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Gen Villa Orders Sixty Federal Of
ficers Placed Against the
Wall and Shot.
JUAREZ, June 27— Following the
capture of the federal garrison of
Zacatecas Gen. Villa, the commander
in-chief of the rebel army, ordered
sixty captive officers lined up against
the wall and shot. The claim is made
that all of them were irregulars and
had fought on both sides.
WASHINGTON, June 27—The
State Department refuses to make
any comment upon the slaughter of
federal officers captured by Gen. Vil
la nor to state if the executions will
effect the determination of the de
partment to have Gen. Villa recog
nized as head of the provisional gov
ernment. Members of the adminis
tration, however, are greatly annoyed
at the action of Gen. Villa, who has
been aided materialy by the United
fetates government, but continues the
practices against which strong pro
tests have been made by Secretary
Bryan.
FEDERAL TROOPS
- NEEDED IN BUTTE
Governor Stewart of Montana Asks
Aid of the Federal Government
to Protect Property.
BUTTE, Mont., June 27.—Governor
Stewart today asked President Wil
son to send federal troops to Butte
to quell the rioters, who have started
to destroy property and who threaten
a civil- war unless they are allowed
to do as they will.
The request of the governor for
troops was made necessary when the
members of the new union led by
I. W. W. leaders, who "have complete
control of the union, demanded that
the police be withdrawn from the
city and that they cease to interfere
with the union officials, who are en
deavoring to capture the officers of
the Western Federation of Miners.
Many men have been killed and
several charges of dynamite have
been set oft by the I. W. W. follow
ers and, fearing that the police and
special deputies cannot control the
ten thousand wild rioters, it was
thought best to have the troops called
and martial law established.
Ohio Authorities at 9teub«nvil)e.Hold
Leader Who Advocate*
Violence.
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STEUBENVILLE, O., .June 26.—
The authorities here today held Joe
Ettor, the I. W..W. leader who trav
els from place to place where in
dustrial conditions are unsettled and
urges ‘the strikers to violence, to the
grand jury because he is accused of
inciting the strikers ii* this town to
destroy the property of the rich.
Ettor was tried during the Law
rence strike of cotton workers two
years ago for murder, bat the jury
refused to convict and since then he
has traveled to all the strike cones
urging the men and women to oppo
i sltion to caj>jt£j. apd advocating the
\ destruction of property.
WILL INVESTIGATE
IIKM
Engineer* Pppretenting Eastern Mil
lionaire* to Leave Seattle Next
Week for Claim*.
SEATTLE, June 27—Engineers rep
resenting Eastern millionaires will
leave here next week for the' Kentish-’
na mining district to investigate the
placer ground owned by Leroy Tozier,
Tom Lloyd and a number of other
Fairbanks operators.
The men have given a bond on the
claims to the Eatsern capitalists, who
are sending in several experts to test'
the ground and decide upon its val
ue. The bond is said to be for sev
eral millions of dollars.
Pledges His Personal Fortune of
$10,000,000—Banks Refused
Company Loans.
NEW YORK, June 27—John Clafln,
president of the H. B. Clafln Com
pany, has started to reorganize the
company and has pledged his person
al fortune of $10,000,000 to place the
company on a Ann and sound basis.
Mr. Clafln, who is 64 years old,
stated today that he would have the
plans of the reorganization completed
in a few days and that it would then
be submitted to all the creditors, and
that the larger of them had already
agreed to assist in rehabilitating the
company, while those Who refuse to
join in the reorganization would be
I paid in full at the end of one year,
certain banks guaranteeing the ac
counts. All the receivers for the New
York and other establishments are
to be discharged.
"The present unsettled financial
condition, along with the recent tar
iff legislation caused us to lose con
siderable- money,” said Mr. Clafln.
“The hanks we have been dealing
with for years refused to make’furth
er loans until the new currency bill
has been tested; new banks became
suspicious when we applied for loans
and likewise refused us the ready
cash necessary to tide us over, and
in consequence we were forced into
the handA of a receiver. We expect
to reorganize and have the business
going again in a few days.”
Oflayef *o. Westward Loading Coal
and Salmon—Takes Out a Few
Passengers.
The steamer Admiral Evans, of the
Admiral Line, reached Valdez at noon
today and sailed south at 2 p. m.
The Evans was delayed to the west
ward unloading freight for the Cook
inlet merchants and for the govern
ment at Ship Creek, and also loading
300 tons of Matanuska coal for the
navy department, besides 4,000 cases
of salhufti at'the Kodiak cannery.
The following passengers boarded
the ship here for Seattle and Cor
dova.
For Seattle; Paul Rosyiaka, J. J.
Brennen, A. D. McDoDnald, A. N.
Smith.
For Cordova; E. L. rBitt, R. S.
Glddings, Jos. A. Caldjprell, J. F.
