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Train Attacked at El Palme, in State
of Sonora, and Thirty-Six Per
son* Are Killed
TUCSON, Art*., Jan. 4.—H. J. Poe,
of Los Angeles, and Miguel Martinez,
' of Nogales, both American citizens,
were killed together with 34 others
yesterday, when a band of Yaqul In
dians raided a train at El Palme, in
the State of Sonora. After the mas
sacre the train was looted and burn
ed. The hand is being pursued by the
Kurales.
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mother throws acid in
IN FACE OK DRAFTED SON
TWO HARBORS. Minn., Jan. 4.—
Allegedly to present her son being ac
cepted into the draft army. Mrs. Chas.
Ufagnuson, of this city, according to
the police, threw acid into the face
of her son, Arthur, yesterday while
he lay asleep at the family home. He
was rushed to a hospital and It was
learned there that he will not lose his
sight. Magnuson was to leave yester
day with the drafted boys from Lake
county. Constant brooding over the
fact that her son was drafted is be
lieved to have affected the mothers
mind.
NEW RECORD SET
IN «TOAL OUTPUT
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WASHINGTON. L). 0.. Jan.. 4.—
While several sections of the country
* actually are suffering for want of
<081, mines producing bituminous coalj
turned out more during November,
than in any month in history, the
geological survey reported today. |
'Jiieae mines are practically one month
ahead of the 1916 production and
if the present output is maintained,
production this year will be 9j>er cent
>n excess of last year.
The average daily production, the
report says, was 1,872,000 tonB. The
year’s output to October is estimated
at 502,091,000 tons._
ADMIRAL LINE
BUOEAMER
Freighter Northland, Formerly in Al
• Trade, Purchased by Pa
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ctflc Steamship Company
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—The Pacific
Steamship Company has purchased
the steamer Northland^ formerly in
the Alaskan trade, and which was
eunk at Kake some time ago and rais
ed,a year later. She will be used in the
Alp.Won trade The Northland is own
ed, by the Borderline Transportation
Co., of Ketchikan, Alaska, and is of
aaq tons burden, 140, feet long, 27
feet beam and 14 feet depth of hold.
She was built in 1908 at Seattle, Wn.
Counterfeit Dimes in Circulation
OLYMPIA, Jan. 4.—It has been
discovered that along with the Xmas
holidays several counterfeits of the
alee new dimes being Issued by the
government have turned up in Olym
J pia. Several of them have been pick
ed up. They are fairly good imitations
in some respects, but when examined
• closely, the workmanship is found to
t>e crude in many ways and they are
of a lead composition that eaily bends
a in the fingers. The public is being
warned against them and it is not
thought that very many of them have
lieen distributed here.
S ALIN A, Kan., Jan. 4—As a Xmas
present, I. A. Pribble, of Sallna, sent
& cablegram to Field Marshal Joffre
At Parle stating that Sallna had adopt
ed thirty-six French orphans.
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Fired at By Loiterers
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—Sam Brafford,
watehntap at the Pacific Coast Steel
. company’s plant at Youngstown, near
hem* reported today ha was. fired up
i ■ on by two loiterer* whom he discov
ered near .ttifplapt shortly after mM
* night la&M- Br*£ord WM lUflhprt.
Bator* hfi eontdfre his revolver In,
’ return, he aald. the fcaq.hsd fled.
[ BAKING OVENS OF THE FRENCH NEAR THE FRONT
Thousands of these new style baking shops have been installed by the Freiieh near their various battle fronts j
h. The Freud) system of feeding the troops Is unsurpassed.
BRITISH ADVANCE
SOUfflOF (S'
No change* Mentioned by General
Haig During Night-—All Quiet
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on Oambrai Hector
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LONDON, Jan. 4.—(Jen. Haig re
ported today that daring the night
the British troops advanced their lines
slightly south ot Lens. There is no
jfoartse in the situation on the Cam
brai front, although a heavy artillery
fire is being directed at the enemy.
