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--—-" ~ VALDEZ. ALASKA, SATlTtfcjAT, lAttifAtHf 90, lOl? NUMBER 18
VOLUME XIV. _•___T1- • _ •
WILSON UK
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WILL IIE OUT IN TtoRKE OATS
Orders Have Been Issued for Per
shing to I<eave Mexico—310 Empty
Trucks Go South to Aid In Trans
l>ortation of Equipment.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20.—
It was announce^ here today that
President Wilson had approved of the
withdrawal of the United States ex
pedition from Mexico. The order was
given several days ago but the an
no jncement was withheld unti' today.
Order Given Several Days Ago.
EL PASO, Jan. 20.—Army officers
here predict the complete withdrawal
of the United States expedition from/
Mexico. The order was given several
days ago but the announcement was
withheld until today.
Will Be Out Three Days.
EL PASO, Jan. 20.—Army officers
here Aedict the complete withdraw
al of^ershing’s forces from Mexico
^within the next three days.
Trucks Start South.
COLUMBUS, N. M„ Jan. 20.—One
hundred and twenty empty govern
ment trucks started south from here
today to aid in the withdrawal of the
Pershing command from Mexico.
OAKLAND RAISES CASH
BY A UNIQUE METHOD
Fifty Thousand Dollars a Year Sweat
ed from Gamblers and Brothel
Keejiers to Pay Debts.
OAKLAND, Jan. 20.—Fifty thous
and dollars a year sweated from;
gamblers and keepers of brothels to
keep down the tax rate was provided!
for in the 1916-1917 Oakland city!
budgei. according to newspaper
charges made today by Dr. F. F.
Jackson, commissioner of public saf
ety. According to Jackson, police
courts and police department co-op
erated in vice raids from which there
flowed into the city treasury as much
as $6,000 monthly in fines.
Jackson at present is under charges
by Chief of Police Walter Peterson,
who, however, admitted that he told
one of the city commissioners instru
mental in framing the municipal
budget that he could raise the nec
essary $50,000 a year. Jackson has
Ordered Peterson to close up resorts.
Peterson added that Jackson was
present at the budget conference
which agreed to sweat vice dens.
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ROAD APPROPRIATIONS
LIKELY TO BE LOWERED
TOrionel' Richardson Rbpbrts 1fhat the
Sum for Alaskan Roads and
Trails May Be Smaller.
In a letter received by Major P. W.
Davison of the Alaskan Road Com
mission, on the last boat. Colonel
Richardson, now In Washington, stat
ed ihat he had appeared before the
Hi use Military Committee in behalf
%t the appropriation for Alaskan j
roads. Colonel Richardson says that;
while it is yet too early' to mak j any
predictions with any degree of accu
racy, the indications are, neverthe
less, that the appropriation of $500,
000 asked for will likely be cut some
what before the appropriation bill is
j^ysed.
PIERCE COUNTY WILL BUY
SITE FOR AN ARMY POST
TACOMA: By a vote ranging from
3 to 1 the country precincts to 6 to
1 in precincts in Tacoma, Pierce coun
ty citizens today authorized the issu-j
ante of $2,000,000 bonds to pur
chase by condemnation approximately
70,000 acres on the American Lake;
prairies for a division army post.
^4n enabling act must be obtained
irorn the state legislature, which |
con^nes soon. The site already has
the approval of the tyar department,
providing the land is. donated, and it
was for the purpose of purchasing
the land from individual ownerB, in
t rdor to present it to the government,
that’ today’s bond issue was held.
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Moose dance this evening. Don’t
overlook it. It
AtR BUBBLES IN BLOOD
CAUSED DEATH OF OIRL
Injection of Ozone Found to Be Dead
ly to All Animal Life, Say
Experts Wlio Make Test.
OLNEY, 111., Jan. 20.—Elizabeth
Ratcltffe died from air that was forc
ed Into her circulatory system in the
opinion of Dr. Frank J. Weber of the
Olney sanitarium, the latter testified
today at the trial of Roy Hlnterliter,
charged with the .death last July of
the girl who was Hlnterllter's sweet
heart. Dr. I. N. Martin, former cor
oner of Richland .county, agreed with
the opinion of Dr. Weber.
