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EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
F1RS1 CLASS Manager.
NATION PAUSES
10 PAY HOMAGE
All Government Offices Throughout
the Country Closed in Observ
ance of Washington’s Way:
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 23.—
The Senate and House, as well as ev
ery government office in America
paused yesterday in order that fitting
homage might be paid to the memory
of George Washington by observance
of the anniversary of his birthday.
Both houses held brief sessions,
when Senator Johnson of Maine and
Representative Baker of California
read Washington’s farewell address.
During the afternoon President Wil
son, secretary Daniels, Ambassador
Juescerand and other national figures
gathered at the celebration held in
Memorial HalL
CZAR NICHOLAS WANTS
QUICK ACTION ON BILLS.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 2D.—Premier
Starmer of Russia, has- notified the
members of the Duma that the Czar
has requested speedy action on all
bills pending which refer to military
matters ahd desires that the session
of the Duma be limited, to. the brief
est possible period.
It is believed here that • the gov
ernment officials fear that the So
cialists and Independents in the
house may demand that peace be
made with the ' Central European
powers, and that by limiting the ses
sion that the danger of the members
meddling with the military affairs
may be avoided.
GERMAN MAYOR PROHIBITS
CAKE EATING AND MOVIES
AMSTERDAM: The following no
tice was posted recently at the door
of the City Hall of Relchenbach,
Saxony, by the Mayor:
“The wearing of fine clothes by
the wives of the soldiers at the front
is forbidden. They also should not
allow themselves to eat cake. Fur
thermore, they should not visit the
atres, movies qr the Kaiser-Panor
ama. In case any woman fails to obey
this order she will lose her war al
lowance.”
In commenting on the notice the
Berlin Vorwarts says:
“When existance is 30 tragic,
when the neseccilies of life are sot
dear, and when everyone is obliged
to keep his hand on his pocket book,
soldiers’ wives who wear fine clothes
and eat cake and attend the theatres
must be very rare. The Mayor of
Reichenbacli would act more to tbe
purpose if he forced the rich women
of the city, who have money for that
kind of luxury, from doing these
things, and would take care that the
children got enough milk and that
mothers do not have to stand for
[hours waiting for the bits of meat
that their rich sisters have thrown
in the garbage cans.”
NO LOVE LOST BY THESE
TWO EUROPEAN ALLIES
Although their respective father
lands may be allies In the great war
in Europe, Louis Dupont a Belgian,
and Bob Sabana, a Russian, failed
to recognize the fact when they got
into a little altercation on Ester
creek one evening last week. For
the Russian is now walking about
with a badly injured head, the result
of several blows with a hammer, ad
ministered by the Belgian, while the
latter considers himself lucky in that
he was able to get out of the trouble
by proving a case of seif .. defense
when lief was given bis preliminary
hearing before Commissioner John
Knoz Brown on Thursday and Satur
day- afternoon.—Fairbanks Citizen.
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WUiliOV. GREEK MINE
PAYS BIG DIVIDEND
Advices from Anchorage state that
at a recent meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Alaska Free Gold Mining
company, whose property is located
on Willow creek and is operated un
der a lease, it was decided to pay
a dividend of 17 per cent on its stock
for the year. The mine is operated
by William Martin and it is reported
that he has recently uncovered a
body of ore which is far richer than
had been mined before and that the
prospects for greater dividends are
very bright. The dividend was on
the royalties alone and the stock of
the company, which is practically a
close corporation, has taken a big
jump
Valdes Drug uompany nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tr
« PINZON BAR
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liqunre end Cigars
Phone 69
PROVIDE FOR THE
CITY ELECTIONS
•
Registry Ordinance is Amended to
Provide for Books to Open 30
Days Before Election. ■
The city council meeting last night
was a quiet one and was devoted to
providing for the coming mnnicipal
elections and discussing the finances
of the city.
