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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1914.
AN IMPENDING CONQUEST.
Some day great freight steamers
will ply across Hudson bay, carry
ing to Europe the grain of the Cana
dian northwest There may be passen
ger liners, too, on this short path
from interior America to the British
Isles. Hudson bay is destined to be
come a well traversed waterway, a
sea amidst desolation, but charted
and lighted and as safe as Lake Su
perior.
But today Hudson bay is almos!
an unknown sea. The voyager who
sails into it is an explorer.
Recently there returned to New
foundland a party of explorers who
had spent more than a year cruis
ing about the mysterious shores of
the vast gulf. They brought back
much valuable geographical informa
tion, which will be of use when the
railroad to Port Nelson is completed
and Hudson bay is dotted with steam
ships. But there must be much
more exploration before the shores
and islands become definite geograph
ical facts.
On most maps of Hudson bay may
be found a group of islands called
the Belchers. They have been sight
ed several times by navigators, but
the Newfoundland voyagers claim to
be the first white men to land upc.n
them. They were found to be in a
different position from that indicat
ed on the maps, and much more nu
merous. And these seemingly re
mote islands are not in the inacces
sible Arctic regions, but in the lati
tude of Edinburg, and far south of
the prosperous towns of Alaska.
There can be little doubt that min
eral wealth abounds in the Hudson
bay regions. The day is not far dis
tant when this will be brought to
light, and when the great forests will
be made to contribute to the world's
building material. Canada’s greatness
will become greater and the world
will be the richer.—Tacoma Tribune.
BE GLAD YOU ARE ALIVE.
“What’r’ye complaining for? You
’re alive, ain’t you? and that’s worth
a great deal. You’ve read the papers,
and you notice you were not included
with those who were blown away in
the cyclone; when the ocean liner
went down, you were not among those
who got a permanent resting place
down in the deep where tile sea gems
lie; and mermaids fair are not chant
ing your dirge in ocean’s, coral cave.
No; and don’t forget that you are
right here, breathing the best ozone,
while the half dozen who tried to
drive their car up a tree, and are now
in the hands of the serious and long
visaged party, have lost the art of
breathing. You didn’t get a fatal
cramp in swimming; and when the
fire-proof theatre exacted its tribute
. of hundreds your business kept you
at home. Don’t complain. You have
a lot to be thankful for. In the
last strike riot you were not the In
nocent bystander who got the brick.”
—The Calumet.
ALLIES ARRANGING
LONDON, Dec. 29—The Daily Tele
graph’s correspondent at Athens, tel
egraphs :
“A collective visit was paid yester
day by the British, Russian and
French ministers to M. Venibelos.
No authentic information is available
as to the object of the visit. The
newspapers today suggest that the
visit referred to Greece aiding Ser
via. It, however, had some refer
ence to endeavors to arrange the dif
ferences dividing the Balkans."
It is believed that a basis has been
arrived at for a Serbo-Bulgarian rap
prochement, the most diffirult to ar
range, for between Bulgaria and
Greece no great difficulties exist, the
former having for the present tacitly
abandoned its known views on Greek
possessions. Their diplomatic rela
tions are now friendly, thanks to the
tact and moderation displayed by the
Bulgarian minister.
CHISM MINER
LOSHBN GLACIER
Fred Young Died From Injuries,
While Ira B. Hurd, of Valdez,
Had Narrow Escape
Recent arrivals from Cordova tell
of the death of Frank Young, Shu
shanna miner, and the narrow escape
of Ira B. Hurd, whose family now
resides in Valdez.
It appears that Young, and anoth
er man, whose name is unknown,
attempted to cross the glacier after
nightfall, believing they could follow
the trail by the meagre moonlight
Young slipped into a crevasse and
his partner was searching for him
when Ira B. Hurd arrived on the
scene on his way to Shushanna.
Hurd joined in the search for the
the missing man, as Young’s com
panion was not sure into which
crevasse he had fallen. They had no
light and Hurd fell into a crevasse
20 feet deep but fortunately suffered
no broken bones and was able to
crawl out. Fearing to continue search
in the darkness the men lay down
in their robes to await the coming
of sufficient light to avoid the crev
asses.
Early next morning they found
Young in a semi-unconscious condi
tion alongside of the crevasse, from
which he had succeeded in crawling.
He had been badly broken up and
died on the trail while the men were
trying to get him to McCarthy.
NO REPLY FROM
BHITjSHCtBINET
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continued is the statement made by
an admiralty official high in the
counsels of the government.
It is feared here by the represen
tatives of the neutral countries in
Europe to which the goods are be
ing shipped and then transshipped to
Germany and Austria that the final
result will be that England will de
clare war upon the little nations or
they will be forced to join the Allies
in order that a blockade may be es
tablished.
GERMAN DEFEAT
ON THE PILICA
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pense will be borne by the allied na
tions. The Mikado believes that with
the driving out of the Germans from
China the Japanese have done their
share and that the position of Japan
as a world power is no longer doubl
ed by any of the powers of Europe.
The Japanese Monroe Doctrine that
no new foothold by foreign powers
shall be made in Asia ■ is now an
established fact.
Allied Fleets Off Panama.
PANAMA, Dec. 31.—Two Japanese
and three English cruisers have coal
ed at Taboguilla Island, off Balboa.
