VOLUME TIT. VALDEZ, ALASKA, MTl'HDAVt DECEMBER 0, 10(0 M'MBER 294
LANE REMS
10 CONGRESS
TRKATS LARGKLY ON ALASKA
Recommends Retention of Control of
Fisheries by Interior Department—
Urges Greater Powers for Territo
rial Assembly.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 9.—
Secretary of the Interior Lane today
submitted his annual report to Con
gress. The report touches on a wide
variety of subjects. Referring to
Alaska the Secretary dwells at length
upon the fisheries and champions the
control of the same by the interior
department through the Bureau of
Fisheries. He urgently recommends
a greater measure of home rule for
the Territory, through the granting
of enlarged powers to the Territorial
assembly. He also urged that the
government bear the expense of sur
veys of homestead entries in Alaska
instead of the claimant on public
lands which had not been surveyed.
NKW PRESIDENT FOR
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Dr. George
E. Vincent, president of the Univer
sity of Minnesota, will become presi
dent of the Rockefeller foundation in
1917. it was announced at banquei
held recently.
BR. ALLEN MAKES
ESCAPE FROM JAIL
SEATTLE, Dec. 8.—Dr. P. V. Al
len, serving one year in jail in con
nection with the death of Miss Auna
Danielson, a wealthy Iowa woman,
and facing prosecution for bigamy
because he married her, escaped from
the county jail today. Allen was ac
companied In his break for liberty by
Harry Gardner, a pickpocket, under
sentence of 15 rears
CABLE PROBABLY BE
IN COMMISSION TODAY
The cableship Burnside picked up
the cable yesterday afternoon and
was in communication with the local
cable office about 7 o’clock last even
ing for a time. Later communication
was stopped, and up to 10 o’clock this
morning had not been resumed. It is
presumed that the Burnside is mak
ing the necessary repairs, and that
communication with Sitka will be re
sumed sometime today. The break
in the line is said to be about half
way between Valdez and Sitka.
SOLDIERS FIRE ON
STRIKERS HONOLULU
HONOLULU, Dec. 9.—Soldiers fir
ed on rioting strikers aboard the -.
S. Makura, after all other means
of putting an end to the lighting had
been tried without avail. No casual
ties were noted.
> TO THE PEOPLE OF
VALDEZ AND VICINITY
We wish to announce that
we have taken over the bakery
and delicatessen business of
Mr. Rudolph Schmidt.
It is our' aim to conduct a
modern, sanitary and‘up-to-date
bekeyy, ;W*e - £asp,.,therefore,
ereq^eda bakery building in the
rear of 'our store which will be
used exclusively for the bakery.
Our Bakery Department will
carry a complete line of bread,
pies, cakes, and cookies, also a
full delicatessen line such as was
carried by Mr. Schmidt.
Mr. Schmidt will have charge
of the Bakery Department, thus
assuring you of the usual good
quality of his goods.
All kinds of cakes and pies
made to order.
Telephone orders promptly
at*ended to.
We hope you will call upon
us when in need of anything in
the bakery line.
S. BA.UM * COMPANY.
CANADIAN GIRLS MAKE BULLETS FOR BROTHERS
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Photo by American Press Association.
Many of these women munition workers of Canada have taken to making sheila and bullets to aid tbelr broth
ers and sweethearts at the front.
HOTEL CECIL BAR
TOTALLY WRECKED
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1,088 ESTIMATED AT $40,000.00
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Seattle Dry Squad Raids Prominent
Hotel and Smashes liarroom Fix
tures—Manager Savage and Em
ployes Are Arrested.
SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—The dry squad
of the local police force raided the
Hotel Cecil bar about two o'clock this
morning, and complete wrecked the
interior, causing a loss estimated at
$40,000. The officers found a con
siderable stock of liquors, and tooa
into custody Manager John Savage
and other employes charged with vio
lation of the liquor law.
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MOOSE DEFEAT PINZON
IN EXCITING GAME |
The basketball game between the!
Moose team and the Pinzon i i Moose j
Hall last night drew a large audi- j
ence, and was an interesting and ex- j
citing contest from start to finish.:
both teams putting up a good game. |
Victory rested with the Moose by a
score of 21 to 20. The Moose team
was composed of John Miller, A. G.
Johnson, Harlan Keesler, Tom Selby
and Jack Roseen.
The Pinzon team was made up of
Harry Ober, H. M. Saling, John Wil
kinson, Tom Haines and W. Pascoe.
