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~~~Z VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, l»lfl ' NUMBER 105
VOLUME. XIV __ .____ _ _ ___
STREETCAR MEN
SO ON SHE
THREATENS THREE CENT FARE
Cle^mul Street Railway Companies
Declare a Further Raise in Wages
Will Compel Restoration of the
ETve-Cent Carfare.
CLEVELAND, May 3.—Street car
employes in this city have gone on a
strike following a refusal of the com
panies to grant an increase in wages.
The companies have issued a state
ment that the wages paid are on a
par with those paid by other com
panies throughout the country, while
the fare, fixed by law is only three
cents, as against live cents in practi
cally every oilier city of the country.
They state that if a further increase
in wages is granted the companies
will have to raise the fares to five
cents or else go out of business.
REPORT PEACE
RIOTS 1^ BERLIN
SOLDIERS FIRE OX PEOPLE
Hundreds Are Killed and Wounded
When Soldiers Attempt to Break
l'|> May Day Parade, Which Turns
Out to lie a Peace Demonstration.
AMSTERDAM, May 3.-—Advices
received here from Berlin state that
city was tlie scene of much rioting
during the Mayday parade of the
working men last Monday. The pa
rade turned out to be a huge demon
stration for peace, in which thousands
of women participated, and banners
demanding the end of the war were
freely displayed. The police attempt
ed to disperse the paraders, but
were attacked with such fury that the
troops were finally called out to quell
the rioting.
The men and women are said to
have even attacked the soldiers, who
were finally ordered to fire on the
people, with the result that several
hundred were killed and wounded.
The government is much alarmed
over the demonstration, and strin
gent jfcvasures are being taken to pre
vent^ a repetition of the outbreak.
Hundreds of the participants have
been taken into custody and the pun
ishment promises to be severe. The
officials fear that if another outbreak
of this character takes place It may
lead to a general uprising. Numer
ous small demonstrations throughout
the country, and even in this city,
have occurred following the restric
tions placed upon the use of food
stuffs by the government, and there
has been occasional demands that the
war be brought to an end, hut noth
ing approaching the magnitude as
sumed by the demonstration of Mon
day.
The city Is quiet at present, but a
strong guard of troops is maintained
and stringent regulations have been
issued against the gathering of any
considerable number of citizens In
streets.
TO BOMBARD ENGLAND
ACROSS WATERS OK CHANNEL
LONDON, May 3.—That the En
pire may yet receive its baptism of
lead and steel if the predictions of the
..Germans may be taken at their face
value, is th(^assertion of the war of
fice here. The intervening channels
■will not he allowed to defeat the pur
pose of the foes of the British em
pire. Without dependence upon their
§as the first line of offense, the
nans are preparing to batter the
t and thus pave the way for en
Should the British fleet come
out the long range guns from the
coasts of France will be relied upon
to pick off the great ships of the en
emy fleet.
Beer Output Reduced.
LONDON, May 3.—Under govern
ment orders restricting the importa
• tion of heer-making apparatus, Eng
lish brewers will reduce their output
to one glass of beer in overy eight.
AUSTRIAN SHIPS INTERNED
IN U. S. MAY HE BOUGHT
LONDON, May 3.—A group of in
ternational capitalists is losing no
time in taking advantage of the hint
given in the House of Commons by
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war
trade, that it might be possible to ar
range for neutrals to take over in
terned tonnage.
Representatives of the financiers
are making inquiry as to the possi
bility of obtaining the consent of the
British government to purchase all
Austrian steamships interned in ports
of the United States.
It is reported that slightly more
than thirty ships are included in the
deal.
JIB AND FIDE
TRUCK COLLIDE
FIRE CHIEF INSTANTLY KILLED
While at High Speed Auto Truck Hits
Jitney Killing Two Passengers and
Fatally Wounding Three Firemen.
LONG BEACH, Calif., May 3 —
While going to a fire last night a
fire truck and a jitney collided caus
ing the death of Chief Shrewsbury, of
the tire department.
The auto truck, carrying the chief
and several firemen, was traveling at
a high rate of speed, and struck the
jitney car containing several passen
gers. Tlie smaller vehicle was com
pletely wrecked and the fire machine
was overturned, pinning the chief
under the vehicle. Two passengers
in the jitney were instantly killed,
and three of the firemen received in
juries from which it is expected they
will not recover.
NORTH FRIDAY
BEEN THOROUGHLY REPAIRED
Improvements oil Vessel Have Heen
Made at Cost of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars and Vessel Now
I v
One of the Finest of Fleet.
SEATTLE, May 3.—The steamer
Mariposa has been completely over
hauled and is now ready to begin her
season’s run to the North. The ves
sel has been undergoing alterations
for some time, and is now one of the
finest vessels of the Alaska Steamship
Company’s fleet, the renovation hav
ing been done at a cost of two hun
dred thousand dollars. She will
leave here for Alaskan ports Friday,
May 5, and will have a full passen
ger list and cargo.
CHARLES V. F. TOWNSHEND
Commander of the Beleaguered
British Forces In Mesopotamia.
JOINJN STRIKE
I’OIK THOUSAND MOKE GO OUT !
Entire Plant Promises to lie Tied Up ’
If Settlement Is Not Made with the
Strikers Within a Short Time—
Ask Shorter Hours, More Wages.
CHICAGO, May S.—Today four
thousand woodworkers in the plant of !
the American Harvester Company
struck in sympathy with the other ■
employes of the company who walked
out last week. <
The company has refused to grant i
the men shorter hours and more ;
wages, and it is expected that unless i
a settlement is effected within a short
time, all the men in the employ of the ;
company will join with the strikers.
THREE KILLED
INJOR. WAR
STRIKERS ATTACK WOKKIXGMEX |
Westingliouse Plant in Pittsburg Is
Attacked by Strikers, and In Hat
tie Following Three are Killed and
Seven are Wounded.
PITTSBURG, May 3.—Rioting by
(lie striking Westingliouse workmen i
still continues. Another attack was i
made yesterday afternoon on the 1
steel mills of the company by a large *
body of the strikers, the men still re- i
maining at work being the object of i
the strikers' wrath. A fierce battle i
occurred between the strikers and the
workmen, and the police who had ;
been called into protect the work- i
men, but it was only after a prolong- j
ed battle that the strikers were final- 1
ly dispersed.
Three men were killed in the fight i
and seven were seriously injured.
Considerable damage was also done
to the property of the company. <
GERMAN REPLY TO
WILSON IS READY
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BE HANDED TO GERARD TODAY
Semi-Ofticially Reported that Con
cessions Promised Have Not Been
Made and that the Situation Is
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Still Grave.
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BERLIN, May 3.—The draft of the
reply to President Wilson's note on
the submarine question has been
completed, and it is believed will be
delivered to United States Ambassa
dor Gerard this afternoon.
It is stated, semi-officially, that the
reply will contain but minor changes
from the previous reply, but will be
more complete in that it sets out in
full Germany’s position on the under
sea campaign.
The report that the note will not
make the concessions at first report
ed, and that the crisis is by no means
past, has been received here with
much uneasiness, as the people had
been brought to believe that all dan
ger of a break with the United States
was at an end. The action of the
United States will be awaited with
much anxiety.
ASQUITH TO INTRODUCE
CONSCRIPTION MEASURE
LONDON, May 3.—Premier As
quith announced last evening that he
would introduce1 a bill in Parliament
today providing for the immediate
adoption on universal conscription.
A nice assortment ot evening
gowns and millinery just received at
E. Winters. t{
SUFFRAGETTES
WANJJDIENCE
SEND PETITION CONGRESSMEN
Deride Democratic Members of the
House Committee Having I'nder
Consideration Anthony Amend
ment Suffrage Dili.
WASHINGTON. D. C\. May 3.—
Suffragist leaders have petitioned the
members of congress for an audi
ence, at which they may advocate
their claims for woman suffrage. The
democratic members of the House
committee, considering the Anthony
amendment to the suffrage hill are
derided by the suffragists, who de
clare that they are only wasting time,
and have no intention of taking any
action on the bill.
IRISH LEADERS
AREJXECUTED
SHOT IN THE TOWER OE LONDON
After Trial by Court Martial Presi
dent of Irish Republic and Two
Other Leaders are Executed by
British Authorities.
LONDON, May 3.-—Peter Pearse.
the schoolmaster chosen for the pres
ident of the Irish republic declared
by the revolutionists together with
Connolly and another leader of the
revolt, were tried by court martial
liere .yesterday and were. - shot- -this
this morning in the Tower of London.
Before being executed the prisoners
are said to have made some startling
confessions, implicating a number of
prominent men in the Irish uprising,
rite confessions are being suppressed
by the police and it is expected that
a number of arrests will be made in
the next few days of parties whom
the leaders are alleged to have impli
cated in the plot. „
TEN OFFICERS ARE KILLED
Body of Constables Are Shot at by
Hidden Revolutionist* and Ten Are
Killed and Eighteen Wounded—
Many Arrests Are Made.'
BELFAST, May 3.—A band of
revolutionists ambushed a body of
constables last night and opened fire
on them. Ten of'fhe constables were
killed and eighteen ' were wounded.
The police charged the rebels, who
fled.
The city is generally quiet, all the
leaders of the revolt having surren
dered and it is believed that the men
who attacked the police were a small
band of irreconciliables who have
managed to hide their arms from the
authorities.
ASK CONGRESS
TO INVESTIGATE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 3.—In
reply to the protests made by pub
lishers all over the country against
the sharp advance in the cost of pa
per, the manufacturers state that the
price is not excessive when the ad
vance in the cost of all materials en
tering Into the manufacture is taken
into consideration. The newspapers,
however, insist that the advance in
paper is out of all proportion to the
advance in the cost of manufacture,
and demand that congress investigate
the matter.
