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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1018 NUMBER SB
NORWAY GETS
MOK BITTER
.tmnted Denmark is Being More F»t
ored by the Allies and is
I.*** Neutral
CHRISTIANA. Feb. 5.-—Feeling in
Norway against America and to a less
degree against the other Entente Al
lies is growing bitter. It is reported
here that America demands the stop
page of Norwegian exports to Ger
many in return for shipments of grain
to Norway, but refuses to guarantee
or promise Norway any supplies.
The Norwegians are asking why
they should offend Germany by cur
tailing supplies at the bequest of Am
erica, after all. Reports that Denmark
is receiving provisions and other
goods from America are received with
amazement and some anger. The Nor
wegians say it is an open secret that
the Danes have fed Germany during
the whole period of the war. while the
Norwegians claim to be comparatively
Innocent: Yet, they say, Denmark is
favored by America and the Allies
and they ask why.
The Germans are making the most
of the opportunity for propaganda.
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SITKA CI.AM CANNERY
WILL BE ENLARGED
f _T
The clam cannery which was be
ing erected at Sitka by J. H. Long
and H. T. Tripp, of Juneau, has been
sold to W. 1*. Mills, of Sitka. The
latter will enlarge the plant and op
erate it starting operations as soon
as possible. Mr. Long returned from
Sitka on the Prince of Wales to Ju
neau recently, after having closed the
deal whereby the cannery changes j
ownership.
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MEMBER OK COMMONS
FI BED FOR HOARDING
LONDON, Feb. 5.—William John
McGeagh McCaw, Unionist member of
the House of Commons, was heavily
lined today for hoarding foodstuffs,
contrary to laws passed by the food
administration for Great Britain.
"ME IN
PAT MAYBE
Von Hindenburg Boasts to German
Editors Who Call Attention to
limited Food Supply
THE HAGUE, Feb. 5.—Travelers
returning from Germany state that
recently thirty German editors call
ed upon Gen. Von Hindenburg at Ber
lin and informed him that there
would be no food in the empire by
May. Von Hindenburg boastfully re
torted: “My reply is that by April I
shall be in Paris.”
John Conley is a Valdez visitor
from down-sound and will remain in
town a few days.
The average rise and fall of the
tides in the United States is 18 feet
at Eastport, Maine, and 1 foot at Mo
bile, Ala. Seattle, Wash., has an av
erage rise and fall of 12 feet.
DELLA HAS STORMY TRIP
The launch Della, Capt. H. L. Rid
er, arrived last night from Ellamar,
Fidalgo and Landlock, after a very
stormy and tempestuous trip. So
fierce was the gale that Capt Rider
states he was seven hours making the
trip from Ellamar. Grant Remington,
John Conley and Mrs. Jungholm were
passengers for Valdez.
FOR SALE—Three National cash
registers and one four foot fireproof
safe. Inquire of the Prospector. kl2
A kilometer, the metric system be
ing the standard of measurement in
Europe, is 3280 feet, 10 Inches. A
meter is 39.37 inches. A hektometer
is 328 feet, 1 inch. A myriabeter is
6.2137 miles. By keeping these fig
ures in your bead you can compute
the distance gained by the armies in
Europe, which are always given by
the metric system.
TOO MUCH VICE 18
PREVALENT HONOLULU
HONOLULU, Feb. 6—Gen. John R.
Wisser, commanding the Department
of Hawaii, has ordered that the city
be cleaned from alleged vice cor.d'
tions.
The General declared that a failure
to comply with the orders would be
followed by soldiers being barred
from visiting the city.
Army investigators reported that
an immediate improvement of the
moral conditions is necessary for the
welfare of the soldiers.
LARGE ARMY FOR
SING DRIVE
1,200,000 Allied Troops Will be |
Heady for Death Grapple in Bal
kans Tills Year
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WASHINGTON. I). C., Feb. 5.—
One million two hundred thousand |
allied troops will be available March j
31 for the impending spring drive to 1
break the German grasp in the Bal
kans it is learned officially today.