The registry ordinance under
which the elections were held last
spring, and which provided that reg
istry books should be opeh for sixty
days and closed ten days before the
election, was amended to read thirty
days and close at 8 o’clock on the eve
ning before election. The register
wilt be opened next week at the city
hall where voters may register.
Jeff Devlnney, Sam McNiece and
Hebe Smith were appointed to be the
judges at the coming election. E. C.
Keesler and Thos. Hunt were named
as election clerks.
Councilman Finical, who had been
appointed by the council &t its last
meeting to report on the financial
condition of the town, asked for fur
ther time and will file his report at
the next meeting of the council.
It was stated at the meeting that
sufficient money was in the treasury
to pay all warrants issued by the
present council and with the tax
moneys yet to be received that the
schools would be provided for until
the end of the present council’s term.
During the discussion it developed
that the school board was exceeding
its estimates of the amount necessary
to maintain the schools during the
term. An estimate had been furn
ished the council that the schools
would require about $7,500, but in
dications now point to the figures be
ing nearer $9,000.
WAR MAY EXTEND
ALONG COAST
Police of Portland and Han Francisco
Believe Serious Trouble will
Result from Shooting.
PORTLAND, Feb. 23.—It is fear
ed by the police that serious trouble
will result from the three Chinese
being shot to death here yesterday
in a tong war. Chinese gunmen have
been arriving in the city ever since
the shooting and the police believe
that the war will extend to all the
cities on the Pacific.
Heavy details of police have been
placed on duty in Chinatown and
emergency squads are held in readi
ness for instant action should the
war break out in violent form. Doz
ens of Chinese gunmen have also
been arrested and will be' detained
until- the war is over. «
San Francisco Fears Trouble.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.—The
shooting of the Chinamen in Port
land yesterday has started another
tong war in this city and the police
are preparing for trouble. Police
patrols in Chinatown have been dou
bled and emergency squads provided
for each square in the district where
it is feared the war will-break out.
Visitors to Chinatown have been
warned of the danger in entering the
zone.
Chinamen who are believed to
have acted as gunmen in previous
tong wars are being apprehended by
the police as they arrive in the city.
The wealthy Chinese who are known
to be leaders of the various tongs
have denied all knowledge of trouble
among the societies but the police de-j
clare that they are too familiar with!
tong wars to be mistaken in believing
that a clash of the societies is plan
ned by the Celestials.
Don't Miss This.
See the Mutual Weekly News at.
the Liberty Theatre tonight. The
movie man took the Revolution of
Hayti when bullets were flying all
around him. Also latest war pic
tures. At the Liberty tonight.
Don’t fojget the Food Sale to be
given by the Woman’s Guild at Love
Whitley’s store next Saturday after
noon between 2 and 5 o’clock.
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermljff at Love-Whitley’e.
Panoramic views of Child’s and
MUes glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wraugel on sale at. the Valdez Drug
store. it
LANSING ASKS
PROMPT REFIT
Han Protested Against Seizures of
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Neutral Mails and England’s
Trade with Enemy Act.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Secre
tary Lansing of the State department,
has asked the London foreign office
for prompt replies to the American
note protesting against the continued
seizure of mails and as to the appli
cation of the “Trading with Enemy”
act against American firms.
Secretary Lansing has admitted
that British cruisers have seized ship
ments of mail destined for the United
States from Sweden since the Ameri
can note was dispatched but is hope
ful of an amicable settlement of the
controversy.
Advices from Sweden are to the
effect that the Swedish government
is holding an enormous amount of
English mail which was seized while
en route to Russia, and that it is be
ing held in retialaton for Brtain’s in
vestigation of the neutral mails.
CHINESE EXECUTE THE
CAPTURED REBEL LEADERS
PEKIN, Feb. 23.—An attempt of
the rebel troops to capture the gov
ernor’s mansion at Chausha was re
pulsecl by the federal troops. Hun
dreds of the ^rebels were captured
and the leaders executed. Govern
ment officials state that the federal
troops are meeting with victories
against the revolutionists and that
peace will soon be restored.
In the District Court.
