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Tliis Day in History
Feast Day of St. Joseph, spouse
of the Virgin; St. Aiemund. of Eng
land. martyr.
Alexander Servetus, Roman Emper
cr, murdered, 235.
Massachusetts colony founded by
»li eEnglish in 1628.
Pope Clement XI. died in 1721.
Thomas McKean, signer of the De
claration of Independence born in
1734.
Benedict Arnold resigned his com
mand in 1779.
Charles IV of Spain abdicated in
favor of his son in 1808.
Prussian Order of the Iron Cross
instituted in 1813.
Anarchy prevailed in Berlin fol
lowing withdrawal of troops in 1848.
William Jennings Bryan born in
1860.
Cavalry under General Sheridan
reached While House, Virginia, in
1865.
Catholic priests in Ireland impris
oned for refusing evidence received
as confessors in 1887.
Troops withdrawn from Cripple
Creek in 1894.
Slatin Bey, for twelve years a
prisoner of the Mahdi escaped in
1895.
Deaths from the plague in India
lor the week numbered 40,527 In
1904.
SIX CHINESE IN
TONG WAR DEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.—Six
Chinese are dead today one is report
ed dying, one seriously wounded and
three on-lookers were injured as the
result of the tong war which started
in five Pacific coast cities last month.
Two of the killings took place here,
two in Stockton, one in Oakland and
one in San Jose. A number of Chi
nese in Seattle were attacked but no
fatalities occurred. The shootings
cccurred shortly after the adjourn
ment of a peace meeting called to
avert hostilities by the Chinese Six
Companies.
The best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
Hot drinks are m full swing at the
Candy Kitchen. tf
Have you tried our Boston Mints
in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf
for first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
POSTMASTERS MUSI
TAKE EXAMINATIONS
PARTISAN POLICY BE DROPPED
Postmaster General Says That After
1 All Postmasters Must Com|>ete
for Offices—First Class Offices In
cluded—Stirs l'p Hornets' Nest.
WASHINGTON. L>. C., March 10.
Postmaster General Burleson an
nounced yesterday that after April 1
the appointments of all postmasters
of the first, second and third clas3
would he subject to competitive ex
aminations. Nominations will be sent
to the senate as in the past but In
making selections the President will
be guided by the results of examina
tions and will send in the names at
the head of the lists.
Whether the civil service comrnis
sion, under which fourth class post
masters are now named, will conduct
the examinations has not been de
termined.
The President’s forthcoming order
will provide for a form of modified
civil service classificati6n under which
all vacancies, whether caused by res
ignation, removal or death will be fill
ed by competitive examination. Those
already in the service will continue
without examination until the expi
ration of four years’ term beginning
with their last appointment and wil'
then, it is understood, have to under
go the competitive test.
A hornets’ nest was stirred up a*,
the capital, where scores of members
were preparing to leave for home. The
order was roundly denounced because
the democratic leaders and members
construe it as a move to get combin
ed democratic and republican support
in a politically uncertain house.
Democratic Leader Claude Kitchin
of the house has registered a strong
protest.
Democrats all over the south are j
vigorously condemning the Presi
dent’s stand in the matter saying that
he is disrupting the party in his anx
iety to secure Republican votes to put
through his plans in congress. This
order, it is stated, will place many
Republicans in office and will do away
with party patronage.
Many Den.oi-rats complain that the
; order will take out of political life
some of the most active supporters of
the representatives in congress.
CANADA MAY STOP ALI
EN PORTS OF POTATOES
BANGOR, Me., March 10. -Reports j
Ironi Ottawa, that Canada, had vir-1
tually decided to prohibit the expor- I
tation of potatoes from Canada caus-|
| cd considerable concern today among!
Oroostock county shippers, who have |
slocks stored just across the border
in New Brunswick.
In the event of an embargo, many ;
| thousands of barrels of potatoes j
| would be disposed of at prices less j
j than are paid on this side of the \
; line. The potato market today was
i sluggish at $6 a barrel, compared
with $9 and $9.50 lest week.
