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VOLUME XIV VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1916 NUM^R 4
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FORD DELEGATES CANNOT
TOUCH SOIL OF GERMANY
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PEACE EXPEDITION WILL PASS THROUGH GERMANY AT NIGHT
WHEN WINDOWS WILL BE COVERED AND DOORS LOCKED,
WITH GUARDS STANDING SENTRY—MEMBERS MUST SURREN
DER ALL PAPERS AND CONCEALMENT OF EVEN INNOCENT
DOCUMENTS WILL RESULT IN DISCOMFITURE OF GUILTY PAR
TY-WILL BE PREVENTED' FROM SEEING THE COUNTRY.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 5.—The Ford
peace delegation has been detained
here one week and will leave for The
Hague Friday next on a special train
provided by the German government.
When the members of the party
leave here they will be given no op
portunity of seeing any portion of
Germany, as the greater portion of the
trip wilUbe made at night with the
roach wShows carefully screened,
nor will any of the delegates be per
mitted to touch German soil as >the
coach doors will be locked and sen
tries posted to prevent any violation
of the Imperial order allowing .the
foreigners to pass through German
territory.
The delegates have been instructed
that they will not be permitted to
carry any written, typewritten or
printed papers with them and that the
concealment of papers even of an in
nocent character will result in com
plications for the party. All cameras,
opera glasses, etc., must be aban
doned at the German border and
turned over to the German officers
who have been given the task of con
ducting the foreigners through the
Kaiser’s country.
The property of the delegates
which was surrendered to the German
authorities will be forwarded to the
Hague a few hours later and will oc
casion the delegates no great incon
venience, while permitting them an
opportunity of reaching their destina
tion in safety.
It is understood that the German
government has declined the request
of Ford’s secretary who remained
with the party, to permit of German
citizens taking part in the conference
at the Hague, and that admittance to
the empire will be denied the mem
bers of the party as private citizens.
ALU ROBBED
OF HIS MOREY
"Yellow Haired Woman" in Chicago
Cabaret CaUed Him “Hun Bun”
and Took $100,000.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—A strange tale
of robbery amounting to more than
$100,000 was reported to the Chi
cago detective bureau by Thomas E.
Marshall, a miner, who has just
“come out” of Nome, Alaska.
He arrived in Chicago and went to
a down town hotel. He says he met
a man. The stranger lured him to a
cabaret shotf across the street. Here
he says, helmet a “big, yellow hair
ed” woman, who put her arms
around him and called him “Hun
Bun.” The sensation was so pleas
ant that he believes he was drugged
for when he awoke later in a hall
way he had but $28.
This is the story he told the de
tectives.
"My partner and I came out of
Alaska a few days ago and we sold
our mine for $250,000. I got half.
The deal was made in Seattle. I went
to a bank and got drafts for nearly
all the money.
“One draft I now remember was
for $21,800.
“I just can't remember what I did
with the remainder of the $125,000.
as it was gone when ! woke up.”
GOVERNMENT wyx BUILD
TWO NEW DREADNAUGHTS
Washington: The navy’s two new bat
tleships will be built, one on the At
lantic coast and the other on the Pa
cific coast. The contracts were award
« ed today to the New York Navy Yard
and to the Mare Island Yard, both
government yards, all private ship
building concerns having bid in ex
cess of the appropriation by Congress.
A question of time figured in mak
ing the awards. The private bidders
wanted a longer time than the gov
ernment thought advisable and were
uncertain also about their ability to
get theil material promptly.
The New York Navy Yard bid $7,
690,925 for construction of hull and
machinery and the Mare Island Yard
$7,413,156. It will cost the govern
ment 9500,000 to put the latter yard
in proper condition to construct the
dreadnaughts, but work to this end
will be rushed. Keels of the two new
battleships can be laid, according to
Secretary Daniels, In August or Sep
tember of next year. »
Our fresh candy arrived on this
last boat late for the holidays, 12%
cents half pound at the Emporium.
STEAMER ALAMEDA DUE
SOMETIME TOMORROW
Latest advices received by the lo
cal Signal Corps office from Cordova
are to the effect that the steamer Ala
meda had reached there and was dis
charging freight. The captain had
reported that he would leave for Val
dez at midnight and would be in Val
dez tomorrow morning. The Ala
meda brings ten passengers from Se
attle and has nine days mail.
