VOLUME XIV VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1016 NUMBER 34
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GERMAN CONSUL
GENERAL ARRESTED
Charged with Having Conspired to
Restrict Coihmerce of America
With a Foreign Nation.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.—A sen
sation was created here yesterday
when Franz Bohn, Germah consul
general, was arrested after having
been Indicted by the federal grand
jury. He Is charged with having
been connected with the case of
Chas. Crowley who has been bound
ever for organizing a conspiracy
which resulted in the destruction of
the Seattle wharf.
The German official has also been
indicted on the charge of conspiring
to violate the Sherman law by re
stricting commerce with foreign na
tions.J'jfAgents of the Department of
Justice are known to have been ac
tive in investigating the movements
of Bohn for months and it is believed
that positive proof of his connection
with the conspiracies has been estab
lished.
His arrest was formal and he was
immediately released when bonds
were furnished.
BURBANK COMPANY IS
DECLARED BANKRUPT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.—Tno
Bather Burbank company, which w'-s
organized under the laws of the
State of California with a capitaliza
tion of one million dollars, to mar
hot the products of Luther Burbank,
has been declared bankrupt.
STEEL COMPANIES
TO RAISE PRICES
Saute Naval Committee Recom
mends Appropriation of $11,000,
000 for Armor Plate Plants
|-'ASHINCWON, Feb. 9.—The Sen
ate committee on Naval affairs, of
which SMhtor Benjamin R. Tillman
of South'Carolina, is chairman, has
favorably/ recommended the appro
priation of eleven million dollars for
the establishment of a government
armor plate factory and mills.
The recommendation of the com
mittee rthat the government factories
fee established was made despite the
fact that ,the big steel corporations of
the country had theratened to ad
vance the price of armor plate two
fenndred dollars per ton If the Gov
ernment attempted to compete with
Government officials believe that
the measure will meet with little op
position in either oongress or the sen
ate as the Mil providing for the ap
propriation is part of the adminis
tration's national preparedness pol
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■! BAD STORM THDBTKRDAY
OU1WB THE NARROWS
The launch B. P. M. came up the
Sound yesterday afternoon from the
Granite mine"!) ringing Senator Mil
^Sprff fft Valdez in order that he might
top enabled to catch the Admiral
JivnAf on her southbound trip to the
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Capt. Swanson reports that the
stormt which raged outside the Nar
rows yesterday was the worst he had
ever experienced although he has
toeen navigating Alaskan waters for
mearljwfto>Quarter of a century. The
Grand Hits being swept by an off
■Nora gale and the waves repeatedly
•wept over the how of the launch.
Off Columbia Glacier the wind ap
peared to lift the waves and dash
them against the little vessel.
See “The Quest.”
Be sure and don’t miss the flve
«eel Broadway feature, “The Quest,”
at the Liberty Theatre Thucsday
Alight. No raise in prices. Admis
sion the same. 25 cents.
Prospector Ads bring results.'
BRITISH RECRUITS ARE
BEING CALLED TO COLORS
LONDON: A proclamation has
been posted all over the country call
ing to the colors eight more groups
of men who were examined under
the supervision of Lord Derby when
the latter was in charge of the re
cruiting offices. Men Included in the
call are from twenty-seven to thirty
five years of age. It is said that as
soon as the men have joined their
regiments another call will be made
as it Is the intention to take the ag
gressive in the near future.
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TACOMA DUPONT
PLANT BURNED
Officials of Company Believe that
Conspiracy Against Company in
East Has Spread to Coast.
TACOMA, Feb. 9.—The explosion
in the DuPont Powder Works, near
this city yesterday, which resulted in
the deaths of three men, was follow
ed by another explosion and fire
which almost completely destroyed
the plant.
Flames broke out in one of the
company’s buildings early last night
but were extinguished before reach
ing any of the buildings where explo
sives were stored. Later a fire was
discovered in the powder house and
owing to the danger of explosion the
building was destroyed.