SUBMARINES KILL
MANY THOUSANDS
Hollar law Says that l -Boats Have
Done to Deatii 14,120 Noncom
B at ants During War
LONDON. Feb. 5.—The German
U-boats, according to a report given
by Bonar Law, government leader in
the House of Commons, today have
donet o death 14,120 non-combatants
counting British men. women and
children. He stated that the deadly
toll of non-combatants would stagger
the world after peace is declared, and
roundly scored the German govern
ment for its ruthless submarine cam
paign.
Tomorrow is wheatless day.
+ + •!• + *t* + + + + + <• + + + + *
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+ S.AV'K THK FOOD ❖
4* 4*
+ Two wheatles6 days each 4*
4> week, Monday and Wednesday. 4*
+ One evening meal dally, 4*
4* wheatless. *
♦ One meatless, Tuesday. 4*
♦ One meatless meal dally. •>
♦ Two porkless days for each 4>
♦ week, Tuesday and Saturday. *
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DR. VALARIA H. PARKER
Dr. Valeria H; Parker of Hartford,
Conn., has ths distinction of being the
first woman policeman who has been
given supervision over other state po*
1 Ice men In the United States. Through
the state council of defense she was
recently given supervision of five state
policemen and of the department of
stefe polios patrol about training
camps In 'connection'with military and
nbval centers In Connecticut.
PILOT LAMEDOC
ISARRESTED
Master in Command of Moat Blanc
In Jail for Mans laugh ter for
Causing Halifax Explosion
HALIFAX. Feb. 5.- Mackey Lame
doc, pilot of the ill-fated steamship
Mont Blanc, which caused the Hali
fax disaster by fouling another vessel
while passing out the roadstead Into
the open sea. was arrested today
charged with manslaughter. Specific
information was filed charging him
with the murder of Pilot Wm. Hays
of the Timox.
AM ERICA N8 IN CANADA
PAY U. 8. INCOME TAX
MONTREAL, Feb. 5.—The United
States consulate here has issued a
statement that the income tax law of
the United States is to he applied to
its citizens resident in Canada. It is
announced that the internal revenue
bureau at Washington has sent an in
come tax agent to Montreal to explain
the law and assist in making up re
turns.
PRIZE FIGHT PROMOTER
GOES TO RANCHING
NEW YORK, Feh. 5.—Tex Rick
ard. the internationally famous prize
fight promoter, announced today that
he was thru with the pugilistic game
for good, and that he would sail im
mediately for South America where
he has a large cattle ranch. He has
promoted nearly every fight of prom
inence for the past twenty years, and
has made a fortune at the game.
Hotels, Restaurants and Dining Cars
Orderd to Reduce Portion Serv
ed to Two Ounces
WASHINGTON. I). C., Feb. 5.
Food Administrator Hoover today is
sued an order to restaurants, hotels
and dining cars to serve but two
ounce portions with each meal, in line
with the nation's policy of conserv
ing food for our allies.
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There was a total of 1246 strikes
and 169 lockouts in the United States
last year.
It costs $1.22 per word to send a
cable from New York City to China.
PEASANT WOMEN
ALMOST STARVING
PETROGRAD, Feb. 5.—British of
ficers returning from Roumania say
that the women of the peasant class
have been almost starving for many
months. Many of the babies born re
cently have been deformed, and the
mortality among infants has been ex
veedlngly heavy.
The government is deeply con
cerned over the effects of the starva
tion and suffering of the people of fu
ture generations.
AMERICANS WANTED
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Major Gray
son Murphy, former head of the Red
Cross in France, said today: "Every
where in France the people are ask
ing, ‘How soon will the Americans be
here?’ "
RED GUARDS MURDER
AND ROB AT WILE
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 5.—The Fin
nish situation becomes more critical
and battles of considerable propor
tions are being fought continually
between the Russian soldiers and the
forces of the new nation.
It has been impossible so far to
check the looting and murdering car
ried on by members of the Red Guard
who have the people In many sections
completely subjugated by terror.
Don’t miss' the brilliant, speclecu
lar play, "Joan of Arc’ a't the Em
press Theatre tonight.
