ARCTIC EXPLORER
MESSYONEY
Relief Steamer Neptune Arrives In
Sydney With Party of Ex
plorers Aboard
SIDNEY, Australia, Aug. 27.—S.
MacMillan, the Arctic explorer, who
has been marooned In the far north
the past two years, arrived here today
on the relief steamer Neptune, with
his party.
Explorer MacMillan and the first
relief force who sailed in the steamer
' Cluett, arrived in Etah, northwest
Greenland, on Smith Sound last
spring, after having spent much
time searching for Commodore
Peary’s mythical island named Crock
er Land by the celebrated American
explorer. MacMillan says that Peary
was fooled by mirage, and that there
is no such place as Crocker land. He
will arrive in the United States in
about four days.
The first heard of the MacMillan
’ party after their departure from Etah
last year, was about Six months ago,
when G. H. Serwood, one of the par
ty, brought a message from MacMil
lan stating that the party was safe,
and that he had discovered six new
islands and had finished the mapping
of Finley island, discovered sixty
years ago. He also told of finding
large coal deposits. Dr. II. J. Hunt,
a member of the party, came out in
June, this year, and told of the long
sled journey over the ice of Melville
Sound, and stated that the party were
well and In good spirits, but in urg
ent need of supplies. Capt. R. A.
Bartlett, in command of the polar
steamer Neptune, thereupon organiz
. ed a third relief expedition and sail
ed in search of the MacMillan party
May 23, and apparently his search
was crowned with success.
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Quartermaster Sergeant F. Kid
well received notice of his promotion
as Captain, Q. M. C., on the Alaska,
mnd is receiving the congratulations
of his many friends on his promotion.
Capt. Kidwell will probably be called
outside in the near future.
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ALASKA ARRIVES FROM
SOUTHERN PORTS
The steamship Alaska arrived at
about 6 o’clock Saturday evening
with the following passengers: G. A.
Henkle, Miss Kathryn Williams, Mrs.
Dave Bennett and son William, and
Jack Hazelett. Those departing on
the Alaska for westward points were
Harry Ober and Paul Swanson, Miss
Caroline Kelsey, Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as Donohoe, Mrs. Robarts and daugh
ter Mona and Kenneth Rudolph.
German Plotter in Chicago
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—George Paul
Boehm, alleged German plotter, was
brought here today from Winnipeg.
Boehm, Gustav A. Jacobson, Albert
Wehde and others are under indict
ment charged with attempting to fo
• ment a revolution against the British
• government in India. Boehm was an
emissary sent to India it is alleged.
He was arrested at_Singapore and
brought back to Canada. It was ex
• pected that Judge Landis would set
a date for their trials this afternoon.
Russian Wreck Fatal
PETROGRAD, Aug. 27.—Sixty
persons were killed and 150 injured
in a wreck today on the railroad be
tween Petrograd and Moscow. Four
coaches were crushed to pieces when
a passenger train ran into a freight
train.
Sinkings Are Costly
LONDON, Aug. 27.—It was an
nounced today in the house of com
mons that 9,748 lives were lost on
British merchantment from the open
ing of the war to June 30, 1917, as
a result of enemy action. Of these
3,878 were passengers, the remain
ing being officers and seamen.
German Sub Damaged
LONDON, Aug. 27.—A German
* submarine of the largest and latest
type has been towed into Zeebrugge,
Belgium, by two torpedo boats, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Amsterdam. The sub
marine Is reported to have been ram
med in the Horth Sea and damaged
severely, resulting In the loss of 3
of the crew.
FOR SL IM
Steamship Valdez Carries Four Flat
Cars for Government Rail
road at Nenana
SEATTLE. Aug. 27.—The steam
ship Ketchikan sailed yesterday for
St. Michaels and other Alaska points
with three hundred tons of rails for
Nenana. and four flat cars. The
transport Crook sails tonight with
450 tons of steel for the railway at
Anchorage.
