VOLUME JOV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1016 NUMBER
NEW CABINET
IS ANNOUNCED
GEORGE IS HEAD WAR COUNCIL
Official Announcement of Personnel
of Cabinet Contains Few Changes
from the List Unofficially Given
Out Before.
LONDON, Dec. 13.—The official
announcement of the personnel rf
the George cabinet was announced
Igst evening and with comparatively
few changes follows the unofficial list
formerly announced. Premier George
heads the war council, and Bonar Law
is Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord Curzon, the Conservative
leader of the House of Lords, will be
permitted to absent himself from the
daily sessions of the House when
such absence is made necessary by
his duties in the cabinet.
The Premier also assumes the dic
tatorship of the new official bodies to
he created, consisting of the Food
and Shipping commissioners, con
sisting of Baron Davenport, Sir Jos
eph Maclay and Sir Robert Finley.
The new Lord Chancellor meets the
popular demand by renouncing the
ten thousand pounds pension which
goes with the office.
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To Push the War.
LONDON, Dec. 13 —Premier Lloy.l
George was unable to appear before
the House of Commons yesterday, as
he is suffering from an attack i.f
ague. Bonar Law' appeared hefove!
the House and asked for a postpone I
ment of the Premier’s address until j
Thursday. In a statement issued (
day the Premier announced that the 1
war would be prosecuted to a trium- ]
phant conclusion.
GERMAN REPLY
TO SWISS NOTE!
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ON DKPORTATIOX OK BKI.GIANS
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Note Is Couched in Polite Language,
But Asks What Right Switzerland
Has to Interfere in the Matter—
Deportations Continue.
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PARIS, Dec. 13.—A dispatch from!
Berne, Switzerland, states that the
German reply to the Swiss note of
protest against the deportation of
Belgians. The reply is couched in
extremely polite language, but ques
tions the right of Switzerland to in
terfere in the matter.
The deportations are still continu
ing at the rate of two thousand per
day.
Exit Nebraska Moose.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 12.—The
election just passed marked the end
of at least one, and probably two,
political parties in Nebraska. The
Progressive Party failed to poll 1 per
cent of the total vote of the State as
a party Is required to do in order to
get its name on the ballots. Altho
the Populist vote was not separated
from the Democratic, the party failed
to meet certain legal requirements,
and probably will no longer be rec
ognized. This was said to be the last
state in which tbq>p«ipplist party ex
isted. 4
Independent PaelrtrK Houses.
NORFOLK, Va., Pec. 13.—While
the big packers are placing responsi
bility fa* the high cost of meat upon
a scarcity of live stock, Texas cattle
men are asserting that they woulu
raise more cattle If the big packers,
who control the market, would buy
them. Texas cattlemen are discuss
ing the project of establishing a pri
vate packing house to handle their
own product.
Tom Beasley was over fr" -» his
mine at Swanrort last night and
states that work is programing »i
bis property near that place. M.\
Beasley has a good low-grade propo
sition, containing gold and copper,
and is pushing work upon It.
GERMAN COMPULSORY
LABOR PLAN MODIFIED
BERLIN, Dec. 12.—The Germania,
evidently speaking with authority,
announces that the government and
Reichstag leaders have reached an
agreement on the “home army'’
question, and the labor service bill
to be introduced tomorrow will be
practically a new measure. The bill
will remain a blanket one as far as
establishing the principle of univer
sal service is concerned, but it wlii
prescribe that general regulations
under which the law may be applied
may be issued only with the consent
of a special 'reichstag committee.
Provisions for workmen’s commit
tees and court of arbitration to pro
tect the rights of laborers are in
cluded.
MiCH SENT
THREE-IN-ONE MINE
WILL RUSH ITS INSTALLATION
Big Barge Loaded With Mining and
Milling Machinery for the Culie
Mines Company Was Sent Down
the Bay Last Evening.
A big barge loaded with the ma
chinery and supplies for the Cube
Mining Company, operating the Three
in One mine, left here last evening
in tow of the launch Shamrock. The
macninory consisted of two Diesel
engines and the machinery for the
mill, now under construction, and
various other mining and milling ma
chinery and supplies. The work on
freighting the machinery from the
beach to the mine will be rushed
with all speed, and it is expected to
have the mill in operation by the first
of the year or shortly thereafter.
A large quantity of supplies f v
the Alaska Gold Hill Mining Com
pany, operating ihe Black Diamonu
property, adjoining the Three in
One, was also sent down, and that
company will commence development
at once on a large scale.
