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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JULY 17, 1917 NUMBER 13fl
TROOre FIGHTING “
RUSSIAN FRONT
A BATTLE LINE
Germans Are Bringing Up Troops
From Italian and French Fronts to
Stem Tide of Advance—Line Are
Being Shifted and Rearranged.
PETROGRAD. July 17.—The Rus
sian front from Riga on the north to
Rumania on the south is one vast
battle line, with the Russians steadily
pushing the central powers back. The
Germans are rushing up troops from
the Italian and French fronts and en
tirely rearranging their lines.
POLICE PROBING DEATH OF
PRETTY “MOVIE" ACTRESS
VENICE. Cal., July 17.—Police
here are today investigating the su—
cide^&t beautiful Ruth Morgan, mov
ing picture actress, who ended her
life in her apartments last night by
drinking poison.
Known among the photo players
as Miss Ruth Morgan, the young wo
man in real life was Mrs. Frank
Smith. She and her husband have
been separated for some time, it was
said.
After taking the poison, Miss Mor
gan ran into the apartment of a girl
friend and cried “I have taken pois
on.” With that she fell unconscious
and died soon afterwards.
Miss Morgan has played with va
rious moving picture companies here
for about two years and was much
seen with leading actresses. Until re
cently she ahd been the life of dances
and parties among the play folk, but
for ^he last few days she had been
unhappy and complained that she felt
ill.
The body is at an undertaking par
lor while word is awaited from Mr.
and Mrs G. Relthauser of Columbus
Ohio, parents of the deceased.
Phone Girls Win Strike
ABERDEEN. July 17.—-Telephone
operators in Aberdeen and Hoquiam
who had been locked out were return
ed to work today under advance in
pay of 25 cents a day. Girls from Se
attle who had come to replace them
returned home today.
Norton Easily Defeated
GOLDFIELD, Nev„ July 17.—Wil
lie Meehan, the San Francisco heavy
weight boxer, easily defeated A1 Nor
ton in a ten-round bout here last
night. Meehan in every round inflict
ed severe punishment with his left
to Norton’s body. There was but lit
tle clinching and the men fought fast.
No knock downs were scored.
NOME WOMAN
RECEIVES CROSS
ALASKAN DOGS TRANSPORT
SHELLS TO ISOLATED POST
Malamutes Taken From Nome By
Scotty Allen Transport Ninety Tons
of Explosives Thru Raging Blizzard
to Front.
NOME, July 17.—Mrs. C. E. Darl
ing of Nome, today received a medal
of honor, won by the Alaskan dogs
A< taken to the French front last year
by Scotty Allen, the well-known dog
musher. During a raging blizzard on
the French frontier, which lasted
four days and nights, the dogs trans
ported ninety tons of shells to isolat
ed posts on the battlefields, to points
which it was impossible to reach by
other means of transportation. For
this reason, and because Mrs. Darling
was the original or of the movement
to use Alaskan dogs on the battle
fields, the French government has
sent her a war cross.
KKDKRAI.IZATION AS TO
PAY BKGAX SIMIAN
.
One Hundred and Thirty Thousand
Member* of National Guard Are
Iteady to Send to Concentration
Camp*—I'ay Started Sunday.
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 17.—
About a hundred and thirty thousand
or over half the strength of the na
tional guard, was niobt'ized yesterday,
and are now readyto so to the con
centration camps to prepare for ser
vice in France. The soldiers started
to draw their pay from the United
States government Sunday.
MANY NEW FEATURES
COMING TO EMPRESS
Pictures to lie at the Empress dur
ing the next two weeks:
Marie Doro in the “Wood Nymph”:
Harry Gribbon with Keystone play
ers in “Perils of the Park": Maud
Allen, the international danseuse, in
“Rugmaker's Daughter": I.enore Ul
rich. star of the "Bird of Paradise”
in "Kilmeny”: Pauline Frederick in
the great emotional drama “Sold.”
and Kathryn Williams in the “Ros
ary.”
