VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1016 NUMBER *T
WILL IMPROVE IKE
■ WIRELESS PLANTS
fastrurnents which will increase effic
iency of Fairbanks Plant Be
sent over trail.
On one of the last steamers from
the states the local office of the Sig
nal Corps received from the depart
ment at Washington a shipment of
■wireless instruments whi.cb will be
sent over the winter road to Fair
banks. The shipment consists of a
Cohen receiving set, which, when in
stalled at the Fairbanks station is
expected to increase the efficiency of
the plant. The Cohen is said to
immensely superior to the kind which
was installed in the station* in Al
aska when they were ftrstWullt. It
is the type of receiver which is now
being installed at all the naval radio
stations. , ■
Ever sin^e the wireless stltion was
installed at Fairbanks considerable
difficulty has been experienced in
handling communications between
that point and Cordova. The Cordora
station has been ablo to receive and
send messages to Fairbanks but the
instruments in the latter place were
evidently not delicate enough or pro
perly attuned.
There are now nine wireless sta
tions in interior Alaska and it is un
derstood that the government plans
the installation of two more during
the coining summer. The new stations
will be located at Fort Yukon and
Holy Cross and should the instru
ments now being sent to Fairbanks
fulfill tho exepectations of the navy
department officials, interior Alaska
points will not suffer when the cable
wr land lines are out of commission.
The instruments which weigh one
hundred and eighty-five pounds, will
be taken over the trail to Fairbanks
by driver Rowbottom with the gov
ernment dog team.
AMERICA READY
FOR PREPAREDNESS
President Wilsyn IJelleves that Coun
will ^Support Adminlstra
ti«>{»v« Defense Policy.
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MILWAUKEE, Feb. 1.—In his ad
dress here last night President Wil
son denied the charge which had been
made that his preparedness policy
had been conce ..innufacturerB
of munitions. He apparently realized
that a large portion of his audience
were of German birth and appealed
to them to uphold the administration
in its efforts to prevt.... America be
ing drawn into the conflict.
President Wilson declared that the
agents of all the European powers in
volved, in the life and death struggle
wer^; bringing tremendous pressure
to bear upon America through the
foraign-barn citizens to secure her ac
tive support. He also declared that
: never in the history of the nation has
! (America faced a greater task than
that 'of avoiding the snares of the
European nations which were trying
to win her to their side.
The President declared that he be
lieved that the country would support
the administration’s national defense
policy despite the campaign which
was. being started against it from
_ certain quarters.
RUSHING REPAIR WORK
ON THE SEWARD DOCK
SARp, Fet* 1.—The Ala-.kan
•ring commission has an army
of men employed on the work of re
building the dock here which was de
stroyed fey fire last week. It Is be
lieved that the work will have been
completed before the middle of this
month and that the structure win ue
ready to receive freight from the i-ext
steamer from the south,
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We guarantee when left to ns to
Install machinery to give satisfac
tion. Valdes Iron Works. tu-tf.
PREDICTS END OP WAR;
ALSO ATTACK ON FRISCO
NEW YORK: "The war will end
on July 26, 1916. On October 12,
1916, San Francisco will be bom
baried and destroyed by a hostile
fleet."
; Gunnery Sergeant Thomas G. Ster
rett, United States marine corps,
makes this dire prophecy, not from
any advance military knowledge, but
l'rom the fact that he is the seventh
‘■on of a seventh son with no girls be
tween, and his comrades think him
something of a forecaster.
Sterrett first gained fame when, in
1892, he predicted a new railway sta
tion for Kansas City.
Sirs LUSITANIA
SHUN GRAVE
Washington Official Circles Fear that
Diplomatic Relations with Ger
many May Be Severed.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 1 —
High officials of the government state
that the situation between the Ger
man and American governments has
again become extremely grave as a
result of the refusal of the German
government to conclude the case of
the Lusitania, which was sunk last
year by a German submarine and
caused the Iosb of hundreds of Amer
ican lives.
It is rumored in diplomatic circles
that Secretary Lansing has received
a note from the German government
stating that in view of the fact that
guns are being mounted on the com
merce ahips of the enemy nations
that Germany cannot now subscribe
to the terms agreed upon in the Lusi
tania controversy several months ; go.
Government officials who are fully
cognizant of the situation which has
developed over the changed attitude
of the German government are said
to be apprehensive that diplomatic re
lations may be severed between the
two countries. Secretary Lansing
has declined to make any comment
on the controversy, but has admitted
that the situation is grave and that
President Wilson may be recalled
from his tour of the country to the
capital.
