VOLUME XIV * VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916. NUMBER tOO
SAY NEGLIGENCE OF ASQUITH
British Press Directs Caustic Articles
Against Premier, Who Is Charged
with Negligence in Allowing Irish
to Procure Arms and Mobilize.
LONDON, April 27.—The press is
very bitter against Premier Asquith
over the situation in Ireland, and nu
merous caustic articles and editorials
are directed against the minister.
It is charged that the rioting in
Dpblin is wholly due to the negli
gence of the Premier, who should
have been advised of the conditions
there and have taken steps to pre
vent the rebels from organizing.
6ERMHNS RENEW
r VERDUN ATTACK
CHARGES LACKING IN INTENSITY
French Military Authorities Puzzled
by Persistence When It Was Be
lieved Battles Had Shown Inipreg
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liability of French Forts.
PARIS, April 27.—After several
days of comparative inactivity the
Germans have again renewed their
assault upon the French line in the
vicinity of Verdun. The attacks how
ever, according to a war office bulle
tin, are lacking in the force and in
tensity which marked the beginning
of the struggle in this vicinity, and
absolute confidence prevails that they
will be unable to make any gains at
this point.
Military officials are puzzled to ac
count for the continued assaults of
the Germans at this point. It is stat
ed that the Teutons have sacrificed
thousands of men and a vast amount
of ammunition in the drive against
Verdun, and the result of all this has
been but small gains. It was be
lieved that the Germans had aban
doned the attempt and would turn
their attention to some other point,
and thought possible that the
presdnf offensive movement may be
merely, a. ruse to cover an attack or
a movement of the troops to another
locality.
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO IS
NOW GREAT SPECTACLE
HONOLULU, April 27.—Not since
1912, when the great volcano of
Kilauea, Hawaii, was at the zenith of
its activity, has it presented such a
spectacle as at the present time. The
many visitors who have recently seen
it, witnessed a display such as few
people have ever seen. The great
lake of fire has risen to such an ex
tent as to occupy the entire area be
tween the side walls, and the surface
is riven in all directions by wonder
ful fountains of molten stone, accom
panied by brilliant irridescent lava
flows which spread in every direction.
Special excursions to the volcana from
Honolulu are being taken advantage
of, and the automobile road running
almost to the edge of the fire lake is
y nav, more than ever, appreciated to
'thk/ull.
Shellac, varnish, stains^ enamel
paints and bronze at Mead’s tf
DARING GERMAN AVIATOR
REFUSES A CHALLENGE
LONDON, April 27.—Lieut. Immel
rnann, the daring German aviator
who originated the distinctive “Fok
ker” tactics and who has destroyed
more enemy aeroplanes than any
other German aviator, has refused
a challenge to an aerial duel from
Aviator Navarre of the French army.
The challenge was dropped near Im
melmann’s field station, says the
Cologne Gazette, “and was of course
ignored. The German airman have
other things to do in war time than
i to engage in theatrical sport.”
WARN AMERICANS
TO IM MEXICO
CONSUL AT DURANGO IS AUTHOR
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Tells all Citizens of the United States
in Mexico to Leave the Country
Serious Trouble Is Anticipated—
Believed Mexico Means to Fight.
TORREON, Mexico. April 27.—
The American consul at Durango has
issued a warning to all American citi
zens to flee from the interior of Mex
ico and make their way as speedily as
possible to the border.
The warning is very insistent and
is taken to indicate that the consul
is convinced that trouble with Mex
ico is almost sure to occur.
A number of Americans have taken
heed to the warning and are making
their way north. Local sentiment
against Americans is intense, and it
is believed to be a matter .of but a
short time before some of the hot
heads among the civilians or soldiers
will bring about % serious disturb
ance that will eventually end in war.
ONE HUNDRED STEAMERS SOLD
New Corporation Takes Over Hold
ings of the Shipping Trust at a
Consideration Said to Be Fifty Mil
lion Dollars.
NEW YORK, Apfil 27.—It Is stat
ed today that the American-Interna
tional Corporation purchased all the
holdings of the so-called, shipping
trust, which controlled several lines
of steamers engaged in the trans-at
lantic service.
