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VOLUME XIV. VALDKZ, AIASAA, SATtRDAI, MAI 3, 1917 M’MItliK H*f»
CENSORSHIP HIT
BE EUIMTEO
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KSI'IOXAOK BILL
BEING DKBATED
House Objects to Ri|(i(l Censorship of
News—Senate Discusses the Km*
hargo Provision and Ls Likely to
Modify.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 5.—
‘"he sentiment in the House against
t he rigid newspaper censorship, em
braced in the Espionage Bill, now be
ing debated, will undoubtedly lead to
Its rejection before the bill is passed
• ’ongreniman Mann, of Illinois, is one
of the leaders of the Opposition, and
s speaking against the provision, de
< fared to be unconstitutional. There
s little doubt that the section will be
••ntirely eliminated or greatly modi
ied.
In the Senate, the provision of the
Espionage Bill which provides that
i ht’^p’resident shall be authorized to
declare embargoes whenever in his
tiscretion such action shall be neces
sary. is being widely discussed. The
:ear is expressed that the declaration
■ if an embargo will have the effect
>f curtailing agricultural production,
and it is suggested that instead of
prohibiting exportation the regulation
if middlemen and dealers will bring
ibout the desired result of lowering
prices without resorting to an embar
go.
EAGLES ORGANIZE
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ENLISTMENT ROLL
Valdez. Volunteers Formed and All
Citizens Eighteen Years Or Over
Are Invited to .loin—Will Have
Kegular Drills In Eagle Hall.
At a regular meeting of the Eagle’s
odge last night the report of the com
nittee designated to prepare plans for
he organization of a military organi
sation was unanimously adopted, and
lie Valdez Volunteers was formed.
Practically every member of the lodge
signed the enlistment roll and T. G.
juinn was elected captain of the com
pany. The roll will be kept at the of
ice of the electric light company and
ill citizens of good health and habits
iver the age of 18 years are invited
o become a member.
The object of the nation is to
lave a body of trained men in the
vent of an emergency and to this end
"egular instruction In the manual of
arms and military tactics will be had.
The use of Eagle Hall two or three
evenings a week has been donated for
•his purpose and competent instruc
tors will be present. It is hoped that
all of the able-bodied men of the town
will join the organization.
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1).\NCK TONIGHT IN
MOOHK HALE
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The Moose will give their regular
Saturday night dance tonight in their j
•la.U. The floor has been put in good
condition and the music will be upj
10 the usual high standard. Lunch
will be served at midnight.
Naturalized American Arrested
SEATTLE. May 6.—H. H. A. Van
Derek, a naturalized American citi
zen, was arrested last night by the
military guard on a wharf in this city
on account of suspicious actions, and
>is held at police headquarters for In
vestigation. Van Derek formerly was
manager of the El Paso, Tex., branch
of a large Chicago packing house
mid has relatives in Chicago.
Ice Jain Continues.
The ice jam in the Tanana river at
Salcha still continues, but the water is
going down. It is expected the jam
will break within a short time.
Three inches of snow fell at Copper
Center from 6 o’clock last night until
S o’clock this morning.
WOULD TRY MAN
WHO SANK LUSITANIA
PHILADELPHIA. May 5.—The
captain of the German submarine
which sank the Lusitania should be
brought to trial before an American
tribunal at the close of the war. was
the demand made today before the
American Society of International
Law by E. P. Wheeler of New York.
The opinion was generally express
ed that a durable world peace must
take into consideration a just control
of the economic intercourse of na"
| tions.
LIKELY CURTAIL
TO KXPKIHATK MOVING
OK FOOD AND MUNITIONS
At Session of Council of National De
fense President, of B. & O. Says
Kvery Possible Conveyance Must Be
Pressed Into Service.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 5.—
Secretary of the Navy Daniels aim
President Daniel Willard of tlit* Bal
timore & Ohio railroad, speaking at
the session of the Council of National
Defense today, both predicted that the
railroads of the country would be
compelled to curtail their passenger
service to expedite the handling of
foodstuffs, both for this country and
the Kntente Allies . They stated that
the need for cars was vital and that
every available carrier would have to
be pressed into service. In France and
itussia particularly the needs were
immediate, and the United States
must supply.
BRITISH RESUME
THEIR ADVANCE
OAPTlItK SKVKIiAL
STItATKGIC POSITIONS
After a Lull of Several Days llalg oner
More liesuiiies Ott'eiisive Along an
18-Mile Front anil Penetrates Hin
ilenhurg Line HIM) Valtls..
LONDON, May 5.—After four days
of comparatice calm. General Haig
has resumed his drive against the
German positions. An advance was
made this morning along an 18-mile
front and several strategical positions
taken. In the vicinity of Bullecourt
the British penetrated the Hinden
hurg line to a depth of six hundred
yards.
RUSSIAN GENERALS
REPLACED AT FRONT
PETROGRAD. May 5.—As a result
of the visit of War Minister Guchkoff
to the southwestern front, twenty
three generals, including some gener
als of divisions, have been replaced.
On all fronts 144 officers holding
headquarters commands have been re
moved.
Workmen in munitions factories,
who were sent to the front under or
ders issued under the Romanoff re
gime for participation in strikes, are
being recalled. The ministry of nu
ance has enlisted the service of Gor
ky. Andree and other writers Tor war
propaganda.
ALL SINGLE MEN ARE
HELD TO BE SLACKERS
BUT^E. Mont., May 5.—Single men
without others dependent upon them
for support, will receive no considera
tion from Mayor-Elect Maloney when
applying fur jobs with the city.
“I believe it is the duty of every
man in Butte, or in any other city, i
who is unmarried and who is not tied
dovtn with others dependent upon
him for support to enlist and do what
his country wants him to do,” said
the mayor-elect. “ lam sure the ma
ority of taxpayers in this community
do not want to pay slackers when
there are plenty of married men who
need the work.”
M1Q TRIAL
IS 1KPR0GRESS
MlRDFKFR PI.FADH
UNWRITTKN LAW
Sisler of. Victim Produces letters
SlioM'inK Vaivter Countenanced In
timacy au«l Remanded Payment of
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I Liquor Bills—Insanity Defense.
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| CHKISTIANBERG. Va.. May .i.
jThc trial of Charles Vawter, a profes
sor in the Virginia Polytechnic school
[for the murder of Stockton Heth. one
of the sudents of the school, commenc
|ed here yesterday. The defense who
[ did not deny the killing, stated that
i Heth had been criminally intimate
‘with Mrs. Vawter and that the shoot
ling had taken place when Vawter had
caught him coming from Mrs. Vawter?
Iroom late at night. The victim’s sis
ter claims that Heth was the victim
[of a conspiracy, and has produced let
ters in court, written by Vawter. ap
proving the intimacy between Mrs.
Vawter and Httli and demanding the
payment of his liquor bills.
The defense will probably set up the
plea ol' insanity.
COMMITTEE APPROVES OE
INCREASE IN NAVAI, PAV
Favorably Reports Measures Giving
Enlisted Men in Navy S:S<>.
W ASHINGTON, I). C.. May 5
The Senate Committee on Naval Af
fairs lias approved of the measure in
creasing tlie pay of enlisted men in
the Navy to thirty dollars a month to
correspond with tlie increase in pay
granted to the enlisted men in Army.
WRITERS ARE K.M.ISTKI)
TO HKI.I* HKD CROSS
CHICAGO. May 3.—Some of the;
leading writers of the country have;
been enlisted in a campaign to help
raise the Chicago Red Cross branch
to ISO.000 members. The writers wh >
will help in the recruiting of the Red
Cross by writing stories about the
progress of the movement are George
Ade. Irving Cobb, Booth Tarkington.
George Barr McCutcheon. Herbert
Kaufman. Arthur Brisbane. Hamlin
Garland and S. E. Kiser.
WOULD REGULATE
PRICE OF FOOD
PKKiIDKNT ASKS
hXIK Al'THOUITV
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Desires Power to I Miss-t tlie Produc
tion ami Distribution of KiMMlstulTs
and Necessities to Reduce l*resent
Hitch Prices.
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WASHINGTON. I). C\. May 5.
The Administration has asked Con
gress for absolute authority to regu
late the production and distrihutioi
of foodstuffs and other necessities,
with a view of putting an end to the
excessive prices now prevailing. Con
gressman Lever, chairman of the
House Committee on Agriculture, has
introduced a bill, supplement to the
one he introduced last week, author
izing a survey of the resources of the
country and placing the authoritiv to
regulate production and distribution
in the hands of the President. It is
declared that this will not affect legi
timate business in the slightest, but
will give the President discretionary
powers to combat monopoly, and will
also limit the use of grain in the pro
duction of liquors.
