VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1917 NUMBER 3
GERMAN SOLDIERS REVOLT
SAILORS WRECK PRINTING HOUSE OF
WELL KNOWN SEATTLE CORPORATION
TWENTY-TWO
JWEMTEO
'.ii'i'iniins Shoot Men for Alleged Ks-1
pionagc at Antwerp, tilicnt anil
Other Places
AMSTKKDAM. Jan. 7. Twenty-j
wo persons from Antwerp. Ghent and
., Dutch skipper were executed by or-1
der of German officials for alleged j
espionage, according to the Telegrant j
orrespondent at Flushing.
!IK IVTKNDKD TO t’OMMIT
Si lt IDF: SIIFI.I.S tl.W F OFT
CIIIFAGO. Jan. 7 "1 meant to
•hoot myself too. hut 1 wasted too
many bullets on my wife and motlier
•n-law and ran out of cartridges.
Vito Destito. Italian musician, ghvo
■his explanation for being alive when
se surrendered himself to the police,
after killing his mother-in-law. Mrs. |
Harriet Schurlz, and seriously wound-j
ng his wife. Destito is believed to be (
mentally deranged. After shooting his;
wife and her mother, Destito took a .
• axi cab to police headquarters. |
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STILL ENLIST'
Under Special Killing AH Men Regis-'
lereil in Alaska May Still Pick
Choice of Service
OLYMPIA. Jan. 7. Under a spe-;
.-.ial ruling by Provost Marshal
Crowder, men registered in Alaska j
and now in the States may apply to;
any local board to be certified for vol-1
untary induction into the army or!
enlistment in the marine corps or j
navy. All that is required is the pres- j
entation of their Alaska registration i
;-ards.
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IXIRD CHIEF JUSTICE
SUCCEEDS SPRING-RICE
LONDON. Jan. 7.-—Lord Chief Jus
tice Reading will go to the United
States as a direct representative of
the British war cabinet, with the title
of ambassador, to succeed Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, according to an article
published in the Mail and Express to
day.
BOLSHI
INTEND TO FIGHT
WUi Strengthen Frontier With Men
Willing to Fight for Ideals—
l'eare Hove Moulting
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LONDON, Jan. 7.—The Uolshevlki
forces are definitely strengthening
their front dispatches from Petro
grad state. The correspondent of the
Daily News obtained his information
from M. Radek, one of the delegates
who took a prominent part in the
peace negotiations with the Austrians
and Germans at Brest-LitovBk. He
said the Bolshevlkl would send home
all men who did not wish to fight so
they would have an army willing to
fight for its ideals.
[tons ok kooi> ark
SAVKI> ItY I'l.l'Ii.MKX
j -
CIMCACO. 111.. Jan. 7 Through
systematic observance <>t th-1 fooil
pledge, a Chicago club is effecting
j savings of a ton of tlour ami two tons
| of meat monthly, with large ccono
! mies in sugar, butter, eggs. milk.
! cream, lard and poultry
Portions in the dining room have
been reduced to effect these savings.
Tuesday lias been made a meatless
day for members and employes. Pork
i and bacon have been eliminated *,s •>
i garnish for other meats, and no veal,
baby lamb, suckling pips or squall
| poultry are served.
j Announcements of fooil saving are
j published, together with a roll of lion
or of chili mem hers who have joined
the armed forces of the nation.
TUNNEL EXPEOSIf
Passengers on Cambridge l.ine Kiglit
to <«et Out of Coaches. Crush-*
ing Many fnder Koot
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UOSTON. Mass.. Jan. 7. Forty,
persons were injured, many seriously!
in an explosion in the Cambridge tun
nel on the elevated railway here to
day. The passengers fought madly to
get out of the wrecked cars, adding
greatly to the number of casualties •
Many women and children were j
trampled under foot and many maim- i
ed. __
y. S. STEAMER
IS TORPEDOED;
According to I>is|iatclies Kiglit of
Crew is Missing—Vessel is Sec
ond Cost by Company
NEW YORK. Jan. 7.—The Ameri
can steamship Harry Luckenbach has
been torpedoed, according to a dis
patch received by the owners. Eight,
of her crew are missing.
