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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1015.
RUSSIA CHANGED.
A miracle has happened in Rus
sia—a miracle that has put bread in
the cupboards of the poor, fires on
the hearths, reformed the wife-bea*
er, lifted a people from sullenness
and despair to happiness and self
respect. And the miracle, strangely
enough, was made possible by Rus
sia’s autocratic form of government,
under which the little father, by one
.stroke of the pen, put vodka and its
temptations beyond the reach of the
people—by prohibiting the sale of
strong drink in any part of the em
pire.
Henry W. Hiller, who for the last
thirty-one years has spent half o{
each year in Russia managing sil
ver shops for Tiffany & Co., told a
writer for The Survey of the won
derful change that had taken place
there, and explained that there was
nothing half-way about this prohibi
tion. “I had just landed in Mos
cow,” he said. “I felt a little chilly
and sent out for some rum to put
in my tea. Not a drop was to be
had. 1 hadn’t heard till then of
the czar’s ukase, but I soon saw the
effects of it upon the men v'hen I
went to the shops. I want to say
that I never lived through a miracle
before, but the regeneration that I
saw there was nothing short of mi
raculous. The Russian peasants
speak always of 'Black Monday’ in
Russia, for they usually come to work
sodden, stupid and depressed after
a day spent in the wine shops. And
they’re lucky, too, if they don’t miss
at least one day through the working
week for the same reason—drink.
On pay day the wives who came—so
underfed, so badly clothed—to
wheedle from them part of their earn
ings to buy food for the children,
usually came too late—all gone.
“Now,” continued Mr. Hiller, “this
marvelous change has swept over
Russia like a cyclone—with the noise
left! out. It is wonderful. The men
come to work cheerful, sober; their
work has improved incredibly. And
the women—as I met them on the
streets, a great burden was gradual
ly lifted from me. They ceased com
ing after their husband’s pay, and
as the weeks wore on they and their
children began to look—well, as if
they had a meal—two meals—final
ly, three meals a day.
“This is the outward and visible
sign of the change—a change from
a peoi(le starving, hopeless, .ineffi
cient. slaves to drink, to a people
well nourished, industrious, regen
erated. And, mind you—I left Mos
cow the last of October—this was
the result of less than three months
under this regime. The chief of po
lice of Moscow was jubilant over the
almost incredible decrease in crime.
‘My job is fine,’ he said genially.
'There’s comparatively no crime. It
used to be a common thing to see
men an women, too, I am sorry to
say, lying dead drunk in the side
streets. You don’t see a drunken
man now; and women can walk
about without being insulted.’
“The Russian peasant, you know, is
the kindliest fellow in the world—
but let him get two or three drinks
of vodka (woodky Mr. Hiller pro
nounces it), and he’s the edvil in
carnate. When I lived in Siberia I
had a cook who was the gentlest
sort of fellow ordinarily, but who
had been ‘punished’ five times for
murder after drinking—and he’d have
committed another if I hadn’t knock
ed him senseless with a log one day.
Don’t think,” said Mr Hiller, “that
this regeneration came in a moment
from the czar or his despots. The
Russian government gives only where
it has to. It owns the liquor trade
and gets from it a. yearly revenue
of a billion dollars. Now the peas
ant knows that his glass of vodka
is not good for him, and eats up his
money and his ambition, but it has a
terrible hold on him.
"Years ago a great movement
against liquor started an expression
of resentment against a government
that traded upon the curse of its peo
ple. Then came the war. The anti
alcoholic people said; ‘Now is the
time to strike; it will help mobiliz
ation, and moreover the czar will be
afraid now to refuse us.’ And the
czar had the power to accomplish at
one stroke what some had been
working for for years. Do you hear
grumbling? Not very much. Of
course, there are always those who
think they must drink or die, and
they did die—some of them, for they
even took to wood alcohol, poor fel
lows, in place of vodka. These cases,
however, were few in number. As
a class, the peasants were jubilant
over the results of having been put
beyond the reach of temptation. They
could not but acknowledge that it
was a most beneficial thing..”
As I heard this story of a remark
able national reform I fell to won
dering. ‘‘If this marvelous change
has come about in Russia, don’t you
suppose the other countries must be
forced as a matter of logic and self
preservation to adopt similar laws?”
“Well,” said Mr. Hiller, emphatical
ly, "I don’t believe in the emotion
al methods of temperance societies,
but if any woman can stop the sale
of liquor in this country, Jeanne
d’Arc won’t be mentioned in the same
breath with her.”
GERMAN EDITORS
ARE VERY BITTER
Declare Germany Is Justified In-Going
To Any Extreme To Block
ade England.
BERLIN, Feb. 20.—The German pa
pers are very bitter in their denun
ciation of the British blockade of
foodstuffs to Germany and declare
that Germany is justified in going to
any extreme in retaliation. The edi
tors declare that it is a fight of a
starving people for existence against
an arrogant enemy which has violat
ed every international law when it
was to their advantage to do so.
