DUTCH PROTEST
TO THE GERMANS
Against Sinking of Their Merchant
Vesesls—People Are Indignant At
Loss of the Katwijk
THE HAGUE, April 17.—The Dutch
ministry is considering the sinking of
the Dutch steamer Katwijk, which
was submarined by the Germans
while ridfng at anchor in the North
sea waiting for an opportunity to en
ter a Dutch port. The people are in
dignant and insist that the govern
ment inform the German foreign of
fice that unless the kaiser’s govern
ment is willing to recognize the rights
of the Dutch to enter their home
ports without interference by the Ger
mans and will guarantee that no more
ships will be torpedoed that some ac
tion will be taken to protect the mer
chant ships even to fighting for the
right to sail the sea.
At no time since the opening of the
present war have the Dutch people
been so aroused as they were follow
ing the news of the sinking of the
ship. The troops have been needed
in several coast cities to prevent dis
orders and demonstrations against
the German consular office.
AMERICAN SHIPS
MUSI LEAVE SEAS
Pacific Mail Company Announce With
drawal From Business—New Mari
time Law Held Responsible.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—The
Pacific Mail Steamship company,
which has been operating from this
city to oriental ports, has announced
that on November 1st the company
will call in its ships and cease to
aperate because of the new seaman’s
law passed by congress and approved
by the president, which, they claim,
would make It impossible to earn op
erating expenses and live up to the
law.
The Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany operate one of the largest fleets
under American register. It is im
possible at this time to take out for
eign register because of the war.
The company refuse to follow the
Robert Dollar company, which is now
operating under the Chinese flag,
fearing that China may become in
volved in war with Japan and that
the ships would then be forced from
the seas or captured b> the superior
fleet of the Japanese.
Just what will be done with the
boats is not known, but some re
ports indicate that the ships will be
offered for sale and the company
withdraw from business unless the
transfer to foreign registry is ad
vantageous. Should the war end by
November the boats will be operat
ed under foreign flags.
NORTHWESTERN
HERE MONDAY
The steamer Northwestern, of the
Alaska Steamship company, (is ex
pected to reach Valdez on Monday,
having left Skagway about noon to
day.
Pioneers Dance May 1st.
Do not forget the dance to be giv
en by the Lady Pioneers on May 1st
at Eagle hall. Fine lunch, fine music.
Come and enjoy yourself. km 2
House and furniture for sale cheap
on easy terms. Will sell furniture
separate if desired. Mrs. Eckern. Old
phone 213. tf
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GERMANS RENEW FIGHTING IN THE EAST
PETROGRAD, April 17.—'The Ger
mans have renewed the fighting in
east* Prussia and in Poland. They
have been bombarding the Russian
line with many guns concentrating
the artillery fire upon the line of
trenches and field forts.
Desperate Fights Near Ossowetz.
The fighting near Ossowetz has
been the most desperate of the pres
ent campaign. The Germans have
been using the new large Krupp seige
guns and have endeavored to destroy
the forts but the line of trenches hold
them back and the shells fall short of
the stationary forts, while the Rus
sians have established a number of
field forts constantly moving the
guns when the German air scouts lo
cate the positions of the big batter
ies.
Losses Have Been Heavy.
The war office admits that the loss
to both sides have been heavy. The
Germans have again resorted- to mass
infantry attacks and have in several
assaults reached the trenches only
to be driven back to their own lines.
Fighting At Mlawa.
The fighting has also been renew
ed at Mlawa. The kaiser’s troops
started an assault simultaneously
with the assault upon Ossowetz and
in east Prussia.
Attack Warsaw Defenses.
The offensive movement of the en
emy extends as far as the southern
defenses of Warsaw. Near the Po
land capital they have endeavored to
break down the defensive line but
have failed. The fighting has been
heavy along the Rawa* river. Rein
forcements have been sent to War
saw and a counter offensive may be
expected in a few days.
