VOLUME TTV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1016 NUMBER SOS
WAR END WIN
OBJEGTATTAINED
GEORGE ADDRESSES COMMONS
Wants Fall Guarantee Against Prus
sian Militarism Which Has De
stroyed the Peace of Europe—Not
Put Heads In Noose.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—Premier Lloyd
George has sufficiently recovered from
his recent illness to again take up his
duties and yesterday made an address
before the House of Commons. In re
ferring to the German proposal for
peace, the Premier stated that the war
would end when the Allies, under
God, had attained the object for
which they were fighting, a guarantee
i-gainst Prussian militar;sm which,
he declared, had destroyed the peace
of Europe. He assured his hearers
that the Entente nations did not pro
pose to put their heads in a noose
with Germany holding the ends of the
rope. The Premier was roundly ap
plauded by the members and the
spectators.
FOUL MURDER
AT DOUGLAS
WOMAN OF THE UNDERWORLD
Head Is Crushed in With Machinist’s
Hammer Throat Is Cut, and Far
and Nose of Victim Are Mutilated
In Barbarous Manner.
Mystery surrounding the murder
of “Babe” Brown, a woman of the
underworld found dead in her crib
No. 16, on Upper Front street at Ju
r.eau yesterday afternoon remains un
solved, but a number of clues are be
ing ferreted out and there is a likeli
hood that developments will follow
soon.
The coroner’s jury which investi
gated the murder yesterday evening
found a small hammer, reeking in
blood, but could not find the knife
with which her throat had been cut.
That the murder was premeditated
is almost conclusive. That the mur
der was committed in broad daylight,
some time undoubtedly around 11
o’clock yesterday forenoon is another
deduction.
The murderer must have commit
ted his bloody deed while in a frenzy
Of rage. The woman was beaten over
the head on both sides, the blood
.spurting from the wounds with sucn
force as to spatter the walls and cur
tains of due windows. Not content
with beating the woman oyer the
'head, five blows were administered
on the chest. Then, in another fit of
madness, the murderer took out an
exceedingly sharp knife, slashed the
throat, one ear and nose.
After finishing his crime the mur
derer went to a wash stand «nd wadi •
ed the blood off his hands and arms.
The officers working on the case are
mystified in the rifling of a trunk and
leather coin receptacles. The latter
were slashed at the bottom; why is
a mystery, aB the contents could have
been poured oiit from the tops.
The Brown woman recently arriv
ed here from Anchorage, where ehe
went under the name of “Jennie.”—
Juneau Empire
MEW BATTLESHIPS
ARE 'to BE TORPEDO PROOF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—The new
battleships to be constructed for the
United ‘States government Will, ac
cording to experts, be' practically tor
pedo proof. Tests have shown that it
will require ten torpedoes of the type
now in use to destroy one of the hew
battleships, whereas two are sufficient
to sink the present day battleships.
Ladles' Aid.
The members of the Ladies’ Aid
will meet in the lecture room of the
Congregational church tomorrow^aft
trnoon at 2 o’clock. Mrs. M. H.
Houser will be hostess. All ladies are
invited. k2i
WITNESS OF LINCOLN’S
ASSASSINATION IS DEAD
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.—Col. Wil
liam Withers, leader of the orches
tra in Ford’s theatre in Washington,
D. C., the night Abraham Lincoln was
shot, died here yesterday. When
Booth limped doryn the back stair
way of the theatre in his effort to es
cape after he had fatally wounded
President, Mr. Withers blocked his
way. Booth stabbed him in the neck.
Col. Withers was 80 years old.
ALLIES 10 REJECT
THE GERMAI NOTE
WILL MAKE CONCERTED REPLY
French, Italian and British Officials
Announce that Only on Terms Dic
tated by Allies can Peace be Nego
tiated.
PARIS, Dec. 20.—Premier Brian 1
in an address before the French Sen
ate this morning stated that the En
tente Allies would make a concerted
feply to the German peace proposal
making known to that country and
her allies that it would be impossible
to take their request for peace ser
iously, and pointing out that the
terms In which the German note is
couched points to the conclusion th .♦.
the Central Powers are not sincere
in their professed desire for the end
ing of the war.
No Terms Specified
ROME, Dec. 20.—Minister of For
eign Affairs Sennino, in an address
before the Chamber of Deputies to
day, announced that the peace note
from the Central Powers presentr 1
no conditions for peace negotiations.