SOLDIER BELIEVED DEAD
IS GERMAN PRISONER
TOULOUSE, France, Aug. 27.—A
soldier carried on the rolls as killed
since 1914 has just been identified
by his father, a farmer of Saint Ro
main, in a photograph received from
a German prison camp of seventy-two
captives, all of them from the de
partment of Lot.
FAMILY TROUBLE
CAUSES KILLINGS
- ROSEVILLE, Cal., Aug. 27.—Wes
lie L. Perry shot and killed Edwin L.
Greenhigh, his brother-in-law, here
last night and after shooting his own
wife through the head and missing
Mrs. Greenhigh with another bullet,
shot and killed himself. Police said
the shooting was the result of do
mestic trouble.
MILITANT PRIEST
WILL NOT CHANGE
SIOUX CITY, Aug. 27.—Bishop P.
J. Garrigan said today that Rev.
Michael Cybulski, pastor of St. Casi
mir’s Lithuanian Catholic church,
here, who asked to be transferred be
cause of threats alleged to have been
made against his life by foreigners
opposed to the selective draft system,
probably would not be transferred.
Father Cybulski has been very active
in urging the residents of his dis
trict to fight for the United States.
DIGGS' WIDOW
TAKES A HUSBAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.—Mrs.
Lina Diggs, of Woodland, Cal., for
mer wife of Maury I. Diggs, who is
serving a sentence of two years in
the federal prison at McNeil’s island
for white slavery, and Walter D.
Young, an insurance man of Sacra
mento, Cal., were married here to
day by Superior Judge Bernard J.
Flood. The couple immediately left
on their honeymoon.
LESSONS OF WAR.
John Barrett 8ays We Muet
Study What Others Have Dene.
Photo by American Press Association.
John Barrett, director of the Pan
American anion, says America has
some urgent, practical lessous In war
making to learu pud take advantage
of from the experience of England and
France. The flr „t groat Impression one
now gains In Ear'and and France fa
that of the co-operation or “team play"
everywhere evident.
United States Super-Dreadnought Florida
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Photo by American Press Association.
The Florida Is a 21.S25 ton battleship, 521.5 feet long. She carries tna
twelve-inch mm* icd tin* a complement of 1.014 officers and men
APPOINTED TODAY
Will Settle All Disputes in Regard
to Wages and Hours in Ship
yards of Nation
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27.—
The President today appointed Valen
tine Everit Macy, capitalist, of New
York, chairman of a board to be com
posed of a man to be named by each
of the emergency fleet corporations,
and Samuel Gompers, the labor lead
er, to settle all strikes and wage dis
putes in the shipyards of the nation.
In case the strikes occur in the navy
yards Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
will be a member of the new commis
sion.
NORTHWESTERN SAILS
FOR VALDEZ TODAY
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.—The steam
ship Northwestern sailed for Valdez
and Southwestern Alaska ports at
nine this morning. Her passengers for
Valdez were \V. N. Cuddy and wife
and Daniel Wilcey.
Miss Frederlcka Dierliug will leave
on the steamship Mariposa for An
chorage, where she has been engaged
to teach school the coming winter.
G. A. Henkle, the well known min
ing man, who left last April for a
visit in California and other points
in the States, returned Saturday on
the steamship Alaska, and will re
main in Valdez for a time. Mr. Hen
kle reports very warm weather in
California and Idaho, and says that
all industries are working to capa
city on account of the war.
Quartermaster Sergeant Schweqjir.
ten, at Fort Liscum, received official
notification on the steamship Alaska
that he had been promoted to the
rank of captain.
