John Rankin Attacks and Wounds
Members of Zharoff Family
/
While Drink Crazed.
John Rankin, a native o£ Una
laska, who ran amuck with a knife
at the home of Mike Zharoff early
last evening, is in the Valdez jail, and
Mike Zharoff and his daughter Mary
are under the care of a physician,
suffering from severq. knife wounds.
It appears that Rankih, who is a
distant relative of Zharoff and had
Been a frequent caller at the home,
called last evening while under the
Influence of whisky, and despite the
protests of the woman he continued
to get still farthurer under the in
fluence of the liquor.
Becoming quarrelsom he insulted
Mary Zharoff and received a slap in
the face which turned him for the
time being into a wild beast with the
desire to kill or maim all who came
within his reach. Drawing his pock
et knife he slashed the girl across
the left arm, making a deep and ugly
wound. The girl’s cries brought her
father and brother George to her as
sistance,* when Rankin turned upon
them with the knife, cutting Zharoff
in the right shouledr. He struck
with full force and the blade sank
to the depth of two inches into the
flesh but fortunately did not touch
a vital spot. In attempting to save
his father George had grabbed Ran
kin’s hand and received a slight cut
in the palm of his right hand.
After being forced from the house
through the front door, Rankin at
tempted an entrance through the
rear door but was scared away when
George Zharoff fired a shot gun
through the door with the intention
of warning him. He continued to
, terrorize the family for fifteen liiin
utes until U. S. Deputy Marshal Moss
man, who had been summoned by
the* neighbors, arrived and took him
in charge.
The knife with which the cutting
was done is an ordinary pocket knife,
the blade of which had been worn
to a thin strip of steel with an edge
like a razor.
Dr. Dalton, who is caring for the
injured members of the family, re
ports that while the wounds are deep
that they are not seriously so If in
fection can be guarded against.
Rankin is being given a prelimi
nary hearing this afternoon.
Congregational Cliurcli.
Rev. J. F. Dunstan, pastor.
< Sunday Services.
. 11:00, Advent Service. Sermon,
“The Messiah.” Children’s story,
"Santa Claus.”
12:00, Sunday School.
7:30, Advent Service. Address,
"Peace on Earth.”
Tuesday evening, Bible Study Cir
cle.
Thursday afternoon, Ladies’ Aid.
Thursday at 7:30, Prayer meet
ing.
Friday evening, Christmas exer
cises.
Angus McDonald, who arrived yes
terday from Fidalgo bay, left today
on the Alameda for Taral, where he
will have charge of the development
work on copper properties there be
ing opened by W. M. Mackintosh and
associates.
Louie Larson who has been devel
oping copper properties on Knight’s
Island, returned to Valdez on the
Alameda this, morning.
Eli Larson came over from La
touche on the Alameda today to
spend the Christmas holidays in Val
dez. r
Shooting Affray at Tolovana.
The first case to come before the
U. S. commissioner at Brooks, Tolo
vana camp, was a shooting affray,
which had taken place in the saloon
of Anton Christopher. It appears that
Sam Barber, a prospector, appeared
at the saloon and demanded a bottle
of whiskey, and when refused left the
saloon only to return in a few min
utes with a rifle. As he entered the
saloon he called to the patrons to step
aside as he did not wish to hurt any
one else while he was killing the
proprietor. The bystanders grappled
with Barber while Christopher went
out of the window. Barber is a pow
erful fellow and although a number
of men had hold of him he took a
shot at the fleeing saloonkeeper. He
was finally overpowered and badly
used up as the miners had walked all
over his face during the fight.
REASON FOR CONSOLIDATION
OF GREAT COPPER MINES.
BOSTON: The Kennecott Copper
Company issue of new shares for
Braden and some Utah Copper stock
appears not to be fully understood.
The offer will be made to all Bra
den stockholders to exchange their
shares for Kennecott in the ratio of
3 1-3 for 1 Kennecott. No general
offer is at present contemplated to
the stockholders in the Utah Copper
Company, but the Kennecott people
have agreed to purchase the 400,000
shares of Utah copper in the Gug
genheim Exploration Company’s
treasury, issuing therefor one and
one-half shares of Kennecott for one
share of Utah. And there is, there
fore, no opportunity for arbitrage as
between the Utah and Kennecott
shares.