PETROGRAD REPORTS INCREASED ACTIVITY IN EAST PRUS8IA,
AT OSSOWETZ, AT MLAWA AND ALL ALONG THE WARSAW
FRONT—RUSSIANS ADMIT AUSTRIANS PUTTING UP STIFF OP
POSITION IN DUKLA PASS—GERMANS PLACE BRITISH OFFI
CERS IN SOLITARY CONFINEM ENT FOR TREATMENT TO CAP
TURED SUBMARINE CREWS—HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR ARRAS—
GERMANS TRYING CAPTURE LES EPARGES HEIGHTS COM
MANDING THE FRENCH POSITIONS NEAR ST. MIHIEL—REPORT
ED BATTLESHIPS ACTIVE IN GULF OF SAROS.
Hard Fighting In East Prussia.
The Russians holding advance po
sitions in East Prussia report that
they have been subjected to a terrific
fire and have been assaulted time
and again. Reports indicate that
they have not only held the Ger
mans back, but in some places, with
inferior numbers, have gained more
ground.
Russians Admit Strong Austrian De
fense.
The war office admits that the ad
vance into Hungary has been tem
porarily checked by the strong Aus
trian defensive. Especially in the
Uszok pass has this defensive be
come alarming. The Austrians have
been strongly reinforced and with the
natural positions, giving them much
advantage over the attacking force,
before the Russians will be able to
it will be a matter of some time
batter down the opposition.
Russian Line Strong.
The Russian line southwest of Duk
la pass is strongly held by the huge
field forts and long lines of trenches
having been commenced some weeks
ago are now completed and the Aus
trian German force can be held in
check with a small containing force,
which can be reinforced in case of
need from Galicia, an interior town
connecting with the Russian depots
at Lemberg and Przemysl.
Germarfs Make Reprisals
BERLIN^ April 17.—The German
adm'ralty today selected ten British
iaval officers by lot from among the
prisoners held In the empire and
placed them in solitary confinement
because of the treatment accorded to
the officers and crews of the German
submarines captured by the British,
who insist upon treating them as pi
rates because of the orders by the
admiralty to sink British merchant
boats running the blockade establish
ed around England by the authorities.
Bombarding Dardanelles.
LONDON, April 17—The admiralty
announces that the battleships bom
barding Turkish towns have resum
ed the bombardment of the Darda
nelles by Indirect fire from the Gulf
of Saros. The result of the bombard
ment is not known, but is believed to
be effective.
French Hold Commanding Positions.
LONDON, April 17.—The Frerich
troops now possess the heights com
manding the roads from Arras and
Lille. The positions were taken by
the infantry after the massed bat
teries of French field guns number
ing fully 1,000 pieces had swept the
German trenches with a hurricane of
fire and made of them a small hell.
Following the artillery fire the troops
charged upon the heights and drove
the few defenders left after the shell
ing, down the other side. The loss to
tihe Germans during the artillery
bombardment was heavy, many bod
ies being found in the trenches.
Germans Would Capture Les Eparges.
The German troops have been
making repeated efforts to capture
the heights of Les Eparges, which
command the positions held by the
French near St. Mihiel. The Paris
reports indicate that as yet they have
failed in the effort to take the fort.
French Aeroplanes Reach Austria.
VIENNA, April 17.—A flock of
French aeroplanes reached Rottwell,
in Wurtemburg, and dropped bombs
upon the town. The attack was di
rected against the powder factory
maintained by the government at
Rottwell. It was unsuccessful, the
bombs failing to strike the factory
buildings. Thlee ' non-combatants,
however, were killed in the town near
the powder works. Austrian aerial
scouts succeeded in driving the
Frenchmen away.
BANK FORGER GETS"
LONG SENTENCE
Man Who Tried To Pass Forged Check
Drawn On Valdez Bank A Trust
Co. Is Convicted.
The American Bankers Journal
gives an account of the trial of J. C.
Coleman, who was arrested in Mem
phis, Tenn., for presenting a forged
(certified check to a bank in St. Paul,
Minn., for the sum of 11,500, drawn
on the Valdez Bank & Trust Co.
The St. Paul bank became suspic
ious and instead of cashing the check
wired to the local bank asking if the
certification was genuine. Coleman
also got suspicious and hurriedly left
town before the St. Paul bank got
the reply from Valdez that the check
was a forgery.
