VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ. ALASKA. FRIDAY, JANUARY IS. 1918 NUMBER IS
rresident Decline* to Interfere with
Administrator—Order Became
Kffective Midnight
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 18 —
Congress is in an uproar over the
Garfield order that all factories east
■r)f the Mississippi suspend operations
at midnight last night, both demo
crats and republicans bitterly de
nouncing the policy of doing down
the plants. The house and senate in
troduced resolutions to stop it before
jt could go Into effect at midnight and
administrator Garfield was summon
ed to appear before the senate com
mittee investigating the coal situation
and asked to explain his reasons forj
the order, which many senators char-1
asteriaed in debate aB a grave mistake j
and one which would bring calamity j
to the country. Mr. Garfield declared i
that the fueland the railroad situation J
made it imperative, that there was a'
lack of coal in everp part of the Uni- j
ted States, and that the needs of the •
army should precede all other busl-^
s ess.
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Army In Supreme
WASHINGTON, O. C„ Jan. 18.— j
Declaring that the needs of Hie army
were supreme and that they should !
supersede all other business, Admin-1
iatrator Garfield declined to grant lbe|
senate demands, that he suspend the •
factory closing order an l it became;
effective at midnight. A storm of pro- j
lest i« arising all over the country. I
President Kndorses Action
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 18.—
it is stated here officially today that
the President is not even considering
interfering with the drastic fuel re-!
strictions imposed by Administrator
Garfield stating that he believed the
f.ountry would be convinced of its
necessity. The fuel administrator has
directed that policemen throughout
ihe country enforce the provisions.
All the principal munitions plants
will be permitted to work at full cap
acity.
Senate Is Indignant
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 18.—
When congress assembled today at
:acks on the fuel restriction were re
turned, mingled with Intense resent
ment in the senate that Administrator
Garfield had ignored the senate reso
lution asking for delay. Senators in
both parties described themselves as
being in a high state of impotent in
dignation.
Manufacturer* Remonstrate
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 18.—
Thousands of factories forced to close
'upon order of Fuel Administrator
Garfield are voicing their remon
strance to congress. It is feared a gen
eral business panic will- ensue.
PEACE TERMS
No Agreement Readied Over Kvacua
tion of Territory Now Occupied
by Central Powers
BERLIN, Jan. 18.—German dele
gates at Brest-Litovsk state that the
Russian proposals concerning the re
gions occupied by the central powers
are untenable and that a referendum
on the question of rulers is impractic
able.
To make light gravy dark in color
take flour for thickening and put into
a small frying pan on top of stove.
Stir until quite brown, then add wat
er, salt and pepper and put into
graTy.
N. P. ANNOUNCES RAISES
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 18;—An in
crease of 10 per cent in wages of the
16,600 employes of the Northern Pa- ,
,ci0o railroad and.of.60A employes of
the Northern Express company, effec
tive February 1* was announced. Last
night a similar increase to 3,500
clerks a$£' st^pon employes was
granted. Today’u grant will add 41
swuuio fo thb ORmpaor’s umU*
OOlf’G OVER THE TOP ON SNOW-COVERED GROUND
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S«vi>< ... i> I rami in.' rani|> wltniv I In at ,i .... ... .iiiirac iron. lit. ir.ncli.s .nor >u»w
rowri'il around, th«* con.II11 is Inina such as um « n .miihiti,i| in Kiiiiicc imw.
ITALIANS REPORT
German Attack Thrown Hark After
Four Hours of Bloody Fighting
—Germans la»se Heavily
KOMK. Jan. 18.— The enemy re
ceived another bloody repulse on the
lower Piave sector nearest to Venice
yesterday. A strong German attack
was thrown back after four hours
fierce fighting, leaving the ground
strewn with German dead. The ene
my is being held at every point and
is unable to advance past the Italian
lines.
U-BOAT COMMANDER
HONORED BV KAISER
AMSTERDAM. Jan. IS. Emperor
William lias conferred the order i'our
le merite on Submarine Commander
Kopammel on his return from a cruise
to the Cape Verde islands. During his
CJrulse Kopammel asserts, lie sank an
American destroyer and fourteen
merchantmen, moat of them bound
from the United States for Italy or
Prance. He is said to have brought
back twenty-two tons of copper as
booty. It is about 5,000 miles from
the Belgian coast to the Cape Verde
Islands and return.
The steamship Evans will go thru
to Kodiak this trip.
DR. G. L. SWIGGETT
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Dr. Glen Levin Swiggatt, formerly
of the University of Tennessee and re
cently assistant secretary general of
tho second pan-American scientific
congress, has been, appointed special
ist In commercial education In the bu
reau of- education, department of tho
Interior. In this no* "fork tho bureau
propose* to Investigate local, state *nd
national educational opportunities far
buslneaa training, to riMnynpn^
sources of study and to co-operate
IKMNWOKKKItK STILI,
Ol'T; INSIST ON ItAISK
SAX FKANCTSCO. Jail. IS. No
progress toward the settlement of the
strike of 5000 members of the Iron
Trades Council was made at a con
ference today between representatives
j of the strikers and members of the
; California Metal Trades association
■ and the San Francisco Foundryraen's
association, according to Mortimer
Fieischhacker, government mediator,
who attended the session in au effort
[to find common ground on which the
! employers and the strikers might
1 meet. The iron workers announced
' they would insist on a ten per cent
! increase in wages.
