VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ. ALASKA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1018 NUMBER $45
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Miss Strong Recalled from School
Hoard on Acount of Unpatriotic
Utterances
SEATTLE, March 6.—Ole Hanson
•was elected mayor of Seattle yester
day by a plurality of over 5000. The
day was clear and calm and a large
vote was polled, over 60,000 votes be
ing cast for the various candidates.
Miss Strong, one of the board of
directors was overwhelmingly recalled
for alleged unpatriotic utterances
when this country went into the war.
A movement was started last fall to
recall Miss Strong but it was check
ed when it was learned that her term
expired this spring.
Edward L. Terry, city treasurer,
was re-elected by a large majority.
Harry W. Carrol, the present city
comptroller, wns also re-elected, as
was Hugh M. Caldwell, as corporation
counsel.
T. F. Bolton and A. F. Haas were
re-elected councilmen; and R. W.
Cotterill, a brother of George Cot
terill, former mayor of Seattle was
elected on the council. Mr. Cotterill
was secretary of the city park depart
ment, and resigned to run for coun
cilman.
Majority 45 HI
SEATTLE, March 6.—Ole Hanson’s
majority in the mayoralty contest
was 4519.
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SUBMARINE SINKS
BIB VESSEL
Two Officers, Fifty-six Men Drown
when U-boat sent Merchantman,
cruiser to Bottom
LONDON, March 6.—The armed
merchantman-cruiser Calgaryan was
torpedoed and sunk Friday last by a
German submarine, according to In
formation issued by the admiralty
this morning. Two officers and fifty
six men went down with the ship.
Another Ship Hunk
LONDON, March 6.—The British
ship Kenmere has been submarined
the admiralty announced today. But
six persons were saved.
EXEMPTION OP RAIL
WORKERS CONSIDERED
WASHINGTON : Deferred draft
classification for railroad employes is
under consideration between the war
department and the railroad adminis
tration, it became known today. The
war department objects to giving spe
cial consideration to railway em
ployes as a class, insisting that the
case of each man should be consider
ed individually as to whether his is
indispensable. This policy does not
satisfy the railroad administration,
which contends that few railroad men
are actually indispensable and that
unless some uniform action is pre
scribed, local exemption boards may
be inclined to refuse deferred classi
fication to thousands of necessary em
ployes who have no dependents. Near
ly 500,000 railroad men are within
the draft age, but the actual number
which would be affected by such a
ruling is estimated at less than 200,
000.
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AGAINST JAPAN
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Japanese Intervention in Siberia may
Align Russia With Central Pow
ers in Rig War
AMSTERDAM, March G.—Japan
ese intervention in Silieria either will
lead to a Russian-German agreement
against Japan or will bring about an
understanding between Germany and
Japan, according to the Cologne
Volks Zeitung, copies of which were
received here today.
A Germanic Slav alliance is not
improbable in the event that Japan’s
armies occupy Russian territory, and
is a danger which is fully recognized
by President Wilson.
No Consent Given
WASHINGTON. D. C., March G.—
It is authoritatively stated here to
day that the United States lias sent
no communication to Japan on the
subject of action in Siberia, and that
if any views are expressed by this
government they probably will be
conveyed to Great Britain first.
Compact Dangerous
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.—
A compact between either Japan and
Germany or Germany and Russia
would further complicate the war
problem in the Ear East, and would
be dangerous to the success of the
allies is the opinionof prominent pub
licists in this city. While Russia’s
army has been demobilized and torn
asunder by the Bolsheviki movement,
it could be made cohesive in a short
time with the proper management
and would form a formidable fighting
unit against any nation with which
it went to war.
President is Confident
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.—
President Wilson is confident that a
way can be found to bring about an
amicable adjustment of the Siberian
situation, and' was in consultation
with members of the cabinet for some
hours yesterday. That he fully under
stands and is able to cope with the
situation is evidenced by the manner
in which he has already held off Jap
anese occupation, and the permission
of the United States is now the key
to the situation.
Japanese Informed
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.—
The allies have Informed Japan* of
the attitude of the United States on
the Siberian question, and the matter
wil be .threshed out by Ambassador
Ishii and the President.
