VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1917 » NUMBER »l
FRENCH TAKE MANY PRISONERS
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WILL DOT MAKE
SEPARATE PEACE
NOR DKAL WITH HOCIALIHTS
Russian Provisional Government
Sends Communication to Secretary
I aiming Assuring That Russia Will
Fight Until Victory is Assured.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Apr*I IP.—
The Russian Provisional Govern
ment has sent to Secreary of State
Lansing a communication assuring
the United States that the Russian
Government will not negotiate with
the German Socialists, nor will it
make peace with the Central Powers.
The note states that Russia is now in
.» better position to carry on the war
than ever before, the whole people
ueing united and standing firmly for
lie government, and that the war will
i»e carried on the victory.
WEEK'S TOLL
ILJEKIIT ONE
TWENTY-EIGHT VESSELS SUNK
Admiralty Reports Nineteen Ships
Over 1600 Tons Were Sunk by Ger
ma| Submarines and Nine Smaller
Vessels.
LONDON. April 19.—The weekly
1 eport of the Admiralty, issued yes
:erday, states that during the past
seven days twenty-eight vessels have
been reported sunk by German sub
marines or mines. Of these nineteen
were sixteen hundred tons or over
ind nine were under this figure.
BOOT OF KRAUSE
IS INTERRED
NO DOUBT AS TO HIS IDENTITY
Hundreds View Remains of Dead
Murderer—Frandson, Who Shot
Escaped Prisoner is Paid Reward
of One Thousand Dollars.
JUNEAU. April 19.—The remains
of the late Edward Krause, the es
caped murderer who was shot on Ad
miralty Island last Sunday by Al
bert Frandson, a rancher, were in
terred here yesterday. Hundreds of
citizens viewed the remains, and
there was not the slightest doubt as
to the identity of the body. Frandson
who shot the fugitive, was paid the
reward offered for the prisoner dead
or alire, of one thousand dollars.
I.ARGK CONTRACT1 TOR
army clothing let
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19 —
The War Department will soon open
bills aggregating $15,000,000 for
clothing and equipment for the reg
ular army for f9l8. The clothing
will ^include several hundred thou
sanCdollars worth of cloth which will
be made up into uniforms by contract
tailors. The bids will be opened at
the various army headquarters, but
not in Washington, D. C.
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CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. tl;at baggage for you. tf
Paul Swanson brought in a load of
powder on a hand sled this morning
for the Mercantile company.
CALLED TIN SOIJHKR
GUARDSMAN KILLS MAN
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 19.
Leslie McGrath, Missourian Na
tional Guardsman, who Iasi
night shot and killed J. Presley
Egan bright because the latter
called him a ‘‘tin soldier,” com
mitted suicide today by shoot
ing himself through the heart
Two notes were found on the
body. One was written to his
captain and read: ‘‘Have Bill
Bateman blow taps over me,
please.” The other was to his
mother. It read, ‘‘Good bye to
all. I am doing my duty.”
FOOD SHORTAGE
GETTINGSERIOUS
CHANCELLOR CONSULTS KAISER
Reports Received Through Anister
dam State That Food Riots Are
Frequent and Feeling of Unrest In
creasing Among the Teople.
LONDON. April 19.—Advices re
ceived here from Amsterdam state
that the German Chancellor Von Holl
weg has had a long conference with
the Kaiser on the food situation in j
Germany, which has become serious, j
Food riots are becoming numerous,
throughout the empire, and the feel-1
ing of unrest among the people is
rapidly growing.
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WAS LAUNCHED LAST SATURDAY
Three Year Old Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Lathrop S|a>nser for the
Cannery Tender Minnie B. Belong
ing to Kodiak Fisheries Co.
SEATTLE, April 19.—The three
year old daughter, Sallie, of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Lathrop, of Valdez, was
sponser for the handsome $20,009
cannery tender Minnie B. launched
Saturday. The vessel is one of the
finest cannery tenders of its size on
the coast, being 80 feet in length,
and equipped with engines of the
latest design. She will leave in a few
days for Kodiak under her own pow
er.
