Every Child in Town can
Now be Properly Fitted
With Shoes at This Store
ROM the wee small babe to the growing girl
or boy there’s shoes a plenty. Good sturdy
shoes for the lads that will give the best of
service. Kinds that wear and yet have a good ap
pearance for the girls, and for the babies,. there
are the soft sole shoes in black, white and colors.
Particulars:
PLA-MATES—Best gunmetal, shape of
foot, mostly button styles; size, 4 to 2.
Priced $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00.
BABY PLA-MATES -Best dull kid, but
ton; size, 2 to 6. Pnce $2.00.
WASHINGTON—Soft kids and veloms
in button; size, 1 to 12. Priced from 75c -
to $2.00.
DOROTHY JUNIOR—For growing girls,
gunmetal; size, 2 to 5. Priced $3.00 and
*3.50. 4
BILLY BUSTER and Hardpan Shoes
for boys. Made of resisto calf and gun
metal, lace style, wear guaranteed. 5 to
IS inch top; sizes 9 to 5. Priced $3.00
to $4.00.
Valdez Mercantile^ Co.
■ST TONY’S PLACES’
EVERYTHING {
FIRST CLASS k
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
TURKEY IS ASKED j
IF SHE IS GUILTY
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Secretary Lansing Determined to
Place the Responsibility for the j
Destruction of Persia.
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WASHINGTON. D. C., Peb. 3.—|
Secretary Lansing of the State de-|
partment, is determined to place the
responsibility of the submarine which ;
torpedoed the British liner Persia in
the Mediterranean Sea, causing the
loss of several American lives.
Both the German and Austrian gov
ernments having denied the respon
sibility of the destruction of the liner.
Secretary Lansing has sent a note to
the Turkish government asking if
they have knowledge of the subma-,
rine which sank the liner.
The latest Austrian note states that
the commanders of all Austrian sub
marines operating in the Mediterra-1
nean Sea have reported and that all
have denied sinking the liner. The
Austrian note also states that the re
ply to the American communication
requesting information regarding the
sinking of the vessel was delayed ow- j
ing to the failure of the admiralty
getting into communication with
some of the submarines.
Nugget jewelry made to order at
the Valdez Drug Co., by G. O.
Iteinke. tf
CANADIAN PATRIOTS
GRAFT ON CONTRACTS
OTTAWA: Charges were made in
the Canadian parliament by Dr. Chas.
Pugsley, formerly minister of public
works, against the Canadian shell
committee, of which Gen. Bertram
was the head before its organization.
The committee placed orders for
shells to the amount of about $300,
000,000. The funds were provided
by the British government, but the
committee was responsible for the
shortcomings of its agents.
“The action of the shell commit
tee,” Dr. Pugsley said, “has a, record
which brings shame to the people of
Canada. The acuon of the committee
has produced scandal which is reek
ing through the country. Conserva
tives and Liberals join in demanding
that the government shall grant an
investigation into its conduct.”
LABOR MAN WANTS
TO CONSCRIPT WEALTH
LONDON: William Crawford An
derson, Labor member of parliament
for Sheffield, has made public a bill
that he purposes to introduce in the
House of Commons at the earliest
possible moment for the conscription
of wealth. The bill is in the nature
of a reply to Premier Asquith’s mili
tary compulsion bill of which Mr. An
derson is a bitter opponent.
' The Anderson bill provides for the
sequestration of all unearned income
tor the period of the war, including
rents, Interests, dividends, royalties
and annuities. All such payments,
under the bill, would be taken over
iby a government trustee, who would
make moderate allowances for the
maintenance of the persons from
whom the funds are taken.
THE
Imported end Domestic
. fees, Liquors anil dears
Phone 69
WOULD MEAN DIG
ANNUAL INCREASE
Railroad Officials Say that the De
mands of Men if Granted Would
Bankrupt Some of the Ronds.
