VOLUME XIV. " " VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1016 NUMBER 203
LONE HIGHWAYMAN
ROBS JESSEN6ER
SECURES TWENTY THOUSAND
In View of Scores of Siwtators He
Throws Pep|»er in Eyes of Express
Messenger and Escaiies With Funds
of Southern Pacific Railroad.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8,—In the
presence of scores of spectators, a
lone highwayman this morning
dashed a handful of red pepper into
the eyes of a messenger for the Wells
Fargo Express company in this city,
and seizing a package containing
$20,000 belonging to the Southern
Pacific railroad company, made his
escape. Notwithstanding there were
a number of persons who witnessed
the robbery, it was accomplished so
quickly that the robber got safely
away before any of the spectators
had the presence of mind to give the
alarm of pursue the bandit.
RESEARCH WORK
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SAYS SUPT. MINING STATION
Lyon Arrives in Seattle to Take
Charge of New Federal Mining Sta
tion and Emphasizes Fact that the
Territory Will Benefit.
SEATTLE, Dec. 8.—Dorsey Lyon,
who has been appointed superinten
dent for the Federal Mining Station
to be established here, arrived today.
He emphasizes the statement hereto
fore made, that one of the prime ob
jects of the station would be exten
sive research work in Southeastern
and Southwestern Alaska.
Wedding Announcement.
Miss Hilda Hihnala and Mr. Lewis
Douglass will be married at 8 o’clock
tomorrow evening at the Episcopal
church, the Rev. George John Zinn
officiating. The affair is not invita
tional and all of t'teir friends are in
vited.
Airplane Pioneer Dead
LONDON, Dec. 8.—Sir George
White is dead. He established the
first airplane manufactory in Eng
land, and was a pioneer of electric
street traction, being the first to iu
roduce in in London. He was 62
years old and received the title of
baron in 1914.
Location notice*, both quarts and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
TO THE PEOPLE OF
VALDEZ AND VICINITY
We wish to announce that
we have taken over the bakery
and delicatessen business of
Mr. Rudolph Schmidt.
It is our aim to conduct a
modern, sanitary and up-to-date
bakery. We have, therefore,
erected a bakery building in the
rear of our store which will be
used exclusively for the bakery.
Our Bakery Department will
carry a complete line of bread,
k pies, cakes, and cookies, also a
k full delicatessen line such as was
k carried by Mr. Schmidt,
k Mr. Schmidt will have charge
k of the Bakery Department, thus
k assuring you of the usual good
k quality of his goods,
k All kinds of cakeB and pies
k made to order.
k Telephone orders promptly
k at^nded to.
k We hope you will call upon
k us when in need of anything in
k the bakery line.
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LLOYD GEORGE IS
ELIMINATES OLDER STATESMEN
I .n bo rite* Agree to Accept Positions
in the Cabinet—Will Be Com|>osed
of Best Men of All Parties With
out Regal'd for Politics.
LONDON, D. ('.. Dec. 8.—David
Lloyd George lias accepted the pre
miership and will at once start the
formation of a new ministry, in which
will be liminated al! of the cider
statesmen, including Asquith, "Bal
four, Gray, Lansdown. The King con
ferred more than an hour yesterd v
vdth Asquith and George, the libetal
Law and laborlte Henderson, for the
purpose, it is believed, of reconcili...
the differences between the several
I arties. Lord Derby, who is support
ing George, says the new cabinet will
i ot be a party affair, but will be made
i.p of the best men of all parties, aud
will conduct the war to a successful
end.
Lahorites to Participate.
LONDON, Dec. 8.—The Laborites
have agreed to participate in the new
cabinet being formed by Lloyd
George. The premier has offered them
two cabinet positions, one of which
is that of Chancellor of War and
three under secretaryships. It is re
ported that Balfour will be retained
in the new cabinet.