MYSTERIOUS DISEASE
KILLING OFF HORSES
TOl'LOrSE, France. July IT.—
Cavalry horses have been dying in
large numbers from a mysterious dis
ease m different regions of the south
of France. The mortality has reached
60 per cent to TO per cent of new
contingents arriving at Toulouse. Al
bi. Bordeaux. N’arbonne and Perpig
nan. Horses apparently sound and
well when they are unloaded from the
cars die so soon after being stabled
that it is impossible to treat them.
This situation dates from 1914. soon
after the declaration of war. The mor
tality was greatest in the spring of
1915 and it is still alarming.
Si’ll BASF, FOl'XD BY
PATROL OFF IRKLAXD
NEW YORK. July IT.- The World
states that the officers of an Ameri
can steamer arriving at an Ameri
can coast report that British patrol
boats off the north coast of Ireland
discovered a German submarine base
on Tory Island a fortnight ago.
The base was supplied by confed
erates among the inhabitants of the
island and six of the ringleaders were
shot. The supplies of oil cached on the
island were confiscated.
I. W. W.'s Repudiated
CLIFTON. Ariz., July 17.—Miners
in the Clifton-Morenci-Metcalf dis
trict are not in sympathy with the
methods and tactics of the Industrial
Workers of the World and will not
permit their entrance into the dis
trict if it is possible to keep them
out, John Donnelly, president of the
State Federation of Labor, said today.
He added that when the strike order
was issued, his men helped the copper
companies to close down their fur
naces and have kept the mines dry
by operating the pumps.
Deputy Sheriffs stopped a parade
of Mexican miners late yesterday.
VOLUNTEERS are asked
TO JOIN “SUICIDE CLUB"
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FORT SHERIDAN, 111.. July 17.—
Calls for five volunteers among the
student officers here to join the ‘‘sui
cide club” were received today. The
"suicide club” is the sobriquet for the
machine gun companies. These or
ganizations are said to be responsible
for half the fatalities in Europe. Un
cle Sam's order calls for five men
from each officers' training camp.
TY COBB’S BATTING
STREAK IS BROKEN
DETROIT, Mich. July <5.—Tyrus
Cobb failed to hit safely in today’s
game here and broke his streak of
thirty-five consecutive games in which
he has hit safely. He still holds the
major league record for forty games.
VANDERBILT S ENGINEERS FIRST READY
- -
In the race to recruit to full war strength in the New York national
guard Colonel Cornelius Vanderbilt's regiment, the Twent.v-second engineer*,
rejiorted first with .'17 officers and 1 tx>t men ready for service In France
PLOT TO KILL
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Intelligence liepact men! of Russia I'n
eaitlis Gigantic IMot to Assassinate
Russian General anil Oflirials—700
.Men Appointed to Kill.
PETROGRAD. July 17.—Extra pre
cautions are being taken today to pro
tect General Brusiloff and other pro
minent officials of the War Office,
whom it is reported Germany has sent
7<»0 spies to Russia to assassinate, ac
cording to a plot alleged to have been
discovered today by the Intelligence
Department. The ramifications of the
plot extend to many parts of the em
pire, and every effort is being made
to apprehend the assassins before they
can accomplish their purpose.
“OUT OK THE DARKNESS*
AT EMPRESS TONIGHT
Charlotte Walker, in the stirring
play, “Out of the Darkness,” will be
presented at the Empress Theatre in
photoplay this evening. The play fol
lows:
Helen Scott, a beautiful young wo
man of society, is the owner of the
Scott Cannery, a business which nets
her great profit but in the manage
ment of which she does not take any
interest, placing her affairs in the
hands of an uncle. Frequently, the
terrible conditions under which the
women employed in the cannery are
forced to work are brought to Helen’s
attention but she trivolously casts
them aside.
While sailing one night in a small
boat off the Florida coast, the craft
is run down by a steamer and Helen,
on her rescue is found to be seriously
injured by a blow on her head. She
recovers her physical strength, but
her memory is gone and she cannot
tell her name. Kind friends care for
her and obtain a position for her in
the Scott Cannery.