CHICAGO. Feb. 3.—The problem of
%n eight hour day, which threatens tc
take four hundred thousand locomo
tive engineers, firemen, conductors
and trainmen in the United States and
part of Canada out oh strike is caus
ing the managements of the railroads
much concern, and was the subject
of a conference held here yesterday.
At the close of the conference
high official of one of the railroad,
said that'the demands of the men, i
granted would increase the payrolls
of the various companies more1 tha i
one hundred million dollars arid
would mean huge loss and possible
bankruptcy to some of the railroad i.
The shorter hours will mean an in
crease of twenty-five per cent in the
wages of the men.
Dispatches "from all parts of the
country, especially in the eastern
states, shows that a great majority cl
the men favor a strike if the shorter
day is not granted. The poll of the
votes which is now being taken w
be completed by March 1, and it is
expected the strike will be called soon
after unless the men are granted tin
concessions.
BALLAtNE WANTS
HEAVY DAMAGES
Has Started Suit Against Trustees of
Alaska Central as Result of
Case Tried at Seward.
SEATTLE, Feb. 3.—John E. Bf-l
laiue, the Alaska railroad man, hat
started suit against the trustefes oi
the Alaska Central railroad fot five i
hundred thousand dollars. That is
ihe amount of damages which he be
lleves his reputation as a business
man suffered from the recent .suit
brought by the directors against him
to recover a half section of land
which is included in the Seward town
site.
Ballaine asserts that he was the
victim of a conspiracy and that the
suit was brought for the purpose oi
blackmailing him into compromising
the case although the trustees had
not a shadow of evidence upon which
to base their hopes of winning in
the courts. .
ELEVEN MEN)!!:!
LOST IN STORM
Halibut Fishing Schooner Wrecked
off Gape Decision and Crew Per*
Ish—Fishing Fleet Staffers.
PETERSBURG. Alaska, Feb. 8.—
Eleven men are known to have per
ished in this district as a result of the
great storm which prevailed here last
week, and it is feared that wber
complete reports have been made by
the fishing fleet that the death tol!
will be found to have been very
heavy.
The halibut fishing schooner Edi
son was driven on the rock of Capt
Decision during the gale and was lost
She carried a crew of six men and
none of them reached shore.
Two fishermen were lost overboard
from the gaaboat Eunice and two oth
er fishermen are reported by the cap
tain of the Eunice to have been swept
from a fishing schooner whose iden
tity he could not learn.
Herbert Allen, a resident of Pe
tersburg, who had been caught in th<
storm while on a hunting trip, per
ished from the cold. He had attetnpt
ed to make his way to the Olymplr
mine and was still alive when found,
but died soon afterwards.
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Far good home-oooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart 8treet. *
Anything in the Jewelry line a* the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Velde;
Drug Company. If
TELEGRAPH LINES
TO EAST ARE DOWN
)nly One Wire Working Between Se
attle and San Francisco bat
Tacoma Lines Working.
The local office of the Signal Corps
received advices from Seattle this
morning stating that the heavy snow
storm which has prevailed in the
western states during the past two
days has almost completely Isolated
Seattle from the rest of the world,
and that messages should be accept
ed subject to indefinite delay.
Seattle is' still in communication
with Tacoma, Vancouver and Victo
ia, but all lines to the east are down.
The wires of the Western Union and
ill other companies with the excep
tion of the Federal Telegraph com
pany have been put out of business.
The Federal has one line working to
3an Francisco and important business
with the eastern points is being rout
ed via California.
The land lines in interior Alaska
are reported to be working in excel
'ent shape and the slight difficulty
which was experienced In sending
messages over the cable from White
ihed to Valdez has been overcome.
The boys at the cable office remain on
duty each evening until all business
has been cleaned up and have given
excellent service despite the fact that
he cable is broken, as all messages
re now coming via the government
adio system between Sitka and
Whitshed.
HAS PROXIES OF
’ FIRST DIVISION
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George Irving will work for United
Republican Party In Alaska
with Open Primaries.