The transfer embraces more than
one hundred steamers and, the con
sideration is said to have been fifty
millions.
NEW MEXICO DELEGATES
WILL GO UNINSTRUCTED
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April 27—
As a result of the Republican pri
maries held throughout the state
Tuesday, the delegation to the Chi
cago convention will go uninstructed.
PRESIDENT WILSON
INDORSED IN INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS, April 27.—The
Democratic State Convention, held
here yesterday, endorsed President
Wilson as the Democratic nominee
for the presidency.
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Some time during the coming month the City
Council will inaugurate a Clean-Up” Day. While
-ft is not mandatory, every citizen, for the good of
tfV‘ town, should heed the request, and pick up
the old cans, bits of paper and garbage around their
premises. Valdez will be thronged with tourists
this summer, several large excursions already having
been booked, and it is necessary that our town should
put on its best bib and tucker for the occasion. A bit
of paint, a few minutes work with a rake, or a few
minutes spent on our lawns will work wonders in the
appearance of our premises. Let us make Valdez the
must beautiful town in Alaska!
i Let ’s Clean Up Valdez!
BOARD SUBMITS WAGE SCALE
FOR WORK GOVERNMENT ROAD
OFFICERS GRANT INCREASE BUT WAGE OF COMMON LABORERS
IS UNSATISFACTORY—BELIEVED FI THIS DIFFERENCE NOT AD
JUSTED THE UNION WILL VOTE TO REJECT THE WHOLE SCALE.
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STEAMERS FARRAGUT AND AROLINE REMAIN IN HARBOR UN
LOADED—BUSINESS MEN WILL UNLOAD BOATS THEMSELVES
IF MEN REFUSE TO WORK—STEAMERS MAY SAIL UNLOADED.
SEWARD. Alaska. April 27.—The
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
appointed by the government to in
vestigate the labor troubles at An
chorage, announced the scale of wages
on the government railroad this morn
ing. The Union is in session and has
the scale under discussion.
The new scale provides for a min
imum scale of 43 3-4 cents per hour
and a maximum of 47 1-2 cents per
hour for common labor in place of the
former wage of 37 1-2 cents.
Longshoremen are granted an In
crease to 56 3-4 cents an hour, car
penters, machinists and other skilled
mechanics, 70 cents per hour, cooks
from ninety to one hundred and twen
ty-five dollars per month, teamtters
eighty-five dollars per month and
board.
The steamers Farragut and Aroline
are in port at Anchorage, and the
captains state that if the strike is not
settled by nqon and the work of un
loading the steamers commenced,
they will pull out, taking the freight
back to Seward.
Outlook Not Bright,
SEWARD. April 27.—Reports re
ceived from Anchorage state that the
Union, after a long discussion of the
scale offered by the government
board, have expressed their dissatis
faction with a portion of it, particu
larly with wages for common labor,
which they maintain should have
been increased to 50 cents per hour.
The meeting of the Union adjourned
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REQUEST WAS COURTEOUS ONE
Ambassador from Japan Merely Re
quested that Terms of Immigration
Bill Be Changed to Conform with
Agreement Between Nations.
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 27.—
Secretary Lansing today denied the
rumor that has. been current here
that Ambassador Chinda of Japan
used threats ^hen he, made his pro
test against the terms of the pro
posed immigration bill.
The secretary, says that the ambas
sador merely requested that, the
terms of the measure should be
changed to permit of the admission
of Japanese into, the country under
the terms of the agreement, now ex
isting between Japan and the United
States, and that the request was made
in the mopt courteous of terms and
without the shadow; of a threat.
Rev. Father Corbett returned on
the Alaska from Cordova, where he
has been for several weeks past.
Mrs. A. B. Dierlnger Is making a
number of improvements in the
house occupied by Deputy Marshal
Bouse, on Hobart street, including
the building of an addition to the
second story of the building.
Wm. Gelineau has removed the
tower from the top of the Spenard
home, which he recently purchased,
and Joe no longer watches for the
boat.
