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PAPER SUSPENDED FOR
ATTACKS QN WILSON
VIENNA, Feb. 24.—Although the
people of Vienna view the German
.Vmerican crisiB calmly the press is
inclined to assume a radical attitude
as is shown by the action of the em
peror in striking out of many edito
rials portions attacking the American
government.
Qpp prominent aewsp*per was sus
pended by the Emperor’s orders for
rabid, attacks, on,President Wilson.
In government circles here it is
said the Austro-Hungarian^ govern
ment would leave the matter entire
ly in, the' hapds of the American gov
ernment, following a policy designed
to throw on America, responsibility
for any further developments.
SWITZERLAND ALMOST
CUT OFF FROM OCEAN
PARIS, Feb. 24.—Cette, the sole
?ea outlet permitted Switzerland by,
th?. German submarine n?tev is abso
lutely incapable of supplying the
country’s needs, according to a repre
sentative of Le Matin, who went to
the port to make an investigation.
The traffic of Cette has doubled since
the outbreak of the war, but the war
space equipment 1b the same as iu
time of peace. The Matin’s represen
tative says that Cette might handle
enough foodstuffs to keep Switzer
land from starvation but that it would
be quite impossible for it to meet,
requirements of Swiss industries.
TIDE TABLES FOR FEBRUARY.
I
Compiled for Valdez Bay, by T:.c
Prospector:
Saturday. Feb. 24—
First High Tide 1:53 a. in., S.4.
Second High Tide 2:13 p. ni., 8.8.
First Low Tide 8:05 a. m„ —0.8.
Second Low Tide 8:13 p. m., —0.3.
j Sunday, Feb. 25—
First High Tide 2:30 a. m., 9.7.
Second High Tide 3:00 p. m., 7.8.
1-list Low Tide 8:52 a. m., -—0.6.
Second Low Tide 8:48 p. m., 0.5. i
Monday. Feb. 26—
| First High Tide 3:10 a. m., 9.4.
j Second High Tide 3:50 p. m., 6.8.
| First Low Tide 9:42 a. m., —0.2.
(Second Low Tide 9:25 p. m. 1,5.
Tuesday, Feb. 27—
(First High Tide 3:52 a. m., 8.8.
[Second High Tide 4:48 p. in., 5.8.
(First Low Tide 10:37 a. m., 0.4.
•Second Low Tide 10:05 p. m., 2.4.
Wednesday, Feb. 28—
First High Tide 4:45 a. m., 8.2.
Second High Tide 6:07 p. m., 5.1.
First Low Tide 11:45 a. m., 1.0.
Second Low Tide 10:55 p. m.. 3.2. I
Oily a first-class drug store caij
secure an agency for Rexall products
The Owl Drug Store, exclusive agents
for Valdez. tf
Carbolic- Church.
Mass 8:30 and 10:30 a. ni.
Sunday School immediately fol
lowing Mass.
Evening Services 7 p. m.
—Father A. Fletcher, S. J.
Christian Science Society.
Pioneer Hall.
Sunday service 11 a. m., subjec;,
“Mind.”
Sunday School 12:15.
Testimony meeting Wednesday, S
p. m.
Reading Room open to the public
Wednesday from 2 until 5 and 7 till
S p. m.
First Congregational Church.
Rev. R. Domain Nicliolls, pastor.
Sunday, February 25, 1917.
11 a. m.( Worship and Sermon, “A
Divine Message.”
12 nopn, Sunday School.
7:30 p. m., The W. C. T. U. of Val
dez will hold a Franpls E. Willard
memorial spryiep. Brief addresses by
members of the. Uniona will, include.
"Early Years and Impressions” ....
...Mfas Spsie, Spenc-'
“A Great Leader” ...I.;
—.Mrs. Mfttt.HprrtoSton
Reading—“Samantha on Prohibition”
.Eunice Snodgrass
The following music be given by
the choir:—
“A Voice Ringeth Down From the
Ages” .Solo and Chorus
"O, Rest in the Lord” (From Elijah)
.Mr. Ebey
“If Ye Love Me,” Anthem with So
prano Solo by Miss Miller.
“Not By Might” .Solo and Chorus
Thursday afternoon the Ladies’
Aid will meet In the church lecture
room. Mrs, Frank Millard will be the
hostess.
Thursday. 7:30 p. m. The annual
election of officers of the church.
FORD PEACE SHOP
0 WILL BE CLOSED
LONDON, Feb. 24.—A Reuter's
dispatch from The Hague says that
the Ford peace bureau, established by
Henry Ford, the American manufac
turer, will be closed on March 1 on
account of the breach of diplomatic
relations between the United Stut.\
and Germany.
STORY OF THE POTATO.
As ■ Food It Was at First Ussd Only
For Pigs and Cattls.
The question of where the potato Is
Indigenous and where introduced by
man has never been strictly answered.
It seems sure, however, that the potato
Is a native of the mountainous districts
of tropical and subtropical America,
from Chile to Mexico and even as far
uorth as the southern part of Colorado.
