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judge Bunnell Caught Thursday
Morning’s Train from Cordova
for Chitina, loosing No Time.
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The launch Shamrock, Capt. Tim
Marcum, which went to Cordova last
Wednesday with Judge Bunnell, who
is en route to his home in Fair
banks, returned last night with a
number of passengers from Landlock,
Fidalgo and Ellamar. Capt. Mar
cum reports that Judge Bunnell lost
no time in Cordova as he caught tho
train leaving Cordova for Chitina
Thursday morning.
The Shamrock brought four men
from Cordova to Fidalgo Bay Where
they will be employed on the worn
of constructing the big wharf and ore
bunkers being erected there by the
Alaska Mines corporation. The men
are experienced in piledriver work
and will hasten the completion of the
wharf.
Capt. Marcum reports that flue
weather prevailed during the trip,
which is something unusual at this
season of the year. The launch call
ed at Irish Cove where Tom Blakney,
the well known mining man was land
ed. He has copper interests there
and is arranging for the development
of the ore bodies on his claims.
FRENCH HOSPITAL 9HIP8
ARE WELL EQUIPEI)
o.ALONIKil: Quite the most agree
able fate that cin overtake an allied
soldier in the Qalkan campaign is to
be ill—or slightly wounded. There
are one British and four French hos
pital ships in the roads of Salonikl,
and they constitute by far the most
comfortable, not to say the most san
itary, spot in the Balkan peninsula.
The French have been better pre
pared from the very outset of the
present Balkan campaign in every
detail of military organization than
their British allies. No better example
of the thoroughness of this prepar
ation could be given than the ar
rangements for caring for the sick
and wounded. Long before there was
actually any need for it and simult
aneously with ' the landing of the
first contingent of French troops on
Greek soil, the French hospital ship
Sphinx was lying ready in the harbor
of Saloniki. As the numebr of troops
disembarked increased automatically
more hospital ships put in an ap
uearance. First the Dugay Trouin.
with its sheltered decks and its
high stern like the poop of a Spanish
galleon, all porches and awnings,
and* lounging places for the convel
lescent; next this ship the Charles
escent; next this hip the Charles
Roux, with its operating rooms, its
surgical clinics, and its complete
provision for thee are of the most
seriouslywoundly, and Anally the
Canada—all with full complement
of nurses, surgeons, physicians, Sis
ters of Charity, and all the rest of the
paraphernalia of the aftermath of the
battle.
In many ways the Charles Rouix is
the most interesting, especially as
it is the principle operating theatre
of the floating hospitals of Saloniki,
and especially as the Surgeon Maj-,
or, Dr. Helts Boyer, is one of the
most distinguished and best known
surgeons in Parts. The ship was con
verted from one of the larger pas
senger steamers that in time of
peace made the voyage from Mar
seilles to Alger. As such it is roomy
enough, for not only have the salo
ons not required as operating cham
bers been turned into wards toadd to
the accomodations of the cabins, but
the great broad decks have been
glassed in, making the most agree
able sun parlors, in which cots are
set in long rows so that the sick and
wounded, in the warmth of the after
noon sun, may lie quiet and look out
on the splendid views the Bay of Sal
oniki affords.
Each specialist has his own operat
ing room, in addition to which there
is a very complete pharmacy, a biol
ogical laboratory, an X-ray apparatus
with the necessary facilites for
photographing the insides of the pat
ient, and a perfectly equiped dark
room to develop the photographs.
In completion of the' picture there
are the silent effective little Sisters
of Charity
All of this is the work of the wo
men of Prance—the organzatfon
known as the “Succor for the
Wounded Soldiers,” whose committee
even now is in Saioniki, looking af
ter the arrangements, criticising,
making suggestions, and charging
themselves with secur'ng from the
great hearts of the French women all
that may be needed to see that the
soldier of the French republic, how
ever far he may be from home,
shall have every proper care and com
fort.
PEACE SHIP OSCAR
RETURNING HOME
Members of Permanent Peace Board
Will Remain in Europe to
Continue Peace Efforts.
THE HAGUE Jan. 16.—The
Henry Ford peace ship Oscar will
sail from Rotterdam for New York
tonight with members of the peace
expedition who have been attending
the conference here. The members of
the permanent peace board will re
main abroad and will attempt to se
cure permission from the warring
European nations to visit the var
ious countries to promote peace.
