VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1916 NUMBER 275
MAY RECALL
MAYOR OILL
MOVEMENT IS STARTED TODAY
Meeting of Twenty-Five Prominent
Citizens in Seattle Pass Resolutions
Condemning Mayor for His Stand
A |n the Everett Affray.
SEATTLE. Nov. 16.—The remark
able attitude of Mayor Hi Gill in re
gard to the I. W. W. fracas at Ever
ett is likely to result in his recall. It
is believed a movement in this direc
tion was launched this afternoon at
a meeting of 25 prominent citizens,
headed by Judge Burke, who passed
resolutions of sympathy with Everett!
and the loss of her citizens through
the battle with the I. W. W.’s and
strongly denounced Mayor Gill for
his utterances regarding the affair,
and the failure of the Seattle police
to stop the embarkation of the I. W.
W.’s at Seattle when they started on
their raid on Everett.
Mayor Gill is quoted as saying he!
“would take I. W. W.-ism in prefer
ence to Hartley and the open shop,”
and that “Everett got what was com
ing to her.”
LATEST REMS
DISPUTED STATES
ARE FAVORABLE TO WILSON
Idaho, New Mexico, North Dakota,
and New Hampshire Still in Demo
cratic Column—West Virginia for
Hughes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—The latest
available returns, unofficial give Ida
ho to Wilson by three thousand plu
rality. New Mexico also gave a Dem
ocratic plurality of 2500 to 3000, and
North Dakota about 1500. West Vir
ginia has. apparently given Hughes a
plurality of 384, while New Hamp
shire has given Wilson a plurality of
one hundred.
SOLDIERS GOING TO
ANCHORAGE FOR WINTER
On the steamship Mariposa was a
detachment of about 40 soldiers
from Fort Wm. H. Seward, at Haines,
en route to Anchorage, where they
will be stationed during the winter
months.
HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVAS
TO RECRUIT U. 8. SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16.—
Requirement of one recruit for each
1,000 population will result in vir
tually a house to house canvass
throughout the nation in the cam
pain to raise 100,000 new members
of the regular army. Agencies will
be established in every county seat
and a thorough canvass of possibili
ties will be made, the war office an
nounces.
FORTY DIE DAILY
OF TYPHUS FEVER
LAREDO, Tex., Nov. 16.—Forty
persons die daily in Zacates, Mexico,
from typhus fever according to the
statement of a passenger here, who
arrived from that city today. He said
burials were made in trenches and
that wardrobes and other articles of
furniture were used for coffins.
Port Liscum Challenges Valdez.
The Fort Liscum basketball team
has issued a challenge to the Moose
basketball team for a game to he
played on the Moose floor at a date
to be specified by the challenged
team.
Norway to Enter Protest.
CHRISTIANA, Norway, Nov. 16.—
The government contemplates a law
prohibiting placing so many orders
for the building of steamships in for
eign countries. During the last week
seven steel vessels have been con
tracted for at Seattle.
AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUNNERS AT SOMME
Photo by American Press Association.
Detachment of Australian machine gunners going to their trenches at the front during the recent allies offen
sive which resulted in the fall of Combles. France. _
WILSON ELECTED
BEYOND A DOUBT
18 GAINING IN CALIFORNIA
On Recount of the Vote in State the
President Is Steadily Increasing
Lead—Plurality Is Now 3500 and
May Kven Reach 3800.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 16.—On aj
Recount of the vote in this state i
President Wilson is steadily gaining. j
There have been found no errors in !
the original count which would indi- j
cate fraud had been attempted on
either side, as was at first alleged,
but slight errors in § number of pre
cincts have caused Wilson’s lead to
increase from less than 3,000 on the
original count to 3,500 up to the pres
ent time, and it is indicated this lead
is likely to reach 3800 before the
count is completed.
COMMISSION IH
NOW DEADLOCKED
CANNOT AGREE ON THE TERMS
—
Cabrera Insists on the Immediate
Withdrawal of American Troops
from Mexico Free from All Condi
tions—Commission Be Dissolved.
ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 16.—Indi
cations are that the commission of
Americans and Mexicans appointed
to settle the differences between the
United States and Mexico may b3
dismissed without having reached ai
agreement. Chairman Cabrera, the
chairman of the Mexican commission,
vigorously opposes the plan for the
withdrawal of the troops from Mexi
co conditional upon the demonstra
tion by Carranza that he is able to
efficiently patrol the border and pro
tect American towns from raids by
bandits, and also protect the lives
and property of Americans in Mexi
co. He insists that the troops shall
be immediately withdrawn without
conditions of any kind, and to this
the American commission refused to
accede. The Commission will proba
jbly be dissolved within a short time
WISCONSIN GUARDSMEN
GIVE WILSON PLURALITY
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 16.—It is
unofficially reported that Wilson was
the winner in the votes cast by the
Wisconsin guardsmen at the border
by a plurality of 1. His vote was
973.
J. H. Cobb, the independent can
I didate for attorney general, was an
arrival on the Mariposa.
Sergeant Ben Waller, formerly of
the local cable office force, is now
stationed at Fort Wood, New York.
TWO CARS CRESSON
ORE NETS $200,000
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov.
16.—Two carloads of ore from the
Cresson mine at Cripple Creek, net
ting $200,000, have been shipped \i
the Golden Cycle mill west of this
city. This is said to be a record in
the shipment of high grade per car
load ore from the Cripple Creek dis
trict or any other gold camp. The
ore was in the course of regular
shipments and was not especially
picked and saved up for the purpose.
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DEMAND RELEASE
PEREMPTORY NOTE DISPATCHED
State Department Demands of Presi
dent Carranza that Three American
Citizens in Jail at Jaurez Be Re
leased at Once.
EL PASO, Nov. 16.—The state de
partment has sent a peren ptorj note
to President Carranza demanding
the immediate release of three Amer
ican citizens confined in the jail a:
Jaurez. It is alleged that the Ameri
cans were arbitrarily arrested with
out cause and confined in the jail
with no prospect of a hearing on the
alleged charges.
STEAMSHIP MARIPOSA
SAILS FOR WESTWARD
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
port shortly after 8 o'clock last night
and sailed west at 10. Her passen
gers for Valdez were J. H. Bjorn, D.
H. McDonald, J. E. Westberg, C. C.
Howard, Geo. Hobart, P. A. Twitch
ell, J. H. Cobb, M. L. Lindig and Mrs.
Llndig, Carl Miller, J. P. Holman, W.
N. Spence, O. P. Hubbard, Wm. Cam
eron and Mrs. Cameron, R. H. Capers.
The passengers booked here for the
westward were J. H. McDougall and
Mrs. McDougall, A. C. Baldwin, C.
W. Mossman, F. E. Whelpley, E. H.
Gray for SOTrard; N. Hihnala, Ira R.
O. Winston and George Reinke for
Latouche, John Lundstrom for Sel
dovia and J. H. Lyman for Kodiak.
WEDDING CALLED OFF;
PHOTOGRAPHS WERE FAKES
HAGERSTOWN, N. D„ Nov. 16.—
Because they resorted to the decep
tion of sending each other photo
graphs of moving picture stars Miss
Esther Gulbranson of Minneapolis
and William Benjamin failed to rec
ognize each other when they met in
Hagerstown according to appoint
ment to be married.
“No wonder I did not recognize
him,” Miss Gulbranson said.
She had received, she said, a pic
ture of a famous movie star, while
Mr. Benjamin said the photograph he
get through the mail was that of a
screen tyBauty famous the world over.
The romance 'began through a mat
rimonial paper. The marriage was
called off pronto.
Fisheries Inspector J. H. Lyman
who ))U been In Valdez for some time
past, 'left on the Mariposa for Ko
diak.
