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—-- ‘ VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIFfcY, JANUARY 28, 1916 NUMBER 3M
VOLUME MV. __ '
PRESIDENTWILSON BEGINS
PREPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN
ADMITS THAT HE FORMALLY OPPOSED PREPAREDNESS AND SAYS
HE WOULD BE ASHAMED NOTTO LEARN SOMETHING FROM
CONDITIONS IN EUROPE—INTERVENTION WOULD HAVE ALIEN
ATED THE SYMPATHIES OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
WHO FEAR THE UNITED STATES —WANTS FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND TRAINED RESERVES AS NUCLEUS FOR BIG ARMY.
new YORK, Jan. 28.—President
Wilson has started on his tour of the
eountry on his campaign for national
defense and addressed two meetings
in New York city yesterday. During
the afternoon he addressed a meeting
under the auspices of the National
Woman’s Suffrage Union and last
night addressed the Railway and
Business Men’s association. The at
tendance %f. both meetings was lim
ited to the capacity of the halls.
In his address before the National
Suffrage union President Wilson re
iterated his former statements that
he must decline to make it a national
measure. He believed it was a ques
tion for each individual state to set
tle.
President Wilson in his evening
address before the Business Men’s
association, admitted that a year ago
he had been opposed to preparedness
and said that he would be ashamed
if he had not learned something from
the European war and the effect it
was having upon the European na
tions which had been unprepared
when hostilities began. He said that
he had also formerly opposed the ap
pointment of a tariff board but that
he had come to the realization that
the United States cannot longer re
main a provincial nation.
President Wilson declared that
there was no danger of America
suffering from militarism as had been
the case with several of the European
nations for years. No nation on earth
more instinctively turned from war
to peace than the American people.
In dealing with the Mexican situ
ation President Wilson said that the
Republicans had heaped reproach up
on the administration because he had
declined to favor intervention in Mex
ico but that he believed that his po
sition was justified. He said that in
tervention in Mexico would have al
ienated the friendship of the people
i f the South American countries who
already feared that America had de
stgnes upon the independence. Presi
dent Carranza, according to Presi
dent Wilson, was fast regaining con
trol of the war-torn republic and
would restore order. He had selected
Carranza because there was no other
Mexican ruler who had shown that
l.e possessed qualifications fitting him
to be placed at the head of the neigh
boring republic.
President Wilson is urging the
creating of a military force of five
hundred thousand trained reserves
and believes that with a half million
reserves to form the the nucleus of
an army that the United States could
put an army in the field which would
repel any foreign foe which might
invade this country.
comm my
MERE MUF1
Ceneral Wood Tells Senate Commit
tee that Universal Military
Training* Proper Method.
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WASHINGTON; Jan. 28.—Major
General Wood, commander of the
Eastern division of the United states
army in his rerort to the Senate com
mittee on military affairs disagrees
with Secretary Garrison as to the plan
for military deiense He asserts that
a' universal military training for a
period of six consecutive m mths
would be better than to extend the
period of training over three years of
three months each.
General Wood declared that the
whole seheme of creating a continen
tal army of men who would be placed
on parole after they had completed
their three-year period of training
was a mere makeshift. He believed
that if the United States was going to
create a proper national defense that
some sort of compulsory se- ’ice
would be necessary. The department
lad found it difficult in the past to
keep the ranks of the regular army
up to standard and he anticipated
failure to secure recruits for the larg
er force which it was necessary to
create to protect the nation from pos
sible invasion.
ELLAMAR WHARF NOT
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED
Miners coming up the hay from 131
Utmar say that the reported damages
to the wharf of the Ellamar Mining
company were greatly exaggerated.
The'Inner wharf suffered no damage
whatever and the only damage to the
Mg new wharf consisted of a few
Files ,being torn loose by a steamer
which attempted to affect a landing
during the Btorm.
Young People’s Society.
The regular literary meeting of the
Young People’s Society will be held
tonight ht Everyman's Clubhouse.
Each member is requested to be pres
ort and to bring with them a short
topic on current events.
Subtcrlba for the Prospector.
