VOLUME 13 VALDEZ. ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1015 NO.
BMIII DEPOSITORS
SOON BE PI OFF
Receiver Exjiects to be in Position
to Issue Checks to Valdez De
positors Tills Week.
The depositors whose funds have
been tied up in the Valdez Bank &
Trust company since July 31, when
the bank closed its doors, will receive
checks covering the amounts due
them from the bank, tomorrow or
Wednesday.
John Lyons, attorney for the stock
holders of the bank, has received a
communication stating that funds
oofficient to pay off the depositors and
other creditors, has been deposited
with the German-American Mercan
tile bank, of Seattle, and that checks
drown on their bank by Receiver A.
J. Bimond, of the Valdez bank, will
ho honored.
The depositors will receive their
checks made payable at the First
iBank of Valdez, and the money will
made immediately available, ar
rangements having been made to that
effect by the Seattle bank.
When the Valdez Bank & Trust
company closed its doors on July 31,
the bank had deposits to the extent
of $16,000, and assets in the form of
loans amounting to $38,000, bank
building of the value of $12,500, and
other equipment to the value of about
$C,000, The suspension of business
ums due to heavy withdrawals by de
positors owing to Are losses.
immediately after the closing of
the bank M. F. l'endrickson, assis
tant cashier, put the matter of rais
ing the money to 'pay off the deposi
tors up to the stockholders in the
states, as it would be impossible to
dispose of the assets of the bank In
Valdez, owing to the heavy losses suf
fered by the fire. The matter has now
been financed and as soon as the sig
natures of the Valdez stockholders of
the bank have been attached to the
transfer of the assets of the bank to
the German-American Mercantile
bonk the checks will be Issued by the
receiver.
DEATH LIST IS
STILL GROWING
Known That More than 300 People
Lust Their Lives and Property
JLoss Will Reach $50,000,000.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4.—The
death list resulting from the hurri
cane which swept the gulf coast is
steadily growing and has passed the
three hundred mark. Conservative
estimates of the damages wrought by
the hurricane and rain storm which
followed are now placed at $50,000,
•00.
The cotton crops of the lower Mis
sissippi districts has been entirely
ruined by the storm as the cotton
was beaten Into the earth and will be
a total loss. In the districts flooded
by the breaking of the levee below
this city, hundreds of people have
been rendered destitute.
Reports from along the coast Con
tinue to add to the number of per
sons who lost theli lives at sea when
canght in the pa'll of the hurricane,
and it is now definitely known that
more than sixty small schooners and
their crews were lost.
WIFE INDICTED FOR
MURDER OF HUSBAND.
I
PROVIDENCE, R. I:, Oct. 4.—Mrs.
Elisabeth Mobrer. wife of Dr. Moh
rer, & prominent physician of this
city, who was murdered while riding
in am auto with his young lady sten
ographer, has been indicted by the
federal grand jury. Mrs. Mobrer is
charged with instigating the murder
of her husband by hiring negroes to
oommlt the crime. The negro driver
of the machine has turned' states evi
dence and has implicated three other
colored men Id the murder and rob
bery of his employer.
KAISER’S TROOPS REING MOVED FROM
RUSSIA TO THE WESTERN RATTLE FRONT
LONDON, Oct. 4.—The continued
offensive movement against the Ger
man lines by the Allies along the bat
tle front in France and Belgium has
caused the kaiser to withdraw a part
of his armies from the Russian fron
tier to stem the drive of the Allies in
the west. The Russian forces are
taking advantage of the situation and
are pressing the German forces south
of Vilna back. It is also reported
that Gen. Hindenburg’s invasion has
been halted. Russian aviators report
that troop trains have been leaving
Poland for the west and it is believed
that the Germans are concentrating
their forces to recover the ground
lost to the Allies along the western
front.
Czar May Send Bulgaria Ultimatum.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 4.—It is re
ported that the Russian government
is considering sending an ultimatum
RUSSIAN AVIATORS REPORT TROOP TRAINS RUSHING GERMAN AR
MIES TO WESTERN FRONTIER WHERE ALLIES ARB CONTINU
ING OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT—GENERAL HINDENBURG’S ARMY
WEAKENED AND HAS BEEN HALTED — AMSTERDAM REPORT
THAT GERMAN CASUALTIES NUMBER TWO MILLION SINCE THE
WAR BEGAN—GERMANY TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY OF AUSTRIA
IN SERBIAN INVASION—BRITISH CLAIM ADVANCES NEAR LA
BRASSEE.
to King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, de
manding an explanation of the mobil
ization of the Bulgarian troops along
ihe border and fortification of the
Bulgarian Black sea coast. It is re
ported that German engineers are at
work mounting German guns along
the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
German Casualties Two Million.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 4.—It is re
| ported here that the German war of
fice has issued an official bulletin
placing the number of casualties suf
fered by the German troops since the
European war began at two million
men. The list does not include the
German casualties suffered in China,
South Africa or other German colo
nies, but is confined to the land
forces in Europe, it is estimated that
fully forty per cent of the wounded
have recovered and are again in the
ranks fighting at the front.