Dr. Weber was not permitted to i
tell of experiments he had performed
on animals since the death of Miss
Ratcllffe In an effort to determine the
effect of air bubbles in blood vessels.
In cross-examining Dr. Martin, how
ever, attorneys for the state brought
out Ihe statement that air bubbles in
ihe circulatory system are deadly to
all animals.
FEAR ATTACK f
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ARK PREPARING FOR DEFENSE
British and French Officials In the
West Indies Fear An Attack from
the German Commerce Raider Op
erating South Atlantic.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Advices re
ceived here today state that officials
of the British and French West In
dies are fearful of an attack by the
German commerce raider now oper
ating In the South Atlantic, and are
making extensive preparations for
defense
SEVEN TOTAL ECLIPSES
. FOR THE PRESENT YEAR
Not Since Early Last Century Have
There Been Seven Eclipses
In the Same Year.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 20.—
Four eclipses of the sun and three of
the moon, the greatest number possi
ble in a single year, will he witness
ed in 1917, according to the naval ob
servatory. The last year in whicn
seven eclipses came was early in the
last century and the next will be in
1935.
January 8 there will be a total
eclipse of the moon by the earth’s
shadow, visible throughout the Uni
ted States, beginning at 12:50 a. in.
and ending at 4:39 a. m. eastern
standard time. Between 2 and 3:3D
a. m. eastern the, the eclipse will be
total.
PRESIDENT AND WIPE.
Attend private service
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 20.—
The President and Mrs. Wilson at
tended the private funeral, services
over the remains of the late Admiral
Dewey. "Mrs. Dewey, owing to ill
health was uhable to attend the pub
lic services.
Colder In Interior.
This morning’s weather report
from the fnteribr telegraph stations
shows a decided drop in temperature
all along the line. Thirty-eight be
low at Salcha is the coldest, but Don
nelly’s is second with 34 below and
Gulkan, Copper Center and Tonsina
next with 30 below. Fairbanks re
ports 25 below and McCallum 27 be
low, the other stations reporting fi;om
2 below to 26 below. Clear and calm
is reported from practically all the
stations. The deepest snow is report
ed on the summit, 66 inches.
Another Election Victim.
WICHITA, ‘Ken., Jan. 19.—Mrs.
Clara H Morton Of this city has filed
a claim against a Withita paper tor
f 1,000. She sets out in her claim!
that She Was'misled by an editorial
which appeared Saturday night be
fore election. Ihe editorial advised
all mothers who had sons to name to
go ahead and name them Charles H.
---needn’t wait until after the elec
tion. i
Airs. Norton tcok this advice and
clnistened he.' 'nfant sou Charles
Hughes Mortoh. Sunday morning. She
is new asking iluoo damages.
WHIPPLE HOW
AT CAPITAL
TO CONKER WITH COMMITTEE
Boston Attorney Chosen to Conduct
lieak Probe Arrives in Washington
——Untermeyer Says He Never Solic
Ited Position.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 20.
Sherman Whipple, the Boston attor
ney chosen by the House Rules Com
mittee to conduct an investigation in
to the alleged leak of the German
peace note, will arrive here today for
a conference with the members of the
committee. In the House Congress
man Fitzgerald of New York read a
telegram fro'm Samuel Untermeyer,
who was prominently mentioned for
the position of special counsel for the
committee, stating that he had nev
er solicited the position. Congress
man Miller of Minnesota, declared
the telegram was an insult to Con
gress, to which statement Fitzgerald
strenuously objected.
LATOUCHE MINER
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ABSORBS TOO MICH HOOTCH
Is Taken to Seward by Deputy Mar- '
slial Mossman, VVlieie He Draws a
Fine of Fifty Dollars Before F. S.
Commissioner.
