VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY, 8, I®17 NUMBER 0
PRES WILSON
KWARAIMS
Absolute Freedom of the Smut; Evac
uution of KushIu; French Terri
tory Must l*e Freed
WASHINGTON, i). C., Jan., 8 —
President Wilson today addressed
Congress, delivering a restatement of
the war aims of the United States in
agreement with the declaration of
Lloyd George. Among other necessary
elements for world peace the Presi
dent named open covenant pacts with
private international understandings;
absolute freedom of the seas in peace
or war; the removal of all economic
barriers and the establishment of
equal trade conditions; the reduction
of national armament; impartial ad
justment or colonial claims based up
on the principle that peoples concern
ed have equal weight with the inter
est of the government; the evacua
tion of all Russian territory; the evac
uation of Belgium without any at
tempt to limit her sovereignty; all
French territory to be freed and re
stored; reparation for taking Alsace
lyorraine, and readjustment of Italy's
frontiers.
Specifically touching the situation
a; Belgium and France the President
«aid: “Belgium, the whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and restored
without any attempt upon the part of
Germany to limit the sovereignty she
enjoys in common with all other free
nations. All French territory should
ne freed and the invaded portions re
stored to that country. The wrong
done to France by the Prussians in
1871. in the matter of Alsace-Lor
raine, which lias unsettled the peace
of the world for nearly fifty years,
should he righted in order that peace
may once more be made '.veentfe In
the interest of all.”
Referring to Russia the President
said in part: “They call on us to say
what we desire. Whether their lead
ers believe it or not, it is our heartfelt
desire that some way may be opened
whereby we may be privileged to as
sist Russia in attaining her utmost
hope--liberty and an orderly peace.
The day of crfnquest and aggrandize
ment is gope hv. So is also the day of
secret covenant entered into in the
interests of particular governments."
Snow Deep in Interior
The snows have been deeper in the
interior this year than for a decade,
according to mushers coming out ov
er the trail. Last winter autos were
running over the trail at nearly all
times, while this winter the snow has
been from 25 to 40 inches deep in
many places.
Tomorrow is Wheatless Day
Tomorrow is the day designated by
the local food conservation board as
a wheatless day. We believe every
Valdezan will do his or her share in
conserving the wheat supply. There
are a number of cereals that can be
used as substitutes for wheat, and
they are more healthful. Let us all
stand back of the president in his ef
forts to win the war, and the best way
to endorse him is to observe these
days.
NEXT LIBERTY LOAN WON’T
BE EIGHT BILLIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan., 8.—
Published reports that the third lib
erty loan would be for $8,000,000,
000 at 4% per cent interest, one-half
per cent above the rates on the sec
ond loan, were denied today by Secre
tary McAdoo. In a formal statement
he said:
4 “The report that the next issue of
liberty bonds will be $8,000,000,000
and at 4 % per cent and on March 15.
„ 1918. is wholly unfounded. I wish I
could make the patriotic newspaper
men realize how mischievous and
hurtful to the interests of the country
such speculative statements are. When
a decision has been reached about the
next liberty loan it will be announced
officially. Meanwhile all other state
ments and rumors may be disregard
ed.” _
Holly Ashby will return to Seward
on the steamship Alaska, after spend
ing the holidays with relatives here.
Tomorrow Is a wheatless day; Fri
day is a meatless day, and Saturday
you may eat less If you feal like It.
VENICE MAY FALL INTO HANDS OF THE TEUTONS
|>,Him: f V II . v. liirli may In* taken Ity the Tell'mi iirmir* that have lavatleil Italy. The reinovahle art
treasure* of ih■ ■ eity a.i’i-ttiiy has.- hern taken away.
GERMAN EMPIRE
CONFRONTS CRISIS
Conflict between Political Govern
ment. anti High Command of Ar
my Complicates Matters
AMSTERDAM. Jau. 8. Dispatches
from The Hague today represent the
view in diplomatic circles there that
the German empire is confronted with
the greatest crisis In its history as a
result of a conflict in authority be
tween the political government and
the heads of the army. The neces
sity for making the decision to solve
the problem rests wholly with the
kaiser.
