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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY,* SEPTEMBER 25, 1217 NUMBER 22«
GOVERNMENT BUILDING ASSURED
OTHER MIRES
Sliow That Ambassador Bernstorff
Maintained Excellent Spy Sys
tern at Social Functions
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—
Secretary Lansing intimated today
that he would soon give out a number
of other disclosures of Ambassador
Bernstorff’^ shameless work while
x-cting as his country’s representative
in Washington. He stated that em
bassy employes disguised as waiters
were used to gather information at
social functions.
EXPORTATION OK COAL TO
CANADA WILL BE STOPPED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 25.—
Continued export of coal to Canada
in large amounts through Great Lake
ports at the expense of the northwest
ern states will be checked immediate
ly by the fuel administration.
Dr. H. A. Garfield, the fuel admin
istrator, today requested the exports
administrative board to permit no
more coal to be shipped out of the
country except under license restric
tions, and asked that no license be
granted unless they are approved by
the fuel administration. Coal hereto
fore along with other American pro
ducts has gone to Canade under blan
ket licenses issued by the collector
of customs.
“The fuel administration,” said
Dr. Garfield tonight, does not intend
to cut off Canadian exports, but with
this supervision it will be able to
equalize the distribution of coal and
see that the northwest and Canada
both get their fair share.”
Coal has been moving towards lake
ports in large quantities for some
weeks, under an order issued by Rob
ert S. Lovett, the government’s di
rector of priority of transportation.
The purpose of the order was to sup
ply the northwest with an abundance
of coal before the winter season
closes shipping on the lakes.
TEN I. W. W. ALIEN
ENEMIES INTERNED
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 25.—Ten
enemy aliens, declared to be mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of the
World, arrested in Eastern Washing
ton since the outbreak of the war, to
day were turned over to military au
thorities here by the United States
marshal on orders from the office of
the attorney general at Washington.
They will be sent to Fort Douglas,
Utah, soon, for internment, it was
stated.
Quakes in Columbia
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—
Official dispatches today from Bogota
Columbia, say the earth shocks which
began there August 29 continued in
i termittently until September 13. A
few buildings were damaged and six
persons killed.
Chelan Land Company Pails
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.—The Chelan
Land company, a corporation holding
large interests in Chelan county, fil
ed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy
in the United States district court
here yesterday, scheduling liabilities
at $462,000, all unsecured, and as
sets at $225,000 mostly real estate.
Preparations are under way to
make the Moose band dance next Sat
urday one of the finet events of the
season.
A little more of this weather and
life would be more endurable.
. MARSHAL Brenneman and Judge
Brown should be crowned. They hold
power over more territory than half
the kingdoms in Europe, and could
not reach the limits of their jurisdic
tions In a week’s travel.
Philip Rodeman was adjudged In
sane by Judge E. P. Medley at Cor
dova on September 23. He will be
sent to Morningside.
BANDITS DKFKATED
IN KANSAS BATTUE
JUNCTION CITY. Kan., Sept. 25.1
—After engaging with citizens in ri
fie, revovler and shotgun fire for ap
proximately four hours early today,
thrqe men attempting to blow the safe
of the State Bank of Milford, Kan .
escaped uninjured and without any
spoils.
The alarm was given by a night
telephone operator in a building op
posite the bank after the men had
fired one shot of explosive. Men of
the town assembled with arms and
the shooting began. Two of the rob
bers held ofT the men outside the
bank while the third man fired sev
en more shots in the door of the safe.
The dis'covery was made at mid
night and four hours later the rob
and fled on a railway gasoline section
and fled on a railway gasolne section
car.
LONDON VISITED
BYJRCRAFT
I tombs Dropped Along Wide Stretch
of Coast from Kentshire to York
shire Killing Fifteen
LONDON, Sept. 25.—German air
craft again raided London last night
dropping many bombs on the city and
also along a large stretch of coast
from Kentshire to Yorkshire. Fifteen
persons were killed and twenty
wounded. A vast amount of damage
was done to property.
