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Phone 188
PRESIDENT TO SEE
THE BALL GAME
Was Member of Theatre and Dinner
Party Given in His Honor in
New York hast Night.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—President
Wilson was all smiles when he left
work at noon yesterday to go to the
home of Mrs. Norman Galt, his fian
cee. He was given a tremendous ova
tion by a crowd numbering thousands.
He carried a large package of con
gratulatory messages which he de
clared he had not had time to read,
but that they would read them to
gether.
President Wilson, Mrs. Galt and
Miss Margaret Wilson left for New
York yesterday afternoon where they
were to be the guests at a dinner and
theatre party to be given by Colonel
House, the president’s personal
friend. From New York the party
will i:o tJJ Boston where they will wit
nessthal'second game in the series for
the" baseball championship of the
world.
The future first lady of the land I
can rightfully claim to belong to one
of the first families in America, as
she is a descendant of Pocohontas in
the ninth generation.
STRIKE LEADER IS
GIVEN RIS LIBERTY
Rockefeller Has Powerful Influence
V
in Colorado and Charges Against
Miners Will Be Dropped.
DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 9.—The
Supreme court of this State has or
dered that John R. Lawson, who is
serving a life sentence for killing a
deputy sheriff during the miners’
strike last year, be admitted to bail
in the sum of $35,000. It is report
ed that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was
instrumental in securing the release
of Lawson, and that the New York
millionaire will furnish the bonds.
Lawson wat an organizer for the
United Mine Workers of America.
It vis Relieved that Lawson’s case
will be permitted to drop as all the
cases which have been pending be
fore' the courts growing out of the
strike have been dismissed as a result
of Rockefeller’s visit.
Friendly relations have been estab
lished between the men and the mine
owners and the government is appar
ently unwilling to press the charges
against the strikers.
ALASKA SHIPMENTS
MAKE RECORDS
ft
September was Largest Month In His
tory and Totaled More than
Nine Million Dollars.
JUNEAU, Oct. 9.—The customs of
fice here reports that shipments from
Alaska to the United States during
the month of September aggregated
the enormous sum of $9,250,000, or
more than $1,250,000 greater than
the corresponding month last year.
Canned salmon was the largest ex
port and amounted to $7,600,000,
copper $1,250,000 and gold $500,000.
The September output of copper fell
slightly behind the average month
during the summer owing to the Cop
per River railroad experiencing track
trouble in the early part of the month.
The gold represented the last ship
ments of dust from the interior banks
before the close of navigation.
Wm. Aiken, the traveling man, who
has been In Valdez with his bride,
and incidentally looking after the in
terests of Schillings, left on the Ad
miral Farcagut this morning.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
W. H. Whittlesey, assistant dis
trict attorney, went to Cordova on
the Admiral Farragut.
Kodak 'Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. ( tf
Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, Rugs and Mattresses. S. Blum
& Co. *
Mrs. Mary Miller, who has spent
the summer at Anchorage, returned
td Valdez en the Admiral Farragut.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
F&r good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. •
In the district court today Lizzie
Jenkins was granted a divorce from
John Jenkins, on order of default.
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
The Cliff mine case taken under
advisement by the court, was again
reopened this morning for the pur
pose of taking more testimony.
“In Old Virginia” will be included
in the swell program for Sunday eve
ning in Eagle Hall. Admission 25c.
A1 White took a party consisting
of Mayor Boe of Seward, Mr. Con
ant of Hope City, and Mr. Connely of
Sunrise, to Camp Comfort yesterday.
Don’t forget the Eagles’ oldtime ’98
Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, October
30th. tf
Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
; William Thomas went to Cordova
on the Admiral Farragut, to meet
Mrs. Thomas and family, who are be
lieved to be passengers on the North
western.
I
I Received on last boat a shipment
of Fresh Halibut and Ling Cod. Frye
Bruhn Co., Phone 29. •
Stanfield's Famous Unshrinkable
Underwear for sale at S. Blum & Co.
Every garment guaranteed. *
Mrs. E. Winter and her son, Tod,
sailed for the states on the Admiral
Farragut this morning. During Mrs.
Winter's absence Mrs. Wm. Erickson
will have charge of her store.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Siher
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198. tf
HELP WANTED—Woman, all
round laundry worker, must be good
body ironer, to begin work about
Oct. 12. Independent Laundry, tf
Mrs. A. VanMovern was an outgo
ing passenger on the Admiral Farra
gut en route for San Francisco, hav
ing been summoned to the bedside of
a relative who is resiously ill.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Ladies, buttons made from your
own material, any size. Guy F. Cam
eron. kll
Received on last boat, a shipment
of Fresh Halibut and Ling Cod. Frye
Bruhn Co., Phone 29.
