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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1917 NUMBER 13©
CZECH SOLDIERS
LEAVE GERMAN CAUSE
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AND TURN TO RUSSIA
According to Statement of Prominent
Official Troops From Slavic Brancli
of Bohemia Are Tired of Fighting
—Published in German Pi»|>ers.
AMSTERDAM, June 27.—Three
Czech regiments have deserted to the
Russians, according to a statement
made to the committee of deputies
to Southern Austria by F. von George,
Minister of Defense, in retiring from
the Austrian cabinet. This statement
has not been corroborated, but was
published in the Lokal Anzeiger and
the Tageblatt, in Berlin.
The Czechs are a part of the Slav
ic race residing mainly in Bohemia,
with a sprinkling in Moravia. They
are an industrious hardy race.
OWM^tS OF SHIPS MUST
INSURE LIVES OF CREW
WASHINGTON, D C„ June 27.—
The treasury department has ruled
that, effective yesterday, the lives of
officers and men on American vessels
plying through the war zone must be
insured at the expense of the owners.
The ruling applies to ships from
1500 to 5000 tons burden.
OAKLAND IKON WORKS
GETS LARGE CONTRACT
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.—The
government today awarded a con
tract for 16 steel vessels, to cost $25.
000,000 to the Moore and Scott Iron
Works, of Oakland. This is the larg
est government ship contract that has
been li-t to any Pacific coast yard at
one time.
“THE CORNER” AT
EMPRESS THURSDAY
The thrilling five act feature, “The
Corner” will be presented at the Em
press tomorrow night. The public fa
vorites Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel
Normand will also appear in a comedy
entitled, “Fatty and Mabel Adrift.'1
A double show for only 25 cents.
EVERYTHING yi'lET AT
KENNECOTT MINE STRIKF
Reports from the strike at Kenne
cott today are to the effect that the
men are maintaing excellent order,
and htat thes trikers have left the
company’s property and moved aboul
a mile and a half down into the val
ley where they are living in tents.
There is no disorder of any kind, the
strike being on the question of wages
and hours and not due to any alien
agency. Marshal Brenneman and Man
ager Stannard. who arrived at Cor
dova on a recent boat, are at the mine
and it is believed the strike will be
speedily settled.
SEATTLE PAPER MUST
CEASE PANNING WILSOM
Editor Oilman and Owner Osner ol
the Seattle German Press Warned
to Cease Criticism of President—
Promise to Refrain in Future.
SEATTLE, June 27.—Paul H. Ort
man, editor of the German Newspa
per Association of this city, and Chas
Osner, owner of the offending publi
cation, who were recently apprehend
ed by the United States District At
torney for alleged severe criticism ol
President Wilson were severely cen
sored by the court here today foi
their unpatriotic editorials, and wert
forced to promise to discontinue
them under penalty of arrest and im
prisonment.
ORGANIZED IABOR
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WILL HAVE AGENTS
ON EXEMPTION BOARD
! Boards That Hear Exemption Claims
in Conscription Cases Will Have
Cnion Labor Member—Hearings
i Will Come I p Immediately.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27.—
The hearings to come up in the near
future on the selective draft exemp
tions will have representatives from
all branches of trade. It is stated that
in all districts organized labor will
have a representative on the board.
The hearings will come up soon, when
It will be determined who is liable
to exemption from conscription under!
! the act and who must serve. Many i
i claims for exemption have already1
! been found to have been prompted,
I by a desire to escape conscription, and
1 these men will be carefully examined
land if found fit will be drafted.
MANY SUPPLIES
FOR SEWARD
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FOR ALASKA ROAD SAILS
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| Alaska Engineering Commission Has.
teniug Construction of Railway to
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Coal Field'-Huge Older for Steel
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! Now on Way to Sew aid.
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SEATTLE. Wash., June 27.—The
I barge Barracouta, with sixteen hun
Idred tons of steel rails and material
! for the Alaskan railway sailed to-1
day for Seward. The Engineering!
j Commission is hastening the comple-j
: tion of the railway to the coal fields.
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PIONEER WASHINGTON
WOMAN DIES AT AGE OF DO
SEATTLE, June 27.—Mrs. R. P.
! Thorndyke, a pioneer of this section
and 90 years of age. died at the home
of her son. G. F. Thorndyke. in this j
city yesterday.
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'SUBS AGAIN
OFFCOAST
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BELIEVED TO HAVE
BASE ON CUBAN COAST
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Information Received Shows Many U
Boats are Coasting in U. S. Waters
—Supplied by Merchant Submar
ines With Oil and Torpedoes.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., June 27.—
The government is in receipt of de
finite information that German U
boats are again on this side of the
Atlantic, and that a base has been es
tablished off the southern coast of
Cuba. The Providence Journal says
that administration officials declare
that if the rumor is true that the U
boats have been preceeded or follow
ed by a flotilla of merchant submar
ines which carried extra torpedoes
and oil for the undersea boats. Warn
ings have been issued to all coast
wise steamers to watch out for the
enemy vessels.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT CALLS
ON PRESIDENT WILSON
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27.—
Ex-president William Howard Taft
called upon President Wilson at the
White House today at the latter’s re
quest.
