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TROOR GREE
NATION HAS ENTERED WAR
AND CAN DEFEND IT8ELF
At Conference Held In Paris Yester
day Tlie Entent Powers Decide to
Concentrate Troops—Greece W'|ll
Place Army of 2.000,000 in Held.
PARIS, July 28.—The Entente
Powers at the conference held In
Paris yesterday decided to immtdi
ately withdraw their troops from
Chalcis, Piraeus, Thessaly, and Epir
us in Greece, leaving the defense of
that country in its own hands. Greece
has an army of two million men
which will be placed in the field at
the earliest possible moment.
‘ FEDERAL AID
TO SETTLE HUGE CANNERY
STRIKES IN CALIFORNIA
Tie-up of Fruit Canneries of Santa
Clara Valley, in California, Allows
Thousands of Bushels of Fruit to
Rot on Trees.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.—Pres
ident Wilson appealed today for Fed
eral intervention in the cannery
strikesNiere and in the Santa Clara
valley. Thousands of bushels of fruit
are rotting here for lack of labor in
the orchards, and the situation is be
coming serious.
PETROGRAD CALMER TODAY
THAN FOR MONTHS
LONDON, July 28—Dispatches re
ceived here today state that condi
tions at Petrograd are calmer than
for many months. Premier Kerensky
is working strenuously to bring or
der out of chaos, and is receiving the
assistane of the entire Russian cabi
net.
Mrs. H. E. F. King, who has been
visiting Mrs. Gus Larsen at McCar
thy the past week, telegraphed Mr.
King today from Cordova that she
would return in the morning on the
steamer Evans.
Road Superintendent Jack Ingram
passed Paxson yesterday on his way
to Valdez.
TEXAS GOVERNOR
INDICTED TODAY
ACCUSED EMBEZZLEMENT
OF PUBLIC FUNDS
Executive of Texas and Many Promi
nent State Officials Indicted By
Grand Jury Convened to Investi
gate Misuse of Moneys.
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AUSTIN, Texas., July 28.—Gov
ernor James E. Ferguson, and other
prominent state officials, were indict
ap* today by a grand jury called for
tne purpose of investigating the mis
use and embezzlement of public
funds.
CHICAGO SWITCHMEN IN
RAILROAD YARD STRIKE
CHICAGO, July 28.—The switch
men In the yards of all the railways
entering here went on strike today
for higher wages and shorter hours.
I “THE YELLOW STREAK” AT
THE EMPRESS SUNDAY
A five-part Columbia feature with
Lionel Barrymore as the star, will
be shown at the Empress Sunday
night. The plot lays with a young
Wall Street gambler who Is hit hard
thru the treacherous acts of his wife
and friend. He finds his wife in the
embrace of his false friend, and is
thrown out of his own home and giv
en a revolver with the advice to
kill himself.
Wandering down the river he sees
a girl about to throw herself in. His
shout causes her to flee. He goes west
and is befriended by an outlaw, who
Is afterward killed by a posse. He as
sumes his identity and likewise that
of a preacher who was killed at the
same time. He meets the girl and re
frains from robbing her for a kiss.
The girl's persecutor is killed in a
pistol duel between the assumed out
law and the gambler. The girl falls
In love with him. He returns to New
York and throws his raise friend into
the street, and then goes back to the
girl. She is waiting for him and their
differences are quickly forgotten In
a love that pays them for all their
sufferings.
PARROT SAYS SLACKER
WHEN TAIL IS PULLED
NEW YORK, July 28.—A parrot,
mascot of a battleship, trained to cry
“slacker” when his tail is pulled, was
enlisted today in the campaign here
for navy recruits. A petty naval of
ficer appeared on Fifth avenue with
the bird on his shoulder and when
ever he passed a man of military age.
pulled the bird’s tail. The officer
marched from Twenty-third street to
the land battleship “Recruit” in Un
ion Square and soon had trailing be
hind him a crowd of shop girls, who,
every time the bird shrieked "slack
er” made an effort to induce the man
thus addressed to fall in line and
enlist.
empress!
CAR COMPANY
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DEPARTMENT OF LAROR
ALSO TAKES \ HAM)
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Pressure From Federal Authorities
Too Severe and Car Company >laj
Be Obliged to Yield to Demands
of Employes.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2S.—
The Department of Commerce and
Labor is focussing its attention on
the Seattle streetcar strike. Secre
tary Wilson has been exerting strong
pressure upon the Stone & Webster
interests and It is believed they will
be forced to yield to the demands of
their employes.
L. L. Middlekamp and wife arriv
ed on the Tokeh Lou from Ellamar
this afternoon for a short visit in
town. I
KAISER VIEWS
MTROOPS
SEES GAINS EXTENDED
ACROSS SKRETH RIVER
Near Tarnopol Yesterday Km|ieror
William Watched Hi* Men Drive
Russians Before Them Beyond
Seretli and Bridgehead.
