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DAY'S DM
THE ran COURT
At the afternoon session of the Dis
trict Court, the trial of Narciso Lacsa
niana for the murder of J. J. Cunnng
iiam was continued. The government;
having rested its case, the defense!
then placed on the witness stand the1
defendant and he was permitted to
testify in his own behalf. He stated
that he was born in the Philippine
Islands, and that he came to the Uni
ted States in August, 1916, and went
to Larson Bay to work in the can
nery in April of this year. He told the
story of the trouble at the cannery
arising over the bad food furnished,
and stated he saw the fight between
the second Filipino boss and one of;
the cannery hands because of the lat-j
ter's refusal to go to work. Another1
hoy, he stated, interfered, and the
boss slapped his face. Others inter
fered here and the second boss ran
away. Cunningham came out and
stopped the second boss, when the
latter turned and stabbed Cunning
ham. Me, Hacsaniana, caught the sec
ond boss, took the knife away from
him and struck him twice in the hack
with the knife. Me then ran away and
went to his room upstairs in the Fili
pino Mouse. Me also stated that dur
ing the testimony of Felix Yasas, giv
en through an interpreter, the inter
preter did not truthfully translate the
testimony. On cross examination he
denied having had any conversation
with Yasas later regarding the kill
ing. Said he was at a meeting of the
Filipino#boys and other cannery
hands later, but denied telling any
one that he had killed Cunningham.
Arsenio Vicente, one of the accus
ed, was the next witness called for
the defense. He was in the China din
ing room when fight started. Saw s,ec
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ond boss strike one boy twice and cut
another in the mouth with a knife.
Other? interfered. He did not see fight
outside. Did not see any of the ac
cused outside.
Antonio Marin, another of the ac
cused, was the next witness. Did not
see first fight. Saw second boss sur
rounded by crowd when he came down
statr„. Asked second boss what trou
ble was. Boss slapped him. Crowd
took after second boss, who ran. He
followed crowd and saw second boss
on other end of walk, near cannery
wit hcluh in his hand. He did not see
; any of the fight outside. Did not see
| Lacsamana outside.
Felix Yasas was recalled by defense
land without aid of interpreter was
asked regarding his testimony of the
morning, and confirmed the transla
tion of his testimony as given by the
j interpreter. The defense rested and
i the government called Vincente Cas
! tenoda in rebuttal. He testified that
! at the meeting of the Filipinos after
the killing. Lacsamana told him lie
had killed Cunningham, and that lat
er he told him so again.
Elisio Kequiro, the second boss, was
called. Testified that he was not arm
ed at the time of the quarrel in the
China house. He Hid not stab Cun
ningham. Was stabbed by Lacsamana
twice, and then ran to the cannery.
Here the government rested and
the defense rested. Argument by
counsel was then had. District Attor
ney Munly opening for the prosecu
tion. He was followed by Attorney
Lyons, for the defense and then by
E. E. Ritchie for the defense. Argu
ment was closed by Assistant District
Attorney A. J. Ditnond. The jury re
tired and in about half an hour re
turned a verdict of manslaughter. The
prisoner was given the statutory time
before sentence.
! At this morning's session of the
I court the grand jury returned in
dictments against 40 persons for vio
lation of the registration law. These
were men principally from Anchor
age and from points along the govern
ment railroad in that vicinity, and
were with a few exceptions of Russian
birth. They were arraigned and thlrty
i nine of the number, waiving time for
i pleading, pleaded guilty to the charge,
j Tiiey also waived time for sentence,
: and Judge Brown sentenced each to
j three days in the federal jail at Val
: dez. Before sentencing the men Judge
! Brown made the following address
J to the prisoners:
"The situation in which you find
yourselves is one due to the world
wars which in the last few years have
totally changed all past rules of hu
man conduct in nearly every civilized
country of the world. The United,
States during three years kept out of
| the Kuropean war by the exercise of
j the greatest patience and forebear
| anee. The President of the United
; States made great sacrifices for peace
j and many citizens of the United
States have been willing to make
great sacrifices for peace, but forces
j stronger than any one man or set of
: men have at last involved the United
I States in this titanc war. The great
J majority of the people of the United
j Slates are ready to give their prop
erty and their lives for the suceess
! fill carrying on of this war.
"Tlie United States is a democracy,
where the majority must rule. What
you or I may think individually in this
war crisis ceases to be of importance
if we are against the majority. We
call the United States the land of lib
erty, but liberty does not mean that
every man can do as he pleases, but
for the fullest enjoyment of freedom
and liberty, a considerable sacrifice
of personal opinion and personal self
interest must be made. If each man
I. W. W. LEADER ARRESTED
William O. Haywood Caught
In tho Govarnmont Raid.
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When the government agents recent*
ly raided I. W. W. and Socialistic head
quarter* one of the chief catches was
William D. Haywood, who for years
has been recognised as one of the
most ardent 1. W. W. workers He la
a lawyer by profession.
were free to do as he pleased, every
where would they be fighting hand to
hand for their own way; no one
would be safe, no one's property,
home or family would he secure from
attack by those who were so misguid
ed as to mistake license for liberty.
