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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1»1« NUMBER 06
GUNE RETURNS
WITH SHERIFF
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BROUGHT FROM NEW ORLEANS
Defaulting Cashier of tlie Pacific J
Coast Company Will Assist in the
Work on Hooks to Ascertain His
Exact Shortage.
SEATTLE. April 11.—Oliver Cline,
former cashier of the Pacific Coast
Company, who was recently arrested
in New Orleans, on the charge of em
bezzling funds of the company, ar
rived here today in charge of the
sheriff.
Cline is assisting in the work on
the books in an endeavor to ascertain
his exact shortage. The latest figures
given out by experts who have been
working on the books, are that Cline
is short fully <,'150,000. It is believ
ed that he iost the.money in specu
lation, as he is practically broke.
WHALES CAUSE '
U-BOAT SCARE
PASS 1-1X G El{ S PANIC STRICKEN
Panic Reigns on Board an Italian
Liner When School of Five Whales
Art' Sighted in the Path of the Ves
sel—'Thought to he Submarines.
NEW YORK, April 11.—Five big '
whales, which appeared suddenly in
the path of the Italian steamship
while that vessel was skirting the
coast of Sardinia on her way from
Genoa and Naples to this port, caused
an alarm of submarines and reuUed
in a near panic among the S49 steer
age passengers, according to reports
of passengers when the ship arry'd
today.
The Stampalia avoided the usual
route coming through the Mediterra
nean because of reported U-boats.
When the whales were sighted a cry
of “submarines” spread along (he
decks. Officers quieted the passen
genar«/'
10 TEST LEGHLITY
MCE LEGISLATION
CASK BROUGHT SUPREME COURT
Question of tlie Powers of Southern
States to Pass Laws Restrictive of
the Eights of Negroes to Be De
cided by Highest Tribunal.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 11—
A test case is now before the United
States Supreme Court to test the
validity of the race segregation or
dinances in force throughout the
South.
^ In most sections of the southern
states “Jim Crow’’ cars are run on
* trains for use by negroes, and certain
sections on street cars are reserved
for negroes, and they are not permit
~ ted to ride with the whites. In many
cities and towns negroes are barred
from owning property or erecting
dwellings in certain residential sec
tions. It is to determine whether or
nufL the various states, cities and
towns have the right to pass such
legislation, under the constitution.
The case is attracting widespread
interest throughout the South, and
the decision is oeing awaited with in
terest.
f Dance Tonight.
The Swedish Club will give their
usual weekly dance at the club rooms
jr\ ui the Vaidez Athletic Association
this evening.
Mrs. Nichols, formerly of Valdez,
has accepted a position with the In
dependent Laundry here.
ADMIRAL WATSON COMES
IN FROM THE SOFT I!
The steamer . .umiral Watson came
in from the south shortly before 10
o'clock last night and sailed for the
westward about two hours later. She
carried a large list of passengers for
westward points, including several
cannery crews and the following for
Valdez: Miss Frankie Harris, J. E.
Blackburn. J. S. Craig and Mrs.
Craig. J. J. McCarthy, J. J. McLain,
C. A. Martin, R. E. Capers, George B.
Stewart.
The Watson will go as far west as
Seldovia. and is expected to return
here some time Thursday.
EOT SHIPS GO
TO THEBOTTOI
VICTIMS OF GERMAN SFHS.
English Admiralty Issues Report Say
ing that German Submarines Tor
pedoed Steamers Without Warning
. —Vessels Were I narmed.
LONDON. April 11.—A report is
sued by the admiralty this afternoon
gives a list of eight vessels which
have fallen victims to the activities
of German submarines within the
past forty-eight hours.
The report states that in every in
stance the vessels were torpedoed
without warning, and that none of
the vessels were armed.
The report does not state whether
any of the crews suffered the loss of
their lives.
BARGE LOADED
WITHCASE BEER
POLICE SEIZE THOUSAND CASES
During Raid Along Seattle's Water
front Oflicei-s Discover a Large
Loaded with Liquor—Owner of the
Anther Fluid Cannot he Located.
SEATTLE, April 11.—During a
raid along the waterfront last night
the police discovered a scow loaded
with liquors which had been shipped
here .front San Francisco.
More than one thousand cases of
beer were on the scow and were seiz
ed by* the police. The owner of the
liquor remains a mystery, as also is
the method by which the liquor was
shipped here the police are probing
the affair, but as yet have unearthed
no clue to the ownership. ,
GERMANS REPULSE
ENGLISH ATTACK
SPRING DRIVE HAS COMMENCED
Germans Believe Attack Made Yes
terday Was But Keeler of German
Strength—Confident German Line
Will Hold.
BERLIN, April 11.—A war office
bulletin issued this afternoon states
that a strong British attack on the
German positions in the vicinity of
Ypres, made yesterday, was repulsed
by the Germans, who inflicted heavy
losses ^ipon the attackers.