BERLIN. July 28.—Near Tarno
pol in the extreme Eastern part of
Galicia yesterday. Emperor William
watched the German troops extend
their operations, driving the Russians
back across the Dniester and making
gains at Sereth and Bridgehead. The
war office announced today that the
German troops are rapidly advancing
on both sides of the Dniester River.
FIGHTER IS SHOT
BYHB FATHER
A I, PAL/ER FATALLY INJURED
IN MINNESOTA TOWN
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When Well-Known Pugilist Goes to
Aid Mother Who is Receiving A
Keating at Hands of Father, Gun
Is Used By Parent.
FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota, July
28.—Al Falzer, the well-known pug
ilist, was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded here today when he inter
fered to save his mother who was re
ceiving a beating at the hands of his
father. Falzer pushed his father away
from his mother whereupon the old
man grabbed up a pistol and fired
the fatal shot.
Ll'TH KHANS RE-AFFIRM
IjOVALTV TO THE FLAG
OMAHA, Neb.. July 28.—The con
ference of Lutheran churches adopt
ed without opposition resolutions in
which it is declared “that the doc
trinal basis of the Lutheran church
as expressed in its great symbol
known as the Augsburg confession,
to which the ministry and the church
is obligated, in express terms com
manding loyalty to the government.”
It is further pointed out that the
laity is instructed in the small cate
chism to “submit to every ordinance
of men” and the Lutheran church is
is committed to those fundamental
teachings without equivocation or
mental reservation.
The resolutions close with a sweep
ing declaration of unswerving devo
tion to the flag on the part of the
entire membership of the Lutheran
church.
SOUfflFY EMPIRE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SAYS
GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENED
Recent Failures Hare Shown That
Soldiers and Citizens Committees
Cannot ('ope witli the Situation Be
fore Them.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 28—
Russiau military reserves have enor
mously strengthened the hands of the
government in Petrograd. according
to a dispatch received today from
Ambassador Francis to the State De
partment. The recent heavy losses
sustained by the Russian army have
shown the utter impossibility of the
Soldiers' and Citizens’ committees
controlling the soldiery, and have led
to a universal demand for stronger
discipline and more severe penalties
for refusal to obey orders and mu
tinies.
Russian officials, headed by Prem
ier Kerensky, have ordered all of
ficers to shoot down any soldier or
body of men who did not give in
stant obedience, and the recent shoot
ing of a division on the Galician
front has had a salutary effect.
NEW BOAT FOR PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND RUN
H. I,. Rider of Latouche has taken
the run lately vacated by Bert Coop
er when he sold his launch T. N. B.
to the Canoe Pass Canning Com
pany. The launch Della made her first
trip to Port Wells and other Sound
points at 9 o'clock this morning.
STRIKERS EMBARASS
THE PRESIDENT
COXTKXDIXG FORECAST GRIPS:
GOVERNMENT ASKS ACTIOX
Government Forces of State, City and
Nation Exerting Pressure on Wash
ington Strikers to Cease Humor
ing Donations.
SEATTLE, July 28.—The con
tending forces of the street car sys
tem, the lumber industry, and the
shingle manufacturers are still at
grips, with no prospect of an immed
iate settlement. The administration,
the state and the city officials are ex
erting the utmost possible pressure
on the contending parties to bring
about a settlement, as the cessation
of operations is hampering war pre
parations. If a sudden settlement is
not made the prospects are that a
long, bloody struggle between the
employes and employers will ensue.
GIANT BUGLE WAKES WEARY PLATTSBURGERS
Photo by American Press Association.
Weary and footsore after long marches and heavy drilling, the "tired business men” at the officers’ reserve camp ,
at Plattsburg, N. ¥., sink to sleep at night In well earned slumber, but not to oversleep, because early morning
finds the notes from this giant bugle ringing In their ears.
GLACIER ICE OFFERED AT
TWO DOLLARS A TON
JUNEAU, Alaska., July 28.—A
contractor offers to furnish glacier
ice, gathered from the water near Ju
neau, at $2 a ton to fishermen, who
now pay $6 a ton for artificial ice,
and $4 for glacier ice. The glacier
ice is as hard as flint, and goee two
and one half times as far as the
manufactured ice, fishermen say. The
furnishing of glacier ice as a regu
lar industry recalls that ice was al
most the first of Alaska's exports.
More than fifty years ago sailing
ships were loaded with glacier ice
from the Sitka neighborhood, and it
was shipped to San Francisco for use
there.
The United States government has
begun the posting of Ketchikan and
Seattle prices for fish in all the coast
cities of Alaska, the prices being
cabled daily by agents of the Uni
ted States bureau of fisheries.
VALDEZ PEOPLE ARK
MARRIED IN Jl'NEAU
Cyril S. Sterling and Robert L.