Clarkln.
pet* No Knockout—fi|ht Won Op
Point*—No Details Received
A* Yet.
fcARIS, June 27—Jack Johnson
won the championship fight tonight
getting the decision in the twentieth,
round on points.'
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The big fight between Jack John-I
son, the champion heavyweight, and
Frank Moran Was scheduled for 10
o’clock tonight at Paris and because"
of a difference in time the fight will
be started, if on schedule, at 12:30
Valdes time. Either the fight was
delayed or the news of the battle
failed to reach here on schedule, for
at the time of going to press no
news of the battle had been received.
The Sunday Miner will ■ have the
details of the fight round by round.
The route of the steamships Ala
meda and Mariposa, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, has been ex
tended to Knik anchorage in Cook
tnlet.
BAD EARTHQUAKE
MALAY ISLANDS
Dutch Possessions Hit ard—Scores
Killed and Thousands Injured
—Relief Is Sent.
BATAVIA, Sumatra, June 27.—A
violent earthquake shock was felt
throughout the Malay archipelago Iasi
night, causing scores of deaths and
injuring thousands of people. The
capital city of the Dutch possessions,
Benkoelen, was completely wrecked
and hardly a building is left stand
ing. The massive capitol building
collapsed. The shocks were excep
tionally severe.
The Dutch government has wired
its representatives here to relieve the
suffering caused by the quake and
the destruction of the buildings and
directing the warships stationed on
the coast to reach the small islands
to ascertain the damage and help the
natives.
It Is feared that many of the small
islands in the archipelago have been
wiped out, taking with them thou
sands of natives.
Earthquake shocks in this section
have been exceptionally hard and very
frequent this spring, indicating an
unsettled condition of the earth’s
crust.
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UKE BREAKS OK
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Ice Thrown ^Jl. 0,y*r the Flat
Big Government Dike Pro
tects the Town.
A great reservoir of water on the
Valdes glacier broke yesterday, after
noon and came tearing* on Its way
over the flats, breaking off huge
chunks of ice, which have been scat
tered all over the flats near tbe gla
cier and the smaller pieces carried
on to the bay.
The ice cap readily be seen fropt
the north end of toWn. the big gov
ernment dike haft been hit by. a part
of, the fftrfeam, but the waters' made
no impr£psi<>n t$6n'lt, the mat sink
ing as The gra.Vh'l was washed out.
Robinson Crusoe at the Orpheum
tonight. This is a fine show.
COLUMBIA WINS
AT POUGHKEEPSIE
Wonderful Crew Developed By Coach
Rice—Was Lightest Crew Enter
ed—Washington Fifth.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y„ June 27 —
The Columbia 'Varsity eight, the
lightest crew in the race, won the
four-mile race yesterday in which
crews from Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Cornell, Syracuse and Washington
universities contested.
The Columbia team had no trouble
taking the event, the wonderful work
of the team sending them across the
line several boat lengthsahead of the
nearest competitor. They rowed a
wonderful race. Coach Rice today re
ceived the congratulations of the oth
er coaches upon the wonderful row
ing machine he had developed.
The Washington team, the heaviest
crew that entered, as the men aver-,
aged 175 pounds each, won fifth place'
in spite of the predictions that the
western team would secure a position
well up in the front.
HM GIRLS
6ET 12.00 A WEEK
New York Investigators Find Them
Overworked and Underpaid—Con
ditions Will Be Changed.
NEW YORK, June 27.—The state
factory investigation ordered by the
last legislature has shown that girls
working in the flower manufacturing
plants are compelled to make 570
flowers and paste them to wreaths in
order to earn 10 cents and that the
average earnings of the girls is ?2.00
a week.
The conditions in the ‘-ade are said
to be terrible, the girls working in
poorly lighted buildings, forced to
rush hour after hour and working 12
hours a day until exhausted. Many of
them have been examined by physi
cians for the commission and are suf
fering with consumption.
It is almost certain that the next
session of the legislature will estab
lish a minimum wage for. the work
ers in the flower trade and other
manufacturing plants, as conditions
pass all belief and must be changed.
Ben Howell, the mining operator,
left this morning on the Brighton for
Betties bay, where he will develop
his mining property.
SE (I.
PUT HZ
Wire Manager WUsorv That the Team
Will Come If Offer Still
Holds Qpod.
Manager Wilson, of the Valdez base
toll team, today received a wire from
Seward saying that the team repre
senting the westward town would be
gfyd to come to' Valdez on J^lg. 4th,
anil cross tots with the ^lcClairltes,
provided that the offer of the cele
bration cominittee still held good,
namely a guaranH® ,o£ $150.00 to
wards the expenses of the westward
team and a purse of $76.00 to the
winner*. .. .»,■ K ...
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By falling between the Princess
May and the dock at Ketchikan. Wal
ter Hardin received injuries which
may prove fatal.
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SWAT IE FIT
III ST. LOUIS
Board of Health Gathers Sixty Gal
lons of Flies In One Month and
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Are Proud of the Job.