German Army to Invade Serbia.
LONDON, Oct. 4.—Advices from
Belgrade state that a strong German
army which will act independently of
the Austrian forces, has been concen
trated in Austria to begin an inva
sion of Serbia. It is believed that the
Austrian forces are fully engaged in
defending their borders from the
Russian and Italian armies and that
the threatened Serbian invasion will
be started immediately by the Teu
tons.
British Make Advances.
LONDON, Oct. 4.—The British
troops near Labrassee have captured
several more miles of German
trenches after desperate fighting Sat
urday night and Sunday. A terrific
artillery duel is being waged along
the western battlefront.
WALKED FROM FAIRBANKS
AND EN.JuTED THE TRIP.
Alex Lute, n u<_. has spent seven
years In interior Alaska, mostly in
the Fairbanks district, arrived in
Valdez yesterday n^ter having walked
over the governin' nt road from Fair
banks. He made the trip in 15 days
and believes that a good record con
sidering that he is 64 years of age.
For nine of the fifteen days he trav
eled in the rain but says he enjoyed
every hour of the time spent on the
road and would not think of riding.
He will spend the winter at his home
at Issaquah, Wash., and will return to
interior Alaska next spring.
THE
—
Miner Says Ground Has Averaged
$1.50 per Foot and Believes Bet
ter Pay Will be Located.
—
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 4.—Gus Peter
son, who formerly operated on Clary
creek, has returned from Tolovana
with the last cleanup of the season
on his ground. The poke cbntained
approximately $6,500 in coarse gold.
Peterson believes the Tolovana will
develop into a good camp and says
the ground which has been worked
on Livingood creek has yielded about
$1.50 per foot, although some of the
ground is much richer.
Peterson states that the miners are
activelyi prospecting their ground and
are hopeful of locating big pay dur
ing the winter, as thawed ground has
hampered prospectors on the upper
creek claims. Peterson is In the city
to purchase another outfit as he lost
50 tons of supplies through the sink
ing of the river steamer Tolovana,
below the log jam at the head of nav
igation on the Tolovana.
CLIFF MINE CAME SET
FOR TRIAL TOMORROW.
The case of Edmund Smith, et al.,
vs. H. E. Ellis, will come up in the
federal court tomorrow morning at
! 0 o’clock for trial -The case is one
in which Edmund Smith, Geo. C.
Treat and Logan Archibald are suing
H. E. Ellis for a twenty per cent in
terest in the famous Cliff mine. It is
expected that the trial will be a
lengthy one as a number of witnesses
have been subpoehaed in the case
Edmund Smith, who is one of the
plaintiffs, and formerly practiced law
in Valdez for several years, came dp
from Seattle as counsel for himself
and associates.
WILL TAKE ADA'.INTAKE
OF THE MOONLIGHT.!
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 4 —A huge me
ter has been installed by the N. C.
Co. to measure the city'llghts as the
company has gran ed a fiat rate for
lighting the city During the past
month the rate was $19 per light,
And the lights will be turned out on
moonlight nights.
ALLIES MAI SEEK
ANOTHER SIS LOAN
Syndicate of Bankers Place Morgan
& Co. in Entire Charge of Loan
Made, to the Allies.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—The syndi
cate of American bankers who have
subscribed for the'half' billion loan
to the Anglo-French governments,
have placed the entire management
Of the loan in charge of the banking
househouse of J. P. Morgan & Co.
It is announced that the loan was
oversubscribed and that many appli
cants for the bonds have offered to
accept them at par, as the bonds
while being unsecured by stocks or
other collateral usually offered in
such cases, carry 5 per cent interest
are regarded as favorable for long
time investments.
It is reported that the British and
French governments will soon seek
another loan in the United States in
which the Russian government,
which refused to take part in the is
sue of bonds just placed with Ameri
can bankers, will participate. The
commissioners of the British and
French governments, who have repre
sented their governments in arrang
ing the loan, will shortly sail for Eu
rope.
