VOLUME TIT. VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1016 NUMBER 3(10
VILU MARCHES
ON TORREON
TROOPS PREPARE TO REPEL
i:x|>ect«d Bandit Will Soon Attack—
Sharp Fighting Reported South of
— Mexico City Where Diaz Has Cap
tured Town of Fls|»eranza.
EL PASO, Dec. 16.—Advices re
ceived here this morning state that
Villa with a large band of followers
is marching on Torreon, and it is an
ticipated will attack that city In the
immediate future. The Carranza
forces are making extensive prepara
tions to repel the attack.
Sharp fighting Is also reported
south of Mexico City where the
forces of Felix Diaz have captured
the important railway junction of
Esperanza and have driven the Car
ranza defenders back to the capital.
TEUTONS CAPTURE
IMPORTANT POINT
BULGARIANS ALSO ADVANCING
Von Mackensen Captures the Rail
way Center of Buzeu, the Gateway
j
to Moldavia—F'our Thousand Rus
sian Prisoners Taken.
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BERLIN. Dec. 16.—An official bul
letin issued by the war office this.
morning states that Von Mackensen
has captured the important railway
center of Buzeu, in Romania, tho
main gateway to Moldavia. The Bul
garians have crossed the Danube
into Rumania near Feteshti. Near
the western end of the Czernadova j
bridge four thousand additional Rus-:
sian prisoners were taken by the Teu-!
tons. The pursuit of the Rumanians 1
is being carried on relentlessly de-,
spite the bad weather.
BOM) OF MATRIMONY
FNTKRK1) AT CHITINA
The many friends of Mr. Frank
Shipp and Mrs. Sarah E. Dixon of
Chitina. will be pleased to heat of
their wedding, which took place at
Chitina on the evening of Saturday,
December 2, the Rev. E. P. Zeigler
officiating. Those present at the cer
emony were Mr. and Mrs. Sayler Reed
and Mr. and Mrs. Bryson. Mr. Shipp
it-, well known as a foreman of the
Alaska Road Commission on the
Chitina end. Mr. and Mrs. Shipp are
now in their attractive new home ?t
Chitina.—Cordcva Times.
SCHOFIELD WAS PEEVED
AT HIS GREAT DEFEAT
SEATTLE, Dec. 16.—Just before
his departure for Juneau the other
night, George B. Grigsby, Attorney
General-elect i'or the Territory .if
Alaska, made public the following
gentlemanly telegram from Juneau
which he received from George E.
Schofield, whom he defeated at the
polls. It is oertainly an original
method of congratulating an oppon
ent:
“Congratulations: You can nov
re-establish an Alaskan residence. I
have just wired my wife that the
Nome bunch of saloonists, with Grigs
by’s toughs, combined with the An
chorage and Wickersham votes an 1
Grigsby’s and Herron’s lies that I
was not an Alaskan, actually cruci
fied me. I am proud of having made
a clean campaign and having carried
every town I was enabled to speak
in."
CHEAPER TURKEYS
FOR CHRISTMAS
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Thousands
of turkeys were left on the hand of
dealers this Thanksgiving devause of
the refusal of housewives to pay
high prices, say reports from various
cities, and as result the prices of
Christmas turkeys will be greatly re
duced. The surplus stock will be held
in cold storage.
FORMER MINISTER
TO NORWAY DIES
PORTLAND, Me., Dec. 16 —H. D.
Pierce, formely United States minis
ter to Norway, died here last night
after a long illness.
More Girls Wanted
PITTSBURG, Dec. 16.—High cost
of materials and a shortage of girls
for the plants has created a serious
situation for Pittsburg candy mak
ers who declare the supply is rapid
ly diminishing. One of the largest
plants in the country here has prar
lically closed down through the in
ability to gel enough help.