SUITS FILED IN
THE DISTRICT COURT
The following cases were filed to
day with the clerk of the Superior
Court:
Rudolph Henderson vs. J. A.
Fagerberg and H. M. Fagerberg. On
account of services rendered as pack
er and freighter during the years 1914
and 1916, $1300 with interest. J.
L. Reed and Lyons and Ritchie appear
for plaintiff.
Oscar Wilson vs. Town of Cordova.
For injuries sustained by reason of
falling through unguarded trap door
in the town of Cordova on the 6th day
of October, 1916. Judgment prayed
for $2600 damages. C. M. Frazier
and J. L. Reed appear for plaintiff.
QUITS CANADIAN ARMY
TO ENLIST IN AMERICA
HAMMOND. Indiana. April 19.—
Love of country prompted Joseph Ro
bineaux, a Chicagoan, to desert the
Canadian army, where he had enlist
ed and re-enlist at the United States
recruiting office here. Robineax says
there are hundreds in Canada who
wish to enlist in America.
GUARDSMAN GETS
TWENTY YEARS
N KGOTLATKD WITH MKXICO
Lieutenant Hall of the Indiana Xa*
tlonal Guard, Sentenced to Leaven
worth Prison for Seeking Com
mission in Mexican Army.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 1!* —
Lieutenant Robert Hall, of the Indi
ana National Guard, was yesterday
sentenced by court martial to serve
a term of twenty years imprisonment
in the Fort Leavenworth military
prison, having been convicted of ne
gotiating with Mexico for a com mis
sion in the Mexican army, swindling,
bigamy, forgery, disobedience of or
ders and desertion. The lieutenant
was found guilty on all the charges.
ALLIES MAY
RECRUIT HERE
HIIX IS PASSER BY THE HOUSE
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Webb Measure, Providing That En-1
tente Nations May Recruit Their;
Own Citizens in United States,
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Passes Both Houses Congress.
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WASHINGTON, L>. t\, April 19.— j
The Webb bill, providing that the'
Entente may open recruiting offices!
in the United States for the purpose;
of enlisting their own citizens resid
mg in the United States, was passed
by the House yesterday afternoon.
The measure has already been passed ;
by the Senate.
conscription
BILL REPORTED
BY COMMITTEE OE THE SENATE
By a Vote of Ten to Seven the Senate
< Committee Agrees to Report Favor
ably the Bill Providing for Select
ive Conscription.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 19 —
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs last evening voted to report
favorably to tbe Senate the bill auth
orizing a selective conscription of
men for the army. The vote on the
measure in the committee stood 10
to 7 in favor of endorsing the bill.
REPORTED DAN SHEEHAN
MARRIED IN SEATTLE
Angus McDonald is authority for
the statement that Dan 3heehan, a
well known resident of Valdez, who
spent the winter in Seattle, was re
cently married there to a Miss Ryan.
Dan came north on the last Admiral
boat to Katalla, where he will spend
the summer and Mrs. Sheehan will
follow on a later boat.
GIVES AMBULANCE AND
HIS SON TO DRIVE IT
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MILWAUKEE, April 19.—J. B.
Day of Hartford, Wis., who has do
nated an automobile to the Milwau
kee base hospital also gave his son to
drive the car. His wife and daughter
are organizing sewing classes at Hart
ford.
The launch T. N. B., Capt. Bert
Cooper, left this morning for points
on the Sound to the westward.
POPE'S MOUTHPIECE
SCORES PRESIDENT
ROME, April 19.—The “Os
sevatore Romano,” the Pope's
official organ, says of President
Wilson's address to Congress on
the war:
“The man who last September
championed peace today cham
pions a vaster war and is lead
ing the new world to participate
in the horrors of the greatest
human butchery ever witnessed
by the old world.”
