VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY. 41 LY 7, 1917 NUMBER 158
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AIMES AGAIN
BOMBS RAINED DOWN
IX CROWDED STREETS
Greatest Raid Ever Attempted Pull
ed Off Today—Great Damage Done
and Many Killed and Wounded—
lnvadors Driven Off.
LONDON, July 7.—One of the
greatest and most destructive air
plane raids upon this city occurred
at nine o'clock this morning, when a
fleet of German machines flew over
the city and rained down bombs upon
the people for a quarter of an hour.
The arrival of the British aerial
squadron drove the invaders away,
but not until great damage was done,
and many killed and injured.
The streets were crowded at the
time and the first intimation of the
raid was given when a series of ex
plosiouj^occurred in the very center
of the cfty. Bomb followed bomb, the
people wildly fleeing for the bomb
proof cellars, but many being struck
down as they ran.
An official list of the killed and
wounded has not yet been completed
up to noon today, but it is believed to
be very great. This is fourth raid on
the city in the past thirty days.
PIONEER LADIES’ DANCE
A FINANCIAL SUCCESS
The sum of ¥5:5.15 above expenses
was cleared by the Pioneer Ladies at
the ball the night of July Fourth,
which was turned over to the Fourth
of July committee to help defray the
expenses. The ladies state they will
give another of their popular balls
some t^ne later in the fall.
HAIG MAKES GAINS
ON WESTERN FRONT
LONDON, July 7.—-Gen. Haig hit
the German lines today for further
gains at East Wytschaete, advancing
the British lines slightly according to
information received by the war of
fice.
HIDDEN WITHOUT FOOD
SINCE REGISTRATION DAY
CHEHALIS. July 7.—Alleged reg
istration shirkers have caused consid
erable work for Sheriff Berry and De
puty United States Marshal Secrist.
Many rumors ■ and complaints were
made but when traced down proved
of no foundation. Yesterday after
noon, however. Charles Kulp of Bunk
er was dragged out of the garret of
the house where he had apparently
been-staying since registration day.
He was brought to Chehalis where he
will be given a preliminary hearing;
before United States Commissioner
W. A. Westover Friday.
MARIPOSA SAILS NORTH
AT TEN TODAY
SEATTLE, July 7.—The steam
ship Mariposa sailed north at ten this
morning for southwestern Alaskan
points. Her passengers for Valdez
were: B. L. Johnson, Carl Neinie, D.
J. McCarkey, Mrs. F. A. Kidwell, V.
Enzenaur, Miss Rose Johnson, and
sixteen round trip passengers.
NEW YORK BANKER
BAGS FINE TROPHIES I
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J. Stanley Foster, New York bank
er, who has been on a hunting trip to
the westward with Ben Sweazy and
Martin Banbury, returned on the Ad
miral Watson with two fine brown
bear hide trophies.
Sweazy reports seeing more bear on '
v this trip than for many years, owing J
/io* the fact that the snow went off the
high hills early allowlng^the grass to
sprout above the alder line before the
snow was out of the trees. As a result
the bears stayed high up and could
be plainly seen. He estimates the par
ty saw no less than 50 bear during
the trip.—Gateway. ;
The steamer Admiral Goodrich ar
rived in port this jnorning' with a,
cargo of miscellanemi? freight for lo-1
cal merchants and the cannery.
GERMANS MUST
LEAVE COUNTRY
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A Mi MEN CONNECTED WITH
FORMER AMBASSADOR HARKEI*
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Order l»roniulsi*ted Today Notifies,
Teutonic Citizens Wlio Have Serv-|
e<l in Official Capacity They Must I
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l.eave I nited States at Ouce.
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WASHINGTON'. D. C.. July 7.—I
All Germans formerly connected ei-i
ther with any one of the Ambassadors!
or the various German corsutates in(
America have beeu renuosied to leaver
the Ibiited States at ouce. This is in :
I furtherance of the plan of the De
partment of Justice to prevent any!
I news of the movement of troops leak-i
i ing out. I
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j OFFERS WIFE POISON
DRINK. SHE REFUSES;
DRINKS IT HIMSELF!
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SAN FRANCISCO. July 7.—..Aren't
'you thirsty?" Albert McNulty, a team
I ster. asked his wife here today, after
ja domestic tiff and offered her a glass.
“I am not,” she replied.
McNulty drained the glass and died
i soon afterward. Physicians said the
I liquid was poison. 1
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|D. F. < OI.ECLOUGH FIRST
VALDEZAN TO REGISTER
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i Douglas Frederick Coleclough was
the first Valdezan at noon to register:
in this city, he having taken out card1
Xo. 1. It is to Mr. Coleclough's ere-'
dit that he is a Canadian subject, al
though having declared his intention
I of treetithing a citizen oi~ther~United
j States some time ago. He refused to;
I claim exemption from duty saying he.
I was ready to go any time he was chos
jen. Mr. Coleclough is a sheetmetalj
i worker in the George Mead Sheetinet-1
al establishment.