RED GUARDS RRE
ON SWEDE_STEAMEfi
V«t«el» (Vowing Golf of Bothnia to
Take Swedish Subjects From
(•'inland is Attacked
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Feb. 5.—
Swedish steamships which accompan
ied the gunboat and icebreaker which
crossed the Golf of Bothnia to take
Swedish subjects, who had petitioned
for vessels that they might leave Fin
land, were fired upon today by the
(ted Guards. Later a number of Rus
sian sailors and Red Guards hoarded
the gunboat and apologized, explain
ing that they had fired on the vessels
in belief that they carried arms and
troops with which to fight against the
revolutionists.
MKHAKKKY WORKING
AT THK CAPITAL
Word has been received in the of
fice of the Alaska Road Commission
from Major J. C. Mehaffey, formerly
inetnl>er of the commission. Major
Mehaffey reports that he is at pres
ent stationed In Washington, D. C.,
and has direct charge of the Miscell
aneous Department. This Includes the
road work in Alaska and other im
provements and work being carried
on by the government under the di
rection of the War Department. He
expects to be ordered to active service
by spring.
A mean temperature of 14.6 is re
ported by the local observer for the
last 12 hours ending at 7 o'clock this
morning. The minimum was 11 and
the maximum 18.
SOCIALIST GETS
HEAVY SENTENCE
I
Given Five Years In German Prison;
for Inciting Workingmen to
I
Strike in Berlin
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BERLIN, Feb. 5.—Herr DittmanJ
Socialist leader and member of thej
reichstag, who was arrested this week !
for attempting to incite a group ofj
workmen in the suburbs of Berlin to!
continue the strike against the gov-1
ernment, was today given five years!
in prison for Inciting to high treason.
The lowest point below sea level
in the world Is the dead sea, in Pales
tine, which is 1290 feet. Death Val
ley, California, is 276 feet below sea
level.
A minimum temperature of 9 above
is reported for Valdez during the past
twelve hours, with 60 inches of snow
on the ground.
, K. Yamasaki, a local Nipponese pa
triot, yesterday attended the Red
Cross meeting at the City Hall and
donated $20 to the fund.
45,000 employes were working in
munition plants at the beginning of
the year 1917.
Beter than cash. They earn money
for you. Buy a WAR SAVINGS
STAMP TODAY.
Grant Remington arrived in town
today from down-sound and will re
main in town a few days.
Two men have been reported misB
ing at Ketchikan by the Deputy Mar
shal. They are John Dolan, watch
man at Roe Point Cannery who left
Ketchikan about Christmas and has
never showed up and a native of
Penncoh Island. He left Ketchikan
about a month ago for his home and
has not been seen since.
While the Admiral Evans was in
Kodiak several cases of intoxication
were observed and as that place is
absolutely dry the marshal had nq
difficulty in discovering an oasis on
the Evans the barber-barkeeper be
ing in charge of the beverage that
cheep. He was tried and toiud guil
ty and sentenced to a fine of I1N,
IHOCKEYE WILL BE
8UBJEOT OP MEETING
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VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 6.—
Fisheries representatives of Puget
Sound and British Columbia will meet
here Monday to discuss the best me
thod for conserving the Sockeye sal
mon.
Fishermen and others claims that
“over-fishing" has caused the Fraser
river to lose its place sb the great
est spawning stream in the world for
sockeye salmon.
CANADA HEADS
PEACEMING
Dispatch to Free Press Hays Informa
tion Received that Negotiations
Will Htart in Ten Days
WINNIPEG. Feb. C.—A dispatch
to the Free Press of this city from its
Montreal correspondent says: “I am
informed that Sir Rudolph Borget, of
Montreal, states that the Bank of
Montreal has received a cable from
London today declaring that peace
negotiations would start informally
within ten days.”
No other Intimation has been re
ceived as to who will start negotia
tions, or in what manner peace will
Break up Heavy Barrage hire and
Check anticipated Assault by I'se
of Seventy-Fives
FRANCE, Feb. 5.—That the Am
erican artillerists are the equal if not
superior to the German artillerists
was shown when the American sev
enty-fives concentrated their fire yes
terday on the German trenches break
ing up a heavy barrage fire which was
to have preceeded a German assault.