If such conditions were submitted
later they would probably be consid
ered, but under the present condi
tions there was nothing to discuss.
Reject Proposition
LONDON Dec. 20.—Premier Lloyd
in his address to the House of Com
mons this morning stated that the
first act of the new ministry would
be to reject the peace proposal of the
Central Powers. He declared that
peace was possible only upon terms
laid down by the Entente Allies, and
they must know that Germany is
prepared to accede to a complete
restitution of the Belgian territory
to that country, a full reparation for
the losses to that country and effec
tual guarantees for a permanent
peace in Europe.
DAMAGE SUIT NOW
ON IN DISTRICT COURT
This morning the case of Tony Pas
:.us vs. Ellamar Mining Company was
taken up in the District Court before
Judge Bunnell. This Is an action for
damages for personal injuries alleged
to have been received by the plaints
while in the employ of the company,
and is one of the cases in which
Judge Brown was disqualified from
hearing.
CHICAGO BOYCOTT CUTS
DOWN PRICE OF BUTTER
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Boycott agi
tation, together with the federal In
vestigation of food prices, had con
siderable effect today on the butter
market here. Wholesale Quotations
of creamery butter on the Chicago
butter and egg board showed a fall
varying from 5c to lc on some grades
as compared with yesterday. It was
explained that consumption of butter
had diminished and that supplies had
materially increased.
PIjANS TO INCREASE
THE CHICAGO SUBWAYS
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—The subway
comibiiision plans to Include the con
struction of 53 miles of subway, 158
miles df elevated line and 525 miles
of surface car line—all within the
next nine years. The estimated cost
is 396,000,000. This was announced
today.
Spokane Due Tonight.
The steamship Spokane left Sew
ard at 6 o’clock this morning for Val
dez and will stop either at Latoucho
or Ellamar. She will probably reach
here about 6:00 o’clock.
TWO KILLED IN
THREE HUNDRED MEN ESCAPE
Mine Rescue Crew Enters Workings
and Brings Out Killed and Twelve
Miners Who Were Seriously Burn
ed by the Explosion.
VINCENNES, Ind., Dec. 20.—By
an explosion which occurred yester
day in the Oliphant coal mine here
two miners were instantly killed and
twelve were badly burned. More than
three hundred miners were employed
in the mine when the accident occur
red, but a majority of them escaped
without injury. Following the explo
sion the mine crew penetrated the un
derground workings of the mine and
brought out the killed and injured.
STRANGE CRAFT
CHASES ADRIATIC
BELIEVED IS GERMAN RAIDER
»
White Star Liner Is Pursued for Six
Hours I,ast Night, But Finally Suc
ceeds in Eluding Pursuer and Gets
Into Port Safely.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2U.—The White
Star liner Adriatic dodged into poit
this morning and reports having been
chased for six hours last night by a
strange craft, believed to have been
a German commerce raider. The Ad
riatic changed here course several
times and finally succeeded in escap
ing her pursuer.
SIGNS ORDER FOR
SEIZED AT POINT POSSESSION
Judge Bunnell Issues New Decree Or
dering Liquors at Seward to Be
Destroyed Instead of Sold by Mar
shal—Seward Opposed to Sale.
This morning Judge Bunnell, at
the opening of the session of court,
signed the order changfhg the decree
issued in the case of the United States
vs. Fitzgerald, Hennessy, et ais., or
dering the destruction of the liquors
seized at Point Possession instead of
the sale of the dame as provided in
an original decree.
Originally this stock ot liquor con
sisted ot more than 5,001 bottles,
but in transportation to Seward on
a barge a storm was. encountered ip
which the barge was roughly handled
and as a consequence many ot the
bottles were broken, but little of the
original stock remaining intact. Un
der the original decree of the court
this liquor was to have been sold by
the marshal at Seward at public auc
tion, but the women’s clubs and citi
zens raised such a protest that the
order was revoked and the stock or
dered destroyed.
NINETEEN NORWEGIAN
SHIPS SUNK IN MONTH
LONDON, Dec. 19.—A Reuter dis
patch frota Christiania says it Is an
nounced by the Norwegian ministry
that in November nineteen Norwegian
vessels wfth a total tonnage of 38,
993 were lOBt.
dUe Now Working.
After lying by for several dnys be
cause of the severe storm raging at
sea, the Burnside finally succeeded
in making the repairs to the cable
yesterday afternoon, communication
being restored about 3 o’clock yester
day afternoon, and the line is now
in flrst-class working order.
