The Hardware Department Can
Aid You In Your Spring Work
Those planning building, remodeling,
Mining work of any kind will find this
section well equipped to handle your needs
Recent shipments include
Maydole Hammers of all
Kinds.
White’s Hand-Axes.
Disston Saws, in three
grades.
Stanley and Bailey Planes.
Champion Braces.
Nails.
i Gasoline, Distillate &
I lubricating oil for all
engines.
Irwin Auger Bits.
Crescent Wrenches.
Harwood’s Screwdrivers.
Wrenches for every pur
pose.
Full Line of Builders'
Hardware.
Building Papers.
! Powder, Cape, Fuse,
Steel, mining supplies
Valdez Mercantile Co.
In every detail the leading retail store of Veldez
THE
PINZON BAR
W. I. Levy, Prop.
Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Cigarettes, Tobaccos and
Smokers’ Sundries.
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St., Valdez
PHONE 44 Fresh Fruits—Fresh Vegetables
AMOCAT CANNED GOODS
Washington Creamery Butter, Fresh Ranch Eggs, Cheese
HEINZ 57 VARIETIES
KEYSTONE PRODUCE CO.,E
campaign is opened
FOR CHAPLAINS
BOSTON, Muss., April 12. —A cam-i
paign among churches of all denoiui- j
nations throughout the country to j
p rovide chaplains of National Guard
icgimenls called into service with a 1
motor truck, a big tent and a motion
picture machine was inaugurated yes
terday by Bishop William Lawrence,
of the Massachusetts diocese of the
Episcopal church.
"Conversations with army chap
lains on the Mexican border and in the
Spanish war convince me that you
might as well send into camp a bat
tery without gens as a chaplain with
out proper equipment. The regimen
tal chaplain of today Is the postmas
THE THRIGE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half-way into
its third year, and whether peace be
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The
Daily Prospector and The Week’.y
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 156 copies or
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
un.
The Thrice-*-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR $18.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
epecialty of Territorial NewB in con
densed form. The World is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
its ' 'Id of usefulness.
'ND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
• ter. banker, purveyor of clean amuse
i meats and the social center as veil
j as the moral and religious guide of
jthe men.”
iCHAI'LAIXS IX COXGKKKK
I’KAY I’OU I'ATKIOTIS.M
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 12.
As congress assembled in extra ses
sion the 4th inst., the chaplain of the
House included in his prayer a plea
for patriotism.
“Democracy has failed," he prayed.
"Moral suasion has failed. Appeals
to reason and justice have been swept
aside. We abhor war and love
peace, but if war has been or shall be
upon us we pray that the heart of ev- j
ery American citizen may throb with!
patriotic feeling and that a united ■
people may rally around our president
to hold up his hands in every meas-j
ure deemed necessary to protect the]
lives of American citizens and safa-j
guard our inheritance.”
In the Senate the chaplain also re-j
ferred to the problem controniing,
congress:
"Amid the confusion and violeuce
of the world today we cannot know
the things that may shortly come to
pass,” he prayed. “Lead us, oh God,
in the darkness until the dawn and
shadows flee away. Grant us courage
to defend the truth. At thiB critical
time in the history of o.ur country,
lead them, thy servants, in a plain
path and inspire them with lofty
principles.”
INTERESTING MEETING
CHAMBER OK COMMERCE
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A largely attended meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce was held last
evening in the office of Dr. Merritt.
Considerable business was transacted
and a number of subjects of interest
to the community were discusted.
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurized Whipping Cream, Pas
teurized Sweat Milk and Pasteurized
Buttermilk at Love-Whitley Co.'s, tf
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; cone in
land look it over. Valdez Drug Co. if
| Full line Koenig's Chocolates at
Keystone Produce Co. tf
1 REPORT OF
SHIP SAILINGS
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OKOKKS h'ORIlin PlRl,I«’ATION
I
—
I Instructions from Secretary of War
I
Prohibit the Giving Out of Infor
mation as to the Movement of Naval
or Merchant Ships.
j
j On and after today Information re
garding the arrivals and departures1
of ships at and from ports in Alaska
will not be given out at the cable
office as heretofore. Instructions to,
this effect having been received from
the Secretary of War.
This order is in accordance with j
an agreement entered into between
the War and Navy Departments and!
the heads of the various press asso
ciations a short time ago, that the
■ press of the country would refrain j
j from publishing "information, rumors
jor reports tending to disclose the
military or naval policies of the Unit
led States.” The Press associations
voluntarily agreed to observe the reg
ulations and to use their influence
to have the newspapers throughout
the country observe them. •
Based upon this agreement the war
land navy department have prepared
a. set of regulations covering the in
formation sought to be suppressed,
among which are the following:
“Departure of merchant vessels
should not be mentioned and it i3
desired that the port of arrival be
omitted."
