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VOLUME XIV. ^ ' VALDEZ, ALASKA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1217 NUMBER 232
Miners Exempted From Doing Annual Assessment Work
Delegate Sulzer’s Bill Passes Without Being Amended
I.W.W. LEADERS
FLEEWT
Re)>orted that Hundreds of Men Pro
minent in Movement get Tip of
Indictments and Beat it
CHICAGO*.Oct. 2.—It Is stated
here that hundreds of leaders of the
Industrial Workers of the World in
various sections of the country are
still sought by the federal authorities.
These men received tips that an in
. dictment was pending and fled.
Strike is Spreading
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 2.—The
minister of war today asked President
Irigoyen to place the City of Rosario,
where the strike of railway men has
been in progres, under martial law
and to call up a closs of conscripts.
The minister reported troops already
at Rosario unable longer to hold in
check the thousands of strikers
thronging the streets and firing at
patrols. Several persons were killed
and wounded in clashes today.
T. D. Develin, a brother of Mrs.
T. J. Quinn, arrived in the city yes
terday and will be a guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Quinn for some time.
WAR GARDENS
BLOCK GARDENS
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—The advance
agent of a circus and menagerie that
is about to visit Seattle found the on
ly available show ground convenient
to the center of the population occu
pied by twenty-four war gardens, and
he was obliged to compensate the
owners before he could lease the land
for the show. The corn will he fed to
the elephants and the root crop to the
ruminant beasts. The gardens belong
ed to members of the Iceman’s un
ion, and the owners had been the re
cipients of much praise for their in
dustry.
GERMAN CAPTAIN
FOUND GUILTY
Officer in Command of Prince Kitel
Takes Woman from One State
to Another
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2.—Capt.
Thieflcans, commander of the intern
ed German raider Prince Eitel Fred
erick wa found guilty of violating the
white slave act today by a jury. It
is alleged that he brought a woman
from Ithlca to Philadelphia for im
moral purposes.
Wife Kills Chicago Dentist
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—Dr. George Fl
senbrand, a dentist, was shot and kill
ed by his wife in his office today.
Jealousy is given as the cause. Mrs.
Fisenbrand, who was arrested, gave
her maiden name .
War May Last Many Years
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 2.—Alexan
der Foss, head of the Danish export
and import control organization, in
an address before the industrial con
gress today, said members of the Dan
ish trade and industry should adjust
themselve to war conditions which
might last years, it being unwise to
count on a speedy termination of the
war.
.A letter received from a Seattle
party recently states that he saw Joe
McCoy, the mining man of Valdez,
and that he was looking fine. The let
ted stated that Joe w*s selling an
auto accessory and believed he was
on the high road to fortune. His ter
ritory comprises Washington, Idaho
■and Oregon.
M AR CREDIT BILL IS
EXPLAINED BV M’ADOO
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 2.—
For three hours Secretary McAdoo
explained to the senate finance com
mittee the necessities for the $11,
000,000,000 war credit bill passed
recently by the house.
The senate committee hopes to com
plete the bill .tomorrow and report it
Thursday to the Senate, where It will
be given the right-of-way over all
other legislation.
Secretary McAdoo said that all of
the $4,000,000,000 new bonds pro
posed in the bill for loans to the al
lies probably would not be needed,
but that it‘was desired to make the
amount ample to meet any emer
gency.
The new maximum interest rate of
4 per cent authorized in the bill for
the new bonds appeared to meet with
general approval.
FRENCH BOMB
GERMAN CITY
Half a Ton of High Explosives Drop
Mi I'pon City of Stuttgart Caus
ing Much Damage
PARIS, Oct. 2.—French aviators
today dropped half a ton of explosives
on the city of Stuttgart, in Wurtem
burg, southern Germany, doing a vast
amount of damage to property. All
machines returned safely to their
bases.
A new assortment of dainty art
goods received at E. Winter. tf
Win. Erickson and Harry Hoyt left
this morning with a couple of the
road commission trucks for Chitina,
where they will be laid up for the
winter. E. Erickson will leave with
the fourth within a few days.
