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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1017 NUMBER 204
RUSS SOLDIERS
. PROTEST LOYALTY
^ ■State that They will Arrest Officials
Who Try to Deceive Them—
Cossacks Stand Firm
PETROGRAD, Sept. 13.—General
Kerensky is about to assume com
mand of all the Russian forces. The
Cossack troops, who formed part of
the army of General Kornllolf against
#*etrograd, have sent delegations to
the provisional government attesting
their loyalty, and declaring they
would arrest their officers who at
tempted to deceive them.
WOMEN SMOKING
MORE CIGARETTES
WASHINGTON. D. C.( Sept. 13.—
The cigarette habit among American
women is growing tremendously, ac
cording to the official report In con
nection with the International reve
nue statistics made public by the fed
»eral government today.
All previous American records for
the consumption of whiskey, cigars,
cigarettes and tobacco were broken
"in the fiscal year ending last June.
•The consumption of distilled li
quors Increased 26,000,000 gallons;
cigars, 900,000,000; cigarettes, 48
per cent and other tobacco 28,500,
000 pounds.
ENGINEER OEEICERS
GO INTO TRAINING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.—
Eleven hundred and sixty engineer
reserve officers were today ordered to
report to the engineer training camps
at. American university, Washington,
D. C., Leavenworth and Vancouver
Barracks, Wash., on September 5.
The total enrollment at American
University and Leavenworth will be
500 each, while Vancouver Barracks
camp will train 160 officers.
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Socialist Withdrawal Caused Erup
tion In Cabinet—Minister War
Unable Form Cabinet
PARIS, Sept. 13.—Paul Painleve,
the French minister of war, who has
been attempting to form a new cabi
net since the resignation of Albert
Thomas and M. Varenne, socialists,
has announced that he is unable to
affect a coalition with the opposition
forces.
' Cabinet Has Been Formed
PARIS, Sept. 13.—Panleve has
succeeded in forming a cabinet.
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ITALIANS REPORT GAINS;
. FOES RESIST STUBBORNLY
ROME, Sept. 13.—The Italian
troops, pushing forward on the Betn
slzze plateau, have reached a power
ful Austrian defensive line and are
now attacking it* the war office an
nounces. On the heights beyond Gor
izia the Italians made gains. More
than 1,000 prisoners were taken yes
terday. The announcement follows;
“Fighting continued yesterday on
the Beinsizze plateau. After having
overcome the enemy rear guards our
troops encountered and are at present
attacking a powerful line of resist
ance which had been previously or
ganized and which the enemy is de
fending with desperation.”
Mr. M. V. Fox returned from as
sessment work In the Mt. McKinley
district and Is stopping at the St.
Ellas. '
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ELEANOR OF BULGARIA
' it w DIED YESTERDAY
SOIFIA, Sept. 13.—Eleanor, queen
Bulgaria, died here yesterday.
Lieut. Faust at McCallum
Lieutenant Faust and party arrived
at McCallum at 5 o’clock last even
ing en route to Valdes.
CHARGING THE ‘ENEMY” AT FORT M’PHERSON
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Photo by American Preae Association.
At the iraining camp at Fort McPherson. Ga., ths bayonet drill consists of a mimic charge "over the top,” with
bags of straw to take the place of the enemy.__
LUXBURG GIVEN
aUE TICKET
Argentine Issues Pass|>orts to Ger
man Ambassador—Asks Ger
many to Explain
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BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 13.—Ar
gentine today sent the German lega
tion passports to be delivered to
Count Luxburg, the German charge de
affaires. The whereabouts of the am
bassador is unknown. Argentine also
demanded that Germany explain the
action of Luxburg.
SUBS TAKE TOLL
OF BRITISH SHIPS
LONDON, Sept. 13.—Twelve large
and six small British vessels were
sunk by German submarines during
the week ending Wednesday, Septem
ber 12.
TWO, SUSPECTED AS
AUTO THIEVES, HELD
SEATTLE, Sept. 13.—John Wilds
and Herman Nissen, mechanics, are
held at the city jail on open charges,
suspected of being the two men who
stole an automobile from a garage at
309 East Pine strewt several days
ago, and after driving it nearly 150
miles around King county, returned
it to the garage in a damaged con
dition.
TO TEACH FRENCH BOYS.
Mrs. William Aator Chanler
8tarta School In Franca.
