VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1916 NUMBER K
MILLIONS OT
CASH GONE
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ytobbers Dynamite Sale in St. Paul
Postoflice and Secure Loot worth
* ■ Six MilUon Dollars.
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ST. PAUL, Jan. 10.—Five million
dollars in cash and more than one
million dollars in internal revenue
stamps were stolen from the office of
the Internal Revenue Collector here
Saturday night. The cash and the
stamps were in the post office safe,
which was blown open and its con
tents extracted.
The robbery was not discovered
for several hours and it is feared that
the thieves have escaped with their
booty. The watchman who was on
duty when the robbery occurred was
found in ^mother part of the building
where he had been left after being
gagged and securely tied. The police
are puzzled over’the fact that the ex
plosion failed to attract the attention
of pedestrians or occupants of ad
joining buildings as they say that a
considerable quantity of explosive
must have been used as the doors of
the big safe were blown completely
off.
The discovery that the huge sum
had been stolen created intense ex
citement and scores of detectives have
been engaged to make a general
round-up of suspicious characters as
the robbery is declared to have been
the work of professional safe-blow
ers.
The news of the robbery has been
wired broadcast but is feared that the
thieves who are believed by the po
lice to have had inside information
as to the valuable contents of the
safe, have made their escape.
LAST INDIAN
SLAVE DEAD
Humptulalips Fete, of Grays Harbor,
One of the Oldest Residents in
( States Dies Yesterday.
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HOQUi^u. Wash.. Jan. 10.—The
last Indian slave in the State of
Washington passed away yesterday,
at this place, when “Humptulalips
Pete,” aged 110 died at his home in
this city.
Pete was so pld that nobody knew
his exact age,—not even himself,—
hot from his knowledge of events
happening years ago, it is estimated
that he was over 110.
He was captured when quite young
by the Grays’ Harbor Indians, and
antil the acquisition of , the country
by the United States, was a slave,
working for his captors at menial
employment, in the fields, and at flsh
Ing.
For the last 25 years he had been
eared for by the State, and his facul
ties were clear and his memory ex
cellent up to the day before he died.
CHRISTMAS TREE AT
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Sunday School children of the
Catholic church were gathered in the
parlors of the Rectory Sunday after
noon at 2 o’clock around a beauti
fully decorated tree which concealed
the gifts that told them that the
Christmas season was not yet over.
The ceremony opened with the sing
ing of the beautiful Christmas carols
by the children under the leadership
■of . O. P. Hubbard.
, ir a brief speech by the Pastor,
who explained the meaning of Christ
mas and the spirit of gift-giving, each
little child who had been faithful in
attendance at the Sunday School
Classes was presented with a gift of
encouragement. When the tree was
stripped of its burdens the children
sang the classic, “O Silent Night,”
and all departed exultant taht the
Christmas season lasts more than a
day. ,
WANTED: Experienced woman de
sires work as cook or maid. Refer-,
ences given. Address Prospector.
MOOSE WILL GIVE LEAP
YEAR DANCE SATURDAY
The first Leap Year dance of the
season will be given by the ladies of
the Valdez Moose next Saturday eve
ning and is already causing consider
able discussion among the young peo
ple. Immediately after the announce
ment was made .that the dance would
be held several young ladies phoned
the committee regarding the rules
which would prevail at the dance.
They wanted to know if they would
be at liberty to take as many young
men as they desired as the young
men had enjoyed that privilege dur
ing all the time since last Leap year.
TRAINMEN USE
VOTING OK TIME
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May Decide to Demand Eight Hoar
Day Instead of Ten Hoars as at
Present—Quit Work.
CHICAGO. Jan. 10.—Four million
employes of the four hundred and
fifty-eight railroads of the United
States will be asked to approve or
disapprove of the demands that will
be made on the railroads for an eight
hour day for the men. who now work
ten hours a day.
The demands will ail be for an
eight all day and time and a half for
all the overtime they work. If the
majority who are now voting on the
proposition favor the change it will
be demanded by the Brotherhoods,
and if refused, a general strike will
follow which would result in tying
up every railroad in the United
States.
