STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
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Copper Block Hotel
VALDRZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 FOR MEM ONLY
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Offfee. Telephone 24
YOU NEEDN’T BE A
JUDGE OK CLOTH
In order to appreciate the good
qualities of the fabrics we are
tailoring into classy suits for
men of discrimination. Their
tone and exclusiveness are ap
parent at a glance. Their quali
ty is evidenced at a touch. Join
the classy class who will wear
suits from these cloths tailored
<n our high class manner.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone firt I I Roujrh Dry lCc lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms.Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DALLY
Plume K.‘J OPEN DAY AND NIGHT <Tia*. Fi^rlirr, Pi“>|.i\
KEEP POSTED
The next few months will he the greatest in the
history of the Tinted States.
Each day will produce events that may make or
mar the destinies of you and your town!
Nations will grapple with nations; great battles
will be won; kings will be unthroned; -dynasties
change and the world’s lines of demarcation shifted.
Floating cities bulwarked with steel will lx*
tin-own against other iron leviathans of tin* deep.
('an you afford not to keep posted at this time ?
It is your duty as a citizen and a man to keep
abreast of tin* nation’s affairs that you may realize
1 hat Opportunity is knocking—for you. Opportunity
to serve vour Country and your Flag!
You cannot afford to allow Old Olorv to send
out he S. O. N.
Freedom is crying to each man to do his part.
This is not a time for slackers!
During tin* crisis in the Nation's affaiis The
Prospector and Miner have arranged to receive ALE
news of importance to our readers.
Twice the telegraphic matter will be received, in
order to keep these papers up to their present high
standard!
If you wish to keep posted oil world affairs you
must take some paper. Why not The Daily Prospec
tor at $1.00 per month, delivered at your door*
Or ’Tin* Weekly Miner, at $0.00 per year; also
delivered.
Or, better yet, take both The Daily Prospector
and The Weekly Miner for only $1.25 per month, de
livered.
These papers will also have a good illustrated
service of men prominent in National affairs; and
a pljoto of every battleship and cruiser taking part in
the great sea battles certain to come between these
mighty floating fortresses and the death-dealing sub
mit Hues.
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MANY OEM I
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GHASTLY SIGHTS ALONG SOMMK
Men Forced to Live In Trenches
I’Ihkuc*) by Hotting llmllis of Own
Head—No Time to llury llodic?
Front Line a < Tumbling Grave.
LONDON. April 11.—Now that th<
desperate episodes in the war, known
;in history as the battles of the Somme,
have been definitely ended by the Ger
man retreat from Arras to the Aisne,
,it has been possible more leisurely to
'investigate the conditions which ex
: ist along the German and English
fronts just prior to the backward
- swing of the Hindenburg forces.
, When the retreat first began more
than a month ago, the British swept
over some old Somme positions held
by the Germans and even the most
hurried glimpse of the evacuated
trenches indicated how untenable
they had become and why it was de- \
cidtd to run no risks of another allied (
, offensive in this sector. Five miles of
slogging along the old German lines:
in the vicinity of Bapaume today re
vealed a picture of ghastliness which
may never be seen again in this or
any other war. The front line was
a long open dilapidated crumbling:
grave which disappeared in the mud :
at times but could be picked up furth
er on by means of the bodies that!
marked the way.
One realized with a shudder how
the men doomed to live in these
trenches had been plagued by their
own dead. Such a ceremony as decent1
burial had been wholly out of the
question and there was no means of
conveying the bodies to the rear. It
had been lik j passing through a fiery
rain from hades to bring up food and
water to the living. So. the dead had
been simply tossed out of the trenches
only to be blown back again by an
exploding shell. Some times they'
came back in fragments for there
were arms and legs, feet and hands
and heads everywhere.
Occasionally graves hud been dug
in the sides of the trench itself, but
the dead couid not rest there. At
frequent intervals the inevitable skel
eton hands and teet protruded from
the trench walls.
Grim sights this war has had for!
the men who passed up and down
these trenches during the long and
bitter nights of winter.
1 The artillery on both sides has
kept up a continuous roar for the past
three or four months. There has been
no set battle in progress, but fhe gun-,
ners are merely exchanging their daily
"hymns of hate." The hideous reve
lations of the German trenches, how
ever, gives the gruesome answer to
what the guns were doing. In some ;
places there were veritable mangled
masses of what were once huban be
ings. Neither by day nor by night
had the Germans rest. Their barbed ■'
wire, in which they had always plac-1
ed great reliance, had been swept j
completely away over thousands of j
yards and they dared not venture out
to repair it.
Communication trenches leading to
the front lines, were wiped out and it j
had been necessary to bring up sup
plies and relief at night over a coun-|
try blown iuto endless shell holes, j
many of which were filled to such a
depth with water that men were oft
times drowned in them. White bits of j
broad tape could be seen here and
there attached to the iron posts. These j
were for the purpose of guiding the;
men up to the front line.
These pathways over the fields of i
death were also literally strewn with
fragments of human bodies. Some of
the dead had the looks of mummies.;
One of the fallen soldiers had his right j
arm thrown over his rifle as if his*
last impulse was to protect this wea-j
pon of defense against the constant
shelling. But there was no defense.
Some pieces of metal thrown about *
by the high explosive shells must have
weighed at least ten pounds; the re
sult of hitting a .man with a ten lb.
bullet can easily be imagined.
