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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY », 1916
YK GODS, READ THIS!
The San Francisco Chronicle, in a
recent issue, under a caption two col
umns in width, “San Francisco to
Regain Her Lost Trade with Alaska,”
and prominently displayed on the
Drat page, says:
“San Francisco is to return to
her former supremacy aB the
port from which the steamers
for Nome and other Alaska ports
direct leave during the open
season, according to advices re
ceived from Seattle last night.
Plans now under consideration
by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company indicate that San
Francisco will not only get the
steamer service each *year to
Nome and St. Michael, but regu
lar sailings and all summer to
the Far North.
Washington’s stringent prohibi
tion law is said to be responsi
ble for the premeditated change
which will mean vast business
for local shippers and the port,
and a return to the profitable
times when San Francisco was
the source of Alaska’s supplies
and workers."
Mercy, Mamie, but the beans have
burned. San Francisco is going to
regain her "former” supremacy as
the great shipping port for Alaska
and other Alaska ports. Possibly
two or three steamers will sail for
Nome from San Francisco during the
oomlng summer, for one consecutive,
one-only trip.
Former supremacy again estab
lished. Katie kut the kake kutckly.
—Juneau Empire.
WHAT CARRANZA MUST DO.
President Wilson is right in his
determination to give Gen. Carranza
(all opportunity to demonstrate the
sincerity of his pledges. Carranza,
on the other hand, cannot afford to
underestimate the bitterness of feel
ing in the United states over the mas
sacre in Chihuahua.
Representative Slayden of Texas
spoke for Americans in general as
well as for the people of the Border
■States when he saiu yesterday that
they would bo satisfied with “nothing
abort of the capture and execution of
the murderers.” The work of cap
ture is already under way, but the
punishment must be ruthless as the
offense.
The United States government has
no reason to doubt the good faith of
Gen. Carranza and the Mexican au
thorities in this matter. The Car
ranza representative in Washington
has informed the State Department
that efficient acuon will be taken to
bring the murderers to justice and
efficient action is what is needed. The
question at issue is whether the Car
ranza government, however sincere
it may be, is physically able to' cope
with the situation and taking such
efficient action.
If it can, the demands for inter
vention will soon be forgotten. If it
(ails, the situation will become more
than serious.
So far as the American people are
concerned, Gen. Carranza is still on
trial. ’Public sentiment on the whole
approved of the President’s act of
recognition, but it was approval in
spired by hope rather than confi
dence. That remains the attitude of
most Americans.
Their hope would be materially
strengthened to the permanent bene
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EMPRESS!
TO-NIGHT
2 Shows—at 8 and 9:20, sharp j
PROGRAM
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Pathe News. J
Pathe Pacific Coast Edition ;
■ The Shell of Life. Lubln
»The Greater Love. Vitagraph
Bronco BlU’s Mission. Essanuy J
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“Tilly’s Punctured,Romance,"
Six-Reel Comedy Thursday
Admission 25c and 10c.
fit of the relations between the Uni
ted States and Mexico if Gen. Car
ranza wer< to prove that he fully ap
preciated the full significance of the
Chihuahua crime. If he does so ap
preciate it, "his efforts will show it.
Unless he produces results that ap
peal to American confidence in the
power of bis government, there will
be little public support of him left in
the country.
If Gen. Carranza Is wise he will ac
cept the Chihuahua massacre as the
final challenge of his eumies in Mex
ico to his authority and meet it with
all the force at his command. This is
his critical period, and if he fails we
do not believe that he can long sus
tain himself. Should he succeed in
capturing the perperators of this in
famous outrage and in bringing them
summarily to justice he will have es
tablished himself and popular Indig
nation in the United States will rap
idly subside. Should he shirk his
duty and his responsibility, the de
mand /for intervention will steadily
increase until some day another big
slaughter of Americans will make it
irresistible.
Not only the faith of the Carranza
government but the future of Mexi
co may rest on the zeal and energy
shown in the pursun and punishment
of the Chihuahua murderers.—New
York World.
It is amusing to hear a man who
has nothing to assess bestow such
fulsome praise upon the assessor.
After seeing the deaf and dumb
sing at a funearl, we are ready to be
lieve that one can smell Honest
John’s paper.
When the Star advocates the large
acreage of the Senator being taken
into the tax district we may look
for the millenium, or some other im
possible thing to. occur.
Carranza has promised there will
be no more slaughter of Americans
in Mexico, and we believe he will
keep his word. There are no more
Americans in Mexico to slaughter.
Richard Harding Davis returned
from the war zone yesterday, and
stated that the militant nations look
ed with scorn upon the United States
for the position she has taken in re
maining neutral. We can afford to
be scorned,—at several million dol
lars a scorn.
War Scenes.