STEAMERS SOLD
10 CROSBY CO.
WILL GO TO THE GREAT LAKES
Steamers Dolphin and Jefferson on \
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the Southeastern Alaska Run, arc |
Sold to .Milwaukee Shipping Con
cern.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 8.—Negotiations j
iiave been completed by the officials
of the Alaska Steamship company
and the Crosby Transportation com
pany of Milwaukee, whereby the lat
ter company takes over the steamers
Dolphin and Jefferson, for many
years engaged in the Souhteastern
[Alaska service. The steamers will be
sent east through the Panama Cankl
and thence to the Great Lakes, where
they will be put into service. The
consideration of the transaction is
not given.
GERMANY ADMITS SINKING
THE TRANSPORT ARABIC
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—
The State Department Is in receipt
of a communication from the Ger
man government in which Germany
admits responsibility for the sinking
of the transport Arabic, and offering
to compensate the American suffer
ers.
KENYON WOULD PENALIZE
BETTING ON ELECTIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—
The Webb Corrupt Practices bill
is now being considered in the Sen
ate. Senator Kenyon has introduced
an amendment to the bill making It
a crime to bet on electiohs and pro
viding a penalty of a fine of $500
for each offense.
Negro Is Lynched.
CLARKS VALLE, Tex., Dec. 8 —
Buck Thomas, negro, who It was
charged, entered the home of Austin
'Bishop March 23 last and attacked
I Bishop and his wife with a club,
injuring both, was taken from a dep
| uty sheriff near here last night and
■ hanged.
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Newspapers Raise Price,
j BUFFALO, N. Y„ Dec. 7.—Five
Buffalo newspapers today announc
ed an advance in prices from 1 cent
; to 2 cents a copy. The increased cost
I of white paper and other materials
[was given as the cause for the ad
j vance.
MAKE PLAYHOUSE OF OLD SUBMARINE
Pboto by American Press Association.
The flrst Holland submarine built for the United States navy photographed
while lying In an empty lot in Philadelphia before being taken to New York
for exposition It made a good playhouse for boys.
ALASKA CLUB
- HOLDS BMfET
PROMINENT ALASKANS PRESENT
Alaska Railroad Declared Greatest
Achievement of Administration—
(in unison Advocates Division of
Territory.
—
SEATTLE, Dec. 8.—The annual
dinner of the Arctic Cluli was held
last night in the rooms of the club,
at which a number of prominent
Alaskans were present. The Alaska
railroad was the subject of the re
marks of a number of the speakers,
who designated it as the greatest
achievement of the administration.
Judge Royal A. Gunnison of Juneau,
spoke of the projected division of the
Territory, separating the coast from
the interior district, of which he was
r strong advocate and asserted that
such a division would surely come.
Senator Daley, of Nome, took the
opposite stand from Mr. Gunnison,
asserting that a division of the ter
ritory at this time would be inad
visable. Falcon Joslin, the well
known Tanana mining man, and
president of the Tanana Valley rail
road, championed Home Rule for
Alaska and rapped the Washington
Bureaucratic government of the ter
ritory. W. A. Dickey, the Landlock
Bay mining man and Henry Deyo, of
Valdez, were among the gueBts at the
banquet.
WALL STREET LOSSES
DRIVE TO DEATH
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Unsuccess
ful speculation in Wall Street, by
which he was said to have lost most
of an inheritance of $50,000 was at
tributed by the police as a cause for
the death here last night of Frank
H. Smiley, a lawyer whose body was
found in his office after he had shot
himself in the head.
Evans Leaves for Seattle.
The steamer Admiral Evans arriv
ed in port froti the westward about
1 o’clock this afternoon and sailed
an hour later for Seattle. Ole Fer
guson was the only passengers book
ed from here for the outside.
The launch Katalla Qifeen arrived
in port last night from Port Wells
after a rough trip.
RKTURNS FROM ILIAMNA
IN FAVOR OF BULZER
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Official returns from Iliamna, re
ceived today at the office of the clerk
of the court give Sulzer 7 and Wick
ersham 6 votes.
D. H. McDonald returned to town
last evening, having made the round
trip tc the Port Wells distric: on
the Katalla Queen.