The Guggenheiius are understood
to personally own between 100,000
and 200,000 shares of Utah; the
French have reduced their holdings
|from approximately 300,000 to 100,
000 shares, and the Hayden-Stone
Jackling interests represent between
200,000 and 300,000 shares, but
none of these appear in the present
trade.
The question of who is benefitting
by the Kennecott stock purchase de
pends upon the future of the Kenne
cott property over the next 20 to 40
years. If the Kennecott can repeat
its Bonanza copper discoveries indefi
nitely the stock has a value beyond
3100 per share, but if there are many
intervals between its discoveries of
bonanza ore, the wisdom of the Utah
and Braden purchases will be appar
ent.
Utah Copper is good for from 34
to 38 per share dividends at the pres
ent rate of production for more than
50 years. The Braden is rapidly
coming into shape after many mis
calculations. Utah and Braden will
now stand forth as two of the great
est and lowest cost copper produc
ers in the world. They will furnish
a magnificent background of steady
earnings for the wonderful bonanza
exhibits of the Kennecott. These
three properties together may make
in the future one-quarter of the to
tal output of copper in the western or
allrAmerican hemisphere.— Boston
News Bureau.
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A Fine Show Tonight.
A complete change of program at
The Liberty Theatre tonight.
Just received .the finest line of
neckties ever shown in Valdez, at
Ben Silverman’s.
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. ' tf
Fresh Olympia Oysters, fresh hull
ed shrimp, fresh whipped cream and
other table delicacies for the Christ
mas table at Love-Whitley’s. kl26
A Fine Show Tonight.
A complete change of program at
The Liberty Theatre tonight.
Nick Hihnala, who has been doing
assessment work on copper proper
ties which he owns on ivuigiu s Isl
and, returned to Valdez today on the
Altftneda.
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholeiale>nd Retail Dealer* in'®
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Agents for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Phone 29
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Phone 69
_' ' i—: —i——
DANIEL GUGGENHEIM
HOLDS THE CONTROL.
BOSTON: With 167,972 shares
outstanding in his name, Daniel Gug
genheim heads the list of the Kenne
cott Copper Corporations stockhold
ers. During the few months inter
vening since the company was form
ed its shares have been distributed to
more than 800 persons. On the other
hand .the Braden Copper Mines com
pany, to be taken over by the Ken
necott, has in excess of 2000 stock
holders, but this company has been
in existence for years.
Three bolding concerns will figure
in the proposed merger, all being
dominated by the Guggenheims. Ken
necott was owned entirely by the
Alaska Syndicate, an equal partner
ship divided between the Guggen
heims and J. P. Morgan & Co. A por
tion of the Guggenheim participation
was several years ago turned over to
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. M. Guggenheim’s
Sons are believed to have been the
controlling factors in Braden, which
minds confirmation In the large hold
ings standing in the names of the
Guggenheim employees. The' Gug
genheim Exploration Co. will dis
solve after distributing its assets and
turning over a block of 404,000
shares of Utah Copper to Kennecott.
In view of the approaching merger
the following compilation showing
some of the largest holdings of Ken
necott and Braden may be of inter
est. r
Braden.
H. L. Daniel .47,246
M. A. Meeker. 46,686
G. H. Hilton . 26,003
Prendergast, Hale & Co. 20,010
Morris Guggenheim . 10,600
Mesmore Kendall .14,086
Jos. Liss . 14,900
H. Content & Co. 11,800
E. D. Peters . 11,104
H. Herbeyer. 10,000
Wm. Braden . 3,800
E. B. Braden . 7,700
G. H. Cole . 8,800
M. Kendall, Jr. 8,194
Kennecott.