"Assignment of movement, whether
as groups or individuals, of officers
and men of the military and naval
establishments."
"Transportation of mails, supplies
or munitions.”
As a result of these regulations
officers and men of the Signal Corps
are instructed to give out no infor
mation covered by these regulations,
which includes the movement of mer
chant vessels.
SEATTLE BOV IS A
VICTIM OK TONG WAR
SEATTLE, April 12.—Geo McLar
en aged 19, who was shot by Chinese
laundrymen at Seventh avenue and
l’ike street Sunday morning while the
'Chinese were in a state of fright be
cause they expected to be attacked
by tongmen, is in a critical condition
at the city hospital today, but a little
stronger than yesterday. A bullet
lodged in his lung. The laundrymen,
members of the Bow Leong tong
were awaiting atack from the mem
bers of the Hip Sing tong. McLaren
and two other boys were passine, and
the boys rattled a tin box on the
laundry floor. A fusilade of bulle*s
through the wooden door followed
immediately.
SOLDIER TEARS DOWN
AX AUSTRIAN KLAG
TACOMA, April 12.—Striding up
the steps of John Mardesich’s home,
2717 North Thirty-first street, yes
terday, a soldier of the Second Wash
ington infantry snatched an Austrian!
flag from a post and jammed it in his
pocket. It had been entwined with
Old Glory with the latter on top
“For what you tear down the Aus
trian flag?” Mardesich is said to 1 ave
asked angrily as he rushed to , the
porch.
“American and Austria, flags do
not mix well right now, and until
Austria and Germany have shown
that they are the friends of this coun
try you had better not put their flags
with the Stars and Stripes,” retorted
■ he soldier.
(•OLD BULLION SMUGGLED
ON STEAMERS
BALTIMORE. Md„ April 12. -Sev
ral million dollars in gold bullion
bidden under cargoes of coal and con
signed to a group of unidentified per
sons in various ports of South Ameri
ca for extensive development of in
dustries has been shipped from here
in the last few months. One steamer
carrying $1,500,000 in gold sailed
several days ago for South America.
Precautions are now being taken to
guard the identity of both consignor
and consignee.
Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co. tf
For flrst-clasa meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Chfe. tf
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1 Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Prosoector ads bring results.
i
Steamship Sailings
Alaska—Due in Valdez from West
ward tonight.
Mariposa—Sailed west from Valdez
April 10.
Alameda—Sailed south from Valdez,
April 3.
Northwestern—Sailed from Seattle
April 9.
Admiral Farragut—Sailed west from
Valdez, April 8.
Admiral Evans—Sailed south from
Valdez, April 9.
Admiral Watson—Sailed for Valdez
from Seattle April 9.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
I.vs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS.
8:15 a.ui. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
! 7 0 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
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Dally Weather Report.
April 11. 1917. April 12. 1917,
7:00 P. M. 7:00 P. M.
29.532 Barometer 29.640
31 Temperature 29
45 Maximum 31
29 Minimum 20
37 Mean 25.5
18 in. Snow on Ground 18 in.
Clear, calm. Partly cloudy.
—Myrtle F. Billings. Ohs.
This Day in History.
Feast day or Sts. Nereus and Chil
leus, martyrs; St. Flavia Domitilla;
j St. Pancras, boy martyr.
Richard I. of England, married
! Berengaria, of Navarre, in 1191.
Insurrection in Paris; the people
favored the Duke of Guise and Henry
I ill fled in 1588.
j The first marriage in the Plymouth
i Colony took place between Governor
Winthrop and Mrs. White in 1621.
Old South Church founded in Bos
ton in 1669.
Crown Point. New York, captured
j by Setli Warner in 1775.
! Baron Ste then joined the American
' army in 177S.
Congress game Benjamin Franklin
and John Adams and Thomas Jefl’er
t
son authority to make treaties of
i commerce in 178 4.
Society of Tammany founded in
New York in 1786.
President Adams dismissed Picker
ling and Henry from the cabinet in
iisoo.
Congress voted 110,000,000 for
I Mexican war purposes and authorized
,a call for 50,000 volunteers in 1846.
Fenians began to assemble at Buf
falo for a raid in Canada in 1866.
French Crown Jewels sold for sev
! on million francs in 1887.