MUST DEFEAT
ALEXANDER BILL
TO SAVE TERRITORIAL TAXES
George It. Grigsby Says Measure It
Passed Would Deprive Territory of
a (Quarter of a Million Annually—
Says Sulzer Elected by Hundred.
SEATTLE. Dec. 8.—Prior to his
departure for Juneau, George 15.
Grigsby, the Governor General elect
of Alaska, in an interview stated that
the most important thing at this tins
for Alaska is the defeat of the Alex
ander Kish bill, the passage of which
means the loss to the territory of ai
least a quarter of a million in taxes
for roads.
Mr. Grigsby expressed his belief
that Charles A. Sulzer, the Demo
cratic nominee for Delegate to Con
gress from Alaska would carry the
territory by at least 100 plurality.
AIR ELEET SOON BE
GIVEN GEN. KI NSTON
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 8.—
General Funston soon will have at
his command an airplane defense
second to none in the world, declar
ed Brigadier General George P.
Scriven, Chief of the Signal Corps
of the United States army, at a din
ner in his honor here.
His talk was the subject of much
discussion as giving an inkling of the
extent of development of aeronautics
planned for the army.
"Already more than $2,500,000
worth of airplanes are under orders
t«< move t ftomi the army concentra
tion points, and the bulk of them are
coming to San Antonio," General
Scriven added.
Basketball Game Tonight.
The basketball game scheduled for
tonight between the Moose team and
the team from Fort Liscum has been
postponed owing to the storm pre
venting the Liscum team from reach
ing here. In place thereof a game
will be played between the Moose and
the Pinzon teams. Admission to the
game has been placed at 25c.
Cyclone Ravages Isle.
PARIS, Dec. 7.—The Island of
Sardinia, in the Mediterranean, has
been ravaged by a cyclone, according
to a report received in Rome and for
warded to the Havas agency.
Deputy Marshal A. C. Dowling re
turned on the Admiral Evans from
!he westward bringing Mike Egorolf.
held to the grand jury at Seldovia on
the charge of robbery and Walter
Stoker from Seward, charged with
murder.
Peter Hanson came up from the
Granite mine last evening on the
Ratal la Queen.
GERMANS STILL ADVANCING
ON ALL RUMANIAN FRONTS
RUMANIANS RETREATING ALL ALONG THE LINES—TEUTONS CAP
TURE NINE THOUSAND PRISONERS YESTERDAY — CAITURK
RUSSIAN POSITIONS WEST OK LUTSK—RUSSIANS COVER THE
RIGHT FLANK OK RETREATING RUMANIANS—CITY OK BUCH
AREST-—TEUTONS CAPTURE PITKSHTI CUTTING MAIN LINE
OK THE RUMANIAN RETREAT.
BERLIN, Dec. 8.—An official bul
letin issued by the war office this
morning states that the Rumanians
are retreating all along the line, and
that the Teutons captured 9,000 pris
oners yesterday. In Volhynia the
Teutons took the Russian positions
west of Lutsk and repulsed five
counter attacks of the Russians.
Russians Protect h'lanks.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 8.—The Rus
sian troops are now covering the
right flank of the retreating Ruma
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nians. The latter are moving south
ward, having evacuated Bucharest on
Monday and yesterday.
Cut Cine of Rereat.
BERLIN, Dec. 8.—It was officially
announced this afternoon that the
Teutons had captured the town of
Plteshti, cutting the main line of the
Rumanian retreat. The rapidity of
the Teuton campaign is unequalled
in the annals of history. The Rus
sians north of Tartar Pass have in
itiated an offensive, but without re
sults.
HI NT TO CONTEST THE
GOVERNORSHIP ARIZONA
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 8.— Go
Hunt, who was defeated in the recent
election, has instituted a contest to
set aside the returns and secu*e a
new count. Hunt was defeated by
only 30 votes on the face of the
returns and alleges errors were r a tie
which would give him the election on
a recount.
GALE SWEEPS OVER
TOWN OK ASTORIA
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 6.—A 70
mile an hour gale swept this city this
morning. Part of the High School
roof was blown off. Many windows
were smashed,
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Teni|>eraturo Dropping.