Data concerning the known use of the
potato for food are not very definite,
improbably was first taken to Europe
from Peru by Spaniards early in the
sixteenth century and spread from
Spain to Holland, Burgundy and Italy,
though cultivated only as a curiosity In
a few gardens and little known or
thought of. In “The Complete Gar
dener,” published In 1719. it is not men
tioned.
As a food it was first used for pigs
and cattle. Then, on account of Its
great yield, it was suggested that it
might be useful for the poor and pre
vent famine, due to the failure of the
grain crops.
As early as 1GG3 the Royal Society ol
London adopted measures to encourage
its cultivation in England. It spread
quickly In Ireland, but not until the
middle of the eighteenth century did
it acquire any real importance on the
continent of Europe. Of Its first culti
vation as a crop in North America even
less is known.—New York Times.
IN THE MILLENNIUM.
How This Old World Will Wag In tho
Good Days to Coma.
“Aly gracious, how cheap everything
is getting!"
“1 understand there hasn't been a
case of divorce In the last ten years."
“I think our uatlonal stability is
greatly due to the patriotic spirit of
our congress, don’t you?”
“Aren’t these modest fashions just
too cute for anything? I'm so gia«l
they will stay that, way.”
“It certainly is a pleasure to pick up
a newspaper these duys— always goon
news and plenty of it."
“Brown tells me his wife disobeyed
him yesterday. Did you ever hear
anything like it?"
“Yes. dear. I have to use my car all
day long. I don't know what I'd ever
do if gasoline wasn’t free."
“I am a poor man: but, thank heav
en. I still have the courts!"
“No, child, there won't be any mote
wars—the rulers of the world are it:!
good men."
“IIow foolish we women were to
clat.i r lor the vote when all we want
ed was the millennium!"
“Dear me. what a horrible night
mare 1 had last night! I dreamed 1
was living in the twentieth century!"
—Ildiuund J. Kiefer in Life.
, Hoaxed the Naturalist.
One of the most remarkable books
ever published is the “Llthegruphia
Wireebnrgeusis." writteu by a Wurz
burg naturalist named Behringer In
17i’ii. Probably very few copies are in
existence, as the author destroyed nil
that lie could get imssession of soon
after the book appeared. He had been
victimized by some practical Jokers,
who had made a great variety of arti
llcial “fossils" and hidden them in a
quarry, to which they then enticed the
professor. Behringer was overjoyed
by so rich a find and had no suspicion
of the trick, although many of the fus
sils were of a. very grotesque charac
ter. He took his treasures home, made
elaborate drawings of them anti wrote
a minute description of each, as well
■ts an exhaustive commentary tilled
with ingenious and plausible theories.
Win'll he had published the hook the
jokers confessed, and then, of couric.
the professor did his utmost to sup
press the work.
Mortified.
“I never whs so mortified in m>
life.”
•‘What’s the mat ter now?"
“You know that little gown I bought
for $16.50 that looked as though It
must have, coat four times that and
wap so becoming to me? 1 never
dreamed any one would guess its price
or where I bought it.”
“WeH. did auy one?”
“Yes. I wore It for the first time
last night at a dinner dance, and there
Were Just sixteen other women there
with gowns exactly like It.”—Detroit
Free Press.
Douglas. Jorroid. In School.
Douglas Jerrold wrote “Black BJ.ved
Susan’' when he was twenty-one and
contributed to Punch the immensely
popular “Candle Lecture*’' not long Aft
erward. But at nbte years of Age young
Jerrold had been scarcely abte tn road,
and it.was not until he wAs Appveutked
to a printer, after sevvlpg,for some time
as a midshipman at sea thg( hp.sb9wed
either desire, or capacity for Intellectual
Improvement.
Clock Watchers. '
Said a Boston business man the Other
day. “If there is one thing I'bate mote
than another it is to see on* of my cm
ployees watching the clock.”
“Yes. sir.” said the young map win.
had. been. culled on the carpet “IT
call the timekeeper’s attention to wh:i!
you said, sir.”—Chicago Herald.
- --r t -
Ho Named It.
“Who can name a word with an T ii
It?” queried the teacher of the Juvenili
class.
“Needle!” exclaimed a bright lltti*
miss.—Kansas City Star.
Up Against It.
“After all, it’s no crime to be i»oor.’
“Maybe not, but no poor man can at
ford to hire a lawyer to prove that lv
Isn’t guilty."—San Francisco Chronicle
Admiral Farragut—Due here front
Seward Saturday night.
Alaska—Due here from westward
Sunday morning.
Northwestern—Sailed south Feb. 17.
Admiral Evans—Sailed south from
Valdez, Feb. 9.
Admiral Watson—Sailed south from
Valdez Feb. 12. j
Mariposa—Sailed south from Valdez
to Seattle, February IB. •
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS.
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:0 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
Daily Weather Report
Valdez, Feb. 23.'1917
Barometric pressure ..30.248
Temperature at 7 p. m..28
Maximum temperature .45
Minimum temperature .2 4
Mean temperature .34.5
Snow on ground .29 inches
Clear calm.
Valdez, Feb. 24, 1917
Barometric pressure .30.309
Temperature at 7 a. m. 5
Maximum temperature .29
Minimum temperature . 3
Mean temperature .16
Snow on ground .29 Inches
Clear, calm.
Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Interior Weather Report
Fairbanks—3 below, 19 inches of
snow,' clear, light wind.
Richardson—9 above, 5 incites of
snow, clear, calm. Slater freighter
north 5 a. m. trail good.
McCarty—zero, 5 inches of snow,
part cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly— zero, 1 4inches of snow,
clear, calm, trail good. North mail
left apitls 7 a. m.. south mail by 3:30
p. n*. yesterday. N. (’. freighter south
tli is morning.
McCallutn—15 below, 55 inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail good. Stage
north noon 23rd.
Paxson—10 below. 20 inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail fair.
Hogan—No operator.
Gulkana—20 below, 7 inches snow,
clear calm, trail good. Warren's out
lit nortli with three men, fourteen
horses 7 a. ni.
Copper Center—20 below 10 inches
snow, clear, calm, trail good. Stage
south 7 p. m. yesterday. Brogan and
Rowbottom with' mail south 8 a. in.
Tonsina—22 below, 30 inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell—10 below, 35 inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail fair.
Beaver Dam—18 below, clear calm,
4 feet snow, trail open south and
rorth.
Thompson Pass—16 below, 78 in.
of snow, clear, calm, trail closed
north and south.
Wortman—6 below, 30 inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail drifted nortn
and south.
BELGIAN PEOPLE ABE NOT
STARVING, SAYS HOOVER
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24.—Her
bert C. Hoover, chairman of the com
mission for relief in Belgium, told
members of the city club In an ad
dress yesterday that there is no star
vation in Belgium at present and that
there was no probability of there be
ing so long as funds and provisions
continued to pour in. He said that
the Belgians are healthy and that a)l
the population wore working.
Mr. Hoover said the relief commis
sion is short, between four sod five
million dollars a,mopth.in its budget.
“This is due largely to the fact- that
we have taken an additional-load?,"
he said. “Recently we have been
fending 1,200,000 school children at,
a cost of moare than one million dol
lars per month. We must raise this
money by some means other than gov
ernment subsidies and we appeal-to
tbe people of the United States to help
with the burden.” , ,
■ '• 11 wW i —*
Peace Before Fall
LONDON, Feb. 24.—Addressing a
meeting in Loofdon, John Hodge
Minister of Labor, said he thought
he was giving away no seeret In say
ing that at the recent conference be
tween representatives of the Entente
Allies the determination had been ar
rived at to terminate the war by the
end of summer.
COL. ROOSEVELT
IS PLANNING DIVISION
NEW YORK. Feb. 24.—That Theo
dore Roosevelt has laid plans to take
an American division to Europe on
the declaration of hostilities or that
he will organize this force in Canada!
if it should interfere with the plans
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
located at Valdez. Territory of Alaska, at the cl.>22 of busi
ness on the 15th day of February, 1917.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .... $ 89,106.55
Overdrafts . 374.48
Bonds and Warrants . 70.884.37
Furniture and Fixtures 3,591.95
Other Real Estate Owned . 1,000.00
Checks on other Banks and other cash items 2,316.00
CASH ON HAND AND
SIGHT EXCHANGE . 109,550.92
TOTAL .... $276,824.27
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid In .:. $ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund. 1,000.00
Undivided Profits . 6,458.68
Due to Banks—Deposits . 4,480.12
DEPOSITS . 239,855.47
Certified Checks 30.00
TOTAL .$276,824.27
United States of America. Territory of Alaska. Third Judicial Divi
sion, ss.
I. J. W. GILSON, Cashier 01 the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. J. W. GILSON,
Cashier.
Correct Attest:
E. B. WHEAT.
JOHN LYONS, Directors
J. C. MARTIN,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of February,
1917.
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission Expires March 13, 1917.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
A*ts. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public iSZZ&r Reed Bldg. Phone. 19C
Valdez Dock Co . PHONF. NO. 1
JOBBER IN t
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, toot of Wall street.
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Eke* ical Supplies
i!
Only the best manu&Cturersarerept.e
seated in oar stock. Alt electrical
supplies ve sell are guaranteed
products.
Make your electrical purchases here
and have the assurance of absolute
satisfaction and'quality.
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Prince- WiUiani Sound Water,
Pbwer, Light & Tele. Co.
of tbe United States army, is tbe de
claration of the New York World to
day. Col. Roosevelt expectes by a
quick move to convince the entente
of the co-operation of this country.
Lieutenant Frederick Meara of the
Alaska Engineering Commission, was
a through passenger on the Alaska
lor Seward, returning from a trip to
the National capital.
“Punitive" Base Abandoned.
COLUMBUS, N. M., Feb. 24—Elev
en months after the Villa raid on Col
umbus, the communication base of
the punitive expedition ceased to ex
ist today when Col. H. G^ Sickle,
commander of the New Mexta^border
patrol, district, assumed command of
the troops stationed here. The twen
ty-one. Mexican prisoners captured by
American in Mexico and charged
with complicity in the Columbus raids
were delivered to the district com
mander today and will be held for the
State courts.
Rexall Drugs! Absolutely fare. Ow!
Drug Store.