”__ VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1®, 1917 * NUMBER 42
VOLUME XTV. _
WOULO DISSOLVE
THE JtIGTRUSTS
GOVERNMENT FILES ITS BRIEF
Says Benevolent Combination Non
Existent and 8eeks Dissolution of
Steel and Harvester Trust—Exist
ence Encourages Others.
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WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 19.—
"A benevolent combination is non-ex
istent” declares a government brief
asking the dissolution of the United
States Steel Corporation and the Har
vester Trust. The government seeks
to separate the various steel compa
nies to prevent the domination of the
industry by trust. In its own defense
the Harvester trust states that it is
meeting the hardest kind of competi
tion from independent manufacturers
but the government maintains that a
■continuation of these trusts encour
ages other monopolies in food, clotn
ing and other necessities.
OWNERS ORDERED
T0J11E BOND
TO REPAIR LINER’S ENGINES
Experts Testify Will Cost SI 10,000
to Repair Machinery of Kronprin
zessen Cecelia—Banks Sue for Two
and a Quarter Million.
BOSTON, Feb. 19.—The German
liner Kronprinzessen Cecelia, whose
engines wei*e smashed, ‘according io
tlte testimony of Captain Pollack at
the orders of a high official of the
German embassy at Washington, ii
the object of a suit brought by the
National City Lank and The Guaranty
Trust Bank of New York in the sum
$2,300,000.
Engines Badly Damaged.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The en
gines of the interned German liner
Kronprinzessen Cecelia have been so
damaged that experts estimate it will
take at least six months to repair
. them aad the repairs will cost no 1<J«f
than $110,000. The court decrees that
the owners of the vessel shall put up
a bond of $200,000 to make the neces
sary repairs to the machinery, and in
the event of their failure so to do, the
vessel will be sold.
NATURALIZED CITIZENS
► TO BE DISFRANCHISED
LONDON, Feb. 19.—According to
the Mail, the home secretary will sub
mit to parliament a bill authorizing
the forfeiture of the citizenship of
undesirable naturalized Britsh sub
jects. The Mail says that during the
war scores of naturalized citizens
have been detected in acts unfriendly
I to Great Britain. Some of these per
sons formerly were Germans and Aus
trians and others were Dutch, Bel
gian. Americans and Scandinavian
VILLA DESERTED BY
COMMAND OF 1,500
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 19.—Jose
^ Inez Salazar and 1,500 men have de
serted Villa because of a quarrel over
the division of spoils commandeered
from Spaniards, Turks and Chines*
at Torreon, according to advices re
ceived today by the Mexican consul
ate.
SEATTLE HAS COLDEST
WEATHER OF YEAR
SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—The tempera
4 ture in Seattle last week was the cold
est of the winter, the mercury stand
ing at 20 above, with 3 , inches of
*nfc>w. Heavy storms prevailed in
the Straits. Numerous logging camps
in the state closed down on account
of the cold.
Important Meeting.
Igloo No. 7 Pioneers of Alaska,
v Tuesday, February 20, 1917, at 8:00
p. m., all members are urgently re
quested to attend.
2t DAN ROSS, Sec.
MEXICAN FIIJBU8TER8
EVADE BORDER GUARDS
BROWNSVILLE. Tex.. Feb. 19.—
One hundred and thirty supposed fol
lowers of Felix Diaz, headed by a law
yer named Pedro Gonzales, crossed
the Rio Grande to Mexico at a point
18 miles west of Roma, Starr county,,
Texas, yesterday, it was reported here
last night. A small party of filibus
ters fired several hundred shots to
hold the attention of Carranza river
guards while the main body crossed
the river at a point two miles away.
The party entering Mexico was well
armed and carried a wagon load of
ammunition.
reserveIanks
IN FINE SHAPE
HAVE ENORMOUS RESOURCES
Reserve Board Mobilizing for Any
Emergency—Banks Able to Stand
Eight Times the Strain of Panic of
Roosevelt's Campaign.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.
The Federal Reserve Banking Board
is mobilizing its resources preparatoiy
to caring for any possible emergency.
The board announces that there are
now $300,000,000 deposited with the
Reserve banks, and that resources of
$600,00^,000 are available. The banka
are now Jn a position to stand a run
eight timbG greater than the panic of
Theodore Roosevelt’s administration
in 1907.
