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"- “ VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1916 :k NUMBER 4R
VOLUME XIV. _ •
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BACHELORS ME
CULLED 10 COLORS
AH Unmarried Men of England Be.
tween 18 and 42 Years of Age
Must Enlist in Army.
LONDON, Feb. ^ 23.—Under the
Asquith conscription act all bachelors
in England between the ages of 18
and 42 years have been called to the
colors. The men are being called in
units in order to prevent congestion
at the recruiting stations and they
have been notified that failure to re
port at the appointed time and place
will bring punishment as in the case
of deserters.
The men are.being drafted in or
der that the great army of four mil
lion men which Britain will put in
the field next summer may be trained
ta,preparation to be sent to the front.'
government is prepared for re
sistance in some quarters but has the
support of a majority of the labor
unions of England.
Lloyd George, Minister of Muni
tions, has declared that he is abso
lutely confident of victory now that
the new army for which Lord Kitch
ener asked is being provided. He
has declared that for the first time
the British troops will have more
munitions next spring than the ene
my and that Germany’s financial po
sition is growing worse daily.
The Minister of Militia asserts that
it is not possible that the war should
end in a deadlock or that peace would
lie made until Germany had been
broken and forced to withdraw int«
ber own territory.
PASSENGERS ME
GIVEN WARNING
.Americans Wlio Booked Passage on
French Steamer Notified that a
Submarine Is Awaiting Her.
NEW YORK, Feb- 23.—That the
ilaifsship companies fear that the
Oarman submarine warfare will be
rwewefi against the Allies merchant
flea with vigor after March 1. when
the new order goes into effect to sink
armed merchantment without warn
ing is indicated by the cancellation
of a number of sailings.
The French steamship, Espagne,
which was due to sail from New York
for Havre on Thursday has cancelled
her trip and the passengers have!
beew t'efunded their money. The of
ficials of the company say that many
of the passengers had received warn
ings that the ship would not reach!
her destination, as the submarines
were awaitlpg her.
The warnings are similar to those
received by the passengers on the;
Lusitania before she sailed on her
last trip and the Americans who had
engaged passage feel that the want
ing should not go unheeded.
It is reported here among shipping
circles that the German government
has agreed not to sink liners which
dp not resist capture until the passen
gers and crews have been placed In
the boats, but that in the event the
steamer shows fight that she will be
treated as a warship.
FLOOD CONDITIONS ABE
REPORTED AS IMPROVING
NATCHEZ, Feb. 23.—Conditions
ate reported to be improving in tbe
jfcrfltid districts as the waters are re
iiffy-, and many paste wf the valley
which was covered with water sev
esal feet deep are no longer sub"
Merged and residents are preparing
to retan to thei/ ruined homes. It
is reported here that several families
were marooned for more then's week
ta an isolated district which had hot
been visited by rescue parties in
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Pore Fresh Drugs at the Valdes
Drag »to*e. *
A fine display of nugget Jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
ARMENIANS HAVE BEEN
KILLED BY THOUSANDS
PARIS, Feb. 23.—Viscount Bryce,
head of the Armenian Relief commis
sion, has reported that investiga
tions have proven that eight hundred
thousand Armenians were massacred
by the Turkish soldiers and Kurds.
He says that of all the thousands of
Armenians who were sent from Con
stantinople into Asia following the
outbreak of hostilities that few re
main alive. The men were murdered
and the women and girls made the
playthings of the soldiers and forced
to follow the Turkish army across
the dessert where they perished in
thousands.
MACHINES TRAVEL
160 NILES 111 HOUR
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| American Aeronautical Authority
Says British Aeroplanes Are
Faster than German Fokker.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—That the
British war office has been preparing
for the fleet bf aeroplanes which Ger
many is reported as building to raid
England, is the news brought from
London by Henry Woodhouse. a Gov
ernor of the Aero Club of America,
who has been in close touch with the
aeronautical development on both
sides since the beginning of the war.
Mr. Woodhouse says .England has
built hundreds of aeroplanes capable
of developing speed as high, if not
higher, than that of the fampus Ger
man ijltokker. These machines have
not been iW:g»bKff$}U8e In the Allies
raids into the enemy country be
cause there were not enough pilots
to be spared to take them out.
