VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, U»f7 , NUMBER 246
GERMANS OCCUPY
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Three of HU Island in Possession of
Teutons—Fleets Engage in Nu
merous Hatties
COPENHAGEN’, Oct. 17.—With
three of six island at the entrance
of the Gulf of Riga In possession ot
the German forces, naval action be
tween the Russian and German fleet
continues in those waters according
to reports from Petrograd and Ber
lin today.
Russian Forces 1/ost
PETROGRAD, Oct. 17.—The war
office states that It has completely
lost touch with the Russian forces
on the island of Oesel and does not
know wflat they are doing.
Germans Take Other Islands
BERLIN, Oct. 17.—German troops
occupied the islands of Runo and
Abso, in the Gulf of Riga, and cap
tured 2400 prisoners.
DEMAND FOR HIIA’ER
IH VERY GREAT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17.—
The demand for silver coins is so
great that every mint in the country
has been placed on a twenty-four
hour day basis to meet the demand.
This has never been done before in
the history of the country.
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE
MIGHTY FIGHTING FORCE
PARIS, Oct. 17,—Gen Joffre, fol
lowing a review of the troops at the
American training camp told them
they constituted one of the most for
midable war engines that could be
imagined.
DENIES REPORT
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Sensational Humors HegarditiK Exe
cution or Men at Camp Lewis De
nied l*.v Commander
CAM1> LEWIS, Oct. 17.—Effectu
ally squelching sensational reports
coining from many quarters that men
are being executed dally at Camp
Lewis for infractions of military rule
or seditious speeches, Commander
Green issued a statement today that
not a man had been executed and
that there would be no star chamber
convictions.
U. S. PAYING OUT
War iu Europe Costing Nation Tre
mendous Sum Per Diem Accord
ing to Expert Estimate.
NEW YORK. Oct. 17.—With the
United States payng one-fourth of the
war bill, the country is paying six
and one-half million dollars per hour,
according to figures given out by the
Mechanic’s National Bank today. The
bank estimates that the war costs the
United States $156,000,000 per day,
or $156,940,000,000 per'day, or $66.
940,000,000 per year.
BASKETBALL GAME
TONIGHT AT MOOSE
The Signal Corps and the Congre
gational basketball teams will play
a match game at Moose Hall tonight,
the second game of the series. The
Blues and the Whites will also play
their second game for the champion
ship. An admission fee of 25 cents will
be charged to help pay expenses. The
game will start promptly at eight
o’clock.
CITT aXPRBaO. Phone 82; ready
to transfe. that baggage for yog. 11
FORTIFIED BALTIC ISLANDS RUSSIA’S DEFENSE
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In the 'fortltled Island nf Oswald. In the Baltic sea. the Russians have a stroiiKbold which the German fleet will
have to pass to net near I'etrovrad.
GREAT FLEETS
BATTLE BALI
German and Russian Vessels have En
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gaged In Sola Sound—Two Ger
man Boats Sink
PETROGRAI), Oct. 17.—A naval
battle was recently fought in Sola
Sound between German and Russian
torpedo boats, during which two Ger
man vessels were destroyed and one
Russian. Sola Sound is a small body
of water between the islands of Oesel
and Dago, in the Gulf of Riga.
DRAFT BOARD MEMBERS
ARE SENT TO PRISON
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Maximum
prison sentences of two years each
were imposed in the federal court to
day upon Dr. Henry Selgman, physic
ian of a Brooklyn draft board, and Na:
than Ehrliche and Lazarus Jacobson,
clerks, as penalty for receiving mon
ey for exempting a man examined for
the draft. Seligman, in addition, was
flnecf $3,000. (
NEW GERMAN WAR
CRAFT HITS MINE
AMSTERDAM, Holland,‘Oct. 17.—
WhiJ^naking a trial trip off Heligo
land,. a new German battle cruiser
struck a floating mine and w’as ser
iously damaged, according to a re
port received in Amsterdam.
SOME heating stoves at Mead’s. *
TO EXILE GRAND DUKE.
Czar’a Relative Who Waa Im
plicatad ' > Monarchial Plot.
I Russia's grand dukes face exile from
Russia as the result of their plot forlp
counter revolution- They are to be re
leased from imprisonment and sent out
of the country forever. Grand Duke
Paul, whose picture appears here, wgs
one of those Implicated in the plot
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EACH SOLDIER IS
COSTING A LARGE HIM
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 17.—The Uni
ted States Government will spend ten
thousand dollars training, equip
ping transporting and otherwise put
ting eacji man of the new national
army into the trenches of Europe, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
state board of health in a campaign
to awaken a deeper Interest in safe
guarding these valuable fighting ma
chines.
