VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, (M^TOBER, 19, 1910 NUMBER 90S
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BERLIN CLAIMS MILLIONS
DAMAGE DONE IN LONDON
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SAYS AN EYE WITNESS DECLARES REGENT STREET IN LONDON IS
RUINED BY BOMBS DROPPED DURING ZEPPEIJN RAID OK
SEPTEMBER i»—THREE HUNDRED SOLDIERS AND SIXTY SAIL
ORS KILLED—AMERICAN DENIES REPORT—GREEKS PROTEST
AGAINST OCCUPATION —RUSSIANS GUARDING TRANSYLVANIAN
PASSES—FRENCH REPORT GAINS.
BERLIN, Oct. 19.—Advices receiv
«ed here from an eyewitness in London
at a tea that ttoe Zeppelin raid on En
gland Septemlber X^. resulted in the
iinfllction of a vast amount of dam
rage. The Informant states that the
‘bombs dropped from the Zeppelins
fell on Grimsby barracks and also on
a British cruiser, killing three hun
dred soldiers and sixty sailors. He
also reports that several bombs fell
in Regent street, in the heart of Lon
don, doing Immense damage. The
buildings on both side of the street
are said to have been practically de
stroyed with a loss estimated at more
than ten million dollars.
Denies the Report.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Edward
Rickard, an American, who has spent
; some time in London returned here
today on the steamer Ryndam. He
stated that Regent Street, London,
was not damaged by bombs dropped
from Zeppelins during the . raid ol
:September 23. He states that he her
ibeen through the street many times
tbince that date, and up to the time
Ihe left London, less than a week ago,
tthe street had not been touched by
Ibombs or .any other war missile, 'and
wwib not injured in apy way.
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Rioting Jn Portugal.
WWBL1N. Oct. 14.,—It is reported
here that rioting is prevalent through
out Portugal and .that the troop;-)
which were about to embark for ser
vice in Finance have been held to sup
press the -tfioters.
Greeks Ma^e Protest.
ATHENS. Oct. t*-—1Tlrotrsands <vf
. Greeks In this city art® protestin':
. against the invasion of their coun
try by the Entente Allies, ««4 have
marched to the embassies of the yari
• ous powers pleading relief.
Socialists Protest Submarines
BERLIN. Oct. 19.—“Unrestricted
: submarine warfare will not hasten
the advent of peace hut would cause
the war to be prolonged,” said Dr.
Wanderstein David, a leading So
- clalist, in the Reichstag, during the
- debate on the submarine warfare and
peace.
Submarine Base in Canada.
BAR HARBOR, Oct. 19.—Certain
•• information was wired here today by
• code regarding the supposed subma
rine base on the Atlantic coast. It is
understood that data was given show
ing the Gerpaans had established a
submarine base on Canadian shores
«. on the <£past of New Brunswick.
Rjisslans Guard Passes.
BUCHAREST, Oct. 19.—A war of
' lice bulletin today stated that the
passes in the Transylvanian Alps be
• tween RmjNtnia and Hungary were
being garded by string forces of Rus
: slan troops, and an jnvasion fron
. that quarter was practip#)ly impos
sible. \
French Make Gains.
PARIS, Oct. 19.—A war office re
port states that the French troops on
the Somme front have advanced and
taken possession of the town of Sailly,
northeast of Combles. driving the
Germans from their first line of
trenches. At La Maisonette, south
west of Peroone, the French attack
has been checked.
Fear Clash with People.
' ATHENS, Oct. 19.—Fearing at
\ tacks fry the anti-ally citizens, the
Frenoh marines have moved their
, quarters, from the municipal theatre
i to the p#)ace gardens. The situation
i is crltksaVi^nd martial law virtually
. prevails.
- More Gold from Canada.
: NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—J. P. Mor
' gan & Co. have today deposited five
million in British Columbia gold with
the assay office here.
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Rejily Very Curt.
LONDON, Oct. 18.—In a debate
; In the House of Lords today Viscount
Gray stated that Britain was silently
awaiting the attitude of the United
States on the activities of the Ger
man submarine U-63 off the Atlantic
coast. Baron Beresford calls the
reply of the United States extremely
curt, and says the administration has
peculiar Ideas of neutrality.
