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VOLUME XIV. . VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917 . NUMBER 200
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Removal of Negro Rioters And Other
Soldiers Brings Relief to the
Scene of Outbreak
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 8.—
Though Houston generally breathed
distinct relief tonight that martial
law will end tomorrow and that the
rioting negroes of the Twenty-fourth
infantry are no longer in a position
to cause further trouble, county of
ficials expressed resentment that the
men should have been taken from
their authority.
"The fact that they were removed
to Columbus, N. M„ does not mean
that we will not ultimately take a
hand in their punishment," said Dis
trict Attorney John H. Crooker.
Evidence of the Intention of the
local officials not to let the matter
drop with the departure of the color
ed infantrymen for Columbus was
contained this afternoon in the ac
tion of the Harris county grand jury,
which retained murder indictments
against the thirty-four and six others
who had not been arrested.
Thousands today paid special tri
bute to Captain J. W. Mattes when
his casket, placed on a truck and
mantled by the colors, was taken to
the station to be sent to Chicago. Cap
tain Mattes was shot down as he ap
roached the scene of the disturbance
in a police officer’s automobile.
Indications are that there will be
no more deaths as a result of the
shooting and that the total casualties
will stand as they were yesterday
counted, seventeen dead and twenty
one wounded.
Colonel George O. Cress, inspector
general of the Southern department,
arrived today and began to take data
on the shooting.
A tour of the city and conferences
> with General Hulen and others quick
luy convinced General Bell that the
additional troops rushed here from
Fort Sam Houston, at San Antonio,
and Fort Crockett, at Galveston, were
no longer needed. They were sent
back to their stations this afternoon.
K01L0FF my
REDICTATOR
Dispatch to London Palters Indicate
That General Will Soon Estab
lish Absolute Rule
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—A cable
Sunday from Russians in London
states that General Korniloff will
soon become absolute dictator to Rus
sia.
NO WAR FOR HIM;
AFRAID OF A UNIFORM
MONTESANO, Sept. 8.—He drove
up to the court house in a Ford char
iot that was only less resplendent
than his purple necktie and red
socks. His clothing was as loud as
is ever sold over a country counter.
His shoes were polished tan and he
smoked a gold-tipped cigarette as he
waited for his number to be called
by the exempton board. •
The doctors couldn’t find anything
the matter with him and gave him a
certificate to prove it. This he pres
ented to the exemption board clerk
along with a clipping from a pink
newspaper saying: _
“I am an Indian, unmarried, from
the Oakville reservation. I claim ex
emption on the grounds set forth In
this article.”
“Uncle Sam Decides Poor Lo’s
Limbs Must Remain Unconflned.”
The article went on to say that the
war department had decided not to
call the "blanket Indians” into ser
vice, believing they would be awk
ward in uniforms and of little ser
vice in trench warfare. When the ex
emption clerk shook her head the
dandy Indian expostulated with her.
He declared he would feel cramped
in a uniform, that he was entitled to
exemption, and must Insist upon hav
ing it.
The local board has decided the
cramped copper brother must tell it
to the district board.
GIRL PASSES AS
MAN FOR YEARS
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 8.—When
the call came lor registration June
5, Harry Hoffman, aged 30, whose
real name is Lillian Myers, registered.
Failure to appear for examination
caused her detenton by police. Today
she broke down and confessed that
for the past ten years she had been
masquerading in male attire. During
these years she has worked as a soda
fountain attter.dant, ice wagon driv
er, grocery clerk and mover—always
as a man.
AIM RAILROAD
UPJNTRE AIR
Secretary I«ane Says Owing to High
Cost of Ijabor and Material Work
May be Sus|>ended
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 8.—
Secretary Lane today advised the
House Committee on Appropriations
that owing to the high cost of labor
and materials incident to the war. it
was a queston as to whether it would
not be inadvisable to complete the
Alaska railroad through the Susitna
valley this year. He Intimated that it
might be advisable to merely connect
up the Matanuska coal fields with
Seward, or else connect up the fields
with Nenana so that the coal fields
could be made available for Fair
banks district. He said that a special
committee was now investigating and
would soon make their report, when
the question of completing the road
under present conditions would be
decided upon.
Commissioner Edes and party have
just returned to Seward after making
a trip to Nenana.
ARE DEPRIVED
OF CITIZENSHIPi
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Conscientious Objectors to Military!