UN AWAITING
HILLER DETAILS
Promises Prompt Action in Demand
ing Reparation from Austria
for lioss of Americans.
W... ..UTON. D. C., Jan. 5.—
President Wilson is a waiting more
definite information concerning the
sinking of the British liner Persia in
the Mediterranean sea by an Austrian
submarine, resulting in the drown
ing of nearly two hundred persons,
including two Americans.
Secretary Lansing has stated that
immediate action will be taken . by
the American government when the
facts concerning the torpedoing of
the vessel have been received from
the American consul at Malta.
The fight which was expected to be
made in the Senate yesterday after
the house convened against the ad
ministration’s foreign policy failed to
materialize owing to the sudden ad
journment of the house out of re
spect to the death of the late Asso
ciate Justice Lamar, of the United
States Supreme Court who died at his
home in
WHOLE FAMILY PERISH
WHEN HOME BrRNED
BOISE, Jan. 6.—-‘Archie Eclcersall.
his wife and four children were cre
mated last night when their hone
was destroyed by fire at Salmon, a
small town near the eastern border
of this state. The fire was not dis
covered until the entire building was
in flames and it was believed that
family had escaped until their re
mains were found in the a3hes of
their home.
Eckersall was a prominent stock
raiser and business man and was well
known throughout the state as he had
been active in organizing agricultural
associations.
Hats Gleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf OtlY F. CAMERON.
TWO TOEADWELL
Cause of Explosion Is Mystery as the
Miners were Carrying Powder
Into the Workings.
JUNEAU, Jan. 5.—Two Italian
miners employed in the Treadwell
mine were almost instantly killed
yesterday morning when a quantity
of dynamite which they were carry
ing exploded. One of the men lived
a short time after being brought to
the surface but succumbed to his in
juries before reaching the hospital.
The men had been engaged in bull
dozing and were carrying a quantity
of powder into the workings where a
round of shots had just been fired,
bringing down hundreds of tons of
ore. The cause of the explosion is a
mystery as the men are reported to
have been found some distance from
the place where the powder was to
have been used. •
SAYS KAISER IS
UNABLE TO SPEAK
Royal Family Has Been Summoned
to HLs Bedside and Physicians
Fear to Attempt Operation.
PARIS, Jan. 5.—Despite the re
ports from Berlin that the illness o'
Emperor William of Germany is not
serious the Le Matin in its morning
edition affirms the earlier report tnat
he is suffering from cancer of thj
throat.
It is stated that the emperor is at
the Royal palace at Zell and that the
disease has reached an advanced
stage and that he has long been un
able to speak above a whisper.
It is known that the members of
thejroyal family have been summon
ed to his ueuside and that his physi
sians are in constant attendance but
fear to operate upon their patient as
the roots of the cancer have pene
trated the blood vessels.
AUSTRIANS HAVE EVACUATED
THE CITY DF CZERNUWITZ
HEIGHTS COMMANDING CITY WERE CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS 8EV
ERAL DAYS AGO WHEN MANY PRISONERS AND NUMBER OK
GUNS WERE TAKEN—VIENNA DISPATCHES ADMIT THAT CITY
HAS BEEN ABANDONED AND THAT OFFENSIVE MOVE M E N T
STILL CONTINUES—PETROGRAD ADVICES SAY THE AUSTRIAN
TROOPS IN SOUTHEASTERN GALICIA HAVE BEEN ISOLATED.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 5.—'rte war
office in an official bulletin issued this
morning announces that the Russian j
offensive movement in Galicia con
tinues and that the Austrian troops
have evacuated the city of Czerno
witz. The heights commanding the
city were captured by the Russians
several days ago -after desperate
fighting, which resulted in several
hundred prisoners being captured
with the guns commanding the city.
Germany Sending Troops.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 6.—Latest ad
vices from Kaminietz, headquarters
of the Russian offensive movement
in Southeastern Galicia state that
German troops are being sent from
the Balkans states to reinforce the
Austrian troops defending Czerno
wltz.