FOOD QUESTION CAUSED DOWNFALL OF THF C7AR
Faulty distribution of food throughout the Russian empire, laid to pro-oermau activities, was responsible for j
the revolution there. This picture aives an Idea of bow each loaf of bread for the Russian army was checked off. j
BRITISH SU»WLY TAKING
POSITION AFTER POSITION
FRANCE. June 27.—The British
troops are slowly driving the Ger
mans out of their positions, and oc
cupying them in turn. The advance
on Lens is progressing satisfactorily.
Alaska Takes $500,000 Bonds
JUNEAU, Alaska, June 27.—A pre
liminary estimate of Alaska's sub
scriptions to the liberty loan plaees
the total at $500,000. The total of
Juneau, the largest buyer, may reach
$250,000.
CHIEF MACHINIST'S MATE
IS KILLED BY HATCH
Ilewej's Famous Flagship Hits Shoals
Off Cluck Island in Dense F'og—
One Mail Killed as Vessel Hits—
Will he Fulled Off at High Tide.
BLOCK ISLAND, June 27.—Dew
ey’s flagship, the Olympia, the fam
ous cruiser of Philippine fame, ran
aground in a dense fog today on Block
Island shoals, and despite all efforts
to pull the big cruiser off, she still
is stuck hard and fast. Chief Machin
ist's mate Wm. M. Babb was killed
when the vessel struck, a hatch fall
ing upon him, crushing him so bad
ly that he died in a short time. It is
believed the cruiser will be pulled
off at high tide. Lighters are flow busy
lightening ship and a number of naval
tugs are standing by.
NEW CHINESE MINISTRY
FORMED YESTERDAY
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 27.—
The formation of a new Chinese cabi
net is reported to the legation here.
The Chinese provinces which were in
rebellion against Li Yaung Hung have
announced that they are willing to
treat .with the President, and con
form to the constitution of the new
reDublic.
RED CROSS SUBSCRIPTION
HUNDRED FOUR MILLION'S
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27.—
The Red Cross subscriptions to date
total one hundred and four millions.
Red Cross officials say that the fund
will be oversubscriped ten millions.
treasury receipts
EXCEED BILLION DOLLARS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 27.—
For the first time in history the or
dinary receipts of the United States
treasury passed the billion dollar
mark for the fiscal year, which ends
June 30.
NEGROES WANT TO EN
LIST IN AM, BRANCHESj
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NEW YORK.—“I know of no law]
that precludes the negro citizen from
enlisting in the marine corps or the
artillery or any other branch, other
that that unwritten law laid down
by militarists in the United States of
the German stripe."
This sentence is taken from a let
ter written by Robert Lewis Waring,
of this city to President Wilson, urg
ing. on behalf of the 12,000,000 ne
groes in this country, that he remove
all restrictions that prevent them
from enlisting in any branch of the
military service. Mr. Waring believes
that the president, as commander-in
chief of the nation’s military forces,
has the right, in time of war. to open
all branches of that service to all j
American citizens.
"Although it may be said." wrote
Mr. Waring, “that the Twenty-fourth
and Twenty-fifth infantry* and the
Ninth and Tenth cavalry are open to
my people for enlistment, negroes who
are abreast of the times are humiliat
ed and outraged that they must be
held up to the world falsely as a
race of citizens lacking courage
enough to lead in battle."
Mr. Waring says the restrictions
on the service of negroes no doubt
account “to a very large degree for
the contempt in which the flag of our
country is now' being held by some
foreign nations. These things being
known to the Germans in this coun
try possibly led them to believe they
could incite many people in the South
to rebel against their country, but
today the American negro is ready to
answer his country's call, even in his
restricted sphere, half a million in
strength. No man can induce a ne
gro to become a traitor to his coun
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ADMIRAL WATSON ARRIVES
AND SAIIjS TO WESTWARD
\ The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived at 5 o'clock this morning from
the south, with a quantity of freight
and mining machinery, and the fol
lowing passengers for Valdez: B. D.
Burhhe, L. L. Blair, C. U. Beerbow
er, Verne Elliot. Walter Elliot, Mrs.
Walter Elliot, H. Irving, J. W. Irv
ing, James Fish, Mrs. Jessie Knapp,
George Peter, Nik Sikiui. S. O. eas
ier. She left at 7:15 for Latouche.
TROOPS LANDED IN
FRANCE TODAY
MORE TROOPS SUCCESSFULLY
LANDED IN FRANCE
FLASH—The second contingent .of
American troops arrived safely in
France today having successfully
passed thru the submarine zone.
The Ladles Guild will meet with
Mrs. Harry Whitley tomorrow after
noon at 2:30. All members requested
to attend. , .
Don't forget to buy a ticket to
the Red Cross dauce at Eagle Hall
Saturday, evening. Help the good
cause along.
WASHINGTON*. D. C\. June 27.—
Delegate from Alaska. Charles A. Sul
zer made a stirring appeal for Alaska
in the House of Representatives to
day. favoring the items in the Nome
harbor bill carrying $105,000 for
dredging the mouth of the Yukon
river. $45,000 for a primary exami
nation of Controller Bay and harbor,
uid other items carried in the bud
get. Delegate Sulzer's speech lasted
twenty minutes and he was frequent-1
ly interrupted by loud and prolonged j
applause by his confreres. Mr. Sul-!
zer spoke on Alaska's loyalty to the!
government and the necessity for herj
vast stores of minerals to find a quick
market if they were to be used to
help the nation at war.
At the expiration of his speech the|
bill was passed including all items. ,
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ABANDON POSTS
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GERMANS PENETRATE LINES
VICINITY OK HI RTEBISE
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German War Office Reports That the j
French Have Been Forced to Aban-1
don Ini|M»rtant Positions on the!
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West Front—Attacks Repulsed.
BERLIN, June 27.—The war office!
today reports the signal repulse of the
French troops in the vicinity of Hur
tebise, on the Western front, the
French being ejected from their
trenches and all attempts to retake
them being repulsed by the Germans.
A fierce artillery duel has been re
sumed on the Verdun front, the losses
being heavy on both sides.
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SIDNEY CHARI.ES TO TAKE
THE TIME’S EDITORSHIP j
—
Sidney D. Charles will leave on
the next steamer of the Alaska S. S.
Co., for Anchorage where he has ac
cepted the editorship of the Times at
that place. Charles Herron wired Mr.
Charles last Saturday advising him
that the position of editor would be
vacant and making him a liberal of
fer to assume charge of his daily pa
per.
“Alaska” the magazine now being
edited by Mr. Charles, will in the fu
ture, be published with an Anchor
age date line.
AMERICA MIST NOT
REPEAT INTERFERENCE
TOKYO, June 27.—Japanese news
papers are requesting the Japanese
government to insist that the Ameri
can government will not interfere
again in the domestic affairs of the
Chinese government, completely ig
noring the Japanese.
RUSSIA REJECTS
PEACE MOVE
HIM. EIGHT WITH
AGUES TO THE KM)
At. Same Time Council States That a
Resolution for Peace at Earliest
Possible Moment is Crgent Need of
Russian Revolutionary Republic.
PETROGRAD, June 27.—A resolu
tion categorically rejecting any move
for a separate peace was adopted by
fn overwhelming majority of depu
ties of the Workmen and Soldiers
council here today. At the same time
the resolution declared, any move
which would bring about a world
peace sboutd be considered at the ear
liest possible moment by the Russian
revolutionary democracy. The depu
ties advised the government to stay
in the war to the end.
KAISER'S FACE ON
FOB—MAN ARRESTED
CHICAGO, June 27 —Max Klir
maiitz, a munitions worker, was ar
tested here this morning for wear
ing a watch fob of the likeness of the
kaiser. The police attached the stock
of similar fobs in the shop of Joseph
Cinsinger and confiscated them. Ciu
sitiger was warned to destroy all
others in his possession or the police
would raid the place.
PAI L HAFKKR OF TACOMA
AGAIN IN LIMF LIGHT
TACOMA, June 27.—Paul Haffer,
libeller of George Washington, sev
eral months ago. who was convicted
and sentenced to jail and subsequent
ly pardoned hv Gov. Lister, was ar
rested today for evading the registra
tion law. The Federal authorities now
have charge of him.
TO I'SE CATHEDRAL FOR
A PANTHEON FOR THE DEAD
WASHINGTON. D C\. June 27.—
The conversion of the battle-torn ca
thedral at Rheims into a Pantheon
for the unknown dead of all artuie3
lighting in France has been determin
ed upon by the French government.
CHIEF CLERK /.FILLER
MARRIES BALTIMORE GIRL
SEATTLE. June 27.—A. H. Zeig
ler. chief clerk of the House, during
the recent session of the Alaska leg
islature, sailed today for Juneau, with
his bride, formerly Miss Lillian Wind
fohr of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs.
Zeigler arrived here yesterday from
Baltimore, the home of the bride
Band Meeting Tonight
The Moose Band will hold their
regular Wednesday night practice to
night in Moose Hall. The band now
has three practice nights a week,
Monday. Wednesday and Friday
BRITISH PLANES
FIGHTGERMANS
THREE ALLIED MACHINES
FORCE TEN TO FLIGHT
Aerial Rattle Over Flanders Results
in Victory for Allied Craft—Three
German Fliers Driven to Eearth
During Unequal Duel.
LONDON. June 27.—Three British
naval airplanes engaged ten German
machines today over Flanders, and
after a battle lasting for an hour the
German machines were forced to flee.
It is stated that three German ma
chines were forced to go down during
the battle and were captured by the
allies. The aerial duel was witnessed
by thousands of troops who wildly
cheered as the German fliers drop
ped to earth.