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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1017 NUMBER 185
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WRECKED BY MOB
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
THROW RECORDS IN BAY
Port Angeles, Wash., Scene of Near
Riot When Soldiers and Sailors
Tear Down Hall of Obnoxious Or
Organization and Destroy Records.
PORT ANGELES. Wash., Aug. 20.
—A mob of soldiers and sailors today
entered the hall of the local Indus
trial Workers of the World, and af
ter wrecking the building, took the
books and records of the organization
and threw them into the waters of
the bay. A warning was given that
the presence of members of the or
der would no longer be tolerated.
NEAR SEA BATTLE
HRS MY
GERMAN AND BRITISH
SCOUTING SHIPS ENGAGE
German Destroyer and Several Mine
Sweepers Damaged—German Sub
marines Inflict Slight Damage on
British Vessels.
LONDON, Aug. 20.—The Admiral
ty announced today that British and
German scouting ships clashed in the
North Sea, Thursday. One German
destroyer and several German mine
sweepers were damaged while slight
damage is reported to have been in
flicted by the submarine on the Brit
ish light vessels.
VALDEZ MAN
MB THROAT
FOUND IN ROOM IN HOTEL
IN A DYING CONDITION
jack Anderson, Well Known Miner,
Formerly from Kennecott, Com
mits Suicide in Room Over Senate
at Three O’clock this Morning.
John Anderson, a young miner
aged about 32 years, was found in a
dying condition in his room over the
senate about 3 o'clock this morning
by Jack Ryder, with his throat
slashed from ear to ear with a razor.
Dr. Silverman was called and did all
he could for the unfortunate man,
but he died a short time after, with
out regaining consciousness.
Mr. Anderson arrived in Valdez
about two weeks ago from Kenne
cott and had been without employ
ment since his arrival. He had been
drinking heavily and evidently com
mitted suicide while in a fit of des
pondency. He was unmarried and the
whereabouts of his relatives is un
known.
An inquest was held in Commis
sioners Love's office, the following
jurymen being drawn on the venire.
Janies Hetties, George Robbins, S.
Curtiss Wheeler, Ed. Woods, Harry
Hoffman and H. L. Rider. A verdict
of suicide was rendered, after hear
ing the evidence.
government names
NINETY-FIRST DIVISION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20.—
The War Department today named
Washington, Oregon, California, Ne
vada, Utah, Idaho and Montana to
constitute the Ninety-first Division of
the national army.
ty oobb still leads
AS BIG STICK HANDLER
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Ty Cobb
continues to lead the American Leag
ue, having increased his batting av
erage to 385.
PERSHING’S BOYS AT E* )NT GET HELMETS
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Now lr tbelr permanent camp near tbe trout in France, tbe Amerlcau troops have been Utted out wltb shrap
nel helmets and gas masks. The helmets, which you see them wearing here, combine all the good points of the
French, English and German helmets and hare the coat of arms of the United States stamped upon them. This
picture is reproduced from the Illustrated London News.
EXEMPTION
MEMBERS GUILTY
IX CONSPIRACY TO
VIOLATE DRAFT LAWS
Two Members of New York Exemp
tion Board Given Heavy Sentence
for Illegally Exempting Men From
Draft.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Pleading
guilty to a charge of conspiracy to
violate the draft laws by allowing
certain men to be exempted for sums
pt money running into huge sums. Dr.
Samuel J. Berufeld and Louis I.
Cherry, ousted members of the ex
emption board were sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary and to fines
of 110,000 each. Upon request of As
sistant District Attorney Knox the
fines were remitted, as he stated that
the government did not care to take
any of their tainted money.
The recent warm weather end
heavy rains have caused Lowe river
to again go on a rampage, washing
out portions of the trail in several
places. Traffic has not been interrupt
ed entirely, the stage drivers making
their trips as usual.
Mrs. J. A. McGilvray and daughter
Mayme returned Saturday from Beav
er Dam, where they have been visit
ing for the past few days.
IN AERO CORPS.
Granville Dodge, College Man,
la Youngeet Army Aviator,
Photo by American Praia Association.
Granville Dodge, who is a freshman
at Cornell, la said to be the youngest
aviator In the United States. He Iq*
studying at the Mlnerta (N. T.) army'
Instruction camp with a number of
other college men.
