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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1914..
has universal peace been
BROUGHT NEARER
If (he Florentine engineer, Giulio
Ulivi, lias invented an apparatus by
which he can detonate isolated ex
plosives at a distance of some miles,
and has "the fleets of the world, as
well as all forts and depots of •am
munition,” at his mercy, if his ap
paratus can approach within ten or
fifteen miles of them, universal
peace may be at hand. It is the de
sire of the majority of the world's
civilized peoples to enjoy permanent
peace. So far, however, successive
congresses at The Hague have only
regulated to a certain extent the
manner in which war should be car
ried on, thus assuring shorter per
iods and smaller territories of hos
tility, less destrucution of lives and
treasure. The reason may be that
The Hague gets its mandate, not
from the people, but from their gov
ernments, and governments are not
yet ready for peace.
If The Hague had a popular man
date unequivocally supported by the
state, it could end war at once, just
as the duel has been ended in cer
tain communities by making it so
deadly—those participating in it be
ing liable to be punished for mur
der—that none would indulge in it.
In other communities, where the duel
has been “regulated,” it still sur
vives, just as war survives under the
regulations of The Hague.
The state of “deadliness,” which,
it is believed, will give The Hague
the mandate to abolish war, is be
ing brought about by two forces: the
cost of war, including the unpro
ductive wealth sunk in armaments
with the unproductive labor employed
to keep them, and the improvement
in the destructiveness of war en
gines. Yet, at any stage in the de
velopment of these forces their ulti
mate effectiveness may be rendered
nought by the governments repre
sented at The Hague. The role,
therefore, that Ulivi’s invention, even
if it is as potent as he thinks, may
play in promoting universal peace
cannot be definitely determined.—
Fx.
BASE BALL SCORES
Games played July 9, 1914.
National League.
Pittsburg 0, Philadelphia 1. Pitch
ers—McQuillan, Cooper; Tincup.
Chicago 1, Boston 3. Pitchers —
Vaughn; James.
Cincinnati 5, Broooklyn ti. Pitch
ers—Douglas, Rowan; Ruelbach, Ad
ams.
American League
New York 7, Cleveland 4. Pitchers
— Pich; Gregg, Morton.
Second game. New York 3, Cleve
land 3. Pitchers—Keating; Steen.
Tie game.
Philadelphia 3, Detroit 8. Pitchers'
—Bressler; Covaleski.
Second game. Philadelphia 3, De
troit 5. Pitchers—Bush, Wykoff;
Dubuc.
Washington 0, St. Louis 1. Pitch
ers—Shaw, Bentley; Hnmilion.
Boston 2, Chicago 3. Pitchers—
Collins, Bedient; Cicotte.
Federal League.
Brooklyn 5, Baltimore 2. Pitchers
—Finnerson; Wilhelm.
Buffalo 2, Pittsburg 1. Pitchers—
Ford; Camnitz.
St. Louis 0, Kansas City 4. Pitch
ers—Davenport, Keupper; Cullop.
Chicago 4, Indianapolis 3. Pitch
ers—Hendrix; Kaiserilng.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 3, Victoria 4. Pitchers—
Dell; Pope.
Vancouver 1, Portland 3. Pitchers
—Reuther; Narveson.
Spokane 7, Tacoma 1.' Pitchers—
Noyes; Andrada.
TEAM STANDING.
National League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
New York . 41 27 603
Chicago . 40 34 541
St. Louis .'.. 38 36 514
Cincinnati . 35 37 486
Philadelphia . 33 35 ' 485
Brooklyn . 32 35 478
Pittsburg . 32 37 464
Boston .. . 30 40 429
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Detroit .. . 45 32 584
Philadelphia . 43 32 573
t 4
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Chicago . 40 33 548
Washington . 40 37 519
8$. Louis . 40 37 519
Boston . 39 38 506
New York .. 26 42 382
Cleveland . 24 46 343
Federal League.
Per
, Games— Won Lost Cent
Chicago .. .. 42 28 600
Brooklyn . 34 29 540
Buffalo . 35 31 530
Indlanapblis .. ,.. 34 31 523
Baltimore . 35 35 500
St. Louis . 31 37 456
Kansas City . 33 41 446
Pittsburg . 29 41 414
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Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Seattle . 56 32 636
Spokane . 53 32 624
Vancouver . 54 33 621
Victoria . 34 51 400
Portland . 31 53 369
Tacoma . 31 58 348
ADMIRAL EVANS
LEAVER JUNEAU
The steamer Admiral Evans, which
left Seattle July 6th, passed here
this morning at 3 o’clock at the same
time as the Alameda and will call
at Yakutat, Katalla and Cordova en
route to Valdez.
MEM PASSES
THE CAPITAL CITY
The steamer Alameda, of the Alas
ka Steamship Line, which left Seattle
July 6th, passed Juneau at 10 o'clock
this morning for Skagway, Cordova
and Valdez.