Residents of Juneau Complain of Ray
ing High Rate to Absentee
Owners of System.
JUNEAU. Jan. 10.—At a last meet
ing of the city council a committee
was appointed and vested with power
to investigate the cost of installl lg
its own water system. The present
system is owned by non-reisdents of
Juneau and they have been receiving
a princely Income as a result of the
development of the city toward which
they have contributed in no way.
There are a number of splendid
water powers available which can be
secured by the municipality at a reas
onable rate and It is believed that
the council which has received scores
of complaints against the present
company, will be compelled to under
take the task of putting in an inde
pendent system unless the cost uf its
installation is found to be excessive.
OWNER CONDON TIMES
HAS PASSED AWAY.
LONDON, Jan. 10.—Lord Durham,
owner of the London Telegram, one
of the most prominent dailies of the
city, passed away this morning after
a short illness.
STEEL IS ANXIOUS
TO QUIT HIS JOB.
CORDOVA: Postmaster Steel has
wired the postmaster general at
Washington, reminding him of the
fact that he had resigned his federal
position about six weeks ago, ai d as
other matters required his attention
it was imperative that he be relieved
from duty at once. He also wanted
to know whom he could turn the office
over to until his successor was ap
pointed and qualified.
The local postmaster is very anx
ious to be relieved from the service
of Uncle Sam under the existing con
ditions, and has done all within his
power to make room for a deserving
Democrat who wants to get on the
payroll.
Chas. Burnell, engineer for the
Ellamar mining company, will return
to Bllamar to uay on the launch
Elvira.
CHAMBERLAIN AODIlESSES
THE RERjlBLICAN CLUB
OREGON SENATOR IN NEW YORK ADDRESS DECLARES ALLIANCE
BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN IS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF INTIMIDATING THE UNITED 'fijTATEB AND DECLARES THAT
NO GREAT GOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY CAN COME FROM SUCH
UNHOLY ALLIANCE—SOUNDS NOTE OF WARING TO PEACE AT
ANY PRICE ADVOCATES, WHOPLACfc US AT MERCY OF FOES.
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NEW YORK. Jan. 10.—Senator
George E. Chamberlain, of Oregon,
chairman of the senate committee on
military affairs, in a rousing speech
before a republican club in this city
today, declared that the subject of
preparedness was the paramount feat
ure of the administration program,
and that the lessons taught by the
great European struggle were surely
but slowly being driven home in the
minds of thinking Americans. During
the course of his address the senator
again brought up the question of a
struggle between the United States
and Japan, declaring that notwith
standing the pacific utterances of
Japanese statesmen a) conflict between
the two nations is inevitable.
"‘What is the purpose of the unholy
alliance between Great Britain and
Japan if it is not for the purpose of
intimidating the United States?” was
the question asked by Senator Cham
berlain, and in answer to this ques
tion he declared that the country
mast be prepared for the struggle,
r He further stated that in the pres
ent condition of the army and navy
this country would be practically
helpless before a sudden attack of a
foreign foe, and bitterly arraigned
the peace at any price advocates, who
would wreck the future of our nation
by their folly.
ALLIED TROOPS LEAVE
THE GALIPOLI PENINSULA
UNDER A HEAVY EIRE FROM THE TURKS AND TEUTONS, THE AL
LIES SUCCESSFULLY EMBARKED AND WILL ABANDON CAM
PAIGN WHICH PROVED SO COSTLY ONE TO COLONIALS—
CRITICISM OF WAR OFFICE’S POLICY IS MOST DRASTIC BY
LONDON PRESS—GERMAN PEOPLE WILD WITH JOY AS IT
MARKS DISTINCT REVERSAL FOR BRITISH ARMS.
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LONDON, Jan. 10.—A bulletin is
sued by the war office today states
that the evacuation of the Galipoli
peninsula by the allied forces has
been successfully accomplished. Not
withstanding a heavy bombardment
by the Turkish and Teutonic forces,
the Allied troops, together with a vast
amount of artillery, stores and muni
tions, were embarked on the trans
ports without disorder.