‘t:\tici.xg" ok labor
TO UK DISCOrUAGKO
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Oct. 2.—
Government's next step in its cam
paign to eliminate labor disputes with
their resultant hindrence to important
war industries will be to discourage
the systematic practice of some em
ployers of enticing workmen from
other plants. Chairman Hurley, of the
shipping Board, who announced the
program, will soon call a conference
of shipbuilders to frame voluntary
agreements on the subject.
Seek Higher Wheat Prices
1 WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 2.—
Higher wheat prices to compensate
for the long haul to markets were
sought by a delegation of Northwest
ern farmers, who conferred today
with Food Administrator Hoover. The
growers expressed concern over the
reported arrival on the Pacific coast
of 90,0d0 barrels of Australian flour
and the addition of sixty thousand
barrels now on its way. The flour is
offered at prices between $8 and $9
a barrel.
Cartridge Primer Condemned
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—
Maor J. E. Monroe, chief inspector
of small arms ammunition at the
Frankford arsenal, testified today be
fore the house investigating commit
tee that eight million cartridge prim
ers had been condemned since the de
fective primers had been discovered
in the arsenal’s output.
Norway Loses More Ships
CHRISTIANA, Oct. 2.—German
submarines have sunk the Norwegian
steamships Facto, of 2,372 tons, and
the Thomas Krag, 3, 669 tons, it was
announced today at the Norwegian
foreign office. Two men from each
vessel perished.
Mayor James Patterson returned
Sunday night from a trip up Mineral
Creek. Mr. Patterson brought back
twenty ptarmigan with him.
OWNER OF CLAIM
MUST FILE STATEMENT
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WASHINGTON. D. C\. Oct. 2 —
Congress today approved of the pas
sage of the bill recently introduced
by Charles A. Suiter, delegate from
Alaska, which exempts every owner of
a lode or placer claim in Alaska and
elsewhere from all assessment work
during the years 1917 and 1918, af
ter reconsidering the bill for several
days providing that to be exempt from
assessment work the miner must pro
duce $100 worth of goods for the
army, navy or people of the United
States.
After much debate the conference
committee of the senate and the house
decided to make the bill a simple out
and-out exemption, without restric
tions whatever existing. To secure
exemption from assessment work the
claim owner must file a statement
that he desires to hold the claims with
the recorder of the district in which
the claims are located, this notice to
be filed by December 31 of the year
for which exemption is desired.
Under the' provisions of the bill
approved yesterday oil claims are not
exempt, because the members of con
gress desire to have oil development
rushed everywhere, on account of the
reported shortage and the demands
of the army and navy. •
The object of this bill is to relieve
the mine owners from the heavy bur
den of assessment work at a time
when every man is needed for pro
ducing war materials.
Strongest Attack yet made by Four
(■roups of German Machines—
Many Killed and Injured
LONDON, Oct. 2.—Four groups
of German airplanes appeared over
this city again last night, making the
fifth raid in five days. For several
hours the city was terrorized by fall
ing bombs, and people fled wildly for
bomb-proof cellars and basements.
The attack was one of the strongest
yet made and caused an immense
amount of damage. Ten persons and
killed and forty injured. The property
loss was enormous.
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j KAISER SORRY HIS
NAVY ISN’T LARGER
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 2.—Max Hew
er, the German painter, describing in
the Dusselford General Anzeiger liis
impression of Emperor William’s vis
it to headquarters mentions an inci
dent when the German ruler express
ed regret that his navy was no larg
er. The emperor quoted Stanley’s ex
clamation on the occasion of the ex
change of Heligoland for Zanzibar:
“This is the exchange of a button
for the whole suit.” *
“This button, Emperor William'
said, "holds the whole suit together,”
and he continued, “If my people had
only not so embittered the first twelve
years of my reign in my naval plans.
How jSugeue Richter harassed poor
Sollman' whose plans he scornfqlly.
rejected as mere naval hobby!
“If those gentlmen had only known
what one more squadron means on sea
they would act today and for all fu
ture times quite differently.
“With an army one can manage
with new formations but time and far
seeing patience are necessary for the
creation of a squadron with'efflcient
captains and crews and machinery.”
