VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910 NUMBER 304
WILL MOBILIZE
LABORFOR WAR
ASKS FOR COMPULSORY POWERS
Lloyd George Will Attempt to Prove
Efficiency In the Manufacture of
War Munitions—Labor Leaders
Dubious of Success.
LONDON, Dec. 21.—Premier Lloyd
» George is planning the mobilization
of labor to carry on the manufacture
of war munitions with increased
speed and efficiency. Beginning with
a plan embracing the calling for vol
unteer enlistments in the government
service, he will ask parliament for
compulsory powers over labor in the
event the plan fails to secure the re
quired number of laborers. Labor
lenders are dubious over the success
of the plan for immediate conscrip
tion.
MEXICANS ARE
THREATENING
TROOPS ORDERED TO ARIZONA
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Funston Commands Col. Wilson to
Send Troops to Ajo to Quell the
Mexicans Who Are Becoming Dan
gerous According to Authorities.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 21.—
General Funston, commander ot the
American troops along the border,
has issued orders to Col. Wilson, com
manding the troops in the Yuma dis
* trict, to send a sufficient force of sol
diers to the Ajo, Arizona district, to
quell the Mexicans, who have become
threatening.
RATIFY SALE OF
ISLANDS TO AMERICA
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 20.—The
plebiscite held yesterday to ratify the
r sale of the Danish West Indies result
ed in a vote of 283,000 votes for and
147,000 against. Women voted at the
, election for the first time.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20.—
Word that the sale of the Danish
West Indies to the United States had
been ratified was gratifying news j
the State department.
* Moose Dinner
Tomorrow is the last day to secure
tickets for the Moose Christmas Din
, ner. For sale by the Secretary A. E.
Rucker.
Family Wiped Out by Fire.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 21.—Roy
A. White and wife and three children
perished here last night in a hotel
^ fire. Several firemen were overcome
by smoke in an effort to rescue them.
, Gateway Enlarges
The Seward Gateway has been en
larged to a six-page, seven column
sheet, and is now the largest news
paper in the Territory outside of Ju
neau and Anchorage.
NOTEl* HORTICULTURIST
. TO TAKE YOUNG BRIDE
SANTA ROSA. Calif., Dec. 31 —
'y Luther Burbank, the noted horticul
turist, married his young secretary,
Elizabeth Walters, today, according
to an announcement made yesterday.
Sailing Postponed.
t The scheduled sailing of the Ala
meda from Seattle on December 24,
Iju been postponed until the 27th, ac
cording to Information received at the
4 local office of the company.
C. H. Mills returned yesterday
from Wells Bay, where he has been
engaged in doing development work
4 on his mining property.
Jack McCarthy has taken a posl
I tion with Louie’s Cafe as waiter.
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Teddy Johnson returned this morn
ing on the Spokane from Seward. ^
UNCLE SAM’S FIRST ARMORED RAILWAY CAR
Photo by American Press Association.
Tlie i'ui was completed and delivered In just twenty-seven days after the order was placed. On its top It
u omits otic three-inch field nun and has ports from which twenty (tuns can be operated
GUARDS CLAIM
DEFEATOUTLAWS
FIGHT SOUTHWEST CHIHUAHUA
Outlaws Under Command of General
Baudelio Uribe, Most Vicious of
Villa Commanders, Are Put to
Flight After Sharp Battle.
JUAREZ, Dec. 21.—It is reported
that the Chihuahua home guards and
a band of Villistas under General
Baudelio Uribe, the most cruel and
vicious of the Villista commanders,
engaged in a sharp fight southwest of
Chihuahua City. The guards claim
to have won a decisive victory over
the bandits, putting them to flight.
SHARP FIGHTING
EASTERN FRONT
RUSSIANS AND RUMANIANS FLEE
Are Disputing Every Inch of Ground
with Teutons in Dubrudja—Teu
tons Repulsed on the Danube—Lit
tle Doing in Macedonia
PARIS, Dec. 21.—Advices from
the Macedonian front state that a
dense fog prevails there and that the
fighting has dwindled to clashes be
tween the patrols.
Allies Still Retreating.
BERLIN, Dec. 21.—An official bul
letin issued by the war office today
states that the Russians and Ruma
nians are still retreating before the
Teuton advance and are disputing ev
ery inch of ground.
Teutons Repulsed.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 21.—Advices
from Dobrudja state that heavy at
tacks by the Teutons along the left
bank of the Danube has beeu repuls
ed with heavy losses.
Oscar Brink is wearing a bandage
on his chin as the result of an acci
dent yesterday while engaged in
freighting from the beach to the
Three In One mine. A sled broke away
and struck him on the chin, inflict
ing a severe wound.
E. S. Hewitt, the “L. C. Smith
man,” came over from the westward
on the Spokane.
Miss Effie Davis, who for some
months paBt has been connected with
the St. Elias hotel, was an outgoing
passenger on the Spokane.
