___ __ VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 1917 NUMBER 249
VOLUME XIV. __________________
RUSSIA DRAWS
PIMPROGRAM
Would Restore German Colonies and
Indemnify Belgium for Part of
Damage Done by War
PETROGRAD, Oca. 22.—The Rus
sian peace program, drawn by the
Central Executive Council of Work
men and Soldiers delegates rormu
lates Instructons to the United States
and to their delegate in Paris. The
conference would restore German col
onies. and give a partial indemnity
to Belgium.
Russia Wants Peace
PETROGRAD, Oct. 22.—General
Kerensky, president of the new Rus
sian Republic, states that while Rus
sia wants peace she would never bow
to peace brot about by force.
Corn Millers Agree to l*lan
WASHINGTON. I). (’.. Oct. 22.—
Corn millers who, with representa
tives of the oats and corn products
industries, met here with the food
administration, agreed to the federal
license plan to do their business. They
also expressed willingness to work
on a reasonable margin of profit, eli
minate speculation by abolishing fu
ture sales and stimulate future pro
ducton. Oat millers also approved Mr
Hoover's plan.
ASSERT 400 DEATHS
RESULT OF MILK COST
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.—The recent
increase in price of milk In this city
has caused the death of 400 children,
according to ft statement made today
by District Attorney Swann, who has
been investigating the milk situation.
He announced he would present evi
dence, probably on Monday, to the
grand jury. _
FOOD RIOTING
Dispatch From Koine Tells of Numer
ous Kiots—.Many Women and
Children Die
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 22.—
Official dispatches from Rome tell of
serious food riots in Budapest, Vienna
and Prague. So alarming were the
riots that the military were called and
fired into the crowds killing many
women and children.
O. B. Smith and wife, who have
been visiting at the Granby Mine the
past week, left yesterday on the Far
ragut for the south. Mr. Smith, who Is
mining inspector for the Granby Con
solidated people goes to Anyox via
Ketchikan, and Mrs. Smith goes to
Seattle.
E. S. Hewitt, Alaskan representa
tive of the Remington and L. C. Smith
typewriters and office supplies, was
an arrival from the westward yester
day on the steamer Admiral Farragut.
Brewers Urged to Fight
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ Oct. 22.—
Charging that "professional prohibi
tionists" are "deliberately trying to
mislead the people by falsification and
by taking advantage of war condi
tions,” President Gustave Pabst, of
Milwaukee, speaking before the war
convention of the United States Brew
ers’ Association today urged dele
gates to unite in a national fight for
existence.
Courtmanche Borne Hunter
While huntng but on the trail
about 20 miles from town this morn
ing, Dave Courtmanche and Paul
Hopkins made a bag of one bull inoose
and three caribou. The moose is said
by those who saw it to be one of the
largest ever seen in the interior, and
the three caribou also were good spe
cimenes.
Yesterday a caribou was shot near
the Independent sawmill, apd with
other reports It is (evident that the
run la nearer to Falphaphh tfcap In a
number of years.—News-Miner.
ADMIRAL. EARRAGUT
ARRIVES IN PORT
The steamship Admiral Earragut
arrived In port yesterday about tl
o'clock from the westward with about
fifty passengers for Valdes. The list
Included the following; Jos. Bourke,
government agent for the suppression
of the sale of liquor to natives; J
G. Watts. H. C. Kavanaugh, United
States Marshal Clarence Mossuian, J.
J. Sturgis. A. SagofT, Tex Jones, C.
Watson, Dr. Beeson, C. Pederson, F
B. Wood, I. Callaghan, L. A. Callag
han, L. A. Iverson, J. Tollison, J. R.
McDonald, P. L. Ballalne. K. S. Hew
itt, and thirty second class passengers.
Those who sailed south on her were:
P. E. Peterson. Mrs. H, Beresford,
Mrs. P. J. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. O. B.
Smith. Edwin Eckern, H. Beresford
and H. L. Morris.
