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VOLUME yiY VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, StlPTEMBER 22, 1917 NUMBER 224
NEW Ml IG
Nl PASSED
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Delegate Sulzer Wires that All Assess
ment Work on Claims Will be
Suspended for Year
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22.—
The House of Representatives today
passed a resolution abolishing as
sessment work on all mining claims
during the present calendar year. Be
cause of slight changes made by the
House a conference with the Senate
is necessary, but it is anticipated that
* the measure will be finally enacted
into a law by the middle of next
week. All that is necessary is for a
claim owner to file a statement to the
eflect that he wants to hold his claim
with the recorder of the district
where the claim is located before the
31 day of December.
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer has been
working upon this law for some time,
and has finally succeeded in having
it passed.
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RED CROSS
CHARIER ORGANIZED
Constitution and lly Laws Adopted—
Now About 15o Members in
Organization
The executive committee of the
. Valdez Chapter of the American Na
tional Red Cross met on Thursday
night and adopted a constitution and
by-laws. Dr. Silverman, chairman of
jthe Chapter, announced the following
committees:
Committee on Civilian Relief—
T. G. Quinn, chairman, J. C. Mar
tin, Mrs. Whitley, Mrs. Hemple.
Committee on Military Relief—
Judge Brown, chairman, John Ly
ons, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Dolan.
• , Committee on Membership—
Mrs. DeLine, Chairman, Russel
Hermann, H. E. F. King.
Committee on Publicity—
H. B. Selby, chairman, Mrs. H. E.
F. King, Mrs. McGilvray, Mrs. Ames.
Committee on Finance—
W. N. Cuddy, chairman. Judge
Love, James Patterson, E. B. Wheat.
Board of Managers—
Judge Lyons, Judge Brown, James
Patterson, W. N. Cuddy, Mrs. De
Line, Mrs. Ames, Mrs. Donohoe.
The Committee on War Relief has
charge of making of hospital gar
ments, surgical dressing, etc., and
this committee will soon arrange a
time and place for definite work, when
it is hoped that all Valdez women will
contribute a certain amount of time
». each week to this very necessary and
important work. There are now about
150 members in the local chapter and
v a vigorous campaign will be made to
"bring the number up to 600. Sub
scriptions may be left with Mr. E. B.
y Wheat, treasurer, Mrs. Meyer Blum,
Secretary or any of the membership
^committee.
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F. Scully, representing the Stewart
& Holmes Drug Company of Seattle,
was a thru passenger for the States
on the steamship Alaska.
Private Neininger and Corporal
Sschutts left this morning on a repair
trip, line trouble being reported. Pri
vate Charles is driving the outfit.
WANTED—Girl for general house
work. Swedish or Finnish preferred.
Apply to Mrs. F. M. Brown. tf
Jealous Wife Slays Dentist
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—-Dr. George
Eisenbrand, a dentist was shot and
killed by his wife in his office today.
Jealousy Is given as the cause. Mrs.
<£isenbrand, who was arrested, gave
her maiden name as Doris Wolf and
0, ^gald that she was born in Nebraska.
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Joe Spenard yesterday sold bis yel
low car to Jack Callln and C. C.
* “Bush and! will leave on the steamship
Admiral EvanB for the outside where
he will spend {he winter. He will be
accompanied by Mrs. Spenard, and
both expect to return to Anchorage
in the spring.—Times.
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ENGLISHMEN DENY
DISSECTING CHARGE
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BERNE, Sept. 22.—The British
government, through M. Carlin, the
Swiss minister In London, replied to
day with a strong denial to a German
accusation that the corpses of the Ger
man prisoners of war are being used
for dissecting purposes in anatomi
cal schools.
The German note which was at
an accusation and a protest was bas
ed upon a picture printed in the Lon
don Dally Mrror.
The British foreign office explain
ed that the Daily Mirror was in er
ror, that the skeleton was purchased
before the outbreak of the war for
scientific purposes, and that all dead
German prisoners are buried with all
[the respect due to civilized practices.