FAIRBANKS PROPERTY BE
SOLD FOR TAXES.
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 4.—Judge Bun
nell has issued an order authorizing
the city to sell all property upon
which the taxes have been permitted
to become delinquent. Only about
$400 in back taxes are delinquent this
year as the railroad activities of the
government has caused the values of
property to advance. Almost $3000
is due the city from last year’s taxes
but the owners are mostly non-resi
dents who are living in the states.
MILLION DOLLAR CHISINA
MINING COMPANY FORMED
Another company has been organ
ized in Seattle to engage in mining in
Maska, the field of operation chosen
being the Chisana country, already
overdone on the outside stock mar
ket. The latest company is known as
the Gold Hill Shushanna Mining com
pany, and is capitalized at $1,600,000
with Thomas Shepherd, Bert Ross
and Owen Roberts as the principal
incorporators.
RIVARD PURCHASES THE
KETCHIKAN DAILY MINER.
Jeff E. Rivard, who established the
Ketchikan Progressive last spring has
purchased the plant of the Ketchikan
Daily Miner from Richard Bushnell.
a”d will in future publish both a
daily and weekly to be known as the
Progressive-Min er.
Lndies, buttons made from your
'v ’"iSterlal, any size: Guy F. Cam
_..-o-. • kll
EOES WILL URGE
BIG APPROPRIATION
Secretary Lane Places New Official in
i Charge of the Affairs of Alaska
Northern Railroad.
j SEWARD, Oct 4.—It is announc
ed that Chairman Edes, of the Alas
kan EhgtfcdSrinfc commission will
probably leave Seward for Washing
ton early next month, but that the
work of construction and rebuilding
the Alaska Northern railroad will be
carried on during the winter. The
amount of work will depend upon
weather conditions prevailing during
the winter.
Commissioner Edes has stated that
he will recommend that a large ap
propriation be made at the next ses
sion of congress in order that the
work may be carried on at both ends
of the line.
The announcement has been made
that Secretary of Interior Lane has
issued instructions placing the affairs
of the Alaska Northern railroad, re
cently taken over by the government,
in charge of E. A. FitzHenry, former
surveyor general of the state of
Washington.
The commission forces operating
out of Seward were increased this
morning by additional laborers and
bridge crews being engaged to repair
the bridges and culverts on the line.
ALASKA MOOSE WILL DASCE
WITH FRIENDS SATURDAY.
The members of the Alaska Moose
club are busy arranging for their an
nual dance which will be given next
Saturday evening, October 9th. The
annual dances of the Moose are 'so
cial events which are looked forward
to with pleasant anticipation by the
people of Valdez. Each year they is
sue invitations ano everybody is In
vited to be their guests for the even
ing. Moose hall affords one of the
finest hardwood floors In Alaska and
special music is always provided for
their annual affairs.
WOULD ESTABLISH BANK
AT NEW RAILROAD TOWN.
Application for charter has been
made at the office of Territorial
Treasurer W. G. Smith, of the Bank
ing Board, by J. H. Sears, G. N.
Campbell, and E. T. James, who are
the incorporators of the Bank of
Alaska, which is capitalized for $16,
000 and desires to do business at An
chorage.
This application is made under the
amendment to the banking law which
was passed at the last session of the
legislature and which permits banks
to incorporate for $16,000 in towns
of less than 1000 population. Al
though a recent census of Anchorage
rated the population at 2,100, a later
statement of the population gives
the number of people actually living
within the city and intending 'to re
side there as approximately 800.
ADMIRAL EARRAGUT COMES
AND GOES TO WESTWARD.
The Admiral Farragut, of the Ad
miral line, reached Valdez Sunday
shortly after noon bringing a number
of passengers a lot of freight for
local merchants. The unusual sight
of seeing a steamer in Valdez during
the day attracted a big crowd to the
wharf, as steamers usually manage to
reach Valdez during the night. The
steamer called at Ft. Liscum and dis
charged a quantity of coal for the
Post. Following are the Valdez pas
sengers: Elmer Taylor, Mrs. H. B.
Selby, Miss Ruth Selby, Thomas Selby
and Harry Selby.
Thousands of Refugees Seek Safety
In Might to Gulf of Califor
nia—Want to Leave Country.