JUNEAU, Feb. 3.—George Irving,
the local Republican committeeman,
will leave on the Northwestern for
Seward where he will attend the
meeting of the Republican Territor
ial Committee on February 7. He
carries all the proxies of the com
mitteeman of the First division with
the exception of one.
Irving states that he will work for
a united Republican party in Alaska
with open primaries and pledges of
good faith. He believes that no
trouble will be experienced in unit
ing the different factions of the party
unless certain interests attempt to
dominate the convention when the
party candidate will be nominated.
He will work to have the Territorial
Convention, in Juneau.
Dispatches were received by Irving
from Chas. T. Herron stating that he
would come north on the Northwest
ern to attend the meeting and that
the Interior divisions would be fully
represented.
CITY MEN ARB BETTER
THAN THE COUNTRY BRF.P
BERLIN: City men are better men
physically than those from the coun
try, according to the investigations
of a Bavarian army surgeon, who
gives, in the Munich Medical Weekly,
the result of his examination of more
than 10,000 men. The greater phys
ical fitness, especially as to the sup
pleness of the body, of the city men
over those from the rural districts
was striking among the younger men.
Functional and organic heart affec
tions existed in about equal degree
in the two classes. The farmer boys
were tar inferior to the city recruits
in carriage and in development of the
bones and muscles. The most aggra
vated .cases of curvature of the spine,
flat feet and varicose veins were
found in the country contingent.
CLOSED SEASON FOR
HALIBUT IN NORTH
At the instance of the fishing Ves
sel Owners’ Association, composed of
ihe owners of Seattle's big fleet of
Independent halibut schooners, the
United States Bureau of Fisheries has
began an investigation of the possi
bility of establishing a dosed season
of two months for halibut says the
Seattle Times. The Fishing Vessel
Owners’ Association recently recom
mended a closed season, provided the
Canadian government will consent to
take the same step.
The association also asked the fish
eries bureaus to set aside the halibut
tank off Timbered Island, between
vfoyes and Warren Islands on the
West Coast of Prince of Wales Isl
Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place.
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240,000.
THE PINZON
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Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
We Have
Varied Sweets
Glace Fruit
Old Fashioned
Nut Chocolates
French Mixed
Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
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The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street
“Do It Electrically”
Electric
Vacuum Cleaner
makes a cleaner and
healthier home;
Irons save steps, time
and patience;
Wanning Pads can
be kept at an even
temperature; t
Flashlights show yon
the way at night—
Hatches are dan
gerous*
Safety First
The Fire Alarm
Bells Located At
Keystone and McKin
ley, Keystone and
Fourth, Court and
McKinley, Broad
way and Sixth, Ru
dolph and McKinley,
Alaska and Fourth,
Sherman and Nizina,
will be rang daily at 12
M. If yon do not bear
bell nearest yon please
notify Central.
Electric*
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Percolators make
best coffee;
Toasters sake de
licious toast:
Grills fry a harry-ap
meal caaaot be eqa
aled;
Fixtures, Reading
Lamps, Shades, etc.
Quality
Always
Agent j for Dayton Silent Electric House Pump
EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL.
Alaska Water, Light and Tele. Co.
>r..n<*^£asJ
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yjiComp/efo Services
IN THE HEART OF THE Cmr
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE
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Lys. Fort Llscum Lyb. Valdes
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:90 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 Am. .
1:16 p.m. 8:09' p.m.
4:80 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS ;/
1:16 p.m. 4:0#p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:90 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Frldnirs Of
each month, these dan being used On
clean hollers.
and, as a nursery for young halibut.
The bank forms one of the chief nur
series for halibut in Alaskan waters.
So far nothing but young halibut, av
eraging from six to nine pounds, has
ever been caught on the bank. These
are known as "chickens" and are hot
marketable.
The establishing of the closed sea
•on and the setting aside of Timber
ed Island bank as a nursery are re
quired, according to the association,
to save the halibut fishing Industry
from extinction. Halibut are becom
ing scarce In the northern banka Lit
tle is known of the halibut, but ex
perts hold that It is a fish of slew
growth. .