CHICAGO CHIEF
POLICE RESI6NS
IS ACCUSED OF BEING GKAFTER
Alleged to Have Received Money from
Various Illegal Sources for the Pur
pose of Securing Protection—Will
Not Reply to Charges.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Chief of Po
lice Healey has handed in his resig
nation. Charges of graft have been!
made against the police official, the
accusations stating that he has been'
receiving protection money from th •»
various cabarets, roadhouses, saloons
and gambling halls and houses of ill
fame in return for immunity from
raids by the police. The official re
fuses to make any reply to the
'harges.
Moose Christmas Dinner.
Tickets are now on sale for the An
rual Christmas Dinner given by the
Order of Alaskan Moose. Only a lim
ited number of tickets are to be sold.
Moose members have until December
20th to purchase tickets for them
selves and families. After which tune
the tickets will be sold to the fr<ends
of the Moose. Moose members please
secure their tickets as soon as pos
sible.
AARON E. RUCKER,
tf Secretory.
Joe Schulte Released.
Joe Schulte (Smoky Joe) was giv
<n a hearing In the Commissioner's
court yesterday afternoon on the
charge of theft preferred by Joe
Johnson. There was not a shred if
evidence to show that Mr. Shulte was
guilty, and as his reputation had al
ways been of the best, he was prompt
ly released by the court.
GREEK CITIZENS DEMAND
DETHRONEMENT OF KING
AT AN ENORMOUS MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS OF CRETE KING
CONSTANTINE IS PRONOUNCED A TRAITOR AND DETHRONE
MENT DEMANDED—GREEKS IN EGYPT RENOUNCE ALLEGIANC!.
TO THE KING—MACKENSEN CONTINUES TO PURSUE RUMAN
IANS—ALLIES DRIVE TEUTONS BACK NEAR MON ASTIR—RUS
SIANS HALT THE TEUTONIC OFFENSIVE SOUTH OF LEMBERG.
PARIS. Dec. 13.—La Llberte today
prints a dispatch from Crete stating
that at an enormous mass meeting
of the citizens held there yesterday
King Constantine was declared a trai
tor and bis dethronement was de
manded.
Egyptian Greeks Revolt
LONDON, Dec. 13.—The Oreeks
in Egypt have shown thei.* ''.•►satis
faction with the course atopted by
King Constantine and have renounc
ed their allegiance to the King.
Von Mackensen Pursues.
BERLIN, Dec. 13.—Von Macken
sen’s pursuit of the tattered remnants
of the Rumanian army continues, de
spite a terrific downpour of »aln.
The slight resistance of the Ruma
nians has oeen completely broken,
and several additional thousa; ds of
Rumauian prisoners have been taken.
Attacks Unsuccessful.
BERLIN. Dec. 13.-—The Russians
have made a series of heavy attacks
on the German positions in the vicin
ity of Tartar Pass and in the Trotus
valley, but without res-ilts.
Artillery Duel.
BERLIN, Dec. 13.—-On the Somme
front the fighting for the present has
dwindled down to an artillery duel,
in which both sides are using a tre
mendous amount of ailin', tuition.
Allies Fall In Attack.
BERLIN, Dec. 13.—On the Mace
donian front the Allies made a series
of heavy attacks Sunday on the Teu
tons, but failed to make progress.
Their losses were very heavy
Teutons Halted.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 13.—A terriK
Are by the Rursians has halted the
Teuton offensive instituted against
the Russian positions at Pomorzany,
about Afty miles southeast of Lem
berg, the Teutons suffering extremely
heavy losses.
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Regain Positions.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 13.—After be
ing pressed east of Ploesti by the
Teutons under Falkenhayn, the Ru
manians, by a brilliant counter at
tack have succeeded in regaining their
i03t positions. The battle is still in
progress.
Snow lni|>edes Progress.
PETROGRAD. Dec. 13.—Heavy
snow has fallen in the Carpathians,
impeding the progress of the troops
along the whole front.
Drive Hack Teutons.
SALOXrfet. Dec. 13.—West of Su
r.udo!. and l.orthest of Monastic, the
Serbians and French "have driven
back the Germans and Bulgarian.' for
a distance of several hundred yirus.
NATIONALISTS
ARE UNDECIDED
WILL KKACH DKCISION TODAY
Irisli Party in Commons Will Prob
ably Demand Release of Revolu
tionists if They Give Support to
the Government.
