VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1916. NUMBER «.
H LINER
HIED GUNS
Passengers State that Guns were
Mounted on Liner-by Order of
the Italian Government.
NEW VORK, Jan. 7.—The Italian
liner Guiaeppi Verdi arrived in New
York yesterday from Genoa, with a
number of passengers, most of whom
were Americans returning from Fu
rope.
The steamer carried two four inch
guns mounted on her stern but the of
ficers of the steamer refused to be in
terviewed regarding the arming of
passenger ships. The passengers,
bower, stated that it was under
stood that the Italian government had
been responsible for mounting the
guns, which were intended to repel
attacks ft^p submarines
The passehgers report that the
Italian liner Saloniki, which was tor
pedoed in the Mediterranean sec.
early last month is still afloat and
is a menace to navigation. The
Cusieppi Verdi, while running at
night with her lights out to avoid
submarines, narrowly escaped a col
lision with the derelict.
It is admitted in official circles
that the fact that the Italian steam
ers have been armed will further
complicate the controversy bstwesn
the American and Austrian govern
ments concerning the controversy
between the American and Austrian
governments concerning the sinking
«f steamers by Austrian submarines.
The officials of the Italian steam
ship company have also been notlf.ed
by American officials that It Is con
trary to international law for mer
chant ships to enter America! ports
with mounted guns and that they
must be removed.
Public Social.
The whole town is invited to the
Quarterly Social of the Congregation
al church which will be held this eve
ning. These socials have become
quite popular and this one promises
to be the best yet. Rev. J. F. Duns
tan has arranged an excellent pro
gram of novel amusements. Mrs. E.
Winter is the chairman of the refresh
ment committee.
SEWARD 1AY GO
TO THE ORIENT
Tremendous Demand for Preight Car
riers Between Puget Sound and
the Oriental Porte.
It is rumored that the Alaska
Steamship company has been offered
liberal terms for a charter of the
freighter Seward by a company oper
ating between Puget Sound and the
Orient and that the offer will prob
ably be accepted. There is a tre
mendous shortage of freight carriers
on the Pacific coast and vessels which
have been idle for years are again
being pressed into service.
Should the Seward be chartered to
j the Oriental company she will make
two trips across the Pacific and the
Steamship Victoria, which has been
on the Nome run for years, will make
a trip to Southwestern Alaska as a
freighter. She will leave Seattle on
January 16, via the outside route
coming direct to Cordova.
The Victoria has a large freigh*
carrying capacity and on her return
trip will load ore at Cordova to re
lieve ahe congestion there resulting
from the heavy shipments from the
Kennecott mine.
A copy of the Weston Leader. Ore
gon, received in yesterday’s mail
states that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butter
worth, of Valdes, Alaska, are spend
ing the holidays as gueBts of Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. DeMoas of that place. Mr.
DeMo88 was formerly furniture sales
man with the Valdes Bank & Mer
cantile company.
See Pete Korth at the Liberty The
atre tonight; amateur night.
TAKU GALE SWEEPS
GASTINEAU CHANNEL
JUNEAU, Jan. 7.—A Taku gale,
which swept up the channel yester
day caused considerable damage on
the waterfront, a number of small
craft being swamped or damaged by
being driven along the wharves.!
Many windows in the business section
of the city were broken as the gale
ripped off boards from the buildings
and sent them hurtling through the
air. The telephone and electric light
poles suffered and the power was off
for several hours during the day.
MISSIONARY WENT
DOWN WITH SHIP
Superintendent of Seventh Day Ad
ventists Missionary Work in
India on British Steamer.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7 —
Advices from London received by
Secretary Lansing state that Rev.
Homer R. Salisbury, of Washington,
was among the passengers of the
British liner Persia who were lost
when the steamer was torpedoed by
an Austrian submarine last Thursday.
Rev. Salisbury was a Seventh Day
Adventist missionary who had spent
years in India, where he was superin
tendent of the Adventist missionary
work. He sailed on the Persia for
Marseilles and was en route home.
The advices received by the State de
partment come from the officials of
the P. & O. line and were transmitted
to the American embassy at London.
It is reported that all the lifeboats
which escaped from the Persia when
she went down have been accounted
Cor and that Consul McNeely has
been given up as lost.
TUNGSTEN MINES
VERY PROFITABLE
Fairbanks Miners Receive 92,800 for
Ton of Concentrates which will
be Shipped by Post.