SECRETARY OF TREASURY
TO VISIT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.—Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo will arrive in
Seattle October 9. on a tour of the
coast cities.
NEW LIBERTY LOAN
WILL BE ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—
The new Liberty Loan of three bil
lions will probably be announced to
morrow.
GOVERNMENT CUTS PRICE
OF BAR STEEL HALF
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—
It was announced fiere today that the
government had fixed the price of bar
steel at $2.90 per hundred weight, a
cut over the present price of 47 per
cent.
Town Fights Fire
TACOMA, Sept. 25.—All of Kapo
wsin, sixteen miles south of Tacoma,
turned out at 2 o’clock this morning
and successfully backed a fire that
wiped out the general store of C. W.
Shuh, a store building and the post
office. Loss estimated at $250,000.
Practically everything in the postof
fice was carried out.
Deported Men Arrested
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 25.—33
men from the Columbus, N. M., camp
of men deported from Bisbee, Ariz.,
last July, were arrested today by a
deputy Bherif when they arrived on
their way to Bisbee. This brings the
total of such arrests yesterday and to
day to seventy-three. Among those
arrested is A. S. Embree, one of the
leaders of the deported men.
' Miner Killed by Caveln
EVERETT, Sept. 25.—Willis Fad
dis, a miner, was Instantly killed by
a caveln at the Sunset mine at Index,
thirty-five miles from here, last night.
Another workman was seriously in
jured this morning by a second fall
of earth while endeavoring to recov
er the body. The caveln is said to be
of large extent.
Castro in United States
AN ATIM.NTIC PORT, Sept. 25.—
Ciprlano Castro, former president of
Venezuela, arrived today on a Span
ish steamship from a Mexican port.
He declines to discuss the purpose of
his visit.
Every Railway in South American Re
public Tied Ip by Walkout
Precipitated by Germans
BIJENOS AIRES, Sept. 25.—The
whole republic of Argentine is, para
lyzed today by a general strike of la
borers and mechanics which has clos
e down practically every business in
the country. All railways are at a
standstill and every train is tied up.
It is charged that the strike has been
precipitated by Germans and their
sympathizers.
Root is Honored
NEW YORK. Sept. 25.—Elihu
Root has accepted the honorary presi
dency of the National Security Lea
gue. succeeding the late Joseph H.
Choate, it was announced here.
Tried for Insanity
Andrew Samhotti will be tried for
insanity in the Commissioner’s
Court. Mr. Samhotti was brought up
from Fidalgo Bay a week ago and has
been under observation in the Val
dez hospital for several days.
OFFICIALS LOOT
GERMANVESSELS
Government Inspector of Machinery
Confesses He Stole Silver Service
—Has Been Dismissed
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.'—It lias devel
oped by official investigation tliat
valuable fittings and furnishings on
the German steamships Loongmoon
and Prinz Waldemar, taken over by
the United States government at the
beginning of the war with Germany
have been stolen. Elwyn H. B. Runs,
inspector of machinery for the Emer
gency Fleet corporation, has confes
sed to taking a large lot of loot, in
cluding the steamers valuable silver
set. He was forced to return all the
stolen property and was dismissed
from the service, and his case will
be brought up before the federal
grand jury.
ARGENTINE WILL
JjOTOWAR
By Vote of 53 to 18 Chamber of De
puties Favors Break With the
German Empire
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 25.—By a
vote of iifty-three to eighteen the Ar
gentine Chamber of Deputies today
voted to support a break in diplomat
ic relations with Germany.
SILVER NOW WORTH
OVER $1.00 AN OUNCE
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Bar sil
ver, which, due to war conditions has
been for several months y ad
vancing in price, today over
$1 an ounce. It was quoted at $1,006,
which is 7 l-8c over yesterday’s price.
Dollar silver has not been seen in
many decades. During the war the
price has more than doubled, the met
al having sold at 47 3-4c an ounce
in November, 1917. The advance is
due largely to heavy withdrawals of
gold from circulation to meet the si
tuation which the war has developed,
necessitating the substitution of sil
ver. Production has not been increas
ed and the supply from some sources
has been curtailed.
