VOLUME XIV. VALDKZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1918 Nl'MIlKR ft
Bulgaria and Russia Sign Agreement and Hostilities Cease—Dip
lomatic Relations Resumed and New Cabinet Appointed
TROTSKY THINKS :
ALUES FOR PEACE
Says Kntente Believes Favorable ]
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Peace With Itussia would make !
Iluns Kaa.v With Them
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LONDON. Jan 10. It is reported!
1rom Petrograd that Trotsky, the Hoi- ■
•dieviki foreign minister, has express
ed the belief that the Allies are hop
aig that Russia will conclude a peace j
with Germany, conceding most ot (
Germany’s demands, which would
lend to make the kaiser's govern
ment more willing to agree to surren-j
der what the Kntente wants in th** i
west The Petrograd correspondent of
ihe Daily News sends this statement. |
President Wilson's recent speech'
:o Congress was played up in Paris'
newspapers and described editorial-,
iv as of world importance.
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* VOl'MlENT MEMBER OK
VALDEZ RED CRONS
Little Miss Caswell, aged six days,
resterday took out membership in
Valdez chapter of the Red Cross. The
membership fee was contributed by
4 syndicate of childless bachelors who
are not doing allying else for their
country that anybody knows of.
The syndicate is-still a going con-j
• ern and if any other Valdez couple
wants one of these infant member
ships in their family let them come
to the front. There are a few of them
left.
ARABS DESERT TURKS
* LONDON. Jan. 10.. Arab soldiers
in the Turkish armies have been de- |
sorting in large numbers during the,
past few months, according to infor-;
- million received from Palestine. Those i
who were retaken have been subject-1
••d to the heaviest penalties as a les-1
.son to their fellows, one man in ev
ery ton being publicly hanged, and tliej
body exposed for a long time after-;
wards.
BOYS ARRIVE AT SEWARD
A telegram received from Fabian
and Henry Miller and Holly Ashby
state that they arrived at Seward last
night and will leave for Anchorage
about 9 a. m. The message was signed
‘The Unholy Trinity.”
FREEPORT’S FUEL FAMINE j
FREEPORT. 111.. Jan. 10.—Polo s
public schools have, been closed and
the churches will hold no evening ser
vices during the week or on Sunday
because of a coal famine. In order to
conserve a scant supply of fuel, it has
been suggested two or more families
occupy the same house until the coal
shortage is relieved.
IMG K8TATK DISTHIBI TKD }
* SAN FKANOISCO. Jan. 10.—An es
tate estimated at $2,000,000 was dis
Jributed among friends, relatives and
charities in this country and Europe j
„ in the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Patter-1
son Mitchell, filed here yesterday. Am
erican ambulance and hospital corps
in Paris were bequeathed $20,000.
Ileal property in Washington, D. C.,
is bequeathed to that city “for a park,
providing the bones of our good old
dogs, now resting there, are not dis
turbed.”
Mrs. C. O. Brauer, who has been
visiting in the States, is returning to
Valdez on the steamer Victoria.
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GKKMAN VKMOK CAN'T
STOI* MAMMY lU l.I.ITS
WITH THE AMEUIGAN A KM V IN
KKANCE, Jan. 10. The German sol
dier's armor will not withstand the
hard-hitting American bullet, it has
been shown. A heavy breastplate re
moved from a German prisoner for a
test, was literally chewed to piece* by
machine gun lire after a ritle bullet
tired at a good range had lorn a hole
in the armor as big as a silver dollar.
Even the bullets from an automatic
pistol did the work it was expected
they' would in this respect.
\aviil Korces and Aviators Sail for
Knglnnd to Join Allied Armies
There
UK) JANIKKO. Jan. II) The lirst
detachment of Brazilian lighting men
sailed today to Kngland to join the
forces of the Allies. Naval men and
aviators chiefly compose the expedi
tion.
VM'TOItIA SAILS MOUTH
VIA OI TKIBK I'ASSAGK
SBATTLK. Jan. in. Steamship
Victoria sailed this morning at !> o'
clock for Southwestern Alaskan ports
by the outside passage.. Her Valdez
passengers are John M. Kmel. Mrs.
(’. (). Brauer and Matt MeGlade.
I'UOUABLV BA(if.KI) I-BOAT
AN ATLANTIC BOUT. Jan. in.
Naval gunners of the vessel on which
Gen Hugh Scott returned from over
seas tired at what appeared to he the
periscope of a submarine the day af
ter leaving port and scored a bit
which is believed to have sunk the
German boat, according to passen
gers on board.
Fl'EL SITI'ATIOX CRITICAL
WASHINGTON. I). <’., Jan 10
A critical situation in New England
was pictured to the fuel administra
tion today by J. J. Storrow. fuel ad
ministrator for New England and
Governor McCall, of Massachusetts.
Public utilities companies and manu
facturing plants, the fuel administra
tion was told, will be forced to close
unless shipments are Increased.
