-' VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1918 NUMBER 60
VOLUME XIV.
DRIVE ON PAHS
ISJE FAILURE
Enemy Apparently Abandons Advance
on Capital and Centers Attacks
on Allied Supply Depot
FRENCH ARMY. April 3.—The
failure to reach Paris by the German
offensive has apparently caused the
enemy to modify his plans. Efforts
are now being centered on the city of
Amiens, the enemy hoping to encircle
the city by attacking along naturally
defined sectors along the rivers. The
advance on Paris has been a costly
one, costing the enemy a half million
men and a large amount of supplies
and equipment.
' Amiens is the capital of the Somme
district; is a large manufacturing cen
ter with extensive manufactories of
cotton, plush, velvet, tapestry, linen
fabrics, silk, beet sugar and paper.
The city also has extensive munition
plants and is a supply depot for the
allied arms. It is the seat of a bishop
and its cathedral built in the thir
teenth century is a masterpiece of
Gothic architecture. Other noteworthy
buildings are the city hall. A large
museum and a public library, all built
in renaissance style of architecture.
BRITISH MAKE
SLIGHT GAINS
liepiilsc Sharp German Attacks in
neighlMirliood l,ainpau\—Take
Town of Ayette
LONDON. April 3.— British troops,
after sharp fighting last night, repuls
ed a determined German attack in the
neighborhood of Lampoux. The war
office announced today that the town
of Ayette southwest of Arras is again
in possession of the British.
.MASSACH I'SKTTS It ATI IT KS
I’KOHIBITIOX AMKXDMKXT
BOSTON, April 3.—The Massachu
setts legislature ratified the propos
id prohibition amendment today.
CITY NEARLY
OUT OF DEBT
Council Appropriates Another Thous
and Dollars to pay off old Indebt
edness—Other Business
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/ The city council held a meeting last
night at which the usual rountine bus
iness was transacted. It was decided
to take up another thousand dollars
of the city’s indebtedness, reducing
the amount owed to but $2700. The
council is making strenuous efforts
-to clear off all outstanding indebted
ness and will have the city free of
incumbrances in less than a year.
The city also resolved to take
charge of the patriotic meeting to be
held Saturday night, April 6, at Eagle
Hall. A good program has been ar
ranged for the occasion, and local tal
ent will render some stirring patriotic
music and speeches will be made by
prominent orators. Mayor James E.
Patterson, A. J. Dimond and others
will give four-minute speeches.
The council will act as a committee
of the whole in arranging an approp
riate program, which will be publish
ed in the Prospector later.
. April 6 is the anniversary of the
declaration of war on the central
powers and is a holiday in the States.
Every citizen is requested to attend
and show their allegiance to their
country and their flag.
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SHIPBUILDERS
CALLED ON CARPEL
Chairman Hurley of Shipping Gourd
Wants Guilders to Kxpluiu wliy
.March Output Fell Geliiud
WASHINGTON. I). ( .. April
American shipbuilders were called up
on the carpet today to explain why
their output for March fell behind the
government schedule, in a telegram
sent.by Chairman Hurley of the ship
ping hoard to each yard.
WILL SPED UP
DRAFTPROGRAM
Men Needed to Meet emergency in
France—Seven Hundred Thous
and be ('ailed Soon
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—
Measures to speed up the draft pro
gram are in contemplation and official
announcement is expected soon of the
plans adopted. The intention is to
meet the present emergency in
France, and for that reason 700,000
will be called this year more rapidly
than was previously planned.
JANE BARTLETT IN
“ THE TONGUES OF' MEN"
At the Empress theatre Thursday
Jane Bartlett will appear In the
sparkling drama of “The Tongues of
Men,” a tale of lov.e and duty, of the
pulpit and the stage. In a sermon on
the evils of the theatre Rev. Dr. Pen
fileld Sturgis, rector of a fashionable
London church, refers directly to the
grand opera "Zaporah,” of which
Jane Bartlett is the star. The mayor
closes up the show on the strength of
the sermon and the actress determines
to make the pastor eat his words. He
finds that she is supporting a num
ber of the poor and is quietly doing
a lot of good with the money derived
from the plays. He repents and In a
public statement retracts his sermon.
His congregation rises In arms and to
rectify his mistake he offers to marry
the actress. She accepts him In order
to carry out her point. The story
takes an unexpected turn at this point
and Is full of Interest. Special music
has been, written for this play. Watch
the paper! for a list of the big specials
coming to the Empress.
