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__ w_ VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1917 NUMBER 109
VOLUME XIV.__
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COMMISSIONER’S TRAIN
IS NEARLY WRECKED
Anarchists Make Daring Attempt to
Kill Member of American Board of
of Arbitration In Russia is Report
ed at Tokyo.
TOKYO. Japan. Aug. 1.—An at
tempt was made to wreck or burn the
train in which Elihu Root, the com
missioner to Russia, and party were
riding. According to a dispatch re
ceived here Commissioner Root and
party left Viatk. a station in Suberia,
twelve hours before they had prev
iously planned to go, and uncon-j
sciously frustrated the plans of a!
body of anarchists who had resolv-[
ed to kill the party by derailing and,
burning the train.
PROPHET OK BIG QUAKE
* AND EIRE SEES WAR'S END
LOS ANGELES, AUg. x.—Adolpho^
Cairo, who claims to have prophesied
the San Francisco fire, the re-election
of President Wilson and the elevation
of Theodore Roosevelt before the as
sassination of President McKinley,
today declared at his home here that
the war will end in October, when
Germany, being underfed, will sue for
peace. Cairo claims his supernatural
powers were the result of birth in
Egypt under the shadows of the pyra
mids.
Women’s Guild to Meet
The Women's Guild will meet to
morrow afternoon at 2:30 at the
home of Mrs. Von Gunther, on Key
stone avenue. All members are re
queued to attend.
ALASKA VESSEL
IS COMMANDEERED
S. S. SURVEYOR SEIZED
BY THE GOVERNMENT
Vessel Designed for Coast and Geo
detic Survey Party, Which Caine
Thrue Canal Recently Must Enter
European Service.
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WASHINGTON, August 1.—The
steamship Surveyor, designed for
use of the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey which recently left for the west,
appears doomed to never reach her
destination, as it is probable that she
will be commandeered for service in
Europe because of her great power
and great steaming radius.
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ISJNCREASED
PRODIGIOUS TO BE RAISED
BY INCREASED TAXATION
Beer Will l»e Taxed Fifty Cents l’er
Barrel Mure and Distilled Liquors
One Dollar Per Gallon—Incomes
Again Hit Hard.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 1.—
An inchease to total $208,000,000
in the pending war tax bill has decid
ed upon today by the Senate Finance
Committee. The increase on corpora
tions and normal incomes was raised
considerably as was the tax on in
comes exceeding $15,000 and over.
An additional tak of $1 per gallon on
distilled liquors and fifty cents per
barrel on beer will make up the ad
ditional levy.
BE RUT. SIMPSON WILL
LEAVE FOR STATES
Sergeant Monroe T. Simpson, who
was recently commissioned captain
In the officers’ reserve corps, receiv
ed notification from the War Depart
ment yesterday to proceed to Palo
Alto. California, and report for duty
in the quartermaster department in
the new cantonment recently erect
ed at that place. Mr. Simpson will
take the rank of captain upon his ar
rival. It is stated that Captain Simp
son and family will leave on one of
the first boats for the states. The
Prospector regrets very much to see
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson and family
leave, but .join with his friends in
congratulating him upon his merit
ed promotion.
Sergt. Frank Kidwell received no
tification on a recent boat that his
examination papers had been re
ceived and that his name had been
placed on the list for appointment.
SAY CtR S IE
II RESUME
STRIKERS ANI> STREETCAR
COMPANY GET TOGETHER
Arbitrators ill Strike Say that Ar
rangements Nearly Been Complet
ed Whereby Strikes May be Ended
Shortly.
SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—The arbitra
tors of the local strike, who have
been working to end the disastrous
streetcar strike in tjiis city and Ta
coma say that negotiations have
reached a stage where it can safely
be said that the men will return to
work in the near ruture. The com
pany has granted the men certain
concessions and the men have agreed
to give up the part they are striking
for. The conference is now deadlock
ed on the question of the right of the
men to organize, and the striking em
ployes refuse to consider any propo
sition which does not include recog
nition of the newly formed union.
It is believed that t7ie company will
concede the right to organize to the
men and that they will return to
work tomorrow or Thursday at the
latest.
CHICAGO SIB
GOTO WORK
SECRETARY WILSON ACTS
AS ARBITER IN DISPUTE
Chicago Railway Men Win in Strike
Against Railways Running Out of
Chicago and Return to Work This
Morning.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 1.—
Secretary Wilson, of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, having act
ed as arbiter in the Chicago switch
mens’ strike, announced todty that
a settlement had been made in favor
of the men and they returned to work
this morning.
ILLINOIS MAN APPOINTED
DIRECTOR BUREAU OF MINES
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 1.—
Frank W. DeWolf, of Urbana, Illin
ois, was today appointed assistant
director of the Bureau of Mines. Mr.
DeWolf is a prominent geologist of
Illinois, having been chemist for the
Illinois Steel Company, instructor of
physiography in the Morgan Park
Academy, geologic aid and assistant
geologist for the United States Geo
logical Survey, State Geologist of II
inois, and holding many other pro
minent offices in academies and on
geologic boards. He was born at Vail,
Iowa, in 1881. He is a democrat.
LONG ARM OF WAR GETS LAWMAKERS
Edwin Den by, former member of congress from Michigan, enlisting In
the marine corps as a private. Lower picture Is Representative Augustus P.
Gardner of Massachusetts, who has taken up his duties as a reserve officer.
BELGIAN COUPLE
ACCl'SKD OK KSPIONAGK AND
AUK SHOT BKKOKK t’HILDKKN j
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London Report Says Prominent Met- i
chant of Liege and Wife Arrested !
on Charge of Being Spies and are j
Promptly Shot.
LONDON. Aug. 1.—A dispatcli |
to the Wireless Press today from Am
sterdam says that the German mili
tary authorities recently arrested a
prominent merchant, of Liege named
Croneret, together with his wife and
daughters and tried them on a charge
of being spies. The old people were
found guilty by court martial and
were taken out and shot in the pres
ence of the two girls, who were pro
mised their liberty if they would in
form on their parents. The daughters
refused to affirm their parents' guilt,
which the dispatch says was not prov
en, and they were also executed.
SUPPORTS FAMILY OF
28 ON $2.50 A DAY
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1.—Mrs. P.
Aguilar, aged 53, wno lives on the
Corona road between Chino and Cor
ona, near here, claims to be the moth
er of more children than any other
woman in Southern California. Her
twenty-eighth child was bom yester
day. Twenty-six of her children are
living and fourteen live with their
parents in their small adobe house
and are supported by Aguilar’s mea
gre income of $2.50 per day.
CUBAN MAYOR DIES AT
HANDS OK ASSASSINS
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 1.—Mayor
Guerra, of Cienfuegos was assassin
ated last night, as Me was sitting in
his home, talking to members of his
family. He had been a strong anti
revolutionist and was instrumental
in the conviction of the recent leaders
of the Cuban revolt.
LEGISLATURE WILL
IMPEACH TEXA8 GOVERNOR
AUSTIN, Texas., Aug. 1.—The
leaders of the state legislature this
morning started impeachment pro
ceedings against James E. Ferguson,
the democratic governor of Texas,
who was recently indicted by a grand
jury for embezzlement of funds. Gov.
Ferguson was seated January 12,
1917, over a large plurality over his
opponent, and his term expires on
January 12, 1919.
WAS PRFSIDKNT CALIFORNIA
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BRANCH STANDARD OIL
l». G. Schofield. Who Was Formerly j
Head of Rockefeller Company in
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California Commits Suicide Today
—Ill health Believed Cause.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. — D. GJ
Schofield, former president of the
Standard Oil Company in California,
and a well-known politician and citi
zen, committed suicide here today.
He had been suffering from ill health
and despondency the past few weeks.
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WAR DEPARTMENT GRANTS
PERMISSION TO REMAIN
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Governor Mster Secures Consent of
War l)ei>artnieut to Have Federal
Troops Guard Industries of State
From Industrial Workers.
OLYMPIA, Aug. 1.—Secretary of
War Baker has granted the request
of Governor Lister of the State of
Washington, that the federal troops
recently distributed throughout the
state to guard roads, bridges and
tunnels from the activities of the In
dustrial Workers of the World, re
main on guard.
The many strikes in the state of
Washington, which is attributed to
the I. W. W.’s caused the War De
partment to send a regiment of Ore
gon troops into this state to suppress
the I. W. W.’s
BOY DROWNS IN ONLY
THREE FEET OF WATER
SEATTLE, Aug 1.—Emrick Nied
ermeyer, 11 years old, is dead here
today after drowing in three feet of
water in the Duwamish river. The
boy dived into the water and is be
lieved to have struck he head on a
timber embedded at the bottom and
was stunned. ( ^
NEWSPAPERS CLAMOR TO
HAVE INSPECTOR “CANNED"
The press of Alaska has evidently
united to secure a new postal inspect
or for Alaska. In southeast Alaska
two important mail routes have been
practically made useless to the com
munities which they serve by reason
of the activities of this inspector.
The mail route from Ketchikan to
Prince of Wales island points is now
being served by a gas boat at the risk
of life to crew and passengers. Sev
eral years ago Senator Heckman and
other influential merchants of Ketchi
kan subscribed and fitted up a steam
er for the run. Their request that the
post office department allow a rea
sonable amount for carrying the mail
on this run was denied.
The mail route from Juneau to Sit
ka was formerly served by the steam
er Georgia. Inspector Xeal caused
the contract to be cancelled and this
route is now served by a gas boat.—
I Juneau Dispatch.
