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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, WE) CESDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1917 NUMBER 197
CHICAGO MAYOR
NEARLY MOOOED
Soldiers Tear Political Banners From
Executive’s Auto and Threaten
Violence
CHICAGO, Sept. 5—Mayor Thomp
son narrowly escaped being mobbed
this morning by an irate band of sol
diers, as he was setting out on an
auto trip to the Kanakee state fair.
The soldiers surrounded the auto and
tore several political banners from
the machine, and were only stopped
from assaulting Mayor Thompson and
party by the arrival of a provost
guard who forced the mob to dis
perse.
CASE OF DRAFT EVASION
IN SEATTLE COURT
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—Preliminary
hearing of the federal government’s
case against Clarence V. Angove, his
mother, Mrs. Frances Angove, and L.
I. Neikirk, assistant professor of ma
thematics at the University of Wash
ington, who are accused of conspiring
to keep Angove from entering the
draft army, began before United
States Commissioner R. W. McClel
land.
rn l. A aa.s « llnnnrl 1, it t 1> n irnirnun
nient to have made fraudulent exemp
tion claims before local board No. 2,
Angove and the others, it is charged,
swearing that he is his mother’s sole
support. It is also alleged that Mrs.
Angove resigned her position in a Se
attle department store to enable her
to make that claim.
Angove is 22 years old and a stu
dent at the State University. During
the summer months he has been em
ployed by an electrical company.
Body of Cliild Found
LEMARS, la., Sept. 5.—The body
of 12-year-old Alta Braun was found
in an alley in the residence district
today. The child had been outraged
and murdered. An underskirt torn
from the child’s waist was wrapped
tightly about her neck. No clew to
the child’s slayer has been discovered
by the officers. The little girl was last
seen alive early last evening.
ITALIAN FORCES DROP
BOMBS ON POL A
ROME, Sept. 5.—Italian airplanes
dropped nine tons of bombs on the
naval base at Pola yesterday, accord
. ing to reports from the war office.
Great Damage is reported to ship
ping.
TREMBLER HITS
KOTO
Three Hundred Houses Destroyed and
»
. Much Damage Done by Earth
Subsidence in Columbia
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 6.—
Dispatches today from Columbia,
South America, state that over three
hundred houses were destroyed in Bo
goto, by a severe earthquake which
occurred in the Cordijlero Oriental
mountains. Much damage was done
to surrounding towns. Bogoto is a
city of 160,000 population, in central
Columbia.
HOOK PAPER PRICE
ADVANCE EXCESSIVE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5.—
The advance in price of book paper
last year was excessive and unwar
ranted, the federal trade commission
reported today to the senate. As a re
sult of its investigation the commis
sion has ordered proceedings against
* certain practices of manufacturers.
The advances were not warranted
* either by the increase in costs or by
the changes in conditions of supply
and demand, the commission found.
The advances were brought about in
* part by the activities of members of
the paper manufacturers’ association
and the secretary of the bureau of
statistics maintained by the manu
facturers. On account of those activ
ities the proceedings were ordered.
INCENDIARIES BURN
SPRUCE TIMBER
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—A number of
fires, believed' Incendiary, which have
destroyed spruce timber destined for
use by the Italian government in air
plane manufacture, were reported to
members of the Lumbermen’s exe
cutive committee today from the
Grays Harbor district. Direct evi
dence is lacking, but an investigation
has been started.
The Lumbermen's committee re
ports large crews working in the
Western Washington mills whose em
ployes have been on strike since the
middle of July.
Elimination by various trades thru
out the country of the use of Wash
ington lumber, cut by mills not oper
ating on union eight-hour day rules,
will prodnce practical stagnation in
the industry, according to J. C.
Brown, president of the Internation
al Shingle Weavers’ Union. The var
ious trades unions will be notified
September 1 that Washington lum->
ber not made by union plants is on
the unfair list, so decided upon by a
meeting of the building trades council
Friday night. President Brown de
clares that this notification will re
sult in stopping further use of this
lumber.
PAPERS COMM
Of 1 RAIDS
Relieve Government Not Using Suf*
fieent Precautions to Stop Air
Raids by Germans
LONDON, Sept. 5.—London pap
ers are complaining bitterly over the
government's failure to stop the raids
by German airplanes, stating that
while dozens of raids have occurred
the past month, the government is
taking no steps to stop them.