MINERS LEAVE
FOR INTERIOR
Another Party Left this Morning to
Begin Work of Landing Sup
plies at Slate Greek.
During the past week many minors
have left town to work in the gold
and copper quartz mines which ar -
being developed in the districts sur
rounding Valdez. The launch Kata1
la Queen, which sailed yesterday for
B$y of Isles, Knight’s island, carried
ten men to renew work on the copier
property P. J. Bonner and associates
are developing there. The property
is said to possess the earmarks- of a
very large mine. " '
The launch Shamrock on her last
trip down the Sound carried nearly a
dozen miners to the various mines
which are under development in the
Port Walls district, in addition to sev
eral men who will be employed in' the
I Granite n»ipe at Hobo Bay.
miners pave been leaving ror tne
interior copper and placer gold camps
for several weeks and it is estimated
that fully fifty men are working out
of Chitina delivering supplies to the
mines for the coming season’s opera
tions. f'r
Another party of miners left to
the interior this afternoon en ro’ite
to Slate Creek, where they will spend
the. summer. The members of the
party are Chas. Kraemer, Fred Krae
mer, R. Myers, Doc Burns, Jas. Do -
gett and Fellx'Steplln. The men will
go over the Summit and expect to
make good time with their horses as
they are lightly loaded.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
COL ROOSEVELT BELIEVES
IN UNIVERSAL MILITARISM
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IN BROOKLYN ADDRESS COLONEL DENOUNCES POLITICIANS WHO
FEAR GERMAN-AMERICAN VOTE AND DECLARES THAT UNITED
STATES SHOULD HOLD GERMAN GOVERNMENT FOR DYNAMIT
ING OF THE MUNITION PLANTS—SAYS AMERICA SHOULD HAVE
ACTIVELY INTERFERED AGAINST GERMAN BRUTALITY IN BEL
GIUM-RIDICULED ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN FOR BIG ARMY.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 1.—In an ad
dress delivered yesterday afternoon
before the Institute of Art Colonel
Roosevelt arraigned the politicians
whom he declared were refusing to
uphold the country’s rights because
they feared to offend the Germau
American voters.
Col. Roosevelt strongly denounced
the German warfare and said that na
tion had been disregarding the obli
gations of international humanity in
its dealings with Belgium, and in the
outrages committed on non-coml.at
ants of other nations and in its as
saults on our own people. He said
that it was to the deep discredit ol
the nation that the United States had
not actively and effectively interfer
ed against the callous brutality
shown by Germany ever since the war
began.
He believed that the administration
was showing weakness in its dealings
with Germany and believed that the
American government should have
held the German government respon
sible for the destruction of munition
plants in this country. German dip
lomats had been sent out of the coun
try for instigating conspiracies which
could not have been successful had
not the Government lent its support
and approval.
Col. Roosevelt urged governmental
encouragement and control of muni
tion plants, and said that to make war
on them is make war on the Uniced
States and those doing so should be
dealt with accordingly, and all who
encouraged the plotters should be
dealt with in like manner. He believ
ed the existing munition plants should
be encouraged in every legitimate way
and provisions made to enable them
to continue in operation after the war
in Europe had ended. He favored the
establishment of government muni
tion factories farther Inland and said
that the whole matter of providing
for and regulating the output of mu
nitions was one in which America
could profit by following the example
of Geimany.
lioosevelt ridiculed the plan for a
large Continental army, which, he as
serted, would penalize patriotic men
by causing them loss of time, busi
ness training or money at the very
period of their lives when they could
not afford to be handicapped in favor
of their Ipss patriotic and more sel
fish competitors. He believed univer
sal military service was the only so
lution for providing an adequate force
to defend the nation if invasion by
foreign foe threatened.
He favored military service as a
part of high school education and be
lieved that the training should seri
ously begin at the age of sixteen
years, and that between the ages of
eighteen and twenty-one the men
should be given six months service
with the colors.
REINDEER HELPED
ALASKA NATIVES
Governor Says Responsibility for Oar
ing for the Animals Has Gradu
ally Changed Eskimos.
The reindeer industry which began
in Alaska in 1892 by the introduction
of a few reindeer from Siberia has
long been a demonstrated success in
many sections according to Governor
Strong in his annual report to the
Secretary of the Interior.
