VALDEZ, ALA8KA, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1914. NO. 251.
VOL. 10. _____
EUROPEAN WAR IS INEVITABLE
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GRAFT CHARGES
TO BE PROBED
Western Federation of Labor to In
vestigate Stories of Graft of $1,
000,000 Strike Money.
DENVER, July 27—The Western
Federation of Labor has commenced
to probe the charge that officials of
the federation had robbed the strike
fund of ?1,000,000. The money had
been secured by contributions to aid
the striking miners in the Michigan
copper district and some members of
the federation, especially the Butte
local, which, following the charges
of graft, withdrew from the union
and organized a separate organiza
tion.
It is now proposed to probe the
charges and to convince the mem
bers of the locals in all sections that
the money secured by strike assess
ments or contributed by voluntary
contributions has been rightly hand
led.
The convention will remain in ses
sion all of this week and possibly
next week discussing the labor out
look and planning for the future work
of the organization.
POLICE ARREST
SOCIETY FOLK
Ladies In Evening Dress Taken to
Station House In Patrol Wagon
and They Cry.
KANSAS CITY, July 27.—Many so
ciety people were arrested here last
night because of the refusal of the
owners of fashionable cafes to close
their places of business at midnight.
Ladies in full evening dress and gen
tlemen in like attire were forced to
take a ride in patrol wagons to the
station house. Many of them plead
ed to go in their automobiles and
in some instances this was granted
by the police, who rode with them
to the station house, where they de
posited a cash bail for their appear
ance later. The women were in tears
when they arrived at the elation.
The proprietors of the cafes were
all arrested and will be tried today
for violation of the midnight closing
law.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles .Crawford,
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Leach and son
‘Bill,’’ Mr. and Mrs. Ray Larson and
family, Mrs. Wendler and children
and “Goldie” went to Hazlettvllle
yesterday and enjoyed the day pic
nicking.
MOOSE PARADE
in joy CITY
CHICAGO, July 27—Twenty thou
sand members of the Loyal Moose
of the World paraded here today
while passing through this city to
attend the convention of the order at
Milwaukee. Two thousand new mem
ebrs will be Initiated tonight into
membership in the lodge, which now
has a membership of one million.
Orpheum Tonight.
Mining Copper In Utah, interest
ing scenes.
, Feeding a Big City, educational.
The Mesh Bag, excellent drama.
Ramatax; one thousand feet of ex
cellent comedy.
A
Austria’s Dismissal of Servian Minister Is Practical Declaration of War—Mobs
Parade In Vienna Demanding War—Germans In Berlin Insult Russian
Flag and Hiss Czar—France Will Aid Russia—All Countries
Mobilizing Troops—Servian Capital Is Moved.
VIENNA, July 27—Servla’s minister
was given his passports today by the
foreign office of Austria-Hungary.
This action on the part of the gov
ernment is equivalent to a declara
tion of war on Servia,' as the Slav
nation is not a party to The Hague
tribunal under the rules of which a
formal declaration of war is neces
sary'.
The war department immediately
set in motion the mobilization or
ders and the reserves have been
called to the colors and now more
than 1,000 men are under arms and
the full war strength of almost two
million will be ready in a week’s
time.
The troops are being concentrated
on the southern border ready to in
vade Servia and also large numbers
are being sent to Galicia to prepare
for a Russian invasion which is now
believed certain.
The minister of marine also or
dered the fleet in readiness and
twenty warships have been concen
trated at Cattaro, near the Monte
negrin border, to prevent war sup
plies being sent from Adriatic ports
to Servia. That Montenegro will be
Involved and possibly Greece is cer
tain.
The report was received today
from the border that King Peter bad
evacuated Belgrade and had estab
lished his new capital at Kraguye
vatz.
Frenzied mobs here paraded the
streets all night, cheering for Aus
tria and for Germany, the ally of this
country in the present troubles. No
thing can prevent war, as the pop
ulace are forcing the government to
act and it is doubted if the govern
ment cares to restrain the people, as
it is determined to carry the border
of Austria southward, taking a large
section of the Slav-Balkan states and
possibly all of Albania.
BERLIN, July 27.—Huge mobs pa
raded the streets here last night and
are again parading today, singing
the national war songs and carrying
ihe flags of Germany and Austria.
The Russian flag has been dragged
through the streets by the mobs in
spite of the efforts of the police to
stop the students. The Russian czar
has been hissed by the crowds when
ever his name is mentioned and the
crowds made a demonstration against
the Russian legation, but were forced
back by the strong detachment of po
lice.
The Kaiser returned this- morning
from Norway, coming on a fast tor
pedo boat, which landed the emper
or at Kiel, where a special train
waited to bring him to the capitol.
