VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ. ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 80. 1917 NUMBER 36
GILL ASSERTS
HISJNNOGENCE
DRY COMMITTEE DISAPPOINTED
Head of Committee Says Had Given
GUI Every Possible Assistance III
Enforcing; the Prohibition haw In
Seattle.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—J. W. Efaw
head of the “Dry” campaign comrai'
tee, referring to the indictment of
Mayor Gill by the federal grand jury
in connection with the alleged whisky
ring, stated that the "Drys” had
tacked Gill and had given him every
assistance possible in putting dowi
bootlegging, believing him sincere ir
his protestations that he was anxious
to enforce the prohibition law. The
committee is very much disappointed
that affairs have turned out as they
have, and while the members are ret
icent as to their opinion as to the
guilt or innocence of Gill, it is gener
ally accepted that the committee be
lieves there is some foundation for
\ the charges against the city officials.
Gill asserts that he is not guilty of
the charge, and expresses confidence
of his acquittal. The trial of the
case will probably come up withh;
two weeks.
ENTIRE FLEET
SEEKS RAIDER
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST
British Admiralty Orders the Entire
North Atlantic Squadron to Search
^ Ocean for the German Commerce
Raider Re|>orted Oft Sandy Hook.
NEW YORK, Jan. JO.—Advices re
ceived here indicate the British gov
ernment will leave no stone unturned
10 discover the whereabouts of the
German commerce raider which was
operating recently in the South Atlan
tic. It is reported that the Admiralty
has issued orders for the entire
North Atlantic squadron to proceed
to points off the eastern coast of the
United States to search for raider.
Raider Going North.
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 30.—A wire
less message received here this morn
ing states that the German commerce
raider has been sighted about 650
miles east of New York, traveling
north.
GUARDIAN APPOINTED
FOR PRINCESS LOUISE
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 30.—At the
instigation of Ernst of Schleswig
Holstein, a brother-in-law of the Ger
man emperor. Princess Louise of Be1
gium has had a guardian appointed
for her. Archduke Ernst is assistant
to the governor general of Belgium.
Princess Louise of Belgium is the
eldest daughter of the late King Leo
pold and the divorced wife of Prince
Phillip of Saxe Coburg and Goth. She
has been constantly before the public
for several years on account of her
love afTairs, her quarrels with her
^ family and sensational extravagances.
On one occasion Bhe was ordered to
leave Berlin on account of her deb e
and was in constant litigation in Par
is from the same cause. Shortly aft
er the war broke out a cable dispatch
from Vienna said she had been re
quested to leave the city.
SIX SETS OP TRIPLETS;
AND WAR TIME PRICES, WOW!
f EL PASO, Jan. 30—Six sets of
triplets were born in December in
the city of El Paso. This is believed
\ to be the record. One of the proud
lathers 3ays he wouldn’t take millions j
for the bunch left by the stork but I
that he would not give five cents each
for another set.
Alaska Passes Juneau.
a, The steamship Alaska passed Ju
neau, northbound, at ' o’clock this
morning, and is due to arrive here
sometime Friday morning.
1,213 VE88EI<8 BUILT
IN II. 8. LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. (’., Jan. 19.—
American shipyards in 1916 put out
a tonnage of 520,847 and 50 vessels
of 40,000 tons for foreign flags was
reported by the bureau of navigation.
In 1908 the tonnage produced was
614.000 and in 1855 when the mer
chant marine was the largest in the
world American yards turned out
580.000 tons of wooden ships.
The United States is leading the
world in shipbuilding except Great
Britain and American yards are close
behind the British according to re
cent reports.
FISKE DENIES
LAWSON CHARGES
DORS NOT CONTROL Mr A IKK)
Capitalist Says He Never Had Any
Dealings With Secretary Except
When the Latter Tried to l.ea>e
Building for Federal Reserve Bank
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Pliny W
F'iske, whom Lawson asserted con
trolled Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo. was a witness before the leak
probe committee yesterday afternoon
He sweepingly denied the charges
made by Lawson, asserting that the
(>nly transaction he e/er had with
McAdoo was when the latter attempt
ed to lease from him a portion of a
•milding he owned for a federal re
serve bank.
CAPTIVES HAVE
BEEN RELEASED
IJKKN SENT.'TO COPENHAGEN I
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Twenty American and Other Neutrals |
Captured on Steamers Sunk by
German Kaider Have Been Set Free
Ity tier in an Government.