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 7.—Johnson
and Ewers, who are developing a
mine located near the head of Oil
more creek, have a lead of tungsten
ore which is four feet wide and has
been found to increase in size with
depth. The shaft is down more than
fifty feet and the values are increas
ing.
That the Fairbanks output of the
tungsten mines will find a ready mar
ket is indicated by the eagerness
with which users of the metal are
watching the development of the var
ious properties, as several of the big
companies in the states have sent rep
resentatives to investigate the mines
here.
Johnson and Ewers have sold the
concentrates from the ore taken from
the fifty foot shaft to the agent of the
Primos Chemical company of Primos,
Penn.,, at the rate of $2,800 per ton.
The concentrates will be sent to the
states by parcel post.
The fortunate miners have refus
ed to contract for their ores and have
Increased their force with a view of
making a shipment of fifty tons of
concentrates on the first steamer
after the opening of navigation.
COPPER QUOTED AT 25
CENTS, FUTURE DELIVERY
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—-The foreign
demand for copper continues una
bated and has caused tjie price of the
metal to Jump to 24 cents per pound.
Producers assert that there Is no sup
ply on hand for Immediate delivery,
and the quotations of 24 cents per
pound Is for future deliveries. It is
said that if there is any copper to be
sold tor immediately delivery that it
would bring an even higher price at
copper is expected to go to thirty
cents per pound during the next
three months.
Snbeorihe for the Protestor.
BRITISH STATESMEN WILL
PASS CONSCRIPTION BILL
VOTE ON FIRST READING SHOWED THAT ADVOCATES OF CON
SCRIPTION ARE IN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE—MEASURE WILL
NOT APPLY TO IRELAND—GENERAL HAMILTON IS OPPOSED
TO ALLIES ABANDONING THE DARDANELLES AND GALLIPOLI
CAMPAIGNS—ROME REPORTS DESPERATE BATTLE RAGING IN
THE ALPS WHERE AUSTRIANS WERE DRIVEN BACK.
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LONDON, Jan. 7.—A vote taken
this afternoon in the British House
of> Commons on the compulsory mili
tary measure shows that the bill will
be approved and that the. new British
army will be raised by conscription.
The vote on the first reading of the
bill showed that the government
strength stood four to one in favor
of the measure. Ireland will be ev
empted from the working of the
measure, which applies only to En
gland and Scotland. The age limit
will be from 18 to 42 years and will
include bachelors, young men am!
widowers without children.
Opposes Dardanelles Campaign.
LONDON, Jan. 7.—General Ham
ilton, who was deposed from the
leadership of the Allies troops at the
Dardanelles by Lord Kitchener, is op
posed to the retirement of the Brit
ish troops and the abandonment of
the campaign on Gallipoli peninsula.
He declares that it is unthinkable
that the Allies should abandon the
campaign which has cost them the
lives of more than one hundred thou
sand men and many valuable war
ships.
Great Battle la Alps.
ROME. Jan. 7.—The Italian war
office has posted a bulletin stating
that one of the most decisive battles
of the present war is now being wag
ed around Carnia, in the Alps be
tween Italian and Austrian troops.
It is reported here that the Austrians
have been forced back from their
first line of trenches and that many
prisoners have been taken. Deep
snow in the mountains has rendered
the movements of troops exceedingly
dangerous and many have been lost
by snowslides.
Turks May Invade Greece.
SALONIKI, Jan. 7.—A Turkish
army numbering more than one hun
dred and fifty thousand men has been
quietly mobiiued on the eastern bor
der of Greece and it is believed they
will invade King Constantine’s em
pire. The oerman and Austrian
troops have been withdrawn from
southern Serbia and were entrained
to be sent to reinforce the Austrians
who are being hard pressed in south
eastern Galicia. The Allies are re
ported as well prepared to meet the
threatened Invasion on the part of the
Sultan’s army.
TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS
OVER INTERIOR ALASKA
FAIRBANKS ESCAPED DAMAGE TO PROPERTY BUT TRAILS HAVE [
BEEN RENDERED IMPASSABLE AND IT IS FEARED THAT TRAV- |
ELERS WHO WERE CAUGHT IN STORM MAY HAVE PERISHED—
WAREHOUSES DESTROYED AT ST. MICHAEL AND PROPERTY
VALUED AT $50,000 LOST BY TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES —
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BIG OIL TANKS ABE WRECKED BY GALE.
