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RECEIVES FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
Talks With Wilson Regarding the
American Attitude Toward Depor
tation of Belgians and the German
Submarine Policy.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2.—
Ambassador Gerard held a Anal con
ference with President Wilson today,
on the eve of his departure for Ber
lin, and received instructions regard
ing the deportation of Belgians to
Germany and on the German subma
rine policy. Newspaper men who in
terviewed the ambassador following
the conference with the President,
found him very non-committal. It is
rumored that Gerard said that Ger
many was ready for peace, provided
satisfactory terms could be arranged
with the Allies.
PROI’H ESIZES OO-CENT BUTTER
BEFORE THE FIRST OF YEAR
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—There is every
reason to belive that the price of
butter will continue to ri?e, C. E.
McNiel, president of the Chicago but
ter and egg board, declared today.
Mr. McNiel asserted that the board
price probably would be 50 cents a
pound before the first of the year
“if orders continue to couie in as
they are now."
“The storage houses were cleared
when this season began." he said,
"and the demand has been heavy.
War orders for butter itself, for con
densed milk and cheese are partly
responsible for the increased demand, j
“I see no Indication of a diminish
ed demand.”
DRIFTING SHIP PICKED
UP ON OCEAN BY TUG
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—According to
a wireless report received this after
noon the life saving tug Snohomish
has picked up the helpless steamer
Neils Neilson and is towing her back
to port.
The Neils Neilson left several days
ago loaded with munitions of war for
the Russians, the cargo to be landed
at Vladivostok. Yesterday forenoon
a wireless was received that the boat
had dropped her propeilor and was
drifting helplessly on the ocean 200
miles from Cape Flattery. The Sno
homish was sent to her assistance
with the above result.
The Neils Neilson was built in a
local shipyard.
RESORT DYNAMITED
TROY, Mont., Dec. 2.—John Gal
worth, 50 years old, was instantly
killed and Timothy Rochford was
severely cut and bruised early today
in a dynamite explosion in a resort
here. The police attribute the affair
to some unknown person or persons
seeking revenge against the propri
etrees.
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TO THE PEOPLE OP
VALDEZ AND VICINITY
We wish to announce that
we have taken over the bakery
and delicatessen business of
Mr. Rudolph Schmidt.
It Is our aim to conduct a
modern, sanitary and up-to-date
bakery. We have, therefore,
erected a bakery building in the
rear of our store which will be
used exclusively for the bakery.
Our Bakery Department will
carry a complete line of bread,
pies, cakes, and cookies, also a
full delicatessen line such as was
carried by Mr. Schmidt.
Mr. Schmidt will have charge
of the Bakery Department, thus
assuring you of the usual good
quality of his goods.
All kinds of cakes and pies
made to order.
Telephone orders promptly
attended to.
We hope you will call upon
us when in need of anything in
the bakery line.
8. BLUM & COMPANY.
MB EMPEROR
UMjJO RESI
INTERMENT IN CAPUCHIN CRYPT
Thousand* of Citizens Throng Capi
tal and Assemble in Cha|iel and the
Htreets Along the Route of Funeral
Cortege—Cardinal Condurts Rites.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—A report from
Vienna states that the funeral serv
ices over the remains of the late Em
peror Franz Joseph took place at 2:30
yesterday afternoon. Cardinal Pif
fle and seventy of the Roman Catho
lic clergy conducted the services oi'
the church for the deceased ruler.
The route of the funeral cortege
was lined with troops and the Impe
rial body guard escorted the remains
to their last lestir.g place, while
thousands of the citizens thronged
the chapel and lined the route of the
funeral procession. The body was
laid at rest in the Capuchin crypt.
DIPLOMATS LIKELY TO
GET A SHAKING UP
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The pro
posed reorganization of the diplomat
ic service will be specially effective
in South America, according to in
formation available today. Six min
isters to South American countries
will give way to other appointees, it
is said. They include, it is reported,
Preston McGoodwin. Minister to
Venezuleula; John D. O'Rear, min
ister to Honduras; John Ewing, Min
ister to Bolivia, and Benton McMil
lan Minister to Peru.
WILD DUCKS DO NOT
TAKE TO AEROPLANES
I
KIEL, Germany, Dec. 2.—Orni
thologists have discovered that the
wild fowls do not like the aeroplane,
apparently taking it for some huge
bird of prey. From the north sea
coast of Schleswig-IIonstein it is re
ported that the great flocks of ducks
which in previous years stopped for
rest and food on the coastal sands
and islands on their flight from the
Far North to the south, have avoided
that region this year. The explana
tion offered is that they were fright
ened away by the many aeroplanes
that are constantly scouting along
the coast.
Norway Favors Ticket System.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—At a meeting
held recently the minister of Norwe
gian affairs said that the time was
approaching when the population of
Norway would be forced to adopt a
short food allowance.' The minister
added that neighboring neutral coun
tries were organizing themselves os
if they were participating in the war
and that in Sweden the German tick
et system for grain and flour would
be introduced.
ANNE MORGAN.