At one. point in the trenches was
the lower half of a German officer,
identified by his boots and leggings.
His legs were standing upright in the
mud.
NATIONAL LEAGUE BALL
SEASON BEGINS TODAY
NEW YORK, April 11.—The Na
tional League baseball season opened
today. Snow on the ground prevented
the game scheduled between the
Giants and the Braves.
CITY EXPRESS, Phone S2; ready
to traxjsfe. n;-.,for you. tf
Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
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llOTH WASHINGTON ANI> AltltOAII
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I lifted States Oflirials and Itcpi-c-,
-■eiitatives of Entente Allies Will
Hold < (inference-! to Arrange I'lans
for ('ari-j log on War.
WASHINGTON. I). C„ April 11. -'
A series of war conferences is being
arranged between 1'nited States offi
cials and representatives of the En
tente Allies both here and abroad,
et which pl3ns for carrying on the
war will take place here within a few
clays. Advices from London state that
Balfour, secretary of state for for
eign affairs, will leave at once for the
United States, and that Lord Cecil
will leave at once for the United
States, and ibat Lord Cecil will as-'
sume the duties of that office during
the absence of Balfour.
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KXPKCTKD TO PASS PROMPTLY j
House Ways and Means Committee'
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Unanimously Votes to Report [
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Measure Authorizing Huge Bond
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Issue Favorably to House.
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WASHINGTON. 1). t’., April 11.— ,
The House Ways and Means Commit-j
tee today voted unanimously to report j
favorably the hill providing for the
issue of bonds to the amount of five;
billions to carry on the war. Th j
prompt passage of the bill by both
houses of Congress is anticipated.
TROOP MOVEMENTS
BE KEPI SECRET
PAPKItS KORHIDDKN TO RKPORT
American People l*robably Not IU*
Aware l'. S. Troops In lYance Until
News of Rattle 111 Which They Arc
engaged Is Reiiorted.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11
i Under tlie censorship measures now1
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| being prepared and which haveal-j
i ready been promulgated, the report
ling of troop moxements by the news-,
; papers of the country will be abso-,
lutely forbidden and the general pub- \
lie will probably not know that Anier-1
; ican soldiers are fighting in France j
until such time as the report of an j
engagement in which they have par-;
ticipated has been received. Orders'
are being prepared providing for se-1
vere punishment for circulating re-1
ports of movements of the troops or
naval vessels.
BRITISH MAKING !
GREAT ADVANCE
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M A N V P R ISONKRS CAPTURKH
Several Villages Taken Together with i
14,tM>0 Prisoners, One Hundred
Cannon and Two Hundred Machine
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Guiis—Germans Surprised.
LONDON, April 11.—The British;
advance continued unimpeded and to
day the report is received here that
they have captured the village and,
heights of Monchyle, and the villages
of Prieutu and Bergerem together
with 14,000 prisoners, one hundred
cannon and two hundred machine •
guns. The British are now within ten
miles of the important railroad cen
ter of Douai, which has been called
the inland Gibraltar. The speed and
power of the sweeping advance of the
British has apparently surprised the|
Germans .who had not anticipated
such an overwhelming offensive, and
the usual artillery retaliation is silent..
OPKX KIRKS AXI>
CHRISTMAS CANDLKS
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if lire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Kstute Agency
TONY’S PLACES"
EVERYTHING
FIRS! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
1 Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle—
March 23—S. S. Alameda.
March 30- S. S. Alaska.
April 5—S. S. Mariposa.
Apr. 9—-S. S. Northwestern.
April 17—S. S. Alameda.
Valdez to Seattle —
March 24—S. S. Northwestern
April 3—S. S. Alameda.
April 10—S. S. Alaska.
April 15— S. S. Mariposa.
April 19—S. S. Northwestern.
(MIX AT Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Kllainar, Ft. Liseum, Val
dez, Latouche, Seward and Anchorage l>egi lining with Alameda Sail
ing March 23rd.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. THACY. Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DUCK CO., Loenl Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL JJMK)
Our I .urge Meet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, )) I*. M.
Apr. 1 S. S. Adm. Farragut
Spr. 9-—S. S. Adm. Watson
Apr. IT—S. S. Adm. Evans.
Apr. 25- S. S. Adm. Farragut
May I! S. S. Adm. Wat am
May 11—Adm. Evans
S. S. Farragut satling from Seattle
Valdez to Seattle—
Apr. f,— S. S. Adm. Evans
Apr. 13—S. S. Adm. FartaKut
Apr. 21 — S. S. Adm. Watson
A pi. 29—S. S. Adm. Evans
May 8—S. S. Adm Farrasut
May 1.1 A S. Adm. Watson
May 23—S. S. Adm Evans
April 25 calls at Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Pull Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191?
PIONEER CONTRACTOR »d ROILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will lake contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA—PHONE 18
REFERENCES i S. BLUM & CO.. Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS t B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska. ~
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
The Mariposa left Seattle with 16C
first-class passengers and 181 steer
age.
Mrs. J. W. Date returned on the
Mariposa front an extended visit in
the States.
Downey's Hox Candies at Hunt's!
Candy Kitchen. tf
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Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s. j
Prices reasonable. •
Mrs. E. Winter will receive a new
select line of coats and hats on one of
the next boats. Come in and tool;
them over. tf
Pasteurized Whipping Cream at
hove-Whitley Co's. If
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Green onions, lettuce and aspara
gus at the Keystone Produce Co. :tt