BUFFET INSPECTED AND
FOUND TO BE SANITARY
In compliance with the request of
Commandant Koehler of Fort Lis
cum, the Buffet was inspected today
by the health officer and found to be
in a most sanitary condition. The new
ruling requiring all places of busi
ness catering to soldiers to be inspect
ed comes from the war department,
and leaves Capt. Koehler no option
but to see that it is enforced, as all
places of like business in the States
are thus inspected. Valdez has no
places which could be considered un
sanitary, but the inspection must be
made nevertheless.
METAL TRADES WORKERS
ASK BIG WAGE INCREASE
GREAT FALLS, Mont: About 200
men belonging to the metal trades
council went out on a strike for $2.25
more wages per day in this city this
morning. The men include garage
mechanics, machine shop workers,
iron workers, stationary engineers
and janitors of some business of some
business blocks. The men of the B*
& M. smelter at this point are not af
fected. The employers' association re
fused to grant the raise asked, and
today the men are endeavoring to
treat with the employers separately, a
committee visiting every employe af
fected lh'the «ity. •
MINISTERS FLEE
EROMPETROGRAD
Population Fleeing Before German
Advance—Moscow will be Fu
ture Seat of Government
LONDON, March 6.—The evacua
tion of Petrograd before the German
advance began today, according to a
Reuter dispatch received here dated
yesterday. Three state ministers have
fled from the city. The civilian popu
lation is fleeing hastily from the
doomed city, taking with them such
scanty household goods as transpor
tation can be secured for.
The Bolsheviki government today
announced that, hereafter to all in
tents and purposes Moscow would be
the seat of the Russian government,
and that Petrograd would be a free
port.
Never Submit to Defeat.
PETRORAD, March <>.—The Bol
.-.heviki leaders are prepared to with
draw even as far as the Ural moun
tains rather than submit to defeat.
Minister Trotzky said today in an in
terview.
PREFER JAIL TO ARMY
NEW YORK: Authorities here
state that many young men of draft
age are committing petty thefts so as
to be sent to jail for short terms to
evade military duty.
FARMERS ARE ASKED
TO RAISE MOKE PORK
DAVIS, Cal.: An appeal to farmers
to raise pork for “patriotic reasons,”
if they canot make a profit doing It
“because we must have more pork
if we are going to win this war,” was
made by L. F. Frost, a publisher of
Chicago, to delegates to the Western
American Berkshire Congress.
He said Germany had "more hogs
now then site had at the beginning of
the war, and we have less.”
SMALL VESSELS
WILL BE BARKED
WASHINGTON: The shipping
hoard tonight directed that no Ameri
can steamer of less than 2,500 dead
weight tons be permitted to clear for
a trans-Atlantic voyage or to engage
in other long voyage trades.
DELLA SAILS FOR KLLAMAK
The launch Della sailed this morn
ing for Ellamar, Landlock and Fidal
go. Mike Norton, Larens Watts, Paul
Capris and Fred Mills were passen
gers.
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From Fairbanks to McCallum zero
weather prevails; from the latter
station into the coast, above zero
weather is reported.
FAIL TO STAND UP;
GET PINCHED
SEATTLE: Abe Brown, a native of
Austria, and two companions were be
ing held in the city Jail for investi
gation today following their arrest
last night by officers who said the
three failed to stand when an orches
tra in a moving picture house they
were attending played “The Star
Spangled Banner.”
LIEUTENANT KILLED
ST. PAUL, Minn.: Lieut. Perry
Dean Gribben, of the aviation section
of the signal corps, furloughed from
Fort Omaha for a visit at his home
here, died today from injuries suffer
ed in an automobile accident.
SUSPICIOUS LOOKING
BOX IS COFFIN
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REDDING, Cal.: A small box found
lying in the snow beside the railroad
in the mountain oouhtry near here
was turned over to railroad police and
city officials yesterday In* the belief
thht It might contain explosives. 1
In it was a small, costly coffin with
the dead body of a week Ml Mbf glvl
The Infant has not been Identified.
IRISH REBELLION
REACHES CRISIS
Sinn Fein Volunteers Take Kilimegs
and are Drilling to Resist Brit
isli Government
LONDON, March 6.—Sinn Fein
volunteers have seized the town of
Kilimegs in County Donegal, on Done
gal Day, in North Ireland, and it is
reported here today that they are
guarding exits from this town, and
are drilling to resist the British gov
ernment.
Remember that being a slave to
your eating habits is one way of help
ing the kaiser.