See the Russians retreating across
the River Bugg at the Liberty to
night.
Also showing the Admiral Watson
being raised in Seattle Harbor.
Admission 25 cents.
FINDINGS AT JUNEAU
COURT ARE SUSTAINED
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.—-The
Circuit Court of Appeal has handed
down its findings in the case which
was appealed from the ruling of
Judge Jennings, of Juneau, involv
ing title to the tide flats on Gast
ineau channel. The ruling of the
Alaska jurist has been affirmed -and
the claim of the Alaska-Gastineau
mining company on the tideflats
abutting their properties has been
sustained. . -
FRENCH REPORT AIR
RAID ON BULGARIANS
PARIS, Feb. 7.—The French war
office has posted a bulletin in which
it is. announced that British and
French aviators in retaliation for
the Teutonic raids on Salonlki, visit
ed the Bulgarian positions and rain
ed bombs into their camps. It is as
serted that seven hundred Bulgarians
were killed as a result of the raid.
FRENCH NOTABLES HAVE
SUFFERED FROM WAR
PARIS, Feb, 8.—The Paris Blue
Book, which has just been published,
contains the names of more than
three thousand Parisian notables who
have been killed in the war. The
list contains the names of many law
yers, doctors, educators, actors and
writers of more than national fame.
FOUR CLAIMANTS FOR
VALUABLE OIL LANDS
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 8.—A case in
which four claimants are fighting to
secure possession of Oklahoma oil
lands valued at more than four and
one-half million dollars, began be
fore the federal court here today.
PARTING WITH TRESSES
TO HELP THE CAUSE
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 8.—German
women here are soliciting orders for
hair which they assert the women of
Germany are cutting off in order to
raise funds to aid the wounded Ger
man soldiers. The women have of
fered to contract to supply hair in
any amount and will guarantee its
delivery after the close of/hostilities.
The Takelou, the launch of the El
lamar Mining company, come up to
Valdes last night and returned to the
copper city after a short stay.
MINE FOREMAN
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P
ItoiHtrted to Have Suffered Compound
I'Vacture of Ix-g and Injuries
to Other in Mine Slide.
The launch of the Ellamar Min
ing company came up the bay last
night bringing the bad news that
Foreman M. H. (ledney of the mine
had suffered a severe accident by be
ing caught in a slide-in the mine yes
terday afternoon. He is reported to
have had one leg broken in two places
and the extent of the injuries sus
tained by the other limb was un
known as the launch has been dis
patched for a physician before an ex
amination had been made.
I)r. Duckwall, the Post Surgeon,
left for Ellamar on the mining com
pany’s launch to care for the injured
man and had not returned up to noou
today. It is reported that the North
western was to have called at Ella
mar to take the Injured man to Cor
dova, where the company has been
sending it sick or injured employes
recently.
j Mr. Gedney is well known in Val
dez as he has been connected with
the Ellamar mine for a number of
years, and his many friends will sin
cerely hope that his accident is not
as serious as reported and that he
will fully recover.
NARROW ESCAPE
OF LATOUCRE MEN
i
Were Carried in Small Itoat from lai
* touche to Montague Island—
lived Week on Clams.
Passengers on the Northwestern
from Seward this morning report that
two Latouche men had a narrow es
cape from drowning or perishing of
cold and starvation as a result of
the storm which swept this section of
the coast recently.
It appears that a fox rancher, J.
W. Flemming, had left his island in
company with a native, to take a
number of foxes to the Green Island
ranch, when their little boat was
caught in a storm. They were unable
to breast the waves and were carried
out to sea. After being at the mercy
of the elements for nearly twenty
four hours their boat was carried by
the tide to Montague island where
it was thrown on the beach and
smashed.
Flemming and his companion were
without food or a means of making
a fire and lived on clams and what
they could And on the beach for
nearly a month. In their search
along the -beach they came across
the wreckage of another boat from
which they constructed a raft and
when the storm moderated they
hoisted a sail and crossed to Latouche
Island and reached home a few days
ago after their friends and relatives
had given them up as lost.
The men are reported to have been
frosted and otherwise show that they
suffered intensely from their hard
ships.
Pictures deveiopeo at the Valdez
Drug Company tf.
George Havness, who came up from
Fldalgo bay a few days ago, was an
outgoing passenger on the North
western this morning for the states.
■* . *
, Teddy Lindsay left on the North
western to visit his parents in Se
attle for a few months. He expects
to return when the first sign of water
in. the creeks in this district is re
ported as he will be employed in the
Ramsay-Rutherford mine when the
mill resumes operations.
B. M. Snyder, operator in the local
office of the Signal Corps, went to
Cordova on the Northwestern this
morning to relieve the men there
who are reported as snowed under
with work.