It is declared that Germany will
continue the fight until the last pound
of food has been consumed by the
soldiers in 'he field, and that the
populace will die of starvation rath
er than acknowledge defeat at the
hands of the tyrants.
The Cologne Gazette attacks the
American government’s neutrality
•and declares that “her neutrality is
only a thin veil behind which is con
cealed a desire to do England a good
turn by refusing to pass the meas
ure, making it possible for Germans
(o dispose of their ships. America
respects only brute force and know
ing this we will give full play
to brute force by the destruction of
British commerce even at the risk
of displeasing nations which have
shown partiality to her.”
SHRAPNEL DESTROYED
LIFE OF ITS INVENTOR
Few people know that the inventor
of shrapnel, which has done such ter
rible ex cution in the present war,
was an English officer, General Shrap
nel. He was born in 1761, and got
his commission an the Royal Artil
lery in 1779. When serving with the
Puke of York’s army in Flanders ho
was impressed by the trifling effect
of round shot against troops in the
field, and by the limited - r^nge of
“grape shot.” The. sheimife‘dev'ised
was filled with carbine balls and fit
ted with a time fuse, igniting a small
bursting charge of powder', having the
effect of musketry Are at a long dis
tance. In 1802 his perfected inven
tion was adopted in the British army.
Wellington stated that the most im
portant battles in the Peninsular War,
and Waterloo itself, were won by
shrapnel. The secret of its action
was unknown outside England until
1834. Like many other inventors,
General Shrapnel died, in 1842, a poor
and bitter old man. The government
never repaid him the capital he had
paid on his experiments, and all he
got was £1,200 a year and the of
fer of a baronetcy which he could
not afford to accept. His son had
to sell the family estate at Midway
Manor, in Wiltsh!re, where, on the
park gate pillars, may still be seen
pyramids of shrapnel shells and a
list of British battles which they
helped to win.
To enable a woman to speedily dry
her hair after washing it a Pittsburg
inventor has produced a wire frame to
be placed on the head that spreads
the hair.
The Juice of a cactus growing
plentifully In Uruguay is used with
lime in that country to make a bril
liant whitewash which withstands
storms and frosts for years.
BUSINESS HOUSES
CLOSED ON MONDAY
Monday, February 22, will be George
Washington’s birthday and all the
business houses of Valdez will be
closed out of respect for the memory
of the Father of our country. There
will be no issue of the Daily Pros
pector on Mondjay. George Wash
ington’s birthday is a national holi
day and as such will be observed by
Americans in all parts of the world.
Catholic Church.
Sunday services:
Confession and holy communion,
8:30 a. m.
Mass and sermon, 10:30 a. m.
Sunday school, 2 p. m.
Rosary, instruction and benediction,
7:30 p. m.
FATHER VAN der POL, S. J.
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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.
In the District Court of the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
Otto R. Hansen, Plaintiff, vs. Alas
ka Northern Railway Company, Alas
ka Central Railway Company, W. E.
Stavert, F. G. Jemmett, W. J. Boland,
Sovereign Bank of Canada. The
Trusts and Guarantee Company, Lim
ited: International Assets, Limited,
and O. G. Laberee, Defendants.—Sum
mons By Publication. No. 700.
The President of the United States
of America, Greeting:
To the above named defendants, IV.
E. Stavert, F. G. Jemmett, W. J.
Boland. Alaska Central Railway Com
pany, Sovereign Bank of Canada, The
Trusts and Guarantee Company, Lim
ited; International Assets Limited,
and O. G. Laberee:
You and each of you are hereby
summoned to appear in the District
Court ot the Territory of Alaska
Third Division, within thirty days af
ter the 23rd day of February, 191.'.
excluding said day, said day com
pleting the period of publication of
this summons, and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff, a copy of
which is herewith served upon you.
and unless you so appear and an
swer, the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
This action is brought by a holde
of bonds of the second mortgage is
sue of the defendant Alaska Central
Railway Company, for the purpose of
setting aside, on the ground of fraud
on the part of the defendants, the
sale on or about the 9th day of Octo
ber, 1909, of the properties of the
Alaska Central Railway Company un
der foreclosure proceedings in a
cause in the above named court en
titled Trusts and Guarantee Com
pany, Limited, Plaintiff, vs. Alaska
Central Railway Company, Tanaka
Railway Construction Company, and
The Central Trust Company of Illi
nois, Defendants, in which cause
there was a cross complaint entitled
Central Trust Company of Illinois,
Plaintiff, vs. Alaska Central Railway
Company, Trusts and Guarantee
Company, Limited, and The Tanana
Railway Construction Company, De
fendants. Plaintiff further asks that
the court decree to plaintiff and such
other holders of bonds of the sec
ond mortgage issue upon the prop
erties of the Alaska Central Railway
Company as may join herein a first
lien superior to that of each and all
the defendants; that the defendants
be required within a time to be fixed
by the court to discharge the lien
of this plaintiff, as established by
this court, together with the lien
of other plaintiffs who may come in
and establish their claims, and in
default of such discharge that the
property covered by tne mortgage se
curing the second bond issue of the
Alaska Central Railway Company be
sold by decree of court, and that at
such sale plaintiff may be permitted
to become a purchaser, and tender
his lien together with that of any
other plaintiffs that may establish
their lien, in payment for the same,
and that the properties be sold, real,
personal and mixed, as a unit, with
out redemption; that a temporary re
ceiver of all the properties of the
defendant Alaska Central Railway
Company and Alaska Northern Rail
way Company be appointed at once,
and that such appointment be made
permanent after notice; that the
plaintiff have such other and further
relief as may be equitable, together
with his costs and disbursements in
this action.