MISIRISH
LEADER DEAD
.Inlin Redmond, Nationalist Head, Ex
pires in liondon from Heart trou
ble Following Ojieration
LONDON, March 6.—John Red
mond, the famous Irish Nationalist
leader, died this morning of heart
failure, following an operation for a
minor trouble with which he had been
afflicted for some time.
John Edward Redmond, member of
Parliament from Waterford. Ireland,
since 1891, was bom in 1851, and
was a son of the late W. A. Redmond
of Baljytrent, also a member of the
British parliament for many years.
He was married to Johanna Dalton
in 1883; Mr. Redmond was educated
at Trinity College, Dublin; was ad
mitted to the bar at Grays Inn, in
1886; was an Irish barrister in 1887;
elected member of Parliament from
New Ross in 1886; and was returned
from North Wexford in 1891.
He was a strong advocate of home
rule for Ireland and was a brilliant
speaker and able orator.
LAFOLLETTE CENSORED
MADISON, Wis., March 6.—The
lower house of the Wisconsin legisla
ture passed a resolution censuring
Senator LaFollette for his attitude on
the war question. The resolution had
already passed the senate.
AMERICANS ACTIVE AT TOIL
AMERICAN ARMY, March 6.—
During the night heavy artillery fir
ing continued, and patrol parties
were active in the American sector
northeast of Toul. Several German at
tacks were broken up by the Ameri
can scouts.
Mike Norton and Larens Watts left
this morning for Wilson’s camp at
Fldalgo.
FIVE MILLION CLOTH
GRAFT LEADS TO ARREST
NEW YORK: Eight clothing manu
manufacturers, two employes and a
clerk in the quartermaster’s depart
ment of the army were indicted by
the federal grand Jury here today
charged with being concerned in ex
tensive army uniform cloth frauds.
The indictments are based upon
evidence gathered by the federal dis
trict attorney's office in connection
with the arrest about two months ago
of Louis Davidson, head of the Uni
versal Cloth Shrinking & Refining
works here.
Cloth and other army supplies
worth approximately $6,000,000 were
stolen, according to Lieut. George D.
Barnlts, of the New York police force,
who, In conjunction with the federal
authorities, Investigated the alleged
frauds, which he said Included thefts
In other parts of the oountry.tHe as
serted that a plot of nation-wide pro
portions had been uncovered and that
Investigations In other cities probably
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WASHINGTON, I). C\, March 0.—Thomas It. Higgs, Jr., formerly com
missioner of the Alaska Engineering Commision, with headquarters at
Nenana. was today apiiointed governor of Alaska to succeed Governor <1.
K. A. Strong, the present incumbent.
This ends the long and bitter fight against Governor Strong by Alaskan
democracy, which has kept territorial politics In a turmoil and caused
numerous charges to be Hied against the governor.
The first charges against the present incumbent were caused by his ac
tions as a member of the territorial, canvassing board, when contrary to
the ruling and law quoted by the attorney general of the territory he gave
the returns as electing James Wirkersham as Delegate to Congress, in
stead of diaries A. Sulzer, as indicated by the returns
The decision of the canvassing board was promptly set aside by the
courts who issued a certificate of election to Mr. Hulzer. who is now rep
resenting the territory', altlio a contest was inaugurated hy Mr. W’irker
sliam which has not yet been acted upon by congress.
Other actions of the governor’s su-cli as ap|Miiiiting republicans for of
fice and openly- esfiousing the Wirkersham cause, made him persona non
gruta to the democrats who have worked indefatigably for his removal.
The new governor is a man of proven democracy and is a man of great
ability. He Is thoroughly familiar with conditions in the territory having
resided here for some time, anil will make a good executive.
DEMOCRATS MIX CONTROL ,
OK l/OM'KK HOUSE |
WASH INTON, I). C„ March C.—
The democrats won control of the J
house of representatives yesterday |
when four representatives to congress '
were elected in New York city dur
ing a special election.
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GERMAN INDICTED
GREAT FALLS. Mont.: Win. Burg
hart, of Judith Gap, Mont., indicted
under the espionage law was arrest
ed here today under presidential war
rant by United States Marshal As
bridge on charge of German enemy
alienage and will be interned during
the period of the war.
The Miners' Union of this city
elected Frank Gustafson as president
yesterday, in place of Wm. Conley,
who is spending the winter in the
Port Wells district.