PROHIBITION IS
PRINCIPAL I0PIC
DOUBT IF REACH EH THE SENATE
House Resolution Probably Not Be
Acted Upon tills Session—Senators
Predict Nationwide Prohibition
Soon.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1G.—
Administration leaders express doubt
of the Suffrage and Prohibition reso
lution reaching the Senate this sea
sion. The House Judiciary Commit
tee has voted to report the measure
favorably to the House, but action
upon it will probably be so late in
the session as to prevent action in
the Senate. The Shepherd District
of Columbia Prohibition bill has now
become the Senate’s unfinished busi
ness, and will probably come up for
a vote in the near future. Senators
Shepherd, Vardanian and Owen pro
ciict national prohibition soon. Of
the 18 members of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee seven oppose the
favorable reporting of the Prohibi
tion measure.
jGKRMANV WITHIN HER RIGHTS
—
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| liiforniatiwn Leaks Out That German
Reply to American Note Will Say
That Steamer Carried Contraband
Cargo of Steel.
BERLIN, Dec. 16.—Information,
unofficial in character, but from a
high official source, is to the effect
that the German answer to the note
of inquiry from the United States re
garding the submarining of the
American steamer Columbia, will
state that the ship was not in ballast,
as claimed by the owners, but that
she contained a partial cargo of con
traband steel, and that Germany
was clearly within her rights in sink
ing the vessel.
FAVORS U. S. SEIZURE
OF FOOD STUFFS
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—President
Wilson will not recommend nor will
congress pass a law putting an em
bargo on foodstuffs, according to Sen
ator James Hamilton Lewis, demo
cratic whip of the senate. The re
sults, he said, of such a law would be
disastrous. He said he favored the
seizure by the government of neces
sities and the retailing them at the
public at reasonable prices.
Curio from the Westward.
On a recent boat Joe Burke receiv
ed a magnificent ceremonial belt,
made by the natives. The belt is
about three feet long, beautifully
worked with shells and beads, and
ornamented with knots of parti-col
cred ribbons. Mr. Burke has one of
the finest collection of curios in ex
istence, and probabl) the only col
lection of guns and arms dating from
the old days of Russian occupancy.
LOST—A lady’s gold watch with
diamond in case and with photo in
side. Finder please leave at the Val
aez Drug Store. t'
FORT VAUX HO^VY CONTESTED
Photo by American Press Association.
Ruined Fort Vaur, at Verdun, taken In June by the Germans, for which
It Is said they paid 80.000 men
SAFE CONDUCT
ENTENTE DECIDES TO GRANT
—;
Allies Will Permit Passage of the
New Austrian Minister, Count Von
Tamowski, to tlie United States.—
Was Kirst Refused.
LONDON, Dee. 10.—The govern
ment announced this morning that
the Entente Allies had decided to
grant a safe conduct to Count Von
Tarnokski, the new Austrian ambas
sador to the United States. This was
at first refused on the ground that
the former Austrian ambassador to
the United States had been unduly
active in military affairs. The Amer
ican note of protest against this ac
tion was found to have been based on
substantial grounds in international
law, and- the decision has been recon
sidered and reversed.
POLICE MID
SECURE STOCK OE LIQUORS
Interior of Notorious Seattle Resort
Is Wrecked Causing Loss of Ten
Thousand Dollars—Proprietor Is
Taken Into Custody.
SEATTLE, Dec. 16.—Detectives of
the city dry squad last night raided
the Notorious American Cafe at the
corner of Fourth and Pike, in this
city, and found a large quantity of
liquor. The interior of the place was
promptly demolished by the police,
causing a loss to the owners of at
least $10,000. E. Morris, the pro
prietor of the place, was arrested.
MINISTER FLEES TO '
SAVE YOUNG GIRL
EUREKA, Cal., Dec. 16.—The
Rev. Warren Hastings McLoed, Bap
tist minister of this city has disap
peared. J. E. Neighbor, president of
the board of deacons said that he had
fled, a {ter being charged with treat
ing a young girl of his congregation
with undue familiarity, by the dea
cons of the church in order to save
the girl the humiliation of going to
court.