Notwithstanding somewhat milder
temperature in Valdez the weather
inside has taken a drop during the
past 24 hours of from 2 to 8 degrees.
At Salcha this morning the thermom
eter registered 55 degrees below,
i losely followed by 54 below at Mc
Carthy. Copper Center and Gu
kana each report 50 below and 20
below is reported from the Summit
today. At Wortman 6 below is •i
ported, and in Valdez a raise of
about 8 degrees is recorded.
ElKOPEAN BEYERS BI1»
HIGHEST FOR EGGS
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 8.—
European buyers are outbidding
Minneapolis buyers for every egg in
cold storage in the city. If commis
sion men succumb to the temptation
it will strip the city of the last egg
it possesses and result in an unpre
cedented egg famine dealers said to
day.
Last week oae dealer said that ex
porters had a standing offer to pay
the current price without any deduc
tions for spoiled eggs for the city’s
entire storage supply. The wholesale
price for storage eggs in Minneapolis
today was 36 cents. . v
HOTEL MAID HEIR TO $100,000
WILL KEEP HER PRESENT JOB
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 8.—Miss
Hannah Hess, maid in a local hotel,
has received word from her brother,
Louis E. He38, of Sisterville, W. Va.,
that she has fallen heir to 8100,000,
part of a fortune of 8400,000 left to
herself and three brothers by an aunt
who lived in Johnstown, Pa.
After she recovered from the shock
of the news she announced that she
would place the matter in the hands
of an attorney and then continue her
present position and await develop
ments. Miss Hess is 24 years old.
Quake In Japan.
TOKIO, Dec. 8.—Considerable
damage has been caused by an earth
quake in Middle Jap^n. Many hou«es
have been destroyed in Kobe, Osaka
and Kyoto. The railway station at
Kyoto was damaged and several pe
destrians were hurt by falling walls
and roofs in that town and in Kobe.
Elmer Postle and Billy Quitsch
arrived in town last evening from
Berry Arm.
IS PKKSKXTKD BY XKWLANDS
Three Hundred Railroad Workers
Protest Against Being Kxempted
from tlic Provisions of the Adam
son latw.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 8. —
Senator Francis G. Newlands, of
Nevada, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce, has
presented a petition to the Senate,
signed by 300,000 railroad men
throughout the country who are not
included in the provisions of the
Adamson law, protesting against the
discrimination against them, and ask
ing that the law be so amended as
to include them.
Dl'TIKS l'PON CLOTHING
INTO MKXICO err DOWN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The De
partment of commerce today report
ed that according to information
from the United States collector of
customs at El Paso, a reduction of
seventy-five per cent in the duties
applicable to common clothing and
certain fabrics imported into Mexico
is to be allowed for the present.
Worried About Flour.
CLEVELAND. O., Dec. 8.—Cleve
land is facing a serious flour short
age. Wholesale grocers are said to
have but a few days’ supply on hand
where ordinarily they keep from 30
to 40 days ahead and with the pres
ent demand the surplus will be wiped
out soon unless incoming shipments
increase.
Threat of Coal Drivers
CLEVELAND, Ohio., Dec. 8.—
With the mercury at 19 below zero,
the gas supply very short and the
coal supply limited, J. Rohrick, bus
iness agent of the Coal Driver’s Un
ion, announced today 500 drivers of
coal wagons would strike tomorrow
If employers do not grant closed shop
and a ten-hour day.
Bloodhounds are Used
LEXINGTON, Tenn., Dec. 8. —
Posses with bloodhounds began a
search today for the slayer of Mrs.
Callie Havener, 22 years old, and
Mrs. Rebecca Boatright, 20, who
were found shot to death at the home
of the latter late yesterday. The au
horities believe robbery was the mo
tive of the crime.
Mines an dosed
HIBBINB, Minn,, Dec. 8.—A fall
in the mercury to live degrees below
zero yesterday cawed almost com
plete suspension of mining opera
tions in this district today.
Many mines have lowered their
output 75 per cent. Reports from
the Duluth docks state laborers re
fuse to work in the intense cold.