VOLUME XIV _ VALPE. ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1916 , MMBEK 11S
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GERMAN FORCE IS HELPLESS
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Official French Bulletin States Ger
mans Made an Attack Near Vaux
and Were Repulsed with Consider
able Loss.
PARIS, May 12.—An official bulle
tin, issued by the war office today,
states that the Germans made a heavy
attack on the French positions near
Vaux last night, east of the Meuse.
The attacks were planned as a sur
prise, but were ineffective, the Ger
mans being repulsed with consider
able loss.
The bombardment of the French
positions by the German heavy artil
lery is slowly falling off, and the in
fantry attacks have decreased in num
ber and vigor. It is reported that
the Germans have received heavy re
inforcements along the Verdun front,
troops having been brought, it is said,
h from the eastern front in Russia and
from Austrian and Serbian positions.
Military experts here state that the
reinforcements are undoubtedly for
the purpose of making good the losses
sustained in the fighting about the
Verdun sector, and does not mate
rially increase the number of men
that were engaged in the early days
of the fighting.
INDICTED FOR
TWO MURDERS
SECRET INDICTMENTS RETURNED
Edward Krause, on Trial in Juneau
for Various Crimes, Is Charged
with Causing the Death of Tivo or
More Persons.
Edward Krause, against whom
the grand jury in Juneau returned
ten indictments charging various
crimes, and who has been convicted
on two of these charges, has also been
indicted for murder in the first de
gree on two counts.
. Krause is charged with the murder
James O. Plunkett and Kumajiro
Yamamoto.
One indictment against Krause
charges that on October 27, 1915, in
some manner to the grand Jury un
- known, Krause caused the death of
Jas. O. Plunkett while attempting to
rob and secure the property of the
said Plunkett.
Another indictment charges that
on January 25, 1913, near the Olym
pic mine, near Petersburg, while at
tempting to rob and secure the prop
erty of Yamamoto, Krause attacked
him and inflicted injuries on him
which caused Yamamoto’s death.
A third indictment was returned
also charging Krause with the fraud
ulent use of the mails. This indict
ment charges that Krause in endeav
oring to secure the property of Yama
moto and while trying to have the al
leged forged mortgage foreclosed, as
■ sumed the name of Hartman; that he
rented a post office box in that name
and received and sent mall under the
name of filartman, all of which acts
were a part of a scheme to secure the
property of Yamamoto.
These indictments were returned
by the grand jury on the last day of
their deliberations but have been
withheld by Judge Jennings because
he feared the effect the announce
ment would have on the minds of tbe
jury which was then engaged on the
trial of Krause on the charge of kld
J naping.
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Articles of incorporation for the
Marshall & Newtnan Co., of Juneau,
have been filed in the office of Secre
tary Chas. E. Davidson. The com
pany is strictly a Juneau concern
and is incorporated for $10,000, the
♦incorporators being George R. Mar
shall, John Newman and John Ahl
ers.
Fine Florida Grape Fruit, Oranges
ami Apples at the Keystone Produco
Co. 2t
WOULD MEET DEAR MEAT
SITUATION WITH DEER MEAT
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 1=.—Beef
has become so dear that Minne
sota officials would meet the situa
tion with deer meat. W. T. Cox, state
forester, would have Minnesota far
mers raise deer to but the meat trust.
He says it would be no trouble to
raise deer for venison. They are self
supporting, grazing on even the poor
est land. They rapidly increase each
doe bearing two fawns annually. They
mature in half the time it takes to
raise a cow.
FRENCH S
ISJPJLSEO
GERMANS INFLICT HEAVY LOSS
French Launch Two Attacks at Dead
man’s Hill and Near Hill 304, but
are Driven Back by Heavy Fire
From Trenches and Guns.
BERLIN. May 12.—An official
bulletin issued today states that the
French launched two fierce attacks
against the German positions in the
vicinity of Deadman's Hill and north
west of Hill 304.
The French attack wa3 initiated
with extreme ferocity, but before a
withering fire from the German ar
tillery and a veritable hail of bullets
from the trenches, the advancing reg
iments were crumpled up and retreat
ed in disorder. The French losses were
extremely heavy.
INVITE GOVERNOR
ROSEjESlML
TWO CELEBRATIONS COMBINED
Annual Flower Carnival and Dedica
tion of Columbia Highway be Cele
brated in Portland Oregon, on June
7.
PORTLAND, Ore, May 12.— (Spec
ial) Governor J. F. A Strong. o£ Al
aska. has been invited to U,e present
in Portland June 7, when the new
Columbia River Highway is dedicated
as the opening day feature of the
Tenth Annual Rose Festival in the
Oregon metropolis.
The invitation has been penned on
the flyleaf of a handsome booklet des
scriptive of the scenery in the gorge
of the Columbia river. The river
gorge has been made passable for the
first time in history as the direct re
sult of the construction of- this road
way.
The invitation of the Governor
reads as follows:
“The people of the Oregon country
extend to you a most cordial invita
tion to visit Portland, June 7, 8 and 9,
1916, the occasion of our Tenth An
nual Rose Festival. The great Col
umbia river highway will be formal
ly dedicated June 7. President Wil
son and the Governors of all States
have been asked to be present to
participate in this historic event.
Portland, Oregon, long known as
the “Rose City”, is famous for its
annual production of roses. More
than 25,000,000 rose flowers bloom
in the city each year, in addition to
billions of buds. Hundreds of miles
of rose hedges beautify parking strips
and Portland has one garden whek-e
more than 1,000,000 roses are tin
bloom at one time. Fully 5,000,0(>0
roses are repuired to decorate floats
in Floral pageants and the Festival
Center covers 80,000 square feet
where countless numbers of roses
and other flowers are displayed.
Portland Is inviting the whole
world to its 1916 festival and nation
al dedication of the Columbia River
Highway.
Special Kndeavorer-s Invitation
Mrs. J. F. Dunstan cordially invites
the members of the Y. P. S. C. B. to
attend a Pollyanna social to be given
at her home on Friday evening at
eight o'clock. A very interesting even
ing has been planned.
STEAMER ROANOKE
SIHKSJN GALE
WAS FORMER NOME PACKET
Left San Francisco May 8 for Valpa
raiso and Fouuders About One
Hundred Miles off California Coast
—Forty--Three Men Are Missing.
SAN LUIS OBISPO. C'alif., May t2.
—The steamer Roanoke, while left
San Francisco on May 8, for Valpa
raiso, foundered about one hundred
miles south of San Francisco the ,*th
inst and many of her crew were
drowned and five life boats contain
ing 43 persons are missing. The story
was brought here last night by tnree
survivors who landed here in a small
boat which contained the bodies of 5
of the victims of the disaster. The
small boat drifted ashore and the
men were powerless to use the oars.
They were reduced to a frightful
weakness and were delirious from
hunger, thirst and exposure. They
were unable to give the facts con
nected with the sinking of the ship
or any information about the rest of
the crew except that four other boats
were launched before the ship went
down.
Forty-Tliree Missing.
SAN LUIS OBISPO. May 12.—For
ty-three members of the crew of the
Roanoke are mi3siug. She turned tur
tle and sank after her cargo had
shifted in a gale. The five men whose
bodies were brought here by the tnroe
survivors died in the small boat of
exposure, as the nights were bitterly
cold, it having frosted in many places
along the coast. The Roanoke was
carrying a heavy cargo of explosives
from San Francisco to South Ameri
ca, to Jie used by mining. companies.
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Formerly Nome Packet.
SEATTLE. May 12.—The Roanoke
was a steel steamer of 2,354 tons,
owned by the North Pacific Steamship
Company, of San Francisco. She.wgs
built in 1882 at Chester, Pa., and was
on the Nome run for many years, dur
ing the boom days of that camp. For
the past two years she has been in the
South American trade.
HARDEST WORKING
CABINET OFFICER
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 12.—
In the few spare moments he has had
recently Secretary of War Baker has
divided his reading time between
Mexican history and “Tom Sawyer."
Incidentally Baker puts in more time
on the job than any other cabinet offi
cial.
ANCHORAGE TO HAVE
A LIVE DAILV PAPER
The Cook Inlet Pioneer, recently
sold to Charles Herron, has btiilt an
addition to its building, and doubled
the floor space, and beginning* today
will issue an eight-page, six-column
daily.
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PUT IN PRISON FOR (
SAYING VERDUN FALLEN
ATHENS, May 12.—The manager
and editor of the newspaper Angyra,
published in Saloniki, has been put
in prison by the Allies for printing a
report that Verdun had fallen. They
were sentenced to spend a fortnight
behind the bars. . 7 .
Save Yonr Old Clothes. '
Discarded clothing, such as you
may not wish to wear yourself, may
always be found useful by someone.
Instead of burning them, notify Mrs.
Syring, who has charge of the distri
bution of clothing to the natives, and
she will gladly send for them and see
that they ar# put to good use.
Ballaine Speaks at Bremerton.
A newspaper of Bremerton called
the Searchlight, in its issue of April
28 gives an account of a viBlt of Jpbfl.
E. Ballaine and an address given |5y
him to the Spanish American wur
Veterans. Thei Searchlight stated that
Mr. Ballaine belonged to the "Alaska
Railroad Commission.”
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Divorce Action Filed
An action for divorce was filed in
the District Court by Stella M. Geis
ser against Gus Geisser, desertion be
ing the cause of the action. The plain-;
tilt' is a resident of Cordova.
MAY HAVE CAUGHT
NOB BANDIT
ARRESTED BV ATLIN OFFICERS
Believed Prisoner Is Raphael Lopez,
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Man Who Murdered Seven People,
and Long Sought by the Police of
Utah.
The Northwest Mounted Police, in
c6-operation with the local officers,
have been working on a noted case
f<fr the last few weeks. As the result
of their inquiries and diligent detec
tive work they have arrested a man
supposed to be Raphael Lopez, who
is wanted in the State of Utah for
the murder of six men'.
LThe prisoner answers the descrip
n of the Utah outlaw but claims
that he came to this province in
lb 11 and that since his arrival has
bfeen working in various places in
t^e interior. He will be held by tne
authorities of this city until the ar
rival of men who can make .he
identity and root out the veracity of
his alibi.
The authorities in Utah have been
Iqoking for Lopez since November,
1913. They have notified every town
oh the continent of his escape and
chime and have furnished officers with
a* full description of his height,
wleight, complexion and character
istics. The prisoner answers to the
letter the description held by the
local police officers.
..Newspapers all over the United
States and C anada were tull of the
[news of the murder for which the
suspect is being held.
'in November, 1913, Raphael Lopez
shot and killed his nearest friend by
tlije name of Valdez, at Bingham,
Utah. He immediately made his es
cape, and was followed by a possp
'headed by the chief of police, Mr.
Grant, of that city. The posse located
the bandit on a ranch near Lehi,
where he had forced at the point ot
a gun the owner to provide him with
food and shelter. Lopez shot from am
bush killing the chief and two depu
ties. This tragedy stopped the pur
suit until the men could be cared for
and in the meantime Lopez made his
escape.
A special posse was placed on his
trail -and they traced him back to
Birmingham, where he was located
in a mine tunnel. As the posse Were
making investigations of the field he
shot from the tunnel and killed two
other who were attempting to smudge
him out. They placed a guard around
the tunnel and tried to starve him
out. During the' sieging process the
murdered made his escape and since
that time has never been seen ot a
word heard from him. It was thought
by the authorities that he made his
escape from some secret passage in
the tunnl.
Thd local officers have wired the
Utah prisoners and are holding the
prisoner for instruction and identi
fication. He makes a strong plea that
he la innocent and that he can estab
lish itis identity and alibi. The officers
are expected to arrive this week, at
which tiine .the investigation will be
made.
French Repulsed.
BERLIN, May 12.—It is officially
reptirfefd that two French attacks near
Deadman’S Hill and northwest of Hill
304 broke down last night under the
German fire which caused consider
able to&ek.
Governor Comes North.
SEATTLE, ' May 12.—Governor
Strong has bailed for Juneau. 1
V. 8. Cavalry Crosses.1 ‘
MARATHON, May 12.—Major
Langhdrne with two troops o^the
Eighth cavalry crossetHnto Mexico
from here and are proceeding rapidly
southward, presumably In pursuit of
the raiders of Glenn Springs.
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We regret to report that"'
D^eringer,, the proprietor of the Val
dez Transfer Company, Vastakep seri
ously ill yesterday^ put! is' reported
some better today.
The Ladies Aid of the Congrega
tional Church have formed an early
morning walking club. They took
their initial trip this lhorning by
walking a few miles out on the trail.
Hans Steinfeldt left on the North
western for Cordova.
CHEAPER NOW TO PAV
RENT THAN TO MOVE
ST. PAUL. May 12.—It’s going to
be cheaper to pay rent than to move
in St. Paul after today. Transfer men
materially raised the transfer rates on
all subjects. They claim that on ac
count of the war harness and other
equipment has been advanced in price
by the war. say the transfer men.
O|ten-Door Program.
The Cheechaco Literary Society of
the Vald«*2 High School, held an op“n
door meeting at the school house this
afternoon. A splendid prograhi was
rendered to a highly appreciative
audience.
DIAZ REVOLT •
6AINSSTRENGTH
ADVANCING TOWARD MAZATLAN
Uprising in Favor of Nephew of For
mer Mexican President in Sinaloa
Is Reported to Be Growing Rapidly
and Serious Results Feared.
DOUGLAS. Ariz.. May 12.—The
uprising in behalf of Felix Diaz in
Sinaloa is growing, according to pro
rate advices received here yesterday j
front that state. A band of sympa
thizers of the nephew of the former
Mexican president numbering several
hundred men was reported advancing !
northward toward Mazatlan on the]
Southern Pacific railroad burning i
bridges en route. American arrivals
from Hermosillo today reported that
there are now between eight and
twelve thousand de facto troops in
the Yaqui valley. In an engagement
found on April 24. the de facto troops
are said to have killed 100 Yaqtiis
and captured approximately 100 old
men. women and children. t ...
POLICE INVOLVE
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Proprietor of Seattle Drug Store Al
leges Interior Was Completely De
molished By Police While Hunting
for Liquors.
SEATTLE. May 12.—Activity of
the police in searching for hidden li
quors may result in an action against
the city for damages, is the statement
of W. M. Hazelett, who states he is
proprietor of the Stewart Street Phar
macy, recently raided by the police.
The interior the store, he states,
was completely wrecked by the police,
who broke show cases, soda fountain,
fixtures, plate glass mirrors, and oth
er furniture in the store.
The interior of the store, he says,
but the search revealed two empty
barrels, the inside of which, the po
lice said, still were wet with whisky.
The raid w'as made after a policeman
arrested J. R. Wilson and Stanley G.
Smith, who were sitting in an auto
mobile in front of the store. One hun
dred and twenty-four quarts' of beer
found in the car were confiscated.
W. M. Hazelett. who said he bought
the store from Logan Billingsly,
April 13 last, said after the raid he
would sue the oity on account of the
great damage done by the police. Haz
lett declared that he had not violat
ed the prohibition law and..that the
police had no right to wreck his store.
The liquor* stock owned by Billingsley
was not included in the sale, and the
same was being removed when the po
lice seized the beer 'found in the .auto.
Since the prohibition law went into
pffect, the Stewart Street Pharmacy
has been raided mapy times.
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Lieutenant Mehaffey of the Alaska
Road Commission returned to Valdez
on the Northwestern this morning.*
While in Seward he went Into the
matters connected with wagon roads
In that district, and is only waiting
until the road appropriation is made
by, congress to decide what shall be
lone for the KenUi peninsula towris.
LATOUCHE MINE
r
TWO BULLETS STRIKE VICTIM
Workmen at Beatson, Mine (Quarrel
Over Skiff with Result that one is
Shot Kj His Opponent—Will Re
cover. -' ,
Fortunate Medaini employed by
the Beatson mine at Latouclie. w^s
brought up on the Northwestern ■ by
Harry Moore, charged with shooting
one Charles Northland, another em
ployee of the company. <
The shooting took pla^ on May
8th. in the ;bunkhouse of 'the com
pany. Medaini and Northland 'quar
reled violently over the ownership of
a skiff, and in his anger Medaini
drew a revolver and shot at his op
ponent three tim£s. .Jtw£ of the shots
taking effect, in Northland’s left, side,
missing the heart... ^nd going *f°m*
pletely through the Body. 1
Medaini was seized’Jfh’e. other
men in the-bunkhouse. and disafip
ed.’ while Northland, .was removed to
the company hosp4%l;andy.i\.is’wounds
dressed. An examination .revealed
that the bullets had not struck any
votal organ, aud unless, complications
set in he is expected to recover rap
idly.
A meeting of the miners was call
ed. and as there is no federal or town
officer at Latouche, Harry Moore was
appointed custodian of the prisoner,
and took him in charge, arriving here
on the Northwestern with the mac.
The prisoner will be given a pre
liminary hearing here before United
States Commissioner Love as soon as
witnesses can he brought up from La
touche.
Medaini is an Italian and North
land **■ a Seandinftrian:-' - -1—''1
NO MORE REBELS :
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BIG DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON
Leader of Irish Home Rule Party in
Parliament Declares Uprising Was In
sanity—Lord Lieutenant Resigns
Because of Blame Attaciied
LOXDOX, May 12.—Prime Minis
ter Asquith announced in the House
of Commons this afternoon that no
Irish leaders have been executed since
Monday and he expressed the hope
that it would not be found necessary
to execute any more. Since the last
execution a great mass meeting was
held in London protesting against
the cold blooded killing of prisoners.
The demonstration was participat
ed in by many leading Irishmen, by
Irish members of parliament, and by
many Liberal Englishmen. • . .
John E. Redmond, leader of tho
Irish Home Rule party In Parliament,?
issued a statement saying that while ‘
the revolt was insanity, and 'the ma
jority of the Irish people had'had no'
hand in the affair, the executions had
created an extremely bitter i feeling
against the English, which would,
have a disastrous effect in take it was .;
communicated to the two hundred
thousand Irish in the trenches in Eu
rope. Every effort has been made to
keep the news from the soldiers, and;
a strict censorship is maintained on
all matter going to the war zone. '
Ldrd Wimborne, lord lieutenant oC
Ireland, resigned today because of the
blame attached to him for not having
discovered the plot, although it is now
known that there was really no plot,
the members of the Sinn Fein as a
body not knowing when they were
called Out for parade on Easter Mon
day that the parfide was the mobilisa
tion for the attaok. ,
ATs a result of life monster demon
stration it la stated that no n.ore
Irish will be executed.
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..v pioneer Women Meet.
Tonight is the regular m^t^S
night of the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Pioneers of Alaska and the meeting
will be hold in Pioneer Hall at 8:00
o'clock.