EAGLES HAVE NINE
MEMBERS AT FRONT
The local aerie of Eagles, an order
which has always been noted for Its
patriotism, has a new service flag dis
played on its walls with nine stars
on it, showing that nine members of
this order are serving their country
and the order. This is the first service
flag yet displayed in Valdez, and the
probabilities are that before the war
is over the order will have to great
ly enlarge the field, as many of its
members are also registrants.
The launch Reliance. Capt. Jack
Stanley, will leave for Port Wells and
down-sound points as soon as the
present storm abates.
Wm. Quitch, mining operator at
the Alaska-Homestake, will leave for
the property on Harriman Fiord, with
a large lot of supplies as soon as the
present gale abates.
LOUIS J. HOROWITZ
Louis J. Horowits ipIgrlM from
Russia to Brooklyn 28 years ago, and
as a boy of ssystitoop began work In
a shoe store fsr-tEJM n week. - Now
he haa bean drafted from the. prasL
dency-of .a. Mg New York oorwtrwoMon
company to take charge of the facolan
ro(!«f work of. the American Rad
CrdSfr stupendous.undertaking. Mai
will act as a connecting-link between
.*•* Cross papimloriaaa abroad^, a^d
the organisation In the Un.ted Matas, <
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Head of Seattle I try Squad Arrested
Following Confession of Bootleg
ger—Paid for Protection
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SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—Sergt. George
.ConiBtotfk, head of Seattle’s famous
dry squad, who has been in the lime
light for some time on account of his
ruthless hunt for concealed liquor,
was arrested today by Chief of Po
lice Warren and Sheriff Stringer in
connection with the federal author
ities on information of a very sen
sational character given by Faulken,
himself recently arrested on a charge
of bootlegging.
Chief of Police Warren placed
Serge Jennings in the dry squad
rooms of the department, and as fast
as I he men reported they were de
tained, and before the close of the
day it was estimated that at least a
dozen would be in custody. SerKt.
Comstock was taken to the county
jail where he was held without ball.
The charges against Comstock and
his men are that they purloined
whisky by the wholesale following the
seizure of the stockand its storage at
headqv.arters; and the charge that
Faulken paid for protection, in some
instance the rate being more than
three dollars per gallon.
Chief of Police Warren said that
Faulken claimed that the dry squad
officers let the whisky come in con
cealed as auto polish, and that all
dry squad members were paid a de
finite percentage for protection.
Soldiers Arrive at Post
A number of soldiers arrived at the
Post last night, all of them from the
States with the exception of a man
or to from guarding the railway at
Cordova. Those arriving were W. El
lis, J. W. Abel, C. B. Anderson, Pri
vates Wade, Horroth. Koski and
Kahn.
.KX-CIRCUS CLOWN
IS SHOT TO DEATH
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KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. 4.—The
murder of Eddie Eckert, one-time cir
cus clown, who was dragged from a
closed automobile last night and shot'
through the head with a revolver in
the hands of an undentifled man, was
still unsolved today.
The spot where the killing occur
red is sparsely settled, but witnesses
described the assailant as a well
dressed man in a long overcoat, who
shoved his victim against a fence,
murdered him and than leisurely
irove off. About flve mlnutes later the
man returned and stooping over Eck
ert’s body said to one of,thp witnesses
who remained with the body while the
Dther. sought the' police:- Well. Bd,
1 guess you're dead.” - j
Just then the potto* automobile mi
seen approaching al$ ‘th^
UAH TIMK KFMCIKNCY IS
I’liACTirF.i) by i xm: ka.m
WASHINGTON. I). Jan. •»
War-time effie.incy is being practiced
as well as preached by the govern
ment.
President Wilson has sent to all the
executive departments copies of let
ters recently addressed by Secretary
Kedfleld to his bureau chiefs:
"Forget how things were done be
fore the war. eliminate red tape.” one
letter said. "We must learn, with the
Germans, 'that war won't wait.' De
lay is the kaiser’s ally.”
liaby Girl Born
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gaswell are
rejoicing over the arrival of a baby
girl, born yeslerday. Mother and
daughter are doing well. Dr. Silver
man was the attending physician.