LONDON, Jan. 30.—Twenty Amer
icans. Swedes, and other neutral sail
ors of the crews of the vessels cap
tured by the German commerce raid i
er and taken to a German port on the
steamer Yarrowdale, have arrived at
Copenhagen, according to telegraphic
advices received here today. The for
mer prisoners state that the raider
was the Moewe, and that they were
taken into the German port of Swine
munde. It is also stated that the neu
trals taken aboard the British steam
er Yarrowdale are being held by the
Germans as prisoners of war.
GOVERNMENT THREATENS
TO SEIZE COAL. MINES
OTTAWO, Ont., Jan. 30.—Govern
ment operation of the coal mines at
Fernie, B. C., was forshadowed in a
statement given out last night. The
mines furnish coal for settlers in Al
berta, British Columbia and Sas
katchewan. The miners demanded an
increase in wages to meet the higher
cost of living and the operators have
refused to make the advance. The
government states it will operate the
mines and pay for their operation
out of the money received from the
coal so Id.
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AUSTRIA SEIZES ALL.
PRIVATE COPPER ROOFS
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—The Neue
Freie Presse publishes an Austrian
decree formally requisitioning all
copper material from private roofs
for war purposes, but providing that
“historic monuments of buildings
presenting considerable interest from
the artistic point of view will be
spared." This is one sidelight on
Europe’s possible demand for raw
material after the war.
Recruiting Man Dies
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30
Captain M. A. Batson who has been
in charge of the West Virginia dis
trict recruiting station, died here
(suddenly this afternoon.
RUSSIANS REPULSE GERMANS
NURTHERN RUMANIAN FRUNT
FOLIA)WING A TERRIFIC ARTILLERY PREPARATION THE GER
MANS ATTACK AIA)NG KIMPOLUNG ROAI), BUT ARK DRIVEN
RACK ALONG A TWO-MILE FRONT—GERMAN ATTACK AT KAI -
NAZEM—GERMANS ADMIT REPULSE AT GOLDEN BRYSTRITZ 1
RUSSIAN ATTACKS AT RIGA FAIL—SUBMARINE SINKS ALLIED
TRANSPORT—GERMANS BREAK FRENCH SURPRISE ATTACK.
PETROGRAD. Jan. 30.—Follow
ing a heavy artillery preparatorj
bombardment the Teutons made a
terrific attack on the Russian position
along the Kimpolung road in North
ern Rumania. The Teutons charged
in mass formation, but the Russians
by a heavy infantry Are checked the
Teuton advance and then charged,
driving the Teutons back for a con
siderable distance along a two-mile
front, and inflicting terrific losses
upon the enemy.
Another Attack Repulsed.
PETROGRAD. Jan. 30.—Follow
ing a fierce artillery bombardment of
the Russian positions the Germans
made a third attack at Kalnzem. but
were repulsed with severe losses.
Admit Repulse.
BERLIN. Jan. 30.—Following a
spirited engagement between the Ger
mans and a superior Russian force
[along the Golden Bystritza the Teu
tons were forced to retire.
Activity Western Front.
BERLIN, Jan. 30.—Considerable
activity prevailed yesterday along the
western front, several sharp engage j
ineuts having been fought at various
points. At Hill 304 on the Verdun !
frout, the French attempted a sur-1
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prise attack in an attempt to re^ap
ture the trenches recently captured by
the Germans, but the attack was
broken by a sharp fire from the Ger
man artillery.
British Attack Kails.
BERLIN, Jan. 30.—'The British at
tempted an assault upon the German
positions north of Armentieres bur.
•vere repulsed.
Russians Driven Bark.
BERLIN, Jan. 30.—An offensive
instituted by the Russians along the
Zlota Lipa In Galicia was signally re
pulsed by the Turkish troops rein
forcing the Austrians along that por
tion of the front.
Riga Attacks Repulsed.
BERLIN, Jan. 30.—The Russiars
instituted a sharp attack on the Ger
man positions west of Riga, but were
repulsed.
Trans|x>rt Sunk.
BERLIN. Jan. 30.—A report is
sued by the Admiralty today state?
that a German submarine torpedoed
and sunk an Entente transport in the
Mediterranean sea on Thursday last.
Tbi-transport was crowded with sol
diers and the losses are reported l >
have been very heavy.
WILSON VETOES
IMMIGRATION BILL
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I*r»*sident Declares the l.tteraey Test
Kinbodied In the Bill Is a Radical
and 1’njustiflable Change in Na
tional I'olicy.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 30 —
Fresident Wilson today vetoed the
immigration bill recently passed oy
the House and Senate at the request
of Union leaders. This is the fourth
time the measure has been vetoed, the
objectionable part being the literacy
test, which President Wilson declares
is a radical and unjustifiable change
in the national policy regarding im
migration.