MANY KILLED
AS VESSELS SINK
Norwegian Papers Estimate that One
Hundred and Sixty Persons are
l<ost in Sub Disaster
CHRISTIANA, Oct. 22.—Papers
here estimate that one hundred and
sixty persons were killed when the
German fleet attacked a fleet of con
voyed vessels in the North Sea re
cently.
The local weather bureau reports
the mercury as registering 24 degrees
in Valdez last night or eight below
freezing.
Chas. P. Pederson, manager of the
Northern Transfer Company at An
chorage, was a passenger to Valdez
on the steamship Admiral Karragut.
A1 Blair left town yesterday with
a four-horse team and his trapping
outfit, which he is taking to the In
terior.
Zero Weather is reported at Rich
ardson, Gulkana and Donnelly, with
four inches of snow.
The operator at the Summit re
ports an auto stuck a half mile south
of the Summit with eight passengers.
SURVIVORS OK ANTILLES
LANDED IN FRANCE
PARIS, Oct. 22.—The survivors of
the Unted States transport Antilles,
which was torpedoed by a German
submarine last week with great toss
of life, landed in a French port yes
terday.
THE SWEDISH MINISTER.
W. A. F. Ekengren, Envoy to
U. 8., Wae Friend of Bernetorff
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The name of the Swedish ministei
to the United States. W. A. F. Eken
gren, who has been handling the tron
ble arising from the Argentine affair,
has been before the American public
on another occasion. Just before Von
BernstOrff wae recalled. The entente
governments long before the United
States entered the war were persistent
In thjelr intlmattops that the Swedish
legation in Washington was being used
)>g Oopnt von Bernahorff. the German
ambassador to the United States, as
an accommodating medium of secret
communication with bis government.
150,000 Tons to be Transferred From
Pacific to Atlantic Coast to Re
lieve War Situation
WASHINGTON, D. Oct. 22 —
The government is discussing the ad
visability of moving 150,000 tons of
shipping from the Pacific to the At
lantic coast to increase the tonnage
available for immediate use there
pending the time when the vessels
under construction begin to come
from the ways in large numbers.
Says .Ministers Always Start Scoring
Him Just Before Election—Not
Impressed With Statements
SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—Replying to
the Sunday bombardment from many
pulpits as to the moral conditions pre
vailing in the city. Mayor Hi Gill to
day retorted that if the ministers did
not begin the same agitation just be
fore election he would be more im
pressed with their sincerity.
150 I. W. W. INDICTED
BY U. S. GRAND JURY
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.—The federal
grand jury this afternoon returned
indictments against 150 persons as
a result of the recent I. W. W.
probes. These include leaders of that
organization throughout the country.
Federal officials threw more than
the usual air of secrecy around the
grand jury's work as the time for
returning the indic‘ments drew near.
The grand jury sessions were trans
ferred from the federal building to a
I downtown hotel two days ago, it was
i'learned today.
This afternoon the police were no
I titled to hold certain detectives in
1 readiness to co-operate with federal
; officials.
Charles A. Watson, an expressman
of Anchorage is a court witness, ar
riving on the steamship Farragut.
FIVE 80X8 FROM ONE
FAMILY C. 8. OFFICERS
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 22.=— Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Bagby are perhaps the only
father and mother in the nation who
have given five oflcers to the army.
MISSES GALLOWS TO
Dip PLAYING A GAME
CARLISLE, Pa., Oct. 22.—After
being sentenced five times to death
on the gallows, Samuel Greason Is
dead here from over exertion while
pitching horseshoes.
MUNITIONS PLANTS BEING
MOVED FROM PETROGRAD
PETROGRAD. Oct. 22.—All muni
tions plants are being removed from
the city today because of the fear that
Germans will bomb the city with Zep
pelins.
50,000 SERBS
HOMING
Red Cross Mission States that Many
are Dead and Dying front Lack of
Food in ^Balkan States
ROME, Oct. 22.—Fifty thousand
Serbs are reported to be dying from
starvation in the Monastir district,
the American Red Cross Iflsslw an
nounced today. It is imported thgt con
ditions in the Balkan states are
frightful, and that immediate reliel
moat he received if it is to be of any
material help.