Superior ArulieryT
LONDON, Oct. 18.—Advices from
Bucharest slate that the Rumanians
invading Transylvania retreated In
the Burzen valley owing to the supe
riority of the German artillery, which
outranges that of the Rumanians.
The bitterest fighting of the cam
paign is now in progress in Transyl
vania, centering chiefly about the
mountain passes, which are held by
the Rumanians. Bucharest expresses
the utmost confidence in the ability
of the Rumanians to check the Teu
tons.
Recognize Republic.
ATHENS, Oct. 18.—Consuls or the
Entente Powers here have been in
structed to recognize and co-operate
with the provisional government.
Advance on Struma.
LONDON, Oct. 18.—Advices from
Macedonia state that the British force
has advanced its left wing along the
Struma river and have occupied the
town of Burzuk.
Incident Is Closed.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct.' 18.—
Officials of the State Department say
that the U-53 incident is closed
There has been no International law
violated hy the submarine attacks,
and so far as the United States is con
cerned no further attention will ue
given the matter.
King Cheered.
ATHENS. Oct. 18.—The streets of
the city are swarming with people.
The king was vociferously cheered on
his arrival here. General Graces, the
minister of war, has ordered out the
Greek-troops and marines to prevent
clashes between the citizens and the
French marines. The king personally
thanked the marines for leaving the
ships seized by the Allies and remain
ing loyal to the country.
Would You? Tonight, at Empress.
A superb comedy drama, "Would
You?” tonight, at the Empress.
Not infantile Paralysis.
Mrs. L. Li. Middelkamp states that
the death of the infant son of John
Johnson of that place recently, was
not due to infantile paralysis, as has
been reported. Mrs. Middelkamp
states that she has been assured by
the physicians there that the child
exhibited none of the symptoms of
that dread disease.
German Bombs Destructive.
The bombs dropped by the German
Zeppelins in their raid on Regent
Street were said to have been partic
ularly destructive, but Jack Blake
says he will bet a thousand dollars
they will never hayp the slightest ef
fect upon any concrete chityn^y he
construets. If you need your flues
filled call on Blake. He does all kinds
of cement work. tf
Found Dead In Bed
SEATTLE, Oct. 19.—Planning to
leave tomorrow for Norway to die in
bis native land, T. J. Norlund, aged
93, pras found dead in his apartment
this morning having been asphyxiated
during the night thru some myster
ious manner.
ROUMANIAN CROWN PRINCE
CharlM, Who May Load
Army Corps Against Austria.
I Photo by American Press Association.
ALLIED LEADERS PUT ON STEAM AT SALONIKI
The aggressive movements around Balonlkl, which forced the'hand of ftoumanla and Greece to show their be
lief In the allied cause, have been led by General Sarrall of France, marked with an X In picture. On bis right
Is General Moechopolous, Greek commander. General Milne, British, apd General Bayovltcb. Servluu, are also shown.
RAILROAD LANDS
RESTORED ENTRY
ALONG) LINK OF TI1K RAILROAD
Andrew Christensen, Manager Land
and Industrial Department An
nounces Land Now Open to Home
steaders.
A communication from Andrew
Christensen, manager of the Land
and Industrial Department of the Al
aska Engineering Commission, states
that certain lands withdrawn by the
President for railway and townslte
purposes along the line of the new
government railway, are now open to
homestead entry. The communication
reads as follows:
....“On September 20, 1916, Presi
dent Wilson, on the recommendation
of Secretary Lane, restored to entry
all lands lnoluded within Alaska
Townslte Withdrawal No. 4, in sec
tiois 22, 23, 26 and 27, T. 17 N„ R.
1 W., Seward Meridian. This land
was withdrawn at a time when it was
thought that it would be needed for
railroad and townsite purposes. The
line of the railroad has now been
definitely located, and it Ib found that
there is no need for the land. It is
located in the Matanuska Valley,
ubout one-half mile from the main
line of the railroad and within two
miles of the new town of Wastlla on
the Knik-Willow Creek wagon road,
and most of it has agricultural pos
sibilities."
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith who were
recently married here, left on the
Northwestern to return to his home
in Cordova.
Humorists Adjourn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 7.—The
American Press Humorists’ associa
tion, which has spent a strenuous
week fox hunting, cotton picking,
banqueting and speechmaking over a
radius of pnp hundred miles about
Nashville, adjourned yesterday after
adopting a resolution directing the
executive committee to plan a le*s
lavish form of entertainment at the
convention next year in New York.
Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Squash, Car
rots, Cabbage, Rutabagas, Yakima
Gems and Valdez Potatoes at Key
stone Produce Co. 3t
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT SAILED
FOR VALDEZ ON TUESDAY
SEATTLE, Oct. 19.—The steamer
Admiral Farragut sailed from here
for Valdez Tuesday evening. Her pas
sengers for Valdes are George Zlnu,
wife and ehild^ M. Hendrickson, W.
N. Cuddy and B. Burbee.
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A. V. Pflamm left yesterday on the
launch Pathfinder for Knight Island
where he will do the assessment work
on a group of claims.
REPUBLICANS LEAD IN
CALIFORNIA REGISTRATION
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18.—Regis
tration for the November presidential
election closed at midnight with what
Registrar of voters Harry Zemanskl
stated would be the largest enroll
ment In Jthe history of San Francisco.
Indications, he said, were that at least
185,000 voters had qualified as elec
tors. Of these 102,179 registered as
republicans and 72,210 as democrats.
George A. Harmon of the Harmon
Machinery Co., of Cordova, who has
been here for several weeks putting
up a tram on the Seacoast property,
left last night on the Mariposa for
his home.
PRISON ER8 FREED
RY KANSAS MOR
WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 19.—A mob
of 1,000 citizens last night ran Mar
shal Crowe and his three deputies out
of the city of Augusta, an all town
20 miles east of here, wrecked the
city Jail and liberated six prisoners,
held on petty charges.
The mob resented the arrest of sev
eral prominent citizens on charges of
violating traffic ordinances, because
the citizens said the rough streets
made it impossible to follow the ordi
nary rules of the roads. It has beeu
a common joke that the bumps in the
thoroughfares were of such size and
frequency that they jarred out the
tall lights of motor cars.
Last night when William Peel,
candidate for the legislature, rode
down the main street on a white horse
with a lantern he'd behind him, the
Jest delighted the crowd on the street
but angered the officers. Peel's arrest
caused a mob to form, which soon
began to express Its disapproval In
threats. A proposal to wreck the jail
gained ready attention. After the
structure had been damaged beyond
immediate use, the crowd marched to
Mayor Weidlein’s horn* fo demand
the discharge of,th« entiro_police
force but the mayor could not be
found.
PRESENT HUGHES
WITH CANE
MADE FROM A LINCOLN RAIL
Ciuitlidute Tells People of Kalamazoo
a Vote for Him Means the Govern
ment Will He Hack of American En
terprises in Foreign Lands.
KALAMAZOO, Mich., Oct. 19.—On
his arrival here Churles E. Hughes
was presented by a number of citizens
v.'lth a cane made from one of the
rails split by Abraham Lincoln. In
his address the candidate'declared a
vote for- him means that the govern
ment will be back of every lawful en
terprise in foreign lands, not war.
War Risk Insurance Jumps.
GALVESTON, Oct. 19 —Consider
able excitement was created today
when it became known that war risk
insurance had been Increased at all
American and Gulf ports as a result
of Germany’s threat to Indulge in pro
miscuous submarine warfare.
NO SUFFRAGE PLANK
ADOPTED AT BOSTON
BOSTON, Oct. 19.—The Republi
can state convention voted down a
movement to have suffrage and pro
hibition included in the platform.
Don’t miss the one night feature
“Over Night” or “Would You" at the
Empress tonight.
Arthur J. Hill, who has been en
gaged on the mail contract to the in
terior the past few months, left last
night for the States, for an indefinite
stay. Mrs. Hill preceded him some
weeks ago.
B. L. Johnson of the U. S. Geolog
leal Survey, who spent the summer
making surveys in Prince William
Sound, was an outgoing passenger on
the Northwestern.
Val Fish, a son of Jim Fish, left
on the Northwestern en route to Cali
fornia where he will attend school
this winter.
Don Thomas of the Thomas-Cul
ross Mining Company, came up from
Culross Island last evening.
NAYS IMPERIAL PROSPERITY
Declares Elect ion of Hughes Means
Roosevelt Dictnton>hi|>—Challenges
Hughes to Tell His Course Lush
tuuia Incident.