Captain Robert f.I. Nolan wiil
leave on the Alaska en route to the
interior on a trip of inspection.
REGRETS OUR ACTION.
Count Michael Karolyi Fool*
For £000,000 Hungarian* Her*.
Photo by American Press Association.
Count Michael Karolyl, president or
the Hungarian Independence part>.
said that he deeply regretted trouble
with the United States. More than
2,000.000 Hungarians were living In
America, he said, and their fat > might
he serious.
Steamship Sailings
Alaska—Sailed west from Valdez, i
March 17.
Admiral Farragut—Sailed west from
Valdez, March 17.
Admiral Farragut—Due Valdez from !
the south tonight.
Alameda—Sailed south from Valdez
March 8.
Admiral Watson—Sailed south from
Valdez March 9.
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liecum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m. j
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS.
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m. |
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:0 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
Dally Weather Report
March 18. 1917.
Barometric pressure .29.618
Temperature at 7 p. m.30
Maximum temperature .38
Minimum temperature .30
Mean temperature.34
Precipitation .trace
Snow on ground.31 inches
March 19, 1917
Barometric pressure .29.674
Temperature at 7 a. m.18
Maximum temperature .30
Minimum temperature .15
Mean temperatrre .22.5
Snow on ground .31 inches
Clear, calm.
* —Myrtle F. Billings, Ohs.
Trail Weather Report
Fairbanks—10 above. 11 inches of
snow, cloudy, windy.
Salcha—12 above, 12 inches snow,
cloudy, calm, trail good. 3 dog teams
north, Sheldon’s two autos south 10
a. m. 2 passengers. S musliers north
1 p. m. yesterday.
Munsons—Stage north 7 a. m
date, one passenger.
Richardson—21 above. 5 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail good. 2 dog
teams south 3 p. m. yesterday.
McCarty—19 above; 10 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly—16 above. 10 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm .snowing, trail
good.
McCallum—25 above, snow 45
inches, snowing, trail good. Road
Cotnmission'and N. C. freight teams
south 6 a. in. date.
Paxsons—28 above, 23 inches of
snow, snowing, cloudy, trail fair,
yesterday. Sheldon and auto south
noon, today, Sheldon outfit north 6
passengers. Warren’s outfit north N.
C. teams south 6 a ,ni.
Hogan—26 above, 20 inches snow,
clear, calm, trail good.
Sourdough—Stage north 3 passen
gers. one freight team north, one
freight team south, one freight out
fit with three men north.
Gulkana—30 above, 12 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, snowing, trail
heavy. Mieres freight team north S
a. nr.
Copper Center—30 above. 12 in.
snow, clear, calm, trail good. Charles
Arrowsruith and Loder, south, stage
south, 2 A. R. C. teams out 7 a. m.
Tonsina—21 above, 14 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail good. Hug
gins down river 7 a. m. Rowbotttom
arrived 1:30 p. m. yesterday.
Telkhell—20 above. 34 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, snowing trail
fair.
Beaver Dam—26 above, clear calm,
light snow, 50 inches snow on ground.
Buchanan out breaking trail south.
Thompson Pass—25 above, 96 in.
snow, snowing, trail closed.
Wortman—32 above, 52 inches of
sn4w, snowing, calm, trail closed.
MOVING COURT
SENDS STRONG WIRE PROTEST
Sets Forth Advantages of Valdez As
Headquarters for the Court—Inte
rior Towns Will Also Oppose the
Projected Change.
At a recent meeting of the Cordova
Chamber the matter of changing the
seat of the district court from Valdez
to Anchorage was taken up, Bays the
Cordova Times, and the following tel
egram was sent to the Department of
Justice at Washington:
"This Chamber, representing most
highly developed section of Third di
vision, strenuously protests against
removal district court from Valdez to
Anchorage. Valdez is most centrally
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Resources over $300,000.
Drafts sold on all Foreign Countries.