SEATTLE CONCERN
6EISJMRACT
AGGREGATING SIX MILLIONS
Seattle Dry Dock & Construction Co.
to Build Six Big Steel Freighters
for the Cunard Line—Must Be
t
Completed in Year.
SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—The Seattle
Construction & Dry Dock Company
has been awarded a contract for the
construction of six 7,000 ton steel
freighters for the Cunard Line, the
contract aggregating $6,000,000. Un
der the terms of the contract the ves
sels must be completed within a year
from the date of the signing of the
contract.
Notice, O. E. 8.
Tnere will be an important meeting
of the Eastern Stars, Tuesday, Feb.
ruary 20, which all members are re
quested to attend. Initiation begins
promptly at 8 o’clock to be followed
by a social session.
2t L. B. DOUGLAS. Sec.
DR. LEOPOLD DAVID
. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
The latest report from Anchorage
states that Dr. Leopold David, the
United States Commissioner at An
chorage, whose illness was reported
several days ago, has been removed
to the hospital at that place, indicat
ing that he is very ill and is not im
proving.
STORK VISITS THE
STANTONS AT CORDOVA
A. M. Dieringer received. a tele
gram from Joe Stanton at Cordova on
Saturday, stating that the stork had
visited his home leaving a fine baby
girl. Mother and daughter were re
ported to be progressing finely.
Oust Kring has been appointed
Secretary of the Loeal Union of West
ern Federation of Miners and will oc
i cupy the position until a new election
! to fill the office is called. He suc
| ceeds Tony Dahlstrom, who was ap
pointed to the position following the
! resignation of Charles McCallum.
Kenneth Rudolph of the City Ex
press brought in a fine bunch of ptar
jmignn yesterday.
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSES MEASURE
Senator From Iowa Declares Bill
Means the Suppression of Free
Speech and a Free Press—Makes
Strung Speech Against.
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 19.—
In a debate in the Senate Saturday
afternoon Senator Cummins of Iowa,
severely lambasted the proposed “Es
pionage’’ bill, making it a criminal
offense to publish facts relating to the
armed forces of the United States and
their movements. The Senator de
clared that the terms of the measure
provide for the suppression of a free
press and free speech.
EXPERTS FORESEE
BI6 BRITISH DRIVE
CONDITIONS POINT TO SUCCESS
Military Officials Say That Germans
Are Occupied in Protecting Strong
Positions in Hills and Will Be Un
able to Stem Tide.
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LONDON, Feb. 19.—-Military ex
perts here foresee in the recent ad
vance of the British in the vicinity of
Miramount the beginning of a great
British drive which they believe will
prove disastrous to the Germans, who
are fully occupied in holding favor
able positions in the hill3 and are not
in a position to stem the tide of the
British onward rush.
SINKS SUBMARINE
SHOT HITS UNDERSEA CRAFT
Running Duel Takes Place Between
the, French Steamer Guakness ami
Undersea Boat One Day Out from
Bordeaux—Freighter Carried Guu.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The French
freighter Guakness arrived in port to
day and reports that when one day
out of Bordeaux a German submarine
was encountered and a running fight
ensued in which the submarine was
sunk. The sub came to the surface
and opened Are on the fre'ghtar,
which was returned from the Guak
ness, the vessel carrying a 65 milime
ter gun. After a number of rounds
had been exchanged a shot from the
freighter struck the sub, tearing a big
hole in her hull and sending her to
the bottom.
PORT ANGELES GRANTS
RAILROAD FRANCHISE
PORT ANGELES, Feb. 19.—After
a fight lasting weeks between promo
ters and water front property owners
the city council late last night grant
ed a franchise to the Port Angeles &
Grays Harbor railroad.
Negroes Assist Race In War.
ATLANTA. Ga., Feb. 19.—In order
to assist in the relief of the depen
dents of the thousands of negro troops
fighting with the Frenc hon the west
ern front, prominent Atlanta negroes
called a mass meeting for members of
their race here recently at which a
considerable sum of money was rais
ed and turned over to the French
consul. The'Meeting was under the
auspices of the Colored American So
ciety for the relief of French war or
phans.
Deputy Marshal H. C. DeLine has
moved into the H. P. Sullivan resi
dence on Broadway.