CHICAGO. Oct. 19.—Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo, In an address
delivered here last night in which he
arraigned Hughes and the Republican
party. He asserted that the Republi
cans are asking the people to imperil
the peace and prosperity of the coun
try by tryfiig to elect Hughes, whom
he declared to be inexperienced, and
wholly unfit to assume the direction
of the government in these stirring
times, and who, he declared, would
be under the dictatorship of Roose
velt if elected. The speaker brought
up the Lusitania incident, stating that
Hughes had been strong in his criti
cism of the President’s action in re
gard to the sinking of that vessel, and
he challenged Hughes to tell the peo
ple what course he would have pur
sued had he been in the President’s
chair.
POLICE WRECK SOFT
DRINK EMPORIUM
SEATTLE, Oct. 19.—The Eidel
weis8, a $4,000 soft drink emporium,
was wrecked by the dry squad of the
Seattle police force last night follow
ing the discovery that some of the
soft drinks had a "stick” in them and
that there was plenty of the raw mat
erial for “stick" making on the prem
ises.
NAMK MAN TO
KXPKN'D. $2,000,000
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 19.—
The appointment of Dr. L. I. Hughes
as chief in charge of the district of
Alaska, Washington and Oregon, who
will have control of the expenditure
in the next five years of $2,000,000
Tor public roads and engineering, was
made public today.
This road work is in connection
with the good roads movement and
the money is a part of a large appro
priation authorized at the last ses
sion of congress.
SPANISH ADMIRAL
IS DKAD AT MADRID
PARIS. Oct. 19.—The death is an
nounced in a dispatch from Madrid
of Vice Admiral Concas Palau, who
was the arbitrator appointed by King
Alfonso of Spain in connection with
the settlement of the disputes between
Panama and the United States over
land in the canal zone. He recently
returned to Madrid from Panama, and
had intended to resume his duties in
Panama in January.
Admiral Concas was minister of
marine in the Moret Prendergast
Cabinet in 1906. He was a captain
in the Spanish American war and
bore a prominent part in the fighting
at Santago, in which he was in com
mand of the cruiser Marie Therese.
Wins Woman’s Championship
UELMONT, Mass., Oct. 19.—Miss
Alexa 'Stirling, of Atlanta, Ga., won
the national golf championship on
the links of the Belmont Springs
Country club today by defeating Miss
Mildred Caverly, of Philadelphia, two
and one In the final match of the an
nual title tournan ent.
Joe Stanton left on the Northwest ■
ern with his auto truck for Co'rdova,
where he will go iuto the transfer
business.
MEXICAN GULF COAST IS
AGAIN SWEPT BY GALE
ONE HUNDRED MILE TORNADO SWEEPS ALONG THE GULF COAST
DESTROYING HOUSES, TEARING DOWN TELEPHONE AND TELE
GRAPH LINES—WOMAN VICTIM OF STORM AT MOBILE AND
MUCH DAMAGE DONE—AT MEMPHIS A SCHOONER WAS OVER
TURNED AND A HOUSE BLOWN DOWN—SEVEN PERSONS KILL
ED AND A GREAT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE DONE.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19.—A gale
of unprecedented violence swept the
Gulf coast yesterday. Beginning at
7 o’clock in the morning the wind
increased steadily in violence until
it attained a velocity of more than
100 miles an hour. Heavy damage
was done all along the coast, and
fears are entertained for the safety
of a number of small craft known to
have been out at sea. At Fort Morgan
near Mobile, several houses were
blown down, and the telegraph and
telephone wires are down for many
miles in every direction. From many
points reports have been received of
buildings wrecked or badly damaged,
but so far only one or two lives have
been reported lost.
Heavy Damages Mobile
MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 19.—The ter
rific gale which prevailed along the
coast yesterday did a large amount
of damage in this city. A number of
dwellings were badly damaged, and
INTERESTING SESSION OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Chamber of Commerce held Its
regular session last evening. The
usual routine business of the Cham
ber was transacted and on motion
i■ ■ ade and seconded and unanimouslj
passed the present officers of the
Chamber were re-elected for the com
ing term. Mr. A. C. Baldwin gave an
interesting talk on Valdez, its past,
present and future, and the methods
which might be employed to make the
city a thriving, prosperous commu
nity. His remarks were extremely in
teresting, and were listened to with
marked attention.