SEWARD, Jan. 20.—Axel Peter
son, a miner at Latouche, was brot
here by Deputy Marshal Mossman on
the Alameda, and was tried here be
fore the United States- Commissioner
for runni lg an u<_k at Latouche He;
was fined the sum of S50. Accord-;
ing to the testimony Peterson had ab
sorbed a considerable quantity of
booze obtained from a bootlegger on i
the freighter Latouche, which was j
lying at the dock loading ore, and j
started on a rampage. He is a giant j
in size and strength and threatened
to carve several of his fellow work
men with a knife. He was finally
laid out cold by William Englehart,
who struck him over t.he head with
the butt of a gun. Deputy Marshal
Mossman, who was on his way to Sew
ard on the Alameda, took Peterson
into custody and brought him ever
here for trial.
VETERAN MARINER DIES.
Captain Malcolm Campbell Victim of
Paralysis.
PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 20.—
Chpt. Malcolm Campbell, a pioneer
shipmaster of Southeastern A'aska,
died here this morning from the ef
fects of paralysis. He came fron
Juneau several months ago and has
been under treatment of the United
States marine hospital surgeons.
Captain Campbell has been master
of boats engaged in southeastern
Alaka traffic for more than thirty
years.
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SUPPLIES 1<X)R THE
CUBE MINING COMPANY
Capt. Dune Stuart, with the launch
Eagle, left this morning towing a
barge loaded with 30 drums of fuel
oil and a large quantity of supplies
for the Cube Mining Company on the
west side of the bay.
Nebraska Legislators Convene.
LONCOLN, Neb., Jan. 20—The Ne
braska legislature convened at noon
today. The members were sworn in
and committees appointed. It is ur.
derstood on all sides Qiere will be dif
ficulty' in passldg satisfactory prohi
bition legislation.
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Greek Steamer Torpedoed.
BREST,.Jan. 20.—The Greek ship
Sapho,, 2087 tons, hap been torpedoed.
None of the crew jvere saved and the
fate of the rest ts unknown.
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Charles Crawford returned last
night from a trip to Ellamar.
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GERMAN PORT
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German Admiralty Reports Prize,
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Crew of Sixteen Brought In Brit- '
lsh isteamer With 469 IMsoners j
tVoni Right Ships Sunk.
BERLIN, Jan. 20:—An official bul-1
letifl ifeuod by the German admiralty 1
thia morning states that a German,
crew of sixteen members brought the
British steamer Yarrowdale safely
into a German port on December 31.
She carried four hundred and sixty
nine prisoners taken from one Nor
wegian and seven British vessels load
ed with foodstuffs and war material
which irele sunk by the German com
merce raider in the Atlantic. Three
of the vesssl sunk were arme<£ The
Admiralty announces that the news
had been kept a secret until the Brit
ish admiralty made admissions of the
loss.
BASKETBALL GAMES
WARMLY CONTESTED !
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Two tnleresting games of basket- J
ball were played last evening in Moo-;*' j
Hall betweon the first Moose team |
and the first team from Fort Li:;-1
cum; nad the second Moose team and ;
the second Liscum team, hi both of
which events the Moose teams were
victors; In the first game by a score of
23 to 15 and the second game by "8
lo 22. Both games were hotly con- •
tested, the Liscum boys showing a de
termination to win, but the Moose
boys outplayed them. Both teams J
showed a marked improvement over j
formerSpamen. During the play Lah.s ■
ct Fort Liscum went down fo • the
count from ar. accidental blow in ;
the stomach, which rendered him i
hors de combat for several minutes.
Brown of Liscum also met with an j
accident, breaking one of the hones j
in his foot. He pluckily kept on the i
floor, being unaware of the extent of j
his injury, but today he is laid • p j
in the hospital at Liscum.