NEW MACHINE GUN IS
TESTED BY U. S. OFFICERS
A centrifugal machine gun, said to
throw 3,000 projectiles a minutJ at
an initial velocity of 4,000 feet a sec
ond, was tested by naval authorities
at Vallejo, Calif., the other day. The
initial velocity of the army rifle is
2,000 feet a second. The centrifugal
gun is operated by electricity. It
was operated under the direction of
E. N. Rice of San Francisco, who is
the inventor.
JACKL1NG SELLS YACHT .
TO RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.—Col.
D. C. Jackling announced today that
he has sold his yacht Cyprus to the
Russian government for the sun. of
(650,000. The yacht will be trans
formed Into a cruiser for service on
the Pacific.
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Does This Mean You?
The opportunity to Insure is lightly
cast aside by thousands every year,
and a large proportion of these game
thousands, when broken in health,
try in vain to get insurance, the fol
ly and danger of procrastination is
made very clear to them. Avoid this!
grave error by having us write you
a policy in the Equitable today.
2t ALASKA INVESTMENT CO
WHITE 6ETS t
SEVERE GRILLING
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{ Attempt Made by Attorney to Traee
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‘ l-eak Through (Jernian Ambassador
—White Denies Having Dealing^
With liernstoi ft'.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Attorney
Whipple, conducting the leak probe
here, gave Archibald White, a banker
of this city, a severe grilling when
he appeared as a witness before the
committee. Attorney Whipple is evi
dently seeking to fasten the leak to
Ambassador von Bernstorff, but the
banekr vehemently denied having had
any dealings with the German official.
THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES
PERISH ALONG THE ROAD
BERLIN, Jan. 30.—Thousands oC
refugees from Rumania are perish
ing along the road to Bessarabia, the|
Overseas News Agency report.
“Rumania is suffering the same
fate as Serbia,” says the news agen
cy. “The Russian government haj
ordered that Rumanian refugees
must not be permitted to remain in
Bessarabia, but must be transported
eastward.
“The railroads are overcrowded
and refugees, lacking even wagons,
are compelled to go on foot and on
the marches over difficult roads in
severe weather thousands of women,
children and old men are dying mis
erably.”
Temperature Nearly Same
This morning’s trail report shows
but little change in temperature on
the interior end of the government
road. Fairbanks reports but one de
gree colder, Salcha remains statiod-,
ary at 56 below as does McCallum
at 36 below. McCarty is 12 degrees
warmer than yesterday. Oulkana re
ports 1 degree colder than yesterday
while Copper Center reports 5 degrees
Tonsina 2 degrees and Thompson
Pass 14 degrees colder, the thermom
'eter at Copper Center standing at 50
< below zero. A high wind is reported
I from all stations from Beaver Dam >
'this way. '
REFUTES MODERN
BIBLE STORY OF CONCEPTION
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Jan. 30
At a meeting of Biblical Savants at
Haverford College it was declared by
Prof. E. W. Bacon of Yale that the
original manuscript of the Bible con
tained no foundation for the belief In
the Immaculate conception of the
birth of the Savior; that this belief
canto about thru the desire of Biblical
editors to “Write a good story.” He
said he had examined the original
manuscript of the Bible and could
hnd no mention in it of the facts stat
ed concerning the birth of Christ.
MORE GUARDSMEN
MUSTERED OUT
WHEN GEN. PERSHING ARRIVES'
War Department Announces That
Thirty Thousand Members of the
National Guard Are To Be Muster
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WASHINGTON. D. C\, Jan. 30.—
It was announced by the war depart
ment today that as soon as the re
mainder of Pershing’s forces arrive
at Columbus another thirty thrusaul
men of the National Guard wit', bo
j withdrawn fron. the border and mus
, tered out of service. A report from
'General Funston, commander rf the
!troops along the border, states that
|the withdrawal of Pershing’s force
from Mexico is progressing favorably.
EGG BOARD IK RAIDED
IN FOOD PRICE PROBE
! CHICAGO Jan. 30 —Special agents
j of the department of justice today
iseized the books, records and files of
I the Chicago butter and egg board,
with a view of determining whethct
the organization lias violated an in ;
junction issued by Federal Judge;
'Landis in 1914 preventing the fix-!
ing of prices.
j Boston.—Federal District Attorney ,
jGeorge W. Anderson, who is in charge'
of the government’s inquiry into the
high prices of food and other neces
saries. said today that the raid oi
the Chicago butter and egg board was
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;part of the general program of inves |
! tigation.