GEN. HAIG WIRES HOLDS
CAPTURED POSITIONS
LONDON, Oct. 2.—General Haig,
operating on the western front, re
ported to the war office today that
he had repulsed five German attacks
on the newly won positions during
the last night and this morning. He
stated that his troops were standing
Arm and Wuld hold all captured ter
ritory.
A young lady stepped up to a
clerk in a Valdes store yesterday and
asked him If undressed kids could
be washed, and when he replied,
"sure madam you always want to un
dress ’em when you wash ’em,’’ she
froze him with a look and replied
that she was talking about gloves
and not about the young of the genus
homo.
LINER SUNK
JY U-BOAT
Hit by Deadly Toi*|iedo While llelns
Convoyed by Fleet of Japanese
Destroyers—Many Rescued
LONDON. Oct. 2.—A large passen
ger liner, convoyed by a fleet of Jap
anese destroyers, was torpedoed yes
terday by a U-boat. Five hundred
men. women and clftldren were res
cued by the destroyers before the ship
went down.
MASSKD ATTACK OF
SURMA KINK FI.KF.T
AN ATLANTIC FORT. Oct. 2.—
Fassengers who arrived from En
gland recently on an American ship
brought circumstantial reports that
five British steamships and two de
stroyers out of a convoy Meet of six
which left Lough Swilly, Ireland,
September 3, were sunk by German
submarines within a few hour of the
port of departure.
The story was told among others
by shpiwrecked seamen who were
survivors of other submarined vessels
and by the merchant ship officer who
had been in Lough Swilly.
The five vessels, it was said, were
convoyed by the destroyers, put to
sea after midnight and they were at
tacked by massed submarines the fol
lowing morning at daylight. News of
the disaster was learned when the
destroyers which escaped put back
to port bringing survivors of the tor
pedoed merchantment and war ves
sels.
‘“The closest secrecy was immedi
ately thrown about the incident,” the
merchant ship officer said. “The sur
vivors were given positive Instructions
to say nothing about it, and no de
tails as to the names of the ships or
the extent of loss of life could be
learned. It was reported that one and|
possibly two of the U-boats were sunk
by the destroyers.”
TROOPS ARE CALLED IX «
CHATTANOOGA STRIKE
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 2.—
Two troops of cavalry and a machine
gun company from Fort Ogjethorpe
were rushed here today in response to
an appeal from the city and county
officials who were unable to cope with
the street car strike. The presence
of the soldiers has had the effect of
quieting the situation.
First Lieut. Jone H. Kirk, writing
from Camp Beauregard, Alexandria,
La., states that he Is well and asks
to be remembeied to his many friends
here. Kirk state that the climate is
oppressively warm after experiencing
Alaskan breezes for so many years,
and that he would like to be back
with his friends.
BOAT MARKS MILK IX
LESS THAX MINTTF.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Oct. 2.—
Averaging a speed of sixty-two miles
an hour and hanging up another Am
erican speed record. Miss Detroit No.
2 won the North American one-mile
championship for motor boats on the
Mississippi river here today.
The regatta was witnessed by
thousands of persons, followers of
motor boat racing from all over the
country coming to see the contest.
Ideal weather conditions favored the
event, and the race was close and ex
citing.
The wonderful speed maintained by
the winning boat marks a new era in
motor boating, and brought fame to
the Miss Detroit No. 2 and her build
er.
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MUm RIDGE
Position in Mes|M>tamia raptured—
Turkish General Taken With
Number of Prisoners
0 —
LONDON. Oct. 2.—The Hritish
troops have taken Mushald Kidge, in
Mespotamia, capturing A Geno Ahmed
Hey and many prisoners.
MANY KILLED AND
WOUNDED IN LONDON
LONDON, Oct. 2.— Eleven persons
were killed and fifty wounded in the
airplane raid which occurred here yes
terday. The damage to property was
enormous.
Walter Holland, the well known
rancher and miner of Latouche. who
has been in Valdez the past few days,
returned to Latouche yesterday on
the steamship Admiral Watson.
J. H. Hendricks, a former Valdezan
and well known here by many old
timers, was recently adjudged insane
at Cordova, and removed to a sanitar
ium in the States. Mr. Hendricks was
a painter by trade.