Henry Miller, after spending the
summer with the Engineering Com
mission at Anchorage, returned on
the Spokane.
MANY STARVING WHILE
FEW GROWING WEALTHY
AMSTERDAM. Dec. 21.—In the
course of discussion in the Prussian
diet on the question of an increase
in the salaries of minor officials, the i
socialist deputy. Stroebel, according |
to the Voerwaerts, attacked those |
who were receiving great war profits,
while the mass of the people were
starving. The deputy quoted the cases
of minor railway officials who were;
notonly short commons but were suf- j
fering from hunger, their income not I
being sufficient to buy their alloted j
amount of food. The speaker conclud- j
ed: "We long and hope for any peace j
mediation in the interest of the of-!
ficial state workers whose sufferings!
are increasing the longer the war
lasts."
WILL TAKE BODY
10JLD HOME
SERVICES HELD LAST NIGHT
Body of Former Deputy Marshal A. F.
Sullivan Held in Seattle—Inter
ment to Be at Stillwater, Minneso
ta, His Birthplace.
SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—Funeral ser
vices over the remains of the late Al
bert F. Sullivan were held here last
night, and the body was taken aboard
a train and will go to his birthplace,
Stillwater, Minnesota, for interment.
BRITISH REPLY
BEFORE XMAS
PROPOSALS BEING DISCUSSED
German Proposal Has Been Object of
Discussion In Cabinet Ever Since
Receipt and Immediate Action Is
Expected.
LONDON, Dec. 21.—It was an
nounced today that there was a strong
possibility of the British reply to the
German peace proposal being an
nounced before Christmas. The Ger
man note has been the subject of dis
cussion in the cabinet since being re
ceived and it is expected immediate
action will be taken.
Capt. Duncan Stewart, with the
launch Eagle, left tor down the bay
this morning with several passengers.
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Supt. L. L. Mlddelkamp, of the El
lamar mine, was a visitor in town
yesterday afternoon.
Capt. John Johnson, with the
launch Tokek Lou, came up from El
lamar yesterday afternoon, and re
turned last evening.
ALLIES MUST
F0R6ET PAST
PEACE OTHERWISE IMPOSSIBLE
Germany Is Ready to Grant Equitable
Terms and Will Meet Allies More
Than Half Way in Negotiations for
Peace.
WASHINGTON', D. C.. Dec. Hi.—
Peaoe iu Europe is impossible unless
the Entente Allies are willing to for
get the past, is the assertion of the
German diplomats in this city, in out
lining the position of their govern
ment. Germany, they declare, is will
ing to grant equitable terms to the
Allies, and is willing to meet theta
more than half way in the negotia
tions to bring about an end of the
itruggle.
BI6 COMPANY
IS ORGANIZED
TO WORK TJOSEVIG PROPERTY
Corporation With Two and One-Half
Millions Capitalization Formed to
Take Over Copper Property Near
Famous Bonanza Mine.
SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—The organi
zation of the Tjosevlg-Kennecott Cop
per Company, which recently took
over the copper properties at the
Tjosevig brothers near the famous
Bonanza and Jumbo properties of the
Kennecott Copper Corporation at
Kennecott, Alaska, has been com
pleted. The capital stock of ihe com
pany is $2,500,000. The corporation
was promoted by Seattle and Spo
kane capitalists, and D. K. McDon
ald of Spokane has been elected pres
ident of the company| Half a million
dollars worth of the stock has been
subscribed for in New York.
Immediate development of the
property on an extensive scale is
planned by the company, and It is ex
pected a branch line from the prop
erty to the Copper River & North
western railway will be constructed
to facilitate the shipping of the ore.
GETTING WEDDING SUPPER
COSTS BRIDE HER LIFE
WHATLA, Ala., Dec. 5.—While
preparing a wedding supper at her
fathers home, after the wedding cer
emony, Mrs. A. H. Force, wife of a
wealthy farmer of this district was
fatally burned to death. Kerosene
used in the range exploded and set
Are to the bride’s clothing. She died
a few hours later. Her mother was
badly burned trying to extinguish
the flames.
PRESIDENT SPRINGS SURPRISE
ON GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
WITHOUT PREVIOUS NOTICE ISSUES AN APPEAL TO THE BELLIG
ERENT NATIONS OF EUROPE TO GET TOGETHER AM) DISCUSS
TERMS OF PEACE—MAVS HE EXPECTS GERMAN TERMS AND
GUARANTEES FOR PEACE WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS —
LANSING SAYS COUNTRY ON BRINK OF BEING DRAWN INTO
WAR—NEUTRALITY IS INTOLERABLE.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 21.—
Without actually proposing peace or
making any offer of mediation. Presi
dent Wilson appeals to all of the bel
ligerents to discuss peace terms, and
suggests that an early occasion be
embraced for a conference. The Presi
dent states that he is expecting notes
giving the views of Germany and the
terms upon which it would be pos
sible to conclude the war and satis
factory guarantees for the preserva
tion of peace.
