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ON THE ALAMEDA TONIGHT!
A Big shipment of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables is
due. Make Your Selections Early.
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H WO
SHE IN GUIGAGO
Machinists Refuse to Work on Shrup
nel for the Allies and Go Out
on Strike
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—The Teuton
workers on the big machines of the
Torris Company in thi: city have
gone on strike because the company
has taken a contract to supply muni
tions of war to the Allies. The ma
chinists of German and Austrian
birth constitute more than half the
workers in the factory ar.d by strik
ing they have seriously crippled th
plant. The management are seeking
American, British, French and Ital
ian workers to replace those on
strike and have also asked for polic’
protection for the plant.
The Torris company is the largest
machinery house in the ' United
States, which has not turned its en
ergies to war orders, but recent or
ders from American manufacturers
for too.ls to be used in the manufac
ture of shrapnel brought on the
strike.
nan export if
M IMS
During July Export* to the Allies To
taled Value of $50,000,000—
August Exports Larger.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 9.—
The Treasury officials repot that the
exports of munitions of war from the
United States during the month of
July were valued at $50,000,000.
The exports consist of automobiles,
cannon, shrapnel loaded and unload
ed, immense quantltes of dynamite,
gun cotton, rifles and small arms am
munition, aeroplanes, and even fast
motor boats, which are for use
against the German submarines in
the war zone.
The exports are expected to in
crease each month, as many new
plants have turned their attention to
wards^ the export of munitions. The
French, English and Russian gov
, ernn^nts are the largest purchasers,
but Italian agents are now in the
United States seeking war supplies.
■ ^ ■ r
, Research in India has resulted in
the discovery of several varieties of
grass that grow prollfically and from
which«excellent paper pulp can be
made.
The invention of a flame derived
from electric energy that wilf not
give off heat is claimed by a French
scientist who is keeping the details
secret.
For preparing potatoes for plant
ing a Maine Inventor has patented a
machine that cuts two tubers at once
into four pieces as a handle is turned.
MUCH ACTIVITY IX
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Father F. A. Van der Pol, pastor
of the local Catholic church, leaves
on the Alameda tonight for Seward,
accompanied by Father W. Slieherd,
who goes to Anchorage, where the
church is building a neat chapel,
while at Seward the Catholics are
building a hospital. Valdez, how
ever, will continue to remain the
headquarters for Catholic church
work in this division. No services
will be held in the Valdez, church un
til the arrival of Father John Cor
bett, who is coming here from
Eastern Washington to aid in the
work in this section.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Nemo Corsets at E. Winter’s, tf
Ed Dickey returned today from
Landlock Bay.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
The Stanton stage leaves in the
morning for the interior.
Suits pressed “or $!»■(• at Silver
man’s, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
Deputy Clerk of the Court Charles
Hand leaves on the Alameda tonight
for Seward to attend the sessions of
the district court.
New Fall Hats at E. Winter's.
A fine assortment of silk dress
patterns, just received, including
messalines, poplins, chiffou cloth, taf
fetas, satins and velvet corduroys.
Prices to suit the times. tf.
Owen Meals came in to noon today
from Paxson’s, having made the trip
in his new Ford, for the Stanton
Stage Company.
For Sale—House for sale; inquire
of Mrs. Lockhart. tf.
Price’s Candy and other new goods
at the Emporium. *
The launch Shamrock, Capt. Mar
cum, arrived in port from Port Wells,
Fidalgo Bay and way landings, at
noon today, with a large list of pas
sengers and the mails.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
The Shamrock will leave for Port
Wells and way points on Saturday
morning, taking the mail and pas
sengers.
Ice! Ice! Ice!
One cent a pound delivered to any
part of the city. Phone Love-Whit
'.ey Company. / , tf.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
We have wallpaper from 16c up,
at Rudolph’s. tf.
Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, Rugs and Mattresses. S. Blum
& Co. *
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
The invention of a golf club with
interchangeable heads permits all
the strokes to be made with one
stick without vthe necessity for. Har
rying several. _,
Subscribe for :be Prospector.
A FAMOUS OLD HOAX.
Kesly’s Motor, With Which Ho Baf
fled Scientists For Years.
The story of the Keely motor hoax
will live long. Its Interest will be en
hanced by the preservation in the
Franklin institute of the model of
the remarkable motor that Feely built
to deceive intending Investors and en
rich Its inventor until the fraud was
exposed ufter Keely’s death.
For twenty-five years Keely astound
ed eminent scientists of Europe and
America with the machine that he
claimed had solved the secret of per
petual motion. The inventor of this
machine would start his device going,
apparently, by playing a tune on a
mouth organ. He convinced many
clever men that he told the truth, and
stock in the new concern sold freely.
To the day of his death Keely de
clared that his discovery was a gen
uine one. and It was only when the
house in which the machine was
placed was thoroughly overhauled that
the colossal fraud was discovered.