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VALDEZ QUOTA
_ISj23,000
Oi:nta of Xext Liberty Loan I'or Alas
ka liasetl on liank ltesourc<-s has
I teen fixed at $<»»«.< MIO
The first liank of Valdez today re
icived a telegram stating that the
quota estaiilished for Alaska for the
Third Liberty Loan based on hank re
sources of the territory as of Decem
ber :t l. had been fixed at ?696,000,
and that the quota for Valdez hud
fee., lixed at $:DLU00. in case the city
ol' Valdez readies or exceeds its quota
a silk honor Hag will lie awarded, bas
d on these figures.
Parties desiring to subscribe for
these loans c.un do so thru Lieutenant
M. II. Faust at the signal corps office,
or thru the First Dank of Valdez.
Citizens are requested to give their
subscriptions to one or the other of
these parties, as by sending it to other
banks outside the city it is not count
ed in the Valdez quota.
The date of the next Liberty loan
is April 6, next Saturday.
450,000 TONS
GNENBY JAPAN
Agreement Readied With Nipponese
Government to Trade Steel Plate
for Ship Tonnage
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TOKYO, April 3.—An agreement
lias been reached with the United
States government under which Jap
an will turn over to America 450,000
tons of shipping. The agreement pro
vides that the*Unlted States shall give
Japan two tons of steel plates for each
gross ton of ship capacity.
NOTICE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
School will convene tomorrow as
usual.
MRS. G. J. ZINN.
Principal.
CALL FOR WARRANTS
Valdez, Alaska, April 3, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that I will
pay all City Warrants up to and In
cluding Warrant No. 4878 series ol
1914.
E. O. AMES.
2t Town Treasurer.
Berkeley l{egents Summarily Itismiss
Teachers whose Views Fail to Co
incide With Government's
j
BKKKKLKY. Calif.. April 3.—lie-1
daring that on account of their ac
tions and teachings being inimical toj
the United States government, the
Hoard of Rogtuts of tho I'nivorsity 01
(’aliforuia today summarily dismissed
Professors Alfred i’orke and I. \V. L».
Sachs from the faculty. The two
teachers had been quoted as being un
favorable to the entrance of the Uni-:
ted States into the war. and had made,
themselves obnoxious to the patriotic j
members of the faculty by their radi
cal views.
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BANK CASHIER SHOT
BY CLOSE FRIEND
LEXINGTON. N. C.: J. Franklin
Deaderlck, cashier of the Commercial
& Savings bank here, was shot and
killed Monday by J. Graham Hege,
manager of the Southern Upholstery
company, in the living room of the
Hege home. Five shots were fired, two
of which took effect. Hege immedi
ately telephoned to the sheri fT and
gave himself up. Further than to say
that he shot in defense of the honor
of his home, Hege would make no
statement. The men had been neigh
bors and the best of friends. The dead
man was a nephew of former Govern
or B. Glenn, of Winston-Salem. Hege
was committed to jail without ask
ing for bond.
BLIND PIGGER’S *4,500
CACHE OF WHISKEY STOLEN
HOQUIAM: To have property for
which he paid $4,500 stolen and not
dare report his loss to officials is the
exasperating experience of a Hoquiam
bootlegger, who a couple of months
ago paid $5 a quart for 900 quarts
of a good grade of whisky and cached
it in the woods about fifteen miles
fromHoqulam. A few days ago he
went to draw on his supply to fill
some orders at $10 a quart—the price
he had set on the boose—and made
the sad discovery that somebody had
beaten him to it and carried away the
whole 900 quarts. Officers learned of
the theft from some one to whom the
.aggrieved bootlegger told his loss. As
he Is out about $9,000 figuring the
$6 a bottle profit he expected to make
the officers may not proseeute him for
bringing It into the state.
SHIPS NEEDED
IRANSPOpOOPS
Urxe Part of Army be Sent to En
gland a*t won ax Possible—Kn
llsh Will go to France
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 3.—
A large part of the American army
now in the cantonments will he sent
to England just as soon as ships can
be assembled to transport them. The
troops comprise a substantial percent
age of those in training camps in the
United States and will take the places
of British troops that have been un
dergoing training in England. This
plan is entirely apart from the accel
erated movement of American troops
to the firing line in France. The best
trained divisions of the army will go
direct to France while those in a less
developed stage will go to England
for further training
ANOTHER PEACE
SPEECH COMING
Does not Interest Administration now
but niiij l»e l Mil as Text of I’res.
ident’s Speech Saturday
l
WASHINGTON. I). <\. April 3.--j
Another C/ernin peace speech is re
ported to he coming from Vienna, hut
it is stated that the administration ;
will port be interested in it further!
than if the text reaches here by to-1
morrow it is possible that the 1’resi-J
dent may refer to it in his speech at
Baltimore Saturday night.