GERMANS CAPTURE
MUCHJ1HS
\>t Quantities of Flour and Bread
Captured by Teutons When Rus
sian Town Falls
BERLIN', Sept. 25.—The war of
fice announced today that an enor
mous quantity of provisions especial
ly flour and bread, had been captur
ed by the Germans when Jacobstadt
was taken. Jacobstadt is an import
ant manufacturing city on the Dvina
river about 60 miles below Riga.
Chilliwack Man Dead
CHILLIWACK, B. C.. Sept. 25.—
Word has been received here of the
death in a military hospital in En
gland of Major T. E. Caskey, after
an illness of several months. Major
Caskey was for many years editor of
the Chilliwack Progress. He went ov
erseas early in the war and saw ser
vice in France before being taken ill.
He was aged 40 years.
Says This is* Very Exclusive War as
Ear as he is Concerned as he was
Blackballed by Committee
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KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25.—Theo
dore Roosevelt was presented with a
golden quill by his admirers here to
day, and reminded that the pen was
mightier than the sword. He answer
ed: “But I would rather have the
sword. This has been a very exclusive
war so far as I am concerned, as I
was blackballed by the committee on
admission before I could be iniated.”
Death Due to Foul Play
SALISBURY. N. C„ Sept. 25.—
Expressing the belief that the death
of Mrs. Claude A. King, killed near
Concord, N. C., August 29. was neith
er the result of an accident nor sui
cide, but that conflicting circum
stances indicated foul play. Solicitor
Hayden Clement today ordered the
investigation into her death reopen
ed.
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Pitcher Given Kxemptiou
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.—J. C.
Oldham southpaw pitcher for the San
Francisco Pacific Coast League Club,
was awarded exemption from the sel
ective draft here last night on affi
davits filed by Mrs. Oldham. She said
she was dependent upon him for sup
port.
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WILL IHGA1E
MOONEY CASE
President Will Direct Developments
Surrounding Mooney Conviction
—Unions Say Railroaded
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 25.—
President Wilson will personally di
rect an Investigation surrounding the
arrest and conviction and sentence to
death of Thomas Mooney, recently
sentenced to be hanged for complici
ty in the bomb outrage when many
people werfe killed in San Francisco
during the Preparedness parade in
that city. Mooney was tried and found
guilty, notwithstanding enormous
sums used by organised labor to se
cure his acquittal. Labor and indus
trial organizations have protested to
the President Mooney was Innocent
and was railroaded to his death by the
authorities.
Lieutenant Faust Has Called
For Bids For Construction
Lieutenant Faust, officer in charge
of the local Signal Corps, yesterday
received notification to call for bids
for the erection of the quartermaster
building contemplated by the govern
ment at this point for some time. The
building will be 120 feet long, 40
feet wide and 28 feet high, with of
fices, quartermaster's office, store
rooms and garage on the first floor,
and forage rooms and a large recrea
tion room for the Signal Corps offi
cers and men.
Lieutenant Faust states that while
prices have raised greatly since the
estimate was made a year ago that
the building will be rushed to comple
tion provided the contractors do not
hid over the amount allowed in the
specifications, in which case erection
of the building will be deferred until
more money can be oppropriated.
The building will be a frame struc
ture, owing to the lateness of the sea
son and the high price of cement and
brick, of which it was originally plan
ned to use. The quartermaster depart
ment has been greatly cramped for
room since the destruction of their
large building by fire in July, 1915,
and have made strenuous efforts to
have a new structure built at differ
ent times since then. Last spring a
new building was authorized by the
war department but upon the declara
tion of war it was believed the time
was inopportune, and the matter was
deferred.
Bids will be advertised for seven
days by Lieutenant Faust, after
which the contract will be awarded
in case the contract price is not deem
ed exhorbitant.
A new sidewalk will also be con
structed by the department along its
property on the corner of McKinley
street and Alaska avenue, to replace
the one burned two years ago. This
work will be done immediately.