His report says the industry has
placed the native Inhabitants beyond
the reach of grim want which always
faced them during the long witter
sensors. The natives, and especially
the Eskimos, who were the first bene
ficiaries of the introduction of rein
deer, were always improvident. This,
however, Is characteristic of all abo
riginal peoples. But wherever the
reindeer have been introduced in
Alaska the industry has had a bene
ficial effect upon the native people. It
has taught them to assume responsi
bilities, increased their activities, and
raised them materially la the ways of
civilized life, 'mere is sun need oi
the extension of the industry. There
are thousands of natives in the delta
country between the Yukon and Kus
kokwlm rivers, and in the Aleutian
Islands who can be saved from pos
sible extinction by introducing the
reindeer among them and teaching
them how to care for the animals and
themselves. In this way their habits
of living will be gradually changed
from miserable dugouts or igloos
which they now inhabit to more sani
tary and comfortable dwellings. In
the Aleutian group of islands there
are probably 1500 Aleuts; in the Yu
kon-Kuskokwim delta there are prob
ably 6,000 natives of the Bering Soa
Eskinio tribes.
CHANGE TONIGHT
AT THE LIBERTY
A well arranged change of pro
gram at the Liberty Theatre tonight.!
A good show. Warm and comfort
able and good pictures 4 the liber
ty's aim.
JITNEY DANCE
FEBRUARY 22
iiasebull Funs Will He Given Chance
to Reciprocate for Entertain
ment Last Summer.
Although it is only the beginning
of February and the residents of Val
dez can expect a few more days of
winter weather the baseball fans are
making plans to have a ball team
which, they believe, will trim any
thing In this section of Alaska.
During the past summer the boys
entertainment by playing every Sun
day when the weather would permit
and they are now going to afford the
lovers of the game an opportunity to
reciprocate, and at the same time as
sure themselves of being able to wit
ness some good games next summer..
The boys have announced that
they will give a grand dance at Eagle
Hall on the evening of February 22,
and they state that no effort will
be left undone to make it the success
of the season. It will be on the same
order as the “Jitney” dance given by
the Firemen some weeks ago, and is
expected to realize sufficient funds to
provide the club with suits and other
paraphernalia.
Valdez has one of the best ball
grounds in the territory and as Cor
dova, Fort Liscum, Seward and An
chorage all support one or more
teams It is possible that a league may
be formed which would insure sever
al good games being played in Val
dez during the coming summer.
GENERAL VILLA ROUTED
FROM HIS STRONGHOLP
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EL PASO, Feb. 1.—Mexican ad
vices received here state that the
Carranxalstaa have succeeded in dis
lodging General Villa and his army
of bandits from their stronghold in
Dolorosa canyon. The dispatches in
dicate that the outlaw chief add his
men are entirely surrounded and it is
believed that his capture will be ef
fected.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland's
Prioes reasonable. •
FIVE COUPLES TAKEN
IN RAID AT KODIAK
The United States marshal’s office
has received word from Kodiak that
five couples were gathered in there
last week for unlawful cohabitation.
The arrests were made by Deputy
Karl Armstrong and when the de
fendants were brought before U. S.
Commissioner S. I, Stone one of the
couples expressed a willingness to
marry and were immediately made
man and wife. Seven of the other de
fendants were sentenced to serve
three months each in jail, the other
defendant being let off with thirty
days in jail. All of the parties were
Russian natives.
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Militia Searching for Bodies of Dead
. from Otay Flood Report that
Looters Are Active.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 1.—Tele
graphic reports from the north are
to the effect that the big dam on Ca
yama river, a tributary of the Santa
Marie, had been broken by the flood 1
and had swept the valley to its junc
tion with the Santa Marie. The dis
patches do not Indicate that there
was loss of life but the loss of prop
erty will be heavy.
The situation in this district is de
plorable. Thousands of persons have
been driven from their homes, or
been rendered destitute by the de
struction of their property. The Olay
valley has been devastated for a dis
tance of fifty miles and-all ranches in
the valley have been laid waste by
the wall of water which rolled down
to the sea when the dam broke.
State troops, aided by private citi
zens are searching the ruins of the
hundreds of homes for the bodies of
the victims of the flood and have re
ported that vandals are robbing the
dead and looting their property which
escaped destruction.
The rain which fell in torrents for
several days has ceased and it is be
lieved that the worst of the floods
have passed. The loss of property in
this section of the state will be enor
mous and is variously estimated up to
ten million dollars.