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Combination of American Business
men Adopt Resolution Asking
Government Fix Schedule
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 22.—A
combination of American business
men in session here today adopted a
resolution calling upon the govern
ment to fix a price upon all essential
commodities sold to the public as well
as to the government.
Private Sam Fisher left on the
steamship Alaska for Cordova, where
he will join his detachment guarding
the bridge on the Copper River &
Northwestern Railroad.
The steamship Alaska reports en
countering a severe storm off Seward
with a downpour of rain. So thick was
the weather that it was impossible to
see the length of the ship ahead.
Mr. and Mrs. Hope arrived from
Latouche yesterday on the steamship
Alaska, and are stopping at the Seat
tle.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, the moving
picture magnate, was an arrival on
the Alaska, and stopped over in town
on business connected with the erec
ton of his new picture house. Capt.
Lathrop is also erecting a new thea
tre building at Seward.
WIFE LET POULTRY
ROOST IN KITCHEN
FORT SMITH, Ark., Sept. 22.—
Charging the defendant, Ellen Wille
ford, allowed chickens to roost in the
kitchen, dogs to raise puppies in a
bed and kept rabbits in the stove and
allowed them to de there, Fred Wille
ford filed suit for divorce. That his
wife represented to him before mar
riage that she had but three children
by a former marriage, but that she
had many more and tjiat they threat
ened to kill him, is also charged in
the petition. The Willefords were
married last January.
Seattle Fish Bulletin
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—Seattle price
September' Twcpfy-flrst; halibut fif
teen and one fourth cents; sable fish
four and one-half cents.
ALASKA ARRIVES FROM
WESTWARD POINTS
The steamship Alaska arrived last
evening from the westward, sailing
an hour later for Seattle. Mr. and Mrs.
Hope, Capt. Austin Lathrop, and W.
E. Patten were the arrivals. Those
sailing for the States were: Miss
Freda Blljgren, Edwin Liljgren, Otto
Haering, and Ole Larson for Seattle;
George W. Swan, M. J.. Jorgen, L.
W. Storm, for Juneau; P. J. McGuire,
Wm. H. Caswell, C. L. Hoyt, G. Kos
tick for Cordova.
Mariposa Due This Evening
The steamship Mariposa is expect
ed to arrive from the westward this
evening at any time. The cable is
down and information as to the ar
rival of the steamer is hard to as
certain.
Jack Carroll left today for Ella
mar where he is employed.
Admiral Farragut Tomorrow
The steamship Admiral Farragut
will arrive in Valdes from the south
some time tomorrow morning.
JURY m DRAWN
YDS MORNING
District Clerk Lang and Commission
er Wood Draw From List of
423 Names to Fill Juries
In the District Court this morning
Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang and
Jury Commissioner Ed. Wood drew
the grand and petit jurors tor the
October 15th term of court. Four
hundred and twenty three names were
placed In the box, and the following
were drawn for the grand jury, to re
jport October 15:
Chris Robertson, Land lock; Rob
ert Small, Seward; John Day, Cordo
va; Charles Knoche, Ellamar; James
Cusick, Ellamar; Will Clayson, Cor
dova; L. C. Larson, Valdez; Charles
J. Miner, Grante; Frank Case, Roose
velt; J. B. O'Nlell, Cordova; Charles
J. Mathesoa. Latouche; James Peter
son. Latouche; Clinton Egan, Valdez;
M. Fields, Cordova: G. C. Baxter,
Cordova: George A. Mitchell, Seward;
H. T. Whitley, Valdez; T. G. Newman
Seward; D. D. Dunlap, Seward; Chas.
Chrstensen, Seward; Anton Olson,
Seward; A. C. Reed, Latouche and
Len Cox, Cordova.
The petit jury, which will report
October 22, is as follows: B. T. James
Seward: G. W. Cook, Valdez; C. O.
Cracroft, Cordova; C. H. Wetzler,
Valdez; Geo. Seward; Campbell Mc
Dowell, Latouche; It. A. Schroder,
Valdez; T. Tallasen, Seward; L. E.
Thompson, Seward; C. E. Naud,
Granby; Randall Ashby, Valdez; W.
