Vteam heated hot and cold baths
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
pH0NF 7 • FOR MEN ONLY
AS YOU PASS ALONG
the highway you can tell at a
glance the custom tailor drest
ed man from the other fellows.
And if he be particularly well
clothed the chances are we are
his tailor. Our new fabrics
and style models are now
ready. We invite an inspec
tion which we know will be
followed by an order.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and CRUDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
y board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES j S. BLUM A CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. _Telephone 84
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
. FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DALLY
‘ Phone B3 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed j
Telephone 66 '
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Rough Dry ICe lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
BIRD’S ASHES SOWN TO WINDS
BY ARMY AVIATOR
Col. William Glassford, referred
to in the following article from the
Kansas City Journal* was formerly
officer in charge of the Washington
Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph
system, with headquarters at Seattle,
and is will-known to a number of the
residents of Alaska:
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Mar. 1.—How
the body of Tina, the pet canary be
longing to Col.. William Glassford,
commandant of the North Island
Aviation school was cremated and
then taken aloft in an army biplane
and scattered from an altitude of 5,
000 feet, was told by army aviators
Friday. j
Tina was a household pet of the|
Glassford family for a number of
years. Both Colonel and Mrs. Glass
ford were affected deeply when the
canary died a few days ago. At Mrs.
Glassford’s suggestion her husband
had the body cremated, the ashes
put into a bottle and then taken aloft
to return to the bird’s proper ele
ment.
The ashes were scattered to the
winds by Instructor Albert Smith of j
the signal corps aviation school.
POUND—A finger ring, owner may
have by applying at this office and
proving property. 3t
Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen. tf
Subscribe for the Prospector.
POWER’S STORK
GMNSGREDENGE
THAT ARRKHT WAS I'RAMK-l'P
Identity of Person Who Is Alleged t«>
Have Bribed Him Is Kstnbltshcd
and Proves to be Private Detective
i
Km ployed by Pr<»secution.
—
j
j SEATTLE, March 1.—The state
ment by Police Captain Powers that
his arrest was a frameup is rapidly
gaining credence here, the newspa
pers taking up the matter and credit
ing him with telling the truth. The
identity of the person alleged to have
bribed Powers has been ascertained,
and it proves to be a private detective
evidently employed by the prosecu
tor’s office, whose stories of police
corruption have been frequently made
and as frequently exploded. rha
prosecutor’s office refuses to mrks
any comment on the situation.
GERMANY OFFERS :
10 REPLACE SHIPS
SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINES
Proposition Is Made by Germany to
/
Replace the Seven Dutch Ships
Sunk Last Week With German
Ships If Purchased After War.
THE HAGUE, March 1.—Germany
has offered the owners of the seven
Dutch steamers sunk last week by
German submarines seven Germau
freighters to replace the sunken ves
sels on condition that Holland pur
chase the same after the close of the
war.
MANIACsiuN
PROVES DEADLY
GEORGIA MAN RUNS AMUCK
Crazed Man Kills Preacher, His Wife’s
Mother, Wounds Sistcr-in-I>av» and
Is Killed by Wife’s Brother, After
Hand-to-Hand Fight.
ATLANTA. Ga.. March 1.—Secret
ing himself in the home of his bro
thel-in-law, where his wife had been
i living since their separation, Claude
1 Anderson recently released from the
state hospital for the insane, tonight
shot and killed the Rev. Gaston £1.
Buford, seriously wounded Mrs. M.
Zahn, his wife's mother, slightly
wounded Mrs. W. J. Zahn and was
himself killed by W. J. Zahn.
Mr. Buford, pastor of the Moore
Memorial Presbyterian church, had
rushed into the house when he heard
; the shots and screams of the wound
ed women. Mrs. Anderson told the
police that Anderson hid in a room
and when Mrs. Zahn entered opened
fire. She fell dangerously wounded.
Her daughter in law ran into th»
room and was shot. Mr. Buford, pass
ing with his family, ran into the house
and Anderson killed him instantly.
W. J. Zahn, who conducts a busi
ness near the house, heard the shots
and hurried home. He wrested from
Anderson one of two pistols he was
using and and shot the man down.
Zahn was arrested and is being held
for an examination. Mrs. Zahn died
later.
WARM WAVE STRIKES
THE INTERIOR COUNTRY
This morning’s report from the in
terior snows that a decidedly warm
wave has struck that section, every
station along the road between here
and Fairbanks reporting above-zero
weather. Richardson reports the
highest temperature, 37 above, with
Salcha following with 34 above, and
Fairbanks next with 32 above. Gul
kana M the coldest with a tempera- j
ture of 10 above, and the other sta
tions range from 10 to,30 above. The;
local weather report also shows high
er temperature, the maximum for the j
12 hours ending at 7 o’clock this;
morning being 22 above and the min-;
imum 14. The thermometer regis- i
tered 22 above at 7 o’clock. Snow'
i
is falling as far inside as Telkhell,,
Fairbanks, Salcha, Richardson, Don-!
nelly and McCallum report strong!
south wind.