NO JAPANESE TROOPS
ARE AT VLADIVOSTOK
Fuarther denial that Japanese troops
have been landed at Vladivostok was
contained in dispatches to the State
department from the American em
bassy in Tokio. A cablegram received
at the Russian embassy from the Rus
sian ambassador at Tokio also said no
Japanese troops had been landed at
Vladivostok.
NEW GROUND FOR DIVORCE
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—Judge Guer
in ruled today that Mrs. Frederick
Gelderinan was justified in refusing
to live with her husband when he in
sisted that they live at his parents'
home, where only German was spok
en. He dismissed Gelderman's bill for
divorce.
Matt McGlade, foreman for the Al
aska Road Commission last year, is
a passenger on the steamer Victoria
for Valdez.
! 4 JAMES C. CRAIG has been appointed
agent at the Granby mine for the sale of
' • War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps.
Jnvesi your savings with the government
f and Help Can the Kaiser.
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GUN THAT RIPS BARBED WIRE DEFENSES
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This I'n ni-li ”im ilinm» :ni mu ln>rliki* |irnji*«*lili* inm ttit* Imrhi'ii wire j
ili-friisi* nf tin- •*ii*,iiii . Tin* missili* |s :irtn< lii-it to H fiilili* hml is liiiiili-il liitrk ]
to hi* tlri*il Hiriiiu mi'l mcmii.
FRENCH GRAB 178
HUN PRISONERS
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Successful liiiiil on Hun Front j
at Soiohepruy ami Fast St. Miliicl
— living Hack Itoches
IWUIS. .Ian. in French forces,
made a raid into the German linos in.
tin- region of Soichepray and Fast St.
Mihiol and returned with 17s Hoclie;
prisoners, tin* war otlice announced .
today.
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>1 At 'III.MIST'S MX IF CtlMSIFMIFI)
WASHINGTON. I). C.. Jan. in.
David Goldman, machinist's mate in
the navy, has been commended by I
Secretary Daniels for gallantry in liav-j
ing rescued Arthur (J. Fainter, water!
tender, from drowning on October 30. j
Goldman enlisted at San Francisco.'
ARMY ALL RIGHT1
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Secretary of War Says I'nitcd States
Has Well Kquipiml Army in
H'raoce
WASHINGTON. I). C., Jan. 10.—
Secretary Maker today told the Sen
ate conuuittee which is investigating
war preparations that the United
States now has in France a substan
tial, well-equipped army ready in all
respects for active service; that mod
ern arms are being provided in ample
quantities so that every soldier who|
I is sent overseas this year will thor
oughly be outfitted in every way. The
Secretary stated that the total num
ber of men eulisted for the war Is 1,
500,000; that they have been enlist -
I ed or selected by conscription without
serious disturbances of national in
dustries.
James S. Craig of the Granby mine
has been appointed agent for the sale
of war stamps In the trans-bay ter
ritory adjacent to Valdez.
LOST -Meerahaum pipe, three dif
ferent pieces, meerschaum, amber and
bakelite stem. Return to Prospector
and receive one dollar reward: kl2
WILL PASS HOUSE
Kcsolul ion Submitting .1 iiieinlmclll of
I'ederal ( 'onstiliit ion Certain/of
Majority
WASHINGTON. I> f . .Inn. I n
ll is conceded that the resolution suit
milling to the sltiles for rutifiealion
un amendment ol' the federal enlisti
tlltit>11 giving women the right to vote
ii all states on complete equality with
men will certainly pass late this af
ternoon. A count of noses shows an at- '
hrmative majority secured.
This resolution is known as the
Susan It. Anthony amendment and
was tirsl introduced in Congress for-1
tv voars ago today.
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MAYOR HI li
Disbarment Proceedings Uesult in Se
attle Ijuw Firm Being Found i
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Guilty of Minor Offense
SEATTLE. Jan. 10. Mayor HI
Gill and his partners Heber S. Hoyt
and Hernion S. Frye, members of the
law firm of Gill. Hoyt & Frye were
each suspended from practicing law
for the term of one year, according
to a decision rendered by the State
Board of Law Examiners this after
noon. Disbarment proceedings were
sought on the grounds of unprofes
sional conduct in their practice as at
torneys for the Merchant's Protect
ive Association.
WAGE ADVANCE GRANTED
BOSTON, Jan. 10.—An advance in
wages of approximately 10 per cent
for the five thousand operators of the
New England Telephone & Telegraph
company, outside the Boston district
went into efTect last Saturday, it was
learned at the offices of the company
here today. The Boston situation. It
was stated, was still under discus
sion.
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The steamship Admiral Evans 1^
scheduled to sail from Seattle on the
twelfth of this month. i
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VICTORIA. H. C.. Jan 10. Out
going Oriental liners for the past two
months have been carrying large lists
of Japanese army reservists, who arc!
returning home. It is estimated that j
2.000 have gone from this province. I
The significance of the movement is.
not known here.