ST. LOUIS, June 27.—The board
of health have been conducting a
campaign to rid the city of the dis
ease-breeding house fly, and during
the past month have gathered sixty
gallons of flies and have destroyed
them. The sixty gallons contained
six million flies, which, had they not
been swatted in time, would have
hatched billions and billions more.
The fly swatting campaign will be
continued and the members of the
health board predict that If the citi
zens will co-operate the town can be
ipade flyless.
SEVEN LOST LIVES
IN SALEM EIRE
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Fire Is Gradually Burning Out—Many
■
Mills Will Not Be Built Until
Times Improve.
SALEM, Mass., June 27.—Seven
people were cremated here yesterday
in the big tire which destroyed half
of the city. The fires are gradually
burning out and the firemen, almost
exhausted, now feel certain that it
will not spread further. Several re
lief crews of fire fighters have been
sent here from Boston, Lynn and oih
er cities, while one regiment of the
Massachusetts national guard are on
duty to prevent looting and to aid
the people who have been burned
out of their homes. Tents have been
erected for many and the state auth
orities will endeavor to provide for
the homeless, and also to aid those
who have lost their employment
through the burning of the factories.
Because of the condition in the cot
ton trade many of the manufacturing
plants do not expect to rebuild for
some months until conditions have
improved and the cotton workers will
be aided to reach other cities for em
ployment. Several shoe factories
which were burned announce today
that they will rebuild as soon as the
ashes are cool enough to allow work
men to take away the debris.
HME TRAP SfiiT
BR THE FOURTH
Cordova Trapshooters Wire That
> Thoy Would Liko » Chance at
the Valdex Team.
W. W. Council, of Cordova, this
morning wired to Wf M. Wilson, of
the committee in charge of the cele
bration on, July 4th, that a number
of crack trap shots in the railroad
town would like tq have a. match
with the Valdes team if it cquld be
arranged and Capt. Joe Olson, who
is in charge of the Valdes trap
shooters, will arrange for a team to
meet the boyp from Cordova, Ifay.
Thje members of the Valdes, Cjbjtb and
all those tyl>0 care to join the club
or will shoot on that dajr are request
ed to meet at the grounds tomorrow
afternoon. Thg traps jrili be in readi
ness, " „ .
The grounds aiy W me ota rail
road grade in the qorthwest section
of town. j
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United States Deputy Marshal Har
ry Wendling, of Georgetown, is dead.
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IT INDICT THE
I. ft ft LENDERS
Holding Inquest Into Cause of Death
of Ed- Noy, Killed By Seced
ing Butte Miners.
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BUTTE, Mont., June 27.—The in
quest into the death of Edward Noy,
who was killed when the seceding
union miners attacked Union Hail,
will be held today. The sheriff has
200 special deputies on duty about
the court house and they are all well
armed.! Several lines of fire hose are
also in readiness to drench any at
tacking party. The witnesses will ail
be searched as they are taken into
the court room to prevent guns be
ing pulled while the examination is
in progress.
It is believed that many of the
leaders of the I. W. W. union will be
indicted and charged with murder.
None have been arrested yet and
trouble is expected if the officers at
tempt to make any arrests. Dyna
miting still continues in all parts of
the city, the miners stealing the dy
namite from the mines and blowing
up the houses of the union o.fflcials,
who are connected with the Western
Federation of Miners. , w*l
passTrusTbill
AT THIS SESSION
President Wilson's Prosperity Talk
Will Force Senate to Act—Call Op
posing Senators in Conference.
WASHINGTON, June 27 —Follow
ing the prosperity talk given yester
day by President Wilson to tl)e Vir
ginia editors, is almost certain
that the administration trust bills will
pass the Senate. Administration
leaders state that the Democratic
party is determined to pass the bills,
so that the present unsettled finan
cial conditions may not lead to a
commercial panic, which is threaten
ed by the prolonged debate.
President Wilson called several
Democratic senators who are oppos
ing his trust plans into conference
yesterday and it is believed has talk
ed them over to his way of think
ing and that they will now aid in
bringing the trust bills to a vote in
the upper House, so that the party
may appeal to the people as having
carried out all its platform pledges.
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Walk to Bates of Leavenworth Sing
ing—Start to Serve Sentence
for Dynamiting.
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., June 27.—
;Twelve dynamiters convicted at In
dlanapolis two years ago, and who
have been out on bail pending the
decision of the supreme court, march
ed to the gates of the federal prison
hebe this morning singing and were
adta'tted at once to commence the
serving of sentences imposed upon
,them for conspiracy to destroy struc
tural iron buildings at which other
than union tabor was used.
All of the dynamiters were placed
at work rebuilding the prison cells.
Several are still to report and have
only a few days of £ra«e, after which
the heavy surety bonds they are un
der will be declared forfeited.
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