Imor MEMBER
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| Private Dispatch from Washington
I
! Says Head of Printing Kstablish
ment Been Ap|»ointe<l
SEATTLK, Jail. 18.—A private
message received here today from
Congressman Albert Johnson states
that William Pigott will succeed Capt.
J. K. Blaln as Northwestern represen
tative of the United States shipping
hoard.
BURLESON GRILLED
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Jan. 18.
Resolptions asking for a wage in
crease of 25 per cent were adopted
at a meeting of Minneapolis post office
employes here tonight. Nearly 500
clerks and carriers attended, despite
efforts to keep them away because
Mayor Thomas Van Lear was schedul
ed to make an address. Mayor Van
Lear in his address denounced Post
matser General Burleson. “It seems
that when the president selects a post
master general, he does it with his
eyes closed,” said the mayor. “It is
time that something be done to open
the eyes of the people to the short
comings of the bead of the postofflce
department so that this gentleman
of the seventeenth century may be re
moved."
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
ARRIVES IV SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—Ambassador
Sato, who has been attending a con
ference at Washington, arrived to
day at this port and will sail tomor
row for Japan.
ALASKA POSTMASTERS
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 18.—
The President named John Gallon
postmaster at Petersburg, Alaska,, to
day. and Mrs. R. E. Coughlin, post
mistress at Treadwell. ■ ;
Commissioner George & Love Is
reported to he a returning passenger
ee tho steasaship AdmlEal Been*
TUPS BATTLE
IN ODESSA
Itolsheviki and Ckranian Troops Hat
tie in Itlark Sea I'ort for Pons«*»i
sion of .Arsenal
LONDON, Jan. IS.— A battle has
occurred in the streets of Odessa be
tween the Bolsheviki forces and the
Ukranian troops, according to a dis
I patch received today in l’etrograd.
| Battleships and othr warships lying
jin the roadsted opened Are on the
: town. According to accounts opinions
differ as to whether the Bolsheviki
have taken the arsenal or not. The
| lighting is continuing, and is most
| bloody.
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I TWO KIM.KI) BY HLAHT
NEAK NANAIMO
—
VANCOCVBK. II. C.. Jan. IS.
j One building was destroyed and two
| menwere killed by an explosion today
! at the plant of the Giant Powder Co.,
of Canada, at Xanoosa Bay. near Na
naimo, B. (’., according to reports
reaching here. One of the men killed
was O, Cross, a workman. The other
was a Chinaman, name unknown. The
cause of the explosion has not been
determined,
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.ALLIED WARSHIPS ARRIVE
IX VLADIVOSTOK HARBOR
TOKYO. Jan. 18.—A British war
ship has arrived in Vladivostok in
company with an American warship.
LITTLE DOING ON
THE WESTERN FRONT
.LONDON, Jan. 18—Today’s reports
on various fronts indicate very little
activity.
NEGOTIATIONS TO BUY
STEAMER HUMBOLDT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18.—The
Grand Trunk railway is negotiating
the purchase of the Alaska steamship
Humboldt, owned by the Humboldt
Steamship Company of Eureka, Cal
ifornia.
SWISS RECOGNIZE FINLAND
BERNE, Jan. 18.—Switzerland to
day acknowledged the independence
of Finland.
RIO DANCE AT PINZON
TOMORROW NIGHT
A big dance will be held at the Pin*
zon tomorrow night, starting at nine
o’clock. Music will bo furnished by
the band, and refreshments will ha
served. Proprietor Sandy Levy states
that tho bast of order will obtain and'
that no pains will be spared to giro
hist guest* one of the best tlmee they
ever had. Everyone is invited. • Thp
dance and refreshments are free.
Big danee at the Pinson tomorrow^
POBTOFFICK ROBBER
HAS CONFESSED
TACOMA, Jan. II.—John Johnson,
captured at Kelso -with Tam French
and Arthur Brier, sobbing at the tan
gled web in which he finds himself,
confessed today of the robbery of the
postoffice at Cle Blum, Christmas eve.
He made his confession to Deputy U.
3. Marshal Albeit and named two con
federates. He says they had been cele
brating with a booze party and were
drunk when they planned the robbery.
They carried the safe a few blocks on
a sled and rifled It of several hundred
dollars in money and stamps.
mi be wine
DIE FOR IDEALS
l.loyd tieorge Hays Republic Whose
Citizen* are not Willing to Die
Cannot Hurvive
LONDON, Jan. 18 — Lloyd George1
addressed the labor delegates in con
vention assembled today. He stated
that no man standing on the watch
tower could deny the urgency of the
need for raisng more men. He said no
democracy could survive whose clti
7ens were not willing to die for its
ideals.