('<>MMKII('IAL (1,111 HOLDS
l l» ALL STRAXGKKS
Parties Kntering Minina Districts
of Arizona Must Show Pa|«ers—
Armed Guards Posted On All High
ways.
BI3BEE. Ariz., Aug. 1.—Begin
ning today every stranger entering
the Warren mining district must
bear a passport from the mayor or
recognized commercial bodies of cer
tain designated cities if he wishes to
pass the civilian guards posted along
the roads in the region by Sheriff
Harry Wheeler without being sub
jected to a searching questioning as
to his business by armed watchers.
The duty of the guards is to prevent
members of the Industrial Workers
of the World or their sympathizers
from entering the district and the
passport idea was hit upon as a way
of avoiding unnecessary annoyance
to tourists and other reputable citi
zens.
Issuance of passports by the Doug
las Chamber of Commerce was be
gun today. At the request of Govern
of Thomas E. Campbell, Sheriff
Wheeler announced that passports
would also be recognized when sign
ed by the chief of police, the secre
tary of the chamber of commerce of
El Paso or the mayor of Tucson.
This will enable tourists traveling by
automobile along the borderland
highway to pass through the district.
Armed guards, some of them dress
ed in khaki and wearing leggings so
that they look like soldiers to the un
initiated. are posted at strategic
points along all highways and rail
roads entering the district. These out
posts are manned night and day and
are visited daily by Sheriff Wheeler.
Every automobile is stopped and in
spected. and the occupants question
ed closely. The various outposts are
in communication by means of tele
phones and signals.
The guards eat and sJeep in tents,
pitched on the mountain side and
have not left their posts since the de
portation of 1,168 Industrial Work
ers of the World members and the al
leged sympathizers. Motorcycle pa
trols also ride over the district hunt
ing for any so-called “undesirable”
who may have slipped by the guards.
A fund of more than $70,000 is said
to have been raised to defray the ex
penses of this elaborate system of
picketing.
Sheriff Wheeler has warned the
guards to keep a close watch for per
sons attempting to bring liquor into
the district.
"Whiskey," said the sheriff, “is as
bad as the ‘wobblies” for stirring up
trouble."
Russians Sink Submarine
PETROGRAD, Aug. 1.—The North
and South Agency reports that a
Russian destroyer has sunk a German
submarine in the Baltic by dropping
bombs on it and the crew of the sub
marine was drowned.
AMBITION OK GKRMAN
Rl’LKRS MI ST BK QI KNCHKI)
Secretary Lansing in Stirring S|»eecli
Says Gorman People Will Not
Throw Off Yoke of Autocracy Un
til Physical Might Triumphant.
MADISON BARRACKS N. Y.. Aug.
1.—In a speech here tonight before
officers of the reserve corps. Secre
tary Lansing, emphasizing the peril
of German imperialism to the Uni
ted States and the world declared
that the German people would never
cast off the yoke of autocracy and
militarism until physical might unit
ed the democracies of the world in a
solidary unbreakable, and the ambi
tions of the military rulers of Ger
many were forever destroyed. This,
is said, was the only way to restore
peace to a war-torn world.
NKOliO l-'IKXI) IS
LYNCH FI) BY MOB
Tl'SCALOOSA. Alabama, Aug. 1.
—An unidentified negro was lynched
near Reform, Alabama, late today
following and attempted assault on
the wife and daughter of a farmer
named Price.
Mrs. Price gave the alarm when
the negro entered the house and he
became frightened and made his es
cape. Later, however, he was captur
ed by two deputy sheriffs, but before
they could get him to jail an infuri
ated mob took the negro away from
the officers and lynched him.
Another negro who was a party to
the attemptel assault was not molest
ed by the mob.
CHICAGO ATTORNEY
DEPORTEDARIZONA
ALLEGED I. W. \V. IS
III N Ol'T HY CITIZENS
Lawyer llepresenting Deported Min
ers is Told to Shake the Dust of
the City Off His Feet and to Keep
Going.
BISBEE. Arizona. Aug. 1.—Fred
H. Moore, a Chicago attorney, en
gaged to defend the striking miners
was forced to leave Bisbee by a citi
zens' committee, headed by deputy
sheriffs, and is now on his way back
to Bisbee from Columbus. New Mex
ico. Governor Campbell has tele
graphed the officials asking that Mr.
Moore be allowed to stay in Arizona.
STREETCAR COMPANY DISCUSS
PROBLEMS WITH MEN
Believed That Eml of Strike in Seat
tle h> Near—Attorney For Men
Places Situation Before the Com
pany's Manager.
BUFFALO, N. Y„ Aug. 1.—H. G.
Bradley, of Boston, representing the
I Stone & Webster interests, and J. A.
Duncan, representing the striking
streetcar employes, met here today
to discuss the Seattle streetcar strike
and see if some agreement could not
be reached whereby the strike which,
is paralyzing Seattle’s business and.
industrial centers could not be end
ed. * ’ 1