EVERBODY WAITING FOR
BRISTOL BAY RETURN ■«
The Bristol Bay returns are just j
now the center of interest throughout!
the Territory. Practically every pa- j
per of the First Third and Fourth 11- j
visions have wired the Prospector to !
send the returns just as soon as they j
are received here. If they are to be
in before the canvassing board com
pletes its labors they must be on the
Alameda, due in Valdez this evening,
but whether they are or are uot is
not known. They would be among
the registered mail and there is a
pouch containing registered mail
brought from the westward by the
Dora which has been in Seward near
ly a week, hut whether that pouch
contains the desired returns has not
been learned as it could no! be open
ed at Seward, and will not be kuowti
until the mail is opened in the uost
efflee here tonight. So far as known
the Bristol bay vote has not been
counted pince the election wab held
in the fall, always arriving too late,
and it is still a question whether they
will be this year. Tonight will tell.
The launch Pathfinder, Captain
Smith, arrived in port about midnight
last night from Ellamar, Landlock
and Fldalgo, bringing a number of
passengers.
A champagne {tanner marked the
opening of Andy Marovich’s cafe in
the Dieringtr building at the noor
hour. Sam Knudson, George Vlnger
and several others were among those
who quaffed the sparkling grape
juice.
Nels Nelson of Ellaipar was an ar
rival in town last night.
The steamship Mariposa sailed to
day from Seattle for Valdez and Sew
ard, but her passenger list has not
yet been received.
A thousand tons of coal, and a con
signment of lumber is on the way to
Valdez from Seattle.
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A number of goats were seen on
the range north of town yesterday by J
parties returning to town.
COL. JACK LING ORDERS
NEW $1,000,000 YACHT,
Millionaire Copper Magnate Finds
Palatial Cyprus In Now Too
Small—Sold Her In Kast.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.— Dan
lei C. Jackling, millionaire copper
magnate, announced today that he
had ordered a new steam yacht which
will cost, irrespective of interior furn
ishings and rteoorati ni. irore thun one
million.
Jackling's steam yacht Cyprus, the
most palatial on this Coast, lias beer,
constantly In commission since he
brought It several years ago. The
Cyprus has made frequent trips to
Alaska and recently made' the voy
age from San Francisco to New York,
around Cape Horn. The Cypius was
built in Seattle by the Seattle Con
struction and Drydock Company.
He said tonight that he v.anted
something bigger and better.
The Cypress was sold to the Wyilis
ot automobile fame.
REPORT GERMAN
WAS STEAMER ST.' THEODORE
Kio de Janeiro Says Vessel Carried
Two Guus and German Crew and
0|»orated as An Auxiliary Haider on
Allied Commerce.
RIO DE JANEIRO. Jan. 20.— Re-1
ports received here this morning state;
that the German commerce raider,
which has been preying on British
and French vessels off this coast for
some time past, and which has sunk
at least ten merchantmen, has been
captured. She is the German steamer
St. Theodore and was fitted out with
two guns and a torpedo lube. The
leport was not verified from an au
thentic source.
MISSING YOl'TH FOl'XD
DEAD; SHOT IN HEAD
Young Hunter Believed Victim of
His Own Kifie While Climbing
l'|i a Cliff.
KENNEWICK, Jan. 20. -Huron
Pratt, 15 years old, son of Mrs. Ma
bel Pratt, of Benton City, missin t
since December 23. was found th's af
ternoon by section men four miles
west of Benton City dead, with a bul
let through his head. The body was
found amor.g the rocks near a high
cliff. In climbing the hill whi'e on
a liujiting trip he had shot hin.self
accidentally, it is thought.
He left home Saturday morning,
December 23. When his dog return
ed without him and he failed to show
up later a search was started.
After three days of searching by
ranchers and townspeople the hunt
■■ as given up. but the boy’s mother
has roamed the country for miles in
every direction searching for the boy.
CANBY IS HOME OK
MOONSHINE PLANT
Owners Thought to Be Men Under
Arrest for Burglary.
OREGON CITY. Jan. 20.—Officers
killed two birds with one stone last
night when they discovered a whisky
distillery on the banks of the Wil
lamette, four miles west of Canby,
while out searching for men who had
been stealing from farmers in the vi-'
cinity. The still was destroyed byj
the sheriff and deputy sheriff who lat
er visited the place. They brought
back with them twenty-five feet of
lead pipe that had formed the worm
of the still.,
Sheriff Wilson suspects A. G. Col
lins and Leonard Westfall as the
owners of t^e illicit plant. . These two
men have recently been indicted In
Marion county for burglary. The still
was concealed pear a eabin of A. J.
