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ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
S. $. FARRAGUT
HAD BAD TRIP
Was Delayed for More Than Thirty
Six Honrs in Storm off Cape
St. Flias—Pass lTp Katalla.
The steamer Admiral Farragut, of
the Admiral I.ine, iu command of
Capt. ltobert Hickman, arrived in
Valdez bay this morning shortly after
S o’clock after having been nearly 10
days making thfe trip from Seattle.
The officers state that heavy weath
er was experienced during the entire
trip, and that the steamship was
hove to off Cape St. Flias for near
ly thirty-six hours in a terrific gale
and snow storm which prevented the
navigators from picking up the head
lands.
While the Admiral Farragut was at
Yakutat a number of .small fishing
schooners arrived from .the .haUhBt
banks and reported narrow escapes
from - being swamped in the moun-'
tainous seas which were sweeping in
from the Pacific. The steamer was
unable to make Katalla as St. Elias
was not sighted on the trip.
The wireless operator on the Admi
ral Farragut also caught’the S. O. S.
call sent out o the Alameda by the
steamer Pavlof which is in trouble
west of Kodiak island.
The Farragut brought the Valdez
passengers left at Cordova by the Al
ameda when she began her race to
the rescue of the Pavlof. Following
were the incoming passengers: Judge
Fred M. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Middlecamp. Mrs. Mooney
and child, Mrs. Ward Estey, Oak Ol
son, G. A. Vinger, J. Chamberlain,
Thos. Mantel, Wm. Aitken, A1 Shy
man, Gus Gillies, John Barrett, Jas.
Fish, Jas. E. Wilson, Geo. Slayer,
Fred Delander, John Kacerosky and
Dr. E. C. Cross.
The shipment of mail brought by
the Admiral Farragut was one of the
largest ever brought to Valdez as it
included the mail left at Cordova by
the Alameda. The steamer is expect
ed to return to Valdez about Monday
evening as she will not go west of
Seward this trip.
Capt. Hickman stated that the Ad
miral Evans will be the next steamer
of the Admiral Line to come north,
and that she would be followed by
the Admiral Watson, of which he
would be in command.
COIJjEGIATE IGNORANCE
OF THE WAR.
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College boys seem not to be read
ers of newspapers, outside of the
sporting page~at least, to judge from
the result of tests put to the stu
dents of several institutions, among
which were Bowdoiu, Williams and
New York. University. A teache rof
history at the latter college states
in the New York Times that he be
lieves the apparent indifference of
students toward the present war is
indicative of a general tendency on
the part of the public to neglect a
close study of affairs in Europe. Stu
dents may regard the task of keep
ing abreast of the multifarious news
of today too much akin to a major
elective. The Times prints the list
of questions with notes on the char
acters of answers they elicited. The
questions asked by members of the
Faculty at both New York Univer
sity and Bowdoin College were as
follows:
Whdre is Gallipoli?
< What is the capital of Bulgaria’
What countries bound Serbia?
In what country is Salonlki?
On what sea is Montenegro?
Who is in command of the French
army?
Who is the Prime Minister of En
gland.
Who Is Bethmann-Hollweg?
Who is Poncaire?
Who Is Briand?
Who is von Hindenburg?
Who is General French?
Who'is Sir Edward Grey?
Who is Viviant?
' Name, with proper title, the ruler
of Germany.
Name the ruler of Greece.
Name the ruler of Turkey.
Name the ruler of Italy.
Name the ruler of Bulgaria.
Name the Ruler of Russia.
None answered all of the inquiries
correctly while only three obtained
a grade above 90 per cent.
The Times rightly says that the
ignorance of the average collegi
ate Is appallingly refreshing.
CELEBRATED ITS
4TH ANNIVERSARY
Valdez Chapter Order of Eastern
Star Install Officers and Spend
Very Pleasant Evening.
The regular meeting of Valdez
Chapter No. 5, O. E. S., was held
Tuesday evening, February 15, in
Masonic Hall. Those presiding were
Mrs. Arthur Lang, worthy matron,
and Mr. Arthur Lang, worthy patron,
being the newly installed officers for
the present year.
After the meeting delicious re
freshments were served and the eve
ning was spent in a social way in hon
or of the fourth anniversary of the
orgauization of the Chapter.
During the coming year the Chap
ter will transact its business on the
first Tuesday of each month and on
the third Tuesday will hold a social
meeting. The membership of Valdez
Chapter is about sixty and new mem
bers continue to come in.
Visiting members are always wel
come. '
CANADIAN SENATOR FEARS
INVASION OF DOMINION.
OTTAWA: James Lougheed, the
Government leader in the Senate, in
a speech in the upper House of Par
liament recently said that Germany
was known to desire possession ot
Canada, as a prize of war should she
be victorious in the present conflict.
Some Canadians, he said, could not
yet realize that Canada was in as
great jeopardy as Great Britain or
any of her allies.
