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VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1916 NUMBER 21
VICTORIA MAY SAIL FOR
NOME FROM SAN FRANCISCO
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BIG BREWERY COMPANIES FORCED PROM WASHINGTON STATE
THROUGH PROHIBITION ARE MAKING EFFORT TO TURN ALAS
KA TRADE FROM PUGET SOUND TO CALIFORNIA CITY IN HOPES
OF SECURING LINE OF STEAMERS DIRECT TO NORTH—ALAS
KANS SAID TO HAVE DESERTED SEATTLE SINCE PROHIBITION
BECAME EFFECTIVE—FIRST NOME SAILING JUNE FIRST.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.—The
steamer Victoria, the Nome liner of
the Alaska Steamship company, a.-riv
«d from Puget Sound yesterday and
will be given an overhauling prepar-j
story to the coming season’s activi
ties. It is said that'nearly forty
thousand- dollars will be spent on the
steamer before she leaves the dry
dock.
The dfflcials of. the company have
announced that the steamer is sched
uled to sail for Nome on June 1, on
the first regular trip of the season,
and it is believed that she will sail
direct from San Francisco. The
change of her sailing point, should it
go into effect, Will be a direct result
of the enforcement of the prohibition
law in the State of Washington.
The Washington prohibition meas
ure 1b said to have caused hundreds
of Alaskans who have made their
headquarters in Seattle since the ear
liest days of the gold rush to the
north, to decide that hereafter they
would make San Francisco their point
of departure from the States. The
Alaska club here has increased Its
membership more than one hundred
per cent over that of last year. The
increased membership is said not to
be due to the fact that ...askans iden
tified themselves with the organiza
tion while attending the exposition
ss most of the members have taken
up their winter residences in San
Francisco and nearby cities. - - - -H
The big brewery companies which
were forced from Washington state
• by the enactment of the prohlb..
law have engaged much freight space
on the Victoria for her first trip
north for shipments of their products
to Alaska. It 1b also reported that
in retaliation for their having been
driven to establish pants here at an
enormous expense that they are us
ing every effort to turn tbe trade
of the north to San Francisco in or
der that a line of steamers ma" be
pla^- on the run which would serve
tho business interests of the north di
rect from the city. They are making
an effort to induce the'Steamship com
pany to estauosh a rate for passen
gers which would be the same 'rom
San Francisco to Nome as Iron- Se
attle to the Seward peninsula city.
PIONEER DAWSON MINER
DIES FROM CANCER
DAWSON: Rufus Reeves Miller, a
miner in this country since ’98, pass
ed away Sunday at the Good Samari
tan Hospital from cancer of the stom
ach. He had been ill for quite a
'while and for the past three we6ks
has been in the hospital. Three years
ago he was operated on for cancer of
the stomach and obtained relief for
a while. Mr. Miller was a native of
Henderson, Mo., and a member of the
Masonic order of that city. He was
born 44 years ago. For a time he
was in the cattle business in the west,
j He -Was-unmarried.' Among-relatives
surviving him is a brother, who lives
I in Los Angeles.
PRESIDENT WANTS QUICK
ACTION ON THE MEASURE
IS REPORTED TO BE DISSATISFIED WITH PROGRESS MADE BY NA
TIONAL DEFENSE MEASURES AND FEARS THAT PROGRAM MAY
BE ENDANGERED BY DILATORY SUPPORT GIVEN BY DEMO
CRATIC* LEADERS—IS WILLING TO FACE COLONEL ROOSEVELT
WHO HAS DECLARED THAT PRESIDENT APPROPRIATED HIS
NATIONAL DEFENSE POLICY—BE MADE STRICT PARTY MEAS
URE.
WASHINGTON, D C., Jan. 24.—
President Wilson, It Is said by those
who are in his confidence, is dissatis
fied with the manner in which the ad,
ministration leaders are conducting
the campaign for national prepared
ness. He desires Quick action on the
measure and it is said that before
leaving Washington on his tour of the
country that he' will confer with the
leaders in bothhouses and urge that
the measure receive more attention
•> from congress. President Wilson, it
Is said, fears that the dilatory man
ner .Jn which the Democrats are hand
ling the measure may cause its de
feat.
Secretary Tumulty, in con.men ting
•n th«i report that Col. Roosevelt was
’planning to tour the country and
would speak in every city where the
President had addressed audiences,
declared that 'if the scribe of Oyster
Bay wanted, a scrap over national
, preparedness that he would get it.