Senator Kenyon Iteturn- from Fii
ro|.e anil Warns Against Him
I‘rare I lifers
WASHINGTON. I> (Jan in.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa returned r“
s'lMitl) from the battle front in France
warned the Senate in a speech today
to beware of German peace offers, lie
atlirmed that such offers were not in ,
good faith; that Germany is far from
exhaustion and is still confident of ul-i
liniato victory of some sort. He said
no peace will he made by Germany i
in the immediate future that does not
give that nation at least a part of
what it lias been lighting for
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WASHINGTON. It <’.. Jan. in.
Inability to obtain a quorum com
peled tile senate committee invesli
gating Senator l.aFnllette’s St. Paul
speech to postpone action again today
lor the fourth time.
HltoTHKIt OF V \I.I»K/. MAN
I.KWFS Ft >11 FI5A Nt'K
Harry M. Nelson of Valdez received
word upon tin last boat that bis
younger brother bad lelt Some Allan
lie I’ort on Christmas Day for France
as a member of the 4-Dith Detachment
of the .'.Mb Kngineers Regiment The
younger Mr. Nelson was a junior at j
the University of Washington and en
listed at Seattle on November 30th
and left one of the eastern ports just
2t> days later for the front. This is
another example of the rapid work
being done by the United States in
getting her powerful army in France
by spring.
Tonsina is the coldest point on the
trail today, the mercury standing at
12 below Fairbanks reports 2 be
low with clear, calm weather. Cloudy
weather is reported at many points
along the trail with indications of
snow.
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HELD PRISONER HY GERMANS
ST. ANTHONY. Idaho. Jan. 10. -
A letter written by Alfred Taylor, of
Kilgore. Idaho, to his mother, says
he is held prisoner by the Germans.
Young Taylor was a member of the
Canadian aviation service, with rank
of lieutenant. His machine was brot
down by gunfire while he was scout
ing back of the enemy lines but he
landed without injury.
"WAR DROPSY" APPEARS
LONDON. Jan. 10.—A new war
disease has made its appearance in;
Germany, known as “war dropsy,”,
which is reviewed at length from the!
German medical journals by the cur-!
rent British Medical Journal. The,
cause is believed to be underfeeding
and malnutrition. The disease appear
ed in Vienna with great suddenness.
It is stated that the symptons are j
much similar to those of beriberi.
RIMLGIAN
PEACE CONCLUDED
Swiss Newspaper Bulletin \niiounrrs
Thai Separate Peace Treat) Inis
Been Signed
I'.KKNK Swil Zetland. Jan. In
Press dispatches Ini)letiiii>d by news
papers in tins city today assert that,
a separate treaty of peace has been
signed between the liolshevtfti gov
ernuieiil and the Bulgarian envri
men i
Tin announcement is contained in
'imitations from a speech delivered to
the Bulgarian sohran.ie hy Premier
Kadoslavne lie read a telegram from
Brest l.itovsk declaring thiit terms of
peace had been outlined and that hos
tilities between the countries have
ceased and diplomatic relations will
be resumed at an early date
Itadosloii commented that this was
the tirst peace concluded between any
combatants in the present war and
that a notable feature is the fact that
it was made with the consent of Bul
garia's allies. He expressed the be
lief that peace hot ween Russia and
Bulgaria will have great influence in
bringing about peace in-tween Gcr
many and Russia.
Germany Not So Still
1‘KTKOGKAD. Jan 1 •' Telegrams
Irniii Itrest-IJtovsk today report that
German representatives are adopting
a more conciliatory attitude toward
the Russian position, ami present in
dication point toward a satisfactory
arrangement for transfer of peace to
gotiiitiolis to neutTal soil
The otlicial news agency announces
that General Kaledines and Ihitolf
have heell ilefealed III the I'kraine hy
the liotsheviki army and that Dutolf
is in tlight piirstie.l hy revolutionary
forces and the Red Guard Kaledines
is retreating hut with his army in
good older
No IVace Willi Turkey
I’KTKOGHAI). Jan in Turkey
lias made a proposal for a separate
peace with Russia and the Bolsheviki
government lias refused to consider
it.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 10. Peace
negotiations at Brest-Litovsk will be
resumed Wednesday according to the
Cologne Gazzette today
MOKE HOT SPRINGS KEEN
DISCOVERED IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON. 1). C„ Jan 10.
A geological survey bulletin calls at
tention to tbe fact that many hot min
eral springs have been discovered in
Alaska which were not previously
known to exist.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Jan 10 - C
K. Scott and Frank Popau. riggers
at a local shipyard, were killed this
morning when the arm of a derrick
on which they were working broke,
the men plunging forty feet to the
ground. The skulls of both were frac
tured.
SALEM. Jan. 10.—State Fire Mar
shal Wells said today that his depart
ment has Information which leads it
to believe that the Are which destroy
ed a warehouse at Carleton last Sun
day was of incendiary origin. Throe
inspectors are making an investiga
tion. The Are marshal said that yes- *
terday was a Areless day in Oregon. ■
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Tomorrow is Meatless Day for Valdes.
Wheatless Day was generally observed by
our citizens. Let us make tomorrow as
great a success, that our boys in the trenches
may not lay down their lives in vain.
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