The announcement of the Presi
dent created the greatest surprise iu
official circles, as it was entirely with
out previous notice. Wilson express
ed the hope that the spirit in which
he makes the suggestion will be un
derstood by the belligerent nations,
and that the response to his sugges
tions will bring new light to the
World. He declared the position of
the United States to be unimpaired,
and the prospect for a conference be
tween the warring nations on the sub
ject of peace to be immeasurably im
proved.
Secretary of State Lansing, speak
CHANCELLOR IS
SOLE ARBITER
HAS FULL POWER TO TREAT
Hollweg Uses Threat to Resign As a
flub to fom|>el Ijeuders to Grant
Him Full Powers to Arrange tlie
Terms of Peace.
LONDON, Dec. 21.—A dispatch
from Zurich, Switzerland, received
here today, states that Chancellor von
Hollweg has had a conference with
the party leaders in Berlin, and has
secured full powers to conduct peace
negotiations with the Entente Allies
without consulting the leaders as to
terms. The Chancellor, it is said,
used the threat to resign as a club
to compel the leaders to grant his de
mands.
Mariposa Due Tonight.
The steamer Mariposa arrived at
Cordova this morning from the south
and is scheduled to sail from there
for Valdez at 6 o’clock this evening,
and is expected to arrive here about
midnight.
Watson Sails for Valdez.
SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—The steamer
Admiral Watson sailed from here
last night (or Valdez and way ports.
Her passengers (or Valdez are J. H.
Ingram and Annie Austin. For La
touche Jack Harriman and J. Mur
phy. __
M. H. Skrivan has resigned his po
sition at Louie’s Cafe and will leave
on the next boat (or the States. A
rich widow in the neighborhood of
Seattle is said to be the attraction.
Having successfully managed J. E.
Wilson’s campaign (or Road Overseer,
entailing the most arduous labor, Mr.
Skrivan (eels that he is fen titled to
a long vacation.
Phil Williams, formerly with the
Katalla Company, and an old-time
partner of John Biggs in .the Cook In
let country, but now engaged in min
ing in the Tanana Hot SCprings dis
trict arrived in Cordova a few days
ago (rom the Interior, according to
advices received yesterday by Mr.
Biggs, and will leave on the next
boat (or the States. Mr. Williams has
had a very successful season.
The launch Shamrock, Captain 1 Im
Marcum, arrived in port from down
the Sound this afternoon.
ing officially, created a tremendous
sensation when he plainly hinted that
the United States was on the verge of
being drawn into the war. He declar
ed the neutrality of the country was
becoming intolerable; that her rights
were being constantly invaded, and
the situation is becoming increasingly
critical. This, he declared, and the
desireto keep the country out of the
struggle, was the reason for Presi
dent Wilson’s action.
Members of the British diplomatic
corps in this city expressed the ut
most surprise at the statement of the
Secretary as to the American posi
tion. At the German embassy the
members were consistently hopeful.
Count Von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador says a conference bo
tween representatives of the warring
nations is certain, and says the ac
tion of the President parallels that
of President Roosevelt in 1905, in
connection with the Russo-Japanese
war.
At the White House everybody was
non-commital. refusing to discuss* the
situation.
Oil piCANS
STATIONED AT SANTA MARIA
Fifty Shots Are Fired by a Band of
Mexicans on Company K. of the
First Oklahoma Regiment—No
Casualties Reported.
SAN BENITO, Texas. Dec. 21.—
Advices received here this morning
state that a body of Mexicans fired
50 shots at Company B of the First
Oklahoma regiment, stationed at
Santa Maria, this state. So far as
learned no casualties occurred.
Estmere Declared Insane
Charles Estmere, a Juneau civil en
gineer, who went to Anchorage just
prior to the recent election, ou the
self-charged mission of demonstrat
ing to the residents of Anchorage
that Delegate Wickersham was only
about 50 per cent efficient, and who
had elaborately worked cut tables to
demonstrate this fact, has been de
clared insane by a jury in the Com
missioner’s court at that place. Est
mere, not long since, sent to tha Sec
retary of the Interior Lane, at Wash
ington, charges against the Alaska
Engineering Commission, alleging
that they were wantonly wastingtim
ber and proposing remedies for the
waste.
Polish Council Provisional
BERLIN, Dec. 21.—The Polish
state council which is established in
the Polish territory occupied by Ger
man and Austro-Hungarian troops
will be a provisional body, to remain
in office until elections have been
held and a permauent administra
tion has been set up s .ys the Over
seas News Agency. Of the twenty
five members of the council, fifteen
will be appointed from the territory
organized by the Germans and ten
from that held by the Austrians.
A Handsome Price.
The management of the Empress
Theatre will award a month’s ticket
for the best character at the Eagle's
masquerade ball, on New Year’s eve,
representing a “Movie” star shown
on the screen at the Empress Theatre.
Attorney Wm. Whittlesey was a
through passenger on the Spokane
from Seward to the States.He will
go as far east as the national capital.