SPKCTAL ratks to
FAIR AT AXCHORAOK
Special rates will be given on all
steamboat lines to the great agricul
tural fair at Anchorage. This will be
one of the greatest occasions in the
history of the town, and will show
to the world that the Matanuska sec
tion is desirable for farming and
grazing. A fine program has been ar
ranged for the fair which will be held
September 2, 3, and 4.
NOKW KG I A X STE A M K It
DAMAGED ItV ElltE
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.—The Nor
wegian steamship Christian Brothers
laden with hides, was damaged to
the extent of a million dollars by fire
here today.
CZAR EXILED TO
TOBOLOK, SIBERIA
PETROGRAD, Aug. 20.—Former
Czar Nicholas and family were today
exiled to Tobolok, Siberia.
HUENUM
SEVENTEEN TONS OF
PROJECTILES DROPPED
Fliers Get to u Point Within Eleven
Miles of the Rhine River, and Re
turn to Base With Loss of But Two
Machines.
PARIS, Aug. 20.—The war offite
announced today that one hundred
and eleven allied planes participated
in a huge raid on German towns and
military establishments. The airmen
dropped seventeen tons of projectiles
doing an Immense amount of dam
age. Eleven German planes were shot
down during the raid, all the allied
planes returning to their bases with
the loss of but two. The airmen re
port that they reached a point within
eleven miles of the Rhine.
HIS WIFE LOSES AM)
HE JOIN’S U. S. ARMY
FRESNO, Cal., Aug. 20.—W. S.
Desmond, a carpenter of Huntington,
Lake Fresno county, is above the sel
ective draft age limit, but he wanted
to join tl\e army. He told his wife.
She objected. He offered to match
pennies with her. She agreed. He sug
gested heads, etay at home, tails, go
to the front. They matched and tails
won. Today Desmond enlisted in the
field artillery here. "My wife’s a good
sport,” he told the recruiting officer.
GERMANY WILLING
TO BE PEACE ANGEL
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 20.—The
semi-official Vienna Fremdenblatt
says it is able to announce authori
tatively that Germany gladly will act
on peace overtures coming by way of
Vienna. The Cologne Gazette, a copy
of which has been received here, re
produces the Fremdenblatt statement.
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SKXATOK JOXKS WOULD BAR
KXTKRIXG ALASKA TRADE
At Insistance of Seattle and Other
American Steamship Companies,
Washington Senator Introduces
Resolution.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Sena
tor Joues of Washington, today intro
duced an amendment to the Fletcher
resolution which is calculated to bar
Canadian vessels absolutely from
trading in Alaskan waters. The Jones’
amendment was introduced at the in
stigation of Seattle and Pacific Coast
Steamship companies.
MAN KILLED
AT ELLAMAR
AKBKHT SPYCHKB. A SWISS,
CIU'SHKI) BY CAVK-IX
Deceased Had Only Been Employed a
Short Time Before His Death and
Was Ine.v|>erienced—Body Badly
Crushed and He Dies at Once,
Albert Spycher, a Swiss miner in
the employ of the Ellamar Mining
Company, at Ellamar, was caught by
a cavein while at work inthe 400 drift
yesterday afternoon and Instantly
killed. The deceased had only been
employed at the mine a short time,
and was on his fourth shift when the
accident occurred. He was inexper
ienced in mining and had failed to
bar-down before going to work, a
small quantity of rock falling on him
and killing him instantly, his body
being badly crushed.
Mr. Spycher was bom in Switzer
land, and has a brother living at Ob
erbaum, Berne, Switzerland. His re
mains will be brought to Valdez for
internment.
WOULD TODAY LACKS
A ML'.AT FAMINE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 20.—
Fowl Commissioner Hoover today
warned the people of the United
States that the world is facing a meat
famine.
AUSTRIA DISPOSED TO
SUPPORT POPE’S APPEAL
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 20.—A dis
patch from Vienna indicates that Aus
tria is disposed to support the Pope’s
peace proposals.
Billy Egan has taken a contract
to drive 76 feet of tunnel on the Val
dez Mining Company’s property, and
left for his Job with Mike Lindgren
and Mike Jacobsen.
SIMM
WITH REASONABLE ECONOMY
CAN, SURVIVE THRU WAR
Government Has Taken Inventory of
Foodstuffs and Now Relieves Sub
marine Menace Diverted—Plenty
of Food Stuffs Im* Raised.
LONDON, Aug. 20.—Lloyd George,
in an address to the House of Com
mons this afternoon, said the govern
ment lias come to the conclusion that
with reasonable economy the subma
rine warfare has no chance to starve
England out. A large crop has been
raised of vegetables and grains and
it is believed that with what America
can supply the danger of famine has
been averted.
FRENCH' TAKE POSITIONS
ON MECSE. WESTERN FRONT
BERLIN, Aug. 20.—The war of
fice announces that the French troops
without fighting, occupied Talou
Ridge and Gordon, on both sides of
the river Meuse.
French Attacking Germans
PARIS, Aug. 20.—French troops
are attacking on both sides of the
Meuse river today.
TWEXTV-SEVEN GATHERED IN
AND TAKEN TO JAIL
James Rowan, Secretary of the I. W.
W.’s and Many Other Members are
Incarcerated—Will be Released if
They are Wrongfully Detained.
SI'OKAXE. Aug. 20.—Twenty
seven Industrial Workers including
James Rowan, District Secretary of
the order were arrested at their head
quarters here Sunday afternoon by
a company of Idaho and Oregon
guardsmen and placed in the county
jail as military prisoners. The arrest
ed men were told that if upon investi
gation they were found to be wrong
fully detained they would be releas
ed.
COLONEL OF THE SCOTS.
P. A. Guthrie Commands High
landers Recruiting In America.
Photo by American Preaa Association.
Colonel Percy A. Guthrie, with hie
band of 200 highlanders, has been re
cruiting for the British army In the
United Staten
CHANGE IN LAW
ON NDDESCENT
LEGISLATURE PLACES BOTH
PARENTS ON E^IAL BASIS
Former Rule Provided for Inlierl
tanre by Father Alone in Case In
testate Hied leaving Neither Chil
dren nor Spouse Surviving.
The recent Alaska legislature
amended the law of inheritance of
real property placing on equal terms
both parents of an intestate who
leaves neither spouse nor children
surviving. This takes away a medla
evel relic slipped into the Alaska
code of 1900 from the old Oregon
code. It provided that when an lu
testate left neither spouse nor chil
dren the father should inherit alone,
if living. If the father was dead the
mother took only half if brothers or
sisters of the decedent survived. The
r.ew law reads:
Section 1. That sub-division Z of
Section 594, Chapter 16. XII of the
Compiled Laws of Alaska, be. and
the same hereby is, amended to read
as follows:
SUBDIVISION 2. If the intes
tate shall leave no lineal descendants,
such real property shall descend to
his wife, or if the intestate he a mar
ried woman and leave no lineal des
cendants. then such real property
shall descend to her husband; and if
the intestate leave no wife nor hus
band. then such real property shall
deset >d to his or her father and mo
ther n equal share if both are liv
ing; otherwise to the surviving par
ent.
Section 2. That sub-division 3 of
Section 594. Chapter 16. Title 12 of
the Compiled l aws of Alaska, be. and
the same hereby is. amended to read
as follows;
SUB-DIVISION 3. If the intes
tate shall leave no lineal descen
dants. neither husband nor wife nor
father nor mother, such real proper
ty shall descend in equal shares to
the brothers and sisters of the intes
tate and to the issue of any deceased
brother or sister by right of repre
sentation.
WILL ATTEMPT ORGANIZE
A LOCAL UNIT HERE
Is Now En Route front Juneau and
Will Stop Over on Return From
Westward and Form Red Cross Or
ganization.
I SEWARD. Aug. 20 —Robert H.
Scott, field representative of the
American Red Cross in en route to
the westward on the Admiral Evans,
which lately sailed from Juneau west,
to assist in organizing local units of
the Red Cross. Mr. Scott will meet
Mr. Donohoe and members of the Red
Cross committee while the boat Is iu
port northbound, and will stop in Val
dez on his return from the westward
and aid in forming an organization
of a war committee of the Red Cross.
Mr. Scott desires all units on a work
ing basis as soon as possible, and de
sires the assistance of every citizen
iu Valdez to this end.
Motorman is Killed
PORTLAND, Ore., A up. 1!0.—Carl
Aycock, a motorman, was killed to
day when the street car he was driv
ing crashed into a car running ahead
of him at the Oaks, a resort three
miles from here. Mrs. Charles mil
ler, a passenger, suffered a fractur
ed right arm. The cause of the acci
dent has not been determined.
Indian Fighter Dead
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N. Y.. Aug.
20.—Major General John F. Weston,
who fought under Custer in the In
dian war, died today after a brief Ill
ness.
The Tok6h Lou, Captain Johnson,
left for Ellamar this morning. j