In Lafayette’s birthplace In France
Mrs. William Astor Chanjer, In co
operation with other Americana has
opened up a school In which to train
French boys. Fifty boys will comprise
the first class, and It is hoped to
have 200 eventually. The lads will
later be sent to America to learn one
business methoda
ht ilh lit ■>.-Oll'lK HI,AST
MEANT TO KILli MINERS
BUTTE Sept. 13.—A dynamite
blast, believed to have been caused
by at least six sticks, exploded on
a porch of a miners' boarding house
early this morning. The explosion
smashed the porch and part of the
front of the building was wrecked.
None of the 20 persons sleeping at
the time were Injured. Glass in win
dows within half a block were smash
ed.
The police are searching for an
Austrian who had made threats
against the lives of many who are
working in the mines.
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CABLES COMPANY
('apt. Hhiouga, of the Wrecked Steam
er Kotohira Maru, Tells Com
■ pany He is Rescued
* SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13.—Mit
sui & Co., have received a telegram
from Capt. Shiouga and fifteen mem
iters of the wrecked Japanese steam
er Kotohira Maru, which went on the
rocks on Amachitka Island, one of
the Rat Island group, to the west
ward of Unimak Pass, that he and his
companions are safe. The Kotohira
Maru was loaded with silks and
spices and her cargo is worth over a
million dollars.
PASSENGERS MAY GET
THROUGH ON TRAIL
Supt. Jack Ingram of the road com
mission, reported that while several
places in the canyon were in bad con
dition owing to the recent high wat
er, that passengers could get through
without difficulty. Mr. Ingram states
that autos can get through to 11 mile
without difficulty, and that autos can
come as far into the canyon as the
old rock slide on the other end. This
necessitates a walk of but a few miles
between autos. The trail from Wortj
man to Fairbanks is in good condi
tion.
AIRPLANE MOTOR
BEENPERFECTED
Secretary Baker Says Product of the
Brains of Twenty American En
gineers is Perfection
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.—
Secretary Baker announced that the
present war has produced no^greater
single achievement than an airplane
motor just perfected by the govern
ment, and which Is pronounced to be
the best ever made by any nation. The
secretary says It is the finished pro
duct of the brains of twenty of Amer
ica’s foremost engineers.
The trail at Wortmans is reported
washed out by the recent heavy rains.,
No Permit Obtained to Send Four
Million Dollars to Nij>|Min
Government
SEATTLE, Sept. 13.—A shipment
of $4,000,000 in gold consigned to
Japan was stopped here today by the
federal authorities, on the ground
that no permit had been obtained
from the government to ship the mon
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PARTJN NOTE
Says Her Diplomat Acted as Medium
of Communication Between Ar
gentine and Germany
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.—
Sweden lias fairly admitted her part
in the Count Luxburg episode, and
states that her diplomat acted as a
channel of communication between
Count Luxburg and Berlin, but states
that Swedish Minister Lowen, having
had no part in the affair would not
be recalled from Argentine.
MOSLEM WILL
NOT Ffflff MOSLEM
Worshippers of Moliamet Ask to be
Sent back Caucasus Where Will
Not Fight Brothers
PETROGRAD, Sept. 13.—A divi
sion of General Kornlloff’s forces,
composed of Moslem troops reached
Tsarkoe-Seloe today, and General
KugushefT, a loyal Mohammedan was
sent out to treat with them. They
agreed to abandon all resistance to
the provisional government provided
they were sent back to their homes
in the Caucasus, where they must not
be forced to fight against the Turks
or other co-religionists. General Ker
ensky agreed to this proposal and the
troops will be sent home.
COAL MOTORMEN GO
OUT ON BIG STRIKE
SHENANDOAH, Pa., Sept. 13.—
Underground motormen at No. 2, 3,
and 4 collieries of the Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company walked
out on strike here yesterday, render
ing the 6,000 men idle.
New General Appointed
PETROGRAD, Sept. 13.—General
Bolnl Bruyovich has been appointed
Commander-ln-chlef of the Russian
armies to succeed General Kornlloff.
AVIATORS CLASH IN
AIR AT SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO. Sept. 13 —Cadet Avi
ator J. F. Lineman and N. A. Walsh
were killed today when their ma
chines crashed together in mid-air
and (ell In flames to the earth.
SON OF FILIPINO LEADER
IS GIVEN COMMAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13.—Ad
vices received here from Manila to
day state that Miguel, son of Aguin
aldo, famed as the leader of the revo
lutionary outbreak against the Uni
ted States following the Spanish war.
has been given a second lieutenant’s
commission In the Filipino forces
preparing for service in Europe.
MAY M OVER
AlASKAVESSELS
Shipping Board May Turn Over Route
to Canadian Vessels and Use V.
S. Ships Transports
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.
Testifying today before the House
Committee on Fisheries and merchaut
marine, Committeeman Stevens of the
Shipping Board said it was the inten
tion of the board to commandeer such
American ships of the Pacific Coast
and Alaska trade as could be used
as transports. He favored turning ov
er the Alaskan trade to the Canadian
vessels, permitting them to operate
along the coast during the period of
the war. The proposition is meeting
with much opposition in Seattle and
other Pacific Coast cities, as well as
in Alaska.
Schooner Captured Yesterday Off Kn
senada, Proves Kich Haul for De
partment of Justice
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13.—The ship
Anvil, captured off Ensenda da Todas
Santos, Lower California, was towed
back to this port. Examination show
ed the boat to be loaded with both
fleeing slackers and alien enmies.
Buck Hoyt and son Harry return
ed from Gulkana with his foxes which
he will keep in town this winter.
NO AUSTRIAN PEACE.
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Frank L. Polk Oaniaa Any
Nagoti^tiona With Empiro.
“With the^exeeptlon of El Paso,
more lies hare been sent out of Zurich
than any other place I know of." was
the comment of Acting Secretary of
State Polk on the report that the allies
were negotiating or expected to nego
tiate with Austria for a separate peace.
iPEOPLE FLEE
Fear that Revolutionists Will Take
City—Gen. Kerensky Hays Mu
tiny is a Failure
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WASHINGTON. 0. (’.. Sept. 13.—
The civil population of Petrograd is
fleeing from the city today, according
to a dispatch received by the State
Department and given out today by
Secretary Lansing. The exodus is due
to a shortage of food and the fear
that the city will be the scene of des
perate fighting as a result of the new
revolutionary movement.
Revolution s Failure
PETROGRAD, Sept. 13.—General
KornilofT, leader of the recent revo
lutionary outbreak. Is now prepared
to surrender. General Kerensky an
nounced today. The movement start
ed by the general and a few dissatis
fied military leaders has utterly col
lapsed. The announcement was made
following the issuance of a formal
proclamation declaring the senseless
i effort to mutiny by Gen. KornilofT
| and his small party of generals had
i signally failed.
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| FLIES IN PHONE STOP
LOOKOUT'S REPORT
EUGENE. Ore.. Sept. 13.—H. M.
Mayo, a lookout stationed at the sum
mit of Prairie mountain yesterday
telephoned a friend in Eugene that
files had prevented his reporting a
fire after Us discovery.
It is very cold «t night on the
mountain top and the insects had
crawled into the generator of his tele
phone to get out of the cold. The box
acted as a trap and accumulated flies
which finally put the Instrument out
of commission.
Mayo stated he has reported 100
fires since July 15.
DESTROYER SINKS
AUSTRIAN VESSEL
Letter Published from Seaman States
That Austrian Vessel Sent to
Bottom After Fight
NEW YORK. Sept. 13.—The New
York World yesterday published a
letter purporting to be from a seaman
on an American destroyer, stating
that his vessel sunk the Austrian de
stroyer Lulan in English waters, af
ter a fierce battle lasting several
hours. The American vessel rescued
21 members of the Austrian vessel’s
crew.
SEIT1LE PRISON
With Bible in Hand and Heavy Veil
Noted Shoplifter Walks Out of
Prison I'nhindcred
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SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—Using a
heavy veil and wearing a hat taken
from the matron’s rooms, and with
a Bible in her hands, Mrs. Edith Su
therland, under sentence to the peni
tentiary for shoplifting, walked bold
ly out of the city prison this morn
ing, the guards believing her to be a
prison worker.
Mrs. Sutherland was caught shop
lifting in a prominent down town
store, and had been given an indeter
minate sentence in the prison at
Walls Walla. No trace of her has
been discovered by the authorities.
She had escaped once before.
V. S. ARTILLERYMEN
REACH FRANCE
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN
FRANCE, Sept. 13.—A large contin
gent of American artillerymen has
Joined the expeditionary army here.