UNION MINE WORKERS
WELCOME; I. W. Vlr. NOT
GLOBE, Ariz., Aug. 27.—An
nouncement that the copper compan
ies In the Globe-Mlami dstrict, whose
men have been on strike since July
2, would reemploy without discrim
ination any members of the Interna
tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smel
ter Workers who return to work
within the next few days, but that
no members of the I. W. W. would
be given work, was made today by
John McBride, federal mediator, who
has been endeavoring to settle the
strike. The proposition made by the
companies will be submitted to a ref
erendum vote of unions affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor on
Wednesday. »
EIGHT-HOUR DAY 18
OPPOSED IN SOUTH
MEMPHIS, Aug. 27.—In regard to
the telegram from Secretary of War
Baker, asking for an eight-hour day
for lumber workers, John M. Pritch
arr, secretary of the Gum Lumber
Manufacturers’ association, stated to
day he considered the adoption of an
eight-hour day in the lumber camps
of the Mississippi valley as Imprac
ticable at this time. Wages had been
raised about twenty per cent to meet
the high cost of living, he said, and
the putting in effect of an eight-hour
dpy would cut down the production,
25 per cent.
wheat nr
All Fictitious Dealing In Wheat Fu
tures Stopped by Order of
Food Commissioner
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—Food Com
missioner Hoover today ordered the
wheat pit in the Chicago Board of
Trade closed until after the termina
tion of the war.
PRINTER KILLED
IN BUTTE STORM
TWO BUTTES, Colo., Aug. 27.—
Frank Pruett, a printer, was killed
and twenty persons were hurt, one
probably fatal, last night when a
tornado struck Two Buttes. Two
store buildings and three residences
were wrecked and many small build
ings were demolished. The storm tra
veled from the southwest to north
east, striking this city at 6 o'clock.
Telegraph communication was cut off
until today.
Seattle Fish Prices
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.—Seattle price
at noon, August 26; halibut 13 3-4;
black cod 4c; red cod 3c.
BLUEJACKET'S BODY
IS WASHED ASHORE
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 27.—The
body of an unidentified American
bluejacket about 34 years old was
washed ashore here yesterday. Keys
tied around the neck bore the letters
“U. S. N.” An investigation is being
made by the American consulate.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 27 —
The navy department has no informa
tion on the finding of an American
sailor's hodv near Queenstown^ as
has been reported, and nothing to
show that his death .Indicates any
thing more serious than the loss of
a man overboard in stormy weather.
Longest Baseball Game
The longest baseball game on re
cord was played at Carrollton, Ky.,
during the season of 1860. It lasted
from 10 o’clock in the morning and
was called on account of darkness at
6 o’clock in the evening, with only
seven innings completed. One of the
slowest run getting games between
first-class teams of which any record
can be found was played on July 30,
1862, just 55 years ago. The teams
engaged were the Unions, of Morris
town and the Eckfords, of Green
point, L. I. The game occupied four
hours in scoring twelve runs, an av
erage of three runs to the hour.
Steamer Founders
LONDON, Aug. 27.—A dispatch to
Lloyds from Sydney says that the
British steamer Cumberland, which
was damaged by an internal explo
sion on July 0. fondered in deep wat
ter while being towed to Aden. The
Cumberland measured 8,993 tons.
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Mines Filled With Water
BISBEE, Ariz., Aug. 27.—As a re
sult of Sunday’s Bevere rainstorm,
which caused damage in Bisbee esti
mated at $76,000, two mines of the
Copper Queen company were partly
under water today. Water is standing
20 feet deep in the Pray khaft and one
of the levels of the Holbrook mine'Is
nearly flooded. The rest of the work
ings have been bulkheaded to pre
vent further flooding of the lower
levels.
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CHI GUNMAN
MEEK DEATH
Head Gunman for Hop Sing Tong In
Seattle Shot to Death by Men
Who Esc»|>e
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.—Yee Bing,
head gunman for the Hop Sing tong
of this city, himself being wanted
by the police for several shootings,
was shot by two gunmen, of rival
tongs, dying almost instantly. His
murderers escaped after the shoot
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mlddelkamp en
tertained a number of their Valdez
friends at a dinner party Saturday
evening at their home in Ellamar.