This withdrawal marks for the
present at least, an abandonment of
the attempt of the allied forces to
break a way into the Dardanelles and
gain an entrance to the Black 8ea»
thus opening a way for the Russian
forces to the south.
Criticism of the War Office’s policy
in the Dardanelles campaign is very
drastic in the press of both the Colo
nies and in London, and the cam
paign is characterized as a “gross,
stupid blunder from start to finish.”
The German people are wild with
joy, as it marks a distinct reversal
for the British arms, and they believe
it is the beginning of a general
slackening of the campaign.
The Allied troops will be landed
at Saloniki, to strengthen the garri
sons of the forts recently erected in
the Grecian city.
BIG STRIKE IS
MADE AT BROOKS
Falcon Jostle Reports $60 Pans Are
Found at New Diggings in Tolo
vana District—Rush On.
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 10.—Advices
received here today from Falcon Joa
lin from the Tolovana camp at
Brooks are to the effect that one of
the biggest strikes of this section has
been made at the nevi camp. Pans
ranging as high as $60 have been
taken out and demonstrates beyond
all question that the value of the
ground has not been over-estimated
by the most sanguine supporters of
the camp. The news»has caused a
considerable sensation here and a
small stampede is in progress to the
new diggings.
BtJIili MOO8ER8 CONVENTION
CHICAGO, JANUARY 11.
• NEW YORK—The magic political
date is now January 11. On that day
the bull moose national committee
will meet at Chicago to select a con
vention date and city: Then politic
Ians expect to get a clear view of
what the Republican and Bull Moose
lineup will be.
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Our merchants report trade good
through December, and that collec
tions were way above the average.
AUSIUI VIEWS
ID 1RJULROAD
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Panoramic Pictures of Valdez and
Other Alaskan Towns will Be
Shown Throughout Country.
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P. W. Sheelor, the Valdez artist,
whose panoramic views of Alaskan
towns and mountain scenery has been
attracting wide attention in the
States, has received an order from
the Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce for pictures of
all the Alaska towns.
Secretary MoPherson, of the Alas
ka bureau, states that the pictures
are to be used in connection with its
educational campaign fpr the devel
opment of Alaska before civic organ
izations throughout the United States:
During the campaign for the gov
ernment railroad appropriation be
fore the present congress the Alaska
bureau will keep Alaskan slides run
ning continuously before the mem
bers of congress and government offi
cials at Washington, permission hav
ing been reoeived to operate a-ma
chine in the Senate office building.
They are expected to have an impor
tant bearing on congressmen in secur
ing their support for the appropria
tion' for the railroad.
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Nugget jewelry made to order at
tie Valdec Drug Co., by O. O.
Retake. tf
PROTEST SENT THE
BRITISH- FOREIGN OFFICE.
WASHINGTON D. C. Jan. 10.—
Secretary Lansing, of the State de
partment, has sent another note to
the British government protesting
against the British authorities inter
ferring with the censoring mail con
signed to the United States from neu
tral European countries. The recent
seizure of two Dutch steamers car
carrying mail destined for the United
States has forced the neutrals in
both-houses to bring pressure upon
the administration to prevent fur
ther interference with American ship
ping.
Montenegrins en Route Home Drown
When Vessel Is Torpedoed by
Austrian Submarine.
PARIS, Jan. 10.—Advices receiv
ed here today from Rome state that
two hundred Montenegrins, en route
from the United States to their
homes, perished when the steamer on
which they were traveling was tor
pedoed and sunk Saturday in the
Mediterranean sea.
Details of the disaster have not yet
been made public, but it is definitely
known that the death list is enor
mous.
The war office is thronged with
friends of the passengers on the ill
fated steamer, and news is anxiously
awaited as to her identity.
SWITZERLAND 10
Expert to See Permanent Pence Hoard
Grow < tot of Henry Ford's
Peace Expedition.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 10.—The gov
ernment of Switzerland will send Hve
delegates to the Peace convention to
be held here in expectation of seeing
a permanent peace board grow out of
the expedition headed by Henry
Ford, the American automobile man
ufacturer, which will eventually sup
plant all other peace boards.