This relief is asked on the ground
that the foreclosure sale herein
before mentioned waB the result of a
fraudulent conspiracy on the part of
the defendants herein for the pur
pose of obtaining the assets of the
railway company for the benefit of
defendants, to the exclusion of plain
tiff and all other second mortgage
bond holders except the defendant
Sovereign Bank of Canada; that as
a result of this conspiracy the de
fendants have subjected the assets of
the defendant Alaska Central Rail
way Company and the securities of
the defendant Alaska Northern Rail
way Company, to illegal preferrod
liens and charges in favor of them
selves, which, if enforced, will de
stroy the security for plaintiff’s
bonds.
The amount for which plaintiff
claims a lien upon the properties
formerly owned by the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company is the sum of
$165,900.00, that being the face value
of bonds of that company held by
plaintiff, and the sum of $25,753.45,
exclusive of interest, advanced by
plaintiff to the defendants Stavert
Jemmett and Boland for the purpose
of protecting plaintlff’B rights as a
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second mortgage bondholder.
This service of summons by pub
lication is made pursuant to an order
of the above named court entered on
the 18th day of December, 1914, di
recting service of summons by pub
lication upon the defendants W. G.
Stavert, F. G. Jemmett, O. G. Lab
eree, W. J. Boland, Alaska Central
Railway Company, Sovereign Bank of
Canada, The Trusts and Guarantee
Company, Limited, and International
Assets Limited, which publication
was directed by the court to be made
once a week for a period of six
weeks. The first publication hereof
will be made upon the 11th day of
January, 1915.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown Judge of said Court this 91 h
day of January, 1916.
(Seal.) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of last publication February
23, 1915.
In Bankruptcy.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the matter of E. W. Blackwood,
bankrupt—No. 12. In Bankruptcy.
Order to Show Cause.
Whereas, Application has been
made by the above-named bankrupt
for a discharge, as provided by Sec
tion 14-a of the bankruptcy law of
1898; now, on motion of Donohoe &
Dimond, attorneys for such bankrupt,
It is ordered:
That all creditors of E. W. Black
wood, a bankrupt, as well as all
■other parties in interest, show cause,
at a hearing to be had on such ap
plication before the District Court.for
the Territory of Alaska, Third Divis
ion, at Valdez, in said Territory and
Division, on the 8th day of March,
A. D., 1915, or as soon thereafter as
such hearing may be had, why such
application should not be granted.
That notice of such hearing be
given by mailing a copy of this or
der at least ten days prior to the
date set for such hearing to each of
the creditors, parties in interest and
attorneys entitled to notice of pro
ceedings herein, and by publishing a
copy hereof in the Valdez Daily Pros
pector, at Valdez, Alaska, not later
than one week prior to such date.
That such notice be so given by or
under the direction of the clerk of
this court.
Done in open court at Valdez, Alas
ka, this 15th day of February, A. D.
1915.
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
Notice To Creditors.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion. At Valdez. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
H. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate of
W. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred
itors and all other persons, having
claims against said estate, are here
by notified to exhibit the same to me,
together with the necessary proof
thereof, at my place of business at
Valdez, Alaska, within six months af
ter the first publication of this no
, tice, the same being the place for the
i transaction of all business in connec
tion with said estate. Dated at Val
dez, Alaska, this 13 th day of Febru
ary, 1915.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix of the estate of W. H.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16, 1915.
Date of last publication March 16,
1916.
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Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 20, 1915.
STATION Above Below, Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly 10 8 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
McCallum . 20 26 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Paxson’s . 5 25 Clear, caln| trail good.
Hogan . 15 17 Clear, calm, trail good.
Gulkana . 11 14 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center .... 10 11 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonglna . 12 25 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell 10 26 Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Beaver Dam . 28 44 Cloudy, calm, trail drifted.
gmmnit . 32 65 Snowing, calm, trail drifted.
Wortman’s . 35 46 Cloudy, calm, trail drifted.