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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 11117
OI R ‘FRIEND" CARRANZA.
‘‘Our great and good friend General
Carwmza," as one United States sena
lor described him in congress recent
y, has been unusually slow to detiy
knowledge of the German proposal
lor a Japanese-Mexican-German alli
ance against the United States in the
event of our going to war with Ger
many. The “first chief’s” foreign min
uter, after considerable hesitation,
made a perfunctory denial, but there
lias been so much reticence in connec
tion with the whole incident that we
may feel justified in doubting Carran
za’s good faith.
Japan lias been prompt to disavow
any connection with the German en
terprise. In addition to saying that
1 he Zimmerman letter had not been
received in Tokio, high Japanese of
ficials emphatically denounced the
German scheme as preposterous so far
,.s that country was concerned anil
pledged anew their adherance to the
United States so long as they were al
lowed to bear the white man s burden
5n sunny California.
Mexico is very fertile ground for
German intrigues. The American go
crnment has much evidence which
does not place Carranza’s government
i:i a good light. Mexican ports have
been havens tor German raiders if
not l'or German submarines. Ger
mans are high in the councils of Car
ranza. It is said that Carranza’s
troops attacked the American scout
ing expedition near Parral at the in
stigation of the German consul at Par
ral. Villa’s Columbus massacre is re
ported to have been plotted by Ger
mans in the hope of involving this
country in war with Mexico.
After we had recognized his shad-1
owy government and attempted to j
bolster him up. Carranza reciprocated j
by taking counsel from a nation which ;
.sought to embroil his country in war ;
with ours; and it is a natural infer
ence now that Carranza's persistent
obstinacy in the face of American
threats, which characterize his deal
ings with our government is bulwark
ed by his assurance of support from
Germany.
The protestations of friendship
irom our “undying friend” should be
received with a great deal of reser
vation.
THE Weekly Democrat, published
at Anchorage, gets considerably peev
ed over the fact that Valdez held a
mass meeting and protested against
the removal of the court house to that
refrigerating plant, and says many un
kind things about us for having the
presumption of wanting to hold on
to what we’ve got. The Democrat is
very inconsistent in its remarks, and
in many ways shows the earmarks of
its forn.er editor. We have no objec
tions to the inhabitants of Anchorage
using our court house whenever the
Marshal’s office deems it necessary,
providing they come over here, but we
must insist, even at the risk of calling
forth further vituperation from the
alleged mouthpiece of Democracy,
that our court house remains where
it is.
BECAUSE the editor of the Weakly
Democrat at Anchorage failed to se
cure a job of deputy marshal from the
Marshal’s oifiee at this place, it at
tacks the Territorial officials and Mar
shal Brenneman in a manner both tin
seemly and libelous. It is really no
cuticle off our anatomy, but judging
the man by the language he uses we
believe Marshal Brenneman showed
unusually good judgment in refusing
; to considering his application for an
office where a man must have both
judgment and courtesy in dealing
with the public.
MARSHAL BRENNEMANS office.
| so far as any one knows, lias been
lone of the best conducted in ihe Ter
j ritory. His force of deputy marshals
l have been carefully chosen and are
1 both gentlemanly in their dealings
with the public and intelligent in the
performance of their duties. It ill be
hooves any man to attack any official
because he has failed to secure per
sonal privileges. If Marshal Brenne
man ran his office on the lines sug
gested b> every unfit offleeseeker. he
would soon detract from its high effi
ciency and receive censure from the
powers that be. Thinking persons can
find no fault with an official in ap
pointing his men for their fitness. We
believe it would be hard to beat the
| “court bouse bunch" for unfailing
i courtesy and application to duty.
ORDERS received by this office
yesterday render it most inopportune
for us to publish the arrival and de
parture of steamers, and the dates of
their sailings, on account of the re
ported presence of submarines in the
northern Pacific ocean. While the ru
i mor may have been caused by the un
timely appearance of one of our pet
whales we keep for the amusement of
summer tourists, yet it is the duty of
all good citizens to accede to the re
quests of the government, therefore
until we receive permission from
those in authority we will confine our
marine news to the arrival and de
parture of the mosquito fleet, trust-j
ing {hat our readers will not ascribe
the omission to lack of journalistic
enterprise.
I WHILE Seward and Anchorage
| have been busily scrapping over the
! railway terminal. Cordova has been
j raking in the big, juicy manufactur
i ing plants and canneries. The Cop
| per City promises to eclipse both her
j rivals in the amount of business done
[before the end of the year.
