VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 175
CONGRESSWOMAN
DEFENDS I. V. W.'S
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SAYS RECENT TROUBLE IN
MONTANA CAUSED BY RYAN
Jeannette Rankin, in an Impassioned
Speech in Conferees Today States
That Strikes Were Caused by Pres
ident Copper Company at Butte.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8.—
Representative Jeannette Rankin,
from Montana, in a speech today on
the floor of the House stated that the
recent labor troubles in Butte were
not caused by Industrial Workers of
the World, as charged by prominent
papers, but were directly attrlbtut
able to the actions of John D. Ryan,
president of the Amalgamated Cop
per Company of Butte, who by dras
tic rules had provoked the men to
walk out.
Congressman Albert Johnson, rep
resentative from Hoquiam, Washing
ton, replied hotly to Miss Rankin,
stating that her speech was tacitlly
a defense of I. W. W.’s. and that the
troubles were caused by agitators
and Industrial Workers’ sympathiz
ers. He stated that Miss Rankin was
misstating facts, and that she knew
that the copper company had done all
in its power to avert the strike.
MILLIONAIRE DRUGGIST
SUICIDES IN ST. LOUISi
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8—Jordan Wheat]
Lambert, millionaire druggist and
widely known as an amateur sports
man, committed suicide here today.
No reason is known for his act.
ROOT SAYS AMERICAN
WOMEN SHOULD EIGHT
CHICAGO, Aug. 8.—Commission
er Root in an address here today said
the Russian women were doing won
derful work in shaming the men into
fighting, and that if necessary the
American women should follow their
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example.
ALLIED AVIATION EXPERTS
ARRIVE IN SEATTLE
SEATLE, Aug. 8.—Allied aviation
experts, headed by Col. Ress, of the
British Royal Flying squadron ar
rived here today, for the purpose of
investigating the quantity of spruce
obtainable for the manufacture of
airplanes.
NEW STEEL SHIPS OF U. 8.
TO BE UNSINKABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8.—
It will take two or three torpedoes
to sink one of the steel ships to be
built under the direction of the Fed
eral Shipping Board for the new
American merchant marine. Boats
will have no unprotected portion of
the hulls, and will be patterned af
ter the present day oil tanker, which
is practically immune against single
torpedo attacks, except in the way of
engine and boiler rooms. New boats
will have fuel oil tanks extending
clear around the ship from main
deck to main deck, and from the
front of the boiler space to the rear
of the engine room. If a torpedo
strikes her there and blows a hole
in her outer skin the inside of the
tank will act as a new hull to keep
.her afloat.
TRENCH GAS MASKS
ISSUED TO OUR SOLDIERS
PARIS, Aug. 8—Trench gas masks
were Issued today to all American
soldiers, and they will probably go
to the front at once.
Serbia to Move Government
CORFU, Aug. 8.—The Serbian
government contemplates an early
re-establishment of the seat of gov
ernment on Serbian soil. The first
move will be to Saloniki, where King
Peter and Crown Prince Alexander
have already established themselves.
Lajtet the seat will be established
near Monastir.
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WANTED—Men to ship on barge
den. F%!'rthijp to work vessel to Seat
tle. Apply to Captain on board. tf
, LOSES GREEK THRONE.
PH no* Qaarga Qava Up Claim
Whan Hi* Fathar AMIoatad.
Prince George, hitherto heir to the
tireek throne, gave up hia claim on bis
father’s abdication. He wds born July
II). 181X). He accompanied tits father
on his campaigns in the two Balkan
wars of 11)12-13 and since the summer
of 1915, together with his uncle tieorge.
has been engaged In propaganda work
In order to set the policy of his father
right before the chancelleries of the en
tente. Last winter he was reported to
have been in Berlin and Vienna on Im
portant missions.
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SAWMILL MEN AND EMPLOYES
MUST RETURN TO WORK
Washington Organization Tells Em
ployers and Employes They Must
Return to Producing Lumber at
Once.
SEATTLE. Aug. 8.—The State
Council of National Defense today
warned the operators of sawmills and
the striking employes that they must
resume work at ouce, or action would
be taken. The powers of the board are
most arbitrary and they are authoriz
ed to take any action necessary to
helping the government.
TWO FIFTY OKLAHOMA
RIOT||^^M2 IN PRISON
MUSKOGEE. £■&.. Aug. 8.—Two
hundred and\ft^pien who have been
resisting the draft have been captur
ed up to date, and many others are
surrendering to the authorities. The
Federal government will Insist upon
the death penalty on the charge of
treason.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES SAID
TO BE STATE OP UNREST
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 8.—
The Navy, War, and Labor Depart
ments of the United States govern
ment today appointed Joint commit
tees with a view to Investigation and
dispelling unrest developing among
government workers.