The Alexander Fisheries bill, now
pending in Congress, was brought up
und discussed. It was deemed that
certain provisions of the measure
were detrimental to the best interests
of the territory, and the question of
forwarding to Congress a protest
against the passage of the bill in its
present form was considered. A coni
mittee consisting of Walter Elliott,
John Emel and Porter King was ap
pointed to prepare a form of protest
to he submitted to the chamber at the
next regular meeting in November.
Weather Inside Moderates.
The interior weather has moder
ated somewhat since yesterday’s re
port, 26 above being the coldest re
corded between the coast and Fair
banks, the thermometer standing at
that figure at both McCallum and Ho
gan with Fairbanks and Copper Cen
ter recording the highest tempera
ture at 32. Snow is falling at Gul
kana, Copper Center, Tonsina, Teik
liell and Beaver Dam.
Evans Due Tonight.
The steamship Admiral Evans is
scheduled to arrive here from the
westward at 10 o’clock this evening
and will sail for the south a short
time later.
T. J. Munley, a brother of Assis
tant District Attorney W. A. Munley,
left on the Northwestern for the
States after spending several weeks
in Valdez.
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I Pboio by American Prtai lApnbtloa
practically every business house In
the city suffered the loss of plate
glass windows. So far as known at the
present time but one life was lost
here, that of a woman who was struck
by a flying timber. Telegraph and tele
phone lines are down in every direc
tion, and the news from the sur
rounding country is coming In slowly.
The present season has been the
stormiest ever known along the coast.
In the memory of the oldest inhabi
tant never has there been so many
and so severe gales as have occurred
this summer.
Seven Killed Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 19.—The
gale which blew in from the Gulf
yesterday did a large amount of dam
age here and caused the loss of seven
lives. One house in this city was com
pletely wrecked by the gale, and a
number of others were more or less
damaged. A schooner in the river lu
front of the city was blown over by
the storm.
HANOSHANHG IS
HARD OH FINGERS
PRESIDENT WARMLY GREETED
Shakes Hands With So Many Admi
rers Skin Is Worn from Fingers of
His Right Hand—Switches to His
Left Hand.
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ Oct. 19 —Presi
dent Wilson has received a most en
thusiastic greeting at every step of
the train bearing him to Chicago. He
has shaken hands with so many peo
ple on the trip that the skin is torn
from the fingers of the right hand,
and he has been compelled to use Ills
left hand to greet his admirers.
The launch N. & S., Capt. Calla
ghan, returned last evening from
westward Sound points with a num
ber of passengers, and towing a lunch
belonging to Julius Jensen. The
N. & S. left this morning for Land
lock, Ellamar and Fidalgo bay points,
and expects to return in time to re
sume her regular schedule on Satur
day, when she will leave here at 7 a.
m. for western Sound points.
E. R. Pulver of the Seacoast Min
ing Compauy, was an outgoing pas
senger on the Northwestern on a bus
iness trip to the States.
Attorney J. J. Finnegan was an ar
rival on the Northwestern from Sew
ard to attend the district court ses
sion.
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More Whiskey Seized
SEATTLE. Oct. 19.—Early this
morning the police seized a dray al
leged to have been stolen from the
Central Garage last night at Twen
ty-Sixth Avenue and Jackson Street
which contained 48 cases of whis
key. The dray was being driven by
Harry Smith, one of the chauffeurs
for the Billingsley Brothers.
Liquor House* are Cited
JUNEAU. Oct. 19.—Judge Jen
nings has Issued an order on the Jn
neau Liquor houses to show cause
why their licenses should not be re
voked. The order was issued owing
to the fact that Wilhelm Erlcson had
secured liquor at both places and he
is only 19 years of age.
Surgeon Dies of Wounds.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—Dr. J. B.
Weintraub, who yesterday was shot
three times by Dr. Arthur McLaren, i
dentist, died today. McLaren said he
shot the physician because he operat
ed on him and prevented his mar
riage.
Cummins for Hughes.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 18.—Senator
A. B. Cummins of Iowa, passed thru
Minneapolis last night on his cam
paign tour to assist in the election of
Republican senators. “I wish I felt
as sure of eternal salvation as I do
of Hughes' election this fall." the
senator said.