Referee, Keesler; umpire Egan aud
timekeepers Doran and Sponberg
SKY-LIGHTING BOMBS
TRIED OUT BY FUNSTON
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 9.—
Sky lighting bombs, similar to those
now being used in Europe and which
recently have been adopted by the
United States army, were given a
demonstration in a sham battle here
last night. Major General Funston
declared the first test was a success
and demonstrated their value in war
fare.
Sixty illuminating bombs were fired
from motor gUDs by the trench forces
to prevent an attack in the darkness.
The ignited bombs were held sus
pended in the air for several minutes
by miniature parachutes, producing
a glare which effectively betrayed ev
ery move of the attacking forces. The
spectacle wa6 watched by 18,000 Na
tional Guardsmen and citizens.
ALAMEDA SAILS FOR
VALDEZ AND WAY PORTS
SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—The steamship
Alameda sailed yesterday morning fo
Valdez and way ports. Her passen
gers for Valdez are Mrs. J. C. Martin,
Bert Sampo, Mrs. George Hobart and
baby. For Latouche there was one
steerage passenger.
Author’s Ashes Buried
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Dec. 9.—The
ashes of the late Jack London, the
California author were buried on a
hillside of his Glen Ellen ranch.
Without ceremony, in the presence
of Mre. London, a few neighbors and
employes of the ranch, the urn con
taining the ashes was placed away.
SPOKANE REPLACES THE
STR. ADMIRAL EVANS
Advices received at the office of the
steamship company here states that
the steamer Spokane will sail from
Seattle tomorrow for Valdez in place
of the Admiral Evans, which, on her
arrival in Seattle will undergo her
annual overhauling.
The Spokane was formerly operat
ed by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company on the run between Seattle
and Southeastern Alaska points, and
is about the same size as the Admi
ral boats. She is a steel steamship
and was built by the Union Iron
Works in San Francisco in 1901 for
the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany. She is a vessel of 2036 gross
tons, 270.1 feet long. 40.1 feet beam
and 17.3 depth of hold.
SALESMAN GUILTY OK
MURDER AT YAKIMA
NORTH YAKIMA Dec. 9.—Nathar.
|Julius Marx, a traveling salesman,
was found guilty of murder in the
I second degree by a jury in the Yaki
ma county superior court Saturday
for killing John F. Daley, night clerk
at the Tieion Hotel here Novembe
rs last. The jury deliberated twen
ty-two hours. The prosecution alleg
ed that Marx shot Daley after the
latter had admonished Marx, who
was a guest at the hotel, against mak
ing too much noise in his room.
Marx pleaded self-defense, asserting
that Dtley entered the room and at
tacked him.
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SUBMARINE OI’E NEW
YORK, IS REPORTED
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 —Six steam
ships arriving here today from Eu
ropean and West Indian ports re
I ported they caught wireless warn
ings yesterday to keep a watch for
belligerent submarines, but all brot
word that no craft of that type had
been observed.
The Incoming vessels too kmuch
precautions as shrouding the lights
during the darkness and having life
boats swung out. The arrivals today
included the American liner Lapland
from Liverpool, the Italian ship Duca
d’Acosta and Napoli from Mediter
ranean port, the Danish vessel Fred
eric VIII from Scandinavian ports,
the Brazos from Porto Rico and the
Bermudian from Bermuda.
TWO ARE KILLED BY
EXPLOSION OP GAS
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 9.—
Edward Beran, 63 years of age, and
his nephew, Wendel Beran, 22 years
of age, were killed yesterday by an
explosion of escaping gas in a tun
t.el leading from their home to a gas
main. In trying to remove the bodies,
a fireman, Jay B. Johnson, was over
come, but later recove-ed.
Archie Hancock of Horseshoe Bay,
is a visitor in town for a few days.
Steamer Not Damaged
NORTH SIDNEY, C. B„ Dec. 9.—
The Bteamo? Pro Patrla, which was
stranded off Flat Point last night,
arrived off this point today appar
ently undamaged. It was at first re
ported that the steamer was the
Amerique, a vessel which is said to
have oalled for help in radiograniB
picked up by shore stations. No
word has been received here of such
a steamer.
NOTED ATTORNEY
DIES AT SALEM
WAS WELL KNOWN IN VALDEZ
Joint A. Carson, Wlto A|»|»earetl in
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Several Cases in the District
Court Passes Away at His Home
in Salem.
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Attorney Carson was well known
In legal circles in Valdez, having vis
ited here a number of times in con
nection with some of the most promi
[nent cases in the district court here.
His first visit here was in 1901, when
lie appeared as attorney for the Have
meyer interests, defendants in the
famous Bonanza case, which result
ed in the settling of the title of the
world’s richest copper mine in the
Havemeyer's favor.