STATE TROOPS j
BE SENT ROME
ORDERS SENT TO DEMOBILIZE
War Department Issues Orders to
Funston to Return the State
Troops to Their Respective Homes
—Regular Troops Sufficient.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 19.—
Orders have been issued by the War
Department to General Funston, com
mander of the American troops along
the border, to demobilize the militia
and return the members to their
homes. It is believed the regular
troops will be sufficient to take cars
of the situation along the border and
the members of the various state
troops are anxious to return home.
BRAZIL SENDS
STM NOTE
HOLDS GERMANY RESPONSIBLE
Brazilian Minister at Berlin Hands
Note From His Government to For
eign Minister on the Submarine
Decree.
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PARIS, Feb. 19.—A wireless re
port received here from Berlin states
that the Brazilian minister at Berlin
has handed to the German minister
of Foreign Affairs a note from his
government on the German submarine
decree. The note is couched in strong
language and states that Brazil will
hold Germany responsible for the de- j
struction of any Brazilian ships.
GERMAN LOSSES
FOUR MILLIONS
SINCE OUTBREAK OK THE WAR
Since First of Year Have Lost 77,000
Killed, 13,000 Wounded and 50,000
Missing, Exclusive of the Colonial
Ix>sse», Says London Dispatch.
LONDON, Feb. 19.—Calculations
based on the German published casu
alty lists, show that Germany haB lost
exclusive of her Colonial losses, since
the first of January, 77,000 men kill
ed, 15,000 wounded and 50,000 miss
ing. Germany’s total losses since the
outbreak of the war are more than
four million men.
Alaska Sailed Saturday
Owing to them isreading of a tele
gram an error was made in announc
ing the sailing of the steamer Admiral
Parragut. Thaf steamer saMed from
Seattle on the evening of February
15 and carried but one steerage pas
senger for Valde*. The steamer Alas
ka sailed at 5 o'clock on the evening
of the 16 th and her passengers were
C. Swanson, Sirs. A. Tramontin,
Helen Nicholls, and Mrs. R. Demaiue
Xicholls.
Accused Japs Appeal to Emperor.
SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—Pour Japa
nese on trial in the superior court
here on a charge o#f conspiracy to
violate the state banking law by
printing articles liable to cause a run
on a Japanese bank, were granted a
30 days’ continuance for an appeal
to the Japanese government. The de
fendants allege that the officers of
the bank were engaged in a plot
against the emperor of Japan and
they cannot make a defense without
revealing diplomatic secrets. Dugley
G. Wooten is attorney for the defen
dants.
Chri3 Everson will leave this morn
ing for Port Wells, after a visit of
ceveral days in town.
A FINE BUNCH OF FURS
BROUGHT INTO CITY
One of the handsomest bunches of
furs ever brought to this town is tha»
secured by Charles Whalen on a re
cent trapping trip to the interior. Mi.
Whalen was gone from town just six
weeks, four weeks of which he spent
on his trap line, and during that time
he secured twenty-eight lynx skins,
every one of which is in prime condi
tion. Some of the skins are unusually
large, and all are finely colored. He
has the skins on exhibition in his
home on McKinley Street, in the Mc
Callum house, and they are well worth
inspecting.
sms villa, ms
60HE TO JM
DEPARTED THREE MONTHS AGO
Cattleman Declares Has Authentic
Information That Bandit leader
Left Mazatlan Three Months Ago—
Will Not Return for Some Time.
EL PASO, Feb. 19.—A well-knowi.
cattleman here states that he has re
liable information to the effect that
Pancho Villa, leader of the northern
Mexican bandits, started for Japan
from Mazatlan about three month::
ago, and is not due to return to Mex
ico for at least three months yet. Just
what is the nature of Villa’s errand
to Japan is not known, but it is believ
ed he is peeking a supply of arms an*f
munitions, and possibly the support of
tlie Japanese government.
VESSELS SUNK
FIVE MEMBERS CREW KILLED
Lloyds Reports Four British Steam
ers Torpedoed and One Sunk by
Striking a Floating Min*'—Nine of
I
Crew Are Missing.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Advices re
ceived here from London this morn
ing state that Lloyd’s reports the
sinking of three British vessels Sat
urday and another struck a floating
mine. Five members of the crews
were killed and nine are missing.
