VOLATKH XXV. VALDRZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, D8CRMBKR 81, 1817 NUMBER 808
GUATEMALA CITY
ISJSTROVED
Heries of Earthquake Hhocks Begin
ning Chri-tlinax Day Wipe* out
Central American Town
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 31.—
. Another earthquake shock at Guate
, mala City, far heavier than any pre
I feeding, virtually finished the destruc
| tion of the city today. The navy de
' lartment reports everything in ruins
and 125,000 people in the streets
i without food or shelter. American
naval vessels have been ordered to
tender every assistance in their pow
er.
A series of heavy earthquake
shocks began Christmas day, culmin
ating with the violent shock which
completed the work of destruction.
One Thousand Dead
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—One thous
and persons are reported dead in Gua
temala city, according to cablegrams
received here today.
BRITAIN’S WAR COST
REACHES HUGE HUM
LONDON, Dec. 31.—Andrew Uonar
i^aw. chancellor of the exchequer, in
troducing a vote of credit in the house
of commons today, said he estimated
that the present vote would carry the
expenditures to the end of Starch,
1918. He declared that the average
daily expenditure in the last three
days was 6,794,000 pounds and for
the period since the end of the last
financial year, 6,686,000 pounds. If
the war should be still in progress
when the next fiscal year began, Mr.
Bonar Law said, it would be the duty
of the chancellor to devise additional
taxation, so as to make it certain that
when the war ended there would be no
possibility of having to impose new
taxations.
WAN WATCHING :
SUV SITUATION
If Bolsheviki Attempt to Establish a
Government Will Seize Vladi
vostok and Railway
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 31.—
Japan to watching the Bolshevik! sit
nation, and if there are signs that the
Bolshevik! has won out in the recent
revolntion and they attempt to set up
a government, she will land troops
in Russia, seize Vladivostok and the
trans-Siberian railway, and set heir
pips for fbe conquest of the larger
pah Of Siberia. This statement may be
accepted a* representing the situation
ns shaped by the allied governments.
Ihr^ b. &ivi* Deed
WASHINGTON, D, C., Dec. 31.—
Dr. A- P- Mejyln. chief pf the bureau
of animal industry and well known to
the country as the government's fore
most figure in combatting foot and
uiouth disease and other diseases of
cattle, died at his home here last
night of Pulmonary hemorrhage. He
I was SS years old.
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f ) BANDITS PRETEND TO BE *
' , MOVING PlCfTtlRR MEN
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, „• . CULVER CITY, Cal., Dec. 31.—
Two men, pretending to be making a
motion picture, held up and robbed
the Culver City Commercial ft Sav
ings bank today and escaped with
gold and. currency estimated at slight
ly more than $10,000.
< WASHINGTON MAN IN
JACOB JONES’ CREW
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 31.—
) t he name ot Boyd Martell Hamp, of
Cashmere, Wash., appears in the list
ir * enlisted men on the United States
v<u .troyer Jacob Jones, destroyed by
e torpedo in the war zone. Hamp en
| listed as an electrician.
• 'I- Mire, Neis Jepson was an outgoing
#*, tie m|u#r Admiral
4. *®F •*• will e$
tor fo*** Pfkoti*
to visit her mother who is reported
aerie«g$r UL
ONE OF THE GERMAN “PILL BOXES” ON THE WEST FRONT
The icrrilie IWnMi and French auntlre in Flanders Inis caused the Germans m uhundon Intricate trench struc
ture for defens, purposes, and they huve now devised concrete and steel outposts defended with machine gun*
known as "pill hoses." They are proving less formidable than the trenches. One of them Is hero shown after its
capture hy the lliirlsli.
IARGE QUANTITY
LIQUOR SEIZED
Authorities in Seattle Gather in Many
Hanks of Booze and Near Booze
—Seattle to be Dry
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—Twenty-two
hundred end fifty quarts of whiskey
and two hundred gallons of wines
have been seized bjf the authorities
nince Saturday noon. The new chief
of police is searching every person ar
riving in the city whom he suspects
of having liquors concealed upon his
person, and states that Seattle will
be dry from now on if it is possible for
the police to make it so. Alaska ves
sels are being closely watched to pre
vent liquors being sent from that ter
ritory. which goes dry tomorrow.
01.1) SOUTH IS
UNDER SNOW liUANKKT
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 31.—Vir
ginia, North and South Carolina and
Northeast Georgia were covered to
day by one of the heaviest December
snowfalls in history. From the moun
tains to tidewater snow was reported
to have reached a depth of from eight
to ten inches.
REGISTRATION GERMAN
ALIENS FEBRUARY FOURTH
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 31.—
The week of February has been set
tor the registration of unnaturalized
Germans in the United States.
MERCHANTS TO OBSERVE
EIGHT HOUR DAY
The business houses of Val4es will
observe the eight-hour daJ commenc
ing tomorrow. A majority of the
stores will open at 8:30 o’clock and
Close at 6:30.