E. Hansel, Valdez; D. A. Sullivan,
Seward; W. M. Sauers, Seward; K. D.
Vaughn, Seward; J. B. Sapiro, Cor
dova; L. A. Iverson, Seward; J. G.
Dorsch, Valdez; Charles Lawson,
Valdez; Fred Johnston, Seward; J.
E. Hughes, Valdez; W. B. Mackay.
Seward; E. V. Boyle, Cordova; Oli
ver Laduke, Valdez; Chas. Goodall,
Cordova; E. P. Cashman, Valdez;
George Jones, Ellamar; Frank L.
Ballaine, Seward; W. H. Bailey, Val
dez; Walter Sliarratt, Ellamar.
Andy Lambell arrived In town this
mornng on the steamer Admiral
Evans from Latouche. Mr. Lambell is
well known in Valdez having at one
time been in the employ of Sealy &
Gelineau of this place.
W. E. Patten is considering estab
lishing a wood yard in the city this
winter.
Italy Considering Rationing
PARIS, Sept. 22.—The Italian gov
ernment is considering a series of
measures which it is expected will
limit the consumption of foodstuffs
and raw materials, according to a
Havas agency dispatch from Rome.
The measures, which it is proposed
to put into effect in the near future,
include the rationing of foods classed
as necessities, the monopoly of shoe
production by the state, suppression
after September 25 of private auto
mobiles, except those used by officials
and diplomats, and other measures
of a like nature.
Shuts Off Coal to Holland
AMSTERDAM, Sept. H. — The
Telegraaf says Germany has stopped
sending coal to Holland. The paper
expresses the belief that Germany’s
attitude is intended as pressure on
Holland to grant a loan, which thus
far has been refused.
Dog Law Invalid
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 22.—A law
passed by the last Oregon legislature
delegating to constables the task of
collecting dog licenses was declared
unconstitutional today by the state
supreme court. Constables in various
parts of the state had protested
against enforcing the law.
Grant Eight-Hour Day
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—The mill
carpenter’s union reports the estab
lishment of the 8-hour day in prac
tically every lumber flinishing mill
and sash and door factory in Seattle
without a strike. Only three of the
mills held out against the union, and
two of these have conceded the 8
hour day.
Moose Dance Tonight
The Order of Alaska Moose will
give another of their enjoyable dances
tonight in their hall. Good music will
be furnished.
1.900 MEN NOW
AT JP LEWIS
Total of 500 More to Arrive Tills
Week—Famous “75’n" to be I’s*
ed—Amusements Provided
TACOMA, Sept. 22—Nineteen hun
dred men of the new uational army
were in camp at Camp Lewis last
night. Five hundred more will arrive
this week, when the full quota of 5
per cent will be on hand. Arrivals
yesterday Included 192 from Calif
ornia, fifty-four from Montana and
fifteen from Nevada. Camp routine
is becomug the order of the events
and members of the different regi
meuts are being given instruction in
semiphore work and squad drills.
Guns similar to the famous “75’s”
of the French army, which did such
deadly work at Verdun and proved
themselves superior to the German
guns wherever pitted against them,
owng to the rapidity of their fire, will
form„a part of the equipment of the
field artillery regiments at Camp Lew
is, it was announced this afternoon.
Heavier six-inch howitzers employ
ing the same kind of missiles as the
American “75’s” will mingle- their
heavier detonations with the vicious
hark of the lighter guns.
Trench mortars, with their dainty
one-pound burst, death dealing mis
sies, will make their initial bow In
the Northwest at Camp Lewis. They
have but recently come from Europe.
Hand grenades that will give the
new soldiery much necessary training
before reaching Franch will explode
on American Lake prairie soil this
winter.
Construction on magazines and
warehouses for the storage of muni
tions will begin shortly after the ar
rival of Lieutenant Colonel Herman
Shull, who has been ordered to report
at Camp Lewis from the arsenal at
Benicia, California. Colonel Shull will
have charge of establishing an ord
nance depot.
Amusements Arranged
Major General Greene will take up
the matter of amusements for the sol
diers at Camp Lewis today. Conces
sions are sought for everything from
a peanut stand to a hotel, according
to Captain Welty, aide to General
Greene. The list includes four theaters
and two moving picture houses.