HEAVY FIRING
OFF THE MASSACH!'SETTS COAST
Three Coastguard Stations Ke|»ort
That Heavy Firing Was Heard OIT
the Provincetown Station—Ollieials
Ho Not Credit Story.
BOSTON. April 19.- Three Coast
guard stations along the Massachu
setts coast yesterday reported to have
heard heavy firing off the station ai
Provincetown. The firing is said to.
have occurred at nine o’clock yester
day morning and aroused considerable
excitement. The naval officials are
investigating the report, but announce]
that the give no credence to the report |
of an engagement off the coast.
ACTRESS HUS 1
BERNHARDT DANtiEROCSRY 11,1.
Physicians State That She Is In a Pre
carious Condition, Rut That She
Still Has a Fighting Chance for
l.ife and May Pull Through.
NEW YORK. April 19.—Mine. Sar
ah Bernhardt, the noted French act
ress who was taken seriously with
an acute attack of kidney trouble a
few days ago, is reported by her phy
sicians to be dangerously ill. They
state that she has a fighting chance
for life and that they hope to bring
her through.
CHAUFFEUR CONVICTED
IN MANSLAUGHTER CASK
LOS ANGELES. April 10.—A ver
dict of guilty of manslaughter was
returned by a jury in the Superior
Court against Clarence A. Tolle. law
student and chauffeur for an attorney
at his trial on a charge of having dis
played criminal negligence in driving
an automobile. Two men suffered in
juries which caused their death on
the night of October 8. 1916, when at
automobile driven by Tolle crashed
into a crowd of people on a street cor
ner Monday.
HOLLAND GERMAN TRADE
$21,000,000 A MONTH
THE HAGUE, April 19.—Official
trade statistics show that Holland’s
export trade to Germany, made up
mostly of vegetables, horses and cat
tle, has now reached a total of $21.
000,000 a month.
Could Not Go to War.
CEDAR RAPIDS, April 19.—Fear
that he might have to go to war and
fight against Germany is believed to
be the reason for the suicide of Fred
Conrad, 21. who banged himself at
Linn Junction. He left a note which
said:
"l cannot go to war.” '
GERMANS STIll RETREATING
BEFORE ADVANCE OF ALLIES
PARIS, April 19.—The French are
progressing east of Soissons and have
captured the important positions of
Chavonne and Chivy. The Germans
yesterday made three desperate coun
ter attacks on the Champagne front,
but were repulsed with heavy losses.
Fourteen thousand unwounded Ger
mans have been captured by the
French since Monday. The German
line has been pierced to a depth of
four miles at some points.
Guns atul Munitions Taken.
LONDON, April 19.—Operations on
the British front have been temporar
ily suspended while the captured po
sitions are being consolidated. The
advance toward Lens and St. Quen
tin is largely a process of absorption.
During the past few days the British
have captured two hundred and twen i
ty-seven pieces of artillery and thou
sands of rounds of ammunition, the
Germans having massed their artillerv
at these points believing the second i
and third German lines would surely
hold, and when these gave way beforej
the British advance no time was per
mitted to remove the artillery, much
of which fell into the British hands.
Winter still continues with cold, rains
and snow, considerably hampering the
movement of the troops.
Hlndenberg Line Shaken.
PARIS, April 29.—Nivelles terriii*;
blows are shaking the Hindenburg
line in the vicinity of Soissons and
Rheims. The French are now with ■
in the first lines about these power
ful positions and have relieved the
advance troops with fresh formation:*.
The French unquestionably have the
upper hand and the fall of these cities
is expected in the near future. Thir
ty thousand picked German troops
have fruitlessly countered, having
been repulsed with terrific losses, the
attacks being weak when compare !
with the former desperate drives. The
French guns are hammering away at
the weak points in the German line
at Point Berry. Auhac and Juvineourt.
The German infantry is tactically out
classed by the French.
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HR. BROOKS Will. JOIN AIOIV
H. >1. Kakin, in Charge of Explora
tory Work Has Already Joined and
Both Will Be Engaged in Active
Service—Sargent Resigns.