The officials of the company are
now certain that the destruction of
the plant 1b part of the conspiracy
which has been working against the
company since it began shipping mu
nitions of war to the Allies. Federal
officials are also investigating the ex
plosions and all employes of the
company are undergoing a rigorous
inquisition, but no arrests have as
yet been made.
PHOENIX FEARS
INDIAN UPRISING
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Reported that Men of Tribes have
left Reservations and Congre
gated Near the City.
PHEONTX, Ariz., Feb. 9.—In
tense excitement' prevails here over
the report-'that a band of Indiansj
are planning to . go on the war path ,
and will attack and loot this city.’
Citizens are arming themselves in
preparation of the attack and the’
officials here have sent argent ap
peals to Governor Hunt that the
state militia be held 4n readiness at
Pheonix.
It is reported, that. the bucks of
Adams Mesa, Salt River and other
reservations have left their homes
despite the protests of the. govern
ment agents and have congregated
at Salt River to the number of sev
eral thousand.
*' Mexican reoels are reported to
have been active among the Indians
in creating dissension among thdm
against.the white man’s laws and
Indian agents have reported for some
time that they have been restless.
It is feared that should the Indians
go on the war path that ranchers
and others in the isolated’ places will
suffer and women and children are;
arriving here in numbers from
points near the reservation.
WILLAMETTE RIVER
THREATENS FLOOD
PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. 9.—Rains
have caused the Willamette river to
rise to the danger point and it is
feared that destructive floods will
follow if the downpour contlues. The
country is covered with deep suow
which is melting and causing the
small streams, to turn into raging
torrents. Advices from the upper
reaches of the Willamette are omin
ous as heavy rains are reported as
falling and farmers are driving their
stock from the valley in anticipation
of high water.
SAY GERMANS PREPARING
FOR GREAT SEA RATTLE
LONDON HEARS THAT UNUSUAL ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MANIFEST AT
KIEL CANAL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND FLEET IS READY TO
ATTACK BRITISH NAVY—FLEET OF ZEPPELINS AND AERO
PLANES CONCENTRATED AT KIEL AND HELIGOLAND TO TAKE
PART IN THE BATTLE—RESULT OF ENGAGEMENT WHICH IS
INEVITABLE WOULD HASTEN END OF WAR.
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LONDON, Feb. 9.—It is believed
here that the Germans are preparing
for an attack against the British navy
and that the great battle between the
German and British fleets which hns
so often been predicted will soon
take place.
Advices from across the channel
state that greater activity has been
shown in the neighborhood of Kell
canal during the past two weeks than
at any time since the German fleet
was bottled up at the beginning of
hostilities. It is said that for days
the warships have had steam up with
sailors ' aboard and everything in
readiness for passing out into the
’North Sea.
The dispatches also state that a
great fleet of Zeppelins and aero
planes have been assembled near the
Kiel canal and at Heligoland. The
captain of a Dutch steamer which ar
rived yesterday reported that he wit
nessed a fleet of a dozen Zeppelins
manoeuverlng in the air at one time
Stories of the German admiralty s
preparations for the great sea battle
which is believed to be inevitable be
fore the end of the war, have been in
circulation for weeks and the recent
information is taken in confirmation
that the attack will soon be made.
MARE ISLAND TO
8E IMPROVED
Naval Experts Declare that Dread
naughts Cannot Reach the Dry
dock as Channel Ls Filling.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.—
The House has passed the special ap
propriation measure to provide six |
hundred thousand dollars for tho
improvement of warship facilities at j
the various naval drydocks, and it is
announced that most of the money j
will be spent in improving the en-|
trance to the Mare Island navy yeard
near San Francisco. '
The testimony offered before the
House committee on Naval affalrB
during a recent hearing that the Ma*e
Island yard would be practically use
less in the event of the war as only
the small warships could reach the
drydock, is believeu to have hasten j4
the passage of the measure.
Naval experts, in answer to qn^»
tions by the members of the cor. mlt
tee, declared that the large dreid
naughts could not enter Mare island j
owing to the channel having become
filled .with silt washed in by the o"ean
waxes.
