CAMPAIGN FOR
LIBERTY LOAN
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Secretary of War Instruct* Command
er* of Post* to Open Aggressive
Campaign for Fund*
First Lieutenant M. H. Faust, com
manding officer of the local signal
corps station, received a telegram last
evening from the Secretary of War in
structing him to start an aggressive
campaign in Valdez for the new $3,
000,000,000 Liberty Loan bonds. Lt.
Faust is instructed to arrange for
stpeakers, and to use his utmost en
deavors for the pronounced success
of the bond sale. The commanding
officer is directed to co-operate with
local organized civil agencies and to
report the totals of all subscriptions
to the department each week. The
bonds are in denominations of $50 or
multiples thereof, and bear interest
of four per cent from November 16,
1917.
The terms of payment for the bonds
are two per cent with application, 18
per cent November 15, 40 per cent
December 15, 1917; 40 per cent
January 15, 1918, with accrued in
terest on both deferred instalments.
Payment in full of any subscription
for bonds not to exceed $100 at face
value without interest may be made
with application. Definite instructions
for handling the applications by op
erators given later. All services in
this connection must be made as a
patriotic duty, as no commissions will
be allowed.
Officers, enlisted men and civilian
employes in military posts may pur
chase bonds of the second Liberty
Loan, using the allotment system now
prescribed for enlisted men and exe
cuted not later than the 25th of Octo
ber in favor of the federal reserve
bank of New York City for each $50
bond subscribed for $6.00 per month
for nine months and $4.75 for the
tenth month commencing October 1
this year and expiring July 31 next
year.
For the purchase of a $50 Second
Liberty Loan bond the allotter will
endorse on the back of the allotment
the nan/e and address of person to
whom he wishes the bond sent when
paid, or whether he desires the War
Department to hold it in trust until
called for. The original allotment will
be mailed direct to the depot <iuar
termaster in Washington in an en
velope marked “Army Second Liberty
Loan.”
As many $50 bonds may be al
lotted for as desired but no allotment
will be accepted that does not begin
October 1 and complete payment in
ten months. No allotment will be dis
continued except upon the separation
of the allotter from the service.
The privilege of purchasiMg|>onds
in this manner is authorized with the
distinct understanding that in case
the allotter is separated from the ser
vice the bonds will be sold at market
value and his share of the proceeds
turned over to him or his legal repre
sentatives in the event of separation
dueto death. An accurate account will
be kept of allotments made and on
October 25 the amounts of money
subscribed for bonds will be telegra
phed to the department. Bonds will
then be held for the amount wired
for.
Permanent civilian employes should
transmit their allotments thru the of
ficer under whom serving, who will
make a record thereof and see that
entry is made on payrolls so as to
insure deduction of amount allotted.
Instructions permitting officers in
command of permanent civilian em
ployes on duty beyond the continent
al limits of the United States, to make
allotments of pay for the support of
families or dependent relatives will
be issued shortly. The war Insurance
bill makes it compulsory to make al
lotments only in case the soldier has
a wife or children. Compulsory depos
its are left to the discretion of the
Secretary of War and can only be
made provided one-half of a soldier’s
pay is not allotted for liberty bonds
or other purposes. '
Second Liberty Loan bonds bear
interest at four per cent from Novem
ber 15, 1017, payable semi-annual
May 15 and November 15 each year,
and redeemable at the option of the
government at par' and accrued inter
est on and after 10 years and are due
Id twenty-five'years at par with ae
• cfobdInterest. Bonds are non-taaable
and provide a sure means of income
for those with a few dollars to spare.
Lieut. Faust will receive subscrip
tion from civilians and others desir
ous of subscribing to this fund. Re
quests may be sent in by letter or
wire. Haste Is urged on account of
the campaign closing October 27.
Tobaccos, Snuffs, Cigars, Cigarettes
and Alcoholic Drinks Must be
Listed at Once
SEATTLE. Oct. 11.—Alaska tax
payers, in order to be in a position
to comply with the new revenue act
of October 3, 1917, should list all
stocks. Alcoholic liquors, tobaccos,
snuffs, cigars and cigarettes in the
hands of dealers should be complete
ly inventoried as of October 4, 1917.
The failure to comply with the law is
a fine up to one thousand dollars or
imprisonment or both. Complete in
ventories must be made at once.
Blanks have been mailed and should
be executed on receipt and forward
ed to Collector David J. Williams, Ta
coma, Washington. Partiesnot receiv
ing blanks should prepare inventory
and send for blanks without delay.”
The above dispatch is being sent
out by Collector of Revenue David
J. Williams, to Alaska newspapers,
and is a warning to Alaskan mer
chants that the war tax is on.
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Will Attempt Retaliation of Raids on
London—Populace Demands
That Raid be Made
LONDON, Oct. 11. — Auckland
Cesses, minister of National service,
in a speech last night said that the
British government would soon begin
bombarding German towns in retalia
tion for raids made on London.
SAYS GERMANY
President I/earns from Leaders In
Centenary Movement that Plans
Blocked By German Money
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.—
Germany financied the Irish-American
organizations In the United States as
early as 1909, it was learned today,
the purpose being to combat the newly
developed movement for the celebra
tion of one hundred years of peace
between America and Great Britain,
the President has learned from lead
ers in the centenary celebration.
Austria Closes Swiss Frontier
GENEVA, Oct. 11.—The Austrian
frontier was closed yesterday. No
telegrams or travelers or newspapers
arrived in Switzerland today from
Austria. Abbas Hilmi, former khe
dive of Egypt, however, received a
special pass for Vienna. The ex-khe
dive, who has been living In Switzer
land for several months, has decided
to take up permanent residence in
that city.
AMERICAN FLAGS REPLACE
MAYOR “IN OIL" AT OLCBROOM
CHICAGO, Oct. 8.—A large oil
painting of Mayor William Hale
Thompson, which hung in the library
of the Illlnos Athletic Club for sever
al years, has mysteriously disappear
ed. Two larfce American flags are now
in its place.
"Tommy the Horse" Mlchaelson
was a passenger for the States on the
Victoria, the first time Outside in 23
years. He had $18,000 in dust with
him.
TESTING TORPEDOES BEFORE DELIVERY TO N AV if
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Photo by American Press Association.
Each torpedo accepted by the United States navy must he Klven the severest tests under the eyes of naval ex
perts The special craft above Is used to test the missiles ns to their ability to travel a straiKht course.
Minister of Marine Von ra|»elle, in
Speech to Reichstag, Discloses
1‘lot Same as Russian
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 11.—A revo
lutionary plot iu the German navy
similar to that which broke opt in the
'Russian fleet in the Baltic Sea recent
ly was disclosed by Minister of Ma
rine Von Capelle in a speech before
the reichstag yesterday.
BEKTORFF TO
WRECK C. P. R.
State Departmet Makes Public Tele
grams Detailing Plans for Sabot
age in I lie United States
WASHINGTON, D. t’., Oct. 11.—
That Ambassador Bernstorft white in
the United States plotted the destruc
tion of the Canadian Pacific railroad
so that it would be entirely tied up
and useless to the British Empire,
was made known here today when
the Department of States made pub
lic three telegrams which the German
ambassador had exchanged with the
German foreign office on the subject
of detailing plans for the work. Oth
er messages also suggested general
sabotage in the United States, men
tioning Americans who might be us
ed for such purpose. Three prominent
Irish-Amerlcans were suggested by
Casement.
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Throw Officers Overboard Drowning
One—Commanders Attempt take
Ships to Norway
LONDON, Oct. 11.—Dispatches
from Amsterdam and Copenhagen
state that the crews of four German
battleships at Wllhews have mutinied
recently and threw a number of their
officers overboard drowning one com
mander, and endeavoring to take the
vessels to Norway to be interned. The
mutiny was quelled and every seventh
mutineer was ordered shot by the gov
ernment, following their arrest by sol
diers, but only three of the ringlead
ers were finally executed.
Old papers In buaehes ot 100 at
this office, only 10 eeata. tf
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••EVEN CATS MISS VOl"
SAYS OTHER WOMAN j
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CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—"When your
arms are around me everything is
like heaven. Why, even the kittens
miss you.”
Mrs. Charles E. Earringer. press
ing her husband's trousers, found an
‘affinity letter" containing these sen
timents in a pocket, she alleges today
in a complaint charging her husband
with non-support. The letter. Mrs.
Earringer says, was from a young
woman well known tn Ereeport, 111.
Earringer deaerted his wife and two
small children, the complaint alleges,
on September 5, and the same day the
“affinity" vanished from her home in
Ereeport. Mrs. Farringer believes
they were living together in Chicago.
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WEST POINT CADETS
HAZED UNCONSCIOUS
WEST POINT. N. V.. Oct. 11.— j
Court-martials were in progress at the
United States military academy here
today in the cases of twelve cadets,
upper class men, charged with hazing
two fourth class men. The alleged
victims of a practice long since thot
to have been abolished front the aca
demy. Worth E. Shoultz. of Mary
land. and Joseph A. Cranston, jr.. of
Kansas, are said to have been compel-!
led to stand stripped to the waist, on
their tiptoes and with chins and heads
thrown back, forty-five minutes, un
til they fainted.
OVER .FOODS
Proclamation of l*resident Wilson Is
sued Ijast Night Controls All Es
sential Articles of Diet
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.—
Government control of foodstuffs to
take in virtually every essential ar
ticle of diet was extended by a proc
lamation issued last night by Presi
dent Wilson.
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Hold Up Adams Express Company and
Get Away With Cash Amounting
to Six Thousand
. HOBOKEN, Oct. 11.—Bandits held
up two AdamB express employes In
a loading station today and secured
$6,000, escaping With their booty.'
Wants Two Divorces
ATLANTA, Os.', Oct 11.—Mrs. Av
ery Shirley Is sdlng for divorce from
two husbands, the last of which she
lays she married while la a “traaoe."
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BRITISH TROOPS
(•ei'inun Attacks I'orce Advanced Al
lied Troo|>s ISack on a h'ront of
2IHM) Yurds at Ypres
LONDON. Oct. 11.—Powerful Ger
man counter attacks pushed the Brit
ish troops lately advanced back today I
for a distance of two thousand yards
south of the Ypres-Staden railway.
General Haig reported today. Altho
the Allied troops fought desperately
the German advance was too strong
for them and they were forced to give
up much territory won the past two
weeks.
Peru Seizes Ships
LIMA, Oct. 11.—Peruvian naval
forces Saturday were placed on hoard
five German steamships and three
German sailing vessels which have
been laid up at Callao since early in
tbe war. Parts of the machinery were
missing.
LEADS RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
General Kaledinas Heads a
Great and Powerful League,
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▲ MW power la riling in BnaaU and
threaten! the rule of Keranaky andhla
Ogaoiiataa General Kaledinea la head
aia grdni BMP* of paaaant land pro*
liletoce.
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NEW YORK WINS
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Giant* Rat Hclialk Heavily and Cincli
Game After fifth Inning—Two
Home Run* Scored
NEW YORK. Oct. 11.—Ninety
thousand people jammed the 9tands
at Polo Park today and overflowed
onto the field, as New York made the
odds even in the world series by tak
ing the fourth game of the series from
the Chicago White Sox.
The day was clear and cold, and
shortly after nin o'clock people be
gan to stream into ‘he grounds to se
cure favorable seats in the bleachers.
By one o'clock the stands were
crowded and the bleachers would not
hold another persons. Vast crowds
stood back of third base line and ex
tended far down the field past the
foul flags.
The Line-up
Chicago New York
Gandil 1 base Holke
Collins 2 base Herzog
McMullen 3 base Zimmerman
Jackson left Burns
Felsch center Kauff
Liebold right Robertson
Weaver short Fletcher
Schalk catcher Rairdon
Cicotti pitcher Schupp
The batteries for today’s game
were Schupp and Rairdon for the
New York and Cicotti, Faber and
Schalk for Chicago.
In the first inning with Chicago at
bat Zimmerman took John Collins
grounder and threw him out at first.
McMullen got a hit on a grounder to
Zimmerman; Eddie Collins fanned;
and Herzog threw out Jackson. No
runs. Giants—Burns sent a high fly
to Felsch. which he smothered. Ed
die Collins made a fine play and got
Herzog out; McMullen got Kauff’s
grounder and nailed him at first. No
runs.
No runs and no hits in the sec
ond.
Chicago got one hit in tlie third.
In the fourth Eddie Collins hit a
two bagger; Jackson one to Herzog;
Eddie Collins was picked off by
Schoff; Felsch struck out. No runs.
Giants—Burns struck out; Eddie Col
lins threw out Herzog on a grounder;
Kauft got a home run which rolled
up against the fence: Eddie Collins
threw out Zimmerman. 1 run.
In the fifth Chicago got no runs.
Giants—Fletcher singled;. Robertson
and Holke beat nut bunts, and Itair
don knocked into a double play;
Schuppe scored Robertson with a sin
gle: Holke was put out trying to
score. 1 run.
Sixth. Neither side scored.
Seventh. Chicago—Felsch fanned;
Fletcher threw out Gandil; Weaver
popped to Herzog. No runs. Giants—
Fletcher scratched a hit and went
third on a wild pitch; Faber threw
out Robertson Fletcher holding third.
Holke hit by pitched ball; Fletcher
scored when Eddie Collins threw out
Rairdon, Holke going to second.
Weaver threw out Schupp. 1 run.
Eigth. Chicago—No runs. Giants
—Herzog singled:Kauff made second
home run by knocking the ball out
to the fence; Zimmerman knocked a
three bager. 2 runs.
Final score—New York 5 runs. 10
hits, 1 error. Chicago no runs, 7 hits,
no errors.
Kauff’s two home runs for the New
York team were the sensation of the
day. The Giant’s pitcher. Schupp, had
the Indian sign on the invaders, who
could not hit in the pinches. The Gi
ants took advantage of the Chicago
an’s mlsplays and were also able to
hit when men were on the bases.
Moose Meeting Tonight
AU Moose members are requested
to be present at a meeting at the hall
tonight. Business of great importance
will come before the lodge.
Martin J. Faust, manager of the
Fox Film Company, and a member
of the famous Friars’ Club of New
York city, had charge of the program
of farewell recently given to the en
listed men of Stroudsburg.' Pa. Mr.
Faust Is a brother ot Lieut. M. H.
Faust, commander ot the signal corps
department in Valdes.
John Barrett is in town from th»
Kennecott mine, where he worked
up to the time ot the Strike. ^