70 SQUARE MILES TAKEN
BY ALLIES IN OFFENSIVE
PARIS, Oct. 7.—A semi-official ac
count of the battle of the Somme
since its beginning July 1 appearing
in the Army Bulletin says that the
Allies have conquered 180 square kil
ometers (about 70 square miles) of
territory, captured 30,000 prisoners,
taken 144 cannon, 600 machine gunE
and other material.
It is pointed out that the entente
allies have broken the attack of the
Germans at Verdun. Since the open
ing of the battle the account says,
the Germans have thrown Into the
battle 67 new divisions and 17 bat
tallans, of which 34 divisions were on
the English front and the remainder
were on the French front.
fj&fferty Is Candidate.
Ore., Oct. 7.—A. W. Laf
ferty, a representative in congress
from the Third Oregon (Portland)
district, today filed with the secretary
of state his certificate of nomination
as an independent candidate for that
office at the November election. Laf
ferty will oppose Representative C.
N. McArthur, who defeated him in
the primary for the republican nomi
nation.
Nile River High.
CAIRO, Oct. 7.—The waters of the
Nile are at the highest stage reached
in 22 years and the minister of pub
lic works has issued a warning that
every precaution should be taken <in
view of the danger that the river
may overflow its banks.
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President’s Endorsement of Sulzer
Executive Office, Asbury Park, N. J., Sept. 15, 1916.
HON. T. J. DONOHOE,
Democratic National Committeeman,
Valdez, Alaska.
• In reply to your telegram of recent date would say that I
very earnestly favor the election of CHARLES A. SULZER
as Delegate to Congress from Alaska.
WOODROW WILSON.
Vote the Straight
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS—
CHARGES A. SUITER
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL—
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
FOR SENATOR—
JOHN RONAN
FOR REPRESENTATIVES—
THOMAS H HOI/I/AND
CHARGES McCAEEUM
THOMAS C. PRICE
FRANK B. CANNON
FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER—
JAMES E. WII/SON
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This is what “Harrison’s Biography” of Nome, says
of HON. GEO. E. SCHOFIELD, Candidate on
the Republican ticket for ATTORNEY GENERAL
for Alaska.
GEORGE D. SCHOFIELD is a lawyer of Nome, a man of forensic
ability, and one of the best presiding officers ever selected to conduct
a public meeting. He was born in Portland, Michigan, August 23,
1804, and received Ids education in the Northwest University and in
the Normal School at Dixon Illinois.
MR. SCHOFIELD comes from a family of lawyers, his grand
father was a lawyer in the State of New York, and his fattier was
District Attorney in Nebraska.
State of Washington when at the age of twenty-one years.
SHORTLY after MR. SCHOFIELD went to Butte, Montana, and
while there he learned mechanical engineering and ran a hoisting
engine at the Anaconda mine.
IN 1888 he started for Juneau from Butte but stopped off at'
Montesano, Washington, and began the practice of law with his
father and was a candidate at that time for District Attorney, td
which position he was elected. a,
HE served two years at District Attwney for Chehalis County
and in 1808 was elected Senator from the 16th District, State of
Washington*
HE came to Alaska in 1000 and resided in Nome. In 1004 he
was appointed by the Nome City Council to the office of City Attorney,
and was attorney for the Union men at Nome during the 1005 strike.
At the Republican Territorial Convention held at Seward,
Alaska, April 10th, he was nominated for the office if Attorney Gen
eral on the Republican Ticket.
VOTE FOR HIM AT THE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7, 1016.
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Agta. for EQUITABLE Life Ina.
Public Reed Bid,. Phone 196
TO DAY'S DOINGS
IK DISTRICT COURT
Yesterday afternoon the motion
for a new trial in the case of Adolph
Gustavson, convicted of obtaining
money under false pretenses was de
nied.
George M. Mead was admitted to
citizenship by the court.
The jury in the case of the United
States vs. Gus Hohlstrom returned a
verdict of guilty on -the Indictment
charging assault and batter, and llot
guilty on the second court charging
assault with a dangerous weapon.
This morning the grand jury re
turned two secret indictments and
bench warrants were issued.
The cate of Fortunato Medians wan
set for trial Monday morning at 10
o'clock. *
John B. Keene, who plead guilty to
embezzling postal funds at Port LIs
cum, and also to the charge of fail
ure to deposit postal funds, was ar
raigned for sentence. When asked if
he had anything to say why the sen
tence should not be pronounced the
prisoner answered that he had not.
The court then sentenced him to 15
months in the penitentiary at Mc
Neil’s island on the charge of embez
zlement, and a similar sentence on
the second charge, the sentences to
run concurrently, or In other words,
the prisoner will have to serve but
1 5 months altogether.
The case of the U. S. vs. John Dav
is, accused of theft from the person
was continued and was given to the
Jury just before noon. The after
noon session was devoted to the ar
gument of demurrers and motions in
several of the cases before the court.