PHILIPPINES MAY
BE ON HOLD BASIS
MANILA, Feb. 19.—A bill has been
introduced in the legislature author
izing the sale of 18,000.000 pesos
now held in the government vaults at
Corregidor, at a profit of 81,250,000.
The bill, which seems certain of pas
sage, means that hereafter the Islands
silver certificates will be guaranteed
by gold. After passage the bill will
go to the President for approval.
TURKEY AIDS AMERICANS
TO LEAVE COUNTRY
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 19.—
American Ambassador Elkus, at Con
stantinople, has wired the State De
partment that the Turkish govern
ment is assisting all Americans to de
part from the country, offering every
facility for their transportation.
New Polish Army
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 19.—A Posen
message states that a new party call
ed the Polish Party of National Work
in the Prussian state has been form
ed under Count Zoltowski's leader
ship with the object of securing for
Prussian Poles equal rights in state,
full religious and civil liberties, re
cognition of the mother tongue and
the promotion of Polish trade and
industry.
Capt. George Strixner and wife, and
Charles Naud made a trip to Cordova
on the Mary Lee Saturday, returning
yesterday.
The close season tor ptarmigan be
gins March 1.
BRITISH MAKE
EXTENSIVE GAINS
ALONG THE BAPACMK ROAD
War Office Report* British Capture
German Position* to Depth of Mile
and a Half on Somme Front—Ger
man Position* Iin|»eriled.
LONDON*. Fel». 19.—The war of
fice reports sensational gain* by the
British troops along the Bapaume
road yesterday, when they advanced
and captured and held the German
positions to the depth of a mile and
one-half opposite Minamount. The
Germans made a number of counter
attacks but without success. The oc
cupation of these positions by the En
glish imperils the German positions
northwest of LeSars, and will proba
fcly cause the retirement of the enemy,
giving the British a gain of six to
eight miles.
IPENFIELD STRIVES
PREVENT A BREAK
WITH POSSIBILITY OF SUCCESS
American Ambassador at Vienna Is
Working to Prevent a Diplomatic
Break—Lansing Cables Funds to
Vienna from Jewish Charities.
VIENNA, Feb. 19.—United States
[ Ambassador Penfield is striving to
work out a friendly solution of the
differences between the United States
and Austria whereby a break in the
diplomatic relations between the two
countries may be avoided. He ha<
held a number of conferences with
high officials of the Austrian govern
ment to this end. and there is appar
ently a possibility that he may suc
ceed in his efforts to effect an amica
ble adjustment of the differences be
tween the two countries.
It is also stated that Secretary of
State Lansing of the United States,
has cabled a quarter of a million dol
lars here from the American Jewish
Charities fund, for the aid of needy
Jews in Austria, but the transference
of the funds to the relief committee
is doubtful if a break is contemplated.
COAL SOLD AT $30
A TON IN TORONTO
TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 19.—Owing
to the city’st activity in probing into
every feature of the high cost, of liv
ing, W. F. O'Connor, who is acting for
the Dominion Government in its at
tempt to prevent illegal hoarding of
food supplies, will make this one of
the first points to visit on his tour
of inspection. It has been discovered
that some coal dealers are charging
at the rate of |30 a ton for coal, de
livered in small quantities, and it is
expected tha prosecution in such
cases will follow O'Connor’s visit. The
report of the inspectors when com
plete, will be discussed at a con
ference of the Board of Control, Dr.
Hastings and the Government’s rep
I resen tative.
Hinds-Wilts© Wedding.
At the residence of the bride, on
Hobart street, last evening, Mr. Earl
Hings and Miss Nellie Wells Wiltse
were united in matrimony, only a f? r
intimate friends of the happy pair
being present. The ceremony was
performed by Judge A. J. Dimond.
Tony Dahlstrom, Emil Davis, Jus
tin Johnson and several others left
this morning for Shoup bay to begin
work of freighting up supplied from
the beach to the Gold King mine for
the coming summer.
Scots Buy I .and In Saskatchewan.
TORONTO. Ont.. Feb. 19.—Tlie
Scottish Wholesalers Co-operative So
ciety has just purchased 10,000 acres
cf land in Saskatchewan for which
they paid 9300,000. The land is near
Saskatoon and is situated on the Can
adian Northern Railway.