Tlie Order of Alaska Moose will
Rive a dance tomorrow evening in
their hall. Good music will he fur
nished. and the Hood is in excellent
condition.
Olaf I .arson was a Valdez arrival on
the steamship Alameda.
CAMPAIGN STARTED FOR
FOOD CONSERVATION
Yesterday the first guns were fired
in Valdez for the conservation of food,
notwithstanding that other towns in
Alaska have been organized for some
time, and that the restaurants of the
city were observing meatless and
wheatless days. District Clerk Arthur
Lang delivered a stirring patriotic ad
dress upon the necessity of conserv
ing our food supply to the Ladies Aid
the Congregational church. For thirty
minutes Mr. Lang explained the ob
ligations of the pledge to the ladies,
and asked them all to assist in this
important measure. Mr. Lang also
delivered a short extemporaneous ad
dress last night at the Empress The
atre along the same lines. In the af
ternoon Mr. E. E. IUtchie addressed
the member of the Woman's Guild
along the question of food conserva
tion, atso explaining the alms of the
Food Administrator. Posters and
cards were received on the steamship
Alameda, and will be distributed as
soon as possible.
While many persons may not be
lieve that the food conservation plan
amounts to much, actual demonstra
tion in New York showed that over
9000 tons of meat were saved in one
week. With the whole nation engag
ed in saving, the amount of foodstuffs
conserved must be enormous. If ev
ery person in the United States saves
but one match a day the total amount
would reach 1,000,000 boxes. It is the
same with foodstuffs. But one mouth
ful saved by each person would reach
the enormous total of a half million
pounds.
It is not the Intention of the com
mission to intimate that people are
wasteful, or that they are not saving
all they can, but it is for the purpose
of. drawing their attention, to numer
ous ways wherein they can help the
government Win the war. England
has been forced to go upon a eompu}-.
eery rationing system; Americans by,
having caa wvetd much suffering and
tunger la the end. "
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ALASKA AGRONOMIST
BRINGS OUT SAMPLES
SEATTLE. Jan. 4.—Prof. C. C.
Georgeaon, agronomist of the depart
ment of agrlcnltnre In charge of work
in Alaska, visited the Alaska bureau,
Chamber of Commerce and Commerc
ial Clnb, where he exhibited some
samples of hybrid barley.
Prof. Georgeaon brought out 126
samples of grain of all kinds, includ
ing hard spring wheat. Siberian
wheat and hybrids, the latter which,
he says, grow with large heads, form
hard kernels and mature in line
shape. Spring Siberian wheat grown
at the experimental farm he said, pro
duced more than forty bushels per
acre. Beardless barley, maturing with
extremely large heads and kernels,
has a strong uniform growth. Hybrid
oats, barley with beards without hulls
above the kernels, have been produc
ed. he said, with heads live iuches in
length. Itye also matures with large]
heads. Alfalfa, he said. Is now pro
duced at the Kampart station.
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lirity Causes Recognition of tlie
Dolslieviki Government
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LONDON, Jan. 4. Recognition of I
the Lenilie government in Russia by
the entente allies is probable, owing!
to the premature discovery of Ger-j
man duplicity at the recent separate;
peace conference, and other develop-1
nients in Russia, so that German neg
otiations looking to a separate peace
fnay he continued. According to a cor
respondent of the Daily Chronicle af
ter the fiasco at the peace conference
anything may happen. It is known
that Germany is bitterly disappointed
over the failure to use the revolu
tionists, and the delegates have been
scored by prominent officials, for their
refusal to concede Russia everything
she asked for.
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A XTI-VI VISKt 'TIOX1STS
ARK I’RO-GKRMAXS
BOSTON. Jan. 4. A statement
characterizing as pro-German propa- j
ganda an attack made upon the Am-!
erican Red Cross “by so-called anti
vivisectionists" because the organiza
tion had given $100,000 to the medi
cal staff of the United States army in
France for research work, was made
public today by James Jackson, man
ager of the New Kngland division of
the Red Cross.
