VOLUME XIV * VALDEZ, ALASKA MONDAY. JULY 2, 1917 NUMBER 154
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MANY MILLIONS IN
APPROPRIATION^ SECURED
Money Immediately Available for In
vestigating Mineral Resources of
the Territory—Cordova Gets $35,
OOO for Public Building.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 2.—
When President Wilson signed the
Sundry Civil Bill and made it a law,
Alaska gained in one lump sum the
amount of $8,215,540. A statement
by Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, of Al
aska, who looked after the Alaska
items in the bill and whose vigorous
appeal to the committee when the bill
was in conference resulted in obtain
in $12,500 additional for medical re
lief in Alaska, shows that the items
for Alaska in the measure include the
following:
For coflMuuation of public building
at Cordova; Alaska, $35,000.
For continuation of the investiga
> tion of the mineral resources of Al
aska, $100,000 to be immediately
available.
For Alaska Engineering Commis
sion, for railroad construction, $",
500,000.
For care of insane in Alaska, $75.
000.
f Or euuOduuii ui cajvmiua, niciuc
and Indians in Alaska, $62,000.
For support of reindeer stations in
^ Alaska, $5,000.
For protection o' game in Alaska,
$20,000.
For suppression of liquor traffic
among Indians, $15,000.
For aids to navigation in Alaska
waters, $60,000.
For Alaska service. Bureau of Fish
eries: \
Pribilof Islands .’..$28,600
Afognak Hatchery . 8,220
Yes Bay Hatchery .. 8.220
Officers and crew of fisheries boats in
Alaska service .$16,000
Protecting seal fisheries . 75,000
For salary, field expenses and clerk
hire of Mine Inspector for Alaska.
$7,000.
“The tabulation does not include,"
Delegate Sulzer said, “such items as
expenses of the courts, marshals and
district attorney's offices of Alaska,
as they are lumped together with the
expenses of similar offices in the
States.”
Provision is named in the bill for
repairs and preservation of the gov
ernment buildings and wharves at Sit
ka, Alaska. The Secretary of the
Treasury Is granted the privilege of
requiring the lessee to make the re
> pairs to the wharf at Sitka in case it
is leased. <
Special agents in tie field service
of the General Land Office are granted
not to exceed $3,000 a year by the
bill, with an additional $5 per diem
for subsistence.
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THREE OFFICERS AND
THIRTY-FIVE MEN LOST
^Armored Cruiser on Way Prom Da
li air, Africa to Et-0st, Strikes Mine
Off Port of and is Sent to
Bottom—Many Me-.s Lost.
P^fi3f July 2.—The Admiralty an
nounced today that the armored
cruiser Kleber had struck a mine off
Point St. Mathien, Wednesday, last
and immediately went to the bottom.
^hree officers and thirty-five men
were lost .~hen the * jssel went down.
0he Kleber v»a3 bound from Dakair,
Africa to Brest. She carried a crew
of 1200 men.
Good weathei is promised for the
Fourth.
AIM VETERAN
TENDERS SERVICES
DANIKK8 RKGRKTS CANNOT
ACCKPT PATRIOTIC OKKKIi
Sixty-one Year Old Veteran of Tliane
Unlisted Once and Would Ilo It
Attain if Needed—Secret jiry of War
Thanks Him for Offer.
WASHINGTON, D. C July 2.—
Secretary of the Navy Josepuuo Dan
iels has written to Delegate Charles
A. Sulzer of Alaska thanking him for
transmitting the offer of a 61-year
old Alaska patriot to serve h:s coun
try. Early in June, Delegate Sulzer
received a letter from Harry Lott, of
Thane, Alaska, expressing a desire to
serve his country in the present war.
“I joined the navy once before’,,
Mr. Lott wrote. “It was in 1872 and
I saw service in the European station,
j And believe me. I am in good condi
tion yet.”
Secretary Daniels in his letter says
that he regrets the Navy Department
is not able to avail itself of Mr.
Lott’s service at the present time.
“The Navy Department regrets that
it is -not represented to the extent of
| being able to enlist Mr. Lott at his
! present location." Secretary Daniels
! wrote to Delegate Sulzer. “However
[ I wish to assure you that his very
kind offer is very much appreciated
by the Navy Department and it is re
alized that it was inspired by purely
patriotic motives.”