Scearce, cable operators from Valdez,
who recently passed thru Juneau on
their way to Sitka, at which point
they were transferred, while here
slipped it over on their friends and
were quietly married. The wedding
ceremony was performed late in the
evening and was kept quiet from
their Valdez friends and acquain
tances. The brides were formerly Miss
Nellie Dean of Valdez and Miss Anna
Mitchell of the same place. Joseph A.
Bazter and Miss Josie Johnson were
the witnesses to the ceremonies
which were performed by U. S. Com
missioner I. Burton.—Juneau Em
pire.
AMERICANS IN GERMANY
WILL GET ASSISTANCE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 28.—
Americans detained as prisoners in
Germany will get relief from this
country, the State Department an
nounced. The American legation at
Berne. Switzerland, has organized
the American prisoners' central com
mittee to work in co-operation with
the Spanish ambassador in Berlin.
SOME HELPFUL HINTS
FOR AUTOMOB11JSTS
Do not neglect the universal joint
because it is hard to get at. It does
a terrific amount of work, and must
be lubricated properly to stand the
strain and also to transmit power
without absorbing a great deal of it
through friction. As it begins to wear
it develops a peculiar thump, which
gets worse very rapidly.
Jack up each wheel occasionally,
and try the bearing by shaking or
lifting the wheel. If any sign of
looseness is apparent the bearings
should be adjusted. If the front
wheels are loose the play may be in
the knuckle around the king bolt.
So make sure where it is before at
tempting to adjust it.
Few people realize that a tire will
decay just by standing idle and do
ing nothing. Occasional use is of
benefit, as it keeps the particles of
rubber flexible. So it is well to put
your spare shoe on a wheel for a few
days every month just to keep it in
condition.
rry tne cups mat noia me enus ul
the spring leaves together occasion
ally to make sure they are not com
ing loose. If they loosen, the springs
acquire a side motion which drags In
more dirt, and so makes them wear
and squeak all the sooner.
Make sure that your front wheels
are in alignment so as to save wear
on the tires. A tire that is out of
line is turning one way and being
dragged another way. This soon
wears off the tread. The front of the
wheels should be slightly nearer than
the back—about half an inch. This
is because therer is a tendency for the
wheels to flare out as the car runs
forward. By setting them in half an
inch this tendency if offset, and the
wheels run parallel.
BIG BAND DANCE IN
MOOSE HALL TONIGHT
The Moose Band will give a ball
tonight In moose hall, in an effort to
raise money to pay for new instru
ments and new music which have
been ordered. The music for the oc
casion will be furnished by the Val
des Jass Band, which is something
entirely new.
SEATTLE MAN
KILLED FOR MONET
WEALTHY FARMER KILLED
AT BREMERTON, WASH.
E. A. Erickson, a Wealthy Farmer,
Well-known in Northwest, Found
In His Home Brutally Murdered by
Supposed Robbers.
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BREMERTON. Wash.. July 28.—
E. A. Erickson, a wealthy farmer and
well-known in the Northwest, was
found dead in his home near this
city today. He had been brutally
murdered, apparently for money sup
posed to have been secreted about the
house as everything had been pillag
ed and overturned by the robbers.
IARGE CARGO FOR
THUD
2100 TONS OF STEEL
KAHaS FOR NENANA
Steamship Juneau leaves Seattle for
Government Kail way Activities
With Steamship and Burge lead
ed to Capacity.
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SEATTLE, July 2S.—Twenty-one
hundred tons of rails, fittings, hard
ware. and a million feet of lumber,
all for the Alaska Government rail
way. left here this morning for the
North. All the rails with the excep
tion of 600 tons for Anchorage and
Seward go to Nenana to be used in
the completion of the Fairbanks and
Tanana Mines railway, recently pur
chased by Falcon Joslyn.
This is one of the largest ship
ments ever sent out of here for the
North, and will go to the Interior via
St. Michael and the Yukon River
route.
STORK LEAVES FINE GIRL
BABY AT SULLIVAN HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sullivan are
rejoicing over the arrival of a fiue
girl, born last night. The young in
fant is a fine specimen of Valdez fem
ininity and weighs nine pounds. Mrs.
Sullivan is doing well and “Harvey”
has grown three inches in statute
since the advent of his first-born. Dr.
Merritt was the attending physician.
LETTER SAYS HE WILL
BE HOME IN SEPTEMBER
Letter Dated at Etah, Greenland, in
November Is Received by Boston
Friends—Explorer Well and l.ongs
For Civilization.
BOSTON, July 2$.—Explorer Mc
Millan who has been in the vicinity
of Crockettsland the past three years
expects to return to the United States
in September, according to a letter
received here by friends. The letter
which was dated at Etah. in Novem
ber, stated that the party was well
and longing for their return to civi
lization.
Etah is an Eskimo settlement and
base for Arctic exploration on Smith
Sound, Northwest Greenland oppo
site Cape Sabine, used by the various
Polar expeditions commanded by
Lieut. Peary in his trips to the far
North. Dr. Cook sent in his first news. -
of his discoveries from this place.