MAJ. GEN. HARRY HALE
tut. Gen. Harry Hale, U. 8. A, dow
commander of Camp Zachary Tayter,
near Loulavilla, Ky, and which cam*
prlaaa aalactad man from Illinois IndL
tnl K1|nty>TMHR of tut NatioAii
UK1HONER8 ARRIVE
FROM THE WESTWARD
W. VV'. Getcholl, representing the
Marshal’s office at Seward, came over
on the Admiral Evans bringing Wil
liam Williams, a slacker, arrested at
Seward, who will remain here until
his trial takes place. He also bruught
over Tony Kalneau. arrested at Sew
ard on a warrant from Juneau charg
ing him with obtaining money under
false pretenses. He will be taken thru
to the capital city. Mr. Getcheli will
accompany Deputy Marshal A. C.
Dowling, who goes out with Charles
Seagreen and “Hastus” Wilson, both
committed to the Momingside sani
tarium.
United States Deputy Marshal A1 j
Dowling sailed on the steamer Admir-1
al Evans, this afternoon with two I
prisoners consigned to Mornlngslde
asylum. Chas. Seagreen and Charles
“Rastus” Wilson.
PRES. ECHES
DIES IN SOUTH
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Well Known Steamship Official Suc
cumbs While In Search of Health
at Florida Resort
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SEATTLE. Dec. 31.—S. W. Eccles,
president of the Alaska Steamship
Company, residing in New York, died
today at San Augustine. Fla., where
he had gone to spend the winter in
search of health.
PACIFIC STEAMBHtf* CO.
INSTALLS SOFT DRINKS
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—The vessels
of the Pacific Steamship Company of
this port, on both the Alaska and Cal
ifornia runa will cease their traffic in
wines and liquors alter today. Soft
drink dispensaries will be fitted up.
where women and children may quaff
the cup that cools without inebriat
ing. Alaska going dry tomorrow has
put J^hn barleycorn on the toboggan
and the steamship company has cut
his acquaintance.
Sixteen Freeee to Death end Hundreds
Need Medical Attention From _
Leek of Feel and Food
NEW YORK. Dec. »t.—Bleteen
figatfffl&sattsp
less thousands are SUfiarlnd acutely
because of a took ,ol m®d«l I'M
and food lAjtf&eUr thdfUftry to
thirteen defeeds below ssraahdit to
feared tl4Ukd.MkNU.VttUlU.TM7
jt«rf before the weather moderated
I
FLOODS I UP
Past. Twenty-six Hours lias Witnessed
Greatest Hoods in History State
—Torrential Kalns
SEATTLE. Dec. 31.—Every trans
continental line running out of Seat
tle has been tied up for the past 26
hours by the torrential rainfall, which
has flooded the low places and caus
ed small brooks to become raging tor
rents. Many miles of track are under
water, and all trains are at a stand
still.
HUM BOMBED,
MANY KILLED
(iennnn Muchiuew Fly Over Italian
City and Drop ItunilK Wounding
Many Women anil Children
ITALY, Dec. 31.—An enemy fleet
of airplanes participated in an aerial
raid over the city of Padua yesterday,
kilting thirteen persons and wound
ing 60, many of the latter being wo
men and children. Padua is a fortified
city in the province of the same name,
and is celebrated in history aB being
the birthplace of the Roman historian
Livy, and the college of Padua.
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A.MKKICAN VOLUNTEERS
LAND IN FRANCK
PARIS, Dec. 31.—A contingent of
American volunteers arrived at a
French port here today. They were
received with extensive military and
civil honors and received a great ova
tion. «
U. S. Commissioner Ralph V. An
derson, of Seldovla, Is a visitor In
town, having come over on the Evans
this morning.
CLERK LANG MADE
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang has
been appointed Food Administrator
for this division. The object of the
commission is to prevent waste of
food products, and to enlist the bead
of every houshold la the campaign to
eliminate waste of every character.
Mr. Lang will make an active Cam
paign to enlist the people of this di
vision in this project to conserve the
I f06d supply of the territory.
■ ; » W.■**«■
I Mr. end Mrs. Freak Maitey wlU
Ike outging passengers cm tkd steam
shlp Admiral Dvane Mr Oakland.
California, on a business trip. Mr.
Matvey, who Mi keen engineer for
the loeci ught enttganyi win retarn
in Taidee M tMdt three mehtke.
WkiM MM. Maivey tHii Matt reiatmn
la Kentncky.
WOMAN SOCIALIST
IS ANTI-DRAFT HR
BISMARCK. N. D.. Dec. 31.—Mrs
Kate Richards O’Hare, a socialist lec
turer and author, was found guilty
of Interfering and attempting to ob
struct the recruiting service in the
United States army. In the district
court here today.