The matter was reported to the
American Bankers Protective Associa
tion, and they set detectives on the
trail of Coleman, with the result that
he was arrested in Memphis and re
turned to St. Paul for trial. He was
speedily convicted and sentenced to
the penitentiary for a term of five
years.
The description furnished of this
crook is that of a man about thirty
five years of age, five foot seven and
a half inches high, curly hair.
The Cordova papers claim that the
description exactly fits one Theodore
Capelle, whose activities are well
known to the people of not only Cor
dova but of Valdez.
CLEVELAND WANTS
ONE MILLION PEOPLE
CLEVELAD, O., April 17.—The
sixth city is becoming ambitious to
reach the million mark. -Following
announcements of Census Bureau
figures showing Cleveland’s popula
tion to be 707,663, business men and
commercial organizations are dis
cussing a campaign for a population
of 1,000,000 in 1920. Annexation of
adjoining towns and cities in Cuya
hoga county would add 80,000 to the
city’s population.
Offices to rent over Valdez Drug Co.
IMPEACH MAYOR
OF W HAUTE
Common Council Thinks He Should
Be Put Out Since His Convic
tion of Election Fraud.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 17.—
Following his conviction for election
frauds the city council of this city
today formally impeached Mayor Rob
erts and will endeavor to oust him
from office. The mayor still draws
his salary from the municipality and
would continue to do so while his
case was on appeal and therefore the
council decided to put him out and
elect a successor, as they did not be
lieve it was advantageous to the city
to have for mayor a man who stands
convicted of a felony.
Roberts, however, will fight the im
peachment, insisting he is not guilty
of the crime for which he has been
convicted and that the upper court
will reverse the conviction.
Men’s negligee and dress shirts—
new patterns and styles—at Blum’s.
UKIVERSITV III
HUE ffllfl GUIDES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—
Twenty-three universities are repre
sented in the fifty-nine guides em
ployed by the Panama-Pacific Expo
sition to assist visitors in seeing the
fair. Every one of the gray class
equad is a university man, a student
if not an actual graduate. They are
authorized by the exposition company
to hire themselves to visitors for 25
cents an hour.
"We are supposed to answer all
questions within reason,” said one of
the guides today, “but we certainly
get some posers. A woman in the
Fine Arts palace asked me to explain
to her *ye meaning of a certain
bronze piece of sculpture. I said it
was a certain sculptor’s conception
of Eve. ‘Oh^ yet^,’ said ishe, ‘tell
me, was Eve one of the Madonnas?’ ”
ZEPPELINS ARE
REPORTED ACTIVE
Operations Include Bomb Dropping
In France and England Fears
Night Attack.
PARIS, April 17—The kaiser’s Zep
pelins appeared over the city of
Amiens this morning and dropped
dozens of high power bombs which
-caused the destruction of some prop
erty and the loss of ten lives. The
dead are reported to be non-combat
ants who failed to seek safety in the
cellars when the alarm was given.
The continued activity of the big
airships and the inability of the Al
lies aeroplanes to bring them to earth
has caused some concern here, as the
people expect the Germans to jnake
a determined attack upon Paris. The
military authorities, however, predict
that the big airships dare not oper
ate at a low altitude because of the
new aeroplane guns now mounted on
buildings in the city and at high al
titudes they cannot aim the bombs
with any degree of marksmanship.
BOSTON, April 17.—Taking of tile
decennial state census of Massachu
setts was actively launched today.
Hundreds of enumerators, interpret
ers, special agents and other employ
es are being drilled for the actual
taking of the census of population, in
dustries, etc., on July 1. The census
will cost the state $400,000 and be
under supervision of Charles F. Get
temy director of the state bureau
of statistics. It is estimated that the
census will not be completed before
June 30, 1917. All individual infor
mation will be kept confidential.
Have you tried the Y. F. Co. brand
of eggs? If not do It now and note
the difference. The Yakima Fruit
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THAW LOSES IH
HIGHEST COURT
New York Appellate Court Says He
Must Go Back To Asylum—Sanity
Test Only Hope Left Him.