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Admiral Farragut Arrives
The steamship Admiral Farragut
arrived in Valdez last night about
8:30 and sailed a couple of hours lat
er for the west. Her passengers for
Valdez were; E. E. Ritchie, James
Fish, O. B. Smith and several court
witnesses from interior points. Those
who left for the westward on the Far
ragut were M. Nacklch, R. E. Mur
phy, M. H. Healey.
DEW ZONES
Coasts of Culm, United States and
Canada will he Included in Sub
marine Blockade
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LONDON. Oct. 17.—Berlin dis
patches state that Germany will short
ly declare the coasts of the United
States, and Cuba war zones, and they
will he included iu the German block
ade zones.
TURKEYS ordered for
SOLDIERS AND TARS
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—The United
States soldiers and saiolrs now in ser
vice are not to miss their Thanksgiv
ing turkey dinner is evidenced by an
announcement today that Chicago
poultry commission men tomorrow
will make bids on one million pounds
of the bird that will be required to
feed the army at home and in the
Philippines. A consignment of 154,
000 pounds of turkey Is said to be al>
ready on the way to the soldiers In
France.
NO SPEECHES DURING
PRESIDENT’S VACATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17.—
President Wilson plans no vacation
or speaking trip between now and
the Christmas holidays, and will spend
most of his time quietly in Washing
ton, directing and co-ordinating war
work.
The president has declined a num
ber of invitations to make addresses,
but is considering a trip to New Orl
eans in February to attend the bi
centennial celebration of tbe city's
foundation.
ENGLAND BORROWS
$15,000,000 MORE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 17.—
An additional loan of 915,000,000
was made today by the United States
to Great Britain. The money will be
used to take up obligations assum
ed by Great Britain in this country.
.H'wty
Masonic leader Dead
LONDON, Oct. 17.—Bit Edward
Letch worth, grand secretary W’ En
glish Free Masons, died In London
today. Ha was S4 years old.
MINERS WALK
s*r
Fifteen Thousand Ask for Higher
Wages—in Other States
Declare Strike Of)'
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—While 15,000
Illinois coal miners walked out on a
strike today for higher wages, the
strike of 35,000 miners in Missouri.
Kansas and Oklahoma was declared
off because of a violation of a na
tional agreement.
“A MAX OF SORROW"
AT EMPRESS TOMORROW
William Farnuni, the great actor,
will portray the popular stage suc
cess, “A Man of Sorrow,” tomorrow
evening at the Empress. This is one
of the best productions issued by the
Fox Film Corporation, of which Mr.
Faust, a brother of Lieut. Faust of
the local signal corps is manager.
It is a story of twin sisters who
cause a mix-up in love affair's follow
ed by a murder and final reconcilia
tion. The plot is a strong one and
should be seen by all who enjoy the
Fox Film plays.
WHEAT EXPORTS EAEE OFF
IH T BKKF SHOWS GAIN
WASHINGTON, D. Oct. 17.—
August exports of wheat, corn and
mineral oils decreased to a market
extent, while exports of oats doubl
ed and fresh beef recorded a BOO per
cent Increase, the department of com
merce announced today. The great
bulk of shipments went to the allies.
Total exports of breadstuffs’ meat
and dairy products, cotton and cot
tonseed oil and mineral oils were
$155,576,612 as compared with $108,
422.881 in August, 1916.
NEW BUILDINGS AT
CAMP TO BE BUSHED
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Wash.,
Oct. 17.—Orders, were received by
Major David C. Stone, constructng
quartermaster, from Washington, D.
C.. today to rush the construction of
175 buildings to accomodate 6,200
men in the training battalions. Orders
were turned over to the Hurley-Mason
company before noon and meant tbe
employment of more men, and that
the contractor will be working on
a large scale at the camp for several
weeks to come.
Where is John M. Korogl
Postmaster Todd received a letter
by a late mail from Mike Korogl of
Bingham, Utah, asking tor informa
tion of his brother, John M. Korogl,
who was in Valdez in February 1913.
He is supposed to have had claims"
in the Slaje Creek and Dempsey coun
try. His mother Is getting old and Is
worried over him. He is reported to
have been seen in tbe Goodpaster
country later.
The cableshlp Burnside arrived
from the westward last evening and
Is busy repairing the cable in the bnf.
She will sail for Seattle some time to
morrow. , '•
Ralph McCrary toft Tonslna this
morning with an R. C. track.
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Jim Wilson's freighting team left
Beaver Dam south this morning.