Daniel Guggennelm .167,972
T. W. Joyce . 30,031
Fillov, Bullard & Smythe.... 21,000
G. Schram . 20,000
H. S. West . 18,200
H. A. Sacke . 18,000
G. F. Moeser . 16,600
W. B. Gates . 16,000
J. J. Lowrey . 12,000
H. E. Pendry . 10,000
W. T. Edgerton . 18,200
M. S. Butler .v. 17,600
Agties Clarke . 12,118
S. J. Clarke . 12,618
R. Dolo . 17,900
S. J. Greismans . 13,000
C. J. Poole . 12,700
Hayden, Stone & Co. 1,700
J. S. Bache & Co. 6,298
C. D. Barney & Co. 4,060
A. K. Beetson Estate . 3,320
Vernon Brown & Co. 1,120
H. Content & Co. 4,600
E. C. Converse ...-. 4,000
Emanual Parker . 4,600
Hornblower & Weeks . 6,900
T. W. Joyce, ranking as the second
largest holder of the Kennecott
shares is understood to be an em
ployee of J. P. Morgan & Co. He
also appears as the holder of 120,
000 shares of International Mercan
tile Marine Common stock. The oth
er individuals against whose names
appear large holdings are believed
practically without exception to rep
resent the controlling factors.—Bos
ton News Bureau.
Catholic Church Services.
First mass at 8:30 a. m. Second
mass at 10:30 a. m. Sermon, “AH
flesh shall see the Salvation of God."
Luke iv. 6. Sunday School at 2 p.
m. Vespers instruction and bene
diction at 7:30 p. m. On Christmas
Day three! masses will be celebrated,
beginning exactly at midnight, the
first and second mass and the third
at 10:30 a. m.
Father John TJ, Corbett, Pastor.
No Feeling in His Feet.
An English soldier, a member of
the Second South Staffordshire regi
ment says that one very cold night he
and his mates came out of the
| trenches. They were billeted in a
barn, where they were packed in
very close.
“Though numb with cold we were
soon asleep,” said the soldier in tell
ing the incident.
“I was awakened in the night by
one of our chaps trying to pull his
boots on. After he had been trying
for a few minutes I heard the fellow
next to him say, ‘What the -are
you doing?’
“Pulling my boots on,’ was the re
ply.
"Well, that’s my foot, you blither
ing idiot!’ ’’ _
For timing workmen for efficiency
i stop watch has been invented with
a dial showing the number of oper
ations performed in an hour when
the time of a single operation is meas
ured.
'Experts have found that the hair
of Japanese women is extremely long
and elastic as well as strong making
it superior to all others for commer
cial purposes, especially for weaving
with silk into textiles.
Just Received
A large assortment hand painted
china suitable for Xmas.
Also Fresh Rose B.aads from Cali
fornia.
New leather goods suitable for
presents; fancy pillow tops in
felt and leather.
All kinds of smoker’s articles.
Universal Electric percolators,
Eastman Kodaks and supplies.
Japanese baskets one-fonrth off.
Christmas candies—see onr as
sortment.
Valdez Drug Co.
Votes for Women!
“What Is the election news,
please?” a woman speaking over the
telephone asked a young man tabu
lating results in a Washington news
paper office today.
“McCall has carried Massachusetts,
Stanley has carried Kentucky, prohi
,.„on is beaten in Ohio, as is suf
frage in New York, Pennsylvania,
and Massachusetts, while Tammany
seems to have won In New York,”
was the reply.
“What Is Tammany running for?”
was the next question.
For a moment the young man tried
In vain for words, and then, realiz
ing that he had to complete his tabu
lation, gave it up.
“For mayor," he answered, and
the woman thanked him sweetly, ex
pressing the hope that Mr. Tammany
would make a good mayor, and rang
off.—New York Tribune.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Dec. 17, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.009
Temperature 7 p. m. 7
Maximum temperature .24
Minimum temperature 4
Mean temperature .14
Partly cloudy, wind northeast six
miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Dec. 18, 1915.
Fairbanks, —15; 10 inches snow;
clear, calm.
Salcha, —9; 14 inches of snow;
clear, windy, trail good.
Richardson, —3; '18 inches snow;
clear, light wind, trail good.
McCarthy, —9; 20 inches of snow
clear, calm, trail good.
Donnelly, —30j 18 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
McCallum, —11; 36 inches snow:
cloudy, windy, trail good.
Paxson, —10; 30 Inches of snow;
cloudy, light wind, trail good.