Officers of machine gun companies
have been asked to assume that a
hostile army is advancing upon Camp
Lewis. Instruction to the machine
gun officers are to locate the enemy
and make maps of the land between
Camp Lewis and the enemy outposts.
Officers have been asked to review the
work at the Presidio.
Major David L. Stone, constructing
quartermaster, has been instructed to
increase the number of post exchange
buildings to eighteen. Eighteen regi
mental medical buildings will be
built.
Organization of a training school
for 200 lieutenants in the quarter
master’s department has been start
ed. Leutenant Colonel Reginald Mc
Nally will be Instructor in charge. In
struction will be given in administra
tion, finance, supplies, transporta
tion, construction and repairs. The
school will last until November 26.
Mariposa in the Morning
The steamship Mariposa is expected
to arrive In port from the westward
about 4 o’clock tomorrow morning.
H. E. Ellis is in town from the
Cliff mine.
Frost Does Little Damage
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—General be
lief that frost had done but little dam
age led to a downturn in the value of
corn today, after a wavering start.
Heavy selling took place when the
impresson became general that noth
ing in the nature of a calamity had
been inflicted on the crop. Opening
prices, which ranged from 7-8 cent
lower to 3-4 cent advanced, with De
cember at $1.18 1-2 to $1.20 and
May at $1.16 1-4 to $1.17 1-2, were
followed by a material setback all
around.
Belgian Steamer Stranded
ST. JOHN, Sept. 22.—The Belgian
steamer Eburoon, from an American
port for Rotterdam with provisions
for the Belgian relief conprlssion,
stranded last nght off the New Found
land coast.
NO JAPANESE TO
SERVE IN ARMY
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. 22.—
No Japanese will be taken into the
service of the United States army or
navy. Instructions to this effect were
issued today by Provost Marshal Gen
eral E. H. Crowder. One Japanese
had been certified for service in the
army, under the provisions of the sel
ective conscription act, and it was the
drafting of him that was made the
basis of a formal objection on the
part of Japan through Amaro Sato,
Japanese ambassador to the United
States. Japanese are not accorded the
privilege of citizenship, while this
privilege is extended alien residents
from European countries, so the con
scription taw might be applied dif
ferently toward them.
SHE CAUSED
BY WAGE RAISE
Increase Given Workmen in Yards of
Shipbuilding Company Causes
Others Ask Increase
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22.—
Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping
Board, has announced that the chief
cause of the strike now pending in
the Pacific Coact shipyards was the
result of the action of the Seattle
shipyards in agreeing to a thirty-three
per cent increase in wages, precipi
tating a movement of the best work
men to their yards, and causing other
employes in other yards to demand
the same scale, whether the yards
were making as much profit as the
Seattle yards or not.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spenard. for
mer residents of Valdez, and late of
Anchorage, were visiting friends in
this city this morning while the
steamship Evans was in port. Mr.
Spenard has sold out his business at
Anchorage and will spend the winter
In the States. He Is suffering from a
broken leg as the result of an acci
dent several months ago.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC MANAGER
C. D. RINNAN RESIGNS
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—C. I). Dun
ann, passenger traffic manager for the
Pacific Steamship Company, will re
tire from the services of the company
after October 1, having sent in his
resignation.
L. W. Storm, Engineer for the Al
aska Gastlneau people at Juneau, left
on the steamship Alaska for Juneau,
after spending several days in this
vicinity investigating copper proper
ties.
P. J. McGuire left on the steam
ship Alaska for Cordova.
Mrs. S. Wickes Merritt and mother
Mrs. M. B. Heffelfinger, sailed on the
Admiral Evans today to spend the
winter in the States. They will return
in the spring.
“THE WHITE PE^RL”
At Empress tonight
Marie Doro will appear at the Em
press theatre tonight in "The White
Pearl,” a beautiful Oriental produc
tion by Edith Bearnard Delano. The
story has a pretty love plot showing
the machinations of a band of geisha
traders in their efforts to sell a white
girl into slavery, and the strong in
fluence a Hindu legend has upon her
life. The scenery is taken in Japan
and is said to be very beautiful.