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Reported in London that Commander
in Chief Has Asked that He Be
Sent to Command in Egypt.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—It is persis
tently rumored here that Lord Kitch
ener is soon to be relieved of the su-'
preme command of the British land
forces and that he will be succeeded
by Earl Derby.
London newspapers have recently,
printed stories to the effect that |
Kitchener ever since his return from
his trip to the east has urged that
he be relieved of his position and be
given command of the British forces
in Egypt. .
Severe criticisms of Lord Kitchen
er/a handling of the Dardanelles cam-1
paign, which the British were forced
to abandon after suffering the loss
Of more than one hundred thousand
men, were made in the House of
Commons and by the British press.
The commander in chief is said to
have resented the criticisms and ask
ed that be be appointed to Egypt,
with which country he is familiar.
Furnished rooms at Hrs. Oeland's.
Prices reasonable. • J
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GERMANY IS ABLE
TO STAND POVERTY
Secretary of Treasury Has leaned a
Statement which Reveals Effect
of Blockade on Germany.
BERLIN, Feb. Herr vpn Mag
ieberg, secretary of the treasury, has
Issued a statement in which he ad
mits that the people of Germany are
suffering untold hardships as a res tit
3f the blockade of the German coast
ay the British fleet.
The statement has been issued in
answer ^ uemands to Socialists that
the real facts be given to the neutral
nations concerning the effect of <b
blockade. The secretary admits that
the supply of clothing for the col
liers is extremely limited, but de
clares that the people of Germany are
willing to undergo hardships which
would kill the people of England if
their positions were reversed.
Food is reported as being received
from Rumania and other eastern
countries but not in sufficient quan
tities that the government would be
warranted in relaxing the regulations
governing the supply of food-in the
empire.
SAYS FLEET ABLE
REPEL ANY ENEMY
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Admiral Blue Believes Country Be
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lug Unnecessarily Alarmed
Over National Preparedness.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. -
Testifying before the House Com
mittee on Naval affairs yesterday
afternoon Admiral Blue declared
that the country was bfting unneces
sarily alarmed over the possibility of
a foreign, invasion.
He believes that the government
should lose no time in increasing the
number of submarines and asserts
that with proper use of the undersea
craft that no enbmy could land a for
midable force on the Shores of Amer
ica.
Admiral Blue asserted that the
American fleet at its present standing
could repel any attack which- might
be made against the coast cities and
would destroy any fleet of transports
sttempting to land troops on either
the Atlantic or Pacific coasts.
The Pathe Weekly News, showing
war scenes and other interesting
events Is by six weeks the latest
weekly shown in Valdes, also Mutual j
Weekly, at the Liberty. ]
COMMISSION. GIVING
CONTRACTS FOR GRADING
ANCHORAGE: The railway offices
are now lined with men seeking con
tracts for work on the construction
of the road and the contracts are be
ing awarded as fast as possible for
clearing and grading work on the
Matanuska branch. A thousand men
are expected soon to be at work on
the money coming from the emer
gency fund. The construction of the
building for the commissary will be
gin immediately and the contract has
already beeu let to Molen and Wicks.
CLARK URGES
PREPAREDNESS
Agrees with President Wilson that
America Should Have Largest
Navy In the World.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8.—
That Champ Clark, speaker of the
House, Is "in complete sympathy
with President Wilson’s national de
fense policy was evidenced yesterday
afternoon when he took the floor of
the house and scored the Democratic
members for the dilatory manner in
which they were supporting the pro
paredness 'measures.
The Speaker also asserted that
tho Democratic senators Bhouid be
come more active in their support of
preparedness and declared that he
believed it was the most important
matter which had come before ciin
gress since the civil war.
Clark favors a large navy and be
lieves with President’ 'Witfon "that
America should have a fighting force
which has no equal in the world. He
lrged immediate action which would
mable the government to begin the
instruction of a sufficient number
>f submarines to guard the coast cit
es from attack by foreign fleets.
HERSGHEL PARKER
IS COMING NORIR
Will Spend Sommer in Seward Dis
trict Prospecting In Interests of
Eastern Capitalists.