In the District court this morning
the case of United States vs. Jaffe it
Co. the defendants were given time
to plead. There are three cases
against the company for shipping li
quor into Alaska in violation of the
law.
F. I). Ford and N. Brake vs. Mike
Martin, demurrer to defendant’s an
swer overruled and reply filed.
During the afternoon session the
divorce case of Isabel McDonald vs.
Ray McDonald was heard.
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NEW DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY FILES ARTICLES
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of Alaska for the
Hazelett Development Company, of
Valdez. The company Is to act as a
holding company for all of the Haze
let interests in Alaska, and is empow
ered to engage in almost any kind
of business. The company is incor
porated for one million dollars with a
limit of indebtedness of $750,000.
The incorporators of the company
are John A. Hazelet, Effie M. Haze
let and John Lyons, all of Valdez.
Some of the boys from Fort Lis
cum and the Granby mine who at
tended the jitney dance last night
were a little late in arriving. The ex
plained that the Mary Lee had lost
her way while crossing the bay and
had brought up on the tldefiats near
the islands. Fortunately the tide
was coming in and the boys missed
only a few dances.
FALLS FORTY FEET, BLOWN
BY BLAST HE STILL LIVES.
The Nome Nugget contains the fol
lowing interesting account of a min
er in that section who fell forty feet
from a bucket to the bottorii of a
shaft, arriving there at the same
time a blast exploded and still liv$s
to tell the tale.
C. V. Waldblom, a miner who is
working an antimony prospect in the
vicinity of Bonanza creek off Nome
river, was brought to town recently
by the marshal’s office suffering from
the effects of a series of accidents of
such serious nature that it is a mat
ter of wonder that be is still in the
land of the living. According to the
story telephoned to the Nugget by
Mr. Chase of the Dexter roadhouse,
who is aware of the details, Wald
blom and his partner, a man named
Holmes, were working on their
shaft, when the former after loading
a hole with a stick and a half of dyna
mite, suddenly fell from his seat on
the bucket while being hoisted, to
the surface overcome from, the fumes
of the burning fuse at the bottom of
the, shaft, which is forty feet deep.
His body immediately disappeared
from the sight of his partner in the
thick smoke and a moment later the
explosion occurred as the dynamite
was reached by the flame from the
fuse. Holme? waited tor some time
for the smotye to clear away and
then lowered^imself to tjie bottom
of the hole. There he was amazed
to And his. patrner unconscious but
apparently still alive. Holmes, who
is rather a small man, succeeded in
getting a rope around his partner,
who weighs around 170 pounds, and
Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire •
if
By Placing Your Valuables In a
. Safe Place.
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources 9240,000.
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Gundy
We Have
Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co • phone no. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
“Do It Electrically”
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Electric
Vacua Cleaner
makes a cleaner and
healthier heme;
Irens savejitaps, time
and induce;
Warming Pads can
be iNjpt ataa even
PlMUKlftli skew jru
ths war •* night—
Matches an dan*
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Agent For
Dayton
Silent
Electric
House
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Fixtures, Re»$i|
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Quality
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EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL.
Alaska Water, Light and Tele, Co.
DONAiMOK schedule:
Lt6. Fort Llacum Lva. Valdes
8:16 a.m. 9:45 s.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. v 3:00 p.m.
4:80 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS f
1:16 p.m. iStt p.m.
7:00 p.m 10:80 pan.
There will be no trip of the tanneh
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
eaeh month; these days bsinc need tp
clean boilers.
with considerable dlffloulty Hoisted
him to the surface.
He then partially dragged and car
ried Waldblom to their cabin which i
is over a mile and half from the j
scene.
Waldblom's limbs are badly swell
ed and he has many severe cuts
and braises, not a broken boro can
i
be found by such examination as has
been made. Apparently the man ia
but little injured although felting a
distance of forty feet and then be
ing subjected to a dynamite explo
sion. Waldblom’s cap was com
pletely blown to pieces by the explo
sion and how he himself survived
is a mystery.