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VALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23, 1912. at the postofflee of Valdes.
Alaska, under act or March S, 1879
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TUESDAY, APRIL 16. 1918
HOW THE WAR STANDS
The German artillery continues to
increase in front of the American and
Italian sectors, indicating the possi
bility of a diversion of the big offen
sive to another part of the battle line
in the event the drive on the Somme
comes to a stalemate. Should the ene
my direct a blow at the allies at an
other point the Italian sector, in the
opinion of most military observers,
is the logical point of attack. The
American front is given second place
in these calculations.
But is appears to be evident that
the pride of the German military au
tocracy has been humbled by the fail
ure of the German legions to reach
Amiens or Paris, and the forces of
the central powers are being reorgan
ized for another thrust at the former
city. Meanwhile the allies, knowing
approximately what the enemy plans
will be, are making preparations
against the assault. The assailant in
a battle of this kind has the advan
tage of surprise attacks, but the past
three weeks have served to give to the
defenders a fairly definite idea of
what to expect in the next onslaught.
Consequently, the position of the al
lies is much better than it has been
at any time since the kaiser launched
his offensive.
Discussion of a terrific counter at
tack continues to be a leading theme
of discussion, but there is no certain
ly that it will come at this time. The
Germans at some points have been
entrenching, apparently expecting a
general allied drive, but the country
need not be surprised if Foch pre
fers to hold the enemy in his present
position until a more auspicious mo
ment for attack. Undoubtedly the
question of the next move will rest
entirely on circumstances and if a
great counter drive occurs it will be
made, not for spectacular show, but
for a definite military purpose.
It is difficult to agree with observ
ers who regard the present battle as
the final struggle of the war. Cer
tainly there is little basis for such a
conclusion. The kaiser’s desperate
gamble has failed but Germany is
comparatively little weaker as a re
sult; and, unfortunately, the allies
seem no nearer victory from a mili
tary standpoint than before. Since
nothing short of victory will be en
tertained by the allies the war must
go on to the finish unless the German
people think otherwise.
It ia to be remembered, of course,
that the battle now in progress la not
over—that, In fact, it probably has
Just begun—and it is not impossible
that a few weeks of fighting may
greatly change the complexion of the
situation as it stands at present.
DRAFT contingents will be called
! in rapid order according to advices
received from Washington. Our sec
ond army will soon be forming.
Young men in Clnss A should arrange
their affairs in order that there will
be no confusion when they are drawn.
If they do not go in the army now be
ing formed they are sure to go in the
third army. The government will need
from 3.000.000 to 6,000,000 men be
fore the war lasts another year.
A ROSE by any other name may
smell as sweet but the man who nam
ed Hog Island must have bad pro
phetic vision.
C1ASS ONE MEN
TO BEjXANM
Cards have been Sent Out Notifying
Men to Appeaiv—Valdez Men be
Examined This Week
Cards have been mailed to all reg
istrants in class one by the examin
ing board, consisting of Dr. Jos A. Sil
verman, James H. Patterson and A.
J. Dimond, notifying the men to ap
pear at the office of Dr. Silverman in
this city for physical examination.