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NO RESTRICTIONS PLACED
ON USE OK SUBSTITUTES
WASHINGTON: Housewives may
use wheat flour substitutes In any
manner they wish, the food adminis
trator pointed out today in a state
ment declaring that some grocers
have misunderstood the wheat flour
substitute rule and are requiring pur
chasers of wheat flour to agree actu
ally to use one-third of other cereals
in the bread they bake at home.
The grocer is required to sell one
pound of substitute with every two
pounds of wheat flour, but the house
wife is free to use the substitutes in
any way she chooses. The food ad
ministration, however, has requested
women to bake a victory bread in
their homes containing 20 per cent
or more of wheat flour substitutes.
TEACHING OK GERMAN OPPOSED
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.: Immediate
abandonment in all public schools
and universities in South Dakota of
the teaching of German was ordered
by the State Council of Defense in a
resolution adopted today. So far as
is known this is the first action of
the kind taken by a State Council of
Defense.
CONTRACTOR CRAWFORD
SECURES NEW CONTRACT
Contractor Chas. Crawford of this
city, who is driving the piling for the
construction of a large cannery and
wharf at Dryer Bay for the Kenal
Packing Company, is making fine
progress, having the piles for the new
building nearly driven and capped.
Mr. Crawford yesterday secured the
contract to erect a large saltery at
Shelter Bay, on Hoodoo Island, just
below Knight Island, from A. W.
Thomas, a fish man of Seatle, and
will move his driver to that point as
Boon bb his contract at Dryer Bay is
completed.
Mr. Crawford has a complete
equipment for driving piling for
traps and buildings, and has had con
siderable experience In this work.
The orchestra music at the Empress
last night was exceptionally good,
and drew forth bursts of applause
from the large audience at the con
clusion of each number. A good or
chestra Is one of the most valuable
assets a town can have, and It as well
as our splendid band, should be en
oourged in every possible way.
SULZER'S MEASURE
BEDEFEATED
Provided for Killing and Storing of
Itig Game in Alaska—Protect
ive Association Protests
MOW YORK, March (1.—The Am
erican Game Protective Association
in session here today entered a strong
protest to Delegate from Alaska
Charles A. Sulzer's war measure now
before congress, providing for the
killing and cold storage of big game
in Alaska. The measure was design
ed to help conserve the meat supply of
the nation.
“THE WAITING SOIL”
AT EMPRESS TOMORROW
Mme. Petrova will appear at the
Empress tomorrow night In "The
Waiting Soul,” a five act drama of
a woman who risked ruin for the sake
of the truth. Should a wife who has
made a mistake early in life tell her
husband everything? Should a hus
band tell his wife of his boyhood
scrapes? Or should both keep silent
and allow themselves to believe each
the soul of honor and integrity? Go
to the Empress tomorrow night and
see how the problem is handled by
Mme Petrova.
UMATILLA ASHORE OFF
COAST OF JAPAN
SEATTLE. March 6.—The steam
ship Umatilla, belonging to the Pa
cific Steamship Company’s fleet,
which is on a voyage- from Seatle to
Singapore, is ashore off the south
western coast of Japan. She is in a
safe position and may he pulled off
easily.
KOBE, Japan, March 6.—The Pa
cific Coast Company’s steamship Uma
tilla was floated uninjured today.
Paul Capris returned to Ellamar
this morning, where he has a situa
tion as timber boss in the mine at
that place. Mr. Capris recently recov
ered from a fractured leg.
KLOYI) RAMP SENTENCED
TO SERVE TWO YEARS
PORTLAND: Floyd Ramp, social
ist from Roseburg, Ore., who was con
victed of violation of the espionage
act several weeks ago, was sentenced
by United States District Judge Wol
verton to two years at McNeill’s Isl
and and a fine of 11.000. Ramp gave
notice of appeal and was granted
twenty days to perfect it. He declar
ed that Seymour Steadman, of Chi
cago, counsel for the socialist party
of the United States, would handle
his appeal.
After Judge Wolverton had passed.'
sentence, Ramp remarked:
"I suppose there is no chance to
have this changed to banishment to
Siberia?”
Ramp’s chief offense, as demon
strated at his trial, was haranguing
soldiers of the national army, en
route to American Lake, urging them
to disloyalty.