CAUGHT TRYING TO PASS
WHISKEY TO PRISIONER
JUNEAU EMPIRE: Oscar Jaylka
is a 'wiser man today, also he is out
fifteen round bones and a bottle of
whiskey. Jaylka had a friend in the
city bastile. Oscar Forstrom was that
friend and as Forstrom was “out”
the night before, Jaylka believed that
a little “tonic” from a certain kind
!of botles would soothe the subsequent
| headache. But things went wrong.
| When the bottle was slipped, Jailer
jSergent witnessed the slipping. Jayl
; kla was immediately taken before the
i city clerk and magistrate Pettit, told
I of the great insult he had done to
justice, and was told that it would
cost him $15. He paid.
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GERMANS TIE UP
MERCHANT FLEET
Mines Have Been Sowed Along the
Dutch Coast and Steamers Fear
to Venture Into Zone.
LONDON. Jan. 28.—That portion
ot the North Sea off the coast ot
Kent, between Ramsgat and South
Foreland, is filled with ships bound
for Rotterdam which have nqt been
permitted to proceed on their voyages.
British ships are forbidden to con
tinue their'voyages to Holland and
the admiralty is withholding the
course from neutral vessels,
j It is reported in official circles that
Lthe stoppage of the vessels is due to
the danger of German mines, which
are alleged to have been sown along
tfce Dutch coast, and that the vessels
will not be allowed to proceed until
• the admiralty has caused the mines to
be swept up.
Among the detained ships are sev
eral belonging to the commission for
the relief of Belgium, and it is feared
that if they are delayed much longer
there will be a serious shortage of
food.
PORTRAITS made bT appointment
In your own home, by F. W. Sheelor.
Phone 185. *
Kodalt. Supplies at the Valdes
Drug Company. If
YOUTHFUL BANDITS
BET UIG BOOD
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Washington Park Bank of Chicago
Held Up by Five Boys While
Thirty People are Present.
CHICAGO, Jan, 28.—A daring
bank robbery and holdup was perpe
trated here yesterday afternoon when
live boys held up the cashier and thir
ty patrons of the Washington Park
bank and escaped with fifteen thou
sand of the bank’s cash. Among oth
ers who were in the bank at the time
of the holdup was Jake Stahl, the
former ball player. He was recog
nized by some of the boys who told
him that no harm would come to him
unless he resisted.
The youthful bandits entered the
bank shortly before the closing hour
and ordering the cashier and the
bank’s patrons at the point of revol
rels to hold up their hands sent one
of their number into the cashier’s
cage in order to secure all the money
In sight. They escaped in an auto
and have evaded all attempts of the
police to secure a clue to their iden
tities.
The police assert that the lurid
stories published in the newspapers
concerning the daring bank robbery
last week when one man held up and
robbed the office of the Cook Tourist
company, undoubtedly caused the
boys to undertake the robbery which
they successfully carried through.
DIPLOMATIC CODE
WHS DECIPHERED
European Nations Hare Had Com
plete Knowledge of Communlc i
tlons Sent from Capital.
BERLIN, Jan. 28.—Col. Houp..
the special representative ct lvesi
dent Wilson, who is in Europe on a
secret mission is reported to have in
structed the American govei cment
that it would be necessarv to change
the code used in communicaring with
American representatives in Euro
pean countries by cable or wireless as
all the nations had been able to de
cipher It.
It is said that while In Prance (!u«
House was informed of messages
which had been sent from Washing
ton to Ambassador Gerard in Berlin
regarding his movements. He ex
pressed suprise that the French gtv
ernment had information of matters
which he believed should be secret
and was astonished when informed
that every code message which had
passed between Berlin and Washing
ton for months had been decipl erei
by French diplomats. Investigation
has also developed the fact that all
the European governments have in
terpreted the American code.
The admission of the French official
that the American code had been de
ciphered offers a solution of a mys
tery which has been puzzling the dip
lomats at Washington for a long t- :ie
On several occasions important diplo
jmatic business has been frustrate- I
through its becoming known in '••!
j vance and had caused certain officials
to come under the suspicion 01 hav
ing furnished the infori ml.on t» the
Eur.ipean governments.
OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN
POST DANCE SATURDAY
The members of the Fort Liscum
Social club who announced a dunce
•t the Post tomorrow evening and
■Uted next day that it had been post
poned, have made new arrangements
and now wish their Valdez guests to
be assured that the dance will posi
tively take place tomorrow evening,
the Post launch will be at the City
dock at 8:16 sharp to carry Valdez
guests across the bay to the dance and
Will bring them home again after the
affair is over.