ALEXANDER BILL
PRACTICALLY DEAD
MIKF.S POSITION ON CAI.KNDAK
Chairman of Fisheries Committee Ad
mits Measure Killed for This Ses
sion—Test Vote Favorable to Pas
sage of the Measure.
WASHINGTON, 1). C., Dec. It!.—I
Congressman Joshua W. Alexander,
of Missouri, chairman of the House
Committee on Merchant Marine and
; Fisheries, and father of the Alexan
der Fisheries hill, admitted in an in
terview today that the bill was prac
tically dead, at least so far as the
present session of Congress was con
cerned. The bill was read Wednes
day, and as it had been up twice be
fore it lost its position at the top of
the calendar. A test vote favored
its passage but the rules prevented.
STILL CONTINUE
RESULTS IN FURTHER DECLINES
Rush to Sell War Stocks Is Unabated
and Results In Considerable Drop
in Prices—U. S. Steel Declines Two
Points In Day's Selling.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16.—Liquida
tion of the war babies still continues.
On the opening this morning the rush
to sell resulted in a further decline
of two points in United States Steel,
which was followed by the other
stocks of concerns having war con
tracts.
GRAND JURY ON TRAIL
OF CARLOAD OF SPUDS
ST PAUL, Dec. 16.—The Grand
jury investigating the high cost of
living here will inquire into a report
that one thousand carloads of po
tatoes are being held at the Minne
sota Transfer Company.
CARPENTIER WILL
FIGHT JESS WILLARD
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—It is vir
tually settled that the French pugil
ist, Frank Carpentier will meet Jess
Willard here within the next two
.norths.
DEFENDS DEPORTATION
OF BELGIAN WORKMEN
BERLIN. Dec. 16 —The Cologne
Gazette of recent date in an article
commenting on the deportation ol
Belgian laborers represented by the
Swiss papers, said:
"We cannot govern our policy by
unfavorable impressions of neutrals.
Our military security and interests
of the Belgian population demand re
moval of Belgian workmen to Ger
many until the reasons leading to
the adoption of the measures are
changed it cannot be revoked. No
matter what impression the incident
may give, our security comes first.”
iemIoie
BEENRECEIVED
IS IDENTICAL WITH GERMAN
Communication Accompanying Peace
Pro|M>sal Received by Lansing—
Wilson may make Recommenda
tions to Ambassadors.
WASHINGTON. I). C.. Dec. 16.—
Secretary of State Lansing has re
ceived the Austrian note accompany
ing the Teutonic peace proposal. It
is identified with the German note
and will be transmitted to the Am
bassadors of the Entente nations to
day. The apparent moderation of the
views expressed by the Entente am
bassadors may possibly permit Presi
dent Wilson to make recommenda
tions regarding the negotiations for
peace. The question of the interven
tion by the President will probably
be informally discussed at the cabi
r.et meeting this afternoon.
Representative Gardner, of Mas
sachusetts, today introduced a reso
lution in Congress opposing medit^
tion of the United States in foreign
affairs. The resolution was referred
to the committee on Foreign Affairs
without discussion.
WHEAT TAKES A
DIE TO RUMORS OF PEACE
Rush to Sell Follows German ITo|k>
sal for Peace, Rallies Slightly hut
Total Decline Reaches Eighteen
Points Since Peace Proposal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—The wheat
pit has been the scene of the wildest
excitement during the past thro’
days, and there has been a steady
decline in prices. Yesterday the sell
ing wave resulted in a drop of eight
points, followed by a slight rally, but
the market throughout the day shov
ed a decline of several points. The
total decline since the German pro
posal for peace was announced
amounts to 18 points.
PRESIDENT AWAITS
SPEECH LIjOYD GEORGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.—
President Wilson still refuses to
make any comment on the German
proposal for peace. He is probably
waiting for the speech of Premier
Lloyd George before the House of
Commons on Tuesday before com
mitting himself on the question
ALBERT SULLIVAN
UNDERGOES AN OPERATION
Advices received at the office of the
Marshal state that Deputy Marshal A.