IT IS now up to the citizens of Va
ldez to get in and boost for fish to sup
.ply the new cannery of the Valde;
Packing Company. Let's get in and
show Manager Emel that we are glad
ho chose Valdez as a site for his plant,
and encourage his company by our in
terest in its future success.
t AND it might be just as well to
remind the editor of the Democrat
that while we are willing to admit
that he has many of the former pop
! ulation of Valdez at Anchorage, we
are getting down on our marrow
bones each night praying that he will
keep them there.
i ONLY two more days and the City
Marshal will have that snow shoveled
i at your expense.
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• TODAY is Friday, the 13th. The
goblins ’ll catch you if you cion t
watch out.
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Curacoa In Port.
The freighter Curacoa arrived in
port this morning with considerable
freight for the cannery, including re
torts, cookers and lumber and ma-,
terial for several fish scows. Capt.
Landstrom of the Curacoa is a broth
er of Pilot Landstrom of the North-!
western, well known here, while Pilot;
Olson has been here many times as
pilot on the steamers of the Admiral
Line. First Officer Beattie was for
merly on the Victoria. Chief Engineer
| Moon was formerly a resident of Val
j dez for several years when he was
[chief engineer on the Dora. The Cur
iacoa will go through to Seward. An
ichorage and several of the canneries
l on the Inlet. The Captain of the
I ship stated that he had received wire
I less warning to be on the lookout for
j submarines. •
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Notice
I On Saturday. April 14. at 2 p. in.,
I there will be sold at public auction
to the 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.
A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Needlecraft Shop. tf
Auytbing in nugget and ivory Jew
1 elry at Valdez Drug Co.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. K. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
SECOND WHO
OF SUBMARINES
IS SENT FROM SAN FRANCISCO
All PadHc Coast Ports anti Vessels at
Sen Warned to lie On tin* Lookout
for Submarines—Relieved Lurking
Off Mexican Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 13—A sec
ond warning has been flashed out
from the naval authorities here to all
points along the coast and to ships
on the ocean, warning them to be on
the lookout for German submarines.
No official Infoimation as to the ex
act location of the submarines, hut ii
is believed tiiat they are lurking oil
the coast of Mexico seeking for an op
portunity to intercept the cargoes of
munitions leaving coast ports for
Vladivostok. There are also hints of
<1 wireless station somewhere along
the coast that is keeping the subma
rines posted as to the movements of
vessels.
CARRANZA MAY OUST
GERMANS FROM ARMY
BROWNSVILLE. Tex., April 13.
President Carranza Is reported here
to have alleged to be desirous of rout
ing all Germans from the army of
the Provisional Mexican Army. He is
stated to have said that as the United
States has now gone to war against
the Germans, that he is afraid that
Germans may cause a breach between
Mexico and the United States and he
■ ears that as a result the United
States wil permit of no monkeying
.md send troops into his nation on a
business errand that will wipe the
country quickly to submission.
INCREASE CROPS, IS
PLEA OF PRESIDENT
ATLANTA, Ga., April 13.—Presi
dent Wilson, in a telegram tp the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce last
night, officially indorsed the move
ment to be inaugurated in a confer
ence here Thursday to increase the
food crops of the South as a war
measure. The President's telegram
said: "Whoever adds to the food sup
ply this year will have performed u
service, both to his country and to
.is connnu,.Uy."
Valdez Itecrementltious.
According to all reports in the opin
ion ot' the “learned counsel” who de
lended Mr. Kanitz, our Valdez wit
nesses were just a bunch of recremen
titious things. Should this term be
any ways puzzling to any of you. no
doubt the aforesaid counsel will take
great pleasure in expounding it io you
tor in plain English it means just
scum.
MRS. JAS. GILMORE.
I Wonder If We Could Try.
The united services held by the dif
ferent churches Easter was the
finest example of Christian Brother
hood that I have ever seen in Valdez,
and they might well say to the peo
ple, “I have given you an example
that you should do likewise, if even
just a little bit of the spirit of true
brotherhood, the real genuine (thru
the gravel to bedrock) Brotherhood
could permeate the social and reli
ligious life of our town Instead of the
pernicious apirit of Pharisaism, what
a desirable place it would be to live
in, and we would then have the most
inviting and the very cheeriest little
town on the coast, for we would pos
sess the most Christlike spirit of
Brotherhood. If we could only un
derstand the meaning of the words
“encourage and help” as thoroughly
as we understand “condemnation and
discouragement” what a lot of good
qualities we might discover and help
to develop in one another and thru
them llnd the hidden possibilities
within ourselves, that we are perhaps
smothering with our foolish little airs
and graces and superficial judgment
of each other, and thereby retarding
the growth of our town and ourselves
just because we will not see the beau
ty of Brotherhood.