Berlin Reports Fighting.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.—Advices from
Vienna report desperate attempts of
the Russian offensive movement to
break through the Austrian lines in
Galicia. It is admitted that the Aus
trian troops have been withdrawn
from Czernowitz for strategic pur
poses owing to the enemy having cap
tured the principal forts guarding the
City. The offensive movement hns
lasted for several days and is said to
have shown no signs of abatement as
the Russians are apparently well
equipped with munitions.
Russians Capture Railroad.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 5.—Official ad
vices have been received from the
Galician war front announcing that
Russian troops have captured the
railroad north of Czernowitz, sever
ing all rail communication and isolat
ing the army which evacuated tho
city. The Russian generate are press
ing their advantage and t the Aus
trians are retreating to the Carpa
thian mountains but are hampered by
the deep snow. __
NEAR BEER CASE
ILL BE MB
Saloonmen of Seattle are Evading t’if
Prohibition Iiaw and Many
Arrests are Made.
SEATTLE. Jan. 5.—It is very prob
able that the privileges extended to
proprietors of certain cafes where
dancing was permitted to continue
after the prohibition law went into
effect, will lie rescinded as they have
attempted to evade the law by serv
idg near beer which is believed to
contain more than the legal percent
age of alcohol. Several saloonkeep
ers who dispensed the liquor have
been arrested.
Several police have been detailed
to watch the cafes whert it is report
ed intoxicated persons have been no
ticed in as great numbers as before
the law went into effect.
William Morton, the well known
miner, is ill and is confined to his
room at the Albemarle hotel.
The launch Shamrock will leave to
morrow morning for Ellamar with a
load of supplies for the copper town.
TREADWELL MINER
KILLS IKB
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Nick Faricello Bound Over to Grand
Jury tor Murder of Mike De
flno Last Friday.
JUNEAU, Jan. 6.—itfick Faricello,
who has been employed In the Tread
well mine, shot and killed Deflno, an
other miner, on Douglfis island laBt
Friday night. The men had been
drinking and had engaged in a fistic
encounter in which Faricello had
been worsted. Securing a revolver
he returned and shot his antagonist,
killing him almost Instantly.
The murderer was arrested by a
deputy marshal and lodged in jail
here. He was given a preliminary
hearing yesterday and was bound
over to the grand jury without bail.
Both men have been residents of
Treadwell for some time.
If you need repairs on machinery,
consult us and if It is to your advan
tage financially to send outside for
the repairs we are not afraid to tell
you so. We want your good will
as well as your money. Us means
Valdes Iron Works. w-tf
AMERICAN PASSENGER IS
SAVED FROM THE PERSIA
CHARLES GRANT, WHO REACHED ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, HAM
MADE AFFIDAVIT THAT THE LINER WAS SUNK WITHOUT WARN
ING AND THAT THE EXPLOSION WAS SO TERRIFIC THAT STAR
BOARD SIDE OF SHIP APPEARED TO BE BLOWN AWAY—SAYS
THAT CONSUL McNEELY WAS UNDOUBTEDLY DROWNED—SEA
WAS BLACK WITH STRUGGLING VICTIMS.
LONDON, Jan, 5.—Eleven survi
vors of the British liner Persia which
was torpedoed in the eastern Medit
erranean sea last Thursday by an
Austrian submarine, have been land
ed at Malta, and all have made affi
davit that the steamer was unwarn
ed before being submarined.
Advices from Alexandria. Egypt,
state that another lifeboat which was
believed to have gone down with
the wreck of the steamer, has reached
Alexandria with several passengers,
one of whom is an Amerlcanv citizen
named Charles Grant.
It is reported that Grant has made
affidavit that the Persia was sunk
without warning and that the explo
sion was so terrific that the whole
starboard side of the liner appeared
to have been blown away. He was in
the dining room when the explosion
took place aod before he could leave
the room the ship had listed so that
the passengers were thrown together
and crawled to the lifeboats.
When the liner listed it was im
possible to launch the lifeboats on
the port side and only five of those on
the starboard were gotten into the
water before the steamer plunged to
the bottom.