FOUND: A package of doughnuts.
Owner may have same by calling at
this office and describing property.
NIGHTRIDERS MUST
. AnEND CHURCH
Gang Which Has Terrorized Count}
in Missouri for Years Broken
Up by Government.
NEW MADRID, Jan. 28.—Thirteen
of the night riders who had been con
victed but not sentenced on the charge
of having destroyed a negro’s prop
erty while on a raid, have been pa
roled by the court on their promises
to turn from the wicked ways and at
tend church regularly. The men
were members of a party of sixty
who were arrested several weeks ago
after having terrorized the country
for years.
The nightriders included farmers
and their hired help who had organ
ized for the purpose of terrorizing
farmers Into paying higher wages and
to prevent their renting land to ne
gro tenants. After committing nu
merous depredations, including the
burning of barns and killing of live
stock, their lawless careers were
brought to a sudden termination by
the state government taking a hand
in the effort to break up the gang.
Forty-seven of those convicted
were sentenced to serve from one to
ten ' years in prison and the balance
of the cases were disposed of yester
dey when the men were paroled on
their promises to attend church ev
ery Sunday and to be on good beha
vior during the coming year.
URGING^ EMBARGO^
Petitions Hearing More than One Mil
lion Names Have Been Present
ed to Seuute During Week.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Tre
mendous pressure is being brought
to bear upon President Wilson, the
government officials and members of
the Senate and House to have an
embargo placed upon the exportation
of munitions from the United States
to foreign countries.
It is stated that during the past
week one thousand bundles of peti
tions bearing more than one million
signatures have been presented to the
senate urging that the manufacture
of munitions and their exportation
from the United States be prohibited.
The petitions come from every
state in the Union and bear the n lines
of thousands of the most prominent
people of America in all walks of life.
It is reported that a number of reso
lutions will be presented to the
house at an early date to comply with
the requests of the petitioners and
that a vigorous campaign will be wag
ed to have the embargo put into ef
fect.
In addition to the petitions present
ed to the Senate the individual mem
bers of‘both houses and government
officials have been flooded with let
ters demanding that the government
stop the exportation of death-dealing
guns and other war material.
>ENGINEER SHIELS WILL
GO TO TORRID ZONE
A. T. B. Shiels, the popular chief
engineer on the 3. S. Alameda is mak
ing his last trip on the Alameda as he
has resigned from the service of the
Alaska Steamship company and l.een
appointed United States government
marine inspector in Puerto Rico, and
will leave immediately after the
steamer arrives in Seattle for his new
post. Rumor has it that Eddie Wil
Bon, who is known to many Alaskans
as he has been on steamers in these
waters since beginning on the old
Newport, and who is now chief engi
neer on the Northwestern, will be
transferred to the Alameda.
All kinds of Vegetables and fine
assortment of Apples and Oranges at
Keystone Produce Co. *
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Pasteurised Whipping Cream end
pure Buttermilk ht Love-Whitley's.
ASQUITH CONSCRIPTION
MEASURE NOW IN FORCE
measure to provide for Forced military service passed
BY BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS—KITCHENER DECLARES THAT
VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT SYSTEM HAD FAILED AND CONSCRIP
TION WAS ONLY REMEDY—LORD DERBY DECLARED MEN
WILLING TO FIGHT IE' FAMILIES WERE PROVIDED FOR BY
GOVERNMENT—IRELAND 18 EXEMPTED BY THE MEASURE;.
LONDON, Jan. 28.—The Asquith
conscription measure which was pars
ed by the British House of Commons
.a3t week was ratified by ‘the licu-e
of Lords yesterday afternoon. T. c
vote was overwhelmingly in favor of
the measure. The debate which pre
eded the vote was very temperate
and lacked the extreme bitterness
manifest in the lower house.
Lord Kitchener said that the fair
est trial possible had been given the
voluntary enlistment system but t! at
the young mer. of the nation had f til
ed to respond in sufficient numbers.
England must have the men to en
sure ultimate victory over her ene
mies and conscription would affect
only one class of men—those who uad
a poor idea of their duty to their
country during a period of war.
Lord Derby took exception to the
remarks of the war secretary and
said that his canvass had shown that
it was not lack of courage which had
kept the men of England from offer
ing their services to the nation. Many
who were willing to fight for the em
pire found themselves facing domes
tic, financial or business obligations
owing to the inadequate allowances
of the British government for those
dependent upon men who enlisted.