LONDON, Dec. 13.—The National
ists in the House of Commons are
as yet undecided as to their stand in
relation to the George Ministry. It
is expected they will reach a decision
today, when a meeting of the party
members has been called. It is be
lieved that the Nationalists will
eventually give their support to the
new ministry, but will press the
Irish claims and demand immediate
changes in the government of Ire
land as well aa the release of the
Irish revolutionists now imprisoned!
for complicity in the recent upris-]
ing, in 'eturn for their support.
Doubtful Prosperity.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia., Dec. 13.—,
The other day two big eastern con
panies consummated the sale to Rus
sia of $7,500,000 worth of sole
leather. At once the American mar
ket price on hemlock leather jumped
again, this time from 42 to 46 cents
a pound. This is an instance that is
conclusive of the war’s actual influ
ence on prices here, but the ordinary
Iowan wanta information as to just
how such a sale increases his prosper
ity if it makes him pay a dollar a
pair more for shoes.
German Prise Crew Captured.
LONDON, Dec. 12.—A dispatch to
the Exchanjfis Telegraph from Copen
hagen quotas the Svenska Dagbladet
as saying mg)t a Oerman warship put
a prize crew aboard the Swedish
steamer Reserve Thursday.
Later a Swedish warship met and
ordered the Reserve into Malmo,
where she arrived Thursday night.
The dispatch adds that it is presum
ed the German prize crew will be re
leased.
CHAMHKIt OK COMMKKCK
MKKTINt; TONIGHT
The regular monthly meeting of ,
the Chamber of Commerce will oe |
held in the City Hall tonight at 3 ;
o'clock. An outline of the business!
to corue before the meeting was pub-!
'ished ii: Monday’s paper and your
opinions and ideas on these matters
are desired. The Chamber invites
criticism, for its plan is to rua •!
thoroughly popular organization.
Two thousand attractively desig.
ed pamphlets, together with one
thousand leaflets, which fully sets
forth the distinct advantages of Val
dez, have just been publisehd for the
Chamber, and a portion of wuich will
be at the hall for distribution this
evening. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all to attend this important
meeting.
Some Weather Change.
From 36 degrees below zero, with
everything frozen tight to 32 above
and rain falling is the change in
temperature in the last 72 hours at
Teikhell, or a raise of practically a
degree an hour. The same rapid rise
is reported at almost every stotlou
between here and Fairbanks. At the
Utter station a change of 60 degrees
has occurred while at McCarty, the
change has been 74 degrees, the mer
cury standing at 20 degrees above
zero this morning. Snow is falling
along the trail aB far as Beaver Dam.
Mrs. Zinn Gets School.
At a meeting of the school board
Mrs. G. J. Zinn, wife of Rev. Zinn,
pastor of the Episcopal church, was
chosen to succeed Mrs. Saling as
teacher of grades 3, 4 and 6. Mrs.
Saling’s resignation will take effect
January 1- Mrs. Zinn is well quali
fied for the position, having taken a
Normal school course in her home
state of Illinois, and she is also a
graduate of the University of Illinois.
Alameda Dae Tonight.
The steamer Alameda arrived at
Cordova from the south at 10 o’clock
this morning, and is scheduled to
leave there for Valdes about 5 o'clock
this evening. She is expected to
reach here about midnight.
Captain John Johnson, with the
launch Tofceh Lou, arrived in port
from Bllamar this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hogbloom were
srrivals in town today from Ellamar.
JUDGE BUNNELl, IS
DUE HERE TOMORROW
Judge Bunnell of the District
Court of the Fourth Division, who is
coming here to hold a session of
court, left Copper Center this morn
ing and will come in over the trail.
It is expected he will ariive here hy
tomorrow evening unl?ss the pres
ent storm delays travel.
STANDARD OIL
PLANT DESTROYED
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—A dispatch
was ‘received here this morning to
the effect that the Roumanians had
destroyed the Standard Oil plant
near Cravola. valued at several mil
lion dollars in order to prevent ft
from falling into the hands of the
Germans.
HEARING FIXED
ADAMSON LAW
IS SET FOR JANUARY EIGHTH
Test Case to Determine the Validity
of the Eight Hour Law on Rail
roads Will Be Heard Early Next
Month.
WASHINGTON. D. O., Dec. 13.—
The atiornejs for the government
and the railroads have reached an
agreement as to the hearing of the
test case involving the constitution
ality of the Adamson law. The date
of the hearing has been set for Jan
uary 8.
