VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1016 NUMBER 6
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ADMIRAL WATSON
. STRIKESDHREEF
'[WO HOLES PUNCHED IN HULL
Hits About Two Miles From Irish
Cove While Outward Hound—Pas
sengers and Mail Transferred to
Alameda—Details Unknown.
The steamer Admiral Watson,
which left here Thursday evening,
struck on a reef in Fidalgo bay about
two miles southwest of Irish Cove,
while coming out after having taken
on ore at the mine of the Alaska
Mines Corporation. She struck about
7 o’clock yesterday morning, during
a blinding snowstorm, and immediat
ely sent out a wireless call for, as
sistance and to take care of the pas
sengers and mail. {
( The message was picked up by the
±4fhitshed wireless station and relay
leaf to Cordova, where the freighter
Cordova was unloading and'the Ala
meda warn taking on a cargo of ore.
£e Cordova immediately left for
cene of the accident, while the
eda was held to taka on the pas
sengers and mail. £
Advices received ' from Cordova
late last night state that the Watson
was floated off the reef and that the
Cordova was standing by to tow her
to Cordova as soon as the weather
would permit The Cordova ha l
transferred the mail and passengers
from the Watson to the Alameda,
which had proceed to a point off
Knowles Head and was awaiting the
transfer. The Watson has two holes
punched in her hull, and two com
partments were badly flooded by the
inrushing waters.
This morning advices from Cor
dova state that the Watson is at that
place, tied up to the wharf, but it
is not stated whether the Cordova
towed her in of whether she arrived
under her own power. The extent of
tjj^damage had not been ascertained,
and'the officers were awaiting instruc
tions from Seattle before making ary
move.
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CONTENTS ARE FOUND INTACT
Bolts Stuck and Oxy-Acetylene Ap
paratus Used to Cut Away Frame
Bank Will Resume Business In the
Road Commission’s Office.
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The vault of the First Bank of Val
dez was opened yesterday afternoou,
and the contents found in first-class
condition, notwithstanding the vault
had been subjected to the most in
tense heat. The combination on the
vault worked perfectly, but the bead
had warped the frame or the bolts
so that they could not be withdrawn
from their sockets. As a consequence
the oxy-acetylene apparatus of G. W.
Long was brought into requisition
and the sockets melted out permitting
the bolts to come out and the door
was take noff without injury. The
interior of the vault found to be un
injured. During the early hours of
the lire the valuable adding machines
and typewriters in the bank had been
placerf^n the vault and these were
uninjured, as were all the books and
papers.
Major P. W. Davison of the Alaska
Road Commission, has tendered the
use of the Commission office in the
Seattle Hotel block to the bank offi
cials as temporary quarters, and bus
iness will probably be resumed there
within a day or two.
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> Information Wanted.
Will the two men who carried the
couch out of the postoffice building
during the fire on the morning of
January 2, please call at the office of
the United States Marshal?
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It' Moose Dance.
Big Moose Dance Saturday night.
Splendid music and a good time. 2t
BRAWN HURRIES BIG FRENCH GUN INTO POSITION
Photo t>> American Press Association.
in the lighting of the Somme french soldiers often are called on to push the hig guns, which run on tracks,
Into position.
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WOOD IMPLICATES
JOSEPH TUMULTY
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IN ALLEGED OFFICIAL LEAK
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Says He Heard That Tumulty and li.t
rucli Held Fre<|uent Conferences In
New York — Alleges President's
Hrother-ln-Law Also I*rotit.s.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 6.—
Congressman Wood of Iowa, father
of the resolution for the probe of
the alleged leak of the German peace
proposal, testified before the congres
sional committee yesterday aft;i
noon. He mentioned the names d
Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the
President and Barney Baruch, mem
ber of the Council on National De
fense, and stated that he had heard
reports that Tumulty and Baruch
had held conferences several times at
the Hotel Biltmore, in New York,
just previous to the making public
of the German note, and that Baruch j
is alleged to have sold steel stocks j
short. He also stated that he had;
information to the effect that the bro-1
keraige firm of Connolly & Co., of i
which Mr. Bollong, a bjjqthec-in-law
of the President is a memberfi pfv-flt
ed largely by the stock flurry follow
ing the announcement of the Cm man
proposal.