Mr. Lott is “doing his bit” at pres
ent by cultivating a three-acre gar
den at Thane, near the Alaska-Gasti
| neau Company’s mill site.
MANY MINERS
i GO ON SUE
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i KIKES DRAWN IN SMELTERS
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ALL OVER COUNTRY
j Five Thousand Men Walk Out in Ari
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zona, Seventy-five Strike at Globe,
F’ifteen Thousand at Aanacouda—
Situation Grows Serious.
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CLIFTON, Arizona, July 2.—The
fires in the smelters at this place
were drawn yesterday, five thousand
men going out on strike, it is stated
at the instigation of I. W. W. agita
tors. The situation here is said to be
alarming as the strike at this time
hampers the production of munitions
for the gover/iment.
Globe Miners Go Out
GLOBE, Arizona, Seventy-five min
ers went on strike here today, after
being refused higher pay by the com
pany.
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Fifteen Thousand in Butte
BUTTE, Mont., July 2.—The smel
ters of the big Anaconda reduction
and concentrating mills here are clos
ed. today on account of the strike of
the electricians and metal workers of
the plant. Fifteen thousand men
walked out this morning.
PERSHING RECEIVES
COMMITTEE CITIZENS
PARIS, July 2.—General Pershing
was waited upon by a committee of
citizens from Alsace-Lorraine yester
day, who told him how proud they
were that he was of Alsatian ances
try. The general said he had ever had
a warm place in his heart for the
land of his fathers and was proud of
the fact the he was of descendant of
the little country.
FRENCH STEAMER SUNK
BY MINE EXPLOSION
PARIS, July 2.—The French boat
Himalaya was sunk by an explosion
today, as the vessel was passing out
of the Mediterranean Sea into the
strait of Gibralter. Thirty members
of the crew are missing.
VALDFZ WILL CELEBRATE JULY FOURTH. ALL COME!
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SLAVS’ AND TEUTONS’
REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING
Petrograd Claims to Have Won Battle
and Captured Many Prisoners and
Guns. While Germans Re|>ort Slav
Army Driven Back With Ivosse*.
PETROGRAD, July 2.—The Rus
sian troops have captured Koniuchy
on the Galician front, according to re
ports received yesterday by the War
Office. One hundred and sixty four of
ficers and 8,400 men were captured
by the Russian forces. General Ker
ensky telegraphed to Russian prem
ier today that the Russiau revolution
ary army had resumed the offensive
yesterday.
The German Version
BERLIN, July 2.—Russiau'troops
opened a heavy attack on a strip along
the Galician front, and stormed the
positions along an eighteen mile front
but according to an official report is
sued by the War Office were repulsed
with great loss.
DISLOY AL ELEMENT CHARGED
ATTEMPT DELAY' U. H. WORK
ANCHORAGE:—Sedition among
federal employes and attempts to de
lay government projects and incite
ferment and disorder by disloyal per
sons is the startling condition point
ed out here by the federal grand jury
in its final report to Judge Brown.
Concerning these charges the re
port says:
"Investigation by us has revealed
that there is an element in bur midst,
some of whom are earning their live
lihood from the government, who are
disloyal to the government, opposed
to the present war, who seek to fer
ment discontent and disorder, and
who are trying to impede the prosecu
tion of governmental projects and en
terprises, and we therefore recom
ment that congress enact a law that
will amend our present law on sedi
tion and make it offense for any one
who by word or deed 'tries to stir up
strife, to arouse difficulties and dis
order In our industrial conditions, in
terferes with or obstructs governmen
tal enterprises and undertakings, and
w'ho in any manner strifes to impede
the government in prosecution of the
war or carrying out all governmental
projects."
Another paragraph in the report be
side the usual findings follows:
"We wish to call the court’s atten
tion of the phenomenal frowth of this
section of the Third division, and ow
ing to the increased court business,
the urgent necessity for a federal
building suitable for court purposes
at Anchorage.”
Notice to Rebekahs
All members of Rebekah Lodge, I.
O. O. F. No. 5, are requested to meet
at Odd Fellow Hall this evening at
8:30 o’clock to arrange for the fun
eral services of Sister T. J. Devenney
MRS. MAUD FLORENCE,
It Noble Grand
PROMINENT VALDEZ
WOMAN DEAD
MRS. T. .1. REVENNEY
PASSES AWAY YESTERDAY
Death of Well-known Citizen Shock
to Many Friends—Has Keen Ail
ing For Many Months—Prominent
in Fraternal and Social Circles.
—
Mrs. Minnie B. Devenney. wife of
our townsman, T. J. Devenney. passed
away at Jier home on West McKinley
street yesterday morning about four
o’clock, after an illness of a few days,
following her return from the States,
where she had passed the winter.
While the deceased had been ailing
for a number of years from a serious
malady, her death was entirely un
expected and was a great shock to
her relatives and friends.
Minnie B. Christlow was born in
Oklahoma,'October 19. 1880. and was
married to Thomas J. Devenney in
October, 1908. Besides her husband
she leaves a mother, three sisters and
two brothers to mourn her loss. Fun
eral services will be held in I. O. O. F.
hall. Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. R. Demain Nicholls delivering
the sermon. The members of the
Eastern Star and Rebekahs, of which
orders deceased was a faithful mem
ber up to the hour of her death, will
attend in a body. The remains will
be taken to Phoenix. Oregon, for in
terment.
Mrs. T. J. Devenney was a kind
and lovable woman, well-known to
every person in Valdez, having resid
ed here a number of years, and by
her kind acts and great sociability
making many friends. She was a
Past Noble Grand of Rebekah Lodge
No. 5, and the Order of Eastern Star,
and also took a prominent part in
civic and social organizations. The
Prospector as well as a host of friends
extendt their heartfelt sympathy to
Mr. Devenney in his sad affliction.
CONSTITUTE SEWARD
LODGE OF MASONS
George R. Malcolm will leave Se
attle on June 28 to constitute the Sew
ard and Anchorage Masonic lodges,
which have been operating under dis
pensation from the grand lodge of
Washington.
Establishment of a permanent
lodge here is of vital importance in
the community, as the order plays a
prominent part in the upbuilding of
the spirit and fellowship of all coun
tries.
It is probable that Seward lodge
will arrange for special meetings and
entertainment during the stay of Past
Grand Master Malcolm—Gateway.
Notice to Pioneers
Igloo No. 7, of Pioneers of Alaska
will give a smoker in their hall on
Tuesday evening to which all mem
bers are cordially invited.
An invitation is also extended to
the Ladies Auxiliary to meet with the
Pioneers.
IGLOO NO. SEVEN
Pioneers of Alaska.
SOLDIERS MOB
nOTPMADE
TRAMPLE ON FLAGS AND
WRECK HEADQUARTERS
Peace Demonstration In Boston At
tacked by Mob and Fist Light En
sues—Band Forced to Play Star
Spangled Banner.
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BOSTON. July 2.—A mob of Uni
ted States soldiers and sailors attack
ed a Socialist parade here yester
day and trampled the red flags and
motto bourne, by the Socialists into
the dirt, and then marched to the
headquarters of the Socialist organi
zation in Park Square, and wrecked
the building, first dumping the con
tents into the street and setting fire
to them.
The parade had been announced as
a peace demonstration, and started
thru the streets of the city with a
large American flag at the head of the
line, the band playing the French na
tional anthem, “The Marsaillaise,”.
The mob seized the flag from the!
marchers and surrounding the band
forced them to play “The Star-Spang
led Banner,” while cheers were given i
for the flag. The procession consisted
of hundreds of men and women, car
rying babies. Hundreds of fist fights
were started along the line of march.
and on the common, while agents of
the federal department under dlrec-'
tion of Assistant District Attorney'
Goldberg arrested a number of per
sons who made unpatriotic re
marks. None of the soldiers and sail
ors were arrested.
CONSCRIPTS WILL
SOONBE DRAWN
NO CLASS EXEMPTIONS;
CASES STAND ON MERITS
Regulations Governing Selecting Men
Issued Today by tiie Direction of J
the President—Asks Boards to Do
Tlteir Work Fearlessly.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 2.—
Regulations governing the selection of
the national army from the nine mil
lions who registered, were issued to-,
day by the President, who makes it
clear that there will be no class ex
emption, but that each indicidualj
case will stand upon its own merits, j
The President, in a statement ac-j
companying the anouncement of the
regulations, called upon the boards
I to do their duty fearlessly and Impar
tially, and asked them to remember
that if they did this our armies at
the front would be strengthened and
sustained by men free from any sense
of injustice in their mode of selection.
Secretary Lansing expressed his
great pleasure at the report of Rus
sian successes.
MARSHAL BRENNEMAN RETURNS j
FROM KENNECOTT STRIKE
United States Marshal Brenneman,
who has been at Kennecott the past;
week, returned on the Alameda last
evening, and reports the greatest or
der prevailing among the miners.
Marshal Brenneman states that while
thereare a, number of I. W. W. agi
tators and a few pro-Germans on thej
ground that the miners are refusing J
to listen to them and are maintaining
a close watch upon their members to
prevent them from doing anything to
prejudice their cause. He states that
while the soldiers were not needed
at the scene of the strike it was thot
best by the government to have them
there, as one of two men could do
damage to the mine buildings and
bridges it would take a year to re
place.
One I. \V. W. was arrested by Mar
shal Brenneman, after he had plain
ly shown his stand on the strike.
TWENTY DEAD
MM FULLS
TROLLEY CAR JUMPS TRACK
AND GOES INTO RIVI
Street Car Loaded With Excursion
hts and Sightseers Plunges Down
Embankment Into W'ater—Many
Passengers Caught Under Car,
NIAGARA FALLS July 2—While a
trolley car on the sightseeing route
along the Niagara River was carrying
a load of tourists along the banks of
the stream yesterday, It jumped the
track, plunging down an embankment
into the river, pinning many of the
passengers under the wreck and
drowning them like rats in a trap.
Over a score of people are still miss
ing and until a check is made by the
company the number dead will not
be known.
TAILOR WHO INSULTS U. S.
FORCED TO CARRY FLAGS
MARYSVILLE, Pa.. July 2.—To
march through Duncannon carrying
two American flags at the head of a
small procession and then to display
one flag in the window of his place
of business was the verdict meted out
to J. Mii.ior, a Russian tailor, of Dun
cannon.
The verdict resulted because Mil
r.or was alleged to have asserted that
the United Stales was no better than
Russia, whose persecutions he had es
caped, and the the soldiers of the
United States were usually of the low
est type of manhood.
The charges were brought by fath
ers of sons who have enlisted in the
United States service, and who fur
ther allege that Milnor had been
making uncomplimentary remarks
about the national government
CANADIAN WHISKEY
SEIZED. OWNER JAILED
SEATTLE, July 2.—Seven hun
dred quarts of Canadian whiskey
were seized by officers of the coast
guard cutter Scout, and Carl Larbon
placed under arrest yesterday on tho
charge of deception in an attempt to
pass the customs.
FATHER OF LATE ALASKA
NAVIGATOR IS DEAD
PORT TOWNSEND, July 2.—Cap
tain William Calvin Moore. 85 fath
er of the late Captain Zim Moore,
pioneer Alaska navigator, lost on the
Admiral Sampson, died here yester
day after a short illness.
STEAMER ALAMEDA ARRIVES
IN PORT FROM SEATTLE
The steamship Alameda arrived at
8 o’clock last evening from Seattle
with much mail and the following pas
sengers: Harry Ash. Alex Smart,
Marshal F. R. Brenneman, W. H. Sea
grave. G. Gordon. W. M. Fry. She
sailed for the west at midnight
ON WAY NORTH
ON INSPECTION TRIP
Will Maje Tour of Ins|iection of Rail
road and Steamship Properties in
Alaska—Pleased at Great Volume
of Business Done.
SEATTLE, July 2.—Vice President
Baxter of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
sailed today for northern ports to
make his annual Inspection of the
company’s steamship and railroad
properties in the territory. It is stat
ed that Mr. Baxter may visit interior
points before his return.
We received by steamer Alameda a
fine assortment of fresh fruits and
vegetables, Keystone Produce Co. k5