Senator Lougheed asserted that
German spies had compiled and filed
in the archives of their government
more complete information upon the
natural and developing recources of
Canada than was possessed ever by
the Canau.an government. He ex
pressed the belief that Germans liv
ing in the United States would be
glad to aid in the capture of Canada.
If the Allies’ lines were broken
and an avenue opened to the seas,
the speaker prophesied that German
troops would be landed upon the
Shores of Canada and the Domin
ion’s southern boundary' would be
crossed by reservists living in the
United States. To prevent such a
contingency, he said, Canadians
should exert themselves to the ut
most to aid Great Britain.
BERLIN REPORTS BIG
UPRISING IN INDIA
BERLIN, Feb. 19.—Advices have
been received here which tell of ujh
rlslnlgs in India against the British
rule and that many of the native sol
diers are in open revolt, and are
murdering their officers. One regi
ment which mutinied is reported to
have killed twelve European officers
and seized the stores of munitions.
John Barrett, general traveling
agent of the New York Life Insur
ance company, arrived in Valdez on
the Admiral Farrag'ut and will spend
a few days in town. He made the
trip in company with James Fish to
the Kennecott mine and they report
good business at the interior points.
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TWENTY-FOUR HOUR
SERVICE IN EFFECT
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Signal Corps Night Service Embraces
Seattle, Sitka, Jnnean, Valdez
and Fairbanks Stations.
The order of the War department
establishing a twenty-four hour ser
vice on the military cable and tele
graph systems between. Seattle and
Seattle and Alaska went into effect
yesterday afternoon and the local of
fice remained open last night for the
first time. The night jervlce em
braces Seattle, Sitka, Juneau, Valdez
and Fairbanks, anu it is believed that
Seward and Cordova will be Included
as soon as the break in the cable has
been repaired.
The night service is not expected
to result in any material increase in
the business of the Signal Corps for
the present but is in,line with the
policy of the War department to ren
der all assistance possible in hasten
ing the development of the territory
and increasing the efficiency of the
service to the general public.
The inauguration of the service at
the present time while the cable is
broken will compel the local staff to
be on duty overtime as part of the
force is at Whitshed handling the
business from the wireless to the ca
ble. This situation will be relieved,
however, when the cable is repaired.
Under the present conditions the
day force will go on duty at 8 o’clock
in the morning and will continue un
til 4 in the afternoon. Sergt. Pitt
man will be assistant day chief and
Sergt. Kirby will handle the Cordova
cable while C. L. Blanchette will take
the Fairbanks wire. From 4 until
midnight, Operator Robt. Scearce
will handle the wire, Sergt. Jo3. Lit
tle will be cashier and Sergt. Mooney
assistant night cashier. Sergt. Jno.
E. Lynch will be in charge from mid
night until 8 a. m.
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MOVES
Nine Representatives of Big Whole
sale Houses are Circulating
Among City’s Business Men.
When the Admiral Farragut arriv
ed in Valdez this morning she
brought a bunch of live wires and no
less than nine commercial men are
circulating among the business men
of Valdez today seeking orders for
their houses. This is the season the
boys hit the trail the hardest, but it
is only on rare occasions that they
come in flocks as was the case this
morning.
They all report good business at
the different points visited along the
coast and say that Juneau and Cor
dova are livelier than ever before.
Cordova is enjoying prosperity as a
result of the many men employed by
the Copper River & Northwestern
railroad on the work of rebuilding
the icebreaker at Mile 49, and the
big crowd of Alaskaps who are pass
ing through to the interior.
Among others wpo are In town
rustling for orders are Oak Olson,
representing the Schwabacher Hard
Ware Co., Seattle; J. W. Chamber
lain, Whitim Hardware Co., Seattle;
R. H. Chadwick, United States Rub
ber Co., Seattle; Wm. Aiken, Schil
ling’s Best, San Francisco; C. J. At
kinson, Buckingham & Hacht Shoe
Co., San Francisco; R. Stockwell,
Marshal Wells Hardware, Portland;
R. H. Feldham, Seattle Grocery Co.,
Seattle; Tom Mortell, John Bollman
Co., Seattle, and George Thayer,
Kenyon Coats, N. Y.
Gus Gillies, of the National Gro
cery Co., F. Baird, Washington Shoe
Co., A1 Shyman, Schwabacher Hdw.
Co., and Geo. Vinger, of J. B. Cairo
& Co., Juneau, circulated in town
while the steamer was in port and
will return from Seward on one of
the first steamers to complete their
orders. t ' ■
BETHLEHEM STEEL CO.
ELECTS OFFICERS
NE WYORK, Feb; 1».—-At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Bethlehem Steel corporation held
here yesterday Cairo Grace was elect
ed President of the Corporation. Chas.
Schwab was elected chairinan 'of the
Board of directors. It is announced
that an additional dividend of four
million dollars will be declared at the
close of the present quarter.
MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS
BORN IN WAR COUNTRIES
LONDON: Is war responsible for
a greater and increasing proportion
of boy babies? This question is en
gaging the attention of British medi
cal authorities following the regis
trar general's report that all records
for boy babies born in 36 large towns
in England and Wales have been
broken during the last nine months.
As against 1000 female births,
1032 boys were born in January and
March; 1043 in April and June, and
1055 in July, August and September.
Advance records indicate that the ra
tio will be even greater from October
to January 1916. A theory that some
natural law, yet undiscovered, lends
to the birth of more boys than girls
during the nation’s war stress is par
tially borne out by reports from Aus
tria, where male births have exceed
ed females during the war to an
even greater extent than in England.
letters are Sent to Members of Con
gress and Senate Urging Ap
propriations for Territory.
SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—The Alaska
Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce has sent letters to ever/
member of congress and the senate,
as well as prominent government offi
cials, urging appropriations to com
plete the survey of the waters of the
northwest.
The letters Include date showing
the enormous loss of life and the
number of vessels which have been
wrecked in the waters of Alaska dur
ing the period since the territory was
acquired from Russia.
The Bureau declares that the gov
ernment has not done and is not now
doing what it should to protect the
commerce of the north by establish
ing aids to navigation.
WILL TAKE SUPPLIES
TO GRANITE MINE
The launch B. P. M. came up from
the Granite mine yesterday after
noon is order to secure supplies for
the mine and to bring a number of
miners up to Valdez. Capt. Swanson
reports that rain has been falling at
Port Wells and that the snow is set
tling fast. Only about six inches of
new snow fell at the Granite mine
Thursday night when Valdez got
three feet. The launch will return
to Hobo Bay tomorrow morning after
receiving the mail from the Admiral
Parragut.
HEALTH OP ALASKA’S
FRIEND IS SHATTERED
Advices received by A1 White on
the last boat state that his friend.
Senator James H. Brady of Idaho, has
been critically ill for the past six
weeks and is in Florida trying to re
cover hl3 health.
Senator Brady will always be re
membered by Alaskans as one of its
good friends, the Senator having
taken part in much good legislation
for the benefit of the Territory. It is
hoped by his many friends in Alaska
that he will soon fully recover his
health again.
CRAZED BY DOMESTIC
TROUBLE WOMAN SUICIDES
ROCK ISLAND, Feb. 1*.—Crazed
by domestic troubles Mrs. Veronica,
a Polish woman, burned her two
daughters and herself to death today
by saturating their clothing with* oil
and igniting them. The woman had
recently been deserted by her hus
band and was being cared for by
charitable neighbors.
Jack Chamberlain, the commercial
man, was an arrival In Valdes on tha
Admiral Farragut. Mr. Chamber
lain has been coming to Alaska for
many years and has visited almost
every part of the territory.
BIGHT ANCIENT GUNS AND
FOUR POUNDS OF POWDER
LONDON: The British war office
will not take advantage of Its latest
offer of aid from one of its overseas
possessions. This offer comes from
the heart of Burma, where British
officers administer law for the na
tives.
Coming out of his bungalow one
morning recent..,,, an officer found
the ancient Burman chief of a vil
lage fifty Wiles away aQuattlng on
his heels ind ready to talk.
“My villagers wiBh to make some
return for the favors bestowed upon
us by the British government,” he
-aid. “The government has lessened
the taxes, killed the leopards, given
us good water and a policeman. Now
Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire
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By Placing Your Valuables In It
Safe Place. *
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240,000. »
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
We Have
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Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. I
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street
“Do It Electrically”
Electric
Vacuum Cleaner
makes a cleaner and
i healthier home;
Irons sareitep, time
; and patience;
Warming Pads can
be kept at an even
temperature;
Flashlights show yon
ths way at night—
Matches are dan*
gerens.
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Agent For
Dayton
Silent
Electric
House
Pump
Electric,
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Percolato remake
best coffee; *
Toasters make it
liciou tftitt*
Grills fry a batrj-ip
meal caaaot be em
Fixtares, Reading
Ijpft, Skidei, etc.
Quality
Always
EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL.
Alaska Water, light and Tele. Co.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE *
Lts. Fort Liscum Lva. Valde*
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUHSDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m*
4:30 p.m. 6:00p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m> 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:80 p.m.
There will be no trip of ofte taaoeh
on the aeeoad ana fourth, Hhtdeys at
each month, these days betas aasd to
clean boilers.
I have come to tell you that we have
eight guns, ancient and true, tour
pounds of excellent gunpowder, and
a bag ot bullets; these being no more
or less than the honorable British
government has permitted us to hold.
“Master, we have heard a rumor
that the British government is it
great trouble with Its enemios. There
fore our villagers have empowered
me to say that the eight guns, pow
der and ballets are at the disposal of
the British government." >
The chief also offered two of the
beat village trackers to handle the
“artillery and monitions.":
The war office is understood al
-eady to have replied that if the sit
latiou becomes worse that it may ac
cept the generous offer.