Attorney J. j. Finnegan of Sew
ard, who has been here for some
time on court business, left on the
Alaska for his home.
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W. J. Feaster, deputy marshal at
Chitina, left on the Alaska for a trip
to Seward. j
Mrs. Joe Spenard left on the Alaska
last night to join her husband in An
chorage.
until this evening pending a report
from committees from each class of
labor, who were appointed to confer
with the members of the labor com
mission, and seek to get a further in
crease in the scale.
Public opinion at Anchorage is that
the outlook for a settleinent oi the
trouble is not bright. It is believed,
and this belief is strengthened by re
marks made by the Union officials,
that if an increase is not granted in
the wages of the common laborers the
Uniop will reject the whole scale, and
the strike continue indefinitely. In
this event the work on the road will
undoubtedly be shut down, probably
for the season, as it is intimated in
official circles that no attempt will be
made to secure mep from the outside
at this time to take the place of the
strikers.
Business men of the town are hold
ing a meeting this afternoon to con
sider ways and means of unloading
the steamers in the harbor. They have
secured the consent of the officers of
the vessels to holding them here for
a few hours until some arrangements
can be made for unloading them.
It is said that the longshoremen
are willing to unload all merchandise
consigned to business establishments
of the town, but this cannot be done
without also unloading the material
for the Engineering Commission and
this they refuse to touch. The mer
chants state that they will unload the
steamers themselves if no other men
will do the work.
CflLJICHjfiDSl ,
CONFIDENT MONEY AVAILABLE
Says Outlook for Passage of Appro
priation of $050,000 for Building
Roads and Trails in Alaska Very
Bright—Money Soon. Available.
Letters received on last night's
steamer from Col. Richardson at the
office of the Road Commission here,
state that the genial head of the com
mission is at a loss to know how the
story that he had been ordered to the
Mexican border originated. He says
that there was no truth and the story
and that he expects to return to Val
dez in the near future.
Col. Richardson says that the out
look for securing the appropriation
of $650,000 for the construction and
repair of roads and trails in Alaska
at the present time is very bright.
The appropriation has the approval of
the Secretary of War, and Col. Rich
ardson is confident the measure will
pass, and that the money will soon
be available.
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LIGHT CONTRACT WILL
BE AWARDED TO IDES
Bids were opened at Fort Liscum
at 10 o’clock In the morning of the
26th Inst., for supplying the post
with electric lights for a period of ten
years. The Intermountain Traction
& Power Co. was the lowest bidder
for this service and the contract will
undoubtedly be awarded that com
pany.
Bids were also opened for furnish
ing telephone service at the post, the
Alaska Water, Light & Telephone Co.
being the lowest bidder and will prob
ably get the contract.
Senator McHle is getting his pala
tial launch Skiddoo ready for the
summer season.
Tenning Carlson, the well-known
mine owner, left on the Alaska for
his home after a stay of several days
in town.
HUGE AEROPLANE TO
CROSS THE ATLANTIC
BOSTON, April 27.—A Marblehead
special says that a huge aeroplane
expected to develop 100 miles an
hour and to be able to cros3 the
Atlantic Ocean in 30 hours is being
constructed at the plant of Burgess
& Company, to be ready for the first
te3t in about six weeks. The new
craft will be equipped with a 1,000
horse power engine. The company
is also on work on six machines for
the government, expected to be fin
ished within a wet...
PEKING OBJECT
REBEL ATTACK
100,000 MARCHING ON CAPITAL
Position of President Yuan Shi Kai
Is Considered Critical —Rebellion
Has Assumed Enormous Propor
tions and Reyond Control.
SHANGHAI, April 27.—The revo
lution in China has assumed enor
mous proportions, and the regime of
President Yuan Shi Kai is seriously
menaced. In almost every section of
the southern provinces the rebels
have been uniformly successful in
their battles with the government
troops and are now advancing on the
capital.