The British machines are capable
of making a speed of one hundred
and sixty miles an hour but were not
used as the ordinary planes of from
fifty to seventy-five miles an hour
were all that is needed for observa
tion of the enemy’s position and
bomb dropping.
SMILE PEOPLE
IRE SWINDLED
Police of Portland an^ Seattle have
Uncovered Operation* of big
Blackmail Gang.
SEATTLE, PebT^I.—The police
of this city and Portland have un
covered the. operations of . a gang of
blackmailers who have swindled vic
tims in both Seattle-and Porland out
of thousands of dollars, and have se-j
cured a written confession from one
of the women who was a leader of
the gang.
The confession shows that whole
sale blackmailing of prominent men
and women in coast cities has been
carried on for yean and that victims
of the gang have been swindled outi
of large sums of money to secure si
lence on the part of the blackmailers.
The confession gives the names of
seven prominent Seattleites who were
mulctd to tha extent of thousands of
dollars, but tne. police are withhold
ing their names.
Following the disclosures of the
woman several arrests were made of
members ot thd gang and warrants
were issued, for others. It is report
ed that more than a dozen local peo
ple are connected with the black
mailers and that some of them are
prominent in certain social 'circles.
Sensational disclosures are anticipat
ed when the case comes to trial.
GERMAN SEAPLANES RAID
BNtiUBIL COAST CHUBS
LONDON, Feb. 22.—The south
east coast of England was raided last
night by four German seaplanes,
which visited Wells, Dover and oth
er ports on thb straits of Dover. An
official bulletin which has been post
ed by the war office admits that three
'persons were killed during the raid,
but that the damage to property or
shipping was slight.
GERARD BREAKS
A COLLAR BOIE
Was Practicing on Skiis when He Suf
fered an Accident—President
Sends Condolences.
BERLIN, Feb. 23.—Ambassador
Gerard, United States representative
in Germany, suffered a broken collar
bone yesterday afternoon while prac
ticing skiing. He received prompt
medical attention and has cabled his
government that he will be able to
attend to his duties.
President Is Sorry,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Cablq,
adyices from Berlin say that Ambas*
sador Gerard to Germany has suffer
ed a broken collar bone while skiing
but that he was not otherwise injur-,
ed and his complete and speedy re
covery is expected. President rWil
son has cabled his condolences and
hopes that the ambassador will
speedily recover.
TWO BILLION WAR
LOAN AUTHORIZED
Britist Government lias Appropriated
Ten Billion Dollars Since Be
ginning of Hostilities.
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LONDON, Feb. 23.—The British
parliament yesterday passed the mea
sure authorizing another war loan
of two million dollars to carry on the
struggle in which the nation is en
gaged. The appropriation brings the
total up to ten billion dollars since
the beginning of the war. It was
stated that uuring the debate on the
measure that the appropriation
would be sufficient to last until the
end of May when the government
must be prepared to provide a simi
lar amount unless the war was sud
denly terminated.
The Minister of Munitions. Lloyd
George, informed the House that the
government - had undertaken the
manufacture of muntjons on a larger
scale and that a great saving was be
ing effected as well as employment
provided for hundreds of thousands
of English women and men unfit for
military, duty. .
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Ill POWDER
PUSHES f
Shock Was Felt for Five Miles and
Was Bettered to Hare Been
Karthqnake—Boss Henry.
OAKLAND, Feb. 23.—Another
explosion occurred last might in the
works of the Trojan Powder com
pany pear this city. The building in
which the explosion occurred was
completely razed and a hole ten feet
deep now marks, the spot where the
powder plant stood. The shock of
the explosion was felt for a distance
of five miles and many believed that
an earthquake had occurred.,
The explosion which oc'cnrred last
night Is the second within four
months and cost the company more
than one hundred thousand dollars.
The manner in which the powder was
ignited is a mystery which is pus
sling the oadals of the oompeaw as
die works have been closely guard
ed since the discovery whs made that
a conspiracy existed to destroy the
plant.
We have just received the 1916
Ferro catalogs of two and four-cy
cle engines. If you are contemplat
ing buying an engine ask for one be
fore ordering. Valdez Iron Works.^t-tf
REDUCE: COST|OF^
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Lloyd George Says Saving of Two
Million Dollars per Week Be- ^
ing Effected by Government.