How He Kelt.
The conditions in the trenches were
dreary In the extreme after the long
continued, drenching rainfall, but the
irrepressible spirit of the men were
not yet entirely quenched when the
order came to leave the trenches.
"Hurry up out of this, my gallant
soldiers,” was the cheery cry of the
sergeant, waist-deep in the rain-sod
den mud.
“Soldiers!” came the derisive an
swer from one of them. “I’m not a
soldier; I’m a bloomin’ bull-rush!"
(ntholic Chnrcli Services.
There will be no services in the
Catnolic church Sunday, October 8,
as Father Fletcher leaves on the Far
ragut for Cordova to attend to church
matters.
Episcopal Church.
Sunday school at coon. Every
body welcome.
Congregational Church.
Evening service at 7:30, subjec:,
"The Old and the New.” The first 15
minutes will be devoted' to singing
familiar hymns. Bring your friends
with you.
Sunday school 12 to 1.
Prayer meeting, Thursday evening
at 7:30.
Christian Science Society.
Pioneer Hall.
Sunday service, 11 a. m., subject,
“Are Sin, Disease and Death Real?”
Sunday school, 12:15.
Testimony meeting, Wednesday 8
p. m.
Reading room open to the public
Wednesday from 2 until 5, and 7 un
til 8 p. m.
Best Sourdough hotcakes and beat
coffee at the Arcade. tf
Fancy Stationery at the Valdes
Drug Store. tf
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. *
Fresh Augustine & Kyer Butter
Krlsp and Queen Victorias at Hunt’s.
Just received, grapes, peaches,
cantaloupes, watermelons, casabas,
Bartlett pears, green beans, crabap
ples, Jonathan apples, green peppers,
tomatoes, etc., at the Keystone Pro
luce Co. tf.
Fresh candy at the Emporium, "tf
Don’t Take Chances
Before your Are comes, take out a
policy and have that peaceful sense
if security, which Are Insurance glvos
svery property owner. Alaska Invest
ment Co., Agts. 2t
_The Golden North has steam heat
>d rooms. tf
For all kinds of cement work see
31ake. tf
For steam heated rooms come to
he Golden North. tf
A new line or neaters priced right,
it Mead’s. tf
Some very pretty knit jackets and
mps for the babies at E. Winter's.
Just Received—the latest Popular
longs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
Anything in nugget and Ivory Jew
ilry at Valdez Drug Co.
Don’t forget to ask for Auto Tlck
ts at the Owl Drug Co.
A new line of women’s sweaters,
ap and cap sets at E. Winters'.
Nuts and Fruits, Chocolate Cover
d. at Hunt's.
READER OF BIBLE HAS
JIT8T HEARD OF WAR.
MARYSVILLE. Cal., Oct. 7.—J. C.
Carlton, a 76-year-old miner, discov
ered the European war yesterday
when he paid Marysville his first
visit in three years. Carlton lives in
a cabin in the Yuba county moun
tains. He once subscribed to a news
paper, he said, but the editorials did
not suit him and he Mopped reading
them years ago. Since then, he said,
he has done all his reading in one
book, the Bible. His cabin is twenty
miles from Marysville.
Getting at His Motive.
"Will you have my seat?" he in
quired politely.
"On (he ground that I am aged
and decrepit7" the woman asked.
"No, indeed, madam."
"That 1 am young and beautiful
and possibly i.jt averse to a flirtation
with you?"
"Certainly not. That is—"
"Then it must be because you are
a gentleman in this respect differing
from the fat person on the left and
the scrawny specimen oil the right. I
am glad to learn your principles, sir,
but here is my street. Good day.”
“Why don’t you brush your hair?”
asfied a man of a boy with frowsy
hair.
“Ain’t got no brush.”
“Why don’t you use your father's
brush?"
“Ain’t got none?”
"Don’t your father ever brush his
hair?"
' ‘Pa’s baldheaded.”
Not a Neutral.
Fogarty (a moderate drinker)—I
see the Russians are beginnin' to feel
the leas ov vodka."
Flaherty (warmly) Do^’e yez lose
enny slape over ut. Mar-rk me
wur-ruds, they retake It before long."
Judge Wm. A. Whlttelsey, recently
assistant district attorney here, has
gone to Seward, where he will open
an office for the practice of law.
Dally Weather Re|iort.
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 6, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.11G
Temperature 7 p. m.39
Maximum temperature . 41
Minimum temperature .38
Mean temperature .39.5
Precipitatlor. .72
Cloudy, calm, raining.
—Myrtle F. Billings. Obs.
Interior Weather Conditions.
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 7, 1916.
Fairbanks, 46 above, cloudy, calm.
Richardson, 40, cloudy, calm, trail
muddy, Sheldon, 4 passengers south
7:50 a. m.
McCarty, 48, cloudy, windy, tra'l
good; 2 six-horse teams N. C. C. Co.,
1 p. m., stage south 7 a. m.