Keely had wired the walls of the
building.' He ran bis machine by high
pressure hydraulic power. When the
wires attached to the machine were
the subject of investigation Keely
would file them to show that they
were solid and could not be used for
any purpose other than that for which
they were attached.
Pieces of wire thus filed are to be
seen at the Franklin institute. The
broken pieces show that the wires
were hollow and that the Inventor of
the wonderful motor carefully stopped
his filing short of perforating the cen
ter. which would have exposed the
fraud.-Selentiflc American.
FORMATION OF COAL.
Condition* on Our Planet Whil* th*
Procea* Developed.
What may be said to be the stran
gest period through which our earth
has passed Is the one that was respon
sible for the formation of coal. The
planet la described as having been at
that time flat and smooth as to surface
and peculinr as to vegetution. The
continents were just beginning to rise
above the ocean und the land had not
yet become dry. Mountain ranges had
not arisen from the swamps, and the
atmosphere was thick with fog. In this
state of affairs there sprouted und
flourished the plants which were later
to furnish the world with its'coal sup
ply. ■
These plants grew as big as our lar
gest trees, taking deep root in the mo
rass and flourishing like the lush
grasses in moist meadow land and de
veloped Into the strange shapes now
found in tropic vegetution. The forest
looked, the scientists assure us. like
dense growths of weeds, rushes and
enormous ferns. Some of them grew
in the shape of cacti, having spines all
! over them. This kind of vegetation
was very rich in carbon, which It de
rived from the warm, moist atmos
phere. Then the millions of years roll
ed by. the forests of giant weeds were
buried by deposits of earthy material
and the chemical change took place
which slowly changed them into coal.
This process ceused with the carbon
iferous age. so that when the present
supply of coal is dug out of the ground
there will be no more.—Exchange.
Sealed Orders.
The custom of having warships sail
under sealed orders arose fromthede
sire of maritime powers to prevent tbe
plans from becoming known to tbe
enemy. In the American navy such
orders come from the president and
are delivered to a commander of a ship
or squadron by a confidential messen
ger who knows nothing of their con
tents. Sometimes they are in cipher,
but they are always sealed with the
official seal of the navy department,
and the package cannot be opened un
til the time marked on it, which is
usually several hours after the hour
of leaving port By this precaution
the newspapers are prevented from
disclosing prematurely the movements
which may be of the greatest impor
tance. and tbe spies of the enemy are
rendered useless so far as their abil
ity to discover the secret of such
movements Is concerned.
Primrose For Memory.
The primrose of old was credited
with a medicinal as well as a super
stitious value. Even now in some
country parts a decoction of primrose
leaves is supposed to restore a falling
memory, and in 1654, when Culpeper
wrote his “London Dispensary.” the
primrose was regarded as an almost
universal panacea, curing “convulsions,
falling sickness, palsies, etc..” and
strengthening “the brain, senses and
memory exceedingly.” And even the
healthy did not disdain to eat it. for
primrose pasty was once a popular
Lancashire delicacy.—Family Doctor.
Youthful Independence.
“Father,” said the fair girl, "I have
arranged a very important interview
for you this evening. Harold is going
to call on you.”
“To make a formal request for your
hand. I suppose?"
“Not at all. He wants to look you
over and see .how you would do for a^
father-in-law.”—Washington Star.
Condensed.
“Here is an article on ‘How to Live
a Hundred Years.’ ”
“Yes. and the whole subject can be
condensed into two words.”
“What are they?”
•• ‘Don’t die.’ ” — Cleveland Plain
Dealer. _
“Cheerfulness can become a habit
and it is wonderful Jhow a good habit
of this kind will help us over hard
places.”
THACKERAY’S KIND HEART.
The Author Was Called a Cynic, but
He Loved Children.
Thackeray’s words were satirical,
and he himself was called a cynic, but
the author of "Love Affairs of Some
Famous Men” shows what sort of
heart bent ^n the satirist’s breast by
quoting from the letter of one to whom
the following Incident happened:
“In the week following his death
there appeared some genial memorial
lines In the pages of Punch. Walking
down the then unsavory thoroughfare
known as Bedfordbury. my eye caught
the open page of the popular periodical,
and I stayed to read the graceful trib
ute to the dead moralist. Turning
away at length, a poorly dressed man
In working garb said to me:
“ ‘I knew that man, sir.’
“ *You knew Thackeray?1 I asked.
“ ‘Yes. sir. I keep that little baker’s
shop'yonder,' pointing to the opposite
side of the street ‘and many’s the time
Thackeray would come and buy a
pound or two of cake of me, 1 cut it
Into slices for him, and then, distribut
ing It among the crowd of hungry chil
dren. he would walk away and hide' In
that court over there, that be might
have the pleasure of seeing their en
joyment He didn't know I knew him.
but I did. People used to call him a
cynic, sir, but It wasn’t true. He loved
the children, sir. and no man is a cynic
who does that’ ”
THEY NEVER SEE SPOOKS.