The charges grew out of a lecture
delivered at Bowman on July 17,
1917. It was charged in the indict
ment that Mrs. O’Hare said American
mothers who gave their boys to the
army were "no better than brood
sows.”
Judge Wade reserved sentence for
one week to further consider tbe case.
ITALIANS TAKE
MANY mNERS:
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Fourteen Hundred Men and Sixty Ma- |
chine Gums and Cannon Taken on
Monte Tombare Heights
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ROME, Dec. 31.- in tlie Monte j
Tombare region today the Italian!
troops captured many positions be-'
tween Osteria and Dimonferrena and
Marankine. The. war office announced
today that 1400 prisoners and 60 ma
chine guns had been taken, also sev
en cannon.
AUSTRIANS ROUNDED
I P BY V. S. AGENTS j
!
WASHINGTON. D. Dec. 31 j
The round up of Austro-Hungarian '
enemies began today throughout the
United States, with agents of the de- j
partment of justice being assisted by
local authorities.
All Austro-Hungarians were barred >
from the 100-yard zones established,
about piers, docks, warehouses and i
terminals, and will be required to reg-j
ister.
latinr
IN SIBERIA!
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French Consul Killed and Town Set
on hire Itolsheviki—Street
Fighting Underway
PEKING. Dec. 31.—Civil war is in
progress in Irkutsk in Eastern Sib
eria, in the trans-Siberian railway and
surrounding districts. The town was
set afire by the Red Guards after they
had murdered the French consul and
three other Frenchmen. Many women
and children were murdered. Heavy
street fighting is under way in Irk
utsk. The Bolshevikl are receiving re
inforcements hourly, and the Cossacks
while offering a determined resistance
to the Reds are greatly outnumbered.
Big Red Cross dance tonight at
Moose hall.
COMMANDER TODD
Commafeot Ddvld WOoiUr To^d.j
director of naval communication* and !
chief cable cenaor of tho navy. repr»
aonta the navy department on tha
bac{| |» jUjaidtpalntad by tho preal.
dmt l» oanaar outaoina mall. cabK
MUM M (WHHUHi iMMMMMMMl
MANS REJOICE
OVER PEACE PLAN
Pity Given Over to Celebration Peace
Negotiation*—War Prisoners to
He liberated
LONDON. Dec. 31- Dispatches
from Petrograd received here today
state that the whole city of Petrograd
has been given over to the celebration
of peace negotiations. The watch
words of the immense crowds which
throng the streets are; “Down with
International imperialism." and “long
live internationalism.’’
Will Release Prisoner*
IJREST LITOVSK. Dec. 31—A pro
visional agreement on a series of im
portant points, includtng liberation
of war prisoners by both nations, and
the resumption of commercial rela
tions with reparations were reached
here today by the commissioners dis
cussing separate peace. The reserva
tion was made that the agreement
must be examined and approved'by
the governments represented before
it became effective.
KKD CltOSH imiVK
IS .\ GKKAT SI I VKSH
Dr. Silverman, chairman of the lo
cal Ited Cross Chapter reports the
Christmas Week drive a great success.
One life member at $50 was obtain
ed; seven contributing members at
$5 each; 42 magazine members at $2
each; and 283 annual Christmas
members at $1 each, making a grand
total of 333 members and $452. This
shows that Valdez is in the front
ranks with other Alaskan towns, and
far ahead considering the number of
inhabitants.
redMIl
THjSJVENNG
1 steal Chapter Invites Kverybody to
Dance the Old Year Out At
Moose Hall Tonight
The local chapter of the Ked Cross,
as heretofore announced, will give a
dance in Moose Hall this evening and
everybody is invited to come with his
sisters, his cousins and his aunts. Also
his wife if he can fix it with her.
The usual admission of one dollar
for men will be taxed. Ladies free,
and the more of them the better. A
mild punch will be served at a jitney
a throw up to midnight. After that
lemonade will be the limit.
The proceeds of the dance will go
Into the local Red Cross treasury.
GERMANY SUES
FtRSTHARO BLOW
New Offensive Before (Umbrai Sal
ient Gains Foothold—Ejected
From Greater Portion
LONDON, Dec. 3i. — Germany
struck the first hard blow In a new
great offensive on the west front at
the southern end of the salient before
Cambral and gained a foothold in the
British trenches, from which they
were later ejected from all but n small
part.
SEATTLEITE SUICIDES TO
AVOID BEING CONSCRIPTED
SEATTLE, Dee. 31.—Rowland T.
Snndefs, d cleft of thin city commit
ted suicide today to avoid conscrip
tion. ^ _
OPEN HOUSE AT MOOSE
TdMOjftfeOtt AFTERNOON
The Order of Alaskan Moose Will
hold “open boose” tomorrow after
noon. Coffee and cite thill bib sorted
throughout urn Spy. ou4 manic for
fudai wlU ha furnished. ^