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ITm_ _n. - ' ■ - - VALDEZ, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 12* WI7 NUMBER 152
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ASKS TO GIVE TO NATION
FREELY IN PRESENT CRISIS
In Address at Washington Yesterday
. President W ilson Says Big Business
Should Give as Freely as Ones Who
Oiler Lives on Battle Meld.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 12 —
President Wilson is an address here
yesterday appealed to the big busi
ness interests of the country to give
aid to the nation as freely as those
who offer their lives on the foreign
battlefields. He stated that if business
continued to hamper the prosecution
of the war in the future as in the past
that addtional legislaton would have
to be passed controlling them.
SHIM®
’ WORTH FORTUNE
SEATTLE CONCERN SELLS
FOUR HALF MILLION
Japanese Concern Takes Over Vessels
, Under Construction for Seattle Par
ties for Highest Price Ever Paid
for Tonnage.
SEATTLE. July 12.—Skinner &
Eddy, a Seattle firm of boat and ship
builders. wfyt yards at 1559, Rail
road Avenue, today sold the steel
freighters Martha Washington and J.
H. Fox, under course of construction
in their yards in this city, to Mitsui
& Co., for four and a half million dol
lars, the highest price ever paid for
tonnage on the Pacific Coast.
STRIKE OF LOGGING
EMPLOYES SPKKAI>IXG
i SPOKANE. July 12.—The strike of
logging employes in Northern Idaho
was extended to Eastern Washington,
according to Sherif McCord, who was
called upon today by two lumber com
panies at Elk, north of here ,to swear
in forty of the companies' employes as
deputy sheriffs for the purpose of
guarding the lumber camps. Informa
tion that the men at Elk were out on
strike was telephoned to the sheriff
‘ today by E. E. Emery, of the Evers
& Bradford, who stated no special de
mands were being made but that men
were congregating and making threats
against men who remained at work.
Sheriff Reid said Mr. Emery had
told him that Industrial Workers of
the World had called the strike. No
information reached here today as to
the lumber strike situation here to
day in Northern Idaho camps.
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GALICIA CITY
LOCATION OF AUSTRO
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GERMANIC HEADQUARTERS
Russian War Office Announces That
Troops of Central Powers Forced
Evacuate Galician City of Kal
usz, Where Staff located. i
PETROGRAD, Juty 12.—The war
^office announced today that Russian
troops had captured the Galician city
►of Kalusz, the location of the Aus
trian and German headquarters,
which was obliged to hurriedly evac
uate. Kalusz is situated about fifty
miles south of Lemburg, in the pro
vince of Galicia, and is about thirty
miles east of Stanislau.
U. S. WILL
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WILL ENABLE AIRSHIPS
TO FLY WITHOUT FUEL
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War Department WUI Try Out Italian
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Invention for Controlling Airship*
—Said to Be Success—Patent Of
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fered to This Country
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 12.—
The Patents Committee of the House
of Representatives today recommend
ed that the War Department test the
Girar Gossian invention for propell
ing aeroplanes without carrying fuel.
It is stated that this recent invention
by an Italian scientist will make it
possible for an airship to fly from the
United States to the battlefields of Eu
rope and return without carrying fuel.
The details of the invention have been
kept a secret, but scientists who have
seen the model work declare that it
will do all that is claimed for it.
DOCTOR QUESTIONED
IN SHOOTING CASE
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WAUKESHA, Wis.. July 12.—Dr.
Davis Roberts, whose wife was kill
ed last week by Miss Grace Lusk, a
school teacher, was questioned behind |
closed doors in court today. District'
Attorney Tukkar desired to learn;
whether Dr. Roberts had heard Miss
Lusk make threats against Mrs. Rob-!
erts.
It is reported that the defense isj
considering the advisability of ignor
ing the usual insanity plea and stand
ing on the merits of Miss Lusk’s al-i
leged wrongs by Dr. Roberts. Miss'
Lusk was reported doing well at thej
hospital. After shooting Mrs. Roberts.'
she fired two bullets into her own
breast.