PRESIDENT OPENS
NEW WIRELESS
SENDS MESSAGE TO MIKADO
Message Is Flashed Six Thousand
Miles With Only One Relay Thru
/
Powerful Station at Honolulu—
Hopes for Continued Peace.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.—Pres
ident Wilson yesterday inaugurated
lhe Trans-Pacific wireless service bv
sending a message to the Mikado of
Japan. The message was sent from
Washington to Japan a distance of
more than 6,000 miles with only one
relay, and that through the power
ful wireless station at Honolulu re
cently completed. The message of
the President confirmed the friend
ship of the United States for Japan,
md expressed the hope that peace
between the two nations would be
long preserved.
GOAL LOR NAVY
NEXI SEASON
RAILROAD WILL BE COMPLETED
Chairman Edes, of Alaska Engineer
ing Commission Says Matanuska
Coal Will Be Available for the
Fleet Next Summer.
SEATTLE, Nor. 16.—Chairman
Edes, of the Alaska Engineering com
mission, was an arrival here after
spending the summer months at
Seward and Anchorage. In an in
terview yesterday Mr. Edes stated
that in 1917 the Pacific fleet of the
United States navy would be burn
ing Alaska coal, brought out from
the Matanuska field by the govern
ment railroad. He said the navy
department was now paying more
than a million annually for coal from
West Virginia for the Pacific fleet,
that was inferior to the Matanuska
coal, and that the Alaska fuel could
be provided at a great saving over
the present costs.
The chairman stated that one hun
dred miles of the new road would be
completed before December, which
would leave but thirteen miles to be
completed to the Matanuska fields
next year, after which the coal would
be brought to tidewater and made
available for naval purposes.
Mr. Edes stated that 30 miles of
road connecting Anchorage with the
Alaska Northern & Seward would be
completed early in the coming sum
mer, which would leave but 80 miles
to build between Fairbanks and Ne
nana, and 80 miles between Anchor
age and Broad Pass.
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Nick Hihnala left on the Mari
posa last night for Latouche where
he will remain for about two months
doing assessment work on his copper
mining claims.
ALLIES MAKE IMPORTANT
GAINS ON SOMME FRONT
['ANAD1.XN8 CAPTURE LAST SECTION OI REGINA TRENCH IN A
BRILLIANT CHARGE—GERMANS MAKE COUNTER ATTACKS IN
VAIN—BRITISH ALSO CAPTURE TOWNS BEAUCOl'RT ANI> St
RANCRE—TEUTONS MAKE GAINS A MING BALKAN FRONT—
HUNGARIAN PREMIER BELIEVES PEACE MOVE BE MADE THIS
WINTER—RUSSIA PROTESTS AGAINST POLISH EMANCIPATION.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—The Canadian
troops yesterday captured the re- j
mainder of the Regina trendies from
the Germans by a brilliant charge, j
The Germans made a number of >
counter charges, but were successfully !
repulsed and the British now occupy
captured positions.
Further Victories.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—The British
have captured the towns of Beau
court and Surancre, and are still ex
erting a tremendous pressure on the
German lines at Mriamount, Aitchet
and LeGrande, an important railroad
junction northwest of Baupaume.
Bombard Teutons.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Advices from
Bucharest state that the Rumanian
flotilla of gunboats has arrived at
Seimeni, on the Danube, north of
Cernadova, and is now bombarding
the Teuton left flank with telling ef
fect.
Hit French Hard.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—On the south
Somme front the Germans are pound
ing away hard at the French positions
at Ablaincourt and Chaulnes.
Mines Swedish Steamer.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Advices re
ceived here state that the Swedish
steamer Astrid has been torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine.
Blacklist Merchants Who Sold to Sub.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—The Admiral
ty has furnished Lord Gray with a
list of the firms who sold supplies
to the Deutschland and they have
been placed on the British blacklist.
Russia Protests Kmuneipatlon.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Advices from
Petrograd state that the Russian gov
ernment has protested-sagainst the
emancipation of Poland by the Ger
mans and still considers the country
an integral part of the Russian em
pire.