TELEGRAPH LINE DOWN
NEAR RICHARDSON
The telegraph line from Valdez to
Fairbanks is down near Richardson
because of the damage to the line by
reason of the recent floods on the
Tanana river. The line will be re
paired in a few hours, workmen hav
ing reached the scene of the break
down this morning.
Nubone Corsets.
Try Mrs. St. Marie’s for one of
those Nubone corsets. tf
AMAZING SALARIES NOW
PAID TO BALL PLAYERS.
The $10,000 Mark Often Passed, Where
as $1,500 Used to Be Big Money.
Says Ed A. Goewey in Leslie's:
As one manager expressed it recent
ly. “The sky’s the limit in baseball sal
aries at the present time as fur as the
stars are concerned, and even the ev
eryday players are receiving us much
or more than the most famous diamond
heroes of a few years ago.’’
“Tt'is” Speaker’s rise in a few sea
sons from tlie minors to the highest
salaried star in the game is without
parallel in baseball or any other sport.
He ipade good from the time he went
to Boston, each season being up among
the leading sluggers, and it was his bat
that bad much to do with the Giants'
loss of a world’s chnmptonship pen
nant. Last season he finished fourth
among the American league batsmen,
with a percentage of .360. He took part
in 141 games, made 94 runs, had 190
hits for a total of 278 bases and stole
46 times. In 520 times at bat he struck
out but twenty-four times. Speaker’s
salary with the Bostons will be $18,000
a season for the next two years.
Other players drawing down fancy
stipends annually are Matbewson, $15,
000; Cobb. $12,500; Tinker, $12,000;
Evers, $10,000; Wagner, $10,000, and
Walter Johnson, $7,500. And don’t
overlook the fact thut John J. McGraw,
the peppery little leader of the Giants,
drew a salary of $30,000 in 1913, and he
will get the same amount annually un
til the end of 1917 in accordance with
the terms of Ills present contract Mc
Graw gets no percentage from the New
York club's profits, but he did add
$3,500 to his salary last year, the tidy
sum being his share of the world’s se
ries battles and some exhibition con
tests.
A ball player receiving from $1,500 to
$1,800 In tbe old days was considered
fortunate by most of his fellows. The
actual annual salaries of the former
kings of the diumond were: John
Ward, $4,000; Amos Itusie, $3,200:
George Van Hnltren, $2*200; Buck Ew
ing, $2,400; Tim Keefe, $2,400; Rube
Waddell. $2,000, and Dan Broqthers.
$1,900.
Recently when the Federal league
was bidding for the game’s best talent
Ty Cobb was offered a three year con
tract calling for $45,000 to desert or
ganized baseball, and Mathewson was
promised $05,000 if be would pitch for
and manage the Brooklyn “outlaw”
team for three seasons. Speaker also
was offend a large salary for three
years, supposed to be about $20,000 an
nually. «
The Nenana river is not navigable
for boats according to Captain Dob
ler. - i
FARM WAGES OF
$3,500,000,000
United Stitts Treasurer Burke
Due Tills Amount Now.
AGREEMENT MADE YEARS A60
Farmer Promised "Johnny" All the
Money That Had His Name on It.
Now Hi* Name Appears on All Bank
notes—Thousands Printed Each Day
at Washington.
New York. — John Burke, United
States treasurer, made a bargain near
ly fifty years ago by which he was to
be paid a bonus on his services for
work done at that time, when there
seemed little hope of its fulfillment.
When Chester Ferry has fulfilled his
part of the contract with Mr. Burke
he will make the latter easily the rich
est man in the world, says the Tribune
■of this city.
Burke hired out when a boy not yet
ten years old to husk corn for a neigh
boring farmer and received for his
pay the small sum of 50 cents a day.
When the time came for his employer
to pay him for his season's work Ferry
sa id:
“Johnny. 1 want you to Know that
what I can afford to give you now for
your work I regard as insufficient pay.
I am sure you will think that you have
earned more, for you have been dili
gent and painstaking and have never
complained. So while 1 can pay you
only 50 cents a day for your time I'll
agree to hand over to you in the future
all the money you can show me with
your name on it.”
“I accepted his proposition,” says
Mr. Burke, “but I gave it little con
sideration during the intervening years
until the beginning of the present ad
ministration. when I became treasurer
of the United States. Then the episode
came to mind, and 4 have written to
Mr. Ferry, reminding him of his obli
gations.”
This is the letter in part:
When we lived neighbors on adjoining
farms in German township and I was a
little mite of ten you frequently em
ployed me in corn husking and corn plant
ing times and on various other occasions,
for which services you paid me BO cents a
day. Tou will remember, however, that
at the time of settlement you assured me
that you were not certain that 50 cents
was a sufficient remuneration for my serv
ices and that In addition to the payment
of 50 cents a day you were to turn over
to me all the money that you got with my
name on it, which agreement was perfect
ly satisfactory to me and was duly ac
cepted at the time.