MITCH KLI, l!K NAMKI)
MK.MKKU OK COMMISSION
Noted Labor Leader Will be Sent with
The Commission to Itussia
WASHINGTON. I). (’.. May 5.
It is rumored that John Mitchell, the
famous labor leader, will be appointed
as a member of the Commission which I
President Wilson will send to confer!
with the ussion I’rovisional govern-,
inent. - • •*- •
Clitwler K. Wliite bead
SEATTLE. May 5 —Chester E..
White, organizer of the Metropolitan
Building company and of the Metro-;
politan bank died today at his home;
in Seattle, after a long illness, aged,
(i5 years. He came to the State ofi
Washington from Keokuk, la., and
engaged in lumbering on Grays Har
bor. with headquarters at Cosmopo
lis. where he managed the Grays
Harbor Lumber company. The White
building in Seattle was named for
him. He leaves a large fortune.
The Star Spangled Banner
The National Ensign has rules that should be strictly followed,
and while some of them have appeared from time to time in Outside i
papers, we take the liberty of presenting the public with a complete!
set for general use:
The Flag should never be hoisted before sunrise or allowed up'
after sunset.
The Flag should never be allowed to touch the ground and it
should never be raised or lowered by any mechanical appliance.
When the Flag is passing in parade, civilian spectators should
stand at attention and uncover. Military spectators will give the
military salute.
The Flag should always be flown from a staff or mast and should
not be fastened to the side of a building, platform or scaffolding.
The Fla^j should never be draped around pillars or against walls
or balustrades
The Flag should never be used as a cover over a table, desk or|
box where anything can be placed upon it.
The Flag should always be flown with blue field in upper corner
next to staff.
When the Flag is used in the unveiling of a statue or monument
it should not bj^allowed to fall to the ground, but should be carried
aloft to wave out, forming a distinctive feature during the remainder
of the ceremony.
when the Flag is flown at half staff as the sign of mourning,:
it should he hoisted to full staff at the end of the funeral. To fly aj
Flag at half staff it must first be raised to full staff and then lowered.'
On Decoration Day the Flag should be flown at half staff until
12 noon, and full staff the remainder of the day.
When used as a decoration the Flag must never be hung below
the speaker or persons on the platform; but always above them.
When the Flag is used as a banner; that is, suspended on a rope;
across the street, the union or field should fly to the north in streets
running east and west and to the east in streets running north and;
south.
The Flag should never have anything pinned to it. No adver-1
tisement of any sort should ever be placed on or attached to the Flag. j
The regimental or naval Flags are presumed to ever remain un-1
sullied. Should they become unusable they are to be reverently burn- j
ed. Never throw an old Flag into a garbage can or into the street..
When the National and State Flags are flown together the Na
tional Flag should be on the right side of the building or lawn.
The National salute to the Flag is one gun for every State—the
International salute to the Flag is twenty-one guns.
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NO BOYS UNDER 17
WANTED EOR NAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 5.—
The appeal of war afloat to the
American youths haB brought the navy
such a flood of enlistment applica
tions from boys that Secretary Daniels
issued a statement today announcing
that no one uuder 17 years of age
would be taken into the service.
A total of 1,003 additional recruits
were gathered for the navy yesterday,
making 81,269 now in the service ex
clusive of apprentices and hospital
corps men.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ME POURING III
AT THK KATK OK
MIUilON AN HOl'H
lirst l.nan of Two HIHtons Ik Certain
to Be Lartcrly Oversubscribed—Me- ]
Adoo l/oans Italy One Hundred Mil
lion Hollars-— Kranre Next.
WASHINGTON’, I) (\. May 5.—
Subscriptions (o the new $2,000.000.-1
000 loan are pouring in at the rate of i
J 1,000,000 an hour, according to the j
report given out hv the treasury d<*-1
partment today. Three thousand i
banks are among the subscribers, and
it is certain the loan will be largely
over-subscribed.
Secretary McAddo lias loaned one^
hundred million to Italy and will loan;
c'rance a similar amount within a few'
days.
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KNKAUKI) riTIZKNS
TOKK TH KM TO I’lKCKK
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Six Men Engaged in the Kirin;; of St. ;
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Paul Grain Elevators Caught anil
Literally Turn Asunder by a Mob
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of Angry .Men.
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Gus Dgarf. who lias-spent the past
winter at Minneapolis and St. Paul
and who just returned on the last boat
tells a gruesome story of an occur- i
rence at St. Paul some weeks ago, hi
connection with the burning there of
two huge elevators tilled with wheat.
The burning of the elevators and the
destruction of the several million
bushels of wheat they contained was
the subject of press dispatches at the
time, but so far as made generally
public the perpetrators were not cap
tured.
Mr. Dgarf gives a different version.
He states that a local newspaper, fol
lowing the tire, stated that the perpe
trators had been captured and had
been disposed of in a manner that
had best not be dwelt upon. He says
that it was a matter of common te
port. and that he was personally told
by several persons who claimed to be
present that six men were engaged iu
the destruction of the elevators, and
that they were caught red handed. A
mob of enraged citizens gathered
about the culprits, took them from
the officers and literally tore them to
pieces with their hands.
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SIAMESE TWIN MINES ARE
BEING USED KY GERMANS
COPENHAGEN, May 5.—The Nor
wegian bark Thekla owes her escape
l'rom sinking in the war zone to the
fact that the “warning shot" from a
German submarine smashed both of
the bark’s lifeboats. This led the sub
marine commander, who was unable
to take the crew aboard, to spare
the vessel.
The Germans are said to be employ
ing along the British coast & new sys
tem of Siamese twin mines, result
ing in a double explosion which is
said to insure the instant destruction
of any ship, no matter what her size.
\\\ H. Garner, who came up from
the Granite a few days ago. will leave
on the Alaska for a trip to the States.
GRANT DEMANDS
GERMAN STRIKERS
MUNITIONS WOK KICKS
KKTCKN TO WORK
Are Given a Voice in (lie llist riliutio.i
of E'ihkI and tlie Promise tliat Pun
ishment by KeiuK Sent hi front
Will Not lie Carried Out.
COPENHAGEN, May 5.—The lat
est German newspapers to arrive hero
including the socialist organs, confirm
the semi-official announcement that
the strike has ended. A settlement
was reached after an almost uuani
mouse decision by the metal worker™
to resume work following the grant
ing of their principal demands.
Among the concessions made by the
government are compliance with the
demands of the union for the estab
lishment of a standing commission of
labor representatives which shall havo
a voice in the food distribution in
greater Berlin, a promise that strik
ers will not be punished by being sent
to the trout, explicit assurances of
adequate food rations and effective
measures against evasions of the food
regulations by tlie rich.
Incidentally tlie German papers
tiirow great light upon the accuracy
of semi-official reports. A censored
account which was telegraphed ati
over tlie world declared foi instance
tlie munition industry had not been
affected. The Vorwaerts. less ham
pered by tlie censorship, heads tlie ac
count of tlie strike "Berlin Munition
Workers oil Strike." Tlie paper says
work ceased completely on Monday in
about 200 munition plants and that
210.000 strikers reported to tlie Metal
Workers' union. This number was
further swelled hv strikers who fail
ed to report and by participants in
other trades. As against these ti.,
ures the official news bureau in a
statement for home consumption as
serted the number of strikers wa->
about 125.000.
BOND ME) BE
4 "ON l-'KKKKS PASS
APPKOPKIATIO.N'W
Telegram hiuni Colonel lti<hnrd><>ii
Stales Conference Committee Has
Agreed on Measure ami It Will <»o
to President—Colonel Iteturning.
A dispatch teceived hy Major Davi
son of the Alaska Itoad Coinniissioii
from Colonel Kichardson states thui
the conferees of the House and Senate
have agreed on the regular army ap
propriation bill carrying the $500,000
appropriation for Alaska roads asked
for by the Commission. The bill will
now go to th* President for signature
and it is expected the money will he
available within a short time.
Colonel Kichardson directs that no
further mail be forwarded from here
to him at Washington and this is tak
en to indicate that he will soon start
back for Alaska, as he has announced
that with the opening of spring he
wishes the road work pushed just as
rapidly as the conditions wilt justify.
IK)N'T UAIiL NATIONAL
GUARD “TIN SOLDIERS”
BOISE. Idaho. May 5.—Sam Ear
son was flued $40 in municipal court
yesterday for referring to the Nation
al Guard as “tin soldiers”. Parson
made the remark in the presence of
a private of the Second Idaho, who
immediately seized and rushed him
to the police station, where he ad
mitted his judgment of the soldiers
had been obscured by fumes of “stom
ach bitters,” three bottles of which
were found upon his person.
Go to Hunt’s
Tomorrow for your Peach Ice and
Sundaes. 2t
Nick Meckem and Pred Reese ar
rived at Teikhell yesterday morning.