There she experiences the terrible
working conditions which she form
erly in the old life has refused to bet
ter. Harvey Brooks, a young superin
tendent, who is Interested in better
ing conditions, takes an interest in
Helen. They fall in love. Slowly, Hel
en's memory returns and she at last
declares herself the owner of the fac
tory. and by promise of immediately
eradicating the evils she thwarts a
great strike which would have ruined
her. Brooks, the superintendent, and
Helen work out their scheme of bet
terment together.
SOCIALIST PM
I'l’TOX SINCLAIR. NOVELIST.
AUTHOR, SOCIALIST RESIGNS
Man Wln» Wrote "The Jungle." "The
Cry for Justice,” and Other Promi
nent Socialist Works, Says Party
Too Pro-Gennau for Him.
LOS ANGELES, July IT.—I'pton
Sinclair. Socialist writer, novelist, au
thor and social worker today sent his
resignation to the Socialist party, say
ing that its doctrine was too German
for him. He was one of the most not
ed writers on Socialist subjects of the
day. and is best known by his book
written after the stockyards investi
gation in 1S9G, when lie was one of
a committee appointed by the presi
dent to see if things were as bad as
reported. “The Jungle” had a tre
mendous sale, and brought Mr. Sin
clair speedily iuto prominence as a
writer.
J. B. A. Dance
A number of the young men of Val
dez treated the members of the J. B.
A. Club to a dancing party Monday
evening in return for several good
times given them. Moose Hall was
rented for the evening and a two-peice
orchestra, Reinke and Weber secur
ed. The hall aud reception room were
gay with streamers and red, white and
blue and wild dowers. Three long ta
bles were spread in the reception room
where a bountiful supper was served
at midnight to about thirty couples.
The officers of the Cnalga were ex
tended an invitation to attend, which
they gladly accepted. This was with
out doubt the nicest dance given here
in some time aud it is hoped that they
may be repeated quite often.
Conciliators Appointed
WASHINGTON', D. C.. July 17.—
Appointment of J. S. Myers and John
McBride, as federal conciliators to
confer with operators and workers in
the copper mine strike at Arizona was
announced by the department of lab
or today. Although no reports have
been received from either of the
agents, department officials believed
the men to be already engaged in the
work, as they were sent from Texas
and Utah fields to days ago. The de
partment denied that former Govern
or Hunt had been appointed as a con
ciliator and added that such appoint
ment appeared unnecessary and un
likely at this time.
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NEW JUROR
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TACKSMAN DI.HMIH.MKI> FOR
PHYSICAL IXFIRMITIKH
John Wei by. a Juror in ilie Mooney
Trial Dismissed for Disability and
William S. Dean. Thirteenth Juror
Chosen in His Place.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17 — John
VVelby, a juror in the Mooney trial
was dismissed today for physical in
firmities. and William S. Dean was
chosen in his place. The defense has
exercised but few of its peremptory
challenges as yet. and it is believed
that the case will come to trial before
the end of the week. Mrs. Mooney, is
the wife of T. J. Mooney, who was
sentenced to death early this year for
complicity in the San Francisco bomb
outrages during a preparedness par
ade held here last year. Mooney was
granted a new trial and the prosecu
tion is endeavoring to show his wife
was a member of the famous band of
dynamiters and purchased explosives
for the gang.
SLACKERS WILL BE
CONFINED IN LOCKUP
SEATTLE, July 17. — Eighteen
alleged evaders of the selective draft
registration were arraigned today in
the United States court. Five men
pleaded guilty, two not guilty, and
the others were given until next week
to enter pleas. Carl G. Gilman, one of
those who pleaded guilty, admitted
that he was an Industrial Worker of
the World and was sentenced to eight
months in the county jail at Belling
ham. as also were David Anderson and
Charles Gray, alleged to be Industrial
Workers. Bearnard Schmidt was sen
tenced to thirty days and the fifth
man. Harry Hart said he had been
registered and had lost his card. This
claim will be investigated, and sen
tence withheld meanwhile.
CANOE I’ASS TRAP
HAS BEEN COMPLETED
The fish trap under construction
for the Canoe Pass Packing Co., at
the entrance to Gravina Bay. near
Red Head, has been completed, and
will be used during the humpback and
silver salmon run.
