_ VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1*17 NUMBER 174
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL
ASK EXTREME PENALTY
Men Who Take Up Arms Against
Draft In Oklahoma Will be Tried
for Treason When Caught, Says
Oklahoma Federal Attorney.
MUSKOGEE, Okla, Aug. 7.—Uni
ted States District Attorney McGin
nis announced that the men resisting
draft in Seminole, Pottawatomie.
Hughes and Pontotoc counties will be
tried for treason and that the govern
ment will ask that the death penalty
be inflicted upon them.
Three rioters have been killed In
fights with the posses and a number
captured. There are still about one
thousand dodging the officers in the
heavy timber, but it is expected that
they will be rounded up and captur
ed by the end of the week, as the
backbone of the resistance is broken
POLYGAMIST MUST
OO TO THE TRENCHES
BOSTON, Aug. 7.—James Camer
on, a bagpiper with the McLean Kil
ties of New Brunswick, was sentenc
ed yesterday to service in tue front
line when his regiment goes into ac
tion, as punishment for confessed
polygamy. After his sentence Camer
on was returned to the camp of his
regiment at Fredericton, N. B. HU
commander agreed to see that 1 he
sentence was carried out.
TELEPHONE STRIKE
IS THREATENED
SEATTLE, Aug. 7.—A mas3 meet
ing of union electricians last night
voted to strike on August 10 unless
in the meantime the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company grants
their demands for increased wages.
* Unless sanctioned by officers of the
International Brotherhood of Electri
cal Workers as local union is not per
mitted, under union rules, to vote to
strike, so last night’s action was tak
en by a mass meeting which immedi
ately followed the regular meeting.
PRESIDENT URGES HASTE
IN FOOD CONTROL BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7.—
President Wilson today in a confer
ence with Senator Lewis of Illinois,
urged haste in the enactment of the
food control bill, stating that such
legislation was imperatively needed.
The president said the time was
not opportune to discuss peace nego
tiations with Germany.
RUSSIANS HALT TO
GIVE TEUTONS BATTLE
BERLIN, Aug. 7.—The War Office
announced that the Russian forces
have halted in their retreat ahd are
• preparing to give the Germans bat
tle. The Teutons are now advancing
between the Dniester and the Pruth
rivers.
Military Governor Resigns
PETROGRAD, Aug. 7.—General
Poloveseff, military governor of Pet
rograd, ?jr£o recently was severely
.attacked by Minister of War Keren
.sky for falling to put down rioting
in the capital, has resigned. General
Erdelli, commander of the Eleventh
army, has been appointed his succes
sor. ' *
minimum price of
FLOUR WILL BE *J2
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 7.—A mini
mum price of about $12 a barrel for
best grades of flour would result
with 8*minimum price* for wheat Ax
ed at $2 a bushel, as proposed In the
food control bill passed by the senate
Saturday, according to local flour
men. They declared, however, that
this does not moan that flour will
fail to that level. W. C. Edgar, edi
tor of the Northwestern Millet, Said
hb -did hot leek tor any immediate
" drop in prices. With the mini
mum (or wheat established, farmer!
pf the Northwest will be encouraged
to sow larger aettttds *a*t sgHnfc,
.he. said. "
FLAG FLOATS FROM
HIGH TRUE IN SKAGIT
MOUNT VERNON. Aug. 7.—A
beautiful silken flag, 30x40 feet,
flutters in the breeze from a tree 155
feet in height at headquarters camp
for the English Logging Company.
It was made by the women of the
camp, who preferred to use a tali
tree for a flagstaff. The branches of
the tree have been cut away, and the
flag may be teen from a long dis
tance, apparently waving above a for- j
est of fir trees, and commands the at-|
lentlon of those passing either by|
train or automobile.
NEWS OP GERMAN PROWIjER
KEEPS VESSELS HOME
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Navy Department Warns Shipping on'
Atlantic Coast That German U-boat'
is Lying Outside of Harbor of New
York—Ships Remain in Harbor.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—This port!
was closed five hours today as a re- j
suit of a warning issued by the Navy;
Department that a German subma-'
rine was reported to be prowling
around the entrance of the Sound. All,
vessels remained In port until notice
was given that the U-boat had left the'
vicinity.
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11 BILLION MS
TO BE RAISED
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WAR TAX BILL PROVIDES
FOR GIGANTIC AMOUNT!
Latest Estimates Favorably Reported
Today State Finance Committee
Proposes to Raise Two Billion Dol
lars for War Purposes.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7.—
The war tax bill, finally revised to
meet the latest estimates was favor
ably reported today by the Senate Fi
nance Committee, which proposes to
raise $2,006,970,000 by taxation.
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The J. B. A. Club met last even
ing with Mrs. Mark Gleason and Miss
Fredericka Dierling.
A RESERVE OFFICER.
Archibald Rooaavalt, Who
Was Trained at Rlattsburg.
Photo by American Preaa Association.
Archibald Roosevelt will be an offi
cer In Ufc anthers regiment If the lat
ter should raise one to (O to the
Trench front Aftfde **ent mhch of
his time last summer at the officer^
rseervo training camp at Platts burg,
It f. «4r M win dunied
to Uiaa Lockwood of Boston.
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United States Super*Dreadaought U*ah
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Photo by American Press Association.
The tTtsh la a 21,825 ton warship, 521.5 feet long. Her main batteries
consist of ten twelve-inch guns, and she has a crew of 1.014 officers and men.
MORE SUBS LOSE
THANARE BUILT
THREE MORE PER MONTH
SAID TO BE AVERAGE
Dispatch From Denmark City States
That German Losses Exceed Sup
ply Built and That Undersea War
fare is Slackening Off.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 7.—That
Germany is gradually weakening is
shown by a dispatch from the front
ier, which says that the Central Pow
ers' losses of submarines is averaging
three more per month than can be
built. The undersea compaign is gra
dually slackening and it is thought
that Germany is running short of un
dersea boats.
MING BUYS
RICH Off DEPOSIT
ALASKA MAGNATE WILL
ERECT LARGE SMELTER
Well-Known Oi>erator and Associates
Have Purchased Big Iron Ore
Holdings on Gordon River and Will
Build Smelter and Rolling Mills.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Aug. 7—D. C.
Jackling and associates have pur
chased a group of iron ore claims or:
the Gordon river, on Vancouver Isl
and. near Port Renfrew (or Port San
Juan) the first anchorage on the
northern shore of San Juan Strait
ust above Victoria, the price paid to
be a quarter of a million dollars. A
huge smelter and rolling mills will
be erected in Seattle to handle the
product of the* mines.
Col. Jackling is the' well known
Alaska operator and mining man who
has made a fortune in the North in
mining deals.
WANTED—Men to ship on barge
Gen. Fairchild to work vessel to Seat
tle. Apply to Captain on board. tf
WOUND INFLICTED BY
FATHER KILLS PALZER
FERGUS FALLS, Minn., Aug. 6.
“Al” Palzer, the boxer, died this
morning as a result of a gunshot
wound Inflicted by Mb father. Palzer
was Bhot through the abdomen while
seeking to protect his mother and ran
a mile and a half to the hospital. The
father was held last night without
bail.
The senior Palzer came home about
midnight in an intoxicated condition,
according to Al, and started quarrel-!
lng with his wife. Soon afterwards,
Al says he heard two ohms fa aa at
tempt to shield his mother, he was
shot through the abdomen and fore
Arm.
Mrs. Falser renewed b«B*t wounds
4n both arm/ Her conditions, how
ever, Is net eswSdeeed wtm.
NEAR MOT
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YOUNGSTERS STRIKE FOR
HIGHER WAGE SCALE
Valdez Youngsters Walk Out' Wlien
.Manager Emil Refusesto Raise the
Scale for Filling Cases to a Cent
a Case.
What may develop into a serious
strike, and.aven entail the loss of
much sanguinary fluid unless the gov
ernment intervenes, occurred today
at the cannery of the Valdez Packiug
Company when a number of young
sters engaged in piling cans demand
ed more wages, and upon being refus
ed walked out in a body, leaving sal
man en can scattered over the floor
of Valdez’ chief Industry. Manager
Emil is paying three-quarters of a
cent a case for packing, but the strik
ers demanded a cent a case, and the
casus belli remains in statu quo as it
were, pending the recession of one or
the other of the principals from their
position. After the strikers quit work
they stopped and are still out. It is
one of the most embarrassing posi
tions our city has ever beeu placed
in, and will undoubtedly cause much
stricture of the activities of the Val
dez I. W. W.’s by Seattle papers.
Investigation by the authorities
failed to uncover any lack of patriot
ism or Anarchist plot in the strike,
and Alaska Egan, prime mover in the
attempt to reduce the high cost of
living disclaimed any attempt to
help the kaiser to tie up Valdez’
main industry. The boys wired the
President that troops were unneces
sary as they would see that order
was maintained among the strikers,
many of whom had already left for
the old swimming hole by the dike.
Manager Emil, realizing the ser
iousness of the situation, and aware
of the fact that the city marshal was
at Gulkana and could afford him no
protection, tried to induce the boys
to return to work, but under Alaska
Egan’s Arm dominance they refused
to even consider returning until their
demands were granted. After keep
ing the wires hot conferring with the
authorities at Washington, and be
lieving that the best interests of the
city demanded the prompt suppres
sion of any I. W. W. tendencies Mr.
Emil agreed to give the boys a good
lunch provided they work overtime
but his demands were refused, yea,
even spurned. At a late hour today
the strikers were holding firm in
their demands, and the end is not
yet. If’ the six o’clock gun fails to
ring at Fort Liscum tonight it will
be because the army is guarding the
cannery.
Captain Brown, of the barge Gen.
Fairchild, lying at the Granby mine,
Is looking for three men to ship on
board that vessel to help work her to
Seattle. This offers an excellent op
portunity for a man desiring to get
to the states and draw money for it.
as the pay is good and the jprork re
quires nb other skill as a seaman than
a trick at the wheel.
The glacier stream la. unite high
near the two-mMe poet, and a hody of
men are working on the road at that
n*ne#
ENTIRE FREIGHT TRAIN
BURNS IN CALIFORNIA
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BANNING, Cal., Aug. 7.—An en
tire Southern Pacific freight train of,
twenty-eight care was destroyed by
fire resalting from a wreck in which
two brakemen were killed near here,
railroad officials reported today. The
train was made up of fifteen loaded
tank cars and thirteen box cars fill
ed with barley. Fire from the wreck
ed locomotive Ignited the oil in the
tank cars, the burning oil also spread-,
Ing to nearby orchards, destroying
nearly 100 aores of apple trees.
DECISION REACHED AT
SPECIAL MEETING CABINET
Declaration of War Against Central
Powers Expected From Chinese
President Approves Action of Mon
golian Ministry.
PEKING, Aug. 7.—Acting- Presi
dent Feng Kwo Chang today approv
ed the unanimous decision reached at
a special meeting of the Chinese cabi
net to declare war on Germany and
Austria. The declaration is expected
to be Issued this week.
THREE HUNDRED KILLED
BY EXPLOSION IN GERMANY
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 7.—A dis
patch from the German frontier
states that three huudred persons
were killed by an explosion in the
Hemmlngsdorff munitions factory.
MINISTER ARRESTED FOR
BURNING HIS OWN HOME
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 7.—Rev.
G. B. Dye., who says he is pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Mount
Vernon, O.. is at liberty under $1,000
cash bond here today, having been
arrested Tuesday on the charge of
setting fire Friday night to a dwelling
belonging to him here to collect'
$2,500 insurance.
George Clark, wno lives near the
Dye dwelling, said he saw a man run
ning from the burning building on
the night of the fire and later iden
tified Rev. Dye, police assert. Rev.
Dye asserts his innocence and says
he did not arrive in Portland fromi
Ohio until Saturday morning. Fire
men said the fire was started in five
different places.
VICTOR IN BELGIUM.
General Wumer, In Charge
of Successful British Troope.
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‘TaU q—>ral Pluaaer —4 the Second
enajr hew proud we are of this achieve
amy wm driven out at strongly on
trenched positions wldch had bean held
bjr him for two and a half yaara.** said
tha aaceaaafal attack od Massines ridge.
Belgium. Oeaaral Sir Barbdat Ohanae
Onslow nsmar la a veteran oricer wtth
h MBdhhaMeC aarvtca ha tha Sudan
spdSaAfc^-a.
SECOND DRAFT
BE NECESSARY
KXKMPTION CLAIMS
ASTONISH DRAFT BOARDS
In Order that Seattle and King Coun
ty May Finnish Their Quota of Men
Second Drawing WUl Take Place—
Three-Fourths Refuse to fight.
SEATTLE, Aug. 7.—The unex
pected number of claims (or exemp
tion among those drawn (or military
service, will make it necessary that
a second contingent be drawn (or ex
amination, according to the members
of the examining board, in order that
Seattle and King County may furnish
their quota (or the new national ar
my. Federal officers here the astound
ed at the unusually large number of
young men who ask to be excused
(rom military duty, and a grave is
sue is opened by the stand taken by
the conscripts.
Three-Fourths Exempt
SEATTLE, Aug. 7.—Examining of
ficers state that nearly three-fourths
of those examined here Saturday and
yesterday claim exemption from mili
tary service and that some means will
have to be devised to compel a large
number of men drawn to serve.
Army Called In Increments
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 7.—
It v*.*'s announced here today that the
i e\; army will be railed in iucre
l '.onts and rc* by units.
PREACHER ARRESTED
AS AN ALIEN ENEMY
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 7. —Rev. Geo.
W. Kranleidis, a German Lutheran
preacher, was arrested today at Rlv
erlale. Neb., by the United States
marshal as an alien enemy of the Uni
ted States and will be interned until
the close of the war. Kranleidis is
charged with having made threats
against members of his congregation
who hoisted an American flag over
the church and with having firearms
in his possession.
BLUEJACKET THE FIRST
AMERICAN BURIED ABROAD
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 7.—
An official dispatch from Paris made
public last night says that Luis Rein
hardt, a bluejacket, was the first
American sailor to be buried abroad
during the war with Germany.
Reinhardt was lost overboard from
his ship at a French port and his
body, recovered four days later, was
buried with military honors in a lit
tle village graveyard.
PEOPLE BEING "GOUGED"
BY AMERICAN FLAG MAKERS
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 7.—
Legislation to protect the public
against unreasonable prices for
American flags was urged in a report
to the senate today ny the federal
trade commission, which has investi
gated charges of "gouging” by deal- '
era made at the time the United
States entered the war. The commis
sion reported that the recent rise in
prices was due to unprecedented de
mand and attempts by an associa
tion of flag makers to fix prices. The
company has ordered proceedings to
stop attempts recently made to fix a
new standard at 100 per cent above
old prices as means of guarding the
probable decline in the market when
the supply again overtakes the de
mand.
BOY SHOOTS FATHER
FOR BEATING MOTHER
ODEBOLDT, Iowa, Aug. 7.—John
Zeigham, Jr., a Sac county farmer,
was killed yesterday by his son, Leo,
aged 18,-after the father, it is alleg
ed, had beaten his mother. The shoot
ing occurred at the Zeigham home,
five miles southeast of here in the
presence of other members of the
family. The lad ptoked up a rifle and
fired a ballet Into his father's body.
The latter staggered from the sitting
room into the kltchpa and Ml dead.
The boy fled and oBcers are unable
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