VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ* ALASKA, MONDAY* MAY 21, 1017 • Nt'MBKR 111*
NOTED Mil
PUSSES ON
A i INLY WOMAN WHO WAS
NAMtU) TOR I’RKSIDKN'T
Helva ljucknmid, Famous Attorney,
Suffragette and Pacificist, died Sat
urday at Her Home at the National
^ Capital.
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WASHINGTON1. D. C.. May 21.— ,
3elva Ann Bennett Lockwood, the!
noted lawyer, temperance worker and
suffragette, and the buly woman who
t-ver received the nomination for pres-|
ident of the United States died at I
her home here Saturday evening; In
her eighty-seVenth year.
Belva Lockwood was horn in Boy
zltoii, N. V.. October 24, 1834. She,
graduated from Genesee College in i
: 857. and in 1871 the degree of A. M.
was conferred upon her by the Uni
\ersity of Syracuse in 1871, and LL.
I). in 1908. She taught school from
: 857 to ijt0S. and in 1S73 was ad
mitted toTlie practice of law. She
worked for and secured the passage
'.y Congress of a bill giving women
^ mployes of the government equal pay
ior equal work with men employes;
secured a bill permitting women to
practice before the Supreme Court of
the United States and the Court of
■ Maims and was admitted to practice
-inder this bill. She'was attorney in
-everal cases of nation'-wide fame;
and was one of the attorneys who
-ecured a judgment of 85.000.000
igainst the United States in favor of
i -he-Cherokee Indians. Was also one |
^ >f the attorneys in the famous Myra I
Marke Gaines case. Was twice nomi
nated. in 1894 and 1S9S by the equal
rights party for President of the Uni-,
-ed States. She represented the Uni
-ed States at the Congress of Chari
"ies and ^Correction at Geneva; was
>ne of thtjL committee which secured
he passage of the law giving equal
property rights for women and equal
guardianship of their children in the
District of Columbia; president of the
Women's National Press Association
md was a fluent writer on peace and
irbitration and on political and social
subjects. She was a delegate' to the
nternational Peace Congress at Lon
lon in 1908 and was one of the nomi
lating committee for the Nobel peace
prize, and was a member of a number
. >t international associations for peace.
^ suffrage aud social subjects.
PERSHING WILL
TAKE VETERANS
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* DIVISION WILL BK
ACCOMPANIED BV MARINES
Infantry Division of 23,00 Men and
2,500 Marines will Constitute First
Contingent of American Troops to
i France.
^ WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 21.—
It is officially announced that the Di
vision under General Pershing, to be
sent to France, will consist of about
25.000 men. He will also be accom
panied by 2,500 Marines, ft is also
announced that no part of the 500,
,000 men to be raised under'the Con
scription measure will be called to
the front before September, and only
• seasoned veterans will be sent at this
time.
Nationalists in Uad
MELBOURNE, Australia. May 21.
—The Nationalists are now leading
in the senate election in Queensland
but the result there is still in doubt.
Prjutnler Highes says the government
wilt have a majority of at least twen
ty in the house of representatives. The
newspapers estimate the nationalists
will have fifty seats and the labor
party twenty-five in the house.
f Harry Johnson is a visitor in town
from Port Wells.
Captain Jefferson, of tile Patsy, re
ports sighting thre^ swans yesterday
near Mineral Creek.
BRIEF MENTION OE
AMERICAN WARSHIPS
German \etvspa|>ers make bat Brief
Mention or Arrival Destroyers
AMSTERDAM. May 21.—German
newpapers received here have an
nounced the arrival of the American
(destroyer flotilla in European waters
to combat tlio submarines with a sing
le headline, giving the news as little
publicity as possible. The Lokal An
zeiger carried a small item under the
brief caption “Now Americans?"
AMERICAN TROOPS
BE SENT NT ONCE;
PERSHING RECEIVES THE
COMMAND OF EXPEDITION
Roosevelt Will not be Permitted to j
Raise Volunteer Division, but Reg-!
ular Troops will be Forwarded at
an Early Date.
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 21.—
Discountenancing the plan to permit
Roosevelt to raise a volunteer divi- j
sion for service overseas, and declar- j
ing the immediate need of American
troops in Belgium and France. Presi
dent Wilson today indicated that
America would right Belgium's j
wrongs, and that troops would be im- \
mediately dispatched to France. The j
War Department is rushed to the lim- j
it preparing for the equipment of the1
overseas troops. General Pershing will
start for Europe, probably immedi- j
ately.
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ADOPT STRINGENT LAWS
AGAINST SALE OF ALCOHOL
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Northern France Placed Under Mili
tary Control and all Traffic in Li
<|uors Sto|>|*ed—Heavy Penalties
For Munition Workers.