FAIRBANKS, Jan, 7.—The worst
storm in many years raged over inte
rior Alaska last Tuesday and resulted
in enormous damage in some sections
of the territory. No damage was
done here but the roads and trails
have been rendered impassable.
It had been snowing almost con
tinuously for two days before the gale
struck this section and snowdrifts
are piled up ten and twelve feet high
in many parts of the city.
At Nome the damage resulting
from the gale was the. worst storm
since the waterfront was washed
away by the great storm of 1913. The
gale was most destructive at St.
Michael where the American-Yukon
Navigation company’s big warehouse
was demolished by the high tide
which was driven in by the gale. The
old N. A. T. ft T. company’s ware
house at St. Michael’s was blown
down.
The building of the American-Yu
kon Navigation company over the big
oil tanks was wrecked and four of
the six tanks destroyed. The loss at
St. Michael, is estimated by persons
who. are familiar with the property
destroyed to be approximately $50,
000.
VALDEZ PIONEER HAS
CROSSED OVER DIVIDE
K. Reed, one of the pioneers of
Valdez, died this afternoon at his
home near the Valdez hospital, from
heart disease. He had been a suffer
er for a long time from rheumatism
and had planned a trip to the Sitka
hot springs at an early date, but
death relieved him of his sufferings.
He had come to Valdez with the
Slate reek rush of 1907, and continu
ed to make his home here until he
died. He was about sivty years of
ate and was a member of the Frater
nal Order of Eagles, and the members
of that order have taken charge of the
body and will arrange for the fu
neral.
Very little is known of the early
life of deceased even by his most in
timate friends but it is known that
he Win tiont in Pennsylvania where
he has a sister living. He spent many
years in Colorado and Montana be
fore coming to Alaska.
Nugget jewelry made to order at
the Valdez Drug Co., by 0. O.
Reinke. tf
Weary Willie.
At the Liberty Tonight—amateur
night.
MARSHAL. CITY CAMP
LOOKS GOOD NOW.
Fairbanks Times: Mushing in
from the lower river, Dennis Mulca
hey reports that conditions at Mar
shal city, on the lower Yukon river,
are better than at any time since the
camp was first struck, almost two
years ago. Mr. Mulcahey came thru
from Nome and is on his way Outside
to undergo medical treatment and
did not have much time to investi
gate the camp himself but he was in
formed by a friend of his whom he
met at Unalakleet, that there would
be more money cleaned up there than
when the water stated to run than
ever before. Three outfits are report
ed to be taking out good-sized dumps
and are in the pay. Several others
are operating on a smaller scale, while
about 20 men are prospecting.
At Nome, business Is rather quiet,
the traveler reports, but the mining
men think that next summer will be
even boner than last season. The
people of Nome are up In arms, as
usual, over the poor mail servioe, but
have been unable to Induce the de
partment to do anything tor them.
Panoramic view* of Child's and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdes Drug
store. tt
FOURTEEN PERISH WHEN
RIVER STEAMER SINKS.
PARKER8BURG, W. Va., Jan. 7.—
Fourteen persons were drowned yes
terday when the river steamer Kana
wha sank in the Ohio river a short
distance below this city. When the
news of the accident reached here a
tremendous sensation was caused, as
many local people were known to be
passengers. Only meagre details of
the accident have been received but
it is believed the disaster was due
to an explosion of the steamer’s boil
ers.
TEUTONIC LOSSES j
WERE ENORMOUS
Petrograd Dispatches to London
Times Reports Germans Driven
Back from Defenses.
LONDON, Jan. 7.—The correspon
dent of the London Times with the
Russian army in the north has sent
dispatches to his paper announcing
that the Russian offensive has driven
the German troops from their defen
sive positions, with enormous losses.
It is reported that the Germans, al
though greatly outnumbered, repeat
edly attempted to recover the lost po
sitions and were literally mowed
down at close range.
The dispatches to the Times have
been confirmed by official advices re
ceived by the British war office from
Petrograd. The Russian war office
also states that the Russian offensive
in Galicia is being waged in ordei|
that the Teutons will be prevented
from sending reinforcements from
the south to the battle zone in the
north.