Mr. Tumulty declared that Instead
cf President Wilson having appropri
ated his policy for national defense
from Col: Roosevelt, as claimed by t.he
latter,: thafahe had rejected them in
making up his preparedness program.
The measure for national dttcnse
was popular and Col. Roosevelt, fol
lowing his usual custom with popular
movements, was claiming that the
Pemocrats had stolen his po' tical
thunder.
It is asserted, and figures have
been prepared to prove the conten
tion, that instead of Col. Re,.Revolt
favoring an increase of national de
fense that he had actually reduced
the strength of the United States
army during his administration In
1902, when Roosevelt was president
and Root secretary of the IV ar De
partment, the president had issued an
order reducing the enlisted strength
of the cavalry, from 15,840 to 14,040;
of the artillery from 18,862 to 17,
754 and of ;the infantry from 38,520
to 29,880; or a total reduction of the
enlisted strength of the United States
army of 11,560 men.
President Wilson, it is reported in
[administration circles, will make pre
paredness a party measure and that
i he will judge the party loyalty of
the members of both houses by the
support ■. given his national defense
defense policy.
Mrs. Lille has leased the premises
occupied by the Ingram add Bush ci
gar store on McKinley street, between
the"C6pper Block and the Owl Drug
store,' and will open a restaurant and
bakery. The building will be remod
eled and will not be ready for occu
pany for several days.
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) VaMes Drug Co. tf
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The steamer Alameda passed Ju
neau at 4 o’clock this morning en
route to Cordova and is due to reach
Valdez about Thursday evening.
We guarantee when lert to up to
install machinery to give satisfac
tion. Valdez Iron Works. tu-tf.
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jPIctures developed at the Valdes'
Drug Company. ft,
VOTE INDICATES
MEN FAVOR STRIKE
Referendum Being Taken Among
Railroad Worker* of America
to Determine on Strike.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Officials of
Ibe railroad workers unions state that
the referendum vote which is now i
being taken by the unions to decide
if the men are to engage in a general
strike indicates that the vote will be
overwhelmingly to strike unless the
demands of the workers are granted.
There are four unions involved,
having a combined membership or
more than one million men and
should the strike be called it will re
sult in tieing up every railroad in the
country. The ballots which will de
cide the question were distributed
among the members of the various
unions two weeks ago and the vote
will have been completed before the
close of the present month.
It is reported that the employes of
the western railroads are voting sol
idly in favor of a general strike un
less the demands of the unions are
granted. |
The threatened strike is causing
considerable apprehension among the
commercial interests of the country,
as it is realized that should the rail
road workers engage in a general
strike that the industrial life of the
country will be crippled.
PRESIDENT REMITS
BULLOCK’S FINE
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Seattle Coal Dealer Who Defrauded
Government on Alaska Contract
Has Served His Time.
SEATTLE, Jan. 25.—William Bul
lock, the former wholesale coal deal
er, of Seattle and San Francisco, who
was sentenced to serve two years in
prison and pay a fine of two thou
sand dollars for collusion to defraud
the government in supplying the mili
tary posts in Alaska with coal, has
been released, his term having expir
ed yesterday. It is announced that
President Wilson has used his execu
tive clemency and has remitted the
$2000 fine. , . .
Before becoming involved with ‘he
government Bullock, was one of the
wealthiest coal dealers on the Pacific
but spent his entire fortune in fight
ing the case to the highest courts. He
jvas Indicted with two others;, one of
whom committed suicide rather than
face trial, of manipulating the price
so that the government was compell
ed to pay nearly one hundred per cent
more than the price for which coal
could be bought in the open markets
in Alaska. Houston, the other coal
dealer indicted with Bullock, evaded
sentence for a time by hiding from
the authorities but was finally arrest
ed in San Francisco dnd is now serv
ing his sentence.
It is believed that Bullock will
again establish himself in business on
the Pacific Coast where he is well
known and still has many influential
friends.
COAL FAMINE THREATENS
THE ATLANTIC COAST
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The whple
eastern section of the country faces
a shortage of coal unprecedented In
recent years, and far more ser'ous
than the shortage of 1902. Already
price’s for soft coal are soaring and
several of the large dealers predict a
raise of one hundred percent above
that now prevailing. It is stated that
there is no large quantity of coal in
the hunkers at any place as the de
mand during the past few months has
equalled the output of the mines, and
the c,old weather throughout the east
ern states has created an enormous
demand.
Hotpolrit Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Peroolators ami Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on ttfe last boat for
the Emporium. .* •. tf
WOMAN ELOPED
WHO CHAUFFEUR
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White Wife of San Diego Man Arrest
. (d in Salt Lake Where She Had
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/ Fled with Negro Lover.