DEFAULTING OFFICIAL
PAROLED FROMi PRISON
SPOKANE, Jan. 6.—Glen B. Der
byshire, the former county clerk, who
confessed to the theft of more than
$10,000 from the county funds here
two years ago and was sentenced to
one to 15 years in the penitentiary,
was given a parole Saturday by thn
state prison board. He left Walla
Walla for California, where his wife
and daughter reside.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. RUSH.
Lad Vara Cruz Landings Haa
Now Gona on Ratirad Liat.
SUFFERS WAS SUNK
BY GERMAN U BOAT
AMSTERDAM Jau. G—The French
battleship Suffren, reported as lost
in a French official statement of
December 8, was torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine, a Berlin statement
received here asserts. The undersea
boat sank the warship on Novembe
26 off the Portugese coast and the
entire crew of 713 men was lost.
WANT BROKERS
TO SAVE BOOKS
WIIJj PROBE AM, TRANSACTIONS
Investigating Committee Wants to
Know of Deals in Stocks Immedi
ately Prior to Publishing German
Note—Wood Admits Evidence
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WASHINGTON. D. C\, Jail « —
The House Committee on Rules, in-/
jvestigating the alleged leak of the
German peace proposal, has-adopted
| a resolution to ask Wall Street brok
Jers in New York to preserve all books
and papers coyfering transactions in i
stocks imniadiately prior to the mak
ing public of the German note.
Congressman Wood admitted today
that his testimony against Tumulty
and Baruch was purely hearsay and
he requested that Otto Kahn, a New
York banker, be subpoenaed to ap
pear before the committee and give
testimony regarding certain stock
transactions.
JAPAN BARRING FLOUR
BECAUSE OF HIGH COST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6 —
Americans are not the only ones feel
ing the high war prices on foodstuff-.
Peports to the department of com
merce says that Japan has cut down
her imports of American flour heav
Uy, due to the war. American ftou
formerly was imported by Japan and
there blended with lower grades of
Manchurian flour. It is even stated
that Japan is planning to reverse the
normal order and export wheat to
the United States.
REV. ZINN LEAVES FOR
SEWARD ON SPOKANE
Rev. George John Zinn, Episcopal
minister in charge of this division,
will leave for Seward on the Spokane
for a week or ten days business trip
in connection with church matters.
During his absence services will be
conducted as usual by Mr. Ed war.'
Rucker, lay reader.
Wrist Watch in Africa.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—
The wrist watch, the pride of Fifth
Avenue and the boulevards of Paris,
has fopnd it^.way into Darkest Afri
ca. Consular reports from Mombasa
in East Africa, say that wrist watches
have been introduced there and arc
meeting with favor. Probably on ac
count of having no other place to
keep them.
T1UL WANTS
PUB JJPOLOGY
DENIES KNOWLEDGE OE NOTE
Declares He Never Visited liiltinore
Hotel In New York and Never
Lunched Witli Bernard Baruch—
Will Give Testimony. ^
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WASHINGTON, D. t’.. Jan. 0 —
Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to Pres
ident Wilson, whom Congressmen
Wood yesterday implicated in the
leak of the German Peace propose 1
before the congressional investigat
ing committee, is highly incensed at
the action of the Congressman, and
demands that the latter shall make a
public apology for using his name be
fore t^e^committee.
He asserts that he was never at the
Biltinore hotel in New York, and that
lie never lunched with Bernard Ba
ruch, as stated by Wood in his testi
mony.
Tumulty states that he was com
pletely ignorant of the existence of
the German note until it was made
public, and that he will voluntarily
appear before the commission and
so testify.
GERMANS PREPARE
A SECOND NOTE
TO THE ENTENTE NATIONS
Dispatch From Switzerland States
Teutons Will Submit Further Pro
posals Giving Precise Conditions
for Ending War.
PARIS, Jan. 6.—Advices received
here today from Geneva, Switzerland,
state that the Central Powers are
preparing a second note to the En
tente Powers on the subject of bring
ing the war to a close. It is stated
that this second note will enumerate
the precise conditions upon which the
Central Powers will negotiate for
peace.
Notice to Our Patrons.
We wish to announce to our pa
trons that we have opened our vault
and that all of our books and records
and those entrusted to our safe keep
ing were found unharmed and in per
fect condition. Our Bank is now
open in our temporary quarters
around the corner of the Road Com
mission office.
tf FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ.
The launch Katalla Queen, Capl.
Bert Cooper, left today for Fidalgo
Bay to bring Julius Jungholm to
town, who is reported seriously ill
at the mine of the Alaska Mines Cor
poration.