Fancy Stationery at ' the Valdez
Drug Store. •
WANTED—Kodak, postcard size,
must be in good condition. Answer
by letter. “C.” Prospector office, tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailot. Telephone 198. tf
Mrs. Merchant, Milliner.
Hats remodeled and made to or
der. At Emporium. tf
_-_. %
Hot-point Irons, Heaters, Cookers,
and Electric appliances;**men’s and
women's suits, overalls and aprons,
at Emporium. *
Men’s waterproof Dress Coats,
$7.50 and up. S. Blum & Co. *
Don’t forget the Eagles old-time
’98 Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, Oct.
30th. •
See S Blum & Co., for the latest
styles in Boys and Youths Hats. *
We receive work from as far west
as Unga and north as Copper Center.
If that isn't a benefit to Valdez show
me what is. Get busy and try to
work us to a finish; at least until
we holler enough. Valdez Iron
Works. Sat
me tun
MINERS ON STRIKE
Governor Has Ordered State Militia
Held Ready to Go to Clifton to
Suppress Strike Riots.
PHOENIX, Arix., Ouct. 9.—The en
tire state militia is being held in read
iness to go to Clifton, in Greenliee
county, where several thousand
striking miners have engaged in
riots and destruction of property.
The miners have demanded an in
creased scale, recognition of their un
ion and better working conditions.
Hundreds of miners quit work yes
terday and joined the ranks of the
strikers.
The mine owners have appealed to
the Governor for protection as the
deputies are unable to cope with the
strikers, who threaten the destruc
tion of the great concentrators and
mills. Guards have been placed
along the tracks of the Arizona &
New Mexican railroad to prevent the
strikers dynamiting the road to keep
the troops from arriving.
Scenes of violence are of daily oc
currence and it is feared that unless
the efforts of agitators are suppress
ed that warfare such as occurred in
Colorado will be repeated in Arizona.
The miners have secured arms and
are reported to be preparing to give
battle to the militia.
ANOTHER STEEL
TRUST ORGANIZED
Reorganized Midville Company 'l akes
Over More Mills and Secures
Options on Ores
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The Mid
ville Steel and Ordnance company,
which was reorganized last month
with Chas. M. Schwab as the guiding
spirit, has acquired three more of the
largest steel companies in the United
States Steel Trust .and its principal
stockholders are all former o'fio.'als
of the big trust. The stockholders of
the smaller concerns which are being
gathered into the trust are~being <*’v
en stock in the corporation.
A rumor on Wall Street to the ef
fect that the Attorney-General’s oitice
will investigate the new steel trust
discouraged speculation in the slock
and the prices dropped several points.
It is announced by Schwab and the
other directors that the MidvMle
Steel & Ordnance company will spe
cialize in the manufacture of muni
tions of war and that contracts for
$50,000,000 were secured by Schwab
'in England before he began the re
jorganization of the Midville compary.
Valdez Weather Report.
October 8, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29.788
Temperature 7 p. m.38
Maximum temperature .51
Minimum temperature .35
Mean temperature .43
Partly cloudy; moderate wind,
southwest 20 miles.
WEATHER BULLETIN
Signal Corps UnitetJ States Army
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 8, 1015.
Fairbanks, 44 above, 2 inches of
snow; still snowing.
Richardson, 2 6 above; 2 inches of
Snow.
McCarty, 24 above, 1 inch snow;
clear, calm.
Donnelly, 12 above; 6 inches snow.
McCallum, 16 above; 12 inches
snow.
Paxson, 23 above; 2 inches snow.
Hogan, 16 above, clear, calm.
Gulkana, 30 above; cloudy.
Copper Center, 21 above; snowing
slightly.
Tonsina, 32 above; cloudy.
Teikhell, 32 above; snowing in
hills.
Beaver Dam, 35 above, light wind.
Wortman’s, 42 above.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
A new town has sprung up at the
head of navigation on the Tolovana,
above the log jam, which is head
quarters for freighters hauling sup
plies from the river over the divide
to Livingood creek. The town has’
been named Westfork and boasts of
twenty cabins, two stores, two ware
houses, two sawmills and bunkhouses
galore. Westfork is laid out in a
particularly good place. It is on the
high bank .of the Tolovana river on
the right limit and is surrqunded by
good building logs which makes the
construction of cabins easy. The
town is laid out in an orderly man
ner, all of the streets being orderly
and straight.
WRECKED THE THEATER. ^
V.'ho.-i London Playgoers Ross Against
an Increase In Prices.
There occurred in London something
over a hundred years ago a series of
riots called the "O. P. riots,” which
grew out of an increase in theater
prices.
In 1809, after Covent Garden theater
bad been burned to the ground and re
built. it was reopened under the man
agement of John Kemble, one of the
Kemble family of great actors, with an
Increased scale of admission prices.