STRIKE OF VALDEZ BOYS
NOT BEEN SETTLED,
Organizer Alaska Egan stated to
day that the strike among the boy
and girl employes was still on, and
that the Packing Company had not
receded from Its position of yester
day. Mr. Egan stated that the can
nery had not been forced to close yet,
and that the fish were still running;
but he hoped to tie up the plant tight
by Christmas. In the meantime the
government's supply of salmon shows
no sign of diminishing, and Manager
John Emil is forced to use chinks In
filling the cases. The army is Rtlll at
Fort Llscum and It has not been thot
advisable by the council to close the
saloons or bring 'Marshal Scott home
from his vacation. We can truthful
ly say that the strike has been one of
the most' orderly ever conducted In
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RUSSIANS AGAIN
DRIVEN BACK
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1300 PRISONERS TAKEN
BY GERMAN t'ONQUERERS
War Office Announces Teutons Again
Victorious in Region of Fokshani
—Germans Driving Remnant of Ar
my Before Them.
PETROGRAD. Aug. 8.—The Rus
sian troops were driven back across
the Tyrladebus river in the region of
Fokshani. the War Office announced
this morning, with great losses.
Many Prisoners ruptured
BERLIN, Aug. S.—One thousand
three hundred prisoners were Cap
tured by German troops, which
stormed the Russian positions to the
north of Fokshani. it was repotted
by the war office today.
LARGEST CROP
OF CORN KNOWN
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WILL TOTAL THRKK AND
HALF BILLION BL'SHKLS
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Crop Bulletin Issued by Department
of AKrirulture Today States that
Bumper Crop of Staple Cereal has
Been Raised.
WASHINGTON, U. C.. Aug. 8.—
A bulletin issued by the Department
of Agriculture today states that the
corn crop this year will reach the stu
pendous total of three billions one
hundred and ninety-one million bush
els, the largest ever known. Wheat
also will be bumper crop, figures
quoted by the department indicating
that the total will reach twenty-five
million bushels over last year’s crop.
PIONEER KLOXD1KER DIES
IN VICTORIA YESTERDAY
VICTORIA. B. C., Aug. 8.—Thom
as McManus a pioneer Klondyke min
ing operator, also well known in the
Cassiar mining country, died here
yesterday. The deceased was one of
the first men to reach the Klondyke
after its discovery.
BODY OF WOMAN FOUND;
MISSING SINCE MARCH
LACROSSE. Wls., Aug. 8.—The
mutilated body of Mrs. Cora Miller,
missing since March, was found to
day buried in the basement of the
home of Edwin Heague of West Sal
em.
Booze Importer Fined
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 8.—R. Pat
terson, captain of the barge Chas. B.
Kenny, which arrived here yesterday
from Eureka, California, was fined
8&00 today after being convicted of
the charge of attempting to import
liquor into the state.
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GOVERNMENT TAKE OVER
ALL. AMERICAN VKSHK.I^
Shipping Board States That as Men
an£ Organization are not at Hand
to Work Vessels They Will be
Cl<»rtered Back to Their Owners.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 8.—
It was stated here today that with
lu the next ten days the government
would probably take over all vessels
flying the American flag, according
to plans outlined here by the Ship
ping Board today. At a meeting of
the Board it was decided that as the
Board has not the necessary organiza
tion and men to work the vessels,
they will be chartered back to their
owners after being requisitioned.
President Wilson took a hand to
day in the government’s plans to
regulate prices, and conferred with
the officials who have the work in
charge.
t’KKW OK SHIP DENIED
MEANS OK SAVING LIKE
Clothing, l.ife Kelts, and Boats Taken
Away and Put on Keck of Subma
rine, Hatches (Tosed, and Subma
rine Submerges.
LONDON, Aug. 8.—Four American
citizens lost their lives when a Ger
man submarine sunk the British ship
Belgian Prince. Thirty-eight of the
crew were drowned, and three were
rescued by a passing patrol boat.
Survivors says that the U-boat
shelled the steamer until it was forc
ed to stop, when the commander or
dered the crew to take to the boats
and go along side the submarine. The
Germans then removed the lifebelts
from all the crew except eight, to
gether with their clothing, smashing
their life boats with axes. The Teu
tons entered the submarine, clos
ed the hatches, and running several
miles out to sea snddenly submarged,
drowning all the men without a
chance for their lives.
England is seething with indigna
tion and is demanding that the gov
ernment take steps to retaliate.
MARIPOSA ARRIVES AND
SAILS FOR WESTWARD
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
port this morning at 6 o’clock and
sailed at 8:30 for westward points.
She brought the following passen
gers: Alvah Eames, George Barry, J.
C. Steele, George Zharoff, W. P.
Smith, Dan Ross, L. Bush, Mrs. M.
Bush. Her passengers from Valdez
were; Wm. Chisholm and W. E.
Brainerd for Anchorage, S. A. Hem
pie, Mark Gleason and live others for
Land lock.
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INSPECTS THE SOLACE.
Surgeon Ganaral Roporta Hospi
tal •hlp’o Condition Exaggoratad.
lianlels
Surgeou. "the navy
was sent to make a personal lnspec
tlon of the United States naval Iws
pltal ship Solace and other vessels of
the Atlantic fleet for the purpose of
ascertaining what basis there was for
charges contained in a round robin
signed by abffut thirty sl< k sailors,
who said that the Solace was Insaut
tary and that they had been subjected
to great danger of contagion.. He re
ported that the charges were not wel
founded
MAY SEIZE ALL JUNES
AND OPERATE BY STATE j
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Governors of States in Union Will!
Hold Conference for Purpose of i
Discussing Means to Lower Price f
of Fuel.
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CHCAGO, Aug. 8.—The Initiative^
was taken by the Illinois Council of
Defense here today in calling a con
ference of the governors of sixteen
States in the Union where coal is min
ed for the purpose of devising means
to cheapen the price of fuel, even to
the point of taking over the mines
and operating them by the state.
SLAYER OF GIRL
SOUGHT BY FOSSE
WENATCHEE, Aug. S.—Citizens
of Cashmere, a small town twelve
miles from Wenatchee, are scouring
the country today for a man who is
alleged to have brutally murdered
the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George L. Cloud last night
while she lay asleep In her bed. The
murder was committed while the par
ents were attending church services.
Two brothers were asleep pnly a few
feet away from the little girl but
were not molested.
The child evidently was struck on
the head with a blunt instrument,
the face and head being hacked later
with a blunt instrument, after which
the murderer fired a shot into the
girl's brain.
A man was seen running from the
place by neighbors, but they can give
only a meager description of him. The
citizens of Cashmere are deeply stir
red by the crime and all last night
and this morning, aided by United
States troops on duty in the valley,
have been searching the valley for the
murderer. No motive for the crime
is known.
ITALIANS BOMBARD POL A,
AUSTRIAN NAVAL BASE
ROME, Aug. 8.—A squadron of
Italian airplanes flew 160 kilometers
over the enemy territory today and
bombarded Pola, an Austrian naval
base on the Adriatic Sea, south of
Trieste, dropping bombs on the c|ty
for four hours, all machines return
ing to their base unharmed. D'Anun
slo, the Italian poet, was aboard one
of tbfe machines, Which was piloted
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LIBERIA DECLARES
♦MALL NEGRO REPUBLIC ON
AFRICAN COAST ENTERS WAR
Hate Founded by American Itiilan
tliropist to Colonize Negro Race
Fnter> War and Will Intern AH
German Vessels.
KASHINGTON. D. C., Aug 8 —
The State Department has been ad
vised that Liberia, the independent
negro republic on the northwestern
coast of Africa, had declared war on
Germany and would seize and intern
all ships or that power entering her
ports.
Liberia is one of the smaller of tho
South African republics, and lies on
the grain coast of Africa, next to
Sierra Leone. It has an area of 24,
000 square miles, and its capital is
Monrovia, also its chief seaport. This
republic was founded in 1822 by
American philantropists for the set
tlement of freed men who wished to
return to their native land. It was
recognized as a sovereign state by
Great Britain and other powers who
have aided it since in various ways.
The population consists of about two
million, and compulsory military ser
vice is a part of its government. It
ships cotton, rice, cassava, palm oil,
indigo, ground-nuts, yams, pineap
p.es, coeoanuts. limes and tobaccos.
". l.i- cii.m: 3 is especially fine and t lie
government i.- modeled after that of
iue fail'd .'.tales, with a president
elected hy the people, a congress com
posed of a senate of eight members
aid a house of representatives of
thirteen members elected for three
years. One additional representative
is given for each additional inhabi
tant by which the population may in
crease.
Beyond compulsory military ser
vice for all males between the ages
of 16 and 60 it has no standing army.
There is also no navy.
GASOLINE GI N IS
THE NEWEST WEAPON
Hl’NTSVILLE. Ala.. Aug. 8 —The
Qulck-MeLean Machine Gun Com
pany was incoroporated today to en
gage in the manufacture of a gaso
line machine gun which was invent
ed by Robert 15. McLean and Quick
of this city. The gun is described as
firing 800 shots a minute, using gaso
line as an explosive, and a gallon of
gasoline is said to go as far as a
wagon load of gunpowder.
STENOGRAPHERS AND
TYPEWRITERS WANTED
The United States Government
needs, and needs badly, great num
bers of stenographers and typewrit
ers, both men and women, for service
in the departments at Washington.
D. C„ and the situation in Federal
offices outside of Washington is
scarcely less urgent. The supply of
qualified persons on the Civil Service
Commission’s lists for this class of
work is not equal to the demand, and
the commission urges, as a patriotic
duty, that citizens with this special
knowledge apply for examination for
the government service. At present
all who pass the examination for the
Departmental Service are certified for
appointment. Examination papers are
rated without delay.
Examinations for the Department
al Service in Washington, D. C.. for
both men and women, are held every
Tuesday in 400 of the principal cit
ies. Examinations for the Field Ser
vice (positions outside of Washing
ton, D. C..) are held frequently.
Persons desiring to take the ex
amination are requested to call on or
address the Secretary, Local Board of
Civil Service Examiners, Office of Sur
veyor General, Goldstein Building,
Juneau, Alaska, or the Secretary,
Eleventh Civil Service District, Room
303 Post Office Building, Seattle,
Wash., for further Information and
application Form 304 for Departmen
tal Service, or application form 1371
for Field Service.
Fire Meeting Thursday
Fire meeting at 7:30 sharp, Thurs
day evening. All members must at
tend. 2t