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LONDON, Feb. 23.--Speaking be
fore the British-Hpuse of Commons
yesterday, Lloyd George, Minister of
Munitions stated that the eetablish
ment of government munition facto
ries had resulted In reducing the
cost of producing shells and was ef
fecting a saving of two million dol
lars per week.
The minister said ' that a great
number of privately owned factories
had been taken over by the govern
ment and converted into munition
factories. For the first. time since
the beginning of the war England is
producing shells In larger quantities
than required for immediate use, and
that a reserve store was being cre
; ated.
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THE PRESIDENT
Democratic leaders Believe lie Will
Insist. Upon One-Term Plank of
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Platform Being Kept.
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WASHINGTON. D O.. Feb. 22.—
Democratic leaders fear that Bryan
will make trouble in the ranks of the
Democratic party at the National
convention to be held in St. Louis
on June 13th. The former secretary
of State has made no comment as yet
on the announcement of President
Wilson that he would be a candidate
for re-election but Bryan is known
to be strongly opposed to second
terms and it is believed that he will
demand on the floor of the conven
tion that,Wilson will respect the sec-,
ond term plank in the party’s plat
form. ?
Many of the party leaders are
hopeful that Bryan will realize that
President’ Wilson is the only candi
date for the presidency which the
party could nominate with any chance
of securing his election and that to
participate a fight against him oh the
floor of the convention would endan
ger the success of the party.
on is
COMING m
Direct Communication Between Val*
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den and Seattle will Soon Be ,
Restored—Seward Isolated.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 23.—The govern
ment cableship purnside .sailed for
Alaska last bight to repair the break
in the cable which have interrupted
direct service during the past few
weeks, and completely Isolated Sew
ard and Anchorage. The Burnside
was in drydock.'when the breaks oo-,
curred and has been delayed in tak
ing her departure for the north.
The Burnside will first repair-the
cable direct to - Valdez winch is re
ported to have parted near Sitka,
where many miles of mpw cable was'
laid last shmther. In the evrfht that1
the break -ctoeirred- in the old cable
the Barnslde. U equipped to renew,
the<«a»le In the section where the in-'
terruptions moiltfWqaently occur. ,
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Don't.Mies This.
See the Mutual Weekly News at the
Liberty Theatre tonight. The movie'
man took the Revolution of Mayti.
when bullets were flying all around
him. Also latest war pictures. At
the Liberty tonight. *
MINNEAPOLIS SUBURB
BANK RELIEVED OF CASH
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 23.—A dar
ing bank robbery .was successfully
carried out yesterday af »erno'on ‘ when
a lone bandit entered the Catnden
Park Statioh bank -and locking the
cashier in " the vault.escaped with
inpst of the bint’s cash. The robber
visited the bank intfcn'autb and as
he was not disguisqjl the cashier had
no thought of robberyuntllhe found
a.revolver pointed at his'head. The
caskf^r was in the vault for several
hours ’ before bein^ .missed when a
sCarch resitted in; the discovery of
the robbery, i '
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Police of Pittsburgh Believe that a
Deliberate Attempt was Made
to Kill Many People.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Pel). 22.—The
serious illness ot thirty persons who
attended a church supper here last
night has caused the authorities to
believe that a deliberate attempt was
made to poison the hundreds of peo
ple who participated in the supper.
Physicians were called into atten
dance upon the sufferers and state
that the poison is similar to that
which was reported to have been
used by Jeane Cronis in his attempt
to poison the guests at the Chicago
University banquet.
No deaths have been reported as
yet, as r result oPgfrtlng Jbddgctored
food, but several of those who tkere
qffinken-iafter eating the supper, a^e
still under the care oi physicians.
Samples of the soups V and foods
have been taken and THTanalyfis will
be made in qn effort to trace the guil
ty party as the1 police believe that
there Is a connection between the
outrage here and that of Cronis in
Chicago.
CANAL OPENED
Mil WEEKS
Engineers Believe When Present
8lMe is Removed no Further
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. Trouble Need be Feared.
PANAMA, Feb; 23.—The officials
ip charge of the work of removing
the debris from the canal at Gaillard
cut where the latest slide, occurred,
have 'reported that good progress is
being made in the work andf that the
canal wili probably he opened to traf
fic before the end of two weeks.
