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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1918 NUMBER 40
TURKISH HOPS
ENTERJREBIZOND
Constant aniople Dispatch Says that
Turkish Troops Capture Asia
Minor Vilayet
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 27.—A dis
patch from Constantinople says that
Turkish troops entered the vilayet of
Trebizond in Northeastern Asia Min
or. clearing it of bands of the enemy
and taking possession of the town.
Trebizond is famed in history as
the town in which Genophon the cele
brated Grecian historian and soldier,
who commanded the retreat of the
Ten Thousand Islands received his
first check in the year 355 B. C.
The mercury dropped to —15 last
night, surprising our citizens at the
low temperature and absence of real
cold, as it was calm weather and few
persons realized that zero had been j
touched.
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REVOLT IN CHINA
PEKING, Feb. 27.—General Feng:
Yuh Siang, in command of ten thous
and northern troops rebelled against
the mandate of the Chinese president
to attack the southern rebels.
NAVAL TIG FOUNDERS;
THIRTY PERSONS DROWN
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.--j
The naval tug Cherokee foundered in j
a severe storm off the Delaware cape.->,,
thirty persons perishing.
Twenty-six Men <|f tlie Engineering
Corps Sent to Camp Houston
for Court Martial
LITTLE HOCK, Ark., Feb. 27.—!
Twenty-six negro soldiers, members!
of the 512th Engineer Corps Hattal-|
ion are in the guard house at Camp;
l’ike awaiting court martial for diso-j
bedience of orders.
STROLLER WHITE INJURED
“Stroller” White, editor of the;
Douglas Island News, received severe,
injuries recently at his home in Doug-j
las by falling from a platform about;
ten feet to the beach below. Mr. White
sustained a wrenched back and nu
merous bruises, but is reported to be
recovering. He is a well known North
erner, having run newspapers at
Whitehorse for a number of years.
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
The big billiard tournament at the
Pinzon is rapidly drawing to a close,
many of the players having played
more than half the games matched.
Interest continues in the contest, and
many lovers of the game are dropping
in to witness the experts.
Last night Wm. Sparavalo defeat
ed Clinton Egan, 140 to 102; high
run 36; high run for Egan 8.
Deputy Marshal Casler defeated
Wm. Sparavalo; high run 6; Spara
valo 9.
George Kirk defeated Dr. Winans,
high run 5. Winans, 11.
Jake Hepfinger defeated Harlan
Keesler. High run 14; Keesler 5.
The games tonight will be between
Egan and Golden, and Keesler and
Wiltcey.
The averages of the players are as
follows:
Name W. u. f.
Selby .7 0 1000
Hepflnger .7 1 875
Casler .6 2 760
Bonnifield .6 2 716
Reinke .7 3 700
Sparavalo ..—4 2 667
Snyder.4 3 671
Winans .4 3 671
Kelsey.3 4 429
Golden . 2 3 400
Brenneman .2 3 400 '
Egan .2 6 286
Keesler .1 4 200
Wllcey.1 4 200
Kirk .3 8 182
Silverman .1 6 !43
Wheeler ..0 8 ®°®
FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PEACE PARLEY AT BREST-LITOVSK
First photograph received In America from the Kusso-Teuton peace conference at Hrest-Lltovsk, showing the con- j
ference In session and Prince Leopold of Ilavnrln signing the ngn-ein»-iit for an nrnilsHce^_’ |
SEME LAUNCHES
ANOMR VESSEL
Eighty-eight Hundred Ton Steamship
Takes the Water—Third of this
Tonnage I,sum-lied
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SEATTLE, Feb. 27.—The steam
ship Canozoa, of 8800 tons burden,
was launched today at the Skinner
& -Eddy-shipyards, one of the vessels
to be constructed for the shipping
board.
GERMAN HAIDER
REACHES HOME PORT I
BERLIN. Feh. 27. The German
raider Wolf, which reached home yes
terday after a long cruise in the Pa
l'itic, officially reports that she des
troyed 35 entente vessels, some load
ed with English troops and the sink
ings caused a large loss of life.
LIEUT C?L NENADOVITCH j
This Is a photograph of Lieutenant
Colonsl Nenadovlteh of the Serbian
mission to ths United States.
Lieutenant Colonsl Nenadovlteh, who
Is a cousin of King Peter, was alders*
samp to the Serbian crown prince at
ths commencement of ths war, but left
this post to engage In active service at
the front Ho lost an arm In battle.