He believed that with proper facili
ties for caring for the families of sol
diers enough men would have volun
tartly offered their services.
Under the terms of the conscrip
tion bill all males between the ages
of eighteen and forty-one years who
are bachelors or without children de
pendent upon them are liable to forc
ed military service. Ireland is not
Included with the rest of the empire
under the measure.
Following the ratification of the
conscription measure the House of
Lords adjourned until February 1*.
MANITOBA ADOPTS
WOMAN SUFFRAGR
WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 28.- The
Manitoba legislature in session here
yesterday passed a measure giving
women equal suffrage in this pro
vince. This is the first province of the
Dominion to adopt suffrage arid it
is predicted that other provinces will
favor similar measures.
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
IS SINKING FAST
LONDON, Jan. 28.—Vienna dis
patches received here by way of Am
sterdam state that Francis Joseph,
the aged emepror of Austria-Hungary
is sinking fast and is not expected to
to survive but a few hours. He ia
eighty-siv years of age and has bees
a sufferer for many years.
PILEDRIVER OUTFIT
BEING RECOVERFD
Capt. Marcum, of the launch
Shamrock, who returned froir h .dal
go bay last night, reports that the
workmen are making good progress
in landing the piledriver outrU of the
Alaska Mines corporation which was
carried into deep water wh*,-t the
wharf collapsed. The machiv ery had
been brought into water where the
top of the engine showed at lev’ ti le.
and the yent expected to land it high
and dry today. The piledriver went
into 32 feet of water and the men had
no chance to save it as a Dart of the
and the men expected to land it high
the machinery being brought tj shore
when danger threatened.
SEVEN FROZEN
IN MONTANA
Mercury Drops to Sixty Below at
Many Places in State and Fuel
Famine Is Threatened.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 2S.—
Reports from different parts of the
State are to the effect that intense
cold-weather has prevailed over the!
entire state during the past week. At
scores of towns the mercury has gone
down to sixty degrees below zero and
oeven persons are known to have
frozen to death.
A snoriage oi iuei is repuriuu iu
many of the smaller towns and in the
rural communities as the cold weath
er and blizzards have isolated them
from their sources of supply. j
It is feared that when the full ex
tent of the cold weather is known
that scores of persons will be found ,
to have perished. The churches and
schools have been thrown open to
those whose fuel has been exhausted
and all business is at a standstill, j
Ranchers have reported that iu,
some instances their stock have froz
en to death in the barns as they
were unprepared for the extreme cold
weather which has established new
records at many points in widely dif
ferent parts of the state.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. (Island's.
Prices reasonable.
UNIS TO FIGHT
FORCED SERVICE
British National Labor Congress Pre
paring for General Strike if
Measure Is Knforced.
BRISTOL, Jan. 28.—The National
Labor congress, which is composed of
delegations representing every trade
union in the British Isles, convened
in annual session here yesterday. The
first matter to come before the con
gress was that of conscription and
resolutions were voted condemning
the measure. The vote was over
whelmingly in opposition to forced
military service. >
Resolutions are being prepared end
will be presented to the congress urg
ing the labor unions of England to
engage in a general strike if the con
scription measure is enforced. T1 •
delegates taking part in the congress*
represent more than four million men
who are members of the various la
bor unions and should a g;ne.nl
strike be called it will have the ePeot
of tying up the mines, railroads and
every branch of industry and will
force millions of others out of em
ployment.
French Socialists who are ii. at
tendance at the Congress say that t!«
war has served to increase rather
than diminish the number of Social
ists in that country. They a set
that the casualties suffered by the
the French troops since the begin
ning of hostilities now number two
and one half million men and that tl to
burden of caring for the crippled sol
diers, their wives and children would
prove a heavy tax upon France (or
years to come
The Socialists of France who are
unalterably opposed to war and de
clare that the German Socialists who
were forced Into the ranks by the
Berman military system have not
changed their views and are rer iv at
the first opportunity to demand t'>al
the war, which is costing the lives at
thousands of young men dally, be
brought to a close.
Hot point ElectrltyHeatera, Cookers,
Bakers, Peroolatof* and Vacant*
Cleaners arrived ea.ihs last boat for
tie Emporium. tf