F. Sullivan, who went outside some
time ago with several prisoners, was
taken ill in Seattle and had to under
go an operation for appendicitis. Dr.
Whiting performed the operaUon. and
in a telegram to Marshal Brec.ueman
stated his patient was out of danger,
and on the road to rapid recovery.
Mrs. J. B. Adams will be an out
going passenger on the Alameda to
spend the winter with relatives in
Vancouver, B. C. .
SULZER LEADS
IN LATE RETURNS
IS NOW TWKNTY-KIVK AH KAO
Revised Figures from Various I’re
cincts Slightly Increase l/ead of
Democratic Candidate—Talk of
Contesting Flection.
FAIRBANKS. Dec. 16.—Complete
returns from the Fourth Division
precincts, all official except three,
■which have been reported by tele
graph, give Sulzer in this division a
total of 1691 votes and Wickersham
1679, Sulzer having a lead in this
division of 12 votes. Our total :ig
ures for the Territory are Sulzer
6432, ayl Wickersham 6423. Sul
zer’s plurality being 9.
Sulzer 25 In tlie I,cad.
JUNEAU, Dec. 16.—Revised fig
ures throughout the territory, accord
ing to reports received here give the
following figures: First Divisiou,
Sulzer 2387, Wickersham 1894; Sec
ond Division, Sulzer 669, Wicker
shani 866; Third Division, Sulzer
1681, Wickersham 1964; Fourth Di
vision, Sulzer 1691, Wickersham
1679. Total vote of the Territory,
Sulzer 6428, Wickersham 6403. Sul
zer's lead 25.
Contest Ex|terted in Fourth.
FAIRBANKS. Dec. 16.—From ad
vices received here it is manifest that
whether Sulzer or Wickersham is
elected Delegate to congress on the
face of the returns a legal battle for
the office will ensue. Wickersham
managers are preparing, it is said, to
investigate" tiiose precincts in which
soldiers are alleged to have been per
mitted to vote, and if this is found
true an effort will be made to have
the vote of these precincts thrown
out. The Sulzer managers are said
to be preparing protests against the
counting of votes in many precincts
where, it is alleged, illegal voting oc
curred. It is also said that in the
event the Wickersham managers at
tempt to have the vote at St. Michael
thrown out on account of soldiers
voting the Democrats will try to pre
vent the Fairbanks vote being count
ed, as soldiers also voted here.
There is also a rumor in political
circles to the effect that if the Wick
ersham leaders make any attempt to
contest the election an effort will be
made, and with every prospect of
success, to have the entire vote of the
second division thrown out. where
Wickersham has a plurality of 200
votes, on the ground that the voters
of that division did not register, as
required by law.
This would bring up the question
of the validity of the election law
passed by the last legislature, regard
ing which there is a wide variation
of opinion among attorneys here.
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NOME, Dee. 16.—Official returns
from this division show that Sulzer
received 673 votes and Wickersham
886, giving Wickersham a plurality
of 213 votes in this division. Our
figures show Wickersham has plur
ality in Second and Third divisions
of 496 and Sulzer's plurality in First
and Fourth to be 605. This give Sul
zer a lead in the Territory of 9.
GREAT VICTORY CELEBRATED
BY TEUTONIC ALLIES
BERLIN, Dec. 16.—The fall of
the capital of Rumania last week and
the great victories gained over the
Allies on the eastern front, was ob
served in manner reminiscent of the
celebrations of the victories of the
Russians last year. The newspapers
issued extra editions, which were dis
tributed free. The crowds received
the news with shouts, the won.eti
wept with joy. Today the streets are
gey with flags and banners. The
newspapers speak of the victories of
the Germans in Rumania as an event
of the greatest important on account
of the moral effect on neutral nations
yet liable to enter the war. The pa
pers are unanimous in the opinion
that Rumania is now virutally elimi
nated as a factor in the war. The
Lokal Anzeiger even doubts whether
the Rumanian state ever will exist
again. /
Mrs. J. J. Cavana will leave on the
Alameda for Juneau.