Valdez Drug Company nave a tine
line of School Stationery. tf
James Neill was a passenger on the
Northwestern this morning from Val
des to Cordova.
See “The Quest."
Be sure and don’t miss the five
reel Broadway feature, “The Quest,”
at the Liberty Theatre Thursday
night. No raise in prices. Admis
sion the same, 26 cents.
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CABLESHIP LEAVES
SEATTLE OK FEB. 15
Believed that Extensive Repairs are
Iking Made to Vessel as She
Ann Been Iiong in Drydoek.
Advices have been received from
Seattle stating that the cableship
Burnside will leave Seattle on Feb
ruary 16,.to begin the work of re
pairing the breaks in the government
cable. About ten days ago the cable
connecting Alaska with the outside
world went out of commission, a
break having occurred north of Sitka,
and on Sunday morning last the Sew
ard branch went down.
Cordova, Valdez and points in in
terior Alaska are being served by the
navy radio stations and with the ex
ception of a short time when engine
trouble was experienced at Sitka, the
service has been good. The break in
the line to Seward completely Isolates
the westward except when vessels
equipped with wireless are in port.
As the cableship Burnside was re
ported in drydoek several weeks ago
when a break in the cable occurred
near Seattle, It is believed that she
is undergoing extensive repairs and
possibly receiving new boilers.
Weather Report.
Valdez. Feb. 7, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.996
Temperature 7 p. m.43
Maximum temperature .48
Minimum temperature . 6
Mean temperature .26.6
Clear, strong wind, northeast 34
miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Feb. 8, 1916.
Fairbanks, —26; clear, calm.
Salcha, —38; clear, calm.
Richardson, —30; clear, windy.
McCarthy, —ou; 46 inches snow;
cloudy, windy, trail good.
MeCallum, —44; clear, calm.
Paxsou, —42; clear, calm.
Hogan, —0; 21 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Gulkana, 11 above; 21 Inches of
snow; clear, high wind, trail good.
Copper Center, —26; 16 inches of
snow; clear, windy, trail good.
Tonsina, 11 above; 18 inches of
snow; cloudy, windy, trail drifted.
Teikhell, —10; 30 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam, 10 above; 46 inches
of snow; cloudy, windy, trail drifted.
Summit, 6 above; 60 inches snow;
clear, windy, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, 22 above; 40 Inches of
snow; clear, windy, trail heavy to
the north; good to the south.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Diane Rnb witk Electric
Heater.
BREAD FOR SALE
Jack CalUn _ IWcitor
The Best Place In Valdez to
Stop at is the
ArcticHotel
Ware, Light Naoea-Tte Hesri Caefart
RATES REASONABLE
BATHROOM Special Rate. By tke Naatt
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Prop.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
We Have Resolved That
In the Future
as In the Past
our line of Men's Clothing,
Furnishing Goods, Hats
and shoes
shall be the leading rbrands
and of the highest qualitn
obtainable in the market.
Such makes as
Hart Scahffner & Marx Suits
Style Plus $17.00 Suits
Stetson and Mallory Hats
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Nettleton
and
Crossett
Shoes
For the Ladies We Have
Rice & Hutchins Educator Shoes, Fox Slippers,
Holeproof Silk and Cotton Hosiery.
The Famous White Make of Children’s
Shoes are of the highest quality/.*.V.V.*.
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded
S. BLUM & COB
GOOD GOODS
| fHHH I III < I H< fMIM IHHI IH I I M H4WWWH
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National Ualveralty.
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Pourteen Vws in Valdes.
PHONY! 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR .GERMAN
ph,.™ .. THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m„ 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed. *
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alula Arenac Valdes, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMCJND
tTTOHSBYS-AT-LAW
WMer OwmHc Coart Bow
Phone H VALDES. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS K. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OtBcea la Whallas Billdiat
Phone 1*1 VALDEZ. ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
1 NO 168
Cite aad Accepted Maaeaa
ooWTn
Hall. Victor, wCcomc. ^
ED. WOOD. Secretary.
When b Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORG* SEXTON,Pnor
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Fre$sluxn*
to all Interior Points.^ ■
LIVERY and FEED STAB^K..
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
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CAPT. TIM MARCUM J '
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I Sails for Port Wells, Portage ! ’
Bay, Granite Mine, .Saturday i .
• at 9:00 a. m., from the Val- • >
) dez Dock Company’s Doek. J ’
; For Ellamar, Landlock Bay, ' ’
and Fidalgo, every Wednee- ! »
> day, 9:00 a. m„ from Val- ' -
dez Dock Company’s Dock. j *
; For Rates, Apply on Boat.
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' i idea, a good business ven- >
I! ture or a good mining pros- ! I
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«! of today’s successful bust- < ‘
; | ness enterprises would still ! J
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■; troductions of the man with ; *
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