1 _
MOKE GCARDSMEN
ARE C.AIXKD OCT
i WASHINGTON, D. C„ Ap-il 12.—
I The war department today called into
jtlie federal service the following na
| tional guard organizations for police
j purposes.
! Second West Virignia infantry, the
j Fourth Virginia infantry and battery
! i). field artillery, Virginia.
The war department also called in-'
to the federal service the first and
second companies, coast artillery of
the Virginia national guard. They
will be added to the forces already
employed for police protection.
SIX GERMANS GUILTY OF
CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY
NEW YORK. April 2. -Six Ger
mans were convicted by a jury in
the federal district court here today
of conspiracy to destroy steamships
carrying food and munitions from
this port for the entente allies by
means of incendiary bombs.
The men found guilty are Captain
Charles von Kleisty, of Hoboken, a ,
chemist; Karl Schmidt, chief engin-,
eer of the Garman steamship Frede»
ich der Grosse; Earnest Decker,
Frederick Karbado, Wilhelm Parades
and George Praedel, all assistant en
gineers of the same vessel. The jury j
was oat fifty minutes.
ARGENTINE ENDORSES
ACTION UNITED STATES'
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WASHINGTON. D. C., April 12.— J
Through its embassy here the Argen
tine government today handed to Sec
retary of State Lansing a note strong
ly endorsing the action of the United
States with reference to Germany.
FORMER JUDGE DIES
IN KANSAS PRISON
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. April 12.
—Eli H. Redman, one of the men
convicted with the alleged election
conspiracy at Terre Haute, lnd.. died
here in the federal penitentiary,
where he was serving a 5-year sen
t'iioe. He formerly was circuit judge.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Resources over $300,000.
Drafts sold on all Foreign Countries.
WeUs Fargo Travellers checks tor sale
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
AND POST OFFICE SAVIN6S BANK.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
A«t*. for EQUITABLE Life In*.
R«dBHf. IW 1M
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufacturers are repre
sented in our stock. All electrical
supplies we sell are guaranteed
products.
Make your electrical purchases here
and have the assurance of absolute
satisfaction and quality.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
Notice
On Saturday. April 14, at 2 p. in.,
there will he sold at public auction
to tlie highest and best bidder, on
the city wharf, a quantity of rock salt
now stored in the warehouse on said
dock. The city reserves the right to
reject any and all bids. Conditions
and terms of sale will be made public
at the time of sale.
tf CITY COUNCIL.
Will Increase Wages.
QUINCY. Mass., April 12.—Presi
dent Joseph Powell of the Fore River
Shipbuilding corporation announced
at a patriotic meeting of employes
yesterday that a general Increase in
wages at the plant was being arrang
ed to go into effect on June 1.
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. tf
Goods coming on every boat for the
Emporium, open for business from 2
to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m. tf
A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. Valdes Drug Co. tf
For Sale.
Two-room house on City Dock, fur
nished. Built last fall. Cash $300.
Must be taken Immediately.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Be sure to see Edmund Breese in
“The Spell of the Yukon” at the Em
press Thursday night. 2t
Duchess is l.oyal
LONDON, April lz.—Grand Duch
ess Elizabeth has telegraphed to the
Russian premier. Prince Lvoff, an
nouncing that she recognized the pro
visional government and asking that
she be allowed to continue her phil
anthropic work in Moscow, where she
is the abess of a convent, says a Reu
ter dispatch from Petrograd today,
the grand duchess adds that her sev
erence with court was due to the Ras
putin scandal.
TIDE TABLES FOR APRIL.
Compiled for Valdez Bay.
Wednesday, April 11 —
First high tide 1:50 a. m.. 9.4.
Second high tide 3:04 p. tn.. 0.6.
First low tide 8:41 a. m., —0.8.
Second low tide 8:39 p. m., 2.6.
Thursday, April 12—
First high tide 2:30 a. m., 9.2.
Second high tide 3:58 p. m., 6.1.
First low tide 9:30 a. m., —0.4.
Second low tide 9:04 p. in., 3.0.
Friday, April 13
First high tide 3:18 a. m., 8.7.
Second high tide 5:06 p. m , 5.9.
First low tide 10:27 a. m., 0.0.
Second low tide 10:04 p. in., 3.4.
Saturday, April 14—
First high tide 4:22 a. m., S.2.
Second high tide 6:28 p. m.. 6.0.
First low tide 11:37 a. m„ 0.4.
Second low tide 11:26 p. in.. 3.6.
Sunday, April 15—
First high Ude 5:42 a. m. 7.7.
Second high tide 7:44 p. m.. 6.5
First low tide 12:44 p. m.. 0 6.