The report states that the attack
yesterday was evidently a feeler put
out by the British to test the German
strength, and it is presumed to pre
sage the opening of the big drive
which the British commanders have
stated would be made in the spring.
The war office states that the Ger
man positions have been strengthen
ed and that the English will never be
able to break through the German
lines.
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FOR A CITY BEAUTIFUL
In one respect Valdez is handicapped above her
neighbors and that is in the matter of snowfall. The
“Beautiful” comes earlier and stays later than in
most of the Coast towns, and as a result, when the
Spring rush to the north begins. Valdez is anything
but a sightly place to those who come up town from
the steamers when they pass through. Later, it is
true, no town in Alaska is more attractive than Val
dez, but for two months in the Spring she is anything
but beautiful. Much of this unsightliness cannot he
helped, but a considerable portion of the rubbish
which fouls the streets chn he kept off with reasona
ble care.
It is a little trouble to burn the sweepings that
are brushed daily out onto the street, and yet this
trouble taken would make a material difference in
the appearance of the town in the Spring, and also
make for a healthier town. Ashes are sometimes dif
ficult to dispose of, but there is never any good ex
cuse for dumping them in the street.
The Valdez Civic League has done a wonderful
work in beautifying the town, for which the mem
bers deserve the highest praise, but much more than
can be accomplished even by a body of this character,
can be done by each individual resolving to keep his
or her property clean. In any get-together move
ment one of the first things to be considered for tla*
benefit of the community is tin* appearance of the
town ! If the town presents a good front people will
he impressed with ir. and the thought will be fore
most that the town is prosperous. Prosperity, at
tracts prosperity, and if we would be prosperous let
us present the appearance of a prosperous commu
nity. Clean-up time is almost here, and when we
clean up let it he a thorough one.
VILLA IS REPORTED DEAD
FOLLOWING AN OPERATION
GENERAL PE...D1ING TELEGRAPH THAT HE HAD RECEIVED IN
FORMATION THAT OUTLAW LEADER HAD DIED FOLLOWING
AN OPERATION FOR REMOVAL OF WOUNDED LEG—BLOOD
POISONING HAD SET IN—HAD RECEIVED REPORTS PREVI
OUSLY THAT VILLA'S CONDITION WAS SERIOUS AND THAT AN
OPERATION WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SAVE LIFE.
JAUItEZ. April 11.—A telegram
received here this afternoon from
General Pershing, commander of the
United States expedition in Mexico,
states that he has received many re
ports from Mexicans that Villa, the
outlaw leader is dead.
Mexican officers here state they
believe the report of the death of Vil
■la, as they h&d received reports some
time ago that the outlaw was suffer
ing greatly from his wounded leg,
and that an operation might be neces
sary. It is thought that the close
pursuit of the United States troops
prevented Villa from having the
wounded limb properly attended to
until it became dangerously infected.
The reports state that the outlaw
chief died following an operation for
the removal of his wounded leg,
which was injured during a brush
with the Mexican troops some time
ago. Prior reports had been received
by Pershing that Villa was in bad
condition from the wound, as blood
poisoning had set in and it was be
lieved an operation would be neces
sary. The news of his death from
the operation following the earlier re
port, is believed to give credence to
the latter report.
HEW NOTE ON
MAIL SEIZURE
WILL BE SHARP AND TO POINT
Secretary of State Lansing Is Prepar
ing Note to the British Government
Expressing Displeasure of United
States Over Mail Interference.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11
Secretary of State Lansing is prepar
ing another note to the British gov
ernment protesting against the re
peated interference, with American
mails to neutral countries on neutral
vessels by that government.
The note, it is said, will be more
shajp and to the point than previous
notes, and will express in the plain
est language the displeasure with
which the repeated seizure and search
of American mails is viewed by the
United States.
FOR SALE—My house and lot,
with barn and garage, on Hobart St.,
opposite Court House. Price $760.
J. A. Spenard. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
neon holds
or PRopocnoH
AVERAGE OF 10,000,000 POI NDS
Production of the First Three Months
of this Year Show that Monthly
Average of Production is Being
Maintained.
NEW YORK, April 11.-—The Ken
necjftt Copper Corporation produced
9.750,000 pounds of copper in Feb
ruary against 10,000,000 in January
and 10,500,000 in December. The
output of 9,750,000 in the shorter
nronth of February indicates that the
monthly average of 10, 000, 000
poundB is being approximately main
tained in spite of the severe winter
experienced at the Alaska properties.
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that ^pisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate It. tf
Charles Skinner, a nephew of Bert
Skinner of this city, was a through
passenger on the Watson for Seward.
COMMITTEE AT WORK
NAVAL APPROPRIATION
j WASHINGTON, I). C„ April 11 —
Tlie House Committee on Nava! at- j
fairs this morning started work or i
the naval appropriation bill.
Under the terms of the bill, as it
reads at present, the country may
spend a half billion dollars on the
navy. It is anticipated that tlie hi!!
will be reported by the committee
much as it was introduced.