Hogan, —9; 19 inches ^now; w'n
dy, trail good.
Gulkana, —20; 19 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center, —15; 18 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina, —7; 17 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Telkhell, —4; 23 inches of snow;
cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Beaver Dam, —18; 23 inches of
snow; cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Summit, zero; 65 inches of snow;
cloudy, north wind, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, —5; 36 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail closed, north wind,
cl thaooha; ;T4of
You will find the latest novelties
in ladies’ neckwear at E. Winter’s, tf
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL • P.M. <
We Serve Corona Coffee
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Jack C»llln - * Ptop«<«toic
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
ate taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures' immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To find the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign Is used be
fore the height, in Which case sub
tract it.
Saturday, December 18.
High—1:56 am, 7.0; 12:54 pm, 9.4
Low—3:40 am, 3.5; 6:06 pm, —0.2
Sunday, December 10.
High—12:43 am, 6,6; 10:48 pm, 9.2
Low—4:25 am, 3.6; 6:42 pm, —0.6
Monday, December 90.
High—0:13 am. 6.7; 1*1:09 pm, 9.4
LoW—5:01 am, 8.5; 6:16 pm, —0.7
Tuesday, December 91.
High—12:49 am. 6.9; 11:44 pm, 9.S
Low—5:37 am, 3.4; 6:49 pm, —0.8
Wednesday, December 99.
High—1:28 am, 6.9; 12:20 pm, 9.6
Low—6:11 am, 8.4; 7:20 pm, —.8
Thursday, December 98.
Low—6:47 3.8; 7:61 pm, —0.7
High—9:66 aim, 9.6.
Friday, December 94.
High—2:28 am, 7.0; 1:29 pm, 9.2
Low—7:26 am. 3.8; 8:22 pm, —0.6
Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire'
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place.
#
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240,000.
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
<^p^We Have —
Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials m
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
CHM1DTS BAKERY
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Doughnuts what am—Cakes and Cookies.
Wiegels High Grade Candies. 1
Delicatessen and Lunch Goods—-Bread 3 for 25c. Call 1SG
| 1.1 1 1 | 1 H.|-M SWIFT DELIVERY
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. I
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER "
Office, foot of Wall street.
HERE'S the wonderful little Sewing Machine Attachment
which runs the machine for you. At last you can sew with
out foot pedaling; absolutely without the slightest effort.
This simple little wonder-worker changes your Sewing Machine
(old or new) into an electric self-operating labor saver.
< Find out what the Sew-E-Z means in health and comfort.
Remember_you never touch the wheel; Sew-E-Z makes it run
automatically right. No broken threads; no jerks—just a silent
steady motioni which stops the instant you remove your foot
from the pedal. .
Alaska Water, Light and Tele. Co.
Saturday. December 25.
High—3:01 am, 7.1; 2:06 pm, 8.8
Low—8:06 am, 3.3; 8:66 pm, —0.2
Sunday, December 26.
High—3:36 aw,-1.8; 2:45 pn\, 8.2
Low—8:42 am, 8.3; 9:28 pm, 0.2
Monday, December 27
High—4:11 am, 7.4; 3:31 pm, 7.6
Low—9:44 am, 8.2; 10:06 pm, 0.8
Tuesday, December 28.
High—5;,00 am, 6.4; 3:62 pm, 7.8
Low—10:01 am, 4.1; 10:60 pm, 1.1
Wednesday, December 20.
High—6:32 am, 8.0; 6:87 pm, 6.0
Low—11:66 am, 2.6.
Thursday, December 80.
High—6:81 am, 8.4; 7:06 pm, 6.6.
Low—11:81 am, 2.1; 1:14 pm, 1.9
Friday, ‘ December 31.
High—7:16 am. 8.9; 8:4i pm. 6.6
Low—12:27 am. 2.7; 2:W pm. 1.0
DONALDSON SCHEDULE £
Ltb. Fort Llaeum Lra. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m. i
1:16 p.m. 4:09 p.m. ’
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
4:80 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m, 10:80 p,m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
ejuft month, these dan being need to
eleaa boilers.
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