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SALT LAKE, Jan. 25.—Mrs. John
Hood, wife of the San Diego hotel
keeper who was believed to have been
kldnjipped by her husband’s negro
chauffeur and for whose safety con
siderable apprehension was manifest
by tjie authorities of California, has
surrendered to the Salt Lake police.
The woman admitted that when her
husband discharged the mulatto, who
had been her lover for more than a
year, that she instigated the elope
ment
The negro is being held on the
charge of white slavery as he brought
the woman into Utah from another
state and the authorities say that the
charge will be pressed. The negro
says that Mrs. Hood has been infat
uated with him for more than W year
and that she induced him to take her
husband’s machine and leave the
state.
The woman apparently fails to re
alize her position and has told the po
lice that she is unwilling to return
to her husband even if he would for
give her. The couple say that they
eluded the police by traveling in sep
arate coaches after taking the train
from jLos Angeles.
i PUT WHOLE
WEIGHT INTO WAR
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[England Will Have New Force of
Four Million Men Ready to Re
gin Spring Campaign.
LONDON, Jan. 25.—Lloyd George,
chancellor of the exchequer and mem
ber of the Allies war council, speak
jing before the British House of Com
mons yesterday announced that Bn
gland would shortly put her whole
strength into the war and with that
[end in view the government had been
! making preparations to train and
'equip the greatest army the world
had ever seen. The new British fore?,
he said, would be at least four mil
lion men and would be r$ady to take
the field early next spring. He ex
pressed complete confidence that the
Allies would ultimately triumph over
the Central European powers
Premier Asquith’s conscription
measure, which provided for forced
military service for all able bodied
men netween the ages of 18 and 42
years who were unmarried or had no
children dependent upon them, ac
cording to figures compiled bv I. ml
Derby during his campaign for vol
untary enlistments, would ehable the
government to raise an army of three
million men in England. The cjlo
[nies, Mr. George said, were increas
ing their forces and another million
[men would be available next spring
from these sources, bringing the Bril
lsh strength up to four million men.
| He told the members of the Hours
that the government had established
hundreds of new factories in England,
where munitions and guns tor the
new force were being manufactured
and that the equipment for the great
■army would be ready when the troops
had been prepared for the field. '
HE GIVENINDEPEDENCE
WITHIN FOUR YEARS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 26.—
The joint committee wpointcd from
the senate and house fpeonsider the
jbill providing Independence for the
{Philippine islands has amended the
{measure so as to provide that the isl
ands be given self-government within
four years. President Wilson is re
ported to have express# satisfaction
over the amendment halt will relieve
the present administration of the re
sponsibility of establishing the new
government in the islands.
. Kodak Bupplies at the Valdes
Drug Company. tt
FIGHTING IS RENEWED
ON WESTERN FRONTIER
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BERLIN REPORTS THAT CATHEDRAL AT NIEUPORT WAS DE
STROYED BY GERMAN ARTILLERY DURING AN ENGAGEMENT
LASTING TWENlTf-FOUR HOURS—CITY OF DUNKIRK VISITED
BY GERMAN AVIATORS AND MUNITIONS DEPOT DESTROYED—
GERMANS CAPTURE ANOTHER SERBIAN CITY AND TAKE NUM
BER OF PRISONERS—RUSSIA CLAIMS VICTORY IN TOE SOUTH '
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BERLIN, Jan. 26.—Advices from
the extreme west battle front state
that heavy fighting has been waged
during the past twenty-four hours
but has resulted in no material ad
vantage being gained by either side.
The fighting centered around Nieu
port which is being held by the Brit
ish troops, and the city was subject
ed to heavy artillery bombardment.
The famous cathedral of Nieuport,
which escaped destruction during for
mer bombardments of the city is re
ported to have been wrecked by Ger
man artillery, as the building was oc
cupied by the Allies.
The city of Dunkirk on the French
coast of the strait of Dover, was vis
ited by a fleet of German aviators
who rained bombs into the city. It is
believed that considerable damage re
sulted from the attack as dense clouds
of smoke were seen to rise from the
ruins and it is believed that an am
munition depot was destroyed.
Many Aeroplanes Lost.
LONDON, Jan. 25.—In his address
before the British House of Commons
yesterday Lloyd George discredited
the prediction of the critic of the Lon
don News that German guns on the
new battleships were superior to the
armament of the British superdread
naughts. He also refuted the state
ment that German aviators were be
ing equipped with machines superior
to those of the British and French
corps but admitted that during the
■greMBr mo6th
aviators had lost their lives as com
pared with ten deaths in the ranks of
the German aviation corps.