Bryan Will Go to War.
• TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April IS.—
William Jennings Bryan has address
ed a letter to President Wilson ten
dering his services to the govern
ment. Col. Bryan has requested that
he be assigned immediately to any
work required until he is called to
the colors.
.Airplane Is Donated.
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 13.—
An $8,000 airplane will be Charles
ton’s contribution to the government
as an expression of patriotism from
its citizens. Fred C. Peters of Port,
is the originator of the movement.
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Garden Time Is Coming
Choice Variety of Seeds
OTHING tends to “boost ” a com
munity li/^e well kept gardens, either
flower or vegetable, and Valdez gar
have long been the admiration and
Wonder of visitors. To have a successful
gat den you must first have good, fresh seeds,
such as are adapted to the soil.
This store offers you selected seeds of
choice varieties-—guaranteed fresh; also all
the necessary gardening implements such as
spades, rakes, hoes, trowels, etc.
Start a tew boxes ot plants now, and help re
duce the high cost ot living by having your own
vegetable garden this summer.
Protect your garden and flower beds with our galvanized poultry
netting—Comes three and five foot widths.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
OWL DRUG CO.
The: only IRexall? Store in
Valdez.
Prescription* a* Specialty.
Si-detraction Guaranteed
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, if
George C. Treat Budding
Telephone No. 60
Genes al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Goal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Ice cream every day, specials on
Sunday at Hunt’s Candy Kitchen, tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. that bagia^e for you. tf
Full Line Koenig's Chocolates at
Keystone Produce Co. tf
Fine assortment Koenig's Easter
Box Candies. Keystone Produce Co.
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A Wholesome and
Worthy Product
But Half Describes
Crescent Baking Powder
and it must be
tried by you to
be appreciated.
It absolutely
prevents any
falling of pastry
SOU) BV GROCKKB
25c lb. Can.
CHH8CKNT Ml-Xl. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Often I»ay anti Night McKinley Street, Below ('able Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
i EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Candy Kitchen i
E. W. HUNT—In Owl Drug Store. j
FOUNTAIN DRINKS ;
HOT COLD j
WE PAY
28 cents per pound for Topper
18 cents per pound for Brass
8c lb. for Rubber Shoes.
7c lb. for I-end.
*20.00 per ton for cast iron.
*15 per ton Wrought Iron.
5c per lb. for Rope.
;$ i2 c |ter |>ound for Rags.
*20.00 per ton for Paper.
27c per do/. Beer Bottles, qts.
17c do/. Beer Bottles, pints.
E. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, W ASH.
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
Cdict, Ceekie. k But. 15c per daxea.
Freack, Rya mad Wkite Bread 12 1-2
ceati per leal.; Order, takea far .peeial
occawaai.
BERGSTROM * ROGSTAD, Prop*.
PHONEJ17 - Tkrr* ktn M«*W Kfi|
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. l>»OY
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Are, Seward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel
Watch This
Space
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prop
A new line or heaters priced right,
at Mead's. tf
A fresh lot of Haas' Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
All of the latest Books. Magazines
and News Papers received on each
boat. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Downey's’Box Candies at Hunts
! Candy Kitchen. tf
i Fresh candy at the Emporium, tl
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ^
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
offices over \ h liter UruK « o.
Phone *l.% JleKinle.v street
Contract Suru.-uii, f. s. Army
A. A. Sui kicnn. i" S. Public Hff Irh Serv
(Marine Hospital>
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate Nattoaal Lalveralty
tV aahlaaton, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND j
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Ollier Opposite Coart Honae
Pboae 34 VAI.DK/. ALASKA
JOHN LIONS a IT KITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
» TTORNE V A-AT-LA W
OtUcra la " kalian Bulldloa
Pboae 101 VaLDKX. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
(Hasses Fitted Lenses (iround
VAIjDKZ liODOB J
NO 168 *
F rrr ud Aiifptrd Mumi
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. PL. C., M. D. Pro*. j|
Jos. A. Silverman Ph. G. M. D. j
PHYSICIAN AN1) Sl'KGKON
Office bom-1 to 4 p. m —7 to 8 p. ■.
Sunday by Appointment
! Ren. Tel. 176 Office TO. 19
| Boyle Block Valdez
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mane
GUST KJtlNG. Secretary.
Valdez Alaaka.