R. L. Capers, attorney for the Cop
per River & Northwestern Railway,
came up from Cordova on the Admi
ral Watson.
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; DISAPPEARS Oi l VIRGINIA CAPE
Log Books Indicate that Vessel Mat
Have I'oundered or Have Been
! Sunk bv a German Raider—Dis
appeared Several Days Ago.
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; .sUEFOLK. Va.. April 11.—Coast
i guards have been instructed to look
for wreckage of the British cruiser
Cumberland, which is thought to
have gone down.
Seven log bnoas of the vessel lound
at Chicatnico, North Carolina, offer
no other explanation for tlieir pres
ence on the beach than that the ves
sel has either foundered in a gale or
lias been sunk by a German vessel.
The Cumberland has been on guard
off the Virginia capes for some time,
and disappeared several days ago.
30,000 TAKEN SINCE EEBRVAKY
Bombardment of the Defenses of Ver
dun Is Still Continued'—Germans
State that the l-'rench Losses Have
Been Enormous. |
BERLIN, April 11.—A war office;
bulletin, issued today, states that the;
bombardment of the Verdun de- j
tenses is still being maintained by;
the German artillery with telling ef-j
feet.
The bulletin also states that the;
Germans have taken 36,000 French I
troops since the assault on the fort- i
resses began last February.
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HOMESTEAD BILL !
PASSES HOUSE!
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HIM. LIMITS AREA TO 100 ACRES
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'Measure Introduced by Delegate;
Wickersliam Passes Lower House |
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—Suys It Will Promote Store j
Rapid Settlement of Territory.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 11— J
The bill Introduced by Delegate '
Wickersham of Alaska, limiting the
size of homesteads in Alaska to 160
acres, has been passed by the House.
Under the terms of the measure, ^
homesteads In Alaska which have
heretofore been taken up in 320
acre tracts, are reduced to 160 acres.
The measure also provides that per*
sons who have exercised their home
stead rights in the states, are permit- 1
ted to exercise the right to homestead 1
land In Alaska. ' 1
In speaking of the bill this morn- (
ing the Delegate stated that the large '
area permitted homesteaders under ’
the old law discouraged settlement, 1
and that the new law would remedy
this defect and promote a more rapid ,
growth of population.
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WILL INSIST ON
IRE DARDANELLES
fU'SSI.A WANTS KNIT TO SO! TH
iius-iui) Minister o! I'oirijn .Affairs
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Says Russians Would N"t Accept
Any Agreement to Neutralize the
Dardanelles.
PETROGRAD, April 11. —That no
agreement exists between the entente
allies for the neutralization of the
Dardanelles was the statement made
in the Duma today by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs. This statement was
made it! reply to a member of the
Duma who was commenting on the
report current here that such an
agreement existed. The minister said
that no agreement would satisfy the
Russian people, who felt that Rus
sia should have a free exit to the
Mediterranean.
RUSSIANS LOSE
TWO MILLION
ARMY CASUALTIES l-'OR YEAR
The Cost of the Army Operations for
too Year were very Heavy in
.Men—Report Hrot to New York
hy Correspondent.
NEW YORK. April 11.—Losses in
the Russian army, in kilted, wounded
ind missing for one year. January 1
to December 31, 1 ft 15. were 2.542,
539 according to Boris S. Schumaker,
who lias arrived here from Petrograd
i Jewish newspaper correspondent
via of Copenhagen on the steamship
United States. Schumaker exhibited
printed names of lists which he
:laimed were official Russian reports
if casualties and which he said he
Dbtained secretly, while in Petrograd.
TO VALDEZ MINE
420,000 WORTH WILL HE SENT IN
President Rankin of the Valdez Gold
Company Says Expects to Have
Mine in Operation l»y the Eihst of
.June—Much Ore Uncovered.
SEATTLE, April 11.—George Kan
kin, president of the Valdez Gold
Company, which is the reorganized
Cameron-Johnson Mining Company,
with mines at Shoup Bay. near Val
lez, stated in an interview here this
noruing that his company is shipping
:wenty thousand dollars worth of
Machinery to Valdez, and that it is
jxpected to have the machinery in
Race and the mines operating by the
irst of June.
Mr. Rankin, while making no ex
ravagant claims for the property,
dated that he believes the mine will
nake a good dividend payer, as it
tas several well defined leads which
narry good vnlues, and that the de
relopment work already done has un
lovered sufficient ore to warrant the
>elief that the property, with efficient
nanagement will prove one of the
test in the Valdez district.
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Will Retain Interest Here
Joe Spenard, the City Express man,
vill not completely sever his connec
ions here, but will retain his busi
ness. which he has built up during •
he past three years. Jack Golden
vill manage the business during Mr.
Ipenard’s absence, and will render
he same efficient service for which
he City Express Is noted.
Mrs. H. M. Carter, whose husband
s employed at the Granite Mine, was
i passenger for that place on the Ad
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