Sivley, a blind fisherman, but no li
quor was located.
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The regular Saturday, night Moose
dance tonight in Moobo Hall. It
Swell big program In Eagle Hall
tomorrow evening at 8, o’clock. The
Empress will show Pathe News,
"Spell of the poppy," 2 reels, "Pretty
Mrs. Smith” by Fritai Scheff in 6
acts, and Ham and Bud comedy. Don't
miss this.
LEE MIG
ARBITRATION BILL
PROPOSES A NEW COMMITTEE
Brotherhood President .Advocates a
Committee of Eight to Be Ap|*oint
ed by the President to .Adjust Pres
ent Differences.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20.
President Lee of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen appeared before,
the House Committee on Interstate
Commerce in opposition to the com
pulsory arbitration bill. He propose!
a committee of eight members to be
appointed by the President, and to be
equally divided between the employes
and the railroad officials, to solve the
present diffu ulties between the rai1
roads and the men. He declared the
Adam.ion arbitration bill unneces
sary, and expressed confidence in the
ability of the proposed committee >•>
adjust the differences now existing
without friction, and saw no reason
for a deadlock occurring in the com
mittee l
FIND TRACK OF LOHT
PAIR IN MOUNTAINS
Searcher.*, for Mr. and Mrs. Powell
Discover S|x:t Where Deer Had
Been Killed.
TACOMA. Jan. 20.—Some hope is
held out now of finding Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Powell, missing since December
18, for searching parties from Alder,
near Rainier National park, found ;i
spot where a deer had been killed.
The posses may be able to trace the
couple from the blood trail.
Jules Hagen, head of the searching
parties, will go out again tomorrow
with bloodhounds and attempt to fol
low the trail. Hagen said that if
they met with failure tomorrow they
would lie ready to concede that the
couple are dead
Mr. and Mrs. Powell left their cal)
in at the Powell-Poole Dumber Com
pany's camp a week before Christmas
and have not been seen since. They
were not missed for more than a week
as the mill was closed down for the
holidays and the camp was deserted.
PAIR FACE SKELETON
OF SUPPOSED VICTIM
Accused Slayers of Woman Face a
Morbid Scene In Court.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Jan. 20 -
With the supposed skeleton of Mar
garet Fair known as Mrs. Grace Clif
ton at one time of Albany, N. V.,
dancing before them on an upright
metal stand, testimony was taken i.i
the trial of William Fair and Jack
Devereaux who are charged with hav
ing killed Mrs. Fair in June, 191-1,
in Darien.
Dr. Alfred C. Morgan, a Utica den
tist, examined the teeth of the skele
ton and said he recognized a seamless
gold crown which he made for Mrs.
Fair in 1914. He also noted a tooth
which he said he had treated for
chronic abscess.
Mrs. Nellie Hayward, a colored
maid in the employ of Mrs. Fair,
while the latter was in Albany iden
tified a pair of shoes, a hat and some
feathers found with the skeleton as
things owned by Mrs. Fair. Dr. Wil
liam B. Booth an Albany dentist, also
identified gome gold filled teeth and
some nicotine stained teeth In the
skull as belonging to Mrs. Margaret
Fair or “Grace Clifton.”
LOST—Will the party who found
two Kapoc life preserver cushions the
morning of the Are please return to
J. D. Jefferson. 2t
Firm Is Dissolved.
Announcement is made of the dis
solution of the Arm of Dougherty te
Ferguson. R. P. Ferguson retiring
from the Arm and the business wilt
be conducted by T. E. Dougherty. Mr.
Ferguson. ie at present in his old
home in Missouri, but is expected to
return to Alaska in the spring and at
present plans upon going to the Ar
■ horage district.
Sentence Commuted
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 20 —
The sentence of Dr. Haldane Clem
enson, of Chicago, convicted of mur
dering his wife in 1908, today was
commuted by Governor Dunne to 25
year’s imprisonment.