Although ne Knew the work ot the1
| board was being looked into, Mr. An-!
jderson said he had no advance know-1
| ledge of the seizure of the records. |
I this being a detail left to special as
sistants to the attorney general.
Other food exchanges were also be
ing inquired into he said.
NOTED BRITISH STATESMAN
DIES AT HOME IN LONDON
LONDON, Jan. 30.—Earl Cromer,
one of the most distinguished states
men of the British empire, died thi3
morning at his home in this city at
the age of 76 years.
MILITIA SOON TO BE
MUSTERED OUT SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 30.—
The War Department today issued a
statement that all the state troops
along the border would be withdrawn
and mustered out of service within
six weeks.
BELIEVES PROGRAM WILL
BE PASSED THIS SESSION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Presi
dent Wilson held a conference this
afternoon with the members of his
cabinet. The President advised the
cabinet that he was confident all the
bills on the administration program
will be passed before the end of the
present session.
WELL DIGGER FINDS
BODY OF PLATINUM
ROSEBURG, Ore., Jan. 30.—While
deepening a well several feet, W. F.
Kernan, a well digger, struck a ledge
of mineralized rock which he claims
is platinum ore or contains platinum.
He says that borings taken from the
ledge six feet deep and 5 and a hair
inches in diameter, yielded the \s
sayeip 325.
There is no known ore body rear
this distinct, and Kernan says he sus
pects that the ledge may be a pocket
of platinum ore.
MEXICANS INSIST
CROSSING BRIDGE
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l ive Hundred Engage In Rioting
When Guard on International
Itridge Refuses to Permit Them to
Cross Into United States.
EL PASO, Jan. 30.—A serious riot
occurred yesterday afternoon on the
international bridge between this city
and Jaurez which for a time threat
ened serious consequences. Five hun
dred Mexicans were implicated in the
affair and a sharp fight ensued be
tween them and the American roi
Idlers guarding the bridge when the
Mexicans insisted on crossing over to
the American side.
The quarantine regulations provid
ed that the Mexicans could not cross
until they had been bathed. Tne
Mexicans refused to comply with the
regulations and insisted on crossing.
I They proved too much for the small
'guard stationed on the bridge and re
inforcements were summoned, on the
I arrival of which the Mexicans were
'forced to return to their own side v>t
the river. During the scrap two troop
ers. members of the guard, were in
jured, but not seriously.
i SEAnLE CLOSED
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jl.lAHII.ITIKS OK HAI.K MII.I.ION
I State Hank Kvaminer ('loses Doors of
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The Northern Hank & Trust Com
pany—Mismanagement and Had
l.oans Cause of Kailure.
SEATTLE. Jail. 30.—The North
ern Bank & Trust Company, a state
institution, was closed by the State
bank examiner today. The bank has
inabilities ot half a million dollars
with assets as yet unknown. Mis
management and the making of heavy
loans on unsecured paper of question
able value is reported to be the cause
cf the failure. The bank examiner
has been investigating the affairs of
the bank for several days, and today
decided the bank could not pay its
indebtedness and closed its doors
Had Creditors Here.
The institution referred to above
baa several depositors here who arc
anxious to know what has become of
their deposits. It is said that one par
ty has several checks on the way to
the States for deposit in the bank,
and will make an attempt to stop
them before they reach their destina
tion.
SHIP'S CREW KNOCKS
OFF WORK, PANS GOLD
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30—Every
member of the crew of the steamer
San Pedro, which arrived here today
from Navidad bay, thirty-five miles
from Manzanillo, Mexico, had a bag
of gold washed from the sands of a
creek that tumbled into the bay
[near where the steamer was loading
cedar logs.
One of the crew discovered the
gold. All hands quit loading logs and
with dippers, pans and skilleU
started gold mining. The skipper
finally promised that if the men
would finish loading the steamer he
would give them a whole day to hunt
gold. He kept his word. They aver
aged for the day’s work more than
$60 apiece. One man had more thau
$200 in precious dust.
RADICAL CHANGE IN
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 30—Reduc
tion of South Dakota’s legislature to
one body, composed of one member
from each judicial district is pro
posed in a resolution for a consti
tutional amendment drawn up for
presentation to the Senate by Sena
tor B. E. Dowbell. The proposed
body would mset every 90 days.