“Such research work," said Mr.
Jackson, “may mean the saving of
thousands of human lives and may
mean victory in the war. Only weak
sentimentalists who value lightly the
responsibilities of citizenship can be
influenced by such clear and palpable
German propaganda at such a time.”
HARRY L0UGHMAN
Whan the Germed* 0»at trench
mi a aallant held by American*
captured tan man, one of wham
Private Harry Laughman ef Chi.
•twenty yeere eld and
army ae eeen aa war
FIRE MENACES
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Quartermaster Department at Hobo
ken In Danger From Roaring
Blaze in Paprr House
HOBOKEN, N. Y„ Jan. 4 Fire
raging in a wholesale paper house on
Harden street is menacing the army's
quartermaster depot, which is cram
nied with supplies for the soldiers in
►'ranee. The New York department
has been appealed to for help and is
rushing to the assistance of the Ho
boken department. It is not stated
whether the fire is of incendiary ori
gin or originated from other causes.
I. \V. W. HIS 4XU NTRY
AND HIS SOl'Ii
SACRAMENTO. Jail 4. -‘The I.
W. \V. is my country and my soul. I
don't give a d who knows it: and
I am proud of it!"
Violently abusing the investigating
officers and shouting tiie above state
ment in tiie beginning of his examin
ation in tiie office of United States
Commissioner Martin I. Welsh, yes
terday. William Hood practically ad
mitted that dynamite found In his pos
session when arrested here had beeu
stolen by himself from the Pacific
(las and Electric company at Smart,
Cal. He said he shipped it by Wells
Kargo under the name of George Mes
singham. Captain of Detectives Ryan
states that there is no doubt that the
explosive was intended for the des
truction of the local plant of the Pa
cific Gas and Electric company.
Seven in Family laise Lives
GREENWOOD. S. C.. Jan 4 —Mrs.
J. L. Whitman and her six children,
ranging from 3 to 13 years, were
burned to death in their home near
here last night.
Coast Captain Dies
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4.—Cap
tain George Scott, for the last twen
ty years a bar pilot here and a direct
or of the Robert Dollar steamship
Company, died today at the age of
71 years. Captain Scott was known
to shipping men up and down the
coast. He was born in Scotland.
PRESIDENT EXPLAINS ACTION
IN SEIZING RAILWAYS
WASHINGTON. I). ('.. Jan. 4 —
President Wilson, in an address to
congress today said the demands of
tiie war made Hie seizure ofthe rail
roads necessary, and that compensa
tion of the war made the seizure of
the railroads necessary, and that com
pensation for their use should be bas
ed on the average net earnings for
the past three years.
CHECKERS AN1» OLD
MACHINES HANDICAP U. S.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 4..—
Ordnance officers “without apprecia
tion of the first principles of manu
facture.” are handicapped with ma
chinery 50 years old at the Spring
field government arsenal.
With this testimony, Fred H. Col
vin. editor of the American Machin
ist, told the senate military probers
today that an expert production en
gineer should be placed in charge of
American munitions manufacture. He
gave a strong impetus to the move
ment for the United States minister
of munitions.
Criticising army heads for spend
ing “too much time on non-essen
tials,” Colvin declared their failure
to decide small details kept workmen
idle in rifle factories. In one shop he
photographed workmen playing at
checkers on August 9.
“It was some weeks after that be
fore the rifle orders were received by
the factory," said Colvin. “I was told
conditions were the same in other fac
tories."
A letter he sent to Secretary Bak
er. outlining methods of speeding
production, was turned over to Chief
of Ordnance Crosier, who wrote Col
vin, sharply criticising him for sug
gesting that army ordnance men did
not know their business,
j ‘The foot Is," he- declared, “the
military men do ms -well as expected
with, antiquated equipment and small
training. They have not any appreci
ation of the first principle of 'mahn
fftCiure. They have machines that are
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