JURY DRAWN FOR
FEBRUARY TERM
List of Citizens whose Names were
Drawn to Serve as Petit Jurors
During Coming Term,
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Jury Commissioner Ed Wood and
Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang offi
ciated this morning at the court
house when the names of thirty citi
zens were drawn from the box to
serve as petit jurors during the com
ing term of the district court.
The court term will begin on Feb
ruary 15, but the jurors are not re
quired to appear until March 16.
Following is the list of Jurors who
have been called to serve for the
term:
Chas. Turner, Cordova; S. L. Cole
well, Seward; Geo. Heckman, Cordo
va; Wayne Blue, Seward; H. P. King,
Jr., Valdez; Geo. A. Mirlach, Sew
ard; H. M. Conrad, Valdez; W. Fair
man, Roosevelt; Lee J. Rice, Roose
velt; F. H. Sheldon, Cordova; H.
Johnson, Valdez; M. L. Hall, La
touche; Chas. G. Hubbard, Seward;
J. Whalen, Ellamar; James Stewart,
Seward; Tim Marcum, Valdes; R. T.
Herod, Eyak; A. Laska, Cordova;
Simon Like, Latouche; Charles
Schultz, Cooper Creek; Dean Searlee,
Cordova; Joseph Stanton, Valdez?
W.' D. Thompson, Valdez; W. J. Mor
ton, Valdez; George Ament, Cooper
Creek; W. R. Morton, Valdez; Harry
H. F. King, Valdez; J. H. Callln, Val
dez; H. R. Lee, Cordova; W. Patter
son, Cordova. .
Fancy Stationery at the Valdes
Drug Store. *
WILL CONNECT
Chain of Wireless Stations will Ki
tend from Alaska to all Part*
of South America.
WASHINGTON, L>. C., Feb. 1.
The United States government has ap
proved of a plan for the establish
ment of a chain of radio stations
which will bring every republic on
the western hemisphere into commu
nication with each other. The chain
of wireless stations will extend from
Alaska to the uttermost reaches of
South America and will serve to
bring the commercial interests of the
Americas into closer business rcl*
tlons.
The plan to establish closer busi
ness relations between the United
States and the Central and South
American countries by means of v-'re
less communication is said to have
been advanced by the representative
of Argentine in the Pan-American
conference last summer, and it is un
derstood that each of the nations rep
resented in the conference have en
dorsed the plan.
SHERIFF HODGE WILL
CONTINl'E THE RAIDS
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—Sheriff Hodge
has announced that he will continue
to raid homes where complaints have
been lodged that more than the legal
amount of liquor under the prohibi
tion cases himself if Prosecuting At
torney Lundln refuses to act.
D. E. Skinner, head of the Port
Blakeley Mill company, whose home
was raided by deputies and several
gallons of liquors seized says that
Governor Lister had assured him that,
under the prohibition law that pri
vate homes would not be searched.
HALS ARE IT
ABUS FOR PEACE
Editor of German-American Public**
tion Says all of Europe Will be
Drawn Into Conflict.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—Herman
Bernstorn, one of the Ford delegates
who returned from Europe on the
liner Rotterdam yesterday, declare#
that the efforts of the Ford expedi
tion were foredoomed to failure be
fore the party left New York.
Bernstorn is editor of “The Day,”
a pro-German newspaper, which is
published in New York, and in the
issue of his paper today declares that
the neutral nations of Europe are less
anxious for peace than the belliger
ents. His investigations covered Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark and Holland,
and he says all are enjoying unpre
cedented business prosperity as a re
sult of the war and declined to co-op
erate with the expedition in any way.
He predicts that all of Europe, with
the possible exception of Spain, will
be involved In the war before hostili
ties are ended and says that all of
them are preparing for war.
CANADA WILL SETTLE
FEW SEALING CLAIMS
OTTA%A. Feb. 1.—The committee
appointed by the Dominion govern
ment to investigate and report on the
pelagic sealing claims has recom
mended the payments of awards
amounting to only sixty thousand dol
lars. There were sixteen hunr'ied
claimants who demanded a total of
nine million dollars.
ADMIRAL EVANS COMING
WITH FEW PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—The steamer
Admiral Evans, of the Admiral Line,
sailed for Southwestern Alaska ports
with a light passenger list but carried
a capaoity cargo of freight, sevv-ral
hundred tons of which is conslgued
to Gastineau channel points. The
cabin paseengera for Valdez are: Geo.
I. Love, John jj^g, and Weinner
Mears for Fort Ltscum.