MANY MACHINES
COMING TO VALDEZ
Reported that Arthur Wilcox will
Bring Nine Machines and Es
tablish Stage Lines.
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Valdez passengers returning on
the Alameda yesterday from the
States report that all indications
point to a number of auto stages be
ing operated next summer between
Valdez and Fairbanks.
It is reported that Arthur Wilcox,
who was formerly connected with the
Big Four Mining company on Mineral
creek, will bring nine machines north
at an early date in order to arrange
for a supply of fuel being taken in to
be cached at points along the route.
It will be remembered that before
leaving Valdez last fall Wilcox pur
chased the tax title to the Young
Men’s Christian association lots from
/uoert White and announced that he
intended using the concrete founda
tion as a garage.
The success which attended the op
eration of stages from Fairbanks to
the coast last summer haB attracted
wide attention on the outside and
many drivers who have been employ
ing their machines as jitneys in the
cities will come to Alaska to com
pete for a share of the stage busi
ness.
One gentleman who is in close
touch with transportation affairs In
the north, states that he knows of
seventeen machines, including the
Wilcox outfit, which will make Val
dez uieir heuuquarters next summer.
STEAMSHIP PEREGIA /
HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
ROME, Jan. 7.—According to wire
less advices received from the steam
ship Peregia, that steamer narrowly
escaped collision with the wreck of
the steamer Salonikl, which war tor
pedoed in the Mediterranean by a
submarine. It is reported that the
wreck is almost entirely submerged
and is dangerous to navigation.
See Pete Korth at the Liberty The
ater tonight, amateur night.
Hots arm of
Secretary Garrison Wants Hi* Hun
dred Million Dollars for Na
tional Defense Program.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 7.
Secretary Garrison, of the War de
partment. today laid before the
House committee on military affairs,
his plans for creating a mobile fed
eral force of more than one million
men before the end of six years.
His plans also include the equip
ment of the coast defenses and the ac
cumulation of reserve supplies of mo
nitions which it is estimated would
be sufficient to last the army until
the government could organize to
keep up the supply.
According to the figures submit
ted by Secretary Garrison the na
tional defense program of the admin
istration, if it is favorably acted upon
by congress will cost the nation the
huge total of six hundred million dol
lars to inaugurate the system of de
fenses and two hundred million dol
l&rs each year thereafter.
Speaking before the committee
Secretary Garrison said: "There
will be those who believe and assert
that the time when war can be avoid
ed by negotiation or arbitration or
other like means will be advanced if
America should refrain from adopt
ing a proper military policy, but will
be set back if we do. It is difficult
to comprehend on what basis such a
belief can reasonably rest, and there
fore it is difficult to reason abont it.
It seems to rest upon the argument
that if we are feeble and weak in ac
tion that we will be strong and per
suasive in counsel. That by avow
edly neglecting to prepare to proteet
our rights we will be the better able
to secure our protection by appeal to
arbitration or by argument.
“No one need have the slightest
fear that our voice for peaceful set
tlement of the quarrels of nations will
receive any the less attention because
we stand for the right and are pre
pared to maintain it at any proper
cost. On the contrary, the voice of
such a one is always listened to and
usually controls.
MAY MAKE VISIT
TO SWITZERLAND
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Reported that Ford Expedition will
Have Privilege of Crossing
Germany After Conference.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7—The mem
bers of the Henry Ford expedition left
here last night in a special train pro
vided by the uerman government to
carry them through German terri
tory to the border of Holland.
The peace conference will be held
at The Hague, after which it is re
ported that the party will be allowed
by the German government to visit
Switzerland 6y passing through Ger
man territory despite the fact that
the American government refused to
grant passports except to neutral
countries.
Several members of the expedition
refused to avail themselves of the
opportunity of reaching The Hague,
and have quit the party. Among
those quitting the party yesterday
was S. S. McClure, publisher of Mc
Clure’s magazine. He now believes
that no good can be accomplished by
the expedition and will return home.
It is expected that the Oscar, the
peace ship will go to Rotterdam,
where she will meet the party after
the conference, to carry them to
American.
Fred Ltlllgren and daughter,
Amanda, are In Valdez from Naked
Islands where they operate a large
fox ranch. They are guests at tjbe
St. Ellas.
Amateur Tonight.
At the Liberty Theatre tonight 1*
amateur night. A goof show.