They received the coal from colliers
that recently passed through the ca
nal.
American Spy Sentenced.
BASLE, Dec. 31.—The existence of
an extensive espionage agency at
Lorrach was shown yesterday when
James Meyer, of German origin, but
a naturalized American, was charg
ed before a Swiss military tribunal
with spying on behalf of Germany
and using Swiss territory for the pur
pose.
Meyer, who made several journeys
into France, left a packet of docu
ments in a train between Basle and
Geneva, together with some notes on
the French military dispositions.
When he was arrested outside a Ge
neva cafe it was found that he had
cut off his mustache and otherwise
disguised himself. He was senten
ced to six months imprisonment, and
a man named Kohlbecher, head of
the Lorrach spy agency, was senten
ced to 18 months in jail.
Meyer described himself as special
correspondent of the New York Deu
tsche Zeitung.
Many Aeroplanes Building.
PARIS, Dec. 31.—Two great fleets
of aeroplanes are now building in this
city and in England and the com
bined fleets will be sent to raid Ger
man forts in the interior of the kai
ser’s country.
Walks 1,300 Miles To Duty.
MONTREAL, Dec. 31.—A walk of
1,300 miles to the nearest railway
station in order to report for mili
tary service—such was the recent
jaunt of Fernand Tromeur, of Fort
Providence, on the Mackenzie river.
Tromeur is one of 25 French re
servists, mostly from the Yukon and
Alaska, that left here last night for
New York to sail tomorrow on the
steamer Rochamlbeau for Havre.
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Mike Sherry and Robert Smith
were caught in a snow slide at Port
age bay Wednesday afternoon and
carried down the mountain side for
many hundreds of feet. Smith
caught in some alders at the top of
a 700-foot bluff while Sherry went
over the bluff with the snow and
was carried to the base of the moun
tain. Snr'th made his way to th?
foot of the bluff, where he found
Sherry, who had dug himself out of
the snow, and he aided his partner
to Dunk Stewart’s place, where they
were put on a launch and brought to
Valdez, reaching here this morning.
LOCAL brevities.
Gus Gustafson left for Shoup bay
this morning.
Al. Dubeek went down to the nar
rows this morning.
John Gross left this morning for
his property to do assessment work.
A two-reel side-splitting comedy at
the Orpheum tonight. Don't miss this
one.
A “War Prayer” By Mark Twain.
An unpublished article by Mark
Twain, called “The Whr Prayer,” was
recalled by Dr. Henry Neuman, lead
er of the Ethical Culture Society in
Brooklyn, recently in his address on
“Mark Twain” before the Ethical So
ciety of St. Louis.
The story tells how a regiment on
its way to the front assembles at a
church and prays for victory. When
the prayer is concluded a white-rob
ed stranger enters to say he has been
sent from “On High” with a message
that the petition will be answered if
the men care to repeat it after under
standing its full import. Their pray
er, he tells them, asks for more than
they seem to realize. Hence he bids
them listen while he repeats aloud
To You All
This Is a Good Time to Extend Cordial Greetings
to Everybody:
We greet our friends, of course.
We greet our customers, who are our business friends.
We greet our business associates in other lines in this com
munity.
We greet our competitors and their customers.
We greet everybody—even our enemies if we have any,
Or any who think they are.
We Wish You All a Happy New Year.
these unspoken implications of their
desire:
“O, Lord we go forth to smite the
foe. Help us to tear their soldiers to
bloody shreds with our shells; help
us to cover their smiling fields with
the pale forms of their patriot dead;
help us to lay waste their humble
homes with a hurricane of fire; help
us to wring the hearts of their un
offending widows with unavailing
grief. For our sakes, who adore
Thee, Lord, blast their steps, water
their way with their tears.”
Because he was told that this arti
cle w'ould be regarded as sacriligious,
Mark Twain, who, according to Dr.
Neuman, was a free thinker, did not
print it.
If you want all the news all tne
time, read the Prospector.
Who’s Who In Europe’s War
Photo by American Press Association.
KING CONSTANTINE of Greece Is on the side of Servla. On the first das
of the declaration of war by Austria the king of Greece offered 100,000
soldiers to Servla. The relations between Servla and Greece are very
cordial, as this action Indicates, and Greece can be relied on to aid Servla
In every way.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 31, 1914.
STATION Above Below Snow, In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
McCallum . 15 15 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Hogan . 12 12 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Gulkana . 5 12 Clear, calm, trail good.
Copper Center _ 5 10 Clear, calm, trail good.
Tonsina . 5 20 Cloudy, southwest wind, trail good.
Telkhell . 12 18 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Beaver Dam . 7 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Summit . 28 35 Cloudy, windy, trail drifted.
Wortman's . 20 20 Clear, calm, trail good.
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PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle
Nov. 15th, Dec. 5th and 25th
via the Inside Passage for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka
tallu, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND-CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-San Francisco, connecting with steamers Yale and
Harvard for southern California ports.
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VALDEZ DOCK CO.
Local Agent
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
every month
From Valdez south-7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight servioe for Ketchikan, Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell, Douglas
Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez and Latouohe. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. Sth' >
S S Latouohe, 15th: S S Cordova. *5th of each month—Right deserved to change this
schedule without notice.
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