Grant was drawn underneath by>
the suction caused by the vessel when
9he sank but came to the surface near
a lifeboat which a number of men
were trying to right. He states that
the sea was black with the strug
gling and drowning people whose
cries were heartrending. Grant be
lieves that Consul McNeely. who was
en route to Arabia, where he repre
sents the American government, was
undoubtedly drowned as he was seen
to be struggling in the water.
SWANSON AND GREW
BRAVING THE STORM.
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Chas. Swanson and his cr$\jj of men
and teams which left Valdez yester
day reports that there have been a
number of heavy s'nowslides there
and that the trail Is heavy.
The unusually heavy snowfall in
this section is bound to cause slides
in the mountains and travelers are
cautioned against taking unnecessary
chances, especially when milder
weather sets in.
NOTE TO FRANCE
IS PEREMPTORY
State Department Demands that Ger
mans Taken from American
Ship Be Immediately Freed
WASHINGTON, D. fc., Jan. o.
Secretary Lansing, of the State de
partment, has sent a peremptory note
to the French government demanding
the immediate release of the German
sailors who were taken oil an Ar ori
can vassal on the high seas bv the
French cruiser Descartes.
When the ship was stopped by the
French cruiser the American captain
objected to his'ship being searched,
but was informed that the ship had
been reported as carrying contra
band. When a search of the vessel
proved that she was engaged in le
gitimate tr%<ft the members of her
crew were subjected to inspection
and two men who were former Ger
man subjects were ordered f »ti *fcr
ed to the French cruiser.
The note of the Secretary o» o:ate
is regarded as the sharpest ever sent
by the American government to a
European power as it permits of no
discussion of the action of the Euro
pean nations in interfering with our
commerce.
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PURSE OP 91,500
FOR THE DOG RACES
ANCHORAGE: The local Kennel
club Is making progress in the ar
rangements for the Seward-Anchor
age dog race which will rival the
Nome derby. It is now planned to
have the race start and finish at An
chorage the first year, Seward the
second year and alternate each year.
Seward and Anchorage will each sub
scribe $750, making $1,500 available
for prizes, the first being $1000 and
the second $500. It is planned to run
the race sometime in March when the
trail will be at its best.
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Daweon, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tt
WILL INCREASE
THE GOLD OUTPUT
Latent Improved Methods at Saving
Values will be Installed In
New Juneau Mill.
JUNEAU, Jan. 5.—The Alaska Ju
neau Gold Mining company of Ju
neau, has made known its plans for
the present year. It contemplates the
expenditure of $2,500,000 in the de
velopment of its enormous gold prop
erties back of Juneau as follows:
$1,000,000 for the mill. $500,000 for
the power plant, and $1,000,000 for
the development of the mine.
The plans include the erection of
an 8000 ton Ball-type mill, the first
unit of which, with a capacity of
2000 tons daily, is to be in operation
by January 1, next year. The other
three units with a capacity of 6,000
tons daily are expected to be in oper
ation by March 1, 1917.
GERMANY WOULD ASK
HUGE WAR INDEMNITY.
LONDON Dec. 29.—A “peace
feeler” has been sent out by the
"Wolf News Bureau” the official ag
ency of Germany and has been prin
ted in Zurich newspapers. The terms
therein contained are believed today
all over Europe to be the first real
official announcement of what Ger
many will accept. The terms include
the evacuation of Belgian and the
parts of France now occupied, the
establishment of a Polish kingdom
to be dominated by Germany. Russia
would be required to pay Germany
large sums annually and Belgium
would have to continue paying to
Germany annually the amount equal
to that which she spent before the
war in keeping up her army. The
Allied nations would have to return
to Germany all her colonies and to
pay Germany an indemnity of three
billion six hundred million. They
would also have to guarantee that
Belgium would not enter into an all
iance with them or against Germany
and a German army would be main
tained in Belgium until the terms of
peace had been fulfilled.
LAND LINES DOWN
NEAR DELTA DIVIDE
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The local office of the Signal Corps
reportr that the land lines to Inte
rior Alaska are out of commission, a
break having occurred sometime last
night betwien Paxshn’s and McCal
lum, near tjbf Delta divide.
Just reqfiwed .the finest line of
neckties ever shown In Valdez, at
jBea Silverman’s.