WASHINGTON. 1). (’.. April 10.
War is disrupting the Alaska Geo
logical turvey. I)r. Alfred Brooks,
head of the department, is expecting
a commission as Captain in the army
reserves and H. M. Kakin, head of the
exploration department has already
received a captaincy and both will he
engaged in active service. R. 11. Sar
gent. also a member of the survey,
and well known in Alaska, where he
has spent a number of years in topog
raphy work, has quit the service and
intends to accept an invitation to
teach topography in the Chinese War
College.
El.OI'R BREAKS RECORDS
THE PAST WEEK
PORTLAND. Ore.. April 21.—Pa
cific Northwest wheat prices reached
the highest mark ever made here to
day, when all grades advanced from
3 to 5 cents per bushel, as a result
of the shortage of the coming crops.
Bluestem sold at $1.86 a bushel. A’es
terday it was $1.81.
Flour prices also topped all old
records when the price leaped 40 cts.
to $9.40 per barrel, wholesale, for
patents flour. The retail price went
to $10.80.
EVANS SAILS FROM
SEATTLE FOR VALDEZ
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SEATTLE, April 19.—The steamer
Admiral EvanB sailed at 9 o'clock last
night for Valdez and way ports with
a capacity freight cargo and a large
number of passengers. Her passen
gers for Valdez were Mrs. Lilly Mor
rell, W. Jordan, Mrs. Eva Leonard and
Charles Miner, and one steerage pas
senger for Latouche.
ORDERS SALOONS CLOSED
BETWEEN I. AND 8 A, M.
NEW YORK, April 19— Mayor
Mitchell has issued an order that all
saloons In the cltr shall be closed be
tween the hours of 1 a. m. and 6 a. m.
after May 1. The Mayor stated that
the order would be enforced during
the period of the war and insinuated
that it was quite possible that still
more stringent regulations would be
enforced in the near future.
1U.MOK ( AI SKS (iKHMWS
TO )I\KK IU N ON BANKS
HILLSBORO. Ore.. April 19. -
Hearing that the government was go
ing to confiscate the hank deposits
of Germans, local Teutons today made
a run on local hanks, demanding gold
t'or their deposits. Germans have
about $200,000 deposited here, but
officers of the institution were able
to stop the run before more than
a few thousand dollars had been
drawn out.
Now Watch ’Km Join.
CHICAGO. April 19.- Twenty girls
in khaki overcoats and army hats
joined the Hirst Illinois Infantry as
auxiliary recruiting officers today.
The girls were assigned to the au
tomobile detail which is scouring the
city for recruits.
LEGISLATURE
GETTING BUST
WILL TAX ALL .WALK ALASKANH
Bill Introduced Provides for a Poll
Tax On All Mules for School Pur
poses—Other Bills and Resolutions
Passed.
JUNEAU. April 19.—Bills intro
duced in the House yesterday provid
ed for a tax on all male residents of
the territory for school purposes,
amending the present dentistry prac
tice law. and authorizing city coun
cils to vacate streets and alleys. The
bill providing for a bounty of fifty
cents on eagles was passed as was also
the bill providing for the construction
of shelter cabins along the roads and
trails of the interior. A memorial was
also passed urging the government
to aid in the construction of such
relief cabins and another memorial
was passed urging the establishment
by the government of a paper pulp
mill in Alaska. Other bills passed by
the House were the Bulk Sales Bill,
a bill making it a misdemeanor for
United States Commissioners to
charge extortionate fees for filing
proofs of labor on mining claims.
In the Senate the memorial to Con
gress asking for the establishment of
a quarantine station in Alaska was
unanimously passed, and several other
memorials. The Senate then adjourn
ed until this morning.
Ross Padden aad H. Brenno made
a trip to Blum’s powder house this
morning with a hand sled, bringing
back seven boxes of powder. They re
port the trail very soft.