Nicholas In Rome.
ROME, Jan. 25.—King Nicholas of
Montenegro, who was reported by Vi
enna dispatches to have surrendered
his sword to the commander of the
German troops at Cettinje when the
city was captured by the Teutons, ha*
arrived in Rome and has been wel
comed by King Emmanuel of Italy. It
's reported that King Nicholas wa*
grievously disappointed that the Ital
ian government failed to send suffi
cient troops into Albania to meet the
Teutonic invasion and fears that his
troops who have refused to surrender
will be annihilated.
Turks Reported Retreating.
LONDON, Jan. 25.—Petrograd ad
vices received by the British war of
fice state that the Russian troops bat
tling with the Turkish army in the
Caucasus mountains have forced the
Sultan's troops back from the shel
ter of their trenches and that they
are retreating to the southward.
Germans Capture Scutari.
ROME, Jan. 25.—Durazzo advice*
state that German troops have cap
tured the former Albanian city of
Scutari, which was defended by the
Montenegrin and Serbian troops and
was believed to have been impregna
ble. The dispatches indicate that
thousands of the oppoainslorcgs werer .
’’SpturefTbjr the THeutonswueri the C?ty
surrendered to escape bombardment.
AMERICA WILL PROTEST
TRADING WITH ENEMY ACT
MEASURE IS BEING ADVOCATED IN ENGLAND WHICH WOULD PRE
VENT ENGLISHMEN FROM HAVING BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH
ANYONE FURNISHING SUPPLIES TO NATIONS WITH WHICH AL
LIES ARE AT WAR—UNITED STATES MAY RETALIATE IF MEAS
URE IS PASSED AND EMBARGO WOULD BE PLACED UPON MU
NITIONS TO ENGLAND OR ANY OF HER COLONIES.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26.—
It is reported that Secretary Lansing
of the State department, is prepar
ing a vigorous note which will be
sent to the British government pro
testing against the proposed “Trad
ing With Enemy Act,” which Is being
advocated in England.
The dispatches from London state
that the proposed act, which is said
to have been endorsed by the strong
est men In England, would prohibit
Englishmen from trading with any
one having business with any of the
nations with which the Allies are at
war. It would restrict all foreign
cotnmerce through channels which
would be controlled by the British
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. 1 Secretary Lansing, It Is reported,
w^ll employ plain English in bis not*
3$d will remind the British govern
t^pnt that the act, if enforced, Would
'ig a. boycott on the prod^ts of Amer
lAa^and other neutral- nations ot th*
woryi. The secretary is said to har*
dejcljyed that he wopld fhror prompt
Kres being taken by congress t»
ite upon England if the act be
came law .as now ,seems certain.
* The American note will claim th*
right, of the people of this country-1*
tjfidp with the peoples of all nation* .
a2d if they are denied that the Uni
ted States may be forced to place ani
embargo upon all shipments of war1.*'
munitions from the United States to.
Englard or any of her colonies.
EASTERN CAPITAL IS
I NT,_IN SEWARD
SEWARD: The Seward Water and
Power company has been sold to an
eastern corporation, according to an
unofficial statement made here today.
The company possesses the right to
the water power In Ptarmigan can
yon near Seward, and owns the water
system of the town. The water right
was previously owned by Frank L.
Ballalne and John Nelson. Negotia
tions for the transfer were begun
some time ago but it was not until re
cently that the deal was closed. .
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf OUY F. CAMERON.
Panoramic views of Child's and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdes Drug
store. **
SOLD COAL TO ALLIES t v \
POWER PLANT DESTROYED
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.>■ JOHNSTOWN;' Pa., Jan. 25.— he
power'p'ant of the Ar'gyle Ooal com
pany near here was dynamited" last
clfeht.' The pjhkht was almost com
pletely destroyed and will necessitate
the company closing dowh for several
weeks until the damage can he re
paired: The destruction of. the plant
is believed to- haye been caused by
Teutonic sympathisers as the com
pany fifed.been supplying coal to the
European nations with which Ger
many la jft wAi*> No lives were Jest
but the deduction of the plant will V
add to the grave situation which ex
lets in' thei'eoal market here aB th»
supply. Is inadequate in meeting the *
heavy 'demand owing to the extreme *
cold Weather, and renewed industrial •
activity. />
Pasteurised Whipping ©ream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whltfey’a.
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