Henry Ford has cabled Rev. Aked,
of San Francisco, who has been nam
ed chairman of the board, that he
will gladly finance any effort of the
committee if good can be accomplish
ed by their remaining in Europe.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Kodak Supplies at me Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Anything in the Jewelry line at the
Valdes Drug Co. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Brooms 26c, 86c and 60c; for the
best at the Emporium. tf
Privates Hauk and Wheurkosky are
In the hospital at the Post, undergo
ing minor operations.
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
tine of School Stationery. tf*
m{*s. Sergt. Schwechton, who has
been confined to the hospital at the
Post for some time, following a minor
operation, is reported to be eonvalam
ing rapidly.
Nugget jewelry made to order at
the Valdez Drug Co., by O. O.
Relnke. tf
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles, glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tf
RUSSIA PLACING
HEAVY ORDERS
American Manufacturers Get Con
tracts for 32,000 Machine Guns
and Ten Million Shells.
NEW YORK, Jan. IB.—Advices
were received here today from Petro
grad approving of the contract for
thirty-two thousand machine guns
which was awarded last month to a
syndicate of American manufacturers.
The contract calls for the delivery of
the guns during the present year and
will cost the Czar’s government $35,
000,000.
The big contract has been appor
tioned among four of the largest crd
nance manufacturers in the United
States as it was believed that on one
firm in the country could make deliv
ery in the limited time set by the con
tract.
The Russian government has also
been awarded a contract for ten mil
lion shells for the guns which will be
supplied by the American fact' ries.
The shells will have an average cost
of $16.50, and as in the case of the
contract for the guns, delivery must
be made during the present year.
The enormous contracts secured
from the Czar’s government has caus
ed the stocks of the munition facto
ries and steel works to go skyward as
the heavy order indicates that Russia
is determined to carry the war to the
bitter end and that future orders for
munition factories are assured.
8,000 MURDERED IN
U. 8. DURING 1914
NEW YORK: Eight thousand per
sons were murdered in the United
States in 1914; 80 percent of the vic
tims were men; Memphis, Tenn., was
the most dangerous of American
cities from the homicide viewpoint,
with a murder rate of72.2 for 100,
000 of population; Reading, Penn.,
with a corresponding rate of 1 for
100,000, was the safest; New York
had a murder rate of 6.1 for 100,000;
Chicago’s rate was 9.1.
These and many other interesting
facts are recounted in an article on
“The Momicide Record of American
Cities for 1914,” which appears in
today’s issue of the Spectator, an in
surance journal. Frederick L. Hoff
man, author, made the compilation,
and draws lessons for life insurance
managers.
A table of the statistics of thirty
American cities show that Man
hattan and the Bronx 186 persons
were murdered last year, a rate of
6.1 for 100,000 a rate which has re
mained exactly stationary for twelve
years. Brooklyn, with 94 murders
last year, has a rate of 6.1 for 100,
000 Next to Memphis, with the high
est rate, comfes Charleston, S. C.,
with33.3 for 100,000 people. The
first eight cities are in the south,
where a majority of the murders are
due to negro fights. Chicago had 217
murders last year, New York City
280. Over in Philadelphia the rate is
4.6 for 100,000. and in Boston 3.4.
Tables show that in the decade
1904- 1913 the average rate for all
the cities was 7.9 per 100,000,
against a rate of 8.6 in 1914, or, in
other words the rate last year was
8.9 per cent., or .7 for 100,000, in
excess of the average rate for the
years of the preceding decades. Of
the thirty cities under consideration,
the rate increased in twenty-one, de
creased in seven, and remained stat
ionary in two.
The suicide rate increased in i»i4
3.6 per cent, while the murder rate
increased 8.9 per cent.
Another table on the methods of
murder shows that 60.6 per cent, of
homicides were done with firearms,
15.1 per cent, with cutting or pierc
ing instruments, and 24.3 per cent,
through other means. Most homicide
victims dies between the ages of 25
and 34.
The Spectator recommends stricter
laws regulating carrying firearms
and obtaining poisons.
GERMANY TIGHTENS HER
PASSPORT RULES.