“The law recently passed by the
congress of the United States requir
ing every male inhabitant between the
ages of 21 and 31 to register is a law
of the very highest importance for
tlie preservation of our nation. Some
of you as foreigners have sought an
asylum in the United States during
the past three years, safe from the
wars which have devastated uud des
troyed your native countries. During
all this time you were free to leave I
this land and return to the country i
of your birth You have chosen, how-j
ever, to live under the protection of
(lie laws of this country and now in
its time of national peril, you must
obey the laws of this land, in order
that it may eon tin tie to lie able to
afford a refuge and asylum for all
tlte oppressed people of the world,
and to assist in driving oppression
and military despotism from off the!
earth.
“It is the boast of the United States
that its laws are just and humane and
not harsli nor oppressive. It is true
our laws are not perfect, but that is
because you and all of us are im
perfect. When we become (letter our
selves. we will have a better govern
meat and better laws. However hu
mane our laws are. it must not be
thought for an instant that they are
weak, because they are not, but they
are very strong and firm and at this
time, above all others, it must be
constantly and seriously kept in mind
tha liberty can only be preserved by
self-sacrifice and devotion to law, or
der and justice.
“It may be that nearly all of you
have violated this law in not regist
ering through ignorance or indiffer
ence. thinking that it did not affect
you. In this, however, you are great
ly mistaken. No man can any long
er evade the responsibilities which the
irresistable march of events has
thrown upon us all.
"In view of the fact that your fail
ure to obey this law was probably
due to ignorance or carelessness and
in view of the further fact that the
law further provides that you shall
be registered, anyhow, 1 am going to
impose a very light or nominal sen
tence upon you. but I want to impress
upon you most earnestly that disobed
ience of the laws of the United States
will in the future be mose severely
punished and repressed. As I stated
'nefore men have different political
kviews and convictions, but the United
States is now In this war and it is too
late to talk or discuss the matter of
whether it is right or not. If a ma
jority of the people of the United
States were opposed to the war. of
course, we would not be in it. but
we are in it, and every dollar of
wealth in this great country and ev
ery weight of energy will be put forth
by the greatest democracy the world
has ever known, and disloyalty at
home cannot be tolerated for an in
stant.
"I therefore urge you most earn
estly to strengthen your hearts and
minds, with a firm determination to'
assume the obligations and responsi-1
bitities that this world’s struggle has!
brought home to us all.”
Just before noon the grand jury i
returned not a true bill, in the case |
of the U. S. vs. Carl Lind, bound ov- j
er from Anchorage on the charge of j
assault with intent to commit rob- j
bery. The defendant was released
from custody and his bond exonerat
ed by order of the Court. Court ad
journed until 10 a. m., Oct. 26.
"Ramona” and the “Eyes of the
World," both big world features, will
appear at the Empress next month.
The tug Commodore arrived in port
this afternoon from Anchorage, bring
ing a barge for the Granby Consoli
dated Company.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat "Lt. C. V. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Llscum Leave Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:15 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:80 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:15 p. m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on tbe 2nd and 4tb Fridays of each
month, these days belpg need to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only te meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
All official l aslness between Vel
des end the Poet should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra tripe will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
O. R. KOEHLER,
Capt. 14 th Infantry, A. Q. M.
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THERE IS NO RECORDED INSTANCE
Of loss by fire of the contents of a modern
safe deposit vault.
Even in case of conflagration, you can rest
assured that your indispensable records, se
curities, contracts, deeds, leases, insurance
policy, will, etc., in the vault of the First
Bank of Valdez will be safe and intact.
You are invited to call and inspect what
perfect protection you can have here at little
cost.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Valdez Dock Co. phone no. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, toot of Wall street.
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Motor. Coffee j
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When The Sun Goes Down
Mr Merchant your show windows get in their best
work.
Night window shoppers are next day buyers.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Telephone Co.
KEYSTONE PRODUCE Co.
HEINZ’S 57 VARIETIES
AMOCAT CANNED GOODS
Groceries, Butter, Eggs, Fruits, Vegetables,
Cigars, Tobaccoes and Confectionary.
Keystone and McKinley Streets
Navigation will close In Cook In
let November 1, at which time the A.
E. C. has advertised that Its barges
and lighter service will be withdrawn.
The launch Hyak left this morning
at It) for down-sound ports, returning
tomorrow.
The Moose Band will give some
patriotic music on the streets of the
city this afternoon.
Snow is reported falling at Cop
per Center, Tonsina and Teikhell.
with 5 inches on the trail.
A1 Blair came in last evening from
Wortman, where he took a load of
supplies.
The weather observer reports 15
below sero at Salcha this morning.
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Anchorage has seventy-four em
ployes of the Alaska Engineer Com
mission whose names begn with S,
42 whose names begin with D. and
23 whose names begin with E.
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SOME heating stoves at Mead's. •
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, t-ai bui,„..0c tor you. tf
For flrst-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Cafe. tf
Use Rexall Hair Tonic and yon will
use no other. Valdes Drug Store, tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’a
Prices reasonable. • j
Just received ail the latest popu
lar songs at 0. O. Retnke’s. tf