German is Arrested
BALTIMORE, Md„ Sept. 5.—
Gotthold Prusse, German submarine
expert, who came to Baltimore on
the first trip ef the merchant sub
mersible Deutschland, was arrested
here yesterday on the charge of en
tering barred zones without a permit.
Fifteen Germans Arrested
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Sept. 5.—
Fifteen Germans were arrested at
Tripp, Hutchinson county. South Da
kota, today by federal officers, charg
ed with violation of the espionage act,
according to advices received here
late this afternoon. The men were
taken to Yankton, S. D., and arraign
ed before United States Commission
er E. T. White for a preliminary
hearing.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bennett and son
William left this morning on the
steamer Farragut for Ketchikan. Af
ter a short stay in the southern me
tropolis they will go on to eastern
Washington, where Mr. Bennett will
purchase a ranch.
PARIS PAPER THINKS IT’S
TIME FOR JAPAN TO HELP
PARIS, Sept. 6.—The Figaro to
day, discussing Japanese participa
tion in the war, asks if the moment
has not arrived for Japan to take fur
ther steps. The Petit Journal says the
military reserves of all the entente
powers should be used prudently. It
adds that never will the Japanese
troops be more needed on the Russian
front than they are today.
PENITENTIARY IS
QUIET AFTER UPROAR
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sept. 6.
—After four days of intermittent up
roar, the Washington state peni
tentiary is quiet today and work has
been resumed in many of the depart
ments. Damages to the prison are
about $260. ____
After yelling about half the night
the men quit. They wanted water and
something to eat. They have submit
ted their demands, asking the remov
al of Captain of the Guards T. J.
Burke and Warden’s Clerk M. A.
Power. The former they accuse of
cruelty, the latter of taking tobacco
money for the purchase of musical In
struments. Superintendent Drum gb
solves both men. Other demands are
for more privileges.
SEATTLE SOLDO
PARAKSTREETS
Selective Draft Men Departing for
Mobilization at American Lake
Today
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—A great par
ade was held here last night in hon
or of the selective draft men depart
ing today to American Lake for mo
bilization. A letter of greetings was
received from Theodore Roosevelt.
NINETY-THREE SEATTLEITES
GO TO AMERICAN LAKE
SEATTLE. Sept. 5.—Ninety-three
conscripts motored to American Lake
this morning and will go into train
ing.
P
,
Police Claim Antl-Conscrlptionlsts
Would Assassinate Canadian
Ruler
MONTREAL, Sept. 5.—The police
of this city claim to have discovered
and frustrated a plot to assassinate
Premier Borden and dynamite the
House of Parliament. Since the pas
sage of conscription thru Premier
Borden’s influence he has been In re
ceipt of many letters threatening his
life.
Former Premier Dies
LONDON, Sept. 5.—Former Prem
ier Surmer is dead.
VV. N. Cuddy and bride returned
this morning on the steamer North
western. Mr. Cuddy reports times
good in the states where Industries
are affected by war activities, but
says the smaller businesses are feel
ing the depression of high prices
greatly. He states that the people he
| met are standing behind the president
in the war and that there is much ac
tivity in military quarters.
Mr.and Mrs. Abe Abrahamson left
on the Farragut for Cordova, after a
short stay in Valdez.
PRESIDENT LEADS
PARADEKCRIPTS
Men Headed by Chief Executive Par
rade Down Pennsylvania Ave
nue in Broiling Sun
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5.—
Led by President Wilson, the first di
vision of the men drafted for mili
tary service marched the length of
Pennsylvania avenue today. The
President walked a mile and a half
in the hot sun at the head of the
troops before taking to his auto.
Commodore D. U. Keene of the
California Yacht Club, Oakland, Cal
ifornia, was a passenger on-one of the
recent steamers, making the round
trip.
Governor Denies Statement
HELENA, Mont., Sept. 5.—Gov. S.
V. Stewart, who attended the recent
conference of Northwestern, govern
ors at Portland, denies the statement
credited to him in dispatches from
Portland that he had said “direct ac
tion” was necessary in dealing with
the I. W. W. "The Portland papers
did not print such a statement and I
was astounded to find upon my re
turn to Montana that the newspapers
had given it publicity.” “No such
statement was made by me inside or
outside the conference nor by any
governor in attendance. Our confer
ence was for the purpose of making
plans to prevent the I. W. W. from
resorting to such measures as “dir
ect action.”