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WISH CONVENTION Wil l.
MEET ON .11 LY 125
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LONDON, July 7.—Tile British
| premier announced in the House of
I Commons today that the Irish conven-!
tion to deal with the situation in Ire
jland, would meet July 25 to arrange!
for tin- appointment of a chairman!
land preliminary business.
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j The. Moose will dance this even-!
jing. All invited. 2t \
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NEW CONGRESSMAN.
Thomas F. Smith, Secretary
of Tammany Hall, Elected.
Photo by American Press Association
Thomas F. Smith, secretary of Tam
many Hall, was recently elected rep
resentative in congress from the Fif
teenth district of New York, to suc
ceed the late Michael F. C'onry, at a
special election. Mr. Smith's victory
was overwhelming. He defeated John
Neville Boyle, the Itepubllcau nomi
nee, by nearly four to one. and Joseph
D. Canuor, Socialist, running on an
autl-war and anti militarism platform
by more than twelve to one.
“COATS OF ARMOR." USED BY U BOAT HUNTERS
••mm. iiv American Press Aaaoctation
Mem tiers of the na»«! militia at the Newport <E. 1.) naval training sist-no nave a new kind of life belt or Jackat
which they are being Inatrueted In osIna »nr the dav they will h» sent mo m hunt the treacherous U boat
SENATE VO ES
DOWN liMENT
MAXl'FACTl’RK OF BKKR
AM) WINK 1‘KKMISSIIll.K
Liquors Now in Bond Cannot be Im
ported or Used During Term of War
—Wrangling Over Important Mea
sures Goes Steadily Ou in Houses.
WASHINGTON*. D. C.. July 7.—
The Senate voted down the food bill
amendment prohibiting the manufac
ture of beer and wines, and adopted
another amendment prohibiting the
importation or use of liquors now in
bond, during the war.
Notwithstanding the President’s
plea that both parties get together
and pass this important measure to
save the country from the grasp of un
scrupulous speculators, the wrangling
over the food bill with its numerous!
amendments is increasing in bitter-1
ness, and there is little likelihood of
an early passage ot any food ligisla- \
tiou bills.
FORCES BAM
ENGAGEMENT FOUGHT
IN MESPOTAMIA TODAY
War Office Rej»orts That Newly Or
ganized Turkish Army and Russian
Forces are Engaged in Battle in the
Bistan Region ou Frontier.
PETROGRAD, July 7.—Russian
troops and the newly organized Turk
ish detachments are engaged in a ter
rific battle today in the Bistan region,
on the Persian-Mespotamian frontier,
says an official statement from the
War Department. The Russian army
is fighting hard to get posession of
strategic line of railways in Brzezany
and the Zborow sector.
“THE MISSING LINKS”
ft
AT EMPRESS SUNDAY
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' "The Missing Links” at the Em
press tomorrow night depicts the
home life of a rural community. A
son of the local justice elopes against
his father's wishes with the step
daughter of the village banker, and
a feud is started. The justice starts a
rumor which breaks the bank and is
in turn killed by the cashier of the
defunct institution. A pair of links
are found by the body and the evi
dence points to Harron the young
bridegroom. Howrever the mystery is
.cleared up and all ends happily.
FIRST ALASKA-BORN
CITIZEN TO ENLIST
SEATTLE, July 7.—Peter Korth.
aged 19 years, of Anchorage. Alaska,
has enlisted in the United States ar
my. joining the medical department;
at Fort Lawton, Washington. Young;
Korth. a fine, upstanding lad, claims!
the distinction of being the first Al
aska-born citizen to join the army.
His father. Frank Korth. runs a sheet;
metal works at Anchorage. Young i
Korth was born at a Cook Inlet set- \
tlement.
The Peter Korth mentioned In the j
above dispatch is the well-known Val-i
dez lad. whose parents moved front j
this city to Anchorage last fall.
MANY KILLED
TODAY’S RAID:
THIRTY-SEVEN KILLED
HUNDRED FORTY WOUNDED
Admiralty Announces That Three of;
the Raiders are Downed Before
They Get Away—Twenty-Eight
.Men, Si\ Women, Three Children
Victims.
LONDON, July . 7.—Lord Franch
announced this afternoon that during
the airplane raid this morning, 2S
men, 6 women and 3 children were
killed by the exploding bombs, and
74 men, 30 women and 37 children
were wounded. The admiralty an
nounced that three of the raiders
were brought down before they could
escape, two In the North Sea and one
in flames near Scheldt. The property
loss was enormous.
RECOVERS LOST MONEY
THROUGH AUTHORITIES
Private Proteus Brown lost $25 on j
July Fourth, while taking part in the
sports at the playground. C. B. Smith I
saw the man pick the money up and |
when Mr. Brown made his loss known |
identified the party, who refused to:
give up the money, stating that he;
had found no money, but had picked '
up some stage money he had thrown
on the ground. Mr. Brown placed the
matter in the hands of Marshal Wil
lard Scott, who took the man to the
court house and lodged him in jail
for the night. This morning he con
fessed he had the money and restored
it to Mr. Brown, who was much pleas
ed at the efficient manner in which
the ease had been handled by the mar
shal. The man was released after a
warning against attempting to retain
what did not belong to him. Had he
acknowledged finding the bills and
turned the money over to Mr. Brown
he would have been substantially re
warded.