The men accepted will be classified
and numbers drawn to make up the
Valdez quota. The following list com
prises the Class 1A registrants:
Order
Drawn Name
1—H. C. Johnson 268
4—Al White 107
7—William Walter Jordan 140
17—Richard Lawrence Ublman 218
20— Joe Pinalli 56
21— Jerry Longe 5
24—Ralph Vogt 72
26—William Sparavelo 128
32—Gust Lund 51
36—Bert Ford 122
38— Harold Bion Wiltse 121
39— Edward Lawrence Reed 221
43—Leone Carniel 168
46—Robert Fitzgerald 212
48—Patrick F. Hollywood 8
50—Charles Jerome Bradbury 102
60—Joseph Schulte 133
62—John Arvid Hemple 265
68—Edward R. Driese 150
71—Oscar Arthur Glaeser 115
74—Tony Frank Ottenschneider 136
76—Harold Johnson 138
81—Guiseppe Baldoeshl 164
84—Joseph Herbert Bazinet 262
101—James D. Hatton 214
105—Will Carlton Griffin 61
110—Hilliard Glen Bennet 64
115—Russell R. Hermann 127
121—Lawrence Weeks 217
128—William Martin Fennell 98
130—Louis Ugarkovich 44
133—William Eugene Jones 216
145—Aaron Edward Rucker 65
149—Owen Edison Meals 67
151—Carl Alfred Larson 248
153—Steve Plem 283
156—Charles Edward Naud 245
159—Eldon Olson 14
167—Brainerd Desaix Burhoe 129
THE EMPRESS
TUESDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
THE WORLD’S GREATEST ACTOR
WILLIAM FARNUM
THE END OF
THE TRAIL
A SOUL-STIRRING DRAMA OF THE RUGGED
NORTH, “ITS A BEAR”.
TRAVEL PICTURE COMEDY
Admission 30c
Marguerite Clark in OUT OF THE DRIFTS
169—Charles J. Matheson 163
171—Oscar C. Brink 246
179—John Arthur Roseen 135
181—Grant Harold Olaine 13
183—Harold Pemberton 131
187—Sam Penda 279
{42—John C. Piper 60
194— Jonas Norberg 153
195— John Monroe Appel 231
200—Ernest Johnson 132
203—Jim Dikeon 149
208—Herman Monsen 247
211— John Arthur Nyberg 263
215- Emmet Papin 9
217—Jack Klannigan 16
220—Alfred Pellencin 184
224—Abraham Morris 137
| 228—Arne Nikolai Sundt 123
j 229—Johan lijalmar Johnson 249
230—Luigi Zanol 204
233—('hris Markikls 159
239—Vido Katie 22
248—Edward Newell Llndsley 28
256—Mike D. Tonoke 236
276— Samuel Raymond Hoyt 120
277— Nick H. Chrisanth 256
282—Carl Edward Kennedy 118
285—Angeli Yacopo 261
FOR SALE
The launch N. & S., forty feet long,
11 1-2 feet beam, powered with 23
horsepower Union engine, heavy duty
in fine conditions. Complete equip
ment, cheap for cash. Apply to M. J.
CALLAGHAN, Valdez, Alaska, knil
JOHNSTON CHOCOLATES
just received at the Valdez Drug
Co. tf
20 per cent ofT on all Heinz Goods.
Keystone Produce Co. tf
NOTICE OP SALE
No. 5969
In the District Court of the United
States for the Western District of
Washington. Northern Division. In
Bankruptcy.
In the Matter of Thomas-Culross Min
ing Company, a corporation, Bank
rupt.
Notice is hereby given that pursu
ant to an order duly entered by the
above entitled court in the above en
titled cause, the unsold assets of the
above named bankrupt will be offer
ed for sale at public auction to the
highest and best bidder for cash on
the 23rd day of April, 1918, at two
o’clock p. m. at the office of C. R.
Hawkins, Referee, said office being
now 1205 L. C. Smith Building, Se
attle, in said district. Bidders may
bid on the whole or any portion of
said assets. The successful bidder
shall immediately upon the accept
ance of his bid deposit with the trus
tee cash, or certified check, for ten
per cent of the amount of his bid and
shall pay the balance of the purchase
price in cash on confirmation of sale,
and sale shall be subject to confirma
tion by said Referee. The right to re
ject any and all bids is hereby ex
pressly reserved.
Said assets consist chiefly of min
ing claims in the Port Wells District,
Culross Island, Alaska, machinery,
tools, equipment and buildings locat
ed thereon and connected therewith,
and other property, of which com
plete detailed inventory is on file with
said referee in said cause.
Dated at Seattle, Washington,
March 18, 1918.
H. H. COWLEY, Trustee.
O. E. SAUTER and McCLURE & MC
CLURE, Attorneys for Trustee.
First publication, April 1, 1918.
Last publication April 22, 1918.
PAID ADVE1
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Spring Opening
THE NEW CONDITIONS AND
THE POSITION WE HOLD
Fuel, Food, and Clothing are the
chief necessities of life.
We are the local distributors of
“clothes known the nation over”—sev
eral lines of them.
These clothes have reputations to
maintain. They give the greatest pos
sible value at the price.
Their manufacturers have protected
themselves, their distributors and the
public against unnecessary price in
creases.
Trademarks, which have won the
confidence of the public cannot profi
teer. They MUST give values.
Our new spring stocks are here. We
are proud of them. They prove that we
are value-givers urtder trying condi
tions. You can come here, pay a popu
lar price, and be sure of getting stylish
reliable clothes..
Get acquainted with our famous
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By concentrating great volume on each grade the
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season each grade is identified at a nationally
known price. America’s Only Know Price Clothes.
Style; Reliable Fabrics; Good Tailoring.
STYLE-PLUS CLOTHES, $21 AND $25.
This Store has the Exclusive Sale of Styleplus in this Town
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
Frank Millard and family will re
turn to Valdez within a few weeks,
working for the road commission at
this end of the trail this summer.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
HOTEL SEXTON |
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
tTISEMENT
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CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate For Re-election
Aa
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, I feel Impelled to make a brief statement to
the people of the territory. It is now nearly a year since I was seated
in the House as Alaska’s representative to congress. During the most
of this time the United States has been engaged in a world war, and
every resource of the nation, including money and man power is be
ing devoted to the single purpose of winning this great war. Every
member of congress in considering legislation for the nation, has
placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to tbe military establishment of the
United States.
"Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given
her share willingly and unstintlngly. When the democratic party
went before the people of Alaska ,in November, nineteen sixteen, it
stood for a certain constructive program which embodied as its prin
cipal elements a wider measure of home rule for the territory, and a
sane and rational policy in the development of natural resources and
every possible aid to the pioneers of tbe country.
“I have introduced among others the following bills In congress
which I am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
"Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home
rule the dominating principle.
"Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair
to all, and the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
"Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty
rod reservation.
’’Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
“Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better oppor
tunity to use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s insane within the territory.
J,At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the
needs of the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the
war some measure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in
passing a law which helped the prospector by suspending assessment
work on claims during the years nineteen seventeen and nineteen
eighteen. The extension of the wireless and cable system in Alaska has
been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appoint
ments to the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts
which prevented the farmers of the interior from supplying army
posts with their vegetables are cancelled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of
Alaska have come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reit
erating my desire to serve the best interests of Alaska I am submit
ting my name as a candidate for the democratic nomination for
Delegate to Congress."
FRATERNAL. ORGANIZATIONS
r. and A. M.
Valdez Lodge No. 168
ke.uUL.ak communications, first
Wednesday in each month in Ma
sonic Hall. Visitors always wel
come.
WALTER ELLIOT, W. M.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec.
I. 0. 0. F.
Valdez, No, 6
Meets every raonaay nigni ai o:uv
o’clock p. m., in Odd Fellows’
Hall. Visiting members cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELFSTROM, N. G.
R. D. NICHOLLS, Secretary.
Fraternal Order Eagles
Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday night in Eagle
Hall. Visiting Members cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD, W. P.
C. J. TODD. Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. 5
STATED communications, first and
third Tuesdays of each mouth at
Masonic Hall. Visiting members
always welcome.
RENA E. CRAWFORD, W. M.
J. A. SILVERMAN, M. D. Sec'y.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Minors
Frank Gustafson, President,
Veldes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
SAFETY FIRST
Travel On The
“SHAMROCK”
Prompt Service
D. D. STEWART Master
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
Ellamar, Landlock, Fldalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOS. A. SILVERMAN Ph.G., M.D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Contract Surgeon U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U. 8. Marine Hospital
and
Public Health Service
OFFICE HOURS:
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Sundays by Appointment
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