Raturna From Franoa, Whera
8ha Aided Amariean Ambutanoa.
I Photo by American Press Association.
TOTO WANTS TO ROCK ROCKING STONE
I'lioto by American Press Association.
Toto, monkey at Bronx park zoo, New York city, sees visitors mov- ;
Ins the hlc rock Inc stone. At the first opportunity he attempted It. but was
unsuccessful _I
BELIEVE SUB
PURSUES SHIP
MYKTKKIOrS VESSEL SIGHTED
Report Reaches New York that a
Strange Boat was Sighted off Hat
teras in Pursuit of Danisli Sailing
Vessel.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Word was
received here this morning that an
unknown vessel was sighted about
forty miles east of (’ape Hatteras last
night following a Danish sailing ves
sel. The mysterious vessel is believed
to have been a German submarine in
pursuit of the ship.
WOMAN KILLED WHEN AUTO
RUNS HER DOWN
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—Mrs. W. A.
Staples, 46 years of age, was run
[down and killed last night by an auto
driven by Cha3. W. Goodman. Mr.
iGoodman was immediately arrested
|He is a well known decorator oper
ating under the name of Goodman &
Co., and for the past three years
has decorated the city and buildings
at all big events.
Mr. Goodman claims that the a.
cldent was unavoidable, and he was
running slowly at the time but owinv
to the slippery condition of the street
was unable to stop his car in time to
prevent running into the woman, who
stepped off the sidewalk directly into
the path of the machine.
JUNEAU BOY RECEIVES
ANNAPOLIS APPOINTMENT
Raymond L. Johnson, a pupil of
the Juneau High School, and a na
tive born, has received word that he
has been appointed as a midshipman,
at the Annapolis Naval Academy, pro
viding he can pass the entrance ex
aminations.
Young Johnson is eighteen years
of age and since the death of his
mother several years ago has been
living with his aunt, Mrs. Lockie
McKinnon.
FIRST CONGRESSWOMAN WAS
STUDENT AT WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—Miss Jeannette
Rankin of Missoula, Mont., who holds
the distinction of being the first worn
an elected to the national congress,
attended the University of Washing
ton in 1909 and 1910. She was a
graduate student in the department
of political and social science. Miss
Rankly is a graduate of Montana
State University.
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GIRL WHO PREVENTS
WRECK is rewarded ;
• PENDLETON. Ore., Dec. 2.—As aj
reward for brave action, Miss Jenny j
Casey of Meachant. today received a|
handsome gold, diamond lavalliere i
and chain, a gift from the Oregon
Washington Railroad Navigation
company, presented through M. J.
Buckley, superintendent.
The gift was in appreciation of the
girl’s having saved the fast mail from i
being wrecked several weeks ago, |
when a bridge was set afire by coals j
from a passing engine. Miss Casey i
saw the blaze and aroused the neigh-:
bors to extinguish the fire before se-'
rious damage was done.
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WHITE SLA VERB GET
JUST SENTENCE IN JAIL
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NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Scoring the j
prisoners as debauchers of woman- j
hood. Judge Rosalsky, «in General!
Sessions court, imposed heavy sen-|
tences on three convicted white slav
ers. Sum Kiersch, alias “Sam the
Peddler," got a prison sentence of
from ten and a half to nineteen years
and was fined $5,000. Yushe Bot
win, known as the head of the vice
trust, was sentenced to not less than
five years and a half, and fined $1000.
Gustav Kugelman got from two years
and three months to five years and
three months and was fined $1000.
Kugelman is only 21.
CAPITALIST DOES TO DEATH
IN AUTO OVER CLIFF
SARATOGA, Calif., Dec. 2.—The
body of Dennis Searless, a San Fran
cisco capitalist, was found today be
neath his automobile at the foot of
a steep prbctpice over which the ma
chine toppled. He was alone at the
time the accident occurred.
PROFESSOR HANDS OUT
A CHEERFUL FORECAST
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—F rof. O. M.
M. Spargue, of Harvard, says that the
prices prevailing at the close of the
European war will probably remain
the standard for 10 or 15 years aft
erward. The destruction of European
capital, caused by the war, will tend
to bring about an advance of interest
rates, but the tendency might be off
set by some shrinkage 'n the Euro
pean demand for capital.
Watson Sailed Thursday
SEATTLE, Dac. 2.—The steamer
Admiral Watson sailed from here
for Valdez and way ports Thursday
evening. Hilma J. Hihnala was the
only passenger booked from here for
Valdez.
Alameda Northbound
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—The steamer
Alameda left here yesterday morn
ing for Valdez un'd way ports. C.
Mossman was the only passenger
booked for Valdez.
TEUTONS ARE MAKING
RAPID ADVANCES RUMANIA
FORWARD MOVEMENT REACHES A MAXIMUM OF THIRTY MILES
PER DAY—QUESTION WHETHER RUMANIAN ENTRANCE INTO
WAR AIDED THE ALLIES—RUMANIAN GOVERNMENT MOVES TO
VASSY NEAR RUSSIAN FRONTIER—TEUTONS NOW WITHIN SIX
TEEN MILES OF BUCHAREST—RUSSIAN COUNTER ATTACKS
AND OFFENSIVE IS GAINING CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The capture of
Giurgiu by the Teutons under Gen
eral von Mackensen shows the Teu
tons have advanced thirty miles in a
single day. Much anxiety is exprers
ed here over the fate of Rumania, and
the question is seriously considered
as to whether or not the entrance of
Rumania into the war aided the Al
lies, or whether the Teutonic victories
in Rumania were due to the lack of
unified strategy on the part of the A1
lies. It is hoped that General Sak
haroff, the Russian commander re
cently dispatched to the Rumanian
front, will retrieve the situation, and
institute a campaign in Dobrudja to
retake the captured positions.
Government Goes to Vas.sy.
PARIS, Dec. 2.—Advices received
here from Bucharest state that the
Rumanian government has removed
from Bucharest to Vassy, two hun
dred miles northeast of Bucharest,
near the Russian border.
Forced to Send Bread.
PARIS, Dec. 2.—Report* from
Havre state that Belgium has been
forced by the Germans to provide
12,000 bread rations to the Be'gians
deported to Soldeau. in East Prussia.
Refuses Demand*.
LONDON. Dec. 2.—Advices receiv
ed here today state that the Greek
government has definitely refused the
demands of Admiral DuFornet. Atli
fens reports a growing anxiety in that
city over the situation. The Greek
garrison constituting of two artillery
regiments and 9,000 reservin', i have
withdrawn from the city inland. Du
Fornet is confident he will gain his
demands and has landed large de
tachments of marines and powerful
artillery.
Near Bucharest.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 2.—The Teu
tons have captured the town of Tou
mani, sixteen miles south of Buch
arest, and are rapidly approaching
the capital.
Offensive Successful.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 2.—The Rus
sians have instituted a counter of
tensive in the Carpathians and have
gained considerable success.
Advance Irresistible.
BERLIN. Dec. 2.—Gen. Falkcu
hayn is pressing the Rumanian de
tenses along the Aluta river, while
the advance of General von Macken
sen is irresistible, driving the Ruma
nians before him in disorder^ re
treat.
Attacks Repulsed.
BERLIN, Dec. 2.—The French and
British troops in Northern Belgium
have made a series of attacks against
the German positions in the vicinity
of Ypres, but were repulsed.
BELIEVE STEAMER MIST.
Davidson, With Americans Aboard.
Given l'p by Underwriters.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Underwriters
here virtually have abandoned hope
for the safety of th*‘ steamer A. D.
Davidson, owned by the French gov
ernment, and having Americans in
•is crew. The rate of 90 guinea* was
quoted yesterday for reinsurance on
the vessel, a lifeboat of which was
washed ashore in Cornwall early this
month. The Davidson has bean on
the overdue list for seme time.
ALASKAN INCOMES REACH
THE SUM OF $150,000.00
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 2.—
The internal revenue report shows
that more than one hundred Alas
kans pay a tax on incomes of $150,
000 per annum. This sum represents
the largest income, while a majority
of those who are required to pay an
income tax will do so on incomes of
$5000 or less.
ARISTIDE BRIAND.
Pramiar of Franca Saaa
Na End of War In Europa.
CABINET DISSATISFIED
WITH BRITISH REFUSAL.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 2.—
Members of the cabinet are very
much dissatisfied with the refusal of
Great Britain to grant safe conduct
for Count Von Tarnow, the Austrian
ambassador to the United States, and
the belief is expressed that action
will be taken to strongly impress
upon the British government that its
refusal is a breach of the rights of
neutrals which cannot be tolerated by
this government.
COMPULSORY SERVICE
MEANS REVOLUTION
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 2.—The Ber
liner Tageblatt, discussing compul
sory service of civilians in the pro
posed “home army” expresses the be
lief that the step will cause a deep
but quet revolution in Germany. The
Tageblatt declares that “Germany
must emerge from the war a free par
liamentary country and everybody
who is professionally engaged In sow
iing the seeds of international hatred
| should be punished."
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MINISTER ARRESTED FOR
SHOOTING A YOUNG BOY
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Rev. Hugo
Holmgren, pastor of.a Swedish chap
el, was arrested last night and charg
ed with felonious assault for shoot
ing James Long, 10 years oln. who
was playing in the street in front of
the parsonage in Harlem. The boy
was wounded in the side.
EVANS ARRIVES AND
SAILS FOR WESTWARD
The steamer Admiral Evans arriv
ed In port from the south shortly
after 10 o'clock last night and sailed
for the westward at an early hour
this morning. The passengers for
Valdez were P. D. Malone. Mrs. C. L.
Hoyt and W. Nesbit.
Yankee Tars Fight Fire
PUERTA, Mexico. Dec. 2.-—Sixty
men from the United States gunboat
Wheeling were sent ashore to fight
a fire caused by lightning which
struck two tanks of crude oil, with
a capacity of 55,000 barrels each.
Five adjoining oil tanks were threat
ened. but eventually the fire was
checked.