That Is Ona Consolation That Color
Blind Persona Have.
Are you afraid of the dark? There
Isn’t a chance of you seeing a ghost if
you are color blind, which may furnish
you a ray of comfort for the beauties
of landscape and floral decorations you
may have missed during your lifetime.
Dr. August Lurnmer. head of the
physical Institute of the University of
Breslau, in Germany, is authority for
this.
Dr. Lurnmer explains the phenome
non in this way:
“The normal eye has an arrangement
of tiny rods and cones in the retina
The rods perceive light and the cones
color. When a person with a normal
eye tries to see in a half dark place
the cones, which are useless, interfere
with the effective action of the rods,
and consequently the confusion creates
the effect of apparitions that come and
go and change their shapes.
“The color blind person lacks the
cones, and his rods act with estraordi
nary efficiency in the dark. The color
blind person sees a clear, permanent
outline of things as long ns there is the
lenst amount of light present. That
means that he never sees ghosts.”
New York Herald.
Lexington Monuments.
All along the road to Lexington from
Cambridge. Mass.. In the United States
of America, there are monuments to
“rebel colonists’" who slew British sol
diers April 19. In 1775, but the most
striking Is that which Is raised to the
memory of Samuel Whittemore. He
was £ghty years of age at the time,
and he killed three British soldiers
with his own hand. The stone rec
ords that for this he received punish
ment of three kinds. He was shot
he was bayoneted and he was beaten
He was then, reasonably enough, left
for dead. The old fellow must have'
had a magnificent constitution and a
spirit which the most devoted optimist
might envy. For the Inscription goes
on to say that he recovered and lived
to the age of ninety-eight 1695 must
have been "a good vintage”—for men
—London Chronicle.
Their Passport.
A senator told ut a luncheon In
Washington a senate story.
"We’d be a hard lot. Indeed, we sen
ators." he said, "if we were as black
as xve’re painted. I ouce heard a
dreadful story against us.
"Two ladies, it appeared, came to
the visitors' gallery and demanded ad
mission. but they had no cards.
’If you have no cards, ladies,’ said
the doorkeeper, ’perhaps yon know one
of the senators and can get a card
from him.'
“ ’Oh. no, we don’t know any sena
tors.’ they said hastily.
"The doorkeeper bowed low.
“ ’That ludles,’ he said. ’Is very much
to your credit Pass right in.’ ’’—Wash
ington Star.
Why She Wept.
A young man who is very particular
about his washing recently wrote a
note to his washerwoman and one to
his sweetheart and by strange fatality
put the wrong address on each envel
ope and sent them off. The washer
woman was sent the Invitation to take
an auto ride the next day. but when
the young lady read. "If you crumple
my shirt bosom as you did last time
I’ll go somewhere else.” she burst Into
tears and vowed she would never speak
to him again.—Florida Times-TTnlon.
Wall Described.
Small Sadie Was walking along the
street with her mother when a fero
cious looking but friendly bulldog ap
proached. With a little scream she
clung to her mother, crying. “Oh.
mamma, look at the dog with the tan
gled face!”—Chicago News.
Consolation.
“Walter, how do I know this Isn’t
horse meat instead of beef?”
“Yon probably don’t air; all kinds of
people come here to eat”—Chicago
Tribune. __
Curious.
It is curlona bow much faster a
street car bumps along when yon are
running after it than when you are rid
ing In It—New Orleans Picayune.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL 9:P. M.
We Grow| Our Own Vegetables
Private Tables
-.
Jack Callin - • Proprietor
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE'S
Moved to Shephard Building,
next Donohoe •& Pimond office.
it a m to 9 a m
Lunch It m to I p m
6 to 7 p m
THE
LIBERTY THEATRE
CONTINUOUS SHOW
YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND
ON SEEING A GOOD
SHOW.
Admission 25c Children 10c |
CITY EXPRESS AUTO RATES
ROUND TRIP EACH PERSON
Comfort - - 91.801
Canyon • • 92.80 [>No Leu Than Four Penona on Any One Trip.
Wortmnn'a - 93.00J
To or from Residence, Hotels and Docks. SOc
Phone 82 J. A. Spenard, Prop.
Mead’s['Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AX’D PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Ellas. Fischer, Propr.
independent Laundry Do.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Key stone Ave
Telephone 66 ' I Routrh Dry 10c lb
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business AsJTJsual
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED, Mgr.
Pacific Aiaska Navigation Co.
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PUGET SOUND
l California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Kntk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wedneaday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
• Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle! V ALDEZ 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 30^
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez aouth-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan andjSeattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar. Valdes and La
touche. Explosives. 8. S. Seward, on tho 6th; Latouche, on the 16th; S. S.
Cordova, 26th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
V. ». TRACY, Gea’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent.