VOJjimK tm VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1915 NUMBER 310
'MRU WILL KOI
ACCEDE DEMANDS
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** Newspajier Reports Received from
Vienna State that Government
• Will Deny Responsibility.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—
It is unofficially reported from Vien
na that the Austrian government will
refuse to accede to the demands of
Secretary Lane regarding the sinking
of the Italian liner Ancona by a sub
marine in the Mediterranean sea.
The Austrian note now being pre
pared in answer to the latest Ameri
can note will again urge time in
which the question of responsibility
of the Austrian government regard
■ing the subnihrine warfare may be
discussed. i
SecretstxJ « nsing, of the state de
partment, wie?t Thformed that news
paper dispatches had been received
from Vienna stating that his demands
would be denied by the Austrian gov
ernment is reported to have said that
the United States would have no op
tion except to sever diplomatic rela
tions with that country. He believes
the official dispatches when received
will verify the report of a few days
ago that the Austrian emperor had
advised that the demands of America
he granted.
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WHITLOCK GOES
SACK TO POST
tfas Recovered His Health and Balled
Yesterday for Belgium—No
Protests from Germany.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Brand
Whitlock, United States ambassador
to Belgium, who returned to America
two months ago, owing to ill health,
failed yesterday afternoon to again
fake' up his duties at Brussels.
When Whitlock left Belgium on
sis vacation it was reported by Eu
ropean correspondents of American
newspapers tlfat he would not return
to Brussels aAo had incurred the en
mity of the German governor of Brus
sels through his efforts to save the
Hfe of Edith Carvel, the English
curse who was executed by the Ger
man authorities at Brussels.
Ebllowlng the execution of the
woman Ambassador Whitlock sent to
the British government copies of the
correspondence, which he had receiv
ed from the Genian authorities con
cerning U& case, showing ttiat he as
representative of the BrittSh fnter
ssts in Belgium had not been dila
tory in trying to Save the hfe of the
woman. -
The correspondence was given to
the press by the British officials and
Whitlock was placed in an entbar
. rassing position. His explanation
that he had considered the corres
pondence as private was accepted by
the German government, which caus
ed a statement to be issued deny' ig
the newspaper reports and stating
that Whitlock would be welcomed
hack to his post by Berlin.
OOVERNMENT MONEY
GOES TO RESERVES.
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t WASHINGTON: According to an
nouncement at the Treasury, Secre
tary McAdoo will on January 1 trans
fer to “respective federal reserve
hanks funds of the government now
on deposit with national banks in
each of. the cities where a reserve
bank isjtocated.” This means a trans
fer of $7,000,000. Government mon
ey now in the national banks amounts
to $42,000,000. All will be taken out
1| irlthin 12 months. ^Federal reserve
hanks will be designated on January
1 as “depositaries and fiscal agents
of the United States.”
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If you need repairs on machinery,
consult us and if it is to your advan
tage financially to send outside for
the repalni we are not afraid to tell
you so. We want your good will
ns well as your money. Us means
Valdes Iron Works. w-tt
ENGLAND WILL SHUT DOOR
TO THE FORD PILGRIMS.
LONDON: The official status of
Henry Ford's expedition so far as
Great Britain goes, was made clear
in the House of Commons, when Lord
Robert Cecil in reply to Sir E. Corn
wall, explained that passports for the
party were valid only in neutral
countries. The British authorities
intend to rest upon the attitude of
the American government in refus
ing to vise passports for a stop in
England.
BOY-ED SCORES
AMERICAN PRESS
German Naval Attache Declare*! He
Had Spent Happiest Years of
His Life in America.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Capt. Boy
Ed, naval attache to the German em
bassy at Washington, whose with
drawal from the United States was
requested by President Wilson owing
to his activities in connection with
the Teutonic conspiracies, sailed for;
home yesterday.
Before sailing the German officer
gave an audience to a crowd of : <sws
paper reporters who des'/ed a state
ment from him regarding his side of
the trouble in which he had become
involved with the American go'em
inent aid which had resulted in his
continued residence in this country
b<?< -ruing objectionable to v.e gov
ernm.i nt.
Capt. Boy-Ed, who had been con
nected with the German ambassy at
Washington for years, said that he
had spent the happiest Unite of his
life in America before the beginning
of the European war. He had no re
grets to offer for the part he had
taken in helping to furnish fuel and
supplies to the German raiderc of
commerce and considered that he had
only done his duty.
He denounced the reckless utter
ances of the irresponsible press of
the United States, which, he declar
ed, were clamoring for the prosecu
tion of German officials against whom
no evidence of wrongdoing had been
proven. He believed that the Ameri
can people would awaken to a reali
zation of the fact that Germany had
always been a true friend of this
country and would continue that at
titude.
TAM SHELTER
ENLARGING PLANT
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Will Also Expend Half Million Dol
lars in New Improvements In
cluding Acid Plant.
TACOMA, Dec. 29.—The officials
of the Tacoma Smelter Company have
announced that five hundred thou
sand dollars will |>e expended on the
plant in improvements which will in
clude the installation of a plant to
handle by-products, including sulphu
ric acid.
The smelter plant is now being in
creased in capacity in order to han
dle the increased shipments of cop
per ores from Alaska, and it is stated
that by January 15 that the capacity
of the smelter will have been doubled.
The European war has caused a
shortage of sulphuric acid in Ameri
ca as it is used largely in the manu
facture of shells and other munitions.
MOTHER'S WEDDING RING
WAS WILLED TO SON.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The will Of
the late Mrs. John D. Rockefeller was
probated yesterday when It Was dis
closed that she had left the bulk of
her estate to charitable societies. The
estate was valued at 11,600,000. Her
wedding ring, which had cost f3
when It was purchased and which she
had worn for nearly fifty years, was
left to her son.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
CONGRESSMAN BUCHANAN IS
INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY
ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE WHO PREFERRED CHARGES AGAINST
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR MARSHAL HAS BEEN ARRESTED WITH
OTHER PROMINENT ILLINOIS POLITICIANS FOR CONSPIRING
TO CAUSE STRIKES IN MUNITION FACTORIES—EVIDENCE IS
SUBMITTED TO GRAND JURY BY INVESTIGATORS CONNECT MEN
WITH TEUTONIC CONSPIRATORS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—A tremen
dous sensation was created here yes
terday when it became known that
indictments had been returned by the
federal grand jury against Congress
man Prank Buchanan of Illinois,
former Congressman Fowler of Illi
nois, former Attorney General Mon
nette of Illinois, David Lamar and
three other prominent labor leaders
who were members of the Peace coun
cil. The indictments charge the de
fendants with having incited strikes
among the workers of munition fac
tories in the United States.
It is reported that evidence was
submitted to the grand jury by in
vestigators in the employ of the de
partment of justice showing conclu
sively that Congressman Buchanan
and the other defendants had been
active participants in the Teutonic
conspiracies to cripple shipments of
munitions from the United States to
the Allies.
Congressman Buchanan on the floor
of Congress recently bitterly de
nounced Federal Prosecutor Marshal
of New York, who had secured the
conviction of the officials of the
Hamburg-American Steamship com
pany on the charge of having violat
ed the neutrality laws of the United
States. Buchanan also introduced a
resolution asking for the appoint
ment of a commission to investigate
the activities of British and French
government agents in the United
States and had announced that he
would institute impeachment pro
ceedings against Prosecutor Marshal
who, he declared, had prostituted his
office for the benefit of the munition
manufacturers of the United States.
Ituehanan Says Frameup.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—
Congressman Buchanan, of Illinois,
who has been indicted by the federal
grand jury on the charge of conspir
ing to cause strikes in munition fac
tories, declares that itjis a frame-up
to prevent him from pressing his
charges against Federal Prosecutor
Marshal of New York. He declares
that he will be able to clear himself
of the charges which, if proven, will
result in his losing his seat in con
gress.
SPIRITED«
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Race War In Oklahoma City Averted
by Prompt Action of Officers
In Removing Prisoners.
MUSKOGEE, Dec. 29.—The race
war which threatened to break out
here when a mob of whites number
ing several hundred attempted to
take two negro prisoners from the
jail to lynch them, has been averted
by the officers spiriting the prisoners
from the jail to Tulsa, where they
are under heavy guard. The negroes
had been arrested for the murder of
a policeman on Christmas day.
While the mob was storming the
jail, which was defended by the State
militia, hundreds of negroes armed
themselves with rifles and shotguns
and occupying positions on vacant
lots near the jail threatened to retal
iate if the prisoners were surrender
ed to the fury of the whites.
The whites are threatening ven
geance on the negroes and the latter
are banding together in self defense
and threaten warfare if they are at
tacked by the whites.
ENG LAND WILL TRT
SOCIALIST EXPERIMENT
LONDON: The newspapers de
scribe a unique experiment in state
socialism which will be tried at an
unnamed city in north England where
20,000 men will soon be employed in
munition work. To provide for the
men and prevent extortionate prices
the government has acquired all the
stores and shops in the district and
will either allow the proprietors to
sell goods under license, or will, in
most cases, run them under direct
control of the government. The gov
ernment will be. thus butcher, baker,
grocer, milkman, and barber to the
whole population.
All saloons, thirty in .number, will
be bought by the government. Some
Of them will continue the sale of in
toxicants under close restrictions,
while others will be turned into lodg
ing houses.
Geo. C. Treat, accompanied by
Mrs. Treat, will leave on the Admiral
Evans for the States where they will
Visit for a few months. Prom Seat
tle they will go direct to New York
and plan to return to Valdez early
next spring.
RUSSIA SEEKING
HIM LOAN
Jewish Financiers and Manufactur
ers in United States Will Fight
Loan to Czar's Agents.
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PETROGRAD, Dec. 29.—The an
nouncement has been made that the
Russian government is planning to
borrow sixty million dollars in the
United States, and that the investors
will be secured against loss by the
Russian government depositing bonds
covering the loan with the financial
house of Morgan & Co., of New York.
Jews Will Fight Loan.
NEW YORK, Deer 29.—The report
that the Russian government is soon
to seek a loan Of sixty million dollars
in the United States has caused the
niatter to be widely dtacussed in fin
ancial circles and it is believed’ that
many of the bankers will fight the
placing of the loan.
The Jewish bankers and manufac
turers of America, guided by Jacob
H. Schiff, will refuse to enter any
syndicate to handle the loan for the
Czar's government owing to the per
secution of their race by the Russian
government.
CORDOVA WILL LOAD
ORE AT ELLAMAR.
The freighter Cordova, which has
been at the Valdez dock during the
past two days discharging coal and
explosives, sailed for Ellamar at noon
today. She will take on four hundred
tons of copper ore at Ellamar and will
complete her cargo at Cordova where
the bunkers are filled with ore from
the Kennecott mine.
NORTHWESTERN DUE ’
AT 8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.
The local office of the Alaska
Steamship company received advices
from the steamer Northwestern stat-;
Ing that she will sail southward from
Valdez at 8‘ o’clock tonight. It was
reported that the boat would be de
tained at Latouche as she had several
hundred tons of freight for the Beet
son mine . She wilt carfy a number
of Valdez passengers to the states.
One, Tiro, Three.
One lattgh,—two hours of it—in
three acts. Nufsed. “Capt. Rack
ett” at the Liberty theater tonight.
CARNEGIE MILLIONS
FOR BELGIAN RELIEF
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 25).—It is an
nounced by the Belgian Relief Com
mission that sufficient supplies have
been landed in Europe to provide re
lief for the destitute millions of Bel
gium for sixty days. Among the
largest contributors to the relief
work being carried on in Belgium An
drew Carnegie, the American philan
thropist, holds first place as he has
given twelve million dollars to the
Belgian fund.
SPECIAL PRIVILEGE
Millionaire Social Worker Who Ac
cepted Wardenship of Peniten
tiary to be Removed.
WHITE PLAINS, Dec. 29. Thom
as Mott, the millionaire social work
er who was appointed warden of Sing
Sing penitentiary, has been indicted
by the grand jury on charges of hav
ing failed to suppress felonies and
immoralities among the inmates of
the penitentiary. The action of the
grand jury has caused a sensation as
Mott was believed to be making good
progress in reclaiming hundreds of
the criminals who are serving sen
tences in the prison.
Mott Will Be Removed.
ALBANY, Dec. 29.——It is announc
ed that a meeting of the prison board
has been called to take action to re
move Warden Mott of Sing Sing, ow
ing to bis having been indicted by
the grand jury for failure to main
tain prison discipline:
Mott Will Fight Case.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.—Warden
Mott Of Sing Sing penitentiary, was
arrested here today on an indictment
returned by the grand jury at White
Plains. He says that the indictment
is the opening move of a conspiracy
among politicians who profited by ex
ploiting the prisoners of the peniten
tiary for their own profit. He has
announced that he will fight the case
through the courts and asserts that
the men who gave evidence before
the grand jury returning the indict
ments formerly enjoyed privileges at
the expense of the prisoners.
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Prosecution Has Made Strong Case
Against Schmidt Accused of
Having Destroyed Times.
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LOS ANGELES. Dec. 29.—Closing
arguments in the Matthew A. Schmidt
murder trial which has been before
the court here for several months,
was halted yesterday by one of the ju
rors becoming seriously ill and re
quiring the services of a physician.
During the trial the federal prose
cution presented evidence showing
that Schmidt had admitted to detec
tives that he had been a member of
the gang which dynamited the Los
Angeles Times, resulting in the
deaths of nearly a score of the em
ployes of the newspapers.
The accused had formerly been
secretary of the Structural Steel
Workers union, with headquarters in
Indianapolis, and six stenographers
who had worked for him identified
letters which he had sent to McNam
ara brothers and others urging them
to wage a campaign of destruction
against buildings in which non-union
labor had been employed.
If is admitted by the defendant’s
friends that the prosecution has made
a strong case against him but Schmidt
is confident that he will be acquitted
of the murder charge.
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Panoramic views Of Child's and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdes Drug
store. tt
WAREHOUSES FULL
PEOPLE STARVIB
Shortage of Vessels to Carry Goods ti>
Europe May Result. In Ameri
can Markets Hooded.
z NEW YORK. Dec. 29. The short
age of vessels to carry shipments to
European countries has caused a seri
ous congestion of foodstuffs in the
cold storage warehouses here. Deal
ers predict that if vessels cannot be
secured within the next few weeks
that the markets of the eastern "ities
will be flooded as much of the food
stuffs must find an immediate mar
ket to prevent loss.
Meat inspectors say that rhe cold
storage plants in New York City con
tain sixteen million pounds of meats
and state that the present high prices
are due to manipulation on the part
of the packers.
Reports from cities in widely dif
ferent parts of the country all state
that similar conditions prevail as in
New York. Rdyers have been active
in tilling the warehouses in anticipa
tion of realizing high prices from
dealers having contracts with the Eu
ropean governments and the failure
of the latter to secure steamers will
cause the local dealers to attempt to
provide against loss by finding a mar
ket in this country.
BARNES TO PAY
COURT COSTS
New York Political Boss Has Allow
ed His Apiieal In Roosevelt Li
bel Cases to Be Dropped.
SYRACUSE, Dec. 28.—Justice An
drews, before whom the Roosevelt
Barnes libel suit was tried here last
May, has awarded Col. Roosevelt
$1400 court costs in the case as
Barnes has failed to perfect his ap
peal for a retrial of the case.
The libel suit will go down in his
tory as one of the most sensational
cases ever tried before an American
court owing to the prominence of the
parties to the suit. During the trial
it was necessary to build a fence
around the court house in order ! >
restrain the crowds which attempt d
to force a passage into the cou.t
room dhring the sessions.
Col. Roosevelt had charged that
William Barnes, Jr., who is the Nsw
York Republican National Commit
teeman, and his politlcaT antagonist,
with being corrupt and declared that
Barnes bad grafted in connection
with a printing contract whereby **e
robbed the state of $20,000.
The trial lasted from April 14 to
May 20, when the case was given to
the jury. The jury remained out for
two days, standing eleven for Roose
velt, finally agreeing on a verdict iu
his favor. Counsel for Barnes im
mediately gave notice that an appeal
would be taken for a retrial of the
the case, but has allowed it to go by
default. When the appeal was tak>-n
it was generally regarded as a means
of covering Barnes retreat from the
undesirable notoriety attaching tn
him of having been convicted of cor
ruption.
It is conservatively estimated that
the costs In the case will amount to
$120,000.
GERMAN Y WILL PROTEST
AGAINST MAIL SEIZURE.
BERLIN, Dec. 29.—The German
government is preparing to send a
protest to the United States against
the seizure of shipments of mail from
New York to Holland, which was des
tined for Germany. The mail was
taken off two Dutch steamers which
were overhauled by British cruisers
in the English channel.
Tonight,
At the Liberty Theatre, the V. H.
8. will stage the three-act comedy
“Captain Rackett.” The fun com
mences at 8:16 and is one' whole
laugh from start to finish.