NEW YORK. April 17—The appel
late court of this state today sustain
ed the ruling of the trial judge in
holding that Harry Thaw must return
to the Matteawon asylum for the
criminal insane. The court allowed
five days to the defendant, after
t which he must be ready to return to
the asylum.
The attorneys for Thaw immediate
ly applied for a writ of habeas cor
pus, which is returnable next Mon
day. They demand that the sanity
of Harry Thaw be tested and that if
he is not insane he must be liberated.
The state will flght the sanity test,
insisting that five times already Thaw
has secured writs of habeas corpus
only to be returned to the asylum
after forcing the state to pay for the
legal flght.
Thaw's attorneys insisted that in
asmuch as he had been brought back
from New Hampshire to stand trial
for conspiracy in escaping from the
asylum that he must be returned to
that state following his acquittal.
The state, however, insisted that he
must be returned to the asylum to
be held until cured.
Kansas Horse Show.
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., April 17
Several events for officers, ladies and
enlisted men were on the card at the
sixth annual horse show of the Fort
Leavenworth Feld Club which opened
this afternoon in the riding hall.
New Boston 8ubway Opens.
BOSTON, Mass., April 17.—A new
subway section, between the Park
street station and Washington street,
of the Dorchester tunnel, was opened
today, principally benefiting the shop
ping public.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tallorv Telephone 198.
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Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian Ivory at Valde* Drug Co. tf
BUY MILS FOIL
ALASKA HMD
Two Car Loads Coming NoVth On the
Mariposa Tomorrow—Go To
Ship Creek
SEATTLE, April 17.—The purchas
ing agent of the Alaska engineering
commission has purchased from deal
ers in this city two car loads of steel
rails fc-r the use of the commission
at Ship Creek. The rails will be load
ed upon the steamer Mariposa leav
ing here tomorrow'.
The Mariposa will have a capacity
load of freight, as the commission
has arranged for all the space left
on the steamer after the regular
freight shipments to Alaska merch
ants have been cared for.
Lieut. Mears and forty-five employ
es of the commission will leave on
the ship going direct to Knik Anchor
age, where they will establish head
quarters for the commission and pre
pare for the work of building a line
from that point to the Matanuska coal
fields.
Ladies, see the new arrivals of
Kayser’s silk hose at Blum’s. tf
WOULD ARBRITRATE
CHICAGO STRIKE
Governor of Illinois Starts State Ar
bitration Board At Work To
Settle Trouuble.
CHICAGO, April 17.—Governor Ed
ward F. Dunne of this state today
ordered the Illinois arbitration board
to make an investigation of the strike
by the men employed upon construc
tion work in this city. With more
than 100,000 men out on strike and
almost all the building work in the
city stopped and the police force
watching the structures to prevent de
struction of property, while the con
tractors have special watchmen on
guard the situation is critical and the
governor is anxious to bring the
strike to an end before it spreads in
to other lines and ties up the indus
tries of the city.
The building trades unions are well
organized and have a big sinking fund
with which to continue the fight to
the end. They insist that the car
penters should be better paid and
that in order to help them all men
working on building work in this city
will go out. The contractors must
make terms with the men unless they
can secure enough strikebreakers and
finish the Jobs within contract time,
as they stand to pay heavy penalties
for delay.
DROP PROBE OE
PHOj[ RATES
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The In
terstate Commerce Commission 1ms
decided to drop the investigation be
ing made into the prices cha&ed by
the telephone and telegraph compan
ies. Just why the investigation ha^,
been dropped is not made public, but
it is believed that the commission has
no hope of securing the aedessary
money to make a valuation of the
lines of the companies and without
which they could not secure a basis
for the interest charges that the com
pany should be allowed to charge
against the public. Congressional ac
tion may be asked to secure a valu
ation of all telephone and telegraph
lines in the country, after which the
rates will be fixed.
Our first spring shipment of Stet
son hats in the latest models arrived
on last boat. Your inspection solicit
ed. S. Blum & Co. tf