GERMAN SUB
War Office Announces that Allied
Fleet Damage t'ity of Ostend in
Attack Made Vesterday
BERLIN, Oct. 22.—The War Of
fice announced today that Oster.J, the
base for the submarine fleet, had been
bombed by the allied fleet Sunday,
damaging the houses in the houses
in the city considerably. The attack
was made in force by the enemy fleet.
SENATOR HUSTING
UBMIK
Wisconsin Senator Meets Death at
Hands of Brother while Spending
Sunday in the Marshes
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 22.—
Senator Paul O. Husting, of Marys
ville, Dodge County, Wisconsin was
killed yesterday while duck hunting,
by an accidental shot from a gun in
the hands of his brother, liustave.
Paul O. Husting, democrat, was
born at Pond Du Lac in 1866, and
removed with his parents to Marys
ville In 1876. He was clerk in a gen
eral store, in the postoffice, and rail
way postal clerk successively. Enter
ed U. of W. in 1895, practiced law at
Marysville; elected district attorney
in 1902; in 1906 was elected state
senator, and reelected in 1910; was
elected to U. S. senate in 1914 to suc
ceed Hon. Isaac Stephenson. His term
would have expired March 3, 1921.
ME STRIKERS !
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I tack hone of Shipyard Strike is Itrok-;
en Today When Men Voluntarily
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Iteturn to Their Tusks
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SEATTLE Oct. 22.—Tdn thousand
striking shipyards workers returned j
to work this morning upon an appeal
from the government commission,
leaving the government to settle the
question of wages and hours.
LIBERTY DAT TO
BE fflMTEO
Elaborate Program Arranged to be
Held In Eagle Hall Wednesday
Evening, October 24.
Arrangements have been made to
hold a gigantic Liberty Day program
in Eagle Hall Wednesday evening,
October 22, to be followed later in
the evening by a grand ball to which
all are Invited. President Wilson pro
claimed Wednesday a national holi
day and asks all persons in every
town and hamlet to meet and hold
a patriotic program, and impress up
on the people the necessity for the
prompt s*le of the second series of
Liberty bonds. Eminent speakers have
ben engaged for the occasion and the
Moose Band will render patriotic mu
sic. The following Is the program:
Selection .Bapd
Address .E. E. Ritchie
Address .J. L. Waller
Violin Solo.Mrs. Harry Nelson
Address .Judge Lyon*
Address .L. V. Rfy
Selection .Bap*
Address.Judge Hubbard
Liberty Bonds ...fAeut. M. H. Fauat
Vocal Solo..Mr*. Clifton
Selection . Bapd,
Tbs gran ball will fpUow tbn pro
gram.
TANKS ARE PUT IN
FIELD BY GERMANY
FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE,
Oct. 3.—The Germans are experi
menting with a tank armed with a
three-inch cannon and machine guns.
The forward pnd of the tank ia fitted
with a spur-like ram while the upper
part hears a superimposed cupola, and
the armored plates descend sufficient
ly to protect the caterpillar wheels,
which thus are almost invisible.
Jos. Bourke, agent for the suppres
sion of the sale of liquor to the na
tives. was a passenger on the steam
ship Admiral Farragut from the west
ward. where he had been for some
weeks on federal business.
JOODBYE
Thirty Thousand Visitor* in lj«*t
(irand Review Hid Farewell to
Depurtiui; Helatives
CAMP LEWIS, Oct. 22.—Thirty
thousand visitors yesterday partici
pated in a last grand review and bade
the soldiers farewell.
IU TTK WOKItIKI) OVKIl
SIGHT OK AKKOPDANK
HI'TTE, Oct. 22.—At least fourj
men in Butte saw an aeroplane fly-1
ing over Butte at 4:55 o'clock thisj
morning. S. A. Howell and J. K. Car-i
penter are so certain they saw an i
aeroplane they are willing to make'
an affidavit. The droning and purring j
of the motor could be plainly heard,1
they declared. An aeorplane was re
cently reported at Helena.