Fearing that you may have forgotten
this obligation on account of lapse of
time, 1 am calling your attention to it
now, for of course I know that all that is
necessary for me to do is simply to call
your attention to it. that your part of the
agreement will be faithfully kept.
The bureau of engraving prints Mr.
Burke’s name on 1,080,000 notes of the
United States currency a day. In addl
tion to this vast daily Increasing obli
giition on the part of the farmer. Mr
Burke has signed his name to a num
her of $10,000 certificates.
At this rate the bureau of engraving
prints currency bearing his name to the
amount of $2,870,000 a day. which by
the end of his term as treasurer will
net him $3,500,000,000 should he lie for
tunate enough to realize upon his
youthful investment.
INCREASING POTATO CROP.
Growers Pay Too Little Attention to
the Seed They Use.
Washington.—The American potato
grower is charged with paying too lit
tle attention to the selection of seed
potatoes by the department of agricul
ture in a statement declaring that by
the use of high grade seed the returns
from the crop would be increased by
many millions of dollars.
The increase that might be expected
from the use of high grade seed is con
servatively estimated at not less than
10 per cent. Such an increase, based
on the average production or the aver
age production of the last five years,
says the statement, would amount to
over 34,000.000 bushels, having an ap
proximate value of $21,000,000.
Of the many causes which operate to
produce a low average potato yield in
the United States, it is pointed out. im
pure seed Is an Important one. Euro
pean potato growers, especially those
of Great Britain and Germany, pay the
strictest attention to the quality of the
seed used.
FIRST FULL BATH WHEN 72.
Civil War Vet Ordered to Take One la
Apprehensive.
Sandusky. O.—According to Sergeant
S. N. Cooke of Cottage Mack. State
Soldiers' borne, a veteran from near
Urbanu, admitted the other day, sighed
when ushered Into the receiving bur
racks anteroom to await bis turn in
the barracks bath and remarked:
“Well, I’m seventy-two years old, and
this Is going to be the first time I ever
took a regular out and out bath."
The old man made no effort to con
ceal a feeling that If be survived the
first operation be might try ft again,
according to Sergeant Cooke.
Woman Oppose Smoking.
Portland, Ore.—Because they say
cigar and cigarette smoke In tbe city
ball and courthouse, where they go to
register, makes tbem sick. Portland
women have started a move for a city
ordinance forbidding smoking In pub
lic buildings.
Nothing Succeeds Like
Success.
So Was Our Sale of
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Fine Clothes.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 110 ’''“T/T/nlcT1
Office Rooms over V ALDEZ
Valdez Drug Co.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drutj store. Office hours
9 a m., to6p. m.. 7 p. m . toil p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work uuarauteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office on Wall St. nextJProapector office
Valdez, Alaska.
New CompanyVPHone No. 59
HOURS-9 to 12 a.’m. ;I i;to=6 and 7 to 9p. m.
DR. C. H. VANCE
the osteopath
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy* Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS-9 to 12 1 to 5 p. m.. or by
•ppoiatmeat.
* TREATMENT* $2.50
Office and Reoidence'Court St. PHONE 203
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
phonk:i36 Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
'Civil Engineer and
0. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdez, Alaska.
A. C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer and
Deputy Mineral
Surveyor.
Formerly Surveyor Alaska Boundary Survey
Valdez, Alaska. P. 0. BOX 274.
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Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
The First Bank of Valdez will be
held at the office of said bank in the
Town of Valdez, Alaska, on Tuesday,
July the 14th, 1914, at the hour of
four o'clock p. m. at which meeting
the'directors of said bank shall be
selected for the ensuing year, and
such other business (transacted as
may regularly come before said meet
ing.
kl4 M. BLUM, Secretory.
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time, read the Prospector.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Henry Seymour and Thomas
Lynch, their heirs, administrators,
and to all who it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended $300.00 on the Association
claim No. 1, Association claim No. 2
and Association claim No. 3, located
on' the Chislochina river at the mouth
of Slate creek, in the Copper Center
recording precinct, Territory of Alas
ka, the location certificates of said
claims being of record in the U. S.
commissioner’s office at Copper Cen
ter, Alaska. Said expenditure was
made in order to hold said claims un
der the provisions of the laws of the
United States and of this territory,
and was made in the year 1913.
And J you fail or refuse to pay
your proportion ($100.00 each) with
in 90 days after the completion of
the publication of this notice your
interest in said claims will become
the property of the undersigned, your
co-owner, under Section 2324, Re
vised Stautes of the United States.
W. «. MORTON.
First publication June 18, 1914.
Last publication September U, 1914.