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WII-'K CHOPS ursH.wics
FINGFK Ol-I , IIF ADMITS
OUKGON CITY: Following confes
sion of Jesse M. Jones, a young far
mer, that his wife chopped the
" trigger linger" off his rigiit hand
,:l Ills request, to incapacitate him
from army service, federal authori
ties today took him into custody.
A few days after lie had been plac
ed in class 1, Jones came here to have
liis hand attended to, telling conflict
ing stories regarding the accident.
Confronted by federal authorities, he
confessed that his wife amputated
the digit witli a hand ax. at his re
quest.
IPGLENCASTLE
ISJMOED
British Hospital Ship Sent to Ilottoni
—Fight Moats With HiO Per
sons Still Missing..
LONDON, Feb. 27.—The British
iiospital ship Glencastle, was sunk
yesterday in the British Channel, and
eight boats with 160 persons aboard
are still missing.
PEACE TO DECIDE
RUSSIAN FATE
England Notifies Ambassador at Pet*
rograd that Peace Conference
Alone Will Define Status
LONDON Feb. 27—Telegrams have
been received by the British ambas
sador in Petrograd stating.that re
gardless of any peacet reaties signed
by Russia or Rumania the fate of oc
cupied Russia would be decided at a
general peace conference after the
war. Balfour declared that this course
was the only one England would sub
scribe to.
ANCHORAGE MERCHANTS
TO BUY AT HOME
At a recent meeting of the Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce the mer
chants of the Turnagaln Arm city
agred to buy no vegetables from the
statest he coming year but to pur
chase Matanuska vegetables exclus
ively. This is a real progressive spirit
and bound to help the city and the
farmer...
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 27.—
An airplane mall service between
New York and Washington will be in
dally operation starting April 15, the
postofflce department announoed to
day.
FOOD INCREASE I
TWO PER CENT:
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Rejiort <il' Labor Department Slums
Rapid Rise in Price of Necessities
in Month of January
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.—
Retail food prices in the United
States showed an increase of two per
cent for the month ending January
15 over the preceding month, the De
partment of Labor announced today.
No reason is given for the increase.
GOVKRX.MKXT ROl'XDIXG UP
HO.VHDKRS OF GRAIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.— The j
government is rounding up all hoard
ers of grain and Hour on tjte Pacific!
coast it was announced today.
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ANCHOR.\GK AFTKR PROPOSKD |
U. S. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
The Chamber of Commerce at An
chorage recently indorsed Delegate
Sulzer’s plan for an industrial school
in Alaska, and resolved to use every
endeavor to secure the school for An
chorage.
OIJ) TIM Kit DIES ON
ISLAND NEAR CORDOVA
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When Charles Ross returned to his
ranch on Hinchinbrook Island the
other day after having spent a month
In Cordova, he found Thomas King,
an Alaska pioneer, who had been left
in charge of thatfplace, was dead,
says the Cordova Times.
As the fire was out and the body
frozen stiff It Is believed King died
several days previously. He was there
alone.
Deputy Marshal Furbman, of Cor
dova, went to the island and brought
the remains to Cordova. An inquest
was held and the verdict was that
King came to his death from natural
causes.
The funeral took place from Lam
bert’s Undertaking Parlors, in Cor
dova, Rev. EV„P.. Zeigler officiating,
anda large number of friends attend
ing and paid their best respects to
the old pioneer.
Chris Tjosevig, well known mining
man and a recent resident of Valdez
was cited" for contempt of court by
Judge Jennings in Juneau when he
stated that Mr. Donohoe was Demo
cratic National Committeeman for Al
aska and that he controlled or great
ly influenced the nomination of all
judges for Alaska and was responsible
fort he confirmation and appointment
of Judge Jennings. He also stated that;
Jennings and Donohoe are personal
friends and that he could not get a
fair trial. He asked for the appoint-?
ment of another judge while his ease
was in progress.
MERCHANTS WILL ADVERTISE
SALE THRIFT STAMPS
That Valdez merchants are patriot
ic is evidenced by the number of
firms which have contracted for space
in the sale of War Savings and Thrift
Stamps. A number of the larger firms
have agreed to run advertising in the
Prospector and Miner from one to two
weeks each, insuring the success of
this movement and showing their pat
riotic desire to help the government.
The firms taking space are:
THE PINZON.
S. BLUM & CO.
VALDEZ CITY COUNCIL.
VALDEZ MERCANTILE CO.
RED CROSS CHAPTER.
iTtATER.VAL ORDER EAGLES.