He also appeared in behalf of Mrs.
Catherine May Elliot in her action
against the Hubbard-EUiot Mines Co.
and again he appeared for the Gug-j
genheims in the Hasey defense, fol-1
lowing the trouble in Keystone Can-J
yon. He was also connected in the j
formation of the Central Alaska Hy-|
draulic Company, promoted by the |
late Dan S. Kain. and appeared for
the company in the bankruptcy pro
ceedings against the company.
Mr. Carson was a brilliant attor
ney, an extremely affable gentleman,
who made a host of friends where
ever he might be.
CONTEST LOOMS UP
IN NORTH DAKOTA
FARGO, N. D., Dec. 9.—An elec
tion contest in North Dakota is prom
ised if supreme Justices-elect at
tempt to claim their ceats Monday
as already agreed between R. M.
Grace and J. E. Robinson and part
ly acquiesced in by Luther E. Bird
sell, according to word received here
today.
The justices-elect seem to take
their seats on the supreme bench
Monday under a section of the state
constitution which provides that ju
tlces should serve from this time.
This provision, present members of
the court maintain, was adopted to
suit an emergency in 1889 when the
state was admitted to the Union.
No justices since then have sought
to avail themselves to this clause
but have taken seats with other state
officials on January 1. The state can
vassing board does not meet un*il
next Tuesday and it is asserted the
justices-elect will have no right to
take their seatB until their election
has been certified.
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I PIONEER WOMEN HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTION
At the meeting of the Women's
Auxiliary of the Order of Alaska Pio
neers the annual election of officers
took place. The officers chosen for
the ensuing year were: Mrs. H. E. K\
King, President; Mrs. C. W. Harring
ton, Vice-President; Mrs. C. P. Top
liff, Secretary; Mrs. Wm. Dolan,
Treasurer; Mrs. Esther Davis, Chap
lain; and MrB. Charles Howard, His
torian.
$10,000 NOT ENOUGH
TO KEEP THIS GIRL
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—After a year's
experience of life on a farm. Mary
Smith today gave up $10,000 to re
turn to Chicago. Miss Smith wa<
selected last year from among a
large number of candidates to be
come housekeeper and daughter of
“Uncle Jimmy'' and "Aunt Louisa"
Pankhurst, a lonely old couple liv
ling on a farm at Amboy, 111. She was
jto receive $10,000 on their death.
(“I left because of the drudgery of
a farmhouse and because of mis
understandings," she said. "There
was no man in the case.”
G. O. P. IS URGED TO
DEMAND PROHIBITION
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 9.—Alvin
T. Hert, republican national commit
teeman for Kentucky, in a statement
made public here last night, urges
the republican party in the state to
“assume without delay a firm stand
in favor of the adoption of a con
stitutional amendment prohibiting
the manufacture or sale of intoxi
cating liquors."
“Conditions in Kentucky, resuli
ing from the political activity of the
liquor industry and its consequer1
effect upon the affairs of the people,
have become immeasurable,” Mr.
Hart declared.
JAIL IS WRECKED
BY I. W. W. BAND
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 9.—Several
Industrial Workers of the World in
the county jail here, after they had
comandeered a Southern Pacific
freight train and nearly demolished
the jail of a small town yesterday,
admitted today that they were at
Everett, Wash., during the recent
fight there between members of their
organization and deputy sheriffs
Ther^are twenty-two held here, as
yet without being chargetd.
When the men were taken froi.i
“their” train near Newhall and
locked in the town's frail jail, witli
benches for battering rams they be
gan to smash windows, pound bars
loose, and demolish fittings in a rush
for liberty. Citizens formed an armeJ
ring around the jail until town au
thorities summoned aid.
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KAISER TO SEND WILSON
PRESENT ON DEUTSCHLAND
| GENEVA. Switzerland. Dec. 9 —
I Emperor William will send to the
President of the United State as ;•
j Christmas present a re luxe set of
American authors, specially prepar
ed, printed and bound by the Royal
Printing Works at Berlin, according
to the Budapest Newspaper Azet
The German submarine Deutschland
the newspaper says, will carry the
gift to the United States on her next
trip across the Atlantic. Emperor
William’s Christmas gift to Pope
Benedict will be a Bible magnificent
ly Illuminated and bound.