BIG SACRIFICE—We have a num
ber of attractive buys. Your own
price. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
!HIGHER AVERAGE ON
COAIj FOR PAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 3.—
Final statistics of the production of
anthracite in 1915, issued by the Ge
ological Survey, show 79,459,876
tons were mined, valued at $184.
653,498. or an average of $2.32 a
ton. That is slightly higher than the
average value of 1914. In quantity!
there was a decrease of two per cent
from the 1914 production. There
were 176,552 men employed in the
anthracite mines in 1915. a greater
number than in any year except 1914.
There were few strikes during the
year, only 30.325 men having been
involved for an average of seven
days each.
FORT! RURT AT
STRIKERS ATTACK WORKMEN
Only Forty Police Available to Pro
tect Seven Mills—Plants Close to
Protect the Workingmen from At
tacks.
PITTSBURG, May 3.—Koiting in
this city has assumed a serious aspect
and it is expected that the militia
will have to be called out to preserve
order.
In an attack made this morning by
the strikers on the Westinghouse
plant at Braddock. forty men were
hurt in a hard fight that occurred be
tween the strikers and the employes.
But forty policemen are available to
guard seven mills and the city lias
admitted its inability to furnish ade
quate protection. The mills have all
been closed down to protect the
workmen from the strikers.
OPERATORS TO
CO ON STRIKE
DEMAND INCREASE IN WAGES
Telegraph Operators on the Nickel
Plate Road Vote to Go On Strike
If Demand for Increase of Wages
Is Not Granted.
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NEW YORK, May 3.—Five thou
sand telegraph operators on the Nick
el Plate road threaten to go on a
strike if their demand for an in
crease in wa^es is not granted. The
operators have submitted their de»
mand to the officials of.%tae road, and
are awaiting a reply.* At a meeting
of the officials of the ’tlpion it tfas
unanimously voted to strike if the de
mands are not granted.
The launch Eagle left this morn
ing for Shoup bay with several pas
sengers.
WILLIAM Q. LEE.
| Hoad of Trainman Aaica
Roads For Eight Hour Day.
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LOSSJN_ DUBLIN
ITBI,ir BUILDINGS DKSTROYKD
Fires Started l>y Revolutionists Cause
I normous Loss In City—Hatties
Stop Klforts of the Fire Depart
ment—Many Residences Hum.
DUBLIN, May The conflagra
tion started in this city by the revo
lutionists, destroyed some of the fin
est buildings in the city, including a
number of public structures, and
many private business houses and
dwellings. Fires were started in var
ious sections of the city, and because
of the fighting the efforts of the fire
department were hampered, causing
the devastation of wide sections of
the city. It is estimated that the
io.Ks.es will amount to fully twenty
million dollars.
ACT ASJWEDIATOR
WOULD CALL ON SPANISH KING
German Politicians State He Might
Act As Mediator oil the Submarine
(question and Effect Settlement of
Differences.
BERLIN, May 3.—German politi
cians. who are anxious to maintain
the friendly relations existing be
tween the United States and German
suggest that Ki»g AliQji&p pf Spain,
be called in as mediator between the
two countries on the submarine ques
tion in the event the forthcoming re
ply to the note of President Wilson
is not entirely satisfactory. It is
believed that the concessions made by
Germany will prove perfectly satis
factory to the United States govern
ment, but in the event there is still
any cause for complaint on the part
of the United States, it is suggested
that the Spanish king might act as
arbitrator, and effect a peaceful set
tlement of all differences.
WOMEN PERISH
IN DUBLIN FIRE
FOURTEEN BODIES RECOVERED
Search of Ruins Brings to Light Vir
tims of Conflagration—Expected
Number Will Be Increased When
Ruins Explored.'
DUBLIN, May 3.—Searchers thru
the ruins of the buildings destroyed
by the fire during the recent uprising
in this city, have brought to light the
bodies of fourteen women who per
ished in their homes. It is expected
that the number of victims will be
largely increased when the ruins have
been thoroughly explored.
AMERICAN VICE CONSUL
RESIGNS HIS POSITION
AMSTERDAM. May 3.—A report
has been received here that Janies L.
A. Burrill. United States vice consul
at Flume, Hungary, has resigned his
position, following a criticism of his
acts as a United States official. < It is
said that Burrill has demonstrated
decided pro-ally sympathy and that
his expressions have been offensive to
the Austro-Hungarian government.
DELEGATES FROM UTAH
WILL GO UNINSTRUCTED
PROVO, Utah, May 3.—The State
Republican convention held here yes
terday to choose delegates to the Re
publican national convention. The
delegation selected will go to the^
convention uninstructed as to the can~
I didate for the presidency.