ADJOURNS OVER
THEJfOLIDAYS
COMMISSION TO TAKE A REST
American Members Mexican Commis
sion Still Insist on Maintenance of
* Expeditionary Force and Border
Patrol to Suppress lawlessness.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 20. -The
Mexican Commission today adjourned
over the Holidays. The American
members of the commission are in
sisting on the exact program outlined
of the American occupation by the
expeditionary forces of their present
position in Mexico and the mainte
nance of the border patrol until such
time as the outlaws have been sub
dued.
WEIS WIN BY
RIUpilY
ARE NOW AHEAD BY 15.000
Incomplete Returns from Yesterday's
Ijocal Option Election Show That
Wets Will Win by a Substantial
Majority
BOSTON, Dec. 20.—Incomplete
returns from the local option election
ireift here recently show that the
Y/ets have won. The returns so far
received show the wets to ha/e a pin
rality of 15,000 and th-i complete re
turns will undoubtedly give them a
substantial majority.
PAPERS APPROVE
PREMIERS STAND
DEMAND TERMS OF GERMANY
Premier Says If Germany Wants
•Peace, Now is Time to Make Terms
Known—Avoids Snare of Abrupt
and Sweeping Refusal.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The newspep
ers in this city completely approve
of the course adopted by Lloyd
George in regard to the German pro
posal for peace. His statement that
if Germany wants peace now Is the
time to state her terms meets with
the support of the entire press. The
Manchester Guardian, in commenting
on the situation, says that the Prem
ier has avoided the snare, and de
mands explicitness.
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SUFFRAGETTES WA&T
MORE RECOGNITION
LONDON, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Emma
line Pankhurat, the militant suffra
gette, saw some of Mr. Lloyd-George’s
chief supporters yesterday, as she
does not desire a reconstruction of
the cabinet achieved without the
Cause of women being taken into ac
count. The Asqtilth ministry passed
through a trying ordeal while the
militant suffragette campaign was at
its height, but a truce has been de
clared on militant methods during
the War. The suffragettes foresee
that the new cabinet may survive
the war and have much to do In shap
ing the future situation of women.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
BOLD FOR TWO MILLIONS
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Madison
Square Garden, famous as the center
6f many important public meeting *
and athletic exhibitions was sold un
der the aucttbheer’s hammer here for
$2,000,000. The structure was pur
chased by the New York Life Insur
ance Company whose representative.
Edwin bevlin, was the only bidder.
DELEGATE Hl'LZER SENDS
REGARDS TO FRIENDS
In a letter to the Prospector Dele
gate-Elect Charles A. Sulzer expresses
his sincere thanks to the paper and
to hts many friends in Valdez for the
support Riven him and the Democrat
ic party during the recent campaign
and states that he deeply appreciates
all the efforts put forth in his behalf
and extends his kind personal regards
to all his friends here.
GERMANY WILLING
TO SM TERMS
OFFICIALDOM IH OPTIMISTIC
Statement of Lloyd George that the
Allies are Waiting for Germany to
Submit Terms Indicates Allies are
in Receptive Mood.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20.—
An authority close to the German em
bassy here states that the Kaiser is
willing to submit terms upon which
Germany is willing to negotiate for
peace. Germany will probably sug
gest the submission of the terms to
a joint conference of representatives
of the nations engaged in the strug
gle.
President Wilson and Secretary of
Slate Lansing are silent, refusing to
discuss She matter with newspaper
representatives, it is believed that
they will refrain from discussing *he
peace proposal until matters have
reached a stage where there will be
offered an opportunity to the United
States to tender its good offices in
bringing about an end to the strug
gle.
Optimism prevails in official cir
cles, and the statement of Premier
George that the Entente Allies are
awaiting for Germany to submit her
terms and guarantees stronger than
those she so lightly broke at the be
ginning of the war. This is believed
to indicate that the Allies are in a
receptive mood, and that negotiatiens
for peace may soon be under way.
Bricklayers Select Seattle
SPOKANE. Dec: 20.—The Wash
ing ton state conference of Bricklay
ers. Masons ai.d Plasterers Interna
tional Union today choose Seattle as
the next meeting place. The union ir
Oregon was asked by resolution to
reciprocate with the Washington un
ion in the exchange of union cards.
NINE HUNDRED AND THREE
GET LIQUOR PERMITS IN DAY
It Looks as If Tacoma Christmas
Will Have Plenty of Joyjuice.