It Is stated that the officials have
not as yet notified shippers when the
canal would be opened as the water
way will be cleared to a depth of thin
ty-fl^ei feet before, any ships would bo
allowed to-'RjissV''through as they
would interfere with thp work.
It is stated .that the .slide moved
one hundred' and seventy feet since
November and that It was composed
of from five hundred’ thousand to
Seven' hundred .and fifty thousand cu
■tate' yards of jrock'.tr.at bed for ^ed an
overhanging ; ledg > at the:, top and
when; the soft soil Jab the hottbm mov
ed 4hte rock, moved with ;it >:
The engineers in charge of the
work believe that nothing can stop
the slide until the angle of repose Is
reached, and that! the'work must be
continued until the Slides that now
to keep the' canal dosed hare
been Sntibejy/ removed. It Is an
nounced, however, that the work has
pearly ptogreieed to a point where the
passage et Ships through the canal
will'not interfere with the work be
ing properly done and all danger
from slides removed.
The force of carpenters employed
by'Chas. Crawford on the building
which is being constructed by Mrs.
A1 White for Louie’s Cafe, are mak
ing good progress and despite the
Stormy weather of the past week It is
believed the building will be ready
for occupancy before March 15.
FIGHTING ALONG
EASTERN FRONT
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Petrograd Report* That (Mteiuiie
Movement ha* been Started
from Baltic to Rumania.
LONDON, Feb. 23.— Official ad
vices from Petrograd' state that the
Russian offiensive* movement now ex
tends in a solid frorit. from the Bal
tic to the borders of'Rumania and
that the German troops have been
forced back fof-raany miles in the
Dvinsk district. In Galicia the- Rus
sians are reported as hard pressing
the Teutonic troops and have-isolat
ed a portion of the army whidh evac
uated the city of Czernowitz:
French' Trenches ^Captured
BERLIN Feb. 23'—The German
war "office has posted a bulletin an
nouncing that eight hundred meters
of the Fren'ch trenches have been
captured east of Souchez. It is also
stated that hundreds of prisoners
were taken in the trenches.
Turkish Transports Sunk
ATHENS, Fob. 23.—Advices have
been received here from Constanti
nople via Sofia that submarines of
the Allies had passed through the
Dardanelles and succeeded in sink
ing six Turkish transports in the
straits of Bosphorus, near Con
stantinople. The dispatch states that
one of the submarines was destroyed
in the sea of Marmora by a Turkish
cruiser. •'
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Rapid Thaw Releases Subterranean
Flood and Converts District
Into Marshy labyrinth.
‘ LONDON, Feb. 23.—Petrograd dis
patches say that German prisoner*
taken during the past lew fffcys have
confirmed the easier reports that
thousands of Qehnans lost their
lives in the PtnMBparshes when a
rapid tha* -|ppd subterranean
waters and isonSted them from their
bases ot supplies. ‘
The German positions are report;
ed to have been completely destroy
ed and 'that they lost! large-quantities
of munitions and numerous guns by
being engulfed in the swamps. Many
small detachments of troop?, and
some large ones were detached and
from the morasses perished miser
ably- .
FIVE PEOPLE PERISH
IN NEW YORK FIR*
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—Five per
sons were cremated yesterday after
noon when fire destroyed a theatri
cal boarding house in this city. The
flames originated in the lower stories
and before the occupants of the
rooms on the upper floors could be
warned their retreat to safety had
been cut off by the flames. Many
iwere saved by being caught in nets
spread by the fireman and it was be
lieved that all had escaped until a
search of the ruins revealed the
bodies of the dead.
GUNNER IS REWARDED ,
FOR DUCKY SHOT
PARIS, Feb 23.—The French gov
ernment has awarded a cash prize of
twenty thousand dollars to the gun
ner who brought down the German
Zeppeltin in the recent raid over the
French positions in the Champagne
district. It 4s also-, announced that
similar rewards srtll be paid to avi
ators wbo succeed In destroying one
of the big German aircraft.
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Mrs. Joe Spupard gave a luncheon
today in ho^ogfef Mrs. Jack Keene,
of Fort Liscum/
Chas. McCallum will make the trip
down the bay tomorrow on the launch
Shamrock.