GERMAN WOMAN SPY SHOT
BY ITALIAN CAPTORS |
BERLIN, Dec. 12.—One more wo
man has been shot by the allies, the
press bureau asserts in a statement
today riuoting an article from a Ge
noa newspaper. The dispatch assert
ed that a German woman was arrest
ed as she stepped off the train in Italy
armed with German passports. On
her attempting to return to Switzer
land, she was again arrested by Ital-j
ian authorities, sentenced and shot. I
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TO INVESTIGATE
ALLEGED WASTE
BELIEVED CAUSE HIGH PRICES
Prosecutions Not Necessarily Follow
Federal Probe Unless Conspiracy
to Raise Prices Is Uncovered—
Shipping to Europe Not the Cause.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 13 —
It is announced today that the inves
tigation into the price of foodstuffs
by the federal government is not nec
essarily for the purpose of bringing
prosecutions, although such a course
will undoubtedly follow the discovery
of any conspiracy to raise pr'ces.
The prime object of the invest!*’
tlon Is said to be for the purpose of
promoting economy in the marketing
and use of articles of food, waste in
these lines, it is believed, being the
principal cause of the present h' ;h
prices.
SITUATION AS TO
THE WHEAT SEED
CHICAGO, 111., James R. Hickey,
prominent attorney in St. Paul and
land owner in Minnesota, says there
will not be enough spring seed wheat
at any price without importing from
Canada. If Canada cannot make up,
the deficit, Russia is the only possible
source remaining, because ordinary
wheat will not grow in the Northwest
Farmers’ organisations have already
made representations to Washington
to arrange for release of some Rus
sian seed wheat. Farmers expect to
pay as high as $2.50 a bushel for the
seed.
The Chamber of Commerce meets
tonight. Do not fail to attend. Good
speakers and many affairs of local
importance to discuss.
SEEK PEACE
SUBMIT TERMS TO ENEMIES
Ambassadors Representing German)
in Belligerent Capitals are Handed
Copies of I'roitosals for Ending of
War.
BERLIN, Dec. 13.—The peace
propaganda is rapidly gaining ground
throughout Germany and Austria and
the allied nations, a vast change of
sentiment having been manifest
this regard in officials circles of late.
Today Germany and her allies have
made a definite proposal for peace
negotiations, in which the Austrian,
Turkish and Bulgarian government
l.ave participated, and the proposal
has been transmitted to the Vatican.
The Overseas News Agency toda
semi-officially announced that the
Chancellor this morning simultan
eously received representatives of tin
United States, Spain and Switzerland
which are protecting German inter
ests in hostile countries, and trans
mitted to each a note to be brought
to the attention of the hostile go
ernmee.ts in which is set forth the
impositions of the Central Powers.
These proposals are asserted to be
of such character as to permit the
carious contestants to withdraw from
the field witli honor, and will make
for lasting peace in Europe.
Intense interest in the note was
manifested by the people of Berli.:,
and huge crowds clamored to hear
the speech of the Chancellor when
jhe presented the text of the proposal
I to the Reichstag. The speech lasted
[only about half an hour, immediate1/
I following the close of which the
House adjourned.
WHOLE CABINET
ASKEDREMAIN
POSSIBLE EXCEPTION GKK.OKY
tn Event Attorney General Ketires
.MeCorniiek Will Succeed Baker ami
tlie Latter Will Become Attorney
General.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 13.—
It was definitely announced today
that President Wilson had requested
the entire cabinet, with the possible
exception of Attorney General Greg
ory to remain. In the event Gregory
retires from the cabinet Vance Mc
Cormick, the chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee will prob
ably be named as Secretary of War
while Baker, the present Secretary of
War will succeed Gregory.
Double Bill at Empress Tonight.
The bill at the Empress this even
ing will comprise seven reels of mo
tion pictures, in two separate shows
on the same program. First will be
the celebrated picture entitled, "Be
tween Men,” featuring William S.
Hart and House Peters. In the sec
ond picture Chester Conklin, the
Bcreen favorite will appear in "Dizzy
Heights and Daring Hearts.” In both
pictures Messre. Hart, House a> d
Conklin are supported by all-st-.’
casts. Mr. Hart played as Messala in
Ben Hur, and w as also the originator
of the role of Cash Hawkins in “The
Squaw Man.”
Large Supplies for Belgians.
CHICAGO, Doc. 12.—The Belgium
Relief Commission is in the market
again for 5,000,000 pounds of meats
and 10,000,000 pounds of lard. It is
expected that most. Of the order for
lard will go to Swift' & Co., as they
control the stocks.
Louis Johnson, electrician at the
plant of the Prince William Sound
Co., was in town from the company's
planlj across the bay yesterday. Mr.
i Johnson stated that the company had
jjus^ completed connection between
JtheJ upper and lower plant, so that
patfons of the company need not fear
| interruption of service this winter.