OLD TIMER LEAVES
FOR THE STATES
Grant Sweet, a resident of the ter
ritory since 1898, and well known to
many Valdezans, having located con
sderable mining property in this vic
inity in years gone by, was a thru
passenger on the steamer Admiral
Evans for the States, where he will
spend the winter, returning next
spring.
Mr and $lrs. Bush arrived from
Anchorage and afe stopping at the
Seattle Hotel.
Charles Crawford loaded his Ford
auto An a scow (his morning and will
4se it in hauling lumber to the pow
er plant at* Solomon bulch. *** “
NY DEFINES
PEACE TERMS
In Reply to Pope Benedict Says Gov
ernment Desires feasting and
Permanent Peace
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22.—In reply
ing to Pope Benedict's peace terms
recent promulgated, the German gov
erument declared that it is desirous
of finding a basis for a lasting peace,
and that the Teuton government 1b
ready to support every proposal com
patible with the interests of the em
pire and the people; that the Imper
al government greets with sympathy
the leading idea expressed by his holi
ness in which he expresses the convic
tion that the future material power
of arms must be superseded by the
moral power or right.
TEN FILIPINOS ARRESTED
FOR MURDER FOREMAN
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> The marshal's office here states that
ten Filipinos were arrested for the
murder of J. R. Cunningham, a labor
contractor at the Pacific American
fisheries plant at Larson Bay. A gen
| eral fight took place at the cannery
at the time and several other employ
[ ees were stabbed by the Filipinos. The
accused will be brought here for trial.
The Santa Ana with Deputy Marshal
Buckley, called at the cannery short
ly after the fight, but Cunningham,
notwithstanding the severity of his
wound, refused to identify his assail
ant. On August 10 a wire was recelv
jthat Cunningham had died, and De
puty Marsha! Armstrong of Kodiak
arrested several of the rioters and
also several witnesses whom the mur
derers were supposed to be trying to
get out of the way. The witnesses re
fused to testify, being very much
afraid of the vengeance of the mur
derers.
TWO MEN ARRESTED
FOR BURGLARY AT AMOK
The marshal's office reports that O.
E. Brown and C. \V. Smith, have been
arrested for hurlarizing the residence
of Supt. Cornell of the Amok Mining
company, to the westward. The men
will be brought here for trial.
Man Insane at Cordova
Philip Hodman was adjudged in
sane before Commissioner Edward F.
Medley at Cordova, and will be sent
outside to the sanitarium.
SLACKER WILL RE
TRIER THIS AFTERNOON
Wni. Tomcsak, a miner of Ellamar,
who was arrested this week by U. S.
Marshal Brenneman on a charge of
evading registration, will be tried this
afternoon before Commissioner Geo.
J. Love. The accused was born in
Kaizcz, a Polish town and province,
and has been at work for the Ella
mar Mining Co. He is 22 years old.
Dr. W. H. Caswell sailed for Cor
dova on the steamship Alaska, re
turning to the coal fields at Katalla.
Buck Hoyt left on a business trip
to Cordova on the steamship Alaska.
G. Kostick was a Cordova passenger
on the steamer Alaska.
Clear weather is reported at many
points in the interior and it is be
lieved that the recent rain spell is
broken, It is hoped for the winter.
Supt. Ingram of the Road Com
mission left Donnelly this morning
for Valdez.
ADMIRAL EVANS SAILS
FOR SEATTLE TODAY
The steamship Admiral Evans ar
rived from Kodiak and westward
ports this morning, bringing Dune
Stewart from Latouche. Those sail
ing for the States were Harley Jos
lin, Edgar K. Leonard, Luther Moore,
W. F. Shaffer, Low on, Albert Chon,
W. Douglas Read, Mrs. S. Wickes
Merritt, Mrs. M. B. Heffelflnger, and
29 employes of thp Valddz Packing
Company. The Evans took on about
6000 cases of salmon while in port.
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Duncan Stewart arrived in town
today frog? L«touch* where he haw
been employed the past few months.