Wells Fargo Travellers checks tor sale
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
AND POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.'
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Agta. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public
Accounting
Stenography
Reed Bldg.
Phone. 196
Valdez Dock Co. ™»e ho. .
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufacturers are repre^
sented in our stock. All electrical
supplies we sell are guaranteed
products.
Make your electrical purchases here
and have the assurance of absolute
satisfaction and quality.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
located town In division, both geo
graphically and as to population and
court business. Anchorage has little
litigation and is closed to navigation
from November to April. Valdez is
open port year round. Removal court
would necessitate all persons living in
Cordova and Copper River Valley hav
ing court business to travel from five
to seven hundred miles each way. Let
ter follows.”
It is understood Chitina. Strelna,
McCarthy, Kennecott and Katalla will
also go on record as being opposed
to the change in the court’s head
quarters from Valdez to Anchorage.
Ttttft tABLKS KOK MARCH.
(Compiled for Valdez Bay.*
Saturday, March 17—
First High Tide, 5:54 a. m.. 7.9.
Second High Tide 8:20 p. m., 5.4.
First Low Tide 1:28 p. m.. 0.6.
Sunday, March 18—
First High Tide 7:27 a. m.. 8.0.
Second High Tide 9:24 p. m., 6.2.
First Low Tide 0:56 a. m., 3.5.
Second Low Tide 2:47 p. m., 0.2.
Monday, March 19—
First High Tide 8:49 a. m.. 8.4.
Second High Tide, 10:09 p. m., 7.4.
First Low Tide 2:35 a. m., 2.8.
'Second Low Tide 3:49 p. m., —0.3
1 Tuesday, March 20—
First High Tide 9:56 a. m., 8.9.
Second High Tide 10:49 p. m., 8.1.
'First Low Tide 3:48 a. m., 1.8.
!Second Low Tide 4:32 p. m., —0.6.
Wednesday, March 21—
! First High Tide 10:53 a. m.. 9.2.
Second High Tide, 11:27 p. m., 9.0.
First Low Tide 4:45 a. m.. 0.6.
Second Low Tide 5:14 p. m.. —0.8.
Thursday, March Zz—
First High Tide 11:42 a. m., 9.4.
First Low Tide 5:34 a. m., —0.4.
Second Low Tide 5:52 p. m., —0
Friday, March 23—
First High Tide 0:04 a. m., 9.7.
Second High Tide 12:30 p. m„ 9.3.
First Low Tide 6:20 a. m. —1.2.
Second Low Tide 6:30 p. m., —0.4.
Sunday, March 26—
First High Tide 1:16 a. m.. 10.2.
Second High Tide 2:00 p. ni., 8.3.
First Low Tide 7:46 a. m., —1.6.
Second Low Tide 7:41 p. m., 0.7.
Monday, March 26—
First High Tide 1:53 a. m.. 9.9.
Second High Tide 3:05 p. m., 7.5.
First Low Tide 8:29 a. m.. —1.2.
Second Low Tide 8:17 p. m., 1.4.
Tuesday. March 27—
First High Tide 2:30 a. m., 9.4.
Second High Tide 3:32 p. m., 6.7.
First Low Tide 9:13 a. m.. —0.6.
Second Low Tide 8:54 p. m.. 2.2.
Wednesday. March 2a—
First High Tide 3:11 a. m„ 8.7.
Second High Tide 4:27 p. m., 6.0.
First Low Tide 10:02 a. m., 0.2.
Second Low Tide 9:35 p. m.. 2.9.
Thursday, March 29—
First High Tide 3:56 a. m., 7.3.
Second High Tide 5:40 p. m., 5.4.
First Low Tide 1:01 a. m., 0.9.
Second Low Tide 10:27 p. m., 3.5.
Firday, March 30—
First High Tide 4:54 a. m., 7.2.
Second High Tide 7:14 p. m.. 5.3.
First Low Tide 12:18 p. m., 1.5.
Second Low Tide 11:47 p. m., 3.9.