CARLISLE PACKING CO.
IS IN THE CLEAR
Word received front down the Bay
is that the Carlisle Packing Company
has already packed enough fish to
clean up their expenses for the sea
son and are in the clear from now on,
the rest of the pack representing pro
fit.
AMERICAN STEAMER GRACE
SENT TO BOTTOM
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July IT—
The American steamer Grace was tor
pedoed yesterday by a German sub
marine. Three of the crew were killed
and two of the naval guard injured.
RUSSIAN MINISTERS
RESIGN ONCE MORE
PETROGRAD. July IT.—The Min
ister of Finance. M. Bark, and the
Ministers of Education and public re
lief resigned today.
SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS
GIGANTIC AIRPLANE BILL
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 17.—
The Senate Military Committee today
reported out the munitions bill ap
propriating $640,000,000 for air
planes and recommended its passage.
HAll SILVER BRINGS
VERY HIGH PRICE
NEW YORK. July 17.—Bar silver
is quoted today at 81 *4c.
Blood Pudding Cards Issued
STOCKHOLM,. Sweden. July 17.—
“Blood pudding cards” are the latest
development in rationing. They ave
been Issued in Malmo, entitling the
holder to one pound of blood pudding
weekly.
I KAP. I’RKSIDKNT WIIX TAKK
OVKR PACIFIC COAST BOATS
President Alexander, of the Admiral
Steamship Company Asks President
to Spare Boats of His Company, aa
They Are Needed.
SEATTLE. July 17.—President H.
F. Alexander of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, widely known as
the Admiral Line, is in Washington,
D. where he went to plead with
President Wilson and government of
ficials to spare the vessels of the
steamship company for use of the
people ofthe Pacific Coast and Alas
ka. The President has issued an or
der commandeering all vessels, and
it is feared a serious hardship will be
worked on the people of the Pacific
Coast if the steamships are taken off.
CREMATORY SEMIS
HER WHOM. ASHES
NEW YORK. July 17.—Trial of
Mrs. Rosalies Stahl's f In.non damage
suit against William Neckar crema
tory was resumed today with Mrs.
Stahl o: the stand. Mrs. Stahl al
leges that after she had sent her hus
band's ashes to th- crematory they
sent hack the a-he- of someone else.
A label on the sealed urn of ashes
returned t<> lu-r bore her husband's
name, hut stated that his body was
cremated April 31. 131 ♦>. Mrs. Stahl
thinks this strange because there
never was an April with 1 days, and
her husband didn't die until May 5.
SKNATOK CI.AKK SAX'S
IXTHM1S TO CI.OSK MINKS
Bl'TTK. Mont.. July IT—Former
Senator Clark, copper mining mag
nate. has announced to government
mediators here lie will flood every
mine and never take out another
pound of ore. before lie w ill recognize
the recently organized metal workers
union, members of which are now on
strike
More federal mediators are on their
way here to make a last effort to set
tle the labor troubles, which today
have practically closed every mine in
this section.
Mr. S. A. Jacobson, a well-known
Valdez carpenter and cabinet maker,
who has been engaged at Charles
Crawford's cabinet shop and sash
and door factory for some time, will
leave on one of the early boats for
the States to make his future home.
Mr. Jacobson is a fine workman and
has made many friends here, who re
gret exceedingly to see him go out
side.
SEATTLE MAYOR
TAKES ACTION
WILL FORCK STRKKT CAR
COMPANY RKSl'MK SKRVICK
Strike Ties I p Industries of City
Causing Mm-li Inconvenience, and
Mayor Says Rim or Forfeit Char
ter—Tacoma Strike Not Settled.
SEATTLE. July 17.—Mayor Hiram
Gill today notified the street car of
ficials that if they wished to hold
their charters and do business in Se
attle they must resume service at
once. The employes of the street car
system went on strike yesterday, and
a complete tie-up was the result. Ta
coma strikers are also out, and no
cars are running in either city.
Seattle Pish Quotations
SEATTLE. July 17.—Halibut 13%
cents; Sable fish. 4 cents; red snap
per, 2 cents; pickled sable fish $13
per barrel.