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SEATTLE, Feb. Pro*. Her
schel Parker, the scientist, who has
twice tried to scale ML McKinley in
Alaska. without success, arrived ip,
Seattle yesterday from New York.
He is en route to Seward where fie
will spend the coming summer pros
pecting .in the Interests ot eastern
capitalists.
Pro*. Parker became interested in
mining during his previous trips :o
Alaska and discovered a number of
leads in the Seward district which
sre how under development apd give
promise of beoomtng producing
mines. The building of the govern
ment railroad in Alaska, he says, has
served to attract the attention of cap
italists to the mineral resources of
the north and he predicts that in fu
ture there will be no shortage of cap
Ital for the development of the In
dustries of the territory.
It is not generally known that
Prof. Parker, in addition to being an
explorer, has several inventions to
bis credit. He claims to have drawn
the plans for the submarine.for which
Henry Ford took credit but states
that he will take no action against
the Detroit manufacturer If the na
tion Is to get the benefit of the dl>
covery.
GERMANY HAS EIGHTY
ZEPPELINS IN FLEET
BERNE, Switzerland, Feb. #.—The
correspondent of an American news
paper who la believed to be In a po
sition to know whereof he speaks,
inserts that the German government
has a fleet of eighty Zeppelins which
have never been used In any of their
raids. He reports that the huge air
ships, which were built at Lake Con
stance, have been sent north and It
Is believed that a raid upon England
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WILL ORGANIZE
ARMY OF CITIZENS
Philadelphia will Create Force of
Forty Thousand Men and Other
Cities May Join Movement.
Philadelphia, Feb. 9.-—The recent ad
dress of President Wilson in this cP?
on National defense, has cansed a_
campaign to he started, to-raise a*
force of forty thousand citizen sol
diers. The citizenry army will In
clude only men of military age and
they will be required to offer their
services to the nation should they he
needed.
A canvass of the leading railroad
officials, manufacturers and business
men generally sl\ow that they favor
the creation of a citizen army In cr
der that the men might receive mili
tary training and be ready for in
stant service if the nation was th -eaf
ened. A big majority of the business
men favor those who enlist being paid
full wages during the period of their
training. Others are willing to pay
half wages, and only a few believe
that the men should he willing to
take the military training from a
sense of duty to the country
If the campaign to raise the '■itt
zenry army is successful ret'red mil
itary officers have volunteered their
services in training the men. and an
organized effort will be made to have
other cities take similar action and
a force would be created which
would be of inestimable value si. >uld
the nation ho threatened by foreign
invasion.
FRANK MUNSEY IS
Believes that He Is Impossible as »
Jurist as His Career Has Shown
Him to Be Radical.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Frank
Munsey, publisher of a number ot
magazines, who recently returned
rom Europe where he went as a mem
ber ot.the Ford peace expedition, is
in Washington to protest against the
appointment of Louis D. Brandeis to
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
In an interview printed here this
morning Munsey declares that the
appointment ot Brandeis to the posi
tion in, impossible as his career has
showjithat he is a radical of the es
tfeme tWo. He believes that Ameri
CSt isuttred of muckraking and that
the' business interests of the country
^puld be given a rest now that pros
perity is beginning to return to the
country.
Munsey would favor the appoint
ment of Vice-President Marshal fee
the, position and expresses the belief
that he would accept if it was ten
dered him.
RUSSIANS RAVE RENEWED <
THE GALICIAN OFFENSIVE
BERLIN, Feb. 9.—Official advices
from Vienna state that the Russian
vmy in Oallcia has again taken the
offensive and have attacked the Aus
trian positions at a number of places.
The advices from the front say that
although the Austrians have suffered
heavy losses that they have been able
to inflict punishment and that the
lines have held true.
SAN FRANCISCO TO GET
TWO MILLION TERMINAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.—The of
flciala of the Southern Pacific rail
road company have announced that
a two million dollar terminal depot
will be established in San Francisco
The improvement has long been un
der contemplation by the officials at
the company and the depot yrould.
have been built years ago had apt Ra
ised site re
pointmeat at
your own home by F. W. Bheelor.
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