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PLANES MED
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British Aviators Drop Seventeen Tons j
of Bombs During Battle Monday
I'nemy Loss Heavy
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LONDON. April British aviators
dropped seventeen tons of bombs on j
Lite French front during Monday s bat
tle. also firing thousands of rounds
from the air at the enemy's infantry.
Sixteen German planes and two bal
loons were shot down.
The airplanes rendered excellent
service to the allied troops, flying low
over the lines and fairly riddling the
enemy columns with machine guns
and bomb fire.
AUSTRIA WILL
. mID END
Count Czernin Says His Country will
Abide Result of Conflict—Says
. France Asked Terms
LONDON, April 3.—In an address
to the Vienna Municipal Council
Tuesday, Count Czernin, premier of
Austria, declared that Premier Clem
enceau had asked Austria-Hungary
on what basis she would negotiate
peace terms, and that Austria had re
plied that the only obstacle to peace
was the Alsace-Lorraine question.
Premier Clemenceau had replied that
it would be impossible to negotiate
on that basis.
Count Czernin said that the colos
sal struggle in the west had already
been started; that the Austrian and
Hungarian troops were fighting shoul
der to shoulder together for the de
fense of Austria and Germany, and
that come what may she would not
sacrifice Germany’s Interests any more
than Germany would sacrifice Aus
tria's interests. He concluded by say
ing that "we are not fighting for im
perialistic or annexationist aims, for
ourselves or for Germany,”
FRENCH BREAK
Attack by Knemy at Morueil Repuls
ed and Ground Gained Nortli of
Plemont—Paris Bombarded
PARIS, April 3.—German attacks
south of Morueil last night were re
pulsed by the French troops who
drove the enemy back in disorder and
gained some ground. A German at
tack near Plemont was repulsed and
ground also gained at Rollot. The Ger
mans attacked several times last night
in force at Moreuil but in every case
were driven hack with losses.
The bombardment of the city was
resumed again today at ten o'clock
by the big siege guns. The damage
done by the bombardment is small
anil is chiefly confined to priyafe
dwellings. One shell fell near the
.South Market, bursting and killing
several horses, hut no one was injur
ed.
Successful Raid
LONDON. April 3.—British troops
report a successful raid on the ene
my northeast of Loos anil also or.e
northeast of Poelcapelle. Several
prisoners and machine guns were cip
• u red.
Old Council Re-elected Without 0|i|«)
sitioli—Wlieat School Director—
Return* from other Town*
The city election passed off quietly
yesterday, a light vote being polled
on account of the blinding snowstorm
prevailing. The deep snow prevented
the ladies from getting to the polls iu
any numbers, only the experienced
mushers braving the unfathomable
depths to cast their vote for school
director.
Krnest 11. Wheat was elected school
director over Win. A. Dolan, the pres
ent incumbent by a majority of 69
votes.
The vote follows:
For Common <'ounci!
CARLSON 126
CRAWFORD 143
1)1 MON D DID
PATTERSON 126
Ql' INN 154
SMITH 4 16 2
WOOD 141
DIERING ER 21
lllGGS. 5
A scattering of 13 votes were cast.
For School Director—
DOLAN . 56
WHEAT . 145
Total vote cast .204
Valentine Re-elected
JUNEAU. April 3.—Emery Valen
tine was re-elected mayor of Juneau
yesterday by 17 votes, along with
Peter Carlson. E. F. Ellinger, Chas.
Hanson on the same ticket. J. H.
Montgomery was elected on the oppo
sition ticket. A large vote was polled.
Lenroot Elected in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE. April 3.—Repre
sentative Lenroot was elected to the
senate yesterday by a substantial
vote. Davies, the democratic nominee,
was second; and Victor Berger, so
cialist, was a poor third.
Socialists Are Beaten
CHICAO. April 3.—All of the thir
ty-three socialists running for Aider
men in yesterday's election were badly
defeated.
Seward Electa Council
SEWARD, April 3.—At the elec
tion held here yesterday Harry V. Ho
ben was elected mayor; E. L. Whit
temore, Jacob L. Graef, Erich Lucas,
and S. M. Graff were elected member*,
of the comAon ciuncll.
George Phelps defeated Mrs. Bal-*
laine as clerk of the school board, »ndr
Dr. Romlg defeated Julian Reed a^
treasurer. __
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