G«*>i'ge Kan 'eit Will Knlist
Manager Ashby of the firm of S.
Blum & Co. states that George Faw
cett went outside to enlist in the na
tional army, and not to seek employ
ment as stated, as he had permanent
employment in the company’8 store.
Mr. Fawcett was instrumental in se
curing a number of enlistments in
Valdez, and is now going Into the ser
vice himself.
SIC WARD MAN IS
CAUGHT BOOTLKGGING
The marshal's office ;s in receipt of
advices from Deputy Marshal Isaac
Evans, of Seward, stating that he has
taken into custody one John Olson,
charged with bootlegging. In the pos
ession of the accused was found three
cases of whisky and one five-gallon
keg of booze.
Just received a new line of Pyra
ln Ivory suitable for Christmas gifts
at the Valdez Drug Store. tf
MRS. THOMPSON SETON
Mr*. Ernest Them peon Seton, wife
of the well-known writer and natural
let, was a big factor In the ouoccea of
the eecond Liberty loan in Waahlngtoh.
the went to the capital to aU In the
campaign and waa chairman of the
woman's committee of the District of
Columbia.
WIU. FIGHT RAISE
IN STEAMSHIP RATES
The Valdez Chamber of Commerce
today received a telegram from Chas.
Goldstein, president of the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce, stating that
the steamship companies operating
between the States and Alaska are
about to make a raise in freight rates,
and that the Juneau Chamber has
wired a strong protest both to Dele
gate Sulzer and the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The telegram states that if tlie con
templated raise is to he defeated im
mediate ai d concerted action by the
various towns of the territory is nee-i
essary, and urges that every coinmun-J
ity get busy at once and wire their
protests to the Delegate and to the1
Interstate Commerce Commission. i
LABOR WILL BE
MIN WAR
New Director Ap|H>inted to Assist Kec
retary Wilson in Gathering lab
or for Wiu* l*ur|M>ses
WASHINGTON, I). Jan.. 8.—
With John B. Densmore, of Montana,
national director, under appointment
by secretary of labor Wilson, the fed
eral employment service of the de
partment of labor will mobilize thre«>
million men for agricultural work
and for shipbuilding and labor in the
war contract plants.
Fabian and Henry Miller, who have
been in Valdez for the Holidays visit
ing their mother, Mrs. H. W. Miller,
will leave on the Alaska tomorrow
for Anchorage, where they are em
ployed by the A. E. C.
Kev. George Zinn will be a Seward
passenger on the steamship Alaska.
He will hold divine services in the
Episcopal Church at that place Sun
day.
A farewell party was given Mon
1 day evening by Mrs. A. J. Dimond and
Mrs. Henry W. Miller at the home of
the latter in honor of Fabian and
Henry Miller and Holly Ashby who
are leaving on the Alaska for their
respective duties with the Alaska En
gineering Commission. Dancing was
the feature of the evening. The fol
lowing guests sat down to a delicious
supper at midnight:
MisseB Kathryn Williams. Martha
Hermann, Blanche Fogg, Ruth Selby,
Lois Keesler, Gwendolyn and Margar
et Newlove, Jessie Jepson, Valdez
Cameron, Della Hubbard and Messrs.
Fabian and Henry Miller, Holly Ash
by, Owen Meals, John Bouse, John
Meals, Russell Hermann, Charles
Naud, John Roseen, Thomas Selby.
Harlan Keesler, George Cuddy, John
Miller, and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. De
Llne, Arthur Lang. E. W. Hunt, R.
D. Kelsey, K. Rudolph, F. Brenne
man, A. J. Dlmond and Mrs. H. W.
Miller. Alter supper dancing was re
sumed until an early hour In the
morning.
Alaska Here Tomorrow
The steamship Alaska leaves Cor
dova at 6 a. m. tomorrow .She will
reach here tomorrow noon.
The Moose Band will render pop
ular music at the Empress theatre
tonight.