Donnelly. 48, light rain, windy,
trail bad, 2 Gibson’s cars Bouth this
morning.
McCallum, 22, cloudy, high winds,
trail bad, stage south 1 p. ra., Road
Commission south 6 a. m. date.
Paxson, 48, cloudy, calm, trail fair,
southbound mail stage by 6 a. m.;
Williams auto with 5 passengers
north 6 a. m.
Hogan, 50, clear, calm, trail bad;
Dutch Blanchefleld stuck north of
Sourdough.
Gulkana. 56, cloudy, south wind,
trail fair, buckboard north 7 a. m ,
Wilson’s teams and Frame’s auto
with four passengers passed at noon
yesterday south.
Copper Center, 55, clear, high
wind; trail fair. Jack Ingram south.
Tonsina, 62, partly cloudy, calm,
trail fair.
Teikhell, 48, calm, cloudy, trail
fair; seven mushers south 8 p. m.
yesterday.
Beaver Dam, 46, cloudy, windy,
trail muddy, Road Commission out
fit passed south, and Ralph McCreary
auto with seven passengers for Val
dez.
Wortman’s, 44, cloudy, raining,
trail bad north; fair south; J. El.
Wilson with three horses and wagon
north 3 p. m. yesterday; Btayed at
Thompson's Pass station last night;
auto south 11 p. m. yesterday. Nels
lepson relaying freight to Thomp
son's Pass; Charlie Day with one
truck leaves for Ptarmigan Drop at
1:46 a. m.
FRANK L POLK.
Courts*lor of State Department
Protests on British Blacklist.
rboto hr AmncM Prta AmocI«U«.
Steamship Sailings
Alaska- Sailed south from Valdez,
October 6.
Watson—Arrived from south this
morning and sailed from Valdez for
Anchorage at 3:30 p. m„ Oct. 7.
Mariposa—Sailed west from Valdez
at 7:00 p. m. Oct. 6.
Northwestern—Sails from Seattle for
Valdez, Oct. J.
Alameda—Sailed south from Valdez,
Oct. 2.
Admiral Farragut—Sailed west from
Valdez, Sept. 30.
Admiral Evans—Sailed south from
Valdez, Sept. 28.
Admiral Goodrich—sailed west from
Valdez 17th.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 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
1:14 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 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.
TIDES FOR THE WEEK.
Saturday, Oct. 7—
Fli2t High Tide, 9:24 a. m., 7.7.
Second High Tide, 9:16 p. m., 8.G.
First Low Tide, 3:00 a. m., 0.3.
Second Low Tide, 3:18 p. in., 2.3.
Sunday, Oct. 8—
First High Tide, 10:05 a. in., 8.0.
Second High Tide, fo:16 p. m., 8.8.
First Low Tide, 3:47 a. in., 0.3.
Second Low Tide, 4:04 p. in., 1.1.
Monday, Oct. 9—
First High Tide, 10:41 a. in., 9.4.
Second High Tide, 11:05 p. n;., 9.0.
First Low Tide, 4:29 a. in., 0.3.
Second Low Tide, 5:00 p. ni., 0.0.
_ _ _ •
Quebec Ha* $60,iHMI Fire."”””’
QUEBEC, Quebec, Oct. 7.—The
Belmont Home for Children and
aged Persons at Lauson, was destroy
ed by tire early today with a loss of
$50,000. The two hundred inmate.!
were safely rescued.
. »•
J. E. Ballaine, the promoter of the j
Alaska Central Railway and a large j
owner in Seward townsite lots, with j
his daughter Miss Irene Ballaine,!
were through passengers on the Wat-1
son for Seward.
-. 'I
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH.
Austrian Rular, Eighty-alx Years
Old; Born on Aug. 18, 1830.
The .Beat Place in Valdez to
Stop at la the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Roeai--The Hone of Ceafert
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratn By the Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prep
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—U Owl Dm Sun.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
We are Always Ready to Tell
the exact truth about the char
acter of our bread, rollB, cakes
and pastries. Iu fact wtf tell it
whether asked or not. It is a
well known fact that ti^ey are
the beat that can be produced
by using the highest quality
materials, and baking them
under strictly sanitary condi
tions by bakers who * know
their business thoroly. Give
our products a trial today.
Schmidt’s Bakery
Delicatessen
Grocery Sale at Blum’s
We have decided to extend
our Grocery sale to Nov. 1.
While a few of our bar
0
gains have been closed out
we have added a number
of new articles---Bargains.
It will pay you to visit our Grocery Depart
• meat and make your purchases
tor the winter.
S. BLUM & CO.inc.
GOOD GOODS
Where Can I Meet You?
LEVY & ROSS’
CANDIES
Cigars and Tobacco
BILLIARDS
Phone 54
Valdez Dock Co • phone no. i
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well just compare ours with
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orders.
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