WHKAT STOCKS ARK
SHORT 1’HIS YKAR
WASHINGTON D. C., Sept. 25 —
Reports that the government is con
templating requisitioning wheat on
the farms to keep flour mills going
over were denied yesterday by Her
bert Hoover, the food administrator.
Food administration officials expect
wheat to begin to move freely within
a short time.
Wheat stocks ran shorter this
year than in any period before. At the
time the new crop began to come on
the market there was scarcely any
wheat in the country. If shipments
to the European neutrals had not
been stopped, it is said, the shortage
would have forced some mills to
close.
Reports to the food administration
indicate a greatly enlarged planting
of winter wheat this fall.
The food administration authoriz
ed a statement last night that it had
not in any instance given permission
for food manufacturers to claim their
products have been given the appro
val of the administration.
Two Mon Killed When Gas Generates
In Hold of Ship J. A. Moffet in
California Tort
RICHMOND, Calif., Sept. 25.—Gas
generating in the hold of the Stand
ard oil tank steamer J. A. Moffet
caused an explosion which killed
Ernest Rutter and H. R. Uillerat,
members of the crew.
Kaiser is Grandfather
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 25.—A baby
girl has been born to Prince Adalbert,
the German emperor’s third son, and
Princess Adelaide, at Kiel.
ARTILLERY DUELS
ON EASTERN FRONT
LONDON, Sept. 25.—The govern
ment announced today that the only
activities on the western front were
confined to artillery duels.
TAKES FIRST FLIGHT
BEHIND NEW MOTOR
MINEOLA. N. Y., Sept. 26.—Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt gained yes
terday the distinction of being the
first civilian to make a flight in an
airplane proprtled by the new mili
tary motor Invented for use of the
government in the war. The flight1
was made from the Hempstead avia
tion field, and for a half hour the
machine, piloted by H. J. Blakely, an
army Instructor, attained the speed
of 110 miles an hour, reaching an al
titude of 5,000 feet.
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Division lias Ix-en Divided into Five
Ijocal Boards \Vlx> Will have
Full Charge
District Clerk Arthur Lang receiv
ed a wire from Governor Strong
yesterday containing additional in
formation in regard to the disposi
tion of the registry cards for military
service, and stating that the division
had been divided into five districts
as follows:
No. 10. Anchorage, ('has. E. Her
ron has jurisdiction over Knik and
Talkeetna recording precincts.
No. 11. Cordova. E. F. Medley has
jurisdiction over the town of Cor
dova and Cordova and Kvak record
ing precincts.
No. 12. Chitina. Joseph 11. Murray
has jurisdiction over Chitina and
White River recording precincts.
No. 13. Seward. J. Lindley Greene
has jurisdiction over the town of
Seward, the Aleutian Islands. Bristol
Bay, Illiainna, Kenai, Kodiak, Kve
chak and Unga recording precincts.
No. 14 Valdez. James H. Patter
son has jurisdiction over the town of
Valdez, Copper Center and Valdez
recording precincts.
The one member named on each of
these boards is the person who may
be addressed, giving limits of the
respective jurisdictions. The division
al board will forward to each of
these local boards all of the registra
tion cards and these boards will take
charge of the same. A copy of all
summarizations outside of incorporat
ed towns are in the clerk’s of
fice* here, There have been filed in the
office of the clerk here up to Saturday
night 5374 registration cards. The
registrations from the towns of Sew
ard, Cordova and Valdez amount to
approximately 750, bringing the total
registration in this district up to ov
or 6,000.
GERMANY’S LEADING
AIRMAN LOSES LIFE
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 25.—Lieuten
ant Walter Hoehendorf has been
killed accidentally on the western
front, according to German newspap
ers. Hoehendorf was reputed to be
Germany’s best aviator, after Boelke
and Immelmann, both of whom are
dead.
Earl Hinds recovered one hundred
and fifty one dollars and costs tn a
civil case in the Commissioner’s
court yesterday from George Simon
sen.
John Hansen reports seeing five
bears yesterday While coming in over
the trail. Four were black and onw>
was a monstrous brown bear,