SUNDAY FUNERALS TABOO
CHICAGO. Jan. 18.—Sunday fuu
erals have been banned In Chicago as,
a result of the war The Chicago Un
dertakers' association jcste-. day de
cided that because of the scarcity of,
drivers no more funerals will be held
on Sundays, except in cases of con
tagious diseases where the health au
thorities request immediate burial.
SNOW IN FT/ORIDA
Jacksonville. Fla.. jeeTis.
The first snow in Jacksonville in 20
years fell here tonight, but it was of.
short duration. Northern Florida is
In the grip of a cold wave.
Mt’NDAY TRIAL IS SET
MORRIS. 111., Jan. 18.—The trial
of C. B. Munday, former president of
the La Salle Street Trust and Savings!
bank and business associate of Will-!
lam Lorimer, on a charge of recelv-j
ing deposits while knowing the bankj
was Insolvent, was set for February
25 by Judge S. C. Stough here today.'
I
Z. T Ualferty, operating the Shell-1
kof Mining Company, on the Alaska1
peninsula near ltukak Bay. across1
from Kodiak, is in the city, and will
return to his home on the Admiral
Evans. Mr. Halferty reports his prop
erty. which is a copper proposition asj
extremely promising, and has great!
faith in the future of hl6 district as
a mineral producer. He has been ai
resident of Alaska for twenty years.'
and a resident of the l'eninaula for
nearly ten years.
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BELGIUM’S HEROIC RULCT j
Now photograph of King Albert of
■ pithing mowing him in hlo flold uni* |
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AUSTRIANS SHOT
FORMIM
Whole ODm|>aoieN Who Kipmu Sym
pathy With Socialist Views K*e
cwted by Companion*
I’KTROliRAD. Jan. 18. Wholn
companies of Austrians have been or
dered shot for their sympathy with
the Russian Socialist movement ac
cording to reports reaching here to
day. Many units of the Austrian forces
on the Italian front have been order
ed execuUsl for ther refusal to obey
officers.
ASK PKKHIDKNT TAKK OVKK
CHICAGO PACKING PI/ANTS
WASHINGTON, D. Jan 18.—
Fifteen representatives of labor un
ions arrived in Washington today to
ask the President to take over the
Chicago parking plants.
GKKMA.N IS MAVOK
OK INDIANA TOWN
MICHIGAN CITY. Ind . Jan. 18
F'red C. Miller, alleged enemy alien,
assumed office of mayor of this city
without opposition at noon today. At
that hour no word had been received
of the progress of injunction proceed
ings bekun at Valparaiso by persons
who objected to the installment of a
“German" mayor. There was no dis
order.
WILL I'l.KAI) Gl'ILTV TO
Ml'UDEK OK DKOTHKIt
ItlCHMONI^ Va.. Jan. 18. Dr.
Asa \V. Chamberlain, formerly of Io
wa. about to go on trial tomorrow for
the murder cf his brother. Judge Al
bert P. Chamberlain, in Goochland
county last October, will plead guil
ty and throw himself on the mercy
of the court, it was said today by his
attorney. Janies C. Page.
The Chamberlains came here from
Iowa some years ago and it was said
quarreled over the settlement of their
affairs when they parted company.
Albert Chamberlain's body was found
scattered about the brothers' farm,
parts of it having been cut up and de
posited under fence posts.
It was said today that Dr. Cham
berlain's defense would be that a
quarrel caused the tragedy but it was
not made plain whether he would
plead justifiable homicide.
The trial is to open tomorrow at
G ooclilanri.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE KOK
RKD CROSS HONORS
A tine boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Ells at the Valdez Hospi
tal last night, Dr. Silverman attend
ing. Mother and baby are doing well.
Mr. Ells is a private stationed at Port
Llscum.
FAMILY IS MURDERED
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Jan. 18 —Tha
bodies of C. E. Logan, his wife and
four-year-old daughter were found to
night in the ruins of their home near
McLain, twelve miles south of Musko
gee. The bodies of Mrs. Logan and
the child were burned but an exam
ination of Logan's body revealed that
his head had been crushed. Neigh
bors of the Logans said that Logan
received a mysterious message over
the' telephone yesterday threatening
his life.
MARGUERITE CLARK AT
THE EMPRESS SUNDAY
Marguerite Clark in the character
of Tom Canty the pauper, and later
the Prince of Wales will appear at the
impress Sunday night in the superb
five-act romance by Mark Twain,
“The Prince apd the Pauper.” The
production delineates the weary lit
tle prince who became a pauper for
a time and the pauper who became a.
prince, both gladly exchanging at the.
end of a trying experience.
Two mush era left Copper Center;
on their way to Valdez this tnorn-r
Ing. |
BTR. DORA LEAVES
SEWARD FOR WESTWARD
The steamship Dora, which piles
to Bristol Bay and* westward points,
Wp-w*®***®? *®4*ak.