PARIS, May 21.—While the United
States is talking prohibition the
French government has placed a ban
on alcohol in all districts, and has
prohibited its importation during the
war. Every zone in northern Franco
i has been placed under military con
! trol the officials being instructed to
suppress all traffic in alcoholic liquors.
Extremely heavy penalties have been
; placed in the case of ammunitions
| workers who Indulge in intoxicating
J beverages.
CONGRESS RESPONDS TO
APPEAL OK PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 21.—
Congress is responding quickly to
the appeal of the President for im
mediate action on the war measures,
and is preparing to push the needed
legislation. The president personally
appealed Senators Lodge, Gallinger
; and Knox for their support.
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AMERICAN AIRMEN MAY
BEAT THE INFANTRY
| Squadron Reported ready for Imme
diate Departure to the Front
! NEW YORK, May 21.—It is au
i nounced that the first squadron of
! American airmen -may beat Pershing
to France. This squadron consists of
34 pilots and 154 men, and it is state
|ed. is ready for immediate departure.
| PASSENGERS ON THE
j STANDARD ARE SAVED
I Wireless Advices States Missing Men
have been Landed in Safety
j SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.—Wire
less advices received here state that
;all the members of the crew of t"he
j Libby, McNeil & Libby cannery ship
Standard, which was wrecked off the
mouth of the Nushagak river May 14,
; have been landed in safety, but the
ship and contents are a total loss.
SETS JUNE 5 FOR
REGISTRATION
KAll.l'KK TO RKGIMTKK
IS HKAVILV PK.V.AMZKI)
Person* Absent from Home must Mail
Registration to Nearest Point to
Home—Slrk must Obtain Informa*
tion as to procedure.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 21 —
The most portentious paragraph of
the President's proclamation calling
for the registration of eligibles under
the new conscription act. are that
every eligible must register his name
with proper officials between the
hours of 7 a. m., and 7 p. in., on
June 5. Any person between the ages
of 21 and 30 years faling to so reg
ister or falsifying regarding age or
otherwise, will be guilty of a mis
demeanor and subject to heavy pen
alty. Any person absent from his us
ual place of residence must mail his
registration to the place of registra
ton to the place of registration near
est Ills residence. Those sick must se-.!
cure information in advance of the
date as to the procedure to be follow-j
ed in such case. Although registra
tion day has not been declared a leg-!
al holiday, it will become a great day:
of patriotic devotion and obligation '
to duty. It is (he duty of every man!
to see that the names of all males he-1
tween the designated ages is written ]
on the roll of honor.
Mrs. E. Winter is building a four
room cottage on her lots on Hobart,
street near the Congregational par
sonage.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. ('ashman and
family left yesterday for Wortman
tor the summer.
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Is Now Captain Douglas
Former Quartermaster Sergeant L.
B. Douglas is now Captain Douglas,
quartermaster section, of the Officers
Heserve Corps. Captain Douglas re
ceived his commission Saturday, and
was sworn in Saturday evening by
Captain Itobert M. Nolan.
KXCJIjAXD THRIliliKD AT
ACTIOX OK PRESIDENT
British Newspapers I at visit l*raise on
the American Commander
LONDON, May 21.—All England
is thrilled with joy at the announce
ment of President Wilson’s action in
sending American troops to France at
once. The newspapers are lavish in
their praise of General Pershing, the
American Commander.
Ja|is to Increase Food Output
OLYMPIA. May 21.—Japanese
truck gardeners in the state will do
their share in increasing the food pro
duction, according to a letter receiv
ed by Agricultural Commissioner Ben
son today from the editor of the Asaki
INews, a Seattle Japanese publication.
The editor of the Nipponese paper, in
closes a clipping front his publication
showng he is boosting the campaign
for more farm products.
Will Continue Business
George Iteinke, who for several
years past has been associated with
the jewelry department of the Val
dez Drug store, will remain in his
present quarters in the store form
erly occupied by the drugr store for
ten days or so when he will move in
to the new Pinzon, where he will car
ry a -large and complete assortment
of jewelry, and will conduct the
watch and jewelry department as be
fore.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Moses, the lat
ter formerly Miss Esther Kortli of
this city, safled from Anchorage re
cently on the transport Crook for
Seattle, where, says the Anchorage
Times, they will spend several weeks,
before continuing their journey to
their future home in San Francisco.
Farragut Halls North
SEATTLE, May 21.—the Steamer
Adfimiral Farragut sailed from here
at 9 o’clock Saturday night for Val
dez and way ports. Her passengers
for Valdez were J. Langworthy. C,
Langworthy, Raymond Noye and Jack
Hathaway.