AIM DAY WILL
BECELEBRATED
School Board Will Hold Appropriate
Kicerciaes in Moose Hall to Cele
brate Seward Purchase
Valdez will fittingly celebrate the
purchase of Alaska by Secretary Sew
ard March 30. 1807, for $7,200,000
the Board of Education havelng pre
pared a program for the occasion,
which will be presented at Moose
Hall at 8 o’clock tomorrow night.
The Moose Band will be present and
will render some stirring tunes, and
prominent speakers will talk on is
sues of the day. Wllowing is the pro
gram:
Overture .Moose Band
1. Education etc.
.Judge O. P. Hubbard
2. “Alaska" .School
3. What the American Mission in
the World is and What Part
Each One Must Take .
. Mr. Warren Cuddy
4. Selection .Moose Band
5. Why Democracy is Superior to
Other Forms of Government
.Judge Anthony Dimond
6. “Alaska. My Alaska” .School
7. What the Transfer of Alaska
Means to the People .
.Judge F. It. Brown
8. Violin and solo.
9. What it Means to be a Part of
the United States .
. Judge John Lyons
10. “America.”
Charles Goodall, of the Cordova
Mill & Lumber Co., was an arrival
on the Farragut having been summon
ed as a juror in the district court.
C. O. Cracroft, of Strelna, who was
summoned as a juror in the district
ctyirt, was an arrival last night on
the Farragut.
United States Deputy Marshal S.
O. easier returned last night front a
trip to I-andlock on official business.
James Fish, the well known Val
dezan and popular life insurance
agent, arrived in Valdez last evening
from the States. Mr. Fish has been
as far east as New York since his last
trip here and reports visiting Charles
YVulff and family while there. Mr.
Will IT is doing well in the coal busi
ness, and cannot supply the fuel de
mand. Coal is retailing at $S.50 per
ton in New York.
It is snowing at many points along
the trail today
WILLIAM H. THOMPSON.
Chioago Mayor Aeeused of
Aiding Enomiea of U> 8.
Mayor Thompson, who was elected on
• pro-American and pre-war with Ger
many platform, has apparently com
pletely forgotten those planks. Bis an
finally utterances and actions and his
tba pacifist cense are now
He has bean hanged hi ef
figy. • .• >iO • ® S
THE WORST YET
Conflict on Western Front Described
as Veritable Typhoon of Fire—
by Military Observers
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 17.—
War department bulletins today de
scribe the lighting In France as a
veritable tphoon of Are, and no long
er to be considered a salient, but an
ever extending wedge progressing
steadily Into the German lines
CATTLE BUM
Two Thousand Hogs Also lx»st in Kig
Fire in Kansas City Stock
Vartls This Morning
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 17.—Tea
thousand cattle and two thousand
hogs were burned today in a Are
which started in the stock yards at
til is place about Ave o'clock this
morning The Are which was one of
the worst in the history of the city,
is believed to have started in the
rendering rooms.
A slight snowfall marked the ad
vent of winter last night, when prob
ably a quarter of an inch of snow cov
ered the ground.
complete line of Bu.k Chocolates. '
Candy Kitchen. tf
PUHTION WINS
Constitutional Amendment Carries
Despite Most Strenuous Opposi
tion by Over Ten Thousand
DES MOINES, la.. Oct. 17.—At the
election held here yesterday, prohibi
tion by constitutional amendment car
ried by over ten thousand votes, des
pite strenuous opposition by the wets.
CITIZENS PATROL
SEATTLE STREETS
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Thousands of Armed Men Look for
Miscreant Who Has Assaulted
More Than Sixty Women
SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—Over a thous
and armed citizens are doing patrol
duty in this city every night in an
endeavor to run down the miscreant
who has assaulted more than sixty
women during the past three months.
So great is the fear inspired among
the women of the city that they will
not venture on the streets at night
without a male escort.
LIBERTY LOAN REACHES
SUM OK $17,000.00
Lieut. Faust, in charge of the Lib
erty Loan campaign in Valdez,.stated
today that up to 2 o’clock today $17,
000 worth of bonds had been sold for
the second loan. Lieut. Faust stated
that of this amount $5,450 was from
the city, and the balance, $11,500 was
made up by subscriptions from the
men under his command. He stated
that not a man in his department but
had taken one or more bonds, the
average per capita being slightly ov
er $M6, a most remarkable showing
indeed. But a few more'days are left
for the loan and Lieut. Faust asks
those wishing to invest la one of theca
bullets for the kaiser to not wait un
til the last <ag to subscribe.