GERMANS MOVHG
OUHUNDERS
Teuton Troops are Getting Ready to
Abandon Campaign in Went Say
Dispatches
PARIS, Sept. 5.—The evacuation
of West Flanders by the German
army began today, by the civil popu
lation moving out, according to dis
patches from Hazebrouck. The Ger
man troops are forced to fall back to
keep from being flanked by General
Haig's forces.
STEAMER NORTHWESTERN
ARRIVES IN PORT
The steamship Northwestern arriv
ed in port about 1:30 this morning
with a light consignment or freight
and the following passengers: Mr.
and Mrs. W. N. Cuddy, Dan Wilcey,
Mrs. Jos. Stanton, F. Creswell, J.
Bahiman, Dr. W. H. Caswell.
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SAYS DEPUTY
Annie
Seattle Attorney States that I'nnajn
Deputy Sheriff Hribed to
Give Weapon*
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—Attorney Jo
seph M. Glasgow today in Judge Mc
Intoshes court, charged that a depu
ty sheriff, whose name he did not
reveal, was bribed by a large sum of
money to furnish Prisoner Brown
with a revolver, bringing about the
recent jail break.
B RETREAT
FROM RIGA
Slav Forces Forced Hack by Advanc
ing Teutons, Cross Dvina River
Tovvard Northeast
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PETROGKAD, Sept. 5.—The Rus
sian forces today continued their re
treat along the coast of the Gulf of
Riga, toward the northeast toward
Petrograd. They crossed the Dvina
river today with their guns and mu
nitions intact.
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Would Like to be With Soldiers on
Field and In the Trenches in Bat
tle Independence
—
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. 5.—
The President wired to the parade
committee in New York to say to the
men participating in the Labor Day
parade that he “would like to be with
them on the field and in the trenches
where the real final battle for the in
dependence of the United States is
to be fought.”
FOIt RENT—3-room house fur
nished, $10, or sell for $500. Terms.
A. C. Dowling, Sherman street. k8
AUSTRIA LIKELY
TO DECLARE WAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 6.—
The administration is giving consid
eration to the possibility that Aus
tria will soon declare war against the
United States. Austria’s technical
cause for war would be based on the
fact the United States government
has made loans of money to Italy to
assist her in her fight agatnst Aus
tria.
rwo soldiers Are killed
OSf CANTONMENT RANGE
FORT SILL. Okla.. Sept. 5 — Pri
vates Nelson and James Kelly, of Bat
tery A, Second Missouri Field Artil
lery, were killed and (our others ser
iously Injured when § shrapnel shell
exploded on the cantonment range
here this afternoon, wrecking the
ness hall In which they were prepar
ing their first meal after arriving at
the Oklahoma post.
The Injured are Privates Oakley.
Bloomer, McGrew and Raymond
Rohe. Nelson was killed outright and
Kelly died on the way to the hospi
tal. The shell is believed to have ex
ploded after having been left par
tially buried on the field, by the heat
}f a fire nearby, over which the men
were cooking.
Army officers were puzzled over the
explosion, but agreed that it was
caused by the abandoned shrapnel
shell on the range which had not
been used since early in 1916. On this
cite a mess hall bad been erected.
The heat of the stove over which
the soldiers were cooking brought on
the explosion, which demolished the
building and blew the stove high in
the air.
With the exception of Oakley,
whose leg will have to be amputat
ed, none of the wounded were ser
iously injured.
Mil RAISE
INSURANCE RATE
President States That Soldiers and
Sailors Should lie Insured for
Teu Thousand Dollars
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5.—
President Wilson last night sent a
tetter to Congressman Adams in
which he said that he hoped the rate
of insurance on soldiers and sailors
would be raised to ten thousand dol
lars instead of five thousand as pro
posed by the Adams bill.
OPERATION PERFORMED
AT VALDEZ HOSPITAL
I)r. J. A. Silverman performed a
difficult operation yesterday on Jo
seph Braxton, when he removed the
inferior dental nerve and a small tu
mor from the jaw of the patient. Mr.
Braxton has been suffering for years
from neuralgia as a result of the
growth and was contemplating a trip
to Mayo Bros. He is now resting eas
ily and states that he feels better al
ready than he has for years, as a re
sult of theexcision.
BRIDGE TO NAVAL
BASE IS ATTACKED
NORFOLK, Va.. Sept. 5.—A third
unsuccessful attempt was made to
night to burn the viaduct bridge over
which the Norfolk Railway & Light
:orapany’s electric line passes to the!
r.ew naval base at the old Jamestown
exposition grounds. Kerosene was
noured over the structure, but the
nlaze was discovered before much
iamage was done.
ALLIES WANT U. S.
DECLARE WAR AUSTRIA
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 5.—
["he allies are exerting great pres
sure upon President Wilson to force
lim to declare war on Austria.
W. S. Craig and wife, teachers, en
•oute to the school at Naknek, and F.
3. Zinn and wife, for the hospital at
{anaknak, near Nushagak, are here
waiting for the next trip of the Santa:
\na to the westeward.—Gateway.
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Fifteen Men Quit Work
COEUIt D'ALENE, Sept. 5.—Fif
:eeu men employed by the St. Maries
;,umber company quit work today af
;er the company has refused to grant
shem an increase of 25 cents a day,
which would have made their wages
M- It was not known if they are
members of the Industrial Workers
>f the World. All other parts of the
Rate report no cessation of work in
the harvest fields or construction
camps. At Moscow, where more than
Bfty I. W. W. are being held in a
itockade, no trouble has developed
Rnce the general strike began in July.
United States troops are stationed at
Wallace to protect the mines and
state guardsmen are at Lewiston.
DEMB APPEAL
KxcmpUry and Compensation Dam
ages m Result of Alleged Com
bination Denied Receiver
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 5.—The
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to
day denied the appeal of Receiver
Noyes of the Washington-Alaska
Bank of Fairbanks for SI.667,671 as
exemplary and compensatory dam
ages as a result of an alleged Ille
gal combination against the Washing
ton-Alaska Bank by the First Nation
al and Fairbanks banking companies.
Miss Sylvia Wold, formerly a tea
cher in the Valdez schools, was a Sew
ard passenger from Seattle.
Mrs. Joe Stanton, a former well
known Valdezan, and now a resident
of Cordova, was an arrival on the
steamer Northwestern.
I)r. Caswell arrived in town this
morning on the steamer Northwest
ern.
Go-Between Found Guilty
NEW YORK, Sept. —A verdict
of guilty was found here today
against Kalman Gruher. go-between
for Dr. S. J. Bernfeld and Louis I.*
Cherey. members of exemption
board No. 9!*. who plead guilty yes
terday to receiving bribes for grant
ing exemptions. He was sentenced to .
two years in the Atlanta penitentiary.
The jury was out three and a half
hours.
Won’t Accept Position
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 5—The Rev.
J. M. Skinner, pastor of the Rose
City Presbyterian church of Portland,
who was elected to the Presbytery of
Whitworth College, will not accept
the position, according to a letter re
ceived today. Mr. Skinner had accept
ed the pastorate of Stockton, Cal.,
church, before he received the Whit
worth offer and he decided that he
would go to Stockton.
STKAMF.lt FARRAGl'T ARRIVES _
AN1) SAILS SOUTH
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived in port about 2 o’clock this
morning and sailed south an hour lat
er. Those departing on the Farragut
were Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bennett and
son William, for Ketchikan. Mr. and
Mrs. Abe Abrahamson for Cordova,
John Buerman, I. D. Colvon and Ray
Millard for Seattle.
AIMES DO
(MDAMAGE
England Suffers from Activities of
German Machines—Many Kill
ed and Inured
LONDON, Sept. 5.—One hundred
and seven sailors and one civilian
were killed Tuesday night and eighty
three wounded when six German air
planes raided Chatham, a government
dock and seaport town in Kent. Dam
age done to the shipping was enor
mous and many buildings were des
troyed. The first intimation the citi
zens had of the presence of the hos
tile fleet was when bombs began to
explode in the shipyards. Before the
invaders could be driven off they had
damaged many vessels under course
of construction.
Another Kahl Last Night
LONDON, Sept. 5.—Niue persons
were killed and forty-nine injured in
an airplane raid last night, the third
in three successive days. The people
are criticising the government sev
erely for not making reprisals.
German Instigates Strike
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 6.—The
principal instigator of the recent
railroad strike on the Central rail
road strike on the Central railroads
in Argentina is said to be a German
named Von Lubneck. This man, it is
declared, is known to the police of
the United States.