The new theater was all right, and
Kemble was popular, but the theater
going public resented the increase of
prices.
On the opening night when Kemble,
who was to play Macbeth, attempted
to make an explanatory speech he was
hooted down by demands for “old
prices,” and night after night people
crowded the house, danced on the seats
and Interrupted the players with cries
of “O. P.," old prices.
The disturbance continued for sev
eral weeks, the people wearing “O. P.”
badges and displaying big “O. P." plac
ards. The theater was closed for sev
eral days, but when it was opened the
trouble began again. Bents were de
stroyed* and windows broken.
Legal proceedings were taken and
failed. The municipal authorities, as
sisted by a governor of the Bank of
England, Anally brought about a com
promise.—Philadelphia Press.
ART OF BAIT CASTING.
Landing the Lura That Coaxaa tha Bat
tling Black Base.
The bait caster! What memories of
Illy padded lakes, shimmering in the
burnished gold of the setting sun. of
a roseate twilight peace, when the lake
is one vust mirror; of furious battles
with that bulldog of the sweet waters,
thg black bass, ure his!
A most difficult art one that requires
more than a modicum of practice to
acquire—to place that lure precisely
in a given spot, forty or fifty feet away,
where a bass may lurk—not near the
spot but right in it. mind you—to laud
that lure so as to simulate a frog or
minuow naturally leaping or jumping
to escape possible attack by a bass;
to do all this with a short rod and
high speed reel—easting the lure as a
small boy throws an apple from the
end of a stick—to do this with accuracy
and deftness is no unworthy ambition.
And after the strike comes a battle
between a five pound fish and a 150
pound man, equalized by fair tackle,
that will put the exhilaration of eter
nal youth Into any mun—especially if
he proves himself worthy to beat the
fish at his own game—to take him with
all the handicaps imposed by the nec
essary tackle and win out against all
the snags, tactics, ieai* and plunges,
rushes and feints employed by the bat
tling bass.—Warren H. Miller in
American Forestry.
.The Kind of ■ Friend to Have.
I have a friend who calls on me
every now and then and always gives
me a new lease on life. He makes me
think more of myself: makes me more
ambitious, more determined to see my
opportunities and to make the most of
them. His calls are like the coming of
spring after a long, cold winter, which
awakens the sleeping buds and culls
out the flowers. The sunshine of his
cheerful mind, the alchemy of his op
timism. awakens me to renewed effort
and encourages me to outdo myself
I am never too busy to see him. and I
always urge him to stay, because his
presence makes me a larger man.
makes life seem more worth while
than ever. He helps me to get a now
grip upon myself. He arouses me. so
that I feel equal to any task when he
leaves.—Christian Herald.
Circumstances Alter Cases.
Stern Father—It was after 11 o’clock
when that young man left last night I
want you to understand—
Pretty Daughter (interrupting)—But.
papa. I was so deeply interested in the
news of his uncle’s death that I didn't
notice how late it was. You see. his
uncle died in Africa last week and left
him $100,000, and. of course—
Stern Father—As I was saying when
you interrupted me, I want you to un
derstand that he can stay just as late
ns he wants to. I don't mind if the gas
meter does have to work overtime oc
casionally.—Indianapolis Star.
How Purple Dye Was Discovered.
It is often said tbat the old Phoeni
cians discovered the purple dye In the
mures shell by observing a dog which
had eaten one of the mollusks and
thus colored his chops with a rich pur
ple stain. The ancients were accus
tomed to hunt the mures by the as
sistance of pointer dogs. Some of the
myths say that Heracles by the aid of
his dog first discovered the purple
mures.
Her Vague Views.
"I aBked for alimony of $50 a week.
I see women are getting that right
along.”
“But. madam.” espostulated the law
yer. “your husband Is earning only
$12.”
“What’s that got to do with It? I
thought the government provided the
alimony.”—Loutsvllle Courier-Journal.
Standing Order. '
“Before we were married he had a
standing order with a florist to send
me a bunch of roses every morning.”
"And since marriage?”
“He has a standing order with an
employment agency to send me a
cook.”—Judge.
Age asks with timidity to be spared
Intolerable pain. Youth, taking fortune
by the beard, demands Joy like a right.
-.Stevenson.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS AM, BOATS AND NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. 8PENARD, Prop.
Jas.jjE. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in Ike Interior--Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
«
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Clms. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 !
Foot Keystone Ave
Roujih Dry 10c lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, steam and hot water heating,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Ix>cated on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 2£j>th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calls Iltamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Kntk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franclaco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting frith
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGW'OOD, Mgr., Seattlei VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-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, Ellamar, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the Sth: Latouche, on the lEth; S. S.
Cordova, 15th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
P. B. TRACY, Gea’l Ageat VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent.