vm/niH HV V.ALDEZ, AUASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1018 NUMBER JlOt#
STILL HAMMERING
IT RUMANIANS
HKAVY FIGHTING IN DOBIU'DJA
ftulgnrs C’o-o|»eratiiig With Teutons
on South Hank Danube—Turks
Frustrate Surprise Attack—Violent
Fighting Along All Fronts.
BERLIN, Dec. 2S.—On the south
hank of the Danube the Bulgars are
co-operating with Markensen and are
hammering away at the Matchin
bridge. Reports from Dobrudja state
that it is apparently an easy task for
the Teutons to clear that section from
-.lie remainder of the Russian troops.
Fighting at t'erau.
PARIS. Dec. 28.—Advices received!
here state that some fighting has oc
curred near the bend of the Cerna riv
er, but without material results.
Bulgars Successful.
BERLIN, Dec. 28.—Bulgarian
patrols, northeast of Mona3tir, are
reported to have attacked and de
feated a body of French and Serbians.
Attack Frustrated.
BERLIN, Dec. 28.—The Turkish
lorces yesterday frustrated an at
tempted surprise attack by the Rus
sians north of Hamaadan.
Russians Repulsed.
BERLIN, Dec. 28.—A violent bat
tle is raging all along the Dubrudje
A».-front from Lake Bahadagh to Turkot
za, the Russians and Rumanians be
ing repulsed with heavy losses.
^ Artillery Active.
BERLIN. Dec. 28.—Along the low
er Stokhod river, in Volhynia. the
Russian artillery is actively shelling
the Gorman positions.
Activity Near Vpres.
BERLIN, Dec 28.—In the vicinity
ot Ypres in Northwestern Belgium,
the erchange of artillery fire between
• he Germans and British is increasing
rapidly.
German Guns Busy.
PETROGRAD. Dec. 28.—South of
Brzeany in Galacia the Teutons are
maintaining a violent bombardment
of the Russian positions.
.Mackensen Makes Headway.
BERLIN, Deo. 28.—General Von
Mackensen is making new headway
• toward Brailn. and lias captured the
town of Filipesti, within thirty miles
of the great Rumanian grain and oil
storehouse at Braiia.
STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTH
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port shortly before 10 o’clock
this morniug and sailed west about
k au hour later. She left Cordova last
evening, but after getting out into
the Sound the weather became so
thick from snow flurries that she was
compelled to anchor off Knowles
Head until this morning. Her pas
sengers for Valdez were Mrs. Anna
Austin, Major P. W. Davison and J.
H. Ingram. The passengers booked
here for the westward were Teddy
Johnson, M. Zharotf and O. P. Hub
bard for Seward; Win. Oelineau, J. A.
Holman, J. J. McCarthy and F. J.
Kraemer for Latouche.
The Watsou will go through to K >
disk this trip and will probably not
return here until the latter part of
next week.
JOFFKK CREATED
MARSHAL OF FRANCE
PARIS, Dec. 28.—President Poin
caire today ulgned a decree creating
Cen. Joffre as a Marshal of France.
The press and the public are unani
mous in their approval of the action.
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GERMAN DELEGATES AT
HAGUE FOR CONFERENCE
LONDON, Doc. 28.—A report from
Amsterdam says that German dele
gates have arrived at The Hague and
are making preliminary arrr -gements1
for a. peace conference.
r James Wilson will freight about a
hundred and fifty tons of supplies to
liie Ramsay Rutherford mine on the
glacier, storting about February 1.
SCHOOL CHILDREN COLLECT OLD NEWSPAPERS
Photo by American Presa Aaaociation.
Public school children of New York responded quickly when, for the relief of the paper famine the United
States Is experiencing, they were asked to gather all old newspapers, which can lie made Into good paper again.
ENGLAND READY
TO MAKE REPLY
TO (iKKMAV I'KACK PROPOSAL
Note Will Probubly lie Koiwanled
Tills Week—Reply to the Note
from President Wilson Will Follow
Immediately.
LONDON. Dec. 28.—The British
Foreign Office announced this morn
ing that England had fully agreed
upon the terms of the reply to be
made to the German proposal for
peace and that it would probably be
forwarded during the present week.
The reply to President Wilson’s note
appealing to the Entente Allies to
consider the German proposal, will
follow immediately.
STORMBOUND TUG
AT PORT ETCHES
BEEN THERE FOR SIX WEEKS
I/eft Seattle About October to for An
chorage With load of Lumber and
Laid Up at Hinchinbrook on Her
Return Voyage.
Among the passengers on the Ad
miral Watson was Captain Bjerro,
who came north to take command of
the tug Haro, which has been storm
bound for the past six weeks at Port
Etches. Hinchiubrook island.
About October 10, the Haro, be
longing to the British Columbia Mills,
Tug & Barge Co., of Vancouver, left
Seattle towing a barge loaded with
lumber for the Alaskan Engineeiing
Commission at Anchorage. 4he ar
rived at her destination in good time,
and after unloading her cargo, pro
ceeded on her homeward voyage. She
had not been out long before she was
overtaken by a severe storm and to
prevent losing her tow put into Pert
Etches, the harbor on Hlnchinbrook
Island, just inside of the entrance and
has remained there ever siDce, or for
more than six weeks.
Several attempts were made by the
officers of the tug to make the voyage
across the Gulf of Alaska, but on ev
ery occasion she was driven back by
the storms which have prevailed al
most incessantly in the Gulf for the
past month.
Capt. Bjerre will now take com
mand of the tug and endeasor to get
her back to her home port.
James A. Murphy of the Latouche
Island Copper Company, was a pas
senger on the Watson for Latouche.
Rev. Father Crlmont was a thru
passenger on the Admiral W’atson for
Seward.
I
IXFA> TILE PARALYSIS
APPEARING IN ’FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2S.-- Dr.
William C. Hassltr, city health offl
cer, issued a warning today that in
fantile paralysis is again appearing
in Sail Francisco and declared that
all precautions should In continued
against it. Two cases hare resulted
fatally since Nov. 22. There have
been 5:6 cases since July 1.
Wni. Gelineau left on the Admiral
Watson for Latouche to spend a few
days vrith his brother. J. It. Gelineau.
CARRANZA FAILS
10 MAKE REPLY
HAS NOT ANSWKRKI) PROTOCOL
I Secretary l.anr < alls Together Col
|
leagues In Mexican Commission to
(lose Negotiations—Break With
Mexico imminent.
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WASHINGTON, D. ('., Dec. 2S.
As yet no reply has been received
Ironi Mexico City to the American
protocol. Carranza is silent and ap
parently inactive. This morning Sec
retary of the Interior Lane summoned
his colleagues on the Mexican Com
mission, Mott and Gray, lor the pur
pose of closing the negotiations. A
break with Mexico is imminent.
Weather Moderates.
Reports from the various interior
telegraph stations this morning show
that the weather has moderated con
siderably during the past twenty-four
hours. But three stations show zero
or colder, those being Sakha 8 below,
McCarty 6 below, and Gulkana zero.
Fairbanks reports 3 above and from
this point the tempearturo ranges up
ward until it reaches 26 above at Don
nelly. The trail is reported in go <1
condition all along the line except
this way from Beaver Dam, where's
fresh fall of snow has made the trail
heavy. It is 3till snowing from Bea
ver Dam this way.
Mariposa Bails Tuesday.
Advices received at the local steam
ship office this afternoon slate that
the isteamship Mariposa, of the Alas
ka Sdeamship line, will sail from Se
attle for Valdez, Tuesday. January 2,
at 5 p. m.
W. T. Scott, administrator of the
esta'.e of tlie late Kay Reed, sold at
public auction this afterroon, at the
office of the United States Commis
sioner tho real estate and personal
property belonging to the deceased.
•‘.Mary’s Laiuh’’ at K‘upress.
The huge comedy success. "Mary's
Lamb," was shown at the Rmpre;«
last night and evoked hearty ap
plause from the large i.udience. It
was preceded by the renegade, a two
act play dealing with the African
slave trade. Both these features will
be shown again tonight for the last
time.
COL. RICHARDSON
GIVEN CONIMANO
REMOVED FROM DETACHED LIST
Command Is Merely Nominal aiul He
Will Continue as the Head of the
Alaska Road Commission As Here
j
| tofore.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 28.
The name of Colonel Wilds P. Rich
ardson, chairman of the Alaska Road
[Commission, has been removed from
ithe detached list and he has been
given a nominal command. He will,
however, continue as the head of the
[Commission in Alaska and have
charge of the work of road construc
tion in the territory as heretofore.
TENTH GRANDCHILD OP
GERMAN Rl'LER IS HORN
. ... - .... _
BERLIN: The tenth grandch. d i
of Emperor William of Germany and
the fourth grandchild to be born
[since the war was the sop of Prince
rnd Princess Joachin, borr. or the
15th who were married in the "'ya!
castle of Bellevue on March 11, i9!5.
Prince Joachin is the youngest son
of the emperot, while the Princess
was Princess Marie Augustine of An
halt.
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DEPUTY CLERK HAND .
SENDS GREETINGS TO BOYS j
A letter from Charles A. Hand to
a Valdez friend, dated at Portland,
December 15, indicates that he ought
to be fairly recovered by this time
from the eitects of his recent opera
tion for appendicitis. He writes:
“Here I am on my back follow!
the operation of last Monday, not
even allowed to sit up yet. Writing
in the condition I am in is sornewh .t
laborious. I am getting along nicely
but very slow. Looks now like I w 1
get to Long Beach about New Year’s
Day.
"A Merry Christmas to you and all
the boys.”
STORES CLOSE ALL DAY
MONDAY—NEW YEAR’S
All the mercantile establishments
and butcher shops of the town have
agreed to remain closed all day on
New Year’s Day, and persons should
make their necessary purchases be
fore the stores close on Saturday
night. Following its usual custom
the Prospector also will declare a
Holiday for its employes.
James Gaien was a passenger for
the westward on the Admiral Watson.
Teddy Johnson left on the Admi
ral Watson for Seward.
Pete Cashman left yesterday fo*
Wortman and left that place this
morning to leturn to town.
Payne and Ragstad, with the re
mainder of Wilson's freighting out
fit, came in last night.
WAR CRAFT OF THE
CANADIANS IS LOST
OTTAWA. Dec. 28,—The Canadi
an torpedo boat Grilse, commanded
by Lieutenant W. Wingate, has been
lost at sea with ail hands. This was
the brief statement made this after
r.oon.
New Telephone Directory.
An attractive telephone directory is
being issued by the Prince William
Sound Water, Power, Light & Tele
phone Company and it will be ready
for distribution about the first of the
year.
VILLA 10 MAKE
SUPREME EFFORT
TO OVERTHROW THE PRFTSIDENT
Hurriedly Massing Troops and Send
ing Reinforcements and Ammuni
tion East From Torreon for Final
Stroke at Carranza,
EL PASO, Dec. 28.—Advices re
ceived here today state that Villa is
hurriedly massing his forces in a su
preme effort to overthrow Carranza
Reinforcements and large supplies of
ammunition are moving eastward
from Torreon, and the outlaw com
mander will soon be ready to strike
at Monterey and Chihuahua City. Tin1
capture of Potosi by Villa has opened
to the outlaw chief the Tampico and J
Tuxpam oil wealth and has vastly
strengthened his position.
ARCTIC HOTEL IS
BMUMHGED
LOSS EXCEEDS THE INSURANCE
Damage Caused by Rlaze off Last
Week Exceeds the Sum of $2,500—
I.oss Has Reen Adjusted Through
laical Agency.
After a thorough appraisal of the
damage done to the Arctic Hotel by
the blaze of last week, the loss is
placed at the sum of $1,559.25 on
the building and in excess of $1,000
on the furniture. The loss on the
building was adjusted the day follow
ing the fire, and on the contents yes
terday on completion of the inven
tory of the property destroyed. Geo.
J. Love, local agent for the compa
nies carrying the insurance, also act
ed as adjuster. Mrs. Syrlng, the pro
prietor of the hotel, carried an insur
ance of $2,500 on the building and
$1,000 on the furniture.
The exact origin of the fire has not
yet been ascertained, but from all the
data gathered it is evident that it
started in the toilet, evidently from
someone dropping a match or cigar
ette on the floor. When first discov
ered the flames had already broken
through into the main building, and
Mrs. Syring, when awakened, found
her room so filled with smoke that in
a few minutes more she would have
been suffocated. Simultaneously with
her being aroused the flames broke
through into her bedroom, and as the
burning of the electric light wire3 had
extinguished the lights throughout
the house she was unable to save any
of her belongings, and got out of the
house in her night clothing and oare
footed, and was cared for by neigh
bors. Her lodgers also lost nearly all
their belongings.
While the outside of the structure
shows but little signs of the confla
gration, the entire interior of the
building, with the exception of the
kitchen, is practically ruined, the
walls and ceiling being so badly
charred that they will have to be re
placed entire. The furniture is also
practically a total loss.
If the present weather keeps up we
may look for snow before morning.
Many merchants/are hardening up
their muscles by calisthenics on the
right end of a snow shovel today.
Ml HER
FROM ENTENTE
WILSON HAH DONti HIH PART
Can Take No Further Steps Toward
Peace Until Reply Is Received—
Burden of ('losing Door in Nego
tiations Rests With Allies.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 28.
It was announced by the State De
purtmciit this morning that the Uni
ted States could go no further in re
gard to the institution of negotiations
for peace in Europe until a reply had
been received lrom the Entente Al
lies to President Wilson’s note. The
President has done all in its power to
bring about a conference of the bel
ligerent nations, and the burden of
closing the door upon negotiations
for peace now rests with the Allies.
HAVE HOME RULE
That Alaskans must have the right
to do tor themselves, and that Alas
ka’s problems can be more justly
solved by its own citizens than by
government bureaus, was the state
ment made by John Troy, editor of
the Juneau Daily Empire, of Juneau,
at a luncheon tendered prominent
Alaskans in the Arctic Club yester
day by the members of the executive
committee of the Alaska bureau of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Besides Mr. Troy the honor guests
were: Judge Fred M. Brown, of the
Third judiciary district, Alaska; B
M. Behrends, pioneer banker and
merchant of Juneau; J. J. Daly, busi
ness man of Ketchikan; E. F. Med
ley attorney and secretary of the
Cordova Chamber of Commerce, and
J. A. Hellenthal, attorney at Juneau.
E. C. Hughes, in the absence of Chair
man William Pigott, who was unable
to attend the luncheon, presided.
Mr. Troy said that with the great
er development of Alaska, which, he
said, is now coming at a bound, Al
askans realize now more than ever
before the necessity of being able to
govern themselves.
“The Northland is developing the
strongest class of citizenry,” said Mr.
Troy, "men and women of the type
to build not only for the present, but
for the future. Our one great requis
ite is more power at home. With the
greater development of Alaska and
the enlarged growth of our towns
we are developing problems that are
purely local-municipal, school, indus
trial and others—which can be right
ly and effectively solved by the people
themselves. We must have the right
to do for ourselves. The effective pub
licity and educational work of the
Alaska bureau during thfl last five
years is appreciated by the Alaskans
and in their behalf I earnestly re
quest you to continue your effective
work.”
Judge Brown made a plea for more
aids to navigation in Alaskan waters.
He said the treatment accorded Al
aska during the past few years by
congress has done fnuch to make that
territory prosperous.
“A need that is always foremost in
the minds of the Alaskan is more ex
tensive coast surveys and aids to nav
igation,” said Judge Brown. "Six
teen years ago, when 1 first went to
Alaska, the lights to guide a mariner
were so few and far between as to b3
of little assistance. Today these wel
come*gliramers of light dotting the
rocky shores, lend a sense of security
which can only be appreciated by
those who traveled in Northern wa
ters during the early years. This worn
has only begun. This is only one of
the many needs of the North country
whlch increase with its greater devel
opment.”
Mr. Medley and Mr. Hellenthal said
that they agreed with Mr. Troy that
what Alaska most needed now was
less red tape government instead of
having questions confronting pros
pectors decided by a scientific clerk,
who never discovered or developed a
mine. •
Fred Kreamer left on the Admiral
Watson for Latouche.