DATE CHANGED j
TERM OF GOURTi
* -- ---
APHIL 2 DF.CIDKD OX BY COFKT '
(
Order Changes Sitting of Court l-'roni
March sill to April 2—Jury Drawn
for the Cordova Term—One-Half
of Panel From Seward.
By an order issued by Judge Brown
in the District Court yesterday the
date of the term of court calied for
Cordova was changed from March
26, the date set in the order calling
the term, until April 2.
The jury for the Cordova term of
court was drawn at 2 o'clock yestet
day afternoon in the district court
room by Clerk of the Court Arthur
Lang and Jury Commissioner Charles
Kraemer, and the following jurymen
were dnwn, a majority of them re
siding at Seward.
F. D. Nickerson, John Flannigan, \
F. P. Skeen, F. W. Powers, W. L. Con-i
way, L. C. Bates, W. M. Sauers, ]
Charles Crawford, W. W. Alderman,;
Samuel McDonald, Chas. Emsweiler,
Gus A. Seifert from Seward; Charlesi
Spongberg, Valdez; Norman Mer-j
chant, W. S. Frazer, Granby; Louie|
Little, Ellamar; H. Daniels, Fred
Schrenger, Eyak; Axel Nasman, E. S.
Malone. Granite; W. L. Smith, Jas.
Buchanan, Cordova; Ephrlam Brew
ster, Roosevelt; R. F. Spicer, La
touche. The jury iB ordered to re
port at Cordova at 10 o’clock a. m.
on April 2.
BRITISH TROOPS i
'WITHIN TWO MILES BA PA CM E
Germans Slowly Retreating and I hit
ting l'p a Stiff Resistance to the
British Advance—Battle Ground .1
Sea ot Mud.
LONDON, March 1.—Advices re '
iceived here from General Haig, coni
jmander of the British forces along the
Somme front, state that the British
,are still advancing and are now wilh
|in two miles of Bapaume. The Ger
mans are retreating slowly and are.
| putting up a stiff resistance to toe
British advance. General Haig re
j ports the battle ground a sea of mud,
iand that the country is barricaded
j with miles of barbed wire entangle
I ments, but even these tremendous
j handicaps have been overcome and
the British are advancing steadily.
Bone Dry Bill Passed.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Mar. 1— j
| The Ferguson ‘‘bone dry” liquor bill j
! was passed in the senate late yester- J
i day and now goes to the governor for
j his signature. The measure was
'passed in the house last week. The
anti-cigarette bill, which would have
made possession of cigarettes or ci
garette papers a misdemeanor, was re
ferred back to committee for an
amendment which will provide
; against sale of cigarettes to minors.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW Y0RK1W0RLD
IN 1917
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
I ,
The value and need of a newspaper
'in the household was never greater
I than at the present time. The great
| war in Europe Is now half-way into
I its third year, and whether peace he
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice-a Week World, The
Daily Prospector and The Week'.y
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 150 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
them. , ,
The Thrice-a-Week World,
The Dally Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR $18.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Yaldez, and are replete with local:
and world news. The Miner makes a.
specialty of Territorial News in ccn-j
densed form. The World is too veil;
known to our readers to dilate upen.
its field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a Are insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if Are does come you wili have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
'£■ TONY’S PLACED
EVERYTHING
FIRS! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Otir Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points In
Alaska and California
From Seattle to Valdez—
Feb. 16—S. S. Adm. Farragut
For Seward
Feb. 25—S. S. Adm. Watson,
For Kodiak
Mar. 2-—S. S. Adm. Evans
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragut
From Valdez for Seattle—
Feb. 23—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watsou
Mar. 10—S. S. Admiral Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays tor Saa Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOFR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailing* from Seattle—
Peb. 16—S. S. Alaska
Peb. 24—8. 8. Northwestern
Mar. 1—8. S. Mariposa
Mar. , 8—S. 8. Alaska
Mar. 16—S. S. Northwestern
Valdez to Seattle—
Feb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. 21— S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 8—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU. CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Dpuglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK C0„ Local Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you’ll like the little courtesies inci
dent to “Milwaukee" service.
J. C. Marti*, Valdez, Pknoa 1 A. L Harm, T. P. A. Juneau, Aimak*.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker, Phone 131. tf
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
Pure Fresh Drags n the Valdes
Drug Store. tf
For fine Candies see our stock.
Valdez Drug Co. * tf
A new line of heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf!
I
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
Just Received,—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, tLat baggage for you. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Oaland's.
Prices reasonable.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE,
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Looation notices, notn quartz and
placer, at the Miner office.