MRS. THOMAS F. RYAN j
r-1 i
Mrs. Cuyler, a prominent society
woman, who recently married Thosnaa
F. Ryan, the noted financier.
MEAT DRIPPINGS MAKE FINE SOAP
Milking simp Iron) the drippings of meat Js the practical war work ot |
Mrs. <i. I). Vim den Berg of Washington, who Is shown at her desk In th* ]
uniform of the I'nlted Stales food administration. The drippings are saved]
until six pound* are accumulated. Tills, with one can of lye. will make 1J
cukes of hill'd soap, delightful for the hath and excellent for washing tint I
fabrics or laces.
( Numerous IVisoners mill Ma
chine Guns—Fighting Near .lu
\ incourt Severe
BKKLIN. Jan. 7. Ciernian troops
penetrated the French lines near Ju
vincourt on the Aisne front and north
east of Avacourt and west of Bezon
vaux, capturing numerous prisoners
and machine guns, the war office an
nounced today. The fighting was most
severe.
BRITISH ('ASI ALTIKS FOR
WEEK ARE VERY HEAVY
l
j LONDON. Jan. 7. British casual
ties for the week ending today were
! 19,000, according to information giv
[ en out by the war department.
HOUSE VOTES FOR
SUFFRAGE THURSDAY
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WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan.. 7.—I
The house will vote on universal suf
frage Thursday, with a strong proba
bility of its passing.
FIVE GERMAN PLANES
RAGGED ON SABBATH
PARIS. Jan. 7. Five German
planes were shot down Sunday by the
French aviators it was announced by
the war office today.
SUPREME FOUR? SAYS
DRAFT LAW CONSTITUTIONAL
WASHINGTON. I). C\. Jau.. 7.—
The Supreme Court of the United
States today unanimously declared
the draft law unconstitutional.
FRENCH RECOGNIZE
POLISH INDEPENDENCE
PARIS. Jan. 7.—The French gov
ernment has recognized "in right and
in fact” the independence of the re
public of Finland, which recently
withdrew from Russia.
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SUSPEND PEACEj
Kccuitsc Russia Insists mi Removing!
Peace Conl'wiiir to Sunliii Ne
gotiations Broken
LONDON. Jan. 7.— An otticial state
ment issued at Berlin Sunday an
nounced that because of the Russian |
request to transfer the peace pour1
parlor iront Brest-Litovsk to Stock
holm, the central powers have tem
porarily suspended negotiations with
Russia.
Win. Brayton, a transitman of the
A. K. was a passenger to the States
on the Alameda.
Frank Winchester was an outgoing I
passenger to the States on the steam
er Alameda.
Louis Johnson, electrician for the
Prince William Sound Light. Power
& Telephone Co. was a visitor in town
today from the company’s plant at
Solomon Gulch, the first time In six
weeks.
I'OHHID ItANKS TO PAY
OUT EMBASSY MONIES j
PETROURAD, Jan. 7.—The For
eign Minister of Russia today Issued
an order forbidding banks to pay out
moneys deposited by foreign embas
sies.
NINE WOMEN ESCAPE
FROM DETENTION HOME
SEATTLE,. Jan. 7.—Nine of the
colony of 160 Immoral women quar
antined in the public safety building
here climbed down a fire escnv last
night and escaped.
Alaska Passes Juneau
The steamship Alaska passed Ju
neau at 12 o'clock yesterday morn
ing and is expected to arrive in Cor
dova some time tomorrow evening
I’KI.NTING INK
MA KKltS ISSl K I’KOTKST
NKW YORK, Jan. 7. Demoraliza
tion of the printing ink industry of
the i'nited States is threatened by the
embargo on the shipment of rurlion
black, a principal ingredient, ordered
.some time ago by the federal priority
board, and publishers of newspapers,
magazines and all other users of
printing ink soon will be vitally af
fected. i’hilip Kustou. president of
the National Association of i’rinting
Ink Manufacturers, declared in a
statement issued recently
GO TO FRONT
Dispatch Stau** That 25.IMMI Have Re
volted on Accnuut of Draft—
March Out of Kaltlrliiif
MJNDOX. Jan. 7 A dispatch re
ceived today from Russia Ivy wireless
states that 25,000 German soldiers]
in the region east of Kovno have re
volted. German deserters stated that
the men walked out of the battle line ,
in consequence of the government ■
drafting all soldiers below the age of i
;!5 years for service on the western |
front. The men rebelled and refused]
to obey the commands of their ottie- ]
ers.