TACOMA, Dec. 20.—Seeking bev
erage to “fill the cup that cheers ’
during the Christmas and New Year
festivities, applicants at the court
house yesterday for liquor permits
smashed all records. Nine hundred
and three thirsty souls, requiring the
work , of three perspiring and tired
clerks to handle the long line which
crowded the second floor of the court
house all day.
Almost one-half the applicants were
women, many with babes in the'r
eras. Every nationality in the coun
ty was largely represented and the
men and women came from all walks
of life. Matty of them stated they
wanted something to give the "Christ
mas pudding sauce a kick.” It is es
timated the tothl number of permits
for the year will be over 60,000.
GERMANS ^LEVY HUGE
War tax on Rumanians
LONDON, Dec. 20.—It is reported
here that the Germans have levied an
enornious war tax on the residents of
Bucharest, which is being exacted to
the last penny. It Is also reported
that Rumanian money must be stamp
ed as German, tor which thirty per
cent of the value of the notes in cir
culation must be paid in gold or se
curities to the German government.
Ten million pounds sterling is said
to have been exacted from the resi
dents of Craivo.
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British Liner Sunk
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Anchor
Line steamship Caledonia, of 9,223
tons gross, is believed to have beer,
sunk, says an announcement made
today at Lloyds Shipping Agency.
GERMAN REPLY
CLAIMS RIGHT SINK STEAMER
Says Columbian Was Held I'p Then
Release*! on I/earning Nationality,
But She Forfeited Rights by Send
ing Wireless Warnings to Foes.
BERLIN. Dec. 20.—The German
reply to the American note on the
torpedoing of the steamer Columbian
is being prepared and will be for
warded to the American embassy to
day. The note will state that the Col
umbian wa3 held up by a Germau
submarine, and was released when
her nationality was learned. After
the release of the steamer her wlr
less operator sent out warnings giv
ing the location of the submarine to
any other vessels which might be
within reach. This was a gross viola
tion of neutrality and far this reasc.i
the vessel was sunk. Germany will
claim that the sinking of the steamer
\"as wholly within the provisions ct
international law, and was brought
about by the acts of the officers of the
steamer.
YRREE DEMOCRATS
IN LEGISLATURE
COMPLETE OFFICIAL RETURNS
Vote From Various Precinct* Receiv
ed to Date Show Cannon, Price,
Day and Holland Fleeted—Demo
cratic Senator.
A compilation of the official vote
for the Third Division, as received at
the office of the Clerk of the Court,
with the Bristol Bay precincts and
Reindeer and Bonanza missing, shows
that Ronan has won the election for
Territorial Senator by 144 votes over
John Frame, his nearest competitor.
In the vote for members of the Terri
torial Legislators Frank Cannon leads
the list, but late returns have ousted
C. M. Day from his position in second
place which is now occupied by T. C.
Price. The third and fourth places
are taken by C. M. Day and Thomas
Holland, respectively, the latter hav
ing overtaken Murray’s lead in the
last returns and is now leading him
by 7 votes. The returns from Una
laska, Chignik and Ungd also added
100 votes to WilBon’s poll for Road
Commissioner, leaving him 9 in ad
vance of Wood, who was previously
in the lead. The total vote of the di
vision so far received is as follows:
For Delegate—Lewis 488, Sulzer
1680, Wickersham 1965.
For Attorney General—Cobb 1091,
Grigsby 1773, Schofield 820.
For Territorial Senator—Dooley
955, Frame 1010, German 739, Ron
an 1154.
For Territorial Legislature—Can
non 1822, Day 1370, Hegner 775, W.
J. Henry 613, W. P. Perry 840. Hol
land 1221, Hunter 806, McCallum
1190, Murray 1214, Noon 1183,
Price 1371.
For Road Commissioner—Dierir. -
ger 430, Jeeter 1.047, Wilson 1085,
Wood 1076. •
For Prohibition—2547.
Against Prohibition—1370.
For Eight-Hour Day—3024.
Against Eight-Hour Day—369.
It is believed that any further re
turns which may come in before the
canvassing board meets will be un
likely to change the present results.
This makes the legislative ticket
from the Third Division composed ot
one Democratio genator and one Pro
gressive, O. P. Hubbard, holdover
member, and throe Democratic and
one Progressive members of the legis
lature.
Food Grafters Caught
BERLIN, Dec. 20.—Police reports
of the Berlin district for the past
month show that 371 food specula
tors were punished during that per
iod for trying to make more money
than the law allows.