The steamer Admiral Goodrich
sent out a call for men today to help
load ore at the Granby mine.
Don’t forget the dance tonight at
Moose Hall.
ROOSEVELT SAYS
MUSTWIN WAR
RUSSIA SHOULD RF.ND
KNKROIFS TO THIS KXD
In Address Last Night Roosevelt Told
Rassian Ambassador Slavs Should
Treat Kvery Incitement t’ivil War
as Treason to Humanity.
NEW YORK. July 7.—Theodore
Roosevelt in his address last night
during the city's welcome to the Rus
sian mission told Ambassador Bahk
metieff that Russia should bend every
energy toward winning the present
war and should treat every incite
ment to civil war as treason to hu
manity.
SEVERE BOMBARDMENT
OF FRENCH POSITIONS
PARIS. Julj 7.—Heavy artillery
lighting is in progress on the Aisne
and Champagne fronts, says today's
official statement. Early this morn
ing the Germans carried on a severe
bombardment of French positions
near Eauftaux mill in the region of
Mont Carnillet. A German infantry
attack was dispersed.
FORGIVENESS FOR FOE.
Belgian King Leida Children
to Pray For “Treapaseera."
A dozen children, lean from semi
starvation, raise out of their cellar
school near Fumes, Belgium, where
heat's of battle rubbish mock the site
of thousands of homes, and, going to
the shell smashed crucifix at the cross
roads, knelt to say their prayers. A
Belgian officer stood near. The chil
dren said their prayer as far as "For
give us our trespesses. as’’— Tbeu
there was silence. The Belgian officer
concluded the petition. ".Vs we for
give them that trespass agalus: us.”
The Belgian officer was Albert, the
king.
TEDDY" ACCUSES
SAMt'KL GOMPKRS AM)
KX-PRK8IRKXT TA.NGLK
Wliile Muting S|>eerii in New York
luist Night Tlieoroile Roosevelt
Stated Labor I'nlon Incited HU
Louis Riots.
NEW \ ORK. July 7.—Ex-President
Roosevelt and Samuel Gompers. head
of the American Federation of Labor,
came near having a personal encoun
ter last evening while Mr. Roosevelt
was making an address to welcome
to the newly arrived Russian minis
ter. Ambassador Bahkmetieff. in
which he charged that the labor un
ions had been instrumental in pro
moting the East St. Louis riots.
At tilts juncture Mr. Gompers arose
and approached Mr. Roosevelt, de
manding, “Why don't you investigate
the affair before making any accusa
tions?"
President Roosevelt shouted. "I'll
answer you now. when murder should
lie answered.” and brought his open
left hand, which was raised heavily
down upon Mr. Gomper's shoulder.
At this juncture many men on the
platform leaped to their feet and sep
arated the men ad mist a storm of
hisses and cheers. Order was finally
restored.
IN
HESSIAN ARTILLERY DRIVES
OCT GERMAN CAPTORS
Fure>r of Siaiiku Taken With All Ger
man Fortified Positions—Pig Ad
vance .Made on Western Front—
Mill :»KS Mas Been Penetrated.
PETROGRAI). July 7.—A gieat
battle is developing on the western
front near Pinsk. That city is in
flames and is burning fiercely, whilo
the Russian artillery is pounding
away at the retreating Germans. Ov
ercoming all obstacles, the Russians
have taken Hill No. 3SS, and have
penetrated thp village of Godov for a
considerable distance.
BULGAKS FEAR A
LIKKRATKD GREECE
GENEVA. July 7.—The semi-of
ficial Balkan news agency says King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria has been im
pressed deeply by the abdication of
King Constantine and considers it
certain former Venizelos will take of
fice at the head of the government
and that Greece will enter the war
against Bulgaria. King Ferdinand
therefore intends to go shortly to
German headquarters to demand as
sistance.
HOISTMAN BADLY
HURT BY SCALDING
While working for Deephole John
son. on Our Creek on Sunday. Bob
Serafino was badly scalded. The blow
off on the boiler became loose, while
Serafino was working near it. with
the result that the live steam burn
ed him about the head and body.
Mr. Serafino had just recovered
from a serious injury to his eye. which
occurred last winter, and now he is
laid up again. As soon as the news of
the scalding reached town an auto
mobile went out and immediately
brought him to town. Upon his ar
rival he was placed in St. Joseph’s
hospital. Today he was said to be suf
fering from the pain, but improving
slowly.—News-Miner.
Big Moose Dance
Regular Saturday night dance at
Moose Hall this evening. Good mu
sic and good time. 2t