The raid was entirely frustrated ow
ing to the deadly accuracy of the
American fire.
BIG NEWSPAPER PLANT
DESTROYED BY KIRK
ANACONDA. Feb. 5.—The build
ing and plant of the Anaconda Stan
dard, one of the largest papers of the
copper district, was today totally des
troyed by fire.
Mariners making the port of Val
dez state that heavy storms are en
countered outside the narrows, and
that navigation is exceedingly diffi
cult owing to snow flurries and high
seas.
February 25, 1898, the Maine was
destroyed In the harbor at Havana.
DR. RAFAEL MENOCAL
Or. Rafael Menocai, a leading Cuban
surgeon, hae arrived In thl« country to
take up with the American Red Oreee
effleiai preparatlene for the Retd he*
pHal and equipment te be sent to
PrtMoe bf the Outan Red Cree%
GERMANS USING
GAS* TROOPS
\ inert cans in Charge of Nancy Hector
of Western Front Up Against
Favorite Weapon
FRANCE, Feb. 5.-—The sector oc
cupied by the American troops on thu
western front In northwest of Toulon,
and fourteen miles west of the city of
Nancy, which in a fortress of the first
class. They are strongly entrenched
and are enthusiastic to get at the ene
my. The Germans have been using
gas shells freely on the American po
sition. two men also being wounded
today during the artillery duel.
ILLINOIS RESIDENT DIGS
COAL BENEATH HOUSE
OTTAWA. Feb. 5.- -Guy C. Waite
is an independent man these days of
coal shortage. He has discovered a
two-foot coal vein of high grade qual
ity beneath his house and now digs
the coal and shovels it direct into his
furnace, regardless of the snow
blockaded railroads and the heatless
days.
The highest velocity of wind ever
reported was taken by the instru
ments at St. Paul, Minn., when tho
wind blew 102 miles per hour The
average hourly velocity at St Paul
is 7 miles per hour.
VICTORIA DUE TOMORROW
Th<- steamship Victoria arrived in
Cordoba this morning and is expect
ed to sail for Vaidez about midnight,
arriving here some time about eight.
She has a number of passengers for
Valdez, including Mr. and Mr. S. O.
Caster.
NKW HfHOliMA’AM ON
STKAMfiHIP VICTORIA
Miss Carrie Jacobs, the recently
engaged assistant superintendent of
the Valdez schools, is a passenger on
the steamship Victoria. Miss Jacobs
comes highly recommended and is a
teacher of much experience.
INCOME TAX IS
Penalties are Heavy for Kvaslon—
All Persons Receiving Over 8WHI
Per Annum Must Report
The following cable was received
today from Collector of Internal Rev
enue for distribution throughout Al
aska.
SomeDoay is going 10 leu on you
if you don't pay your income tax
Congress has fixed it so that some
body must tell whether he wants to
or not. One section of the war in
come tax law exhaustively in scope,
requires every person without excep
tion and every corporation, partner
ship. association, and insurance com
pany, in whatever capacity acting,
who pay eight hundred . dollars or
more to another person, corporation,
partnership, association, or insurance
company, as interest, rent, salaries,
wages, premiums, annuities, compen
sation, remuneration, emoluments or
other fixed or determinable gains,
profits and income, to report the
name and the address of the person,
corporation, etc., to whom the pay
ment was made, together with the
amount of the payment, to the com
missioner of internal revenue at
Washington, using a form prescrib
ed for the purpose, from ten ninety
nine, now to be had from all collec
tor’s offices. The forms must be fill
ed out and returned on or before
March first, nineteen eighteen, ac
companied by form ten ninety-six.
which is a letter of transmittal and.,
affidavit certifying the accuracy of ,
form ten ninety-nine.
“WILLIAMS."
Residents of remote districts in Al
aska have been granted a thirty day
extension for filing Income taxes re
turns. Returns which cannot reach
the collector by March thirty-first
should be accompanied by-statement
explaining cause of delay. ^ a