DOUGLAS, Ariz Oct. 4.—Advices
from Auguapepe. in Sinaloa, states
that ten thousand refugees have
crowded into the town fearing an
outbreak of the Yaquis Indians.
Hundreds of Americans are among
the refugees and they have request
ed that transports be sent to the gulf
coast to convey them out of the coun
try.
It is reported that the Indians have
broken with General Villa’s leaders,
and are starting on the warpath, by
raiding the towns and ranches and
seizing the stock. It is known that
several ranchers who resisted the In
dians have been killed and many
Mexican women are being held pris
oners by them as hostages.
WANT PRESIDENT AT
THE EXPOSITION.
SAN FRANCIS*::), Oct. 4.—The di
rectors of the San Francisco exposi
tion have launched a campaign to
bring President Wilson to the exposi
tion. The president promised earlier
in the season that he'would make the
trip west and keen disappointment is
felt that he has been unable to view
the wonderful displays made by the
different states and foreign countries.
Petitions, which will contain the
names of hundreds of thousands of
citizens of the state and visitors to
the exposition will be forwarded to
Washington this week, and it is hop
ed that President Wilson, who has
been kept at the capital owing to the
critical conditions of European and
Mexican affairs, will visit the exposi
tion during the present month while
the exhibits are at their best.
Col. Oeo. F. Barrett, the pioneer
resident of Katalla, and the discover
er of the oil fields there, was a pas
senger on the Admiral Farragut from
Seattle, and as fine weather prevail
ed he was landed on the uptrlp. The
Co loner brought six sheep north and
will start a ranch on one of the Isl
ands in that locality.
His Plans Provide for Miners 81
mining Grievances to Operators
Individually.
PUEBLO, Colo . Oct. 4.—The op<
ators of the coal mines in this sta
have approved of the plans of Jol
i 1J. Rockefeller, Jr. who recently vi
J ited Colorado to ascertain the tri
! cause of the labor troubles in tl
1 mines in which Rockefeller money
'invested. The plans conceived 1
! the New York millionaire whi
pleasing the opera.ors, it is believe
will fail to meet wi:h the approval <
the miners to whom it is to be sul
mitted this week for a vote of ado]
lion or rejection.
Rockefeller's plans provide for tb
miners submitting their grievances t
the operators as individuals and als
would abolish collective bargainin
by them. He declares that only
small percentage of the miners be
long to unions but that they hav
been subjected to the rules of th
Western Federation of Miners. Th
operators are advised to resist th
Western Federation and not to rec
ognize the union in its dealers witl
the men.
Officials of the Western Federatioi
declare that no good will result fron
the visit of Rockefeller to the mines
as his plan, if adopted, would place
the strikers, who are mostly foreign
ers, in the complete control of the
mine operators, who have reduced the
wages below a point where they can
support their families.
JAPANESE PUNNED
TO INVADE THE 0. S.
Book Giving Beta'led Plans for Land
ing Troops in the United States
Being Translated.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—-A tremen
dous sensation has been created by
the announcement that a Japanese
book which is now being translated
for American publishers, gives detail
ed plans for the invasion of the Uni
ted States by Japanese armies in the
event of hostilities. The author of
the book has evidently spent years in
the United States and is well posted
on the coast defenses of this country.
The Japanese consul ridicules the
idea of the United States, and asserts
that the author is one of the Japa
nese who was forced out of Califor
nia through the sentiment against
his countrymen in that state, and had
not received official recognition by
the Japanese government.
The translation of the book is be
ing made by a syndicate of New York
publishers and will be used as an ar
gument by the advocates for prepar
edness for war by increasing the nav
al and land forces as well as strength
ening the coast defenses.
VALDEZ VISITOR HAS
TRAVELED IN ALASKA.
Hon. Dudley G. Wooten, of Seattle,
who is now in Valdez as attorney for
the stockholders in the Alaska Oil &
Refining company, of Katalla, in
bankruptcy proceedings which will
come before the district court was in
Valdez many years ago. He was for
merly a member of congress from
Texas and in 1902 he was made &
member of a house committee to vis
it Alaska and he was the only mem
ber of the committee who made the
trip. He visited the interior as well
as many of the const sections and has
kept in close toucli with the progress
made by the territory since hie visit
to the northland. Some years ago
he located In Seattle, where he is row
one of the leading practicing attor
neys, and he has always been active
In using his efforts in promoting fav
orable legislation for Alaska.
Lucille Love
Tonight at the Liberty, Series 7 and
8. . Francis Ford and Grace Cunaid
in the title roles.