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VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2. 1917 * NUMBER 170
BUTTE MOB HANGS LW.W. LEADER
SHIPS MUST BE BUILT SOON
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 2.—
At a meeting of representative ship
builders here this morning, Admiral
Capps, in charge of the government’s
shipbuilding program, succeeding
General Goethals, told his hearers
that ships, both wood and steel must
be built, and built quickly if the Uni
ted States was to take part in the
present war.
“Matters brought to my attention
this morning." said Admiral Capps,
“indicate that the matter of pressing
the ship construction program is of
vital Importance, and far more ser
ious than a vast majority of the peo
ple realize.”
Capps declared that if the United
States expected to win the present
war for democracy it must get busy,
and construct ships to meet the in
roads of the submarines. He stated
that during the past few months the
submarines were sinking vessels four
times as fast as thuy could be built,
and that the menace to the safety of
this .country was constantly growing.
He stated that the administration
had asked the British secretary to be
more strict in its censorship, particu
larly as it touched the movements of
United States troops from this coun
try to Europe.
^ SETTLEDSEATTLE
MEN AGREED TO GO
BACK TO WORK TODAY
President Leonard Signs Agreement
to Take Bark All Striking Em
ployes Without Prejudice—Will
Maintain 0|>en Shop.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.—The striking
streetcar men returned to work this
morning.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2. — President
Leonard, representing the Stone &
Webster interests and representatives
of the striking streetcar employes
got together today and it is believed
thati-t settlement of the strike will
sooiiBe effected. Mr. Leonard agreed
to arbitrate rates and hours, and on
their side the men agreed to return
to work under the open shop and
await the decision of the arbitration
board.
Streetcar Men Itatify Agreement
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.—The striking
streetcar employes voted to ratify
the agreement presented by President
Leonard of the company this after
noon.
ELECTRICIANS AGREE
TO RESUME WORK
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 2.—With a
complete reversal of its stand on the
plan for the settlement of the strike
here, the Electricians’ Union last
night voted almost unanimously to
accept the agreement drawn up by
the Montana Power company and the
union’s strike committee. There was
practically no change in the agree
ment from the form in which it was
rejected by the union at a special
meeting last Wednesday night. The
adoption of the settlement plan by
the union last night is due to the
efforts of International President
Frank J. McNulty, of the Electricians
who addressed the men last night be
fore the vote was taken. He explain
ed that the union had violated its
international rules by going on strike
but that at the same time an agree
ment for settlement has been secured
that was as favorable to the union as
any now existing in the country. He
told the men that unless the pro
posals were accepted the internation
al would at once order all electric
ians employed at the mines back to
work to carry out their contract pro
viding for thirty days’ notice of a
strike. The union then voted to ac
cept the settlement plan. After the
meeting, Mr. McNulty announced the
fsjectricians would return to work ir
respective of any action taken by the
' metal Trades council at its special
meeting Sunday afternoon. At that
meeting, however, it is expected that
all metal workers now out on sym
pathetic strike with the electricians
will decide to return to work.
Supt. Jack Ingram arrived last ev
ening' from a trip of Inspection over
the government trail as far as Sal
cha.
I. W. W. OPEN DINING ROOM
SEDRO-WOOLLEY QUA RTERS
SERO-VVOOI.LEY, Aug. 2.—The
local branch of the I. W. \V. has
grown rapidly since the opening of
headquarters here several months
ago and is now said to have a mem
bership of 600. A dining room in con
nection with the reading room, for
the benefit of members, was opened
this week. A small detachment of
federal troops is here for protection.
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[FOOD BILL
j
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NO OBNOXIOUS FEATURES;
REPORTED OUT COMMITTEE
Amendment Providing For Control
of War Expenditures and Op|>osed
By the President Stricken From
Measure.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 2.—
The Food Control Bill, which has
been the storm center in the House !
and Senate the past month, was strip
ped of the features opposed by Presi
dent Wilson today, and reported out
of committee. The President is urg
ing haste in passing this bill and it is
probable that it will be brought up
for a vote by the end of this week or
the first of next.
Deadlock Broken Yesterday
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 2.—
The deadlock existing between the
conferees on the Food Control Bill
was broken yesterday when the Sen
ate conferees yielded to the wishes of
the President and consented to strike
out the amendment providing that a
committee control and supervise the
war expenditures.
SEWARD AGAIN
’ ALASKACHAMPS
TAKES TWO GAMES OUT
OF THREE FROM RIVAL
Seward Takes Rig End of Games and
Much Kale From Anchorage S|M>rts
—Seward Short-stop and Third
Baseman Drawn for Army.
SEWARD, Aug. 2.—The Seward
hall team returned home today from
Anchorage with the Western Alaska
championship and all the loose
change in Anchorage in their posses
sion. Seward won two out of the
three games played, making this the
third time they have won the covet
ed honor.
Beem, Seward’s short-stop and
Coughlin, third baseman, who regis
tered in Seattle before coming north,
received a telegram today notifying
them they were drawn in the first
draft, and ordering them to report
to Seattle immediately.
PROVOST GENERAL ORDERS
ALL AVENUES GUARDED
Rumor* of Widespread Exemption
Claim* Cause* General Crowder to
Order Extra Vigilance Taken to
Prevent Escape Conscript*.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 2.—
Provost General Crowder has order
ed every avenue of escape from the
national draft closed, and extra pre
cautions taken to see that no one
drawn is allowed to shirk military
duty. Rumors of widespread exemp
tion claims has caused a general
lightening of the lines. A rush to se
cure marriage licenses led to the is
suance of the order.
NORWEGIAN SHIP
HAS COPPER ABOARD
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—A United
States torpedo boat destroyer over
hauled and brought back to this port
today the Norwegian steamship Con
rad Mohr, aboard which the federal
authorities seized 10,000 feet of cop
per cable, contraband of war, found
secreted in an oil tank. The captain,
Peter Finarsen, and his chief engi
neer, John Larsen, were arraigned
before a United States commissioner
on a charge of conspiring to defraud
the government by filing a false
manifest.
SONS OF GOVERNORS TRAIN IN SOUTH
*
Left to right are: Charles M. Brown, son of former governor of Georgia:
Hugh U. Comer, son of former governor of Alabama; 8. J. Catts, son of the
governor of Florida, and Dan Fowls, son of former governor of North Caro*
Una. Hiey are all training at the offlcern' camp at Fort MoPheraon. Oa.
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 2.—Frank
Little, a member of the executive
committee of the Industrial Workers
of the World, and who has been un
usually prominent in labor trouble in
Arizona and other states, was taken
from his rooms in a local lodging
house this morning by a mob of
masked men and hanged to a rail
road trestle near this city. After the
hanging the mob quietly dispersed.
Little had made himself especially
obnoxious to the manufacturers and
mining men since his arrival in Butte
from Globe, Arizona, a few weeks
ago, and has made numerous incen
diary speeches to the members of his
organization, among those things ad
vising them to tie up every mine in
the Butte district.
In a speech he referred to the sol
diers called to Arizona to maintain
order as “Uncle Sam's scabs in uni
form." and has repeatedly made in
sulting references to the President
and the government.
The body was later identified by
TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND
COPIES DISTRIBUTED
‘_
Former Lord Mayor of City of Ia>n
don Presents Copy of President’s
Speed! to Congress of School
Teachers.
LONDON, Aug. 2.—Twenty-one
thousand school teachers were today
presented with a copy of President
Wilson's speech to congress when war
was declared on Germany, by Charles
Wakefield, former Lord Mayor of
London, who declares it to be one of
the greatest documents of modern
times. The donor asked that the tea
chers read the speech to their pu
pils.
The Moose will give a dance Sat
urday night.
Chief of Police Murphy, who cut it
down and had it removed to a local
undertaking parlor for interment.
The chief stated that Little was to
have been arrested on a sedition
charge, as soon as sufficient evi
dence had been worked up against
him.
Butte citizens have become much
exasperated at the repeated unpat
riotic demonstration of I. W. W.'s
and there has been many fistic en
counters between persons who took
exception to their statement. Last
night's hanging was the culmination
of several weeks of growing resent
ment.
leaders Are Warned
Bl.’TTE, Aug. 2.—The city was
placarded last night by unknown par
ties warning all Industrial Workers
that their presence was no longer de
sired in Butte, and stating that fur
ther unpatriotic remarks would be
promptly suppressed.
Members Swear Vengeance
SALT LAKE. Utah. Aug. 2.—It is
stated that at a meeting of local In
dustrial Workers of the World last
night a vow was taken to exact full
reparation for the death of Frank
Little, who was hanged yesterday
morning iu Butte.
Butte Citizens Organize
BUTTE, Aug. 2.—A citizens league
was organized here yesterday to pa
trol the town and suppress any at
tempts l»y I. W. W.’s to avenge the
death of Frank Little, the organizer
and agitator who was summarily exe
cuted by a mob of citizens yesterday
for seditious utterances.
Many Deputies Sworn in
HELENA, Mont.. Aug. 2.—Two
hundred deputy sheriffs and United
States deputy marshals were sworn
in today to guard Montana's railways
from the depredations of the l. W.
W.’s.
RISSIA WILL NOT PERMIT
CHECKS TO BE SENT AWAY
PETROGRAD. Aug. 2.—The pro
visional government has decided to
prohibit provisionally the dispatch of
checks abroad, also the payments in
rouble currency into the current ac
counts of Russian institutions in any
other country.
At the same time the minister of
finance has been authorized to set up
a special department to deal with
foreign securities. Transactions in
volving foreign securities can hence
forth only be carried out through the
intermediary of certain recognized
credit Institutions, of which a list is
drawn up by the minister of finance.
Preaches of this law are subject to
various penalties ranging from fines
to terms of imprisonment up to five
years.
FRANCE CELEBRATES
FALL OF THE BASTILE
PARIS, Aug. 2.—Paris wept and
cheered the sight of battle-torn
flags carried through its streets today
in celebration of its national fete
commemorating the fall of the Bas
tile.
Among the heroes in the view of
troops was Sergeant Le Mahnager,
of Los Angeles. After fighting in the
war of 1870, he went to the United
States, but although 64 years old. re
turned to France in 1914 and has
fought for the past four years.
PASSES AMENDMENT
PROVIDING SUBMISSION OF
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
By a Vote of Sixty-five to Twenty
Amendment to Submit Question to
Electors of States Passes the Sen
ate.
WASHINGTON. D. C\, Aug. 2.—
An amendment to the Federal Con
stitution providing the submission of
the question of national prohibition
to the electors of the different states
of the Union was passed in the Sen
ate today by a vote of 65 to 20, be
ing eight more votes than necessary
to make it a law. The amendment
provides that the states must ratify
the action of the senate within six
years from the date the bill is sign
ed by the President. The House has
still to act on the resolution, but the
pressure for national prohibition is
so strong that it Is believed there
will be little trouble in it passing.
MANY DEATHS
FROMTHE HEAT
FORTY 1)1 K FROM SI N'S RAYS
IN NKVV YORK CITY TODAY
Two Score Death* Rejnirted in New
York and Twenty in Chicago—
Temperature Cnprecedented In
Many Fastern Cities.
i NEW YORK. Aug. 2.—A warm
wave swept over this city yesterday,
causing forty deaths and intense suf
fering from heat. From all points
j within a radius of nine hundred miles
' from this city comes reports of deaths
|and prostration from the intense hu
j midity prevailing. New York slept in
parks and on fire escapes last night,
|and business today is practically at
ja standstil. Dozens of horses have
dropped dead in the streets and thou
sands of persons jam the stations to
secure transportation to the seashore.
Many Die in Chicago
CHICAGO. Aug. 2.—Twenty-one
persons are dead in Chicago and hun
dreds are in hospitals suffering from
a torrid wave which hit this city yes
terday. From yesterday noon until
ten this morning every ambulance in
the city was pressed into service an
swering the hundreds of calls which
poured into the emergency hospitals.
At 8 o’clock last night the mercury
stood at 9S, and at noon today at 104.
St. Louis Suffering
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 2.—This city is
experiencing a hot wave which eclip
ses all previous records. The hospi
tals are swamped with patients and
many deaths are reported. The mer
cury registers 102 today.
\l)l) BRITISH MAKE ITRTHER .
May (Twinge History
i LONDON. Aug. 2.—The gigantic
Anglo-French offensive along the
Ypres on the West Flanders front
may take the balance of control in
Belgium from Germany, according to
general staff officers just back from
France, who declare that much more
is at stake than appears on the sur
face.
POLISH REGIMENTS DISARMED
AND INTERNED BY GERMANS
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 2.—A dis
patch from Berlin says that all Pol
ish legions have been disarmed and
interned by the Germans, and that
rigorous measures have been taken
in Poland to prevent disorders.