Service in Canada Will IjOso ,
All Eights
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OTTAWA, Sept. S.—Persons claim- j
ing exemption from military service:
under the conscription act because
of conscientious scruples against war.
are made men “without a country”
under the terms of the new franchise
bill now before parliament, and which
will undoubtedly pass. These consci
entious objectors, under the terms of
the bill are deprived of practically
all the rights of citizenshp.
RUSSIAN GENERAL
WILL BE EXILED
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—General
Gurko, ex-commander of the south
western front, recently arrested for
expressons of loyalty to the emperor
after the revolution, is to be sent
abroad, it is announced under a new
law enabling the government to ex
pel persons regarded as dangerous
to the welfare of the country.
CARDINAL ORDERED
TO LEAVE PORTUGAL
LISBON, Sept. 8.—Cardinal Men
des Bello, the patriarch of Lisbon,
has been given five days by the Portu
guese government to leave the capi
tal. A decree issued today forbids the
cardnal to reside in Lisbon or the
suburbs for one year.
HENRY FORD’S SON
DENIED EXEMPTION
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 8.—Edsel
Fordf son of Henry Ford, the Alto
manufacturer, was examined by a lo
cal draft board yesterday and it was
announced he passed the physical
tests. Ford claimed exemption on ln
dustral grounds. Ford is one of the
officers of his father’s automobile
company, which is now working on
orders for the Red Cross.
Christ Tjosevig, who has spent the
summer at his property near Kenne
cott, reports that he ran a cross cut
thru 40 feet of good ore this sea
son.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
GOINGJ FRONT
Pour Through Petrograd to Repel
the German Invaders on
Riga Front
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—A change
of front has been manifested by the
Russian soldiery since the commence
ment of the German offensive on the
Riga front. Today troops are pouring
through this city en route to the front
to repel the invaders, and a greater
enthusasm is manifested than at any
time since the revolution. Meanwhile
the government actively engaged in
suppresing the projected plot for a
counter revolution to restore the
monarchy, and are making wholesale
arrests of the leaders of the move
ment.
KATMAI GREATEST
CRATER ON EARTH
Griggs 8a,vs Nine Miles in Circumfer
ence and 3000 Feet Deep—Mil
lion Active Vents
WASHINGTON, I). C„ Sept. S.—
Professor Griggs, heud of the expedi
tion sett out this spring l»y the Na
tional Geographic Society to explore
Mount Katmai, has returned to Ko
diak after spending several months
in exploring the region adjacent to
Katmai, and has wired to the office
of the Society here that Katmai vol
cano has the greatest crater on the
face of the globe. He states that the
crater has a circumference of fully
nine miles and is thirty-six hundred
feet deep. The volcana is still violent
ly active, and the Katmai valley, he
says, has not less than a million ac
tive volcanic vents.
Kate Saddler Fined for Calling Wil
son Traitor to American Peo
ple In S|teecli
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Kate Saddler,
the Socialist woman orator, who was
recently arrested by the federal au
thorities for stating in public speech
here that President Wilson was a
traitor to America for forming an al
liance with England and entering the
present war, and who was re-arrest
ed by the city authorities after being
turned loose, was found guilty of dis
orderly conduct and fined today.
DISPERSE REGIMENT
WHICH QUIT BATTLE
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—The dis
persal of one regiment followed the
retirement of a division from the
Roumanian front two days ago and
Reps are being taken to restore posi
tions affected in the battle line.
Making the long trip from Bethel
jn the Kuskokwim to Seward to
meet the “stork express,” Mrs. J. W.
Felder arrived just in time yesterday,
is the bouncing baby girl arrived at
the Seward General hospital early
this morning. Mrs. Joaquin, wife of
the merchant at Bethel, accompanied
Mrs. Felder here.—Gateway.
BUTTER IN PORTLAND
IS 55 CENTS A POUND
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 8.—But
ter in Portland today sold at the high
est price ever recorded, 66 cents a
pound, or $1.06 for a two-pound
brick at retail. At wholesale the price
advanced 3 cents a pound, to 47
cents in parchment wrappers or 48
cents In cartons. Butter fat advanced
to 46 and 48 cents. Dealers predicted
further early advances.
BRITISH FORCED
TOM. BACK
Captured Positions North of Kresen
berg are Retaken by the Germans
After Severe Fighting
LONDON, Sept. 8.—Repeated Ger
I Man assaults In force against the po
■ dtions captured yesterday by the
British north of Fresenberg, forced
the British to abandon the positions
and fall back to their former posi
tions, according to a report received
by the war office today from General
Haig, the British commander. The
report states that the German attacks
were preceded by an intense artillery
fire, and that the Germans had con
centrated a large force of infantry
for the attack and carried the posi
tions after severe fighting.
START IRK ON
P STEEL RIANT
Engineers Arrive From the East to
Commence Preliminary Work on
Plant Near Seattle
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Several engi
neers arrived here from the east last
night to begin the preliminary work
on the gigantic steel works which B.
L. Thane the well-known Alaska min
ing man and his associates will es
tablish on the outskirts of the city.
Thane stated today that it would take
two years to get the enterprise fully
started .and that the investment, in
cluding the plant and ore deposits,
would aggregate fully twenty-five
million dollars.
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WOMAN CHESSES
OPPOSING DRAFT
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Stenographer und Member of I. W. W. i
Says She Mailed 2000 Circulars
Against Conscription
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Louise Oliv
ereau, a stenographer of this city, and
a member of the Industrial Workers
of the World, recently arrested here
by the federal authorities, confessed
today that she mailed 2000 circul
ars advocating resistance to con
scription. *
POPE THINKS BELGIUM
DESERVES INDEMNITY
LONDON, Sept. 8.—Telegrams re
ceived here from Rome say that pro
minent persons at thfe Vatican inter
preting the papal peace note, assert
that. Pope Benedict believes an in
demnity is necessary for the restora
tion of Belgium and Northern France
and also that the Pope takes the view
that restoration of Serbia is essential
but did not mention it in his note, as
he believed the whole Balkan ques
tion could be dealt with more effect
ively by negotiation as a separate
problem. From the same source it is
said that issuance of the peace note
was preceded by unofficial conversa
tions with prominent Germans in an
endeavor to obtain Germany’s con
sent to provisions for restoration of ^
invaded territories.
UNION THREAT CALLED TO
ATTENTION OF PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8.—
Senator Jones, of Washington, an
nounced in the senate today that he
had called to the attenton of Presi
dent WilBon and the Council of Na
tional Defense a threat which, he
said, had been made by the Seattle
Building Trades council to refuse to
use after September 1 products of
lumber mills which fail to grant an
eight-hour day. This action was an
nounced in a telegram the senator re
ceived from Secretary Frank W. Cot
terill of the organization.
8I8LER BATS WAY
TO SECOND PLACE
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—SUler, of St.
Louis, batted himself Into second
place among the American league bat
ters, according to averages released
today. The St. Louis star has an av
erage of .352. Speaker is trailing a
point behind him. Bodie, of Phila
delphia, Is In the .300 class for the
first time this season, with an aver
age of .306. Cobb fell off four points,
but is safely out in front with .381.
The averages include games of Wed
nesday.
SENATE AGAIN
OEFEATSWAR TUX
Iia Collette Amendment Increasing
Income Tax Voted Down by Plu
tocratic Solons.
WASHINGTON. D. C\, Sept. 8.—
The senate today again defeated the
plan to conscript wealth by rejecting
the La Follette amendment increas
ing income tax rates to raise $643,
000,000 more than the Finance Com
mittee planned. The La Follette
amendment provided for a 50 per
cent surtax on incomes of $1,000,000
or more. This amendment had been !
immensely unpopular with a majority;
of the members of the senate, whose j
wealthy constituents have been using i
every means known to cause its de-l
feat.
The senator from Wisconsin states'
that this is a wealthy man’s war and
that the wealthy should bear the bur-|
den.
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HYMN OF HATEi
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Kni|»eror Tells Soldiers Arch Enemy!
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of Germany Must be Beaten at |
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Whatever Cost
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COPENHAGEN, Sept. 8—England.1
the arch enemy of Germany, must be|
beaten down at whatever cost, Em- j
peror William told his troops while:
on a visit to the Flanders fgpnt on i
Wednesday. An official statement is-!
sued in Berlin says the emperor ad-;
dressed deputations from all detach- j
ments which have had a share in
meeting the British attacks. He said
he felt impelled to express thanks and
full recognition of the heroic gallan
try shown by troops from all parts of
Germany n the hard fighting of last
week. The emperor referred to the
contrast between the German and An
glo-French points of view and con
tinued:
“It is in God's hands when in His
wisdom He will give us victory. He
has taught our army a hard lesson |
and now we are going to pass the
examination. With the old German
confidence n God we shall show what i
we can do. The greater and mightier i
the problem the more gladly we shall i
grapple with it and solve it. We shall j
fight apd conquer until the enemy
has had enough of these struggles. I
“All Germans have realized who is
the Instigator of this war and who
is tne enter enemy—engtana. every
one knows England is our most
spiteful adversary. She spreads the
hatred of Germany over the world,
filling her allies with hatred and eag
erness to fight. Thus everyone at
home knows what you know still bet
ter, that England is particularly the
enemy to be struck down, however
difficult it may be. Your relatives at
home who, too, have made great sac
rifices, thank you through me.
“A difficult struggle lies ahead of
us. England, proud of her stubborn
resistance, believes in her invincibil
ity, but you will show that you can
achieve still greater things, for the
prise of the war is the German peo
ple’s freedom to live—freedom at
sea and freedom at home. With God’s
help we shall see the struggle thru
and be victorious.”
• The local signal corpB reports
cloudy weather from Fairbanks to
Beaver Dam, with rain the remainder
of the way in. 1
SAILORS PLEASED
WITH TREATMENT
Paul Barkley Says Men from Koto*
liira Maru are Most Orate.
ful Crew.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Paul Buck
ley, who arrived in Seward recently,
with his daughter from Unalaska, is
greatly admired by the survivors of
the wrecked Japanese liner, and he
in turn says that they are about the
finest body of mariners it has ever
been the pleasure of the folks out
West to care for.
"When the men of the chief of
ficer’s boat reached port, they were
wet and hungry,’’ said Buckley, “but
their appreciation was unbounded
and the chief officer at once presented
me with a Samurai sword of great
age. which he had brought with him,
it being a family relic.
“Later, they fixed up the ship’s
compass, which had been brought
away from the wreck, in a small
Japanese barrel, and decorated with
an American and Japanese flag, the
r.ame of the ship and date and mount-,
er it in the front yard as a further
sign of appreciation. On leaving the
flock at Unalaska they sang a song of
thanks In their own language.
When the Santa Ana reached
Scotch Cape light and the men from
boat No. 3 were picked up, men front
both rescued crews fell on each other
with joy, and yelled "Banzai! Ban
zai!"
"The next native wno reaches Am
chftki island is due for a consider
able surprise." said Buckley, for the
Japanese left behind fifty chickens, a
parrot and a pet monkey.
“ We reviewed the ship's manifest
and found it to contain silks, rice,
millinery supplies, wines, and mat
ting to the value of $1,000,000, much
t>f which might have been saved Jiad
we possessed boats to go at once to
the scene.
“On the way in from Unimak pass,
at each port where there were Jap
anese who speak English, the sailors
had them interpret and tell how
pleased they were with everything."
BAND BOYS
Lady Friends of Musicians March on
Hall in Body—Su|i|ter Served
and Dance Given
While the members of the Moose
Band were engaging in their regu
ar weekly practice last night the hall
ivas invaded by a large number of
Irlepds and relatives, who brought
vell-fliled lunch baskets. Tables were
luickly spread and the visitors and
quests sat down to a delicious spread.
Vfter doing justice to the splendid
unch provided, dancing was indulg
'd into a late hour. The surprise on
he band boys was complete, but they
ippreciated it to the utmost. Adam
Swan acted as chef.
'2.50 WHEAT RITNOI S TO
FARMERS. THEY ASSERT
WASHINGTON. D. 0., Sept. 8.—
lovemment regulations of wheat
•rices was briefly discussed'today in
he senate. Senator Gronna, of North
)akota, declared that the food bill
las had a ruinous effect upon the
Tain production and instead of stim
ilating, has restricted it.
Senators Brady and Newlands urg
d members not to be hasty in their
riticism of the food administration.
Senator Gronna. in reply, protested
igainst the government taking over
ontrol of the 1917 wheat crop.
"The farmers of North Dakota and
leighboring states have been urging
hat gambling and speculation in
vheat and grains be stopped and
iow that it has been they are satis
led,” interrupted Senator Nelson,
if Minnesota.
A telegram from farmers in Mon
ana urging that unless the govern
nent fixes a price of $2.50 a bushel
or wheat, the result would he rttln
»us for them was read by Senator
dyers.
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