It is reported here today that a
force of fully one hundred thousand
rebels are advancing on Peking, and
that the forces of the government
are likely to meet defeat at the hands
of the advancing revolutionists. Pres
ident Yuan Shi Kai’s position is co^
sidered extremely critical, for i3 cap
tured by the rebels he will undoubt
edly be executed.
IS. ROGERS i
FREED BY JURY!
DECLARED HAVE BEEN INSANE
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Woman Tried for tlie Murder of Her
Two Children Is Acquitted of the
Charge by Jury of Married Men
on Ground She Was Insane.
NEW YORK, April 27.—Mrs. Rog
ers, charged with the murder of her
children, whose trial took place here
yesterday, was treed of the charge
by the jury on the ground that the
prisoner was insane when the killing
was committed. The jury was com
posed entirely of married men.
REPORTED SETTLEMENT OF
STRIKE AT ANCHORAGE
Another day has passed without
news from Anchorage and from this
fact it may be deduced that affairs in
the railroad town are quiet. At the
court house it. is said that nothing
has been received either from Judge
Brown, who arrived there yesterday,
or from the Deputy Marshal.
A rumor was current this after
noon that the Board of Arbitration
and Conciliation appointed by the
government to settle the differences
between the workmen and the Engi
neering Commissioh, had made a new
wage scale of $3.50 for an eight hour
day, and that the men had returned
to work, but’the rumor could not be
verified.
DECLARE FOR
STRONGER NAVY
REPUBLICANS URGE INCREASE
Declare United States Building Pro
gram Will Always Keep America
in Rear of the First Class Nations
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j and Hold Back Development,
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WASHINGTON, D. C\, April 27.—
The republican members of the
House, in the discussion of the navy
appropriation bill, demanded that the
United States navy shall be develop
ed to the point where it will be capa
ble of defeating any fleet which Ger
many may be able to put to sea. They
declare that at the present rate of
construction of warships the United
States will always be hopelessly in
the rear of the procession of first
class nations.
BRITAIN MAKES
I REPLY TO NOTE
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UPHOLDS SEIZURE OF GOODS
Says Prevention of Foods and Ammu
nition from Reaching Enemy Coun
try Is Strictly In Compliance of
j Rule- of Warfare.
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 27 —
The reply from Great Britain to the
note of protest from the United State*
regarding the interference with our
1 neutral trade by that government, has
| been received by Secretary of State
I Lansing.
i The note defends the action of the
| British government in seizing cargoes
ion neutral ships when, “in the opinion
! of the government.” merchandise on
neutral ships and consigned to ports
in neutral countries, is manifestly
destined to the enemy countries. The
! note sets forth that to deprive the en
emy of foodstuffs or munitions of war
is in strict accordance with the rules
of war, and that Britain is but fol
lowing out the blockade program
which the Uuited States established
during the civil war.
The note lauds the administration,
calling America humanity's cham
pion, and. states that the note issued
by the state department that bellig
erents should consider armed mer
chantmen peaceful unless conclusive
evidence is found to the contrary, is
in keeping with the American repu
tation for fair play.
The. note further states that the
British government will warn all
American citizens from ships which
are traveling under mandatory orders
from any of the Allied governments.
STEEL EARNINGS REACH
A HIGH RECORD MARK
NEW YORK, April 27.—The re
port of the United States Steel Cor
poration, issued today, shows that
the earnings of the company for the
first three months of this year are the
greatest in the history of the con
cern, surpassing all previous records.
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The Alaska will take on about
two thousand tons of Anchorage
freight which has been stored at Sew
ard and will probably not be back for
several days.
Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
spark plugs and coils at Mead’s. tf
Working men should stay away from Anchor
age until the strike is settled. Conditions there are
said to be bad, as so many people haye flocked in on
recent boats that the town is hard put to accommo
date all of them. , If the Government persists in its
present wage scale, there wall be trouble at Anchor
age—serious trouble—and it also means very hard
times for the laborers, who are illy equipped for a
prolonged strike. Anchorage is a good town to stay
away from until the present trouble is over. It is not
believed that the Administration is in earnest in its
threat to discontinue work there for the summer in
case the strikers persist in their demands ;ybut it is
just as well to play safe and keep away!