An imperial, council was immediate
ly called and the orders for the con
centration of troops given. The fleet
has also been ordered to prepare for
instant action. The troops on the
French border have been increased
and the reserves have been called
out at Met and Strausburg. Sever
al divisions . of reserves have arriv
ed and are being sent nearer the
border. i i
PARIS, July 27.—The French are
clamoring for war. The people in
sist upon aiding the Russians in the
present trouble with Germany and
Austria and mobs of frenzied French
men crowded about the Russian and
Servian legation buildings, cheering
the police protecting the German and
Austrian legation buildings and forc
ing the crowd to leave that section
of the city. The crowds cried:
“Down with Germany,” and much
anti-German sentiment is shown. The
military authorities have matched all
the efforts of the Germans in send
ing troops to the border and train
load after trainload has been sent to
Nancy and other stations near the
Alsace-Lorraine border.
LONDON. July 27.—It is certain
that Germany and Russia will be em
broiled in the Austrian-Servian scrap
and that the greatest war in the his
tory of the world is about to be
started. All Europe will be involv
ed in the fight, England will make
every effort to remain neutral. Or
ders for large supplies of war mu
nitions have been received at Eng
lish factories for immediate deliv
ery. The French have ordered the
purchase of millions of rounds of
ammunition and large supplies of
foods.
HOME RULE ADVOCATES FIGHT BRITISH TROOPS
V .--v/ /
DUBLIN, Ireland, July 27.—The
Nationalists, or home rule advocates,
landed 10,000 rifles near this city
■yesterday and the King’s Scottish
Borderers from the local barracks at
tempted to disarm the volunteers
sent to protect the landing and to
take the arras. An immense mob
joined the volunteers and the troops
charged them, killing three men and
one woman and wounding sixty oth
ers. The mob and the volunteers
were driven from the scene by the
Scotts and the arms captured.
Later in the day the volunteers
and the people nearly beat a dozen
soldiers to death whom they caught
in different parts or the city-, and
•many of whom were not connected in
any way with the capture of the
arms. The soldiers were brutally
ATTEMPT TO LAND 10,000 GUNS F OR THE HOME RULE ADVOCATES
CAUSES CONFLICT—TWO MEN AND ONE WOMAN KILLED
SIXTY ARE WOUNDED WHEN TROOPS CHARGE.
beaten and in several instances left
for dead.
Open hostilities between the troops
and the Nationalists is expected at
any moment now because of the high
tension of the public feeling.
BELFAST. Ireland, July 27.—Two
regiments, 1,200 strong, of Ulster
ites, paraded the streets of this city
yesterday.
This is the boldest exhibition of
indifference to the authorities yet ex
hibited by the Orangemen. The au
thorities were powerless to stop the
parading Ulsterites, who were arm
ed with the latest rifles and each
man supplied with ball cartridge" and
should the Brit'sh regiments have in
terferred the long expected conflict
would have been started.
Crowds of cheering Orangemen
lined the streets as the two regi
ments paraded.
LONDON, July 27.—The govern
ment is being severely denounced for
permitting the Ulsterites to parade
in Belfast while attacking the Na
tionalists in Dublin. Feeling is run
ning high and the overthrow of the
government is predicted.
LARNE. Ireland, July 27.—"if it he
not peace with honor, it must be
war with honor,” said Sir Edward
Carson, the Ulster Unionist leader,
in addressing the Central Antrim
Volunteers here today. “There is no
other alternative.”
Sir Edward declared that the Ul
sterites were not aggressive, but they
had told the government they would
never submit to be turned out of the
Imperial Parliament and by that de
cision they would stand. They would
win or go down together, but there
would be no drawing back.
As to the immediate future the Ul
ster leader could see no evidence of
peace.
MINERAL CREEK
HOUR FINISHED
Men Will Have Work Done Tomor
row Night—Have Good Road From
Bay to Head of the Creek.
Robert McIntosh, the contractor,
will finish the work on the Mineral
creek road tomorrow night, when the
fl.'fclO raised for the work will have
been exhausted. A good road has
been built from Hazlettvllle to the
upper end of the creek and no
streams are crossed below the Me-.
Intosb roadhouse.
The work was started on July 10
and the following men were employ
ed on the job: Steve Peck, Ottp
Mahle, Ben Seward, Harry Ober,
Chas. Mat her son, Swan Munson, J.
P. Simmonds, Paddy Marshall, JuU
us Jensen, Nick Mlshko. John Har
am, Harry Uster, Dad Gleason and
Robert McIntosh.
A dozen mines are now in course
of development up the creek and
many prospects are to be developed
this summer.
The guard room at the federal jail
is beipg repapered.
DEMOCRATS HOLD
TEXAS PRIMARIES
Nominate James Ferguson, Who Is
Anti-Prohibition, By a Small
Vote—Election Is Sure.
DALLAS, Tex., July 27.—The Dem
ocratic primaries held here Saturday
indicate the nomination of James
Ferguson as the candidate of the
party for governor. Ferguson is the
candidate of the anti-Prohibitlon sec
tion of-the Democrats and has se
cured a small majority over his op
ponent.
The Democratic nomination is in
most all cases eauivalent to elec
tion, as the Republican candidate has ;
littte chipee against such great
odds. It is now expected this year,
however, that the Prohibition party
will nominate a candidate and that
all factions opposed to the saloon |
will Join in defeating Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mlddlecamp are
up from Ellamar, having .arrived this
afternoon.
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S. Blum A Co. -sole agents for the
Pingree shoe.
NEW YORK CITY
TRAIN HELD UP
Boy Bandit Shoot* Two Men a* He
Fire* at Paaaenger*—Police Ar
re*t the Youth.
NEW YORK, July 27—Wearing a
red bandana, a youth held up the
New Haven express after it enter
ed this city, then rushed through
five cars firing indiscriminately,
shooting two men and jumping from
the train as it slowed down after
a woman passenger had puHad the
stop cord. The bandit fled iht<| the
woods on the outsklrt of (he city and
was persued by an infuriated mob,
who would undoubtedly have killed
him had they succeeded in making
the capture, but the boy held the
crowd at bay until the police ar
rived and took him into custody.
The police believe the lad is in
sane and that he has been reading
dime novels and attending the mov
ies until he became determined to
capture a train. Where he expected
to hide if successful is a puxsle to
the detectives as he had no chance
to make a get away.
Alienists are now watching him
to determine his sanity.
HELLO OIRLS
DON'T LM NICE
Threaten to Go On Strike if Mice
Are Not Killed—Manager
le Fired.
DORCHESTER, Mass., July 27.—
The telephone girls of this city vot
ed to strike if the management of
the company did not take some im
mediate action to kill off the hun
dreds of mice which Infest the. ex
change. The girls say they will not
stand for the continued frights in
to which the mice sent them, nor do
they intend to spend alt their time
jumping on chairs holding their
clothing high above their knees,
while the men employed in the of
fice shriek with delight and view the
scenery.
The exohange building is one of
the oldest in the city and the mice
have become so numerous that they
frequently run over the switchboard
and about the legs of the girls. The
officials of the company, when noti
fied of the condition, ordered the
I manager of the exchange discharged
and the immediate annihilation of
the little pests.
CUTTER BEAR
IN BAD STORM
Unable to Land On St. Lawrence Is
land—Continue* Way Toward*
Wrangell Island.
NOME, July 27.—The United States
revenue cutter Bear, which left here
last Friday for Wrangell island, has
reported by wireless that they are
near St. Lawrence island in northern
Bering sea and that a terrific storm
is raging, making it impossible for
them to land on the island, as was
intended.
The cutter is now trying to work
from St. Lawrence towards the Si
berian coast and then north to Wran
gell island, where the members of the
Stefansson expedition are waiting to
be picked up.
Supplies were to have been landed
at a cache on St. Lawrence island
for the use of shipwrecked mariners,
who often make the island over the
frozen sea during the winter months
and the Stefansson expedition may
come out this winter on the ice if
not rescued before the freezeup
FIRS! DIVISION
ROLDS PRIMARIES
Cobb, Who Was Working for Wick,
Is Defeated—Will Have Full
Ticket In the Field.
JUNEAU, July 27.- The Democrat
ic primaries were held at Juneau,
Skagway, Sitka, Chicagoff, Haines,
Treadwell and other Southeastern
Alaska towns last Saturday and at
all points a good vote was cast. The
delegates are all for a straight Dem
ocratic ticket in the territory and
also for a full territorial ticket at
the coming election.
A bitter and successful tight was
made against J. H. Cobb, the Juneau
attorney, who was named as a dele
gate by the Juneau Club at the re
. cent caucus, but who advertised that
he was for Wickersham as the nom
inee of the Democratic party and
would work for him at the Skagway
convention and after. Cobb was
knifed heavily and easily defeated
by the regular Democrats.
The Juneau Democratic Club has
declared for a full territorial form
of government for Alaska, a direct
primary, for a partisan legislative
ticket in this division and also
strongly endorsed the work of Pres
ident Wilson’s administration to
wards Alaska.
STEAMER EVANS
LEAVES_SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 27.—The steamer
Admiral Evans left here Saturday
night for Valdez. No Valdez passen
gers were on the boat, but a large
number of tourists are making the
round trip. The Evans will call at
8kagway on the trip north and
south as the Lynn canal port has
been added to the ports of call of the
Admiral Line.
Attorney G. E. Bunnell, Democrat
ic territorial committeeman, will
leave on the Sampson for Skagway.
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