Passage Forced at. Various Points,
Pausing Alarm in Ranks of Ger
mans— Fierce lighting
-L
t
ROME, Jan. 8.—British patrols
have again crossed the Piave river,
the war office announces today. A pas
sage has been forced at various points
along the Piavo, causing alarm ami
uneasiness among the enemy's ranks.
The German opposition is steadily
weakening and in baek of them lie
the snow-clad passes of the Alps
and in front the enemy in overwhelm
ing numbers. There is a strong proba
bility that the entire German division
will be forced to surrender before
spring.
MKl'TKNANT IS KIMJfCD
IN GKKNADK PRAOTIOK
SAN IHEGO, C’al.. Jan.. 8.—First
Lieutenant Irving McCracken, 157th
Infantry, of No. 415 Camden street,
San Antonio, Tex., was killed yes
terday at Camp Kearny, near this
city In-an explosion of a hand gren
ade in practice. First Lieutenant Hol
hert E. Drown, of the same regiment,
whose home is in Denver, Colo., was
badly injured In the same explosion.
The two lieutenants were engaged
in practice work and stood behind a
barricade, which it was officially stat
ed. was built in strict accordance witli
specification sent from the Fort Sill
school of fire. Despite that fragments
from a grenade which was thrown ac
curately and to a spot some distance
away penetrated the barricade. A nail
or slug from the iron casing of the
grenade struck McCracken in the
chest and passed through his heart.
Another fragment struck Lieutenant
Brown in the abdomen. He was rush
ed to the base hospital, where it was
said tonight that unless unforeseen
complications set in, he had a good
chance of recovery.
TACOMA SMELTERMEN
DEMAND HIGHER PAY
TACOMA. Jan. 7.—Demands for a
25 per cent increase in wages having
been refused, nearly 200 men employ
ed in the refining, casting and anode
furnace departments of the Tacoma
smelter went on strike yesterday. The
strikers are unorganized but a meet
ing has been called for tomorrow at
which an attempt will be made to
form a local branch of the Interna
tional Mine and SmelOrmen’s Union
and induce the other employes of the
smelter to walk out. More than 1200
men are employed at the plant which
Is classed by the government as a mu
nitions plant.
I,.\&T SURVIVOR OF
THE ALAMO IS DEAD
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 7.—En
rique Esparsa, the last survivor of the
Alamo is dead. When, on March 6,
1988, Santa Anna stormed In the final
and successful assault on the chapel
where a handful of Americans fought
to their death, the victors found a
group of Mexican women in a barri
caded section of the front of the
building. Among them was an 8-year
old lad, Enrique Esparsa. who died
at his home last thursday night.
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AMERICANS KEEN FOR
DANGEROUS DUTIES
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Jan. 8.—There l» no scar
city of volunteers for the dangerous
work of airplane observers among the
younger officers of the army. When a
call was Issued at the heavy artillery
training grounds three times the num
ber asked for responded. Some of
these were sent to train with Ameri
can pilots and some with French. The
latter are doing the observation work
for the heavy artillery whicli the Am
ericans who had been working with
guns from approximately 15 to 400
millimetres calibre are now ready to
tire. v
After a certain period the Ameri
can gunners will begin firing with the
400 millimeter pieces m that by the
time they get into action they will be
as familiar with the guns as their
comrades are now with the seventy
fives.
CHARGES MADE
AGAINST JUDGE
Nome Citizens A reuse Judge Holz
lieimer of Itoing Pro-German, a
Gambler and a Drunkard
SEATTLE. Jan. 8.— Private ad
vices front Washington state that At
torney General Thomas W. Gregory
has started an investigation over
charges made by notne citizens that
Judge Holzheimer is a pro-Gerntan
a gambler and drinks to excess. It is
known that there is much opposition
at Nome to Judge Holzheimer. who
was recently appointed district judge
of the Second Division from Ketchi
kan, by rump element of the demo
cratic party in that place, who are
composed of Wickersham men and
quasl-rcpublicans. That nothing will
come of the charges is believed here,
as Judge Holzheimer is a mau whose
character as a citizen is above re
proach.
FABIAN MilJ,Fit TO KNU8T
IN FOl,. MEARS’ (OKI'S
Fabian Miller, of this city, will en
i list in Fol. Wears' company of eugi
i neers, which he is forming at Anchor
age for service in France. Mr. Miller
expects to join the company at Sew
ard.
iHUMANIA FAITHFUL
TO HKB ALLIES
_____
PARIS. Jan. S.— V. Autonesco, the
Rumanian minister here, has issued
the following statement concerning
the situation on the Rumanian front:
"The armistice was simply a mea
sure of military order imposed on us
through the Rumanian front being
entirely closed within the Russian
front. It would be a mistake to make
a political deduction from it. Ruman
ia intends to remain faithful to her
[alliance and to work until the end
with the allies.
MAJ. GEN. JOHN BIDOLE
Maj. Can. John Biddla, oontmandor
of tha anglnoor foroaa In Pranoo and
beforo tha war auporlntandant of Waat
Point, la now aaalaUnt ohlaf of ataff
wndar Tcakar H. Bltaa.
GOETHALS SERVE
i
—
Appointed by Secretary I taker to Di
rect Trans|M»rtution and Storage
—Acting M. General
_
WASHINGTON. D. t\, Jan , 8. —
Secretary of War Baker appointed
George Washington Goethals as act
ing quartermaster general and also to
serve as director of transportation
and storage in the war department.
Major General Goethals succeeds
Major General Sharpe. Provost Mar
shal Crowder is the only officer as
I signed to tlic war council who will not
I lie detached from his present office.
Brig. Gen. Jonh D. Barrette of the
coast artillery, recently at Camp Up
ton. lias been selected for chief of
i coast artillery, succeeding Gen. Wea
ver.
NEW MEMBER APPOINTED
ON EXEMITION BOARD
Judge Joint K. Lyons has resigned
as chairman of the local exemption
hoard, and K. E. Ritchie was appoint
ed as a member recently.
IjttlieN' Aid Meeting
Tlte Ladies' Aid will meet Thursday
afternoon. Election of officers and oth
er business. All members are request
ed to be present. Mrs. McGilvray will
be the hostess. k 1 I
BMDHER
Premier Hughes Resigns Itecause Ple
' hvN'ite Turns Down t'onserip
i
tion by Rig Vote
LONDON. Jan. S. A dispatch from
j Melbourne says that Premier Hughes
I of Australia has resigned because of
tlie overwhelming vote against con
scription. and that Prank G. Tudor,
a labor leader, lias been summoned
to form the new ministry.
To Take Wood Alcohol Output
WASHINGTON. I) (’.. Jan.. 8.
i The country's entire output of wood
aicohoi will be taken over immediate
ly by the government tinder an agree
ment with tlie distillers, announced
today by tlie war industries board.
Private consumers will he supplied on
licenses issued by the priorities board.
Serious His- at Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Md.. Jan. 8.- Revis
ed estimates of the losses caused by
the fire last night which destroyed the
fourstory building at 319 West Balti
more street, in the business center of
the city, and damaged two adjoining
buildings, placed the tatoi amount at
$700,000.
No Dance at Pinzon
There will he no dance at the Pin
zon tomorrow night, as originally
planned, on account of the musicians
going to Latouche. The date for the
terpsichorean event will he duly an
nounced later.
Divorced Wife Shoot* Politician
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8.—The
condition of Frank Deroux, promin
ent politician here, who was shot by
his divorced wife, Teresa Wall Dar
oux, yesterday, was pronounced fav
orable by his attending physician to
day. Daroux was shot three times
through the body. Refusal to listen to
her when she asked her former hus
band to remove an attachment he held
on her furniture, Mrs. Daroux said,
prompted the shooting.
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Moran to Meet Willard
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Jan. 8. — -
Frank Moran, Pittsburg heavyweight
pugilist, who is boxing instructor tor
the New York national guard division
at Camp Wadsworth here, last night
telegraphed Jess Willard accepting his
challenge to fight any heavyweight
for the benefit of the Red Cross. Mor
an said he was willing to meet the
champion over any distance and at
any plaee.