Forty members of the Ford party
held their first meeting here tonight
to prepare a program for the future
meetings of the delegation. The
Dutch burgomasters and other offi
cials were invited to attend the meet
ing as well as a large number of the
prominent citizens, but the meeting
was conspicuous by their absence.
Now that Switzerland has recogniz
ed the Ford party, it is expected that
Norway and Sweden will send dele
gations, and that other countries will
soon fall in line. ■
EPIDEMIC OP’ GRIPPE
STRIKES THE CITY.
An epidemic of grippe has struck
the city, and numerous cases are re
ported by physicians today. The at
tacks are not as severe as in the cases
reported from Juneau and the Out
side, but are serious enough to con
iine the patient to his room and to
cause his to lose all interest in life
for the time being.
In the eastern states the attacks
have been unusually severe, and have
left the patents in a debilitated state
with the kidneys and stomach badly
deranged. Physicians in the Eastern
States are treAting the disease by
placing the patient on a diet of boil
ed onions, which strange to say, has
proven the ‘most efficacious remedy
yet discovered.
REDUCE RATES TO
AND FROM ALASKA
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SEATTLE: The representatives
of the Transcontinental railroad and
steamship lines will meet here on the
twelfth for the purpose of reducing
rates, to and from Alaska and the
east to meet the Grank Trunk rates
via Prince Rupert.
MINE SINKS
BRITISH SHIP
Battleship King Kdward VII. Goes to
Bottom—Officers and ()rew
Make Tlieir Kseape.
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LONDON. Jan. 10.—The admiralty
this afternoon issued a bulletin stat
ing that the battleship King Edward
VII was sunk by striking a floating
mine, but that the entire complement
of officers and crew succeeded in es
caping from the vessel before she
went down and were later picked ap
by other vessels of the fleet.
The King Edward VII was the
largest and most powerful vessel of
the British navy, having but recently
been completed and placed in com
mission. Her armor was of the most
massive type and she carried guns of
heavier caliber and longer range than
the Queen Elizabeth, which has play
ed, such a prominent part in the
siege of the Dardanelles forts.
ENGINEERING COMMISSION
HAS PLENTY OK Sl'PPLIKS
A Valdez business man has received,
a letter from Lieut. Mears of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
stating that so far as the government
commission is concerned there will be
no shortage of supplies at Anchorage
during the winter. He states that the
shipments which the Evans and other
steamers failed to land at Anchorage
were largely bridge and other timbers
which were not required for the con
struction work this winter, but in
tended for next season’s operations.
TIMS RETALIATE
AGAINST ALLIES
British and French Otticiuls in (’on
stantinople are Taken Into (Cus
tody and Knglaud Protests.
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BERLIN. Jan. 10.—As a measure
of reprisal for the arrest of a num
ber of Teutonic consuls by the allies
at Saloniki, the Turkish government
today caused the arrest of ten Brit
ish and French officials, who have re
mained in Constantinople since the
outbreak of hostilities.
Prior to the arrest of the Teutonic
consuls by the allied forces, these of
ficials had not been molested by the
Turks, having been permitted every
freedom.
In retaliation for the arrest of the
Teutons the government has impris
oned the officials and will keep them
in custody until the end of the war or
until the German and Austrian offi
cials are released by the Allies.
England has made a vigorous pro
test to the representatives of neutral
nations, claiming that the arrest of
the German and Austrian officials was
caused because they were furnishing
information to the Central powers,
while the officials in Constantinople
were guilty of no overt acts, but were
imprisoned in retaliation.
TEMPERATURE NEAR
ZERO AT JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Jan. 10.—Juneau is ex
periencing the coldest weather of
the season with the temperature hov
aring around zero and a cold wind
blowing from the Taku. The snow
fall In this district is the heaviest In
rears at this season and has prevent
ad the auto stages from operating to
any extent outside of the city limits.
The stages to the Perseverance mine
are being operated wfth horses. 1
Heavy snow slides in Silver Bow ba
sin are sure to follow when mild
weather sets in and a number of fam
ilies haye moved from that locality
(earing that their cabins will he car
ried away.
Mrs. Harry Whitley, who has been
conflhed to her home the past few
days with a serious attack of the
grippe, is reported much better to
day.