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F. B. Wood, postmaster at Anchor
age, and a member of the registra
tion board in this city, was an arriv
al in Valdez yesterday on the steam
ship Admiral Farragut to testify in
the slacker cases.
I,. A. Iverson and J. Tollison were j
Valdez arrivals on the steamer Far
ragut yesterday.
Five mushers arrived in town yes
terday from the interior.
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Tex Jones, proprietor of a cigar
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(store at Anchorage was a passenger|
I for Valdez on the steamship Admiral
Farragut. on business connected with
! the federal court.
John K. McDonald, superintendent
of the Kenai Peninsula Placer Mines,
arrived in this city yesterday on the
steamship Farragut.
Photo hr American Press Association.
Saying her husband has s domineer
ing disposition which made life miser
able” for b«r. Mr* HutyUngton Wilson
Sled charges of cruelty on which she
has asked for a divorce at Reno, Nev.
Huntington Wilson, her husband, wfs
first assistant secretary of state under
President Taft. He left the depart
ment toon after President Wilson took
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JAP STEAMER
JASMINE
Several Hundred Ixmt When Htfsaer
Hound for Indian Ocean HIM
Mine and Sink*
TOKIO, Oct. 22.—The steamship
Hitakl Maru. bound for Delagoa bay,
a port in the Indian ocean, in Portu
gese South Africa, struck a mine yes
terday, and several hundred passen
gers were drowned, among them be
ing M. Onai the London manager of
the Nippon Yusen Kalsha. The Hitakl
Maru was a steel steamer, 1.88 feet
long. 25 feet beam, and 12 feet depth
of hold. She was built at Kawasaki
in 1901 and was owned by the Nip
pon Yusen Kabushiki Kalsha of Tok
io.
The steamer Alameda passed Ju
neau at 11 o'clock this morning
northbound.
The steamer Admiral Watson pass
ed Juneau at 8:30 this morning north
bound.
Lieut. Faust is rushing construc
tion on the sidewalk alongside the.
government building from the postof
tice to McKinley street. Contractor
Charles Crawford is doing the work.
Mrs. Palmer J. Cook, wife of sup
erintendant J’. J. Cook of the Gran
by Consolidated Mines, left yesterday
for Seattle from where she will go
to Vancouver. B. C. to visit relatives
and friends.
Wm. Trout left yesterday for the
States to spend the winter.
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P. E. Peterson, bookkeeper here
for Frye-Bruhn left yesterday for Ju
neau, where he will visit for a short
time before returning to the States.
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Noted Australian Ibigilist and Con
<|uerer of .lames Corbett, Suc
cumbs in Chicago
CHICAGO. Oct. 22. Robert Fitz
simmons. the famous prizefighter and
holder of the championship belt for
many years, died today from pneu
monia after an illness of five days.
He will be interred In this city.
I'nited States Deputy Marshal C.
Mossnian arrived from Anchorage
yesterday on the steamer Admiral
Farragut with twenty-seven prisoners
from the railroad city.
Charles Hand, who was operated
upon at the Valdez Hospital recently,
is slowly recovering and will be out
In a short time.
Dr. J. B. Beeson, chief surgeon of
the Alaska Engneering Commission,
was an arrival In the city on the Ad
miral Farragut yesterday.
Frank L. Ballatne. of Seward, pres
ident of the Canyon Creek Mining
Company and Seward Water Com
pany, and a heavy property owner In
the railroad terminal town, was an
arrival on the steamer Admiral Far
ragut yesterday to attend court here.
Mrs. Georgia Watson who had been
summoned as a witness In the District
Court, was an arrival on the Farragut.
Dr. Henry Cockerille killed nine
fine mallards yesterday and saw a
large black bear while hunting.
Several parties left for Robe Lake
yesterday duck hunting with but lit
tle success so far as we have been
able to learn.
Jerry Callaghan, a prominent busi
ness man of Anchorage was an ar
rival on the steamship Admiral Farra
gut yesterday.
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Band Practice Tonight
.The Moose Band will have their
regular practice tonight.
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