PROSPECTOR PUBLISHING t’O
Parties desiring to take space in
this movement should send their
names into Dr. Jos. A. Silverman,,
•chairman of the Red Cross.
Ki\e American llnys Die al Hands of
Kiieiny and Nine are Gassed m
Attack oil l.ines
AMfcIRICAN ARMY, I eh. 27.
Five American soldiers were killed
and nine gassed last night when the
Germans made a gas attack on the
American trenches in the Toul sector.
SKNATOIt tTMMINH’ WII K DKAII
W ASHINGTON, I>. C . Feb. 27.—
Mrs. Albert H. Cummins, wife of the
Republican senator from Iowa, died
today in her apartments in this city.
IRISH REVOLT
Brent Britain I'orced to Send Addi
tional Troops to West anil
Sonlli Part of Ireland
BONBON, I-eli. HT.— Resistance to
lie authority of Great Britain is
•prcadiug alarmingly in tlie west and
south of Ireland today and addiliou
il troops liave been dispatched to the
bounty Clare, the seat of the insurrect
ion. The Irish liave been growing
■estless over tiie't'aili^re to secure
lome rule, and numerous insurrec
ions have broken out in different cit
es.
RUP5^ rMr;' rv;'?v<*4
Mr*. Nina Larr* Duryoa of Now
fork, head of tho Duryoa War Relief
'i Franoa and a noted author and
uty, ha* retui Fori* to *!*•
>r to ral&j
liar In Some
RUSSIANS REFUSE
rep cnv
Germans Will Have Little Op|>ositiou
in Occupying Russian Capital—
Soldiers Refuse Orders
LONDON, Felt. 27.—If Thursday's
dispatches front Retrograd accurately
gauge the situation of lawlessness ex
isting in the Russian empire, the Ger
man troops advancing upon Retro
grad will encounter little resistance
in occupying the city, as the trained
j Kus. ii.u soldiers frankly refuse to
fight and wil not obey the orders of
| their commanding officers.
Capture Two Regiments
BERLIN*, Feb. 27.—The German
troops are advancing north of Dro
pat and have captured two regiments
of Russian soldiers, who were re
treating before the Teuton invasion.
Arms Distributed
I'ETROGRAl), Feb. 27- Rolshc
viki headquarters is distributing a
great tptantity of arms today to its
followers to be used in resisting the
advance of the Germans.
Russians Mobilize
i’FTROGRAl). Feb. 27.- Ten de
tachments of revolutionary troops,
headed by Holsheviki committeemen,
have been dispatched toward l’skoff.
it vvtis announced today, together with
a number of armored cars. Moscow
litis sent 70.000 troops to Bologne. a
small town near Vitebsk, 300 miles
west of Mo.row. and the same dis
tance south of i’etrograd
MANY KILLED IN
mm CHINA
Crand Stand Collapses During Annual
Jockey Club Races Killing Sev
eral Hundred
LONDON. 1 e!i. 117. A public stand
collapsed in lloi.g Kong today, while
the annual jockey club races were be
ing run, killing a hundred women and
children, many of whom were tram
pled to death by the frenzied crowds
attending the races. A tire broke out
in the stands burning several hundred
of tlie injured persons to death.
Hong Konk is a British province.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
VESSELS FOR .(lASKA
The Alaska Steamship Company's
fleet of steamships for southwestern
Alaska this summer will comprise the
steamships Northwestern, Alameda.
Alaska, and the Victoria, the latter
taking the Nome run when northern
navigation opens.
RED CROSS SHIPMENT READY
The Knitting Committee states that
another shipment of goods is ready
to go forward to our boys flghting in
France, and that parties having com
pleted garments will please turn
them in to the committee. The ladies
have already made several shipments,
and are turning out some beautiful
articles which will be greatly appre
ciated by the boys at the front.
\V. E. Patton was in the city yes
terday from his mine across the bay.
WATSON AND FARRAGIT
ON ALASKAN Rl'N
The steamers Watson and Farra
gut, of the Pacific Steamship Com
pany’s fleet has been again placed on
die Alaska run for the summer. They
have been on the California run dur
ing the winter.
The Pacific Steamship Company'®
Alaska fleet is now composed of tha
steamships Admiral Evans, Admiralf
Watson and Admiral Farragut.
BRITISH BAG MANY FLIERS
LONDON. Feb. 27.—The British
airmen shot down 76 enemy planes
daring the month of February, ac
cording to a report issued by the war
office today.