Wilson Will Insist on Rights.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 16.—
President Wilson has instructed Sec
retary Daniels to prepare another
note stating that the United States
will demand her rights in the black
listing controversy, ana that retalia
tory measures will be taken against
Great Britain in case she persists in
her illegal embargo against Ameri
can firms.
Attack Was a Surprise.
PARIS, Nov. 16.—The British at
tack on the German positions in the
Ancre was a complete surprise. The
attack followed the lifting of a dense
fog which had prevailed for four days
and was wholly unexpected by the
Germans. The British had crept to
within a few yards of the German
trenches and then with hurrahs
charged, carrying everything before
them. Ten desperate charges against
St. Pierre caused the German bat
talion defending the place to surren
der
Attacks Kail. *
BERLIN^ Nov. 16.—The British
attacks on the Somme front, and the
tremendous French drive in the vicin
ity of Sailly were unsuccessful.
Russians Defeated.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—The Teutons
have made progress south of Tul
ghes, despite the desperate resistance
of the Rumanians and Russians, who
have been compelled to retire in
Northern Transylvania.
A fierce battle is reported to be
raging on the plains north of Czerna.
Germans at Breakfast
LONDON, Nov. 16.—The Germans
were just eating breakfast when the
terrible drive of the British took
place on the Somme front, which ac
counts for the extremely light losses
suffered by the attackers. The storm
ing of the town of Hamel was suc
cessful, and opens the way to Mira
mount, within a mile of the import
ant German center of Bapaume. Pris
oners captured state that the attack
was the most terrible they had ex
perienced throughout the war.
Teutons Successful.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—The Teutons
have been successful in Wallachia, in
Southeastern Rumania. Southeast of
Lemberg, in Galicia, the Russians
have launched a series of heavy at
tacks, but have been repulsed. Sofia
reports that weak French attacks at
Lake Malik have been repulsed.
Ex|>ect Peace Move.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—Count Ap
ponyi, the former premier of Hun
gary, expresses the belief that a
movement to secure peace between
the warring nations of Europe is
probable this winter. He believes that
President Wilson will embrace the
first favorable opportunity to offer
his services as mediator, and that he
will find all the warring nations in
a receptive mood.
Admit British Gains.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—A German
official bulletin admits that the Brit
ish have captured the town of Beau
court after repeated attacks but else
where have been repulsed. At St.
Pierre the French have been defeated
Reinforcements Sent.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Advices re
ceived here state that the Teutons in
the vicinity of Orsova have been
strongly reinforced. Terrific fight
ing is in progress in the Olantis and
Juil valleys.
Palace Bombarded.
LONDON. Nov. 16.—The royal pal
ace in Bucharest has been bombard
ed by German aeroplanes and much
damage done.
Germans Make Gains.
PARIS, Nov. 16.—After terrific
fighting during which the Germans
suffered heavy losses they have suc
ceeded in gaining a limited advantage
by securing a foothold on the extrem
ity of St. Pierre and at Vaast. Else
where the Teutons were repulsed.
WILSON GUIS
HU6HES LEAD
IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
Latest Returns Give Hughes a I*ad
of Only 267 in tlie State—Wilson
Making Big Gains on the Reeount
of Votes.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 1G.—The recount
returns from Aitken and Renville
counties, this state, have cut the lead
of Hughes to 267 in the State, with
indications that this lead may be
still further reduced and possibly
wiped out entirely. Wilson's gain in
Aitken county was 128 and in Ren
ville county 489.
Dance at Fort Liscum.
The Ft. Liscum social club will
give another of their popular dances
tomorrow night at the post. Weber’s
orchestra will furnish the music for
the occasion, which promises to b?
one of the most enjoyable of the
season. The Post boat will leave the
City Dock at 8:16 sharp, returning
after the dance.
Mm. Cameron and wife, former res
idents of Valdez, were arrivals on the
Mariposa.