BELGIANS ROLL IN
BARREL** TO LIBERTY
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 6.—Belgians
wishing to cross the border to free
dom in Holland now get inside s
flour barrel and roll down a slope
under the electrified cable which pro
tects the frontier, mucta to the cha
grin of the German sentinels.
FALL AMIN
ON RAMPAGE
FLAYS THE ADMINISTRATION
Senator From New Mexico Fires a
Broadside at the President Over
the Mexican Situation and Monroe
Doctrine.
EL PASO, Jan. 6.—Senator Fill of
New Mexico, passed through here to
day en route to the National Capital.
He could not resist the temptation to
maintain his reputation and while
here delivered an extremely vicious
attack against the administration.
He declared the Monroe Doctrine
to be dead and in the discarn a
worthless scrap of paper. He assert
ed that if the Japanese government
should land on invading army o-i the
coast of Guaymas the United States
would pay a billion dollars to avoid
a fight and would give the Japanese
a camp site on this side of the bor
der.
HURLEY HANDS
IN RESIGNATION
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Chairman of the Board Resigns He
rause His I*rivate Business Re
quires All of His Time and Atten
tion.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan t> —
Edward Nash Hurley, chairman of
the Federal Trade Commission, has
handed in his resignation, and will
retire to private life. He gives as a
reason for his resignation that his
business interests are, suffering be
cause of his inability to give to them
the time and attention they require
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Press Agent for Labor
MADISON, Wis., Jan. 6.—Fred
erick Mackenzie, managing editor of
LaFollette's Magazine, has been en
gaged by the American Association
for Labor Legislation to take charge
of the publicity service. A nation
wide campaign will be made for leg
islation to better the condition of
laboring men and women.
FOR SALE—Ferro engine in good
condition, 2 cylinders, 6 horse power
Enquire E. Lains, Fort Liscum.
ADMIRAL VON SCHROEDER.
Commands Gorman Marinoo
In Oooupiod Parts of Belgium.
KAISER PLACES
BLAMEJ ALLIES
SENDS NOTE TO THE OFFICERS
Declares that by Help of God German
Army Will Soon Enforce Peace—
Says Allies Must Rear llurden of
Further Sacrifices.
BERLIN, Jan. 6.—It is reported
here that the Kaiser has issued or
ders to the officers of the army and
ravy, in which he states that to
enemy has refused Germany's pro
posal for peace, preferring the dc
struction of the nation, but, he a
serts, with God’s help, our arms will
enforce peace. He places the respon
sibility for the continuation of tin
struggle entirely upon the Entente
Powers, and says upon them must
fall the reproach for the further sac
rifices of life on the battlefield.
j GERMANY ASKS WITHDRAWAL
State Department Receives Request
from German Government for the
Withdrawal of American Minister
at Rumanian Capital.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jiii 6. -
The German government has sent a
request to the State Department re
questing the withdrawal of the Unt
ted States minister at Bucharest Ru
mania. Charles J. Vopika, '•ha-ring
that he has been unduly active in be
half of the Entente powers. It is
probable that the German req <ost
fo rthe removal of the minister will
s
be complied with.
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FAREWELL TALK
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ROASTS THE ADMINISTRATION
Senator From California Asserts that
WTlson’s Dictatorship and Adm'i •
Lstration’s Secrecy Are Country’s
Greatest Danger.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan 6.—
Senator Works, of California, who
was defeated for re-election last Nov
ember, made a marathon farewell
tpeech in the Senate yesterday, dur
ing which he characterized the dicta
torship assumed by President Wilsor.
and the administration’s secrery in
dealing with foreign affairs the great
est dangers confronting the country.
COLONEL RICHARDSON
EXTENDS SYMPATHIES
In response to his telegram to Cel.
Richardson at Washington, inform
ing him of the conflagration of last
Tuesday, Major W. P. Davison, of .he
Alaska Road Commission, last even
ing received the following reply from
Col. Richardson.
"Expected further information
about the fire referred to in your
first telegram, hence delay in reply
ing. Our escape seems to have been
\ ery fortunate. Extend by sincere-1
sympathies to those suffering losses
and give what aid you can from our
j Board. Advise any further details of
importance.”
Irish Will Protest.
LONDON, Jan. fc—The Times’
correspondent in Dublin says a very
strong protest will be made in Ire
land if Thursday Is designated as
the day on which meat is not to be
eaten.
It is urged that Friday is the na
tural day to select as Ireland is »
strongly Catholic country.