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Naval Captain Dies Suddenly
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 12.— ,
Captain Volney O. Chase, of the navy,
assistant to Admiral Benson, chief
of operations, died suddenly at his
home last night. He was 55 years old
and a native of Louisiana.
Photo by American Press Association.
Under the direction of the federal
shipping board idajor General George
Goethals, builder of the Panama ca
nal, is now applying his labors to the
construction of 1.000 wooden vessels
t& carry food and supplies to the al
lies. Over 3,000 shipbuilding mechan
ics are working under his direction,
and more are wanted.
FLAGSHIP OF FLEET
CRUISER SEATTLE WAS
SEATTLE, July 12.—The United
States cruiser Seattle, formerly the
Washington, Was the flagship for the
fleet of warships which escorted the
transports carrying the first contin
gent of Pershing’s army to France.
This information came today in pri
vate letters.from a high official source
in the East.
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GERMANS LAUNCH
BIG OFFENSIVE
TAKE M1L.E Oft MORJ*)
OF BRITISH TRENCHES
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Believed Teutons- Are Making Effort
to Break Thru to the British Chan
nel—Many Prisoners and Guns Ta
ken in Huge Drive.
LONDON, July 12.—The Germans
launched a powerful offensive yester
day and before their advance was
checked had penetrated the British
lines in West Flanders a distance of
2400 yards, and reached the right
bank of the river Yser, near the North
Sea. Thfe British positions were en
tered to a depth of six hundreds yards
despite the most desperate resistance
by the allied troops.
The German successes were admit
ted by the British War Offie in an of
ficial report issued at noon. Officials
here believe that it is possible that
the Germans are making another at
tempt to break thru to the English
Channel, at a point near Dunkirk.
The German assault followed a tre
mendous bombardment of the British
and Belgian positions, from a point
near the North Sea to Dixmunde. 30
miles south.
1200 Prisoner* Taken
BERLIN, July 12.—The War Of
fice announced today that 1200 pris
oners were taken in the German at
tack near Yser and that vast stores
of munitions and guns were captured.
The British lines were entered along
a twelve mile front, to a depth of
nearly half a mile.
Attempt Reach Dunkirk
AMSTERDAM. July 12.—The pres
ent drive of the Germans appears to
be a determined effort to bend the
British flank on the Belgian coast and
reach the city of Dunkirk, France.
miles distant.
SHOULD USE PERISHABLE
FOODSTUFFS FIRST
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 12.—
Herbert Hoover has issued a bulle
tin asking people to use all of the
vegetables and perishable foods avail
able where they are produced in pre
ference to non-perishable staples. He
says:
"The primary aim is to see that the
people of this country eat a sufficient
quantity of food, but not an excess,
and that they stop waste. It is also
to reduce the consumption of staples
so that a large amount may be set
free for export to the allies.
"We wish to urge in particular the
free use of vegetables and perishable
foods where they are produced, to en
courage the preservation of perishable
and semi-perishable fruits, vegetables
and other foods, to substitute other
cereals to a large extent for wheat,
and to reduce materially the consump
tion of meat."
UNION IRON WORKS WILL
ALSO GET BIG CONTRACTS
SAN FRANCISCO. July 12.—It Is
announced here that the Bethlehem
Steel company which has the contract
to construct 100 steel cargo carriers
for the government will assign 30 of
them to the Union Iron Works of this
city; which is owned by the former
company.
SEVENTEEN VESSELS SUNK
DURING PAST WEEK
Lowest Percentage of Sinkings Since
March First
LONDON, July 12.—Seventeen
vessels were sunk the past week ac
cording to an admiralty report Issued
yesterday, the lowest average since
March first.
OFFICIAL RULES FOR
DRAFT ARRIVE SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 12.—The official
rules for governing the selective draft
arrived here today.
Superintendent Jack Ingram, of the
Alaska Road Commission passed Bea
ver Dam, coming south, this morning
at 8 o’clock.
NEW RULING ....
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PERSONS THIRTY-ONE BEFORE
SEPTEMBER a EXEMPT
Provost Marshal General Crowder In
struct* Registration Officers That
Parties Becoming of Age Must Reg
ister—Mayor Receives Cable.
A cable received by Mayor James
Patterson thi9 morning from Acting
Governor General Crowder InstriAct
ing all registration officers that all
persons who become 2i years of age,
before September 2 must be register-1
ed, and those becoming 31 years of
age before September second are not:
to be registered. The Provost Mar-j
shal has also ruled that Indians and'
Breeds are exempt from registration.!
but may enlist if they see fit.
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LABOR IN CANADA IS
AGAINST DRAI T LAW
OTTAWA. Out.. July 12.—The dec-!
laration that a general strike of or
ganized labor in Canada will be‘
called if the government attempts to
ppply\ conscription without first ob-1
taining a majority of the people was
made in parliament tonight by Al
Phonse Verville, who represents the;
District of Maisonneuve. part of the;
City of Montreal. He is the only labor
member of the Canadian house and,
for many years was president of the
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress.
Mr. Verville declared that in striking,
Canadian labor would have the sup-;
port of organized labor in the United
States, although there would be no
strike there. The announcement was
made in a speech on the government
compulsory service hill.
“I want this parliament to under-1
stand.” said Mr. Verville. “that pas
sage and application of this measure
means a general strike and it means
national calamity. Even if there is
exemption there will be no change in
labor's determination. It is a matter1
of principle.
“It is not too late yet to avoid this
calamity. If the people of Canada.1
by direct verdict, support conscrip
tion. then organized labor W ill submit
loyally to the decision: but" organized
labor, which must bear the brunt of
conscription, has been ignored and
never consulted by the Canadian gov
ernment."
Organized labor in the United
States would be loyal to President
Wilson, but would co-operate, Mr.
Verville said, in the protest of labor
in Canada against the decision of the
Canadian government, which had
been made without consulting labor.
Mr. Verville said that last February
he visited Detroit, Chicago, Indian
apolis, Cleveland and Buffalo and
conferred with labor men relative to
the prospective participation of the
United States in the war. Ten days
before President Wilson made his his
toric war communication to congress
asking the enactment of a measure of
selective conscription, he declared,
the heads of American organized la
bor has been summoned to the White
House for the conference with the
president and asked squarely what he
could expect from labor, and Ameri
can labor had answered that it would
?o-operate loyally with the president.
, In Canada. Mr. Verville said, Prem
ier porden had followed a different
course.
“Organized labor has been ignored
since the war beguan,” he asserted,
“despite the fact that Canadian labor
is expected to furnish its generous
share of soldiers, there was no calling
of the members together for consul
tation. If it was good for the United
States government, oefore presenting
its conscription bill In congress, to
get the good will and power of or
ganized labor; why was it that the Ca
nadian government decided not to do
so, but to ignore labor?’*
FOURTH OF JULY TOLL
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
CHICAGO. July 12.—Seven killed
and 145 persons injured is the toll
of Fourth of July accidents through*;
out the United States.
HNS DEPORT
A1HW. w:s
ARIZONA TOWN LOADS*
MEN ON BOX CARS
Citizens Protective I/eague Puts lOOO
I. W. W.’s'on Train and Orders
Them to Beat It—Strike Assuming
Serious Situation.
PHOEXIG, Ariz., July 12.—The
Citizen's Protective League this morn
ing rounded up one thousand striking
miners, members of the Industrial
Workers of the World, and placing
them on cattle cars, ordered the train
crew to run them out of the state.
The strike situation is daily becoming
more serious, and despite the pres
ence of United States troops trouble
is feared by the authorities.
NEUTRAL SHIPS IDLE
IN SPITE OF NEEDS
BOSTON’, July 12.—Despite the
entente allies’ acute need of ships
arising from the submarine menace,
more than 1.000,000 tons of neutral
shipping is swinging idly at anchor
in the harbors of belligerent nations,
according to a statement made by Au
gusto Ciuffeli. former member of the
Italian mission, to the Associated
Press here today. Greed, he said, was
the moving factor with many of the
shipowners who were waiting for
higher rates. The allies should take
immediate steps to correct the situa
tion. Mr. Ciuffeli said,' by increasing
port duties to an almost confiscatory
point for prolonged stays, and refus
ing bunker coal to such ships declin
ing to Accept cargoes bound through
the danger zone.
HOUSE PASSES TRADING
WITH THE ENEMV ACT
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WASHINGTON’, D. C.. July 12.—
The House today passed the bill pre
ventive trading with the enemy and
allied countries, making heavy pen
alties for selling goods that would
eventually find their way into' the
countries of the Central Powers.
‘ACE OF THE AIR.”
Title Conferred on Wil
liam Thaw by French.
Photo by American Press Association.
William Thaw brought down bis
fifth enemy uerop.aue. According tc
French army regulations, Lieutenant
Thaw now takes his place in the list of
flying stars whose exploits are men
tioned in the army report of the <l$y
by name, thus making them "aces." No
aviator is thus mentioned until he has
brought down five enemy machines
within French lines.
CONGRESS EXPECTED TO
ADJOURN IN AUGUST
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12.—
Democratic Leader Kitchen predicted
adjournment of Congress by August
1 or August 15 today in announcing
that after next Wednesday of Thurs
day he would ask for three days ad
journment until the senate has pass
ed some of the house legislation now,
before It.
CONSCRIPTS FAIL
BELOWAVERAGE
ONLY 78 HIM)HEP ARE
TAKEN FROM WASHINGTON
Seattle Census Experts State That
Number of Draft Eligible* Falls Be
low Exportations For First Arm/
Roll* Padded.
SEATTLE. July 12.—Census ex
perts now figure that the number of
men conscripted from the State of
Washington will only reach 7800, far
below the number expected by tho
War Department. It is stated that the
cause of the deficit i3 due to cities
giving a far greater number of inhabi
tants to the United States census en
umerator than they actually had
VISITS VALDEZ
E. .1. GRIFFITH .MAKING
TOUR OF COAST TOWNS
Admiral Line Co.. Has Advanced
Wages of Employes Nearly $500,
OOO a Vein—Company Will Go Af
ter Tourist Travel.
Steamship companies as well as in
dividuals are feeling the high cost of
living, according to E. J. Griffith, who
arrived here yesterday on the Admir
al Evans, and unless the Pacific
Steamship Company raises both it3
passenger and freight rates it will be
compelled to operate at a loss.
Mr. Griffith is publicity manager
of the company and is making a tour
of Alaska with the intention of gath
ering material for an extensive adver
tising campaign of Alaska.
“Our company has just recently
advanced the wages of its employes
to a total amount or $500,000 per
year,” he said. “The cost of opera
tion of our company, has increased
tremendously during tlie last year.
For instance the price of fuel oil has
doubled. At the present market price
the company will have to pay nearly
$1,000,000 more per year for fuel
than before. Nearly all other expenses
have increased proportionately, and
it is certain that the rates will have
to be raised in Alaska. They have al
ready been raised on our routes south
of Puget Souud.”
This is Mr. Griffith's first visit to
Valdez and he says that he has found
in this part of Alaska much rich ma
terial to attract the tourist. It is
the intention of the Facific Steamship
Company to develop the tourist trav
el to its fullest extent. To do this suc
cessfulyy, he says, an extensive ad
vertising campaign is planned
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INHABITANTS WELCOME
PERSHING’S COMMAND
Troops, are Moving from Temporary
Camp to Permaneut Camp and Peo
ple Throng Crying Welcome to the
American Soldiers-.
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS,
July 12.—The American troops are
moving today from their temporary
camp, established somewhere in
Prance, to a permanent camp close
to the battle line. The Inhabitants
along the line of march rushed to
greet them and walk alongside the
soldiers saying they were their de
liverers. The march resembles a tri
umphal parade.