Prospector ads bring results.
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TEDDY REFUSES
MAKECOMMENT
ON RKFl’HAL OF WILSON
TO OIVK HIM COMMISSION
Wilson Says lm|tossible Because Ted
dy Wanted some of the Best Of
ficers of the Army—Teddy Pays
Pershing a High Compliment.
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WASHINGTON. D. C., May 21.—
President Wilson, in a statement Sat
urday evening, stated that the author
izing of Colonel Roosevelt to raise an
overseas division of volunteers would
seriously interfere with the carrying
cut of the purposes of the army leg
islation for the prompt creation of
8n effective army. He said he would
be very glad to confer the deserved
compliment of a commission upon
Col. Roosevelt, and that such an act
would have an excellent political ef
fect. but it was Impossible, because,
for one thing, in an interview he had
held with the Colonel the latter had
wanted with him some of tiie best j
officers of the army, and these offi-1
cers were badly needed elsewhere.
Teddy Silent
NEW YORK, May 21.—All at
tempts to interview the Colonel on
the subject of the declining of Pres
ident Wilson to give him a commis
sion and authorize hi into raise an
sion and authorize him to raise an
refusing to comment on the Presi
dents decision. Had the President
granted the desired permission and
commission it would have advanced
Roosevelt to a Brigadier-Generalship
over 862 officers of the American
army, and probably would have en
gendered much ill feeling in army of
ficial circles.
Teddy Speaks
NEW YORK. Colonel Roosevelt
this morning broke the silence which
he has maintained since President
Wilson refined to grant him the de
sired commission and authority to
raise an overseas division. He still
refused to comment on the Presdent’s
refusal, but stated that he would aid
the country in every way possible.
He paid a high compliment to Gen
eral Pershing, the commander of the
expeditionary force.
Thomas L. Lyman left yesterday
cn the Patsy for Shoup bay with a|
large quantity of supplies, to begin
development of his gold quartz prop
erty. •
Doniinik Vietti was an arrival from)
the Pori Wells district yesterday.
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Bert Florence and brother made
a trip to Jacks bay Saturday and re
turned yesterday, in the gallant ship
“Mudhen,”
J. W. Spaulding is a visitor n town
from the Port Wells Country.
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Wage Question Considered
W ASHINGTON, D. C.. May 21.—
Railroad officials representing mech
anical departments of practically all
the lines southeast of Washington
are in session here considering ques
tions of increased wages and read
justment of hours affecting 25,000
shopmen. It is understood the read
justment involves expenditures of
about $12,000,000 a year. The meet
ings are in private and surrounded
by the greatest secrecy.
Notice
Business and othet' matters per
mitting. the following named men will
attend the baseball meeting tonight
at Union Hall promptly at six thirty
o’eloek:
Mitchell, Hermann, Tom and Har
ry Selby. Blackburn, Scearce, Kees
ler, Botway. Clifton. Peterson. Fields.
Pasco, Beal. Sterling. Schneider and
Vogt. Also any other men in town In
terested in baseball.
The meeting is for the purpose of
appointing a secretary and captain
and making arrangements for the
summer.
WM. CONLEY, manager
Valdez. Baseball Club
James Fielder, the well-known El
lamar storekeeper, Is a visitor In town
today.
Old papers in bunches of 100 at
this office, only 10 cents. tt
TRIAL OF MRS. MOOXFY
BF.OINS THIS MORNING
<'harmed Complicity in San Francisco
Bomb Outrage I>ast Summer
SAN FRANCISCO. May 21—The
trial of Mrs. Mooney, charged with
complicity in the bomb outrage here
last summer, commenced here this
morning. One hundred and sixty wit
nesses have been subpeonaed to ap
pear in the trial, which promises to
be bitterly contested.
50LDIERS»T
1 SUBMARINE
OFF KNTRANOK OF
SAN DIFGO HARBOR
liookout -Men at Fort Koseurrunz Re
|K»rt an Undersea (’raft Near Har
bor—Army Aviators Scour Coast
but arc Unable to latcate.
SAX FRANCISCO, May 21.—The
Commanding Officer at Fort Rosen
cranz reports that two lookout men
atthe fort sighted a submarine at the
entrance of San Diego harbor on Sat
urday. He states the men are very
positive of the nature of the object
sighted, and that there is not the!
slightest doubt that it was an under
sea craft. The naval wireless station
has sent out a warning to all points
along the coast and to the ships mak-:
ing port to keep a sharp lookout for
the craft.