CHICAGO CHURCHES PLAN
TO CELEBRATE NEW YEARS
CHISAGO. Dec. 9.—Plans to make
New Year’s Eve which falls on Sun
day the greastest church-going night
In the history of Chicago were begun
at the union minister’s meeting yes
terday. It was announced that reso
lutions have been prepared indors
ing the closing of the saloons and
forbidding the use of hotels and
cafes on that night and that all
churches in Chicago will be urgec
to keep open house to provide good
music and refreshments and to em
phasize the religious side of life as
a means of welcoming the new year.
Watson Due Tonight
The steamer Admiral Watson is
scheduled to arrive here trom tne
westward about 10 o’clock tonight,
and will sail south after a short stay.
American Sailor Arrested
SAN FRANCISCO, Des.. 9.—Frank
J. Hill, former yoeman and mail
clerk on the United States steamship
Hull at Vallejo, Cal., has been ar
rested at Phoenix, Arizona, on a
charge of forging postal money
orders, according to a telegraph re
ceived here today by S. H. Morse,
postal Inspector for this division.
Hill will be brought here for trial.
Nels Jepson will leave tomorrow
morning for Beaver Dam, after spend
ing several days In town.
Attorney W. M. Whittlesey of Sew
ard is a visitor in town, having come
over on the Northwestern.
SULZER STILL
LEADINGJN RICE
HAS A PLURALITY OF TWKLVR
Several Precinct* Still MiNning, Rut a
Majority of Them Will Probably
Not He Received In Time to He
Counted—Table Corrected to Hate.
A careful canvass of the returns
so far received from the various pre
cincts of the Third Division and from
the other divisions of the Territory
give Sulzer a lead of 12 votes in the
Territory. The figures have been
carefully revised and are, so far as
the Third Division is concerned, ab
solutely accurate, having been taken
from the official returns received at
the office of the clerk of the court.
The returns from the other divisions
ore presumably accurate, having been
received from several sources and all
agreeing. The returns from the First
end Fourth Divisions are complete
From the Second Division only Point
Barrow remains to be heard from,
and this place is unlikely to get the
returns in early enough to be count
ed. In the Third Division the pre
cincts of Choggiung. Nushagak, Nak
nek and Koggiung, in the Bristol bav
country are yet unreported and prob
ably will not be in time to be count
ed. Reindeer on Canyon creek, abou
150 miles from Bethel, is also unre
ported. and probably will not b\
Sannak, it is reported, held no elec
tion. as was the cast at the Port Wens
precinct. Bonanza, in the Chisana
precinct, has not yet been reported,
and is the only one of the missing
Third Division precincts likely to be
received.
The following table gives the cor
rect figures for Delegate in the vari
ous precincts of the Third Division
reported to date.
Sulzer
First Division . 2387
Second Division . 611
Fourth Division .1682
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4080 4385
j Vote by Precincts—
Lewis Sul. Wck.
j Chisa,na 0 4 8
| Uianma. 0 7 6
Talkeetna 4 3 23
I Ker.ai . S 7 22
jNinilchik . 1 17 5
jChignik . 0 16 0
iNizina . 12 7
'Susitna . 3 0 16
'Cache Creek . 1 1 9
j McDougall . 7 9 17
Willow Creek .... 2 5 9
Hope . 0 14 21
Wasllla . 6 10 8
Roosevelt . 3 IS 12
Sunrise . 1 2 11
Moose Creek. IS It 11
Moose Pass . 7 1
Fidalgo . 2 7 1
Landlock. 3 5
Granite . 12 13 27
Latoucke . 3 34 22
Copper Center .... 2 8 10
Matanuska . 47 41 46
Hllamar . S 20 18
Ousinka . 3S 5
Cliff Mine . 5 6 8
Seward . 14 183 258
▼aides. 12 237 202
Anekerage. 218 336 432
Cordova. 34 187 201
Girdwood . 4 30 16
Katalla . 1 24 IS
Granby . 11 13
Teikhell . 0 3 7
Unalaska. 2 57 30
Kodiak . SS 67
Bonanza . 4 4 9
Jumbo . 4 13 5
Kennecott . 5 24 23
Strelna . 0 9 7
Chitina . 9 45 32
Hyak . 17 30 40
Allen . 2 4 3
Tlekel . 8 4 11
Sourdough. 6
Afognak . 1 15 46
Seidovla . 11 13 55
Unga . 1 51 32
McCarthy . 8 81 ^ 84
Knik . 6 11 * 4 4
488 1681 1964
Sulzer leads Wickersham. 12
T. E. Twitchell, of the Alaska
Mines Corporation, and J. B. Wilson,
superintendent of the Company, ar
rived here last night from Fidalgo
bay tn a launch. They report an ex
tremely rough voyage.