KERENSKY’S STRONG MAN
TO ENLIST AS PRIVATE
PETROORAD, Oct. 2.—Boris Sav
inkoff, former minister of war, ac
cording to the newpapers, has declar
ed his intention of enlisting as a pri
vate in a “striking battalion." M.
Savinkoff is Premier Kerensky's
strong man. He was formerly chief
of the government commission with
the army, during which term he suc
cussfully demanded the restoration
of capital punishment at the front.
Later he was war minister, military
governor of Petrograd and command
ed the troops operating against Gen
eral Kornilloff in the recent revolt.
GOVERNOR MAY' CAUSE
LA FOLLETTE’S ARREST
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 2.—Gover
nor Burnqulst announced last night
that if an official investigation of the
alleged disloyal statements made by
Senator La Follette at the closing
session of the Non-Partisan League
high cost of living conference here
Thursday reveal that his remarks
were seditious, the Minnesota public
safety commission, of which the gov
ernor is chairman, will ask for the
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senator's arrest.
Would Protect Fighting Men
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 2.—
Protection of the homes and property
of America’s fighting men by passage
of the administration soldiers’ and
sailors' clril rights bill was urged to
day before a senate judiciary sub
committee, which began formal head
ings, Early enactment of the measure
is delred by nany officials, who con
tend that noTt to the insurance bill,
“it is the biggest and most useful
thing to be done tor the country’s de
fenders.’’
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l>enunriation of America by Rum Of
ficials Cause Guard to be thrown
Arouud l'. S. Ambassador
FKTROGRAD, Oct. 2.—Severe de
nunciation of the United States for
interfering in Russian internal af
fairs by M. Bolhiviki in a speech here
Sunday, caused a military guard to
be thrown about the American embas
sy, which was later removed.
Mrs. Lansing Opposes Suffrage
WASHINGTON'. D. C„ Oct. 2.—
Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the sec
retary of state has accepted the sec
retaryship of the National Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, which
recently moved its headquarters from
New York to Washington.
Harden Arouses Demonstration
AMSTERDAM. (Jet. 2.—Maximil
ian Harden, editor of Die Zukunft,
lecturing in Berlin yesterday said lie
was convinced peace was attainable
this year if Germany promised to
waive the right to rule Belgium. This
statement aroused a hostile demon
stration from the audience and many
persons left the hall.
’ Just Like Our Business
An exchange says that if you have
too many vegetables to eat what you
can and can what you can’t. Some
thing like tile printing business, you
sell an order when you can sell it and
when you can’t sell it you cancel it.
NAMES OE VALDEZ A NS
SENT TO SENATE
WASHINGTON. D. Oct. 2 —
President Wilson today sent to tlia
senate the name of William Munly,
a former Portland lawyer and recent
ly assistant district attorney, to be
confirmed as United States District
Attorney at Valdez; and the name of
Prank It. Brenneman, a personal
friend of Vice-President Marshall and
present United States Marshal for tha
third division at Valdez. Alaska, to
lie confirmed as United States mar
shal. It is expected the confirmation
will be made today. Nothing has been
done in regard to the governorship.
I.W.W. LEADER
Seattle Man Tells Kfjpretary Haywood
that he had Good Will of Seat
tle Germans in Work
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—Charles Row
an, a Seattle labor leader, wrote Sec
cetary Haywood of the Industrial
Workers of the World that he had
the good will of the Seattle pro-Ger
mans in his efforts to wreck the In
dustries of the Pacific Coast. Many
incriminating documents were found
in Secretary Haywood's papers when
they were seized by the federal au
thorities.
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Vancouver Coal Prices Fixed
VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 2.—Do
minion Fuel Controller C. A. Magran
has fixed the prices of coal for Van
couver, as follows: screened, delivered
per ton, $8.50; screen in sacks, $7.50;
delivered in bulk, wagonslde, $8; at
wharf in bulk, $7. Coal dealers agree
to deliver lump coal within the regu
lar delivery limits at the price quotedL
above.
Seattle Fish Prices
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—Seattle prices
at noon October first; halibut 13 6-ft
cents; sable fish three and one- halP
cents; red rack fish not quoted. ^