Will Help Itelgium
HAVRE. France. May 21.—The
Belgian government has been ad vis-'
ed that the United States will de
vote $150,000,000 for provisioning
the population of the occupied dis
tricts of Belgium and France. Of this
sum $90,000,000 will be devoted to
Belgium. It is estimated that the cost
of feeding is approximately $7,000.
000 monthly.
GERMANS SUFFER
HEAVY LOSSES
RKNKW OFFKXSIVK OX
FRKNCH POSITIONS
Kndeavor to Rout French Result in
Frightful Slaughter—Italy Aflame
Over the Reveut Italian Sueres
ses.
PARIS, May 21.—The Germans
have renewed their concerted counter
attacks west of Braye. The new of
fensive was initiated .with a terrific
storm of artillery and liquid fire, and
for the past three days they have stri
ven desperately to rout the French,
but without success. Their losses have
been frightful. Numbers of regiments
were hurled against the French posi
tions only to meet the concentrated
fire of the French artillery, before
which they melted away, the ground
being piled deep with the dead and
wounded.
Italy Aflame
ROME, May 21.—The heavy fight
ing along the Trieste front has re
sulted in tremendous losses to the
Austrians. It is estimated that no less
than 12,000 have been killed in ad
dition to those rendered incapable
of further fighting by reason of
wounds since last Tuesday. Italy is
aflame with enthusiasm over thej
sweeping Italian successes.
Japan May Send Mission
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 21.—
Japan may send a war commission
to the United States. No definite in
formation has been received but it
waa said at the state department to
day that intimations from au unof-j
flclal source had, been made that the
Japanese government was considering
the move.
The entente commissioners will
show us their mistakes, and we can
let them see LaFollette. Stone and
Champ Clark.— Brooklyn Eagle.
HOOVER HERDS
ASKS CO-OP K RATION
OK THK WHOM-: PKOPLK
Outlines I’lans for the Distribution
aud Conservation of Food*—<*<•« -
ernmrnt will Regulate I’rires—Fat
Plenty hut Waste None.
WASHINGTON. D. C\. May 21.—
President Wilson, in outlining the
plans for the governmental control of
food supplies, stated that Herbert.
Hoover, formerly head of the Bel
gian Relief, has accepted the position
of Food Director. Hoover demands
unrestricted powers in dealing witii
the problem, stating that while he
hopes the excercise of them will be
unnecessary, yet in the event a set
fish minority refuse to serve the coni
mon good he must be authorized to
act.
Hoover requests the voluntary co
operation of the whole people, that
there may be a plentiful supply of
foodstuffs for all as well as for the
army and the Allies. Without this co
operation and the conservation of
foods so necessary to the welfare of
the nation, lie will resign the posi
tion. He disparages the words “Con
troller." and “Dichitor." as applied
to the position, and states that the
control of food ands its distribution
will be made through the present dis
tributive agencies. The governmental
agency in the matter will he divided
into four branches, flirst fixing of
prices: Second, the co-operation of
the Governors of the several States
in the administration and distribu
tion of supplies: Third. the co-oper;
tion of the women of the country in
domestic economy, which, he states
is of pivotal importance, asserting
that the people may still eat plenty,
but he wisely wastless. Fourth, the
co-operation of the Allies in export
buying of foodstuffs and supplies.
BORDEN URGING
CONSCRIPTION
PREMIER WILL ASK
PARLIAMENT TO PASS
Returns from England and will In
troduce Bill In Parliament Tomor
row for Compulsory Military Ser
vice in Canada.
OTTAWA. May 21.—Sir Herbert
Borden, the Canadian Premier, has
returned from England, and pcopost-s
tomorrow to introduce a measure in
Parliament providing for compulsory
military service in Canada, and sel
ective conscription, for the purpose
of raising from 50,000 to 100.000
men tor the purpose of filling gaps
in the Canadian, troops in France.
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ALLIES APPROVAL OF
HOOVER FOR DIRECTOR
Davenport Says Allies will need 2,500,
OOO Tons of Wheat
LONDON. May* 21.—Lord Daven
port. the British Food Controller, an
nounced today that Herbert Hoover,
the American food director, had been
approved by the Allies as the Inter
national Foou Director. He stated al
so that the Allies would need two
and one-half million tons of wheat
and were looking to the United States
and Canada to supply the need.
A. Y. P. Warrants t ailed
OLYMPIA. May 21.—State Treas
urer Sherman yesterday paid over to
the warrant holders $5,896.90 in
guaranteed interest on outstanding
A. Y. P. E. warrants. About $100,000
fl these warrants are still outstand
ing. and Treasurer Sherman hopes to
pay them off within a few months.
F. A. Hull, of Granby. wa£ an out
going passenger on the Alameda.
John Enlund and wife left on the
Alameda vesterday for Cordova.
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