, drags him to her home.
Here the stranger discovers that Til
lie’s father has a bankroll. With
threats and promises, he induces her
to get the money and go with him to
the city.
Their first step is at a cabaret,
where Tillie takes the first drink of
her young life. Things go along
smoothly until they are disturbed by
a pretty young damsel, named Mabel,
who has followed them since arrival
in the big city. She turnes out to be
Charlie’s city girl, and he, on getting
hold of Tillie’s money,, leaves her.
Tillie hits it up too freely and is
put into the street. She is arrested
and jailed. Her jailers discovering
she is Tillie Hanks, telephone to the
big millionaire of the city, and finds
she is his niece. He goes to her un
cle's beautiful mansion and makes
so much trouble her uncle disowns
her and she takes a job as waitress.
Her uncle goes west and is re
ported killed. His secretary looks
for Tillie, who Is his only relative.
Charlie uses Tillie’s bankroll to
doll up Mabel, and they take life easy.
They go into the restaurant where
Tillie works, and she throws a fit.
They escape and sit down in a park
to rest. Charley buys a paper and sees
that Tillie is a missing heiress. Ho
sneaks away from Mabel and goes
back to Tillie, and they are married.
On going back to the restaurant
they are met by the millionaire’s sec
retary, who makes known to Tillie
that she is an heiress. The heiress
and her newly acquainted husband
proceed to their new some, tne
Banks mansion.
Here they entertain lavishly and
give a grand ball. This ends in a fra
cas. through Mabel, who has secured
a position as maid in the household.
In the middle of the melee her un
cle, who waB only slightly injured, re
turns and throws the whole party
out. Charlie finds Tillie has nothing
and grabs Mabel, and run off, pur
sued by the now vengeful Tillie.
The police and river patrol are call
er out, as Tillie has pursued them to
the water front, and here, in the ex
citement, Tillie is hit by an auto
loaded with policemen, and she, auto
and load, take an awful drop into the
river below. Here Tillie is rescued,
and Mabel, seeing the destruction
that the conscienceless Charlie has
wrought, falls into Tillie’s arms, im
ploring her forgiveness, and they
both renounce Charlie, as he is hauled
away by the police.
This is one of the greatest Come
dies ever produced in Valdez. Your
money back if you don’t laugh. Pa
trons should sew their buttons on
extra tight tonight, as this bright
comedy is a shriek from start to fin
ish.
NOTE—Owing to the great cost of
the rental of this comedy feature for
Alaska admission will be 50c. chil
dren 25 cents.
AUSTRALIA WILL SUPPLY
ALLIES 800,000 MEN
MELBOURNE, Australia: One of
the first official acts of the new prime
minister of Australia, William M.
Hughes, has been an announcement
that a fresh army will be furnished
by the Commonwealth for the Brit
ish and allied cause, and .that this
army will number 50,000 men “This
further contribution," said Mr.
Hughes, “will bring the total number
of men supplied by Australia by next
June to something like 300,000 men.
It is to be understood that the prin
ciple of voluntary enlistment is to be
adhered to. No request had been
made to the Commonwealth by the
imperial government for* more men.
The offer is quite spontaneous. I
have not the slightest doubt that the
necessary men will be forthcoming.
These will form new units and are
independent of the quota of 9,500 a
month necessary for reinforcements."
A government appeal will be made
by mall to every man in Australia
within the military age group based
on the recent war census—that is,
single men from 18 to 44 years.
WAR RESPONSIBLE FOR
INCREASE IN CRIME
BERLIN: That the war has in
creased juvenile crime in Germany
was pointed out by Prof. Franz von
| Lists, of the Berlin University, one of
the most distinguished criminologists
and' prof eBsots of law in Germany, in
an address before the society for the
Reformation of Youthful Criminals.
Prof. Liszt recommends as a reme
dy a decree just issued by the mili
(tary governor of Cessel, forbidding
boys to visit saloons or picture Bhows
or to" loaf about the streets during
•the evening smoking and drinking
alcoholic beverages.
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“It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”
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It’s Also a Long Time Until the Breakup. '
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Allure Way To Keep Warm in the Meanwhile
O' Is To CaB on Us.
N We Can Supply You With
Comforters Filled With Wool or
: Eiderdown.
Blankets All Sizes and Prices
1 Cole’s Hot Blast Heater Has no Equal |
S. BLUM & CO., m
GOOD GOODS
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EUROPEAN WAR LOSSES
EXCEED 14,000,000
LONDON: The gross casualties in
the war up to the beginning of Janu
ary exceed 14,900,000, according to
the computations of a prominent sta
tistician and student of war esti
mates.
The basis for the figures is official
and other reliable information. The
number of killed is one in every five,
and prisoners taken average one in
every seven or eight.
The expert’s estimate of the gross
casualties suffered by each warrmg
nation follows:
Russia, 4,000,000.
Germany, 4,000,000
Austro-Hungary, 2,800,000.
France, 2,200,000
Great Britain, 660,000.
Italy, 300,000.
Belgium, Serbia Bulgaria and
Turkey, 1,000,000.
Grand Total, 14,960,000.
In the present war at least 21,000
000 men are under arms.
Figures furnished by previous wars
show that in the Balkan struggle of
1912-1913 360,000 men were killed
out of 1,260,000 engaged In Ihe
Russo-Japanese War r.56,000 were
killed out of 2,600,000 engaged.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Feb. 10, 1916.
Fairbanks, —30; clear, calm.
Salcha, —40; clear, calm.
Richardson, —.26; clear, windy.
McCarthy, —17; clear, windy
Donnelly, —64; clear, calm, trail
good.
McCallum, —32; clear, calm, trc’l
good.
Paxson, —18; 36 inches of snow;
clear, high wind, trail good.
Hogan, —16; 16 Inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Gulkana, —32; 21 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Copper Center, —39; 16 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina, —36; 18 inches sdpw;
clear, calm, trail drifted.
Teikhell, —30; 30 inches snow:
clear, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam, —6; 46 inches of
snow; cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Summit, 60 inches snow; clear,
windy, trail drifted.
Wortman's, 6 above; 40 inches of
snow; clear, windy, trail drifted.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Feb. 9, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.703
Temperature 7 p. m.13
Maximum temperature.29
Minimum temperature .12
Mean temperature .20 5
Clear, strong gale, northeast 63
miles.
DJ*. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National lintaeralty,
Washington, 1). C„
DENTIST
Fourteen Yvars in Valdez.
phony: no
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone: 1* THE DENTIST
Office roomB 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 Avenue Valdez, Alaska
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DONOHOE & DIMGND
ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW
Office Oppocltp Court Honor
Phone M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORKBVS.AT-l.AW
Office* In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Pso*.
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Weetcrn Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. IWdent.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Velde*. AU»lt»
VAIJJF.Z LODGB
NO 108
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month in McKinlej
HalL Visitors always welcome
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valde*
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater.
BREAD FOR HALE j
jack Caliin _ Proprietor
The Best Place in Valder to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Roomt—The Hone #1 Crnfm
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rater By the Meed.
PHONE 133 HRS. STRINC, Fn*
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
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General Trucking anti^Freightl&g
to all Interior Ppir ^
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
w Shamrock j
CAPT. TIM MARCUM \
Sails for Port Wells, Portage J
Ray, Granite Mine, .Saturday .
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val- •
dez Dock Company’s Dock. J
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay, J
and Fidalgo, every Wednea- ,
day, 9:00 a. m., from Vat- <
dez Dock Company's Dock. J
For Rates, Apply on Boat. ‘
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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. T*
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS. 4 '