WASHINGTON: Germany has ad
opted new regulations governing
the vlseing of passports of persons
travelling in Germany. Under these
regulations a passport held by an
American will have to he newly vised
every time the holder goes into Ger
many. After receiving an explana
tory message on tbe#uhjact from
Ambassador Gerard, Secretary Lan
sing issued this announcement:
"The Department of State is in re
ceipt of information from the Amer
ican Embassy at Berlin that new re
gulations for the vlseing of passports
for use in Germany have been adopt
ed, thd pertinent parts applicable to
American citizens being that a new
vise of a passport by a German dip
lomat or consular officer Is required
for each separate entry into Ger
many; that to obtain the vise the
bearer of the passport must apply in
person to the German diplomatic or
consular officer; that the bearer must
present two photographs, similar to
the one in his passport, for the files
af the German diplomatic or consul
ar officer, and that a vise will not
be granted unless the journey seems
to be necessary, and the necessity
is to be shown _/ the bearer. If his
journey is for business purposes, he
submit papers showing what busi
ness houses he intends to visit in
Germany. If the journey is to visit
friends or relations, the urgent nec
essity must be shown. Further, ap
plicants for the vise of German dip
lomatic or consular officers are re
quired to present their certificates
of naturalization or birth certi
fleates.”
ENURE COUNTRY
IS SHIVERING
Florida is Only State in the Onion
Which is not Kxperiencing
Onusually Cold Weather.
WASHINGTON D. C. Jan. 15.—
Advices from all parts of the country
state that the cold wave which began
in the New England states several
days ago has extended to every state
in the Union with the exception of
Florida. In many of the western
states the mercury has fallen several
degrees below all previous records
and is causing great hardship and
misery to untold thousands.
The weather bureau here promises
no immediate relief and predicts that
still lower temperature will be ex
perienced in many parts of the coun
try, especially in the middle states
and western states, before the change
occurs.
ReportB from many parts of the
country show that the temperature
has dropped to a point where fruit
trees and plants are threatened and
that a few more degrees of frost will
cause the loss of millions of dollars
to the fruit growers.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Just received ,the finest line of
neckties ever shown in Valdez, at
Ben Silvorman’s.
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY P. CAMERON.
Our fresh oandy arrived on this
last boat late for the holidays, 12 %
cents half pound at the Emporium.
WANTED: Experienced woman de
sires work as cook or maid. Refer
ences given. Address Prospector.
Bargains at the Emporium; open
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. *
To the Merchants.
Don't think we are slighting you
if we don’t call in every day and
make a purchase as there is so many
of you in the same line that we
would have nothing left to lay in
modern tools and machinery to keep
up with the automobile business, m
it is setting a rapid pace for our lim
ited meanB, as we have no bank con
nected with the business; but we so
licit your patronage Just the same,
and if you have an axe to grind, Just
bring it along; the emery wheel is
running. Valdez Iron Wks. sat-tf
NORTHWESTERN IS
REPORTED FROM JUNEAU
The steamer Northwestern was re
ported from Juneau has having left
that port at 8:30 o’clock last night
en route for Cordova. The steamer
is making slow time and should she
be delayed the customary period at
Cordova she will arrive in Valdes'
sometime Sunday night or Monday
morning.
The steamer Admiral Evans, which
sailed from Seattle for Valdez last
Monday night, had not been reported
from Juneau up to a late hour this
afternoon.
The steamer Admiral Farragut of
the Alaska Pacific Navigation con -
pany’s fleet, which dropped one
Alaskan trip in order to c ake two
trips between Seattle and San Fran
cisco, Is scheduled to leave Seattle
tonight on her regular run to South
western Alaskan ports
The Admiral Evans, according to
information received from Juneau,
reached Gaatlneau channel this after
noon and is cheduled to sail again
at 11 o'clock tonight. She will call
at Yakutat and Katalla, on her up
trip if the weather is favorable and
will probably arrive in Valdez Mon
day night.
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the J
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82 |
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Onaranteed I
Telephone 6ff I
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When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fined Hole! in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
UPPER T0NS1NA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY |
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled !
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60 |
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co. j
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND j
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on j
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th rails Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage. i
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with i
Steamera Yale and Harvard for Southern California. i
Right reserved to change schedule without notice i
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattle I VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Local Agt. j
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. S. ALAMEDA AND 8. S. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, aOTH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdes and La
' touche. Explosives, 8. 8. Seward, on the 6 th; La touche, on the 16 th; S. S.
Cordova, 26th of eaoh month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notide.
9. B. TRACT, Gena Agent VADORE DOCK CO, Docnl Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It's the Short line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdes, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
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