COPPER RIVER
BEEN CLOSED
Iturenu of Fisheries bus IH-tormiued
Tliut Stream is Iteing Over-fished j
and Will Order Closed
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WASHINGTON, U. C.. Jan.. 7.—
As a result of the hearing held at Se-1
attle the iiureau of Fisheries has de
termined that the Copper Hiver Just
below Cordova, is being over-fished
and has issued an order restricting
commercial fishing in the river and
its tributaries.
Mrs. Alderman of Anchorage was a
passenger on the steamship Alameda.
SULTAN OF EGYPT
Prince Ahmad Fuad, brother of the
late Hussein Kamil, 6ultan of Egypt,
has become eultan because Hussein's
eon renounced the position. He was
born in Cairo in 1868 and was educated
mainly In Italy. He always has main*
talned a friendly attitude toward Brit
ain and tbs British.
ISEATTLE PW
\pn->lHUils Visited and l’ii)H’rs l*es
liiiyial — I inn One of l lliliM in
f'lty of Seattle
SI7 A l l 1.17. Jaii 7 Th. I.. rge
printing cot cent oi The I’igott Print
ing < * on pi- y. Inc, II <' Pigott. pr<-s
idi-nl and \ I. Lung. secretary, lining
a gi't.i-ral ;o!i!jii,« and printing busi
i s., ,n v.; Pike street, was entered
y a body i,f twenty sailors led by twin
arusi ii civilians late Saturday night
and tii xaiualile printing machinery
wits utterly d. mniished by the. mob.
Tile ,i..ii.t which wa- ntje Hi tin old
ist i -: :• ili -!ii-il in the city, published
the Seattle t'all. a labor paper, and in
smite way this publication incurred
the ■ Ii•*pi.*;* mi oi tiie sailors. The em
ployes We!'' Infeed to lie face down
on tile floor w hile the work of destruc
tion was going on. and alter wreck
ing tti« plant, tin- news stands were
visited and the papers tori, up w here
ever found.
HUKMKKTON. Wti.. Jam 7 Gen.
Koontz. in command of the enlisted
men in the Thirteenth naval district,
which includes also the i'niversity of
Washington camp, issued orders to
day shutting off the liberties of the
men from these camps pending an in
vestigation of tiie raid <>n the Pigott
Printing House
GERMAN SPY NEED
AT CAMP LEWIS
Sergeant-Major Ritter Alleged to have
Stolen lm|>ortuut Military l*a|>
ers in Camp.
TACOMA. Jan. 7. Tlios Helinuth
Ritter, sergeant-major of the ninety
first division, declared to be a Oer
man spy. is held in jail here pending
word from Washington us to his dis
position. He is charged with stealing
important military papers while at
Camp Lewis. His father and other re
latives are in the German army.
l\ S. MARSHAL HRKNNEMAN
R HI ’KIV F.K REA PPOI NTME NT
United States Marshal Brenneman
received notification Saturday that his
nomination had gone to the senate
and that his reappointment as U. S
Marshal of the Third Division had
been confirmed. Mr. Brenneman Is a
most popular officer and has many
friends in Alaska.
f. S. MARSHAL JORDAN
IS AGAIN CONFIRMED
The news of the reappointment of
Emmett R. Jordan for marshal of the
Second Division at Nome, was recelv
ed here Saturday. There was much
opposition to the reappointment of
Marshal Jordan on account of his ar
dent support of ex-delegate Wicker
sham last election.
FIVE Hl'NDRKD ARK
It LIND IN HALIFAX
HALIFAX. N. S., Jan. 7.—It is es
timated that 500 persons are totally
blind as the result of the explosion
here recently following a collision iu
the harbor between a munition ship
and a Belgian relief ship.