The launch Tokeh Lou carried the
passengers down Saturday afternoon,
returning Sunday. Those who par
took of their hospitality were Mes
dames A. C. Dowling, S. W. Merrit,
Heffelflnger and Harry Brown, Miss
Blanche Fogg and Messrs. A. C.
Dowling, S. W. Merritt, H. Suessdorf,
Brainerd D. Burhoe and Sanford of
Ellamar.
Notice #
Will the lady who took Irish cro
chet collar from my house please re
turn to me or place in the Postoffice
and save trouble. Mrs. P. Reed. 2t
W. N. CUDDY AND WIFE
ON WAY TO VALDEZ
The Prospector’s correspondent in
Seattle telegraphed this paper that
W. N. Cuddy and wife sailed today on
the Northwestern. Mrs. Cuddy was
formerly Miss Lucy Hon, a popular
school teacher of this place.
Dan Wilcey, the well-known Val
dezan, sailed from Seattle today for
Valdez, on the steamer Northwestern.
Contrary to expectations Dan is oc
cupying a stateroom by himself.
MARTIAL LAW A$D TROOPS
NEXT STEP FOR ARIZONA
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| BISBEE, Ariz., Aug. 27.—"Bisbee
jin particular and the Warren district
| in general is a hotbed of anarchy.”
This was the statement of Attorney
(General Wiley E. Jones at a meeting
of all local unions in the Warren dis
trict here last night. “This district
is in a state of anarchy,” he told the
assembled workmen, "and I am go
ing to endeavor to restore a republi
can form of government here. Orders
and requests of the governor and the
state authorities have been ignored,”
he added, “and they will continue to
be treated in that manner until fed
eral troops and marshal law have
HOSPITAL CORPS SHY.
Naval Bureau ef Medloine
and Surgery Needa Men.
Photo by Amorleu' Friio’ AaoocloUoa.
Fifteen hundred men ere needed el
•nee for the hospital corps of the navy.
It. G. Holcomb, acting chief of the
bureau of medicine and surgery of the
havy department, says, “Grsfdustee of
training. schools for nurses, graduates
In phardiaey, first aid workers and oth
wrjESHDr
MsJ. Gen. Bell Said if Court Martial
Finds Negroes Guilty Will be
Executed
HOUSTON. Texas., Aug. 27.—Ma
jor General Bell, In command of the
Thirty-third Division, U. S. A., said
today that if a court martial finds the
troopers of the twenty-fourth infan
try were guilty of mutiny they would
be executed. The men rioted In Hous
ton last week on account of alleged
mistreatment by the city police, kill
ing thirteen citizens, including three
policemen
SANTA ANA RESCUES
SHIPWRECKED SAILORS
The marshal's office here received
notification Saturday that the steam
hip Santa Ana had picked up a life
boat containing twelve men of the
shipwrecked Japanese steamer Koto
hira Maru, recently wrecked at Am
chitka, one of the Rat Island group.
The men were picked up off Scotch
Cape, the northwestern point of Akun
Island, near Unimak pass. Seventeen
men from the wrecked steamer are
still missing and the revenue cutter
Unalga is standing by in the vicinity
to give them aid if they can be found.
GOLF CHAMPION NOT
TO ASK EXEMPTION
ROSTOX. Aug. 27.—Francis Oui
met, western amateur golf champion
and former national amateur and op
en titleholder, today announced that
he would not claim exemption from
the draft. He has already passed the
physical examination.
“My services are at my country’s
disposal in whatever capacity I can do
the most good.” he said, “whether
this proves to be in the army or play
ing golf in aid of the Red Cross.”
FRIENDLY OCEAN
JOINS NATIONS
—
A PACIFIC PORT. Aug. 27.—
I “That Americans and Japanese
j should stand almost in the surf of
the great ocean we both love, to
pledge our faith anew to the common
interests which unite us. is most fit
ting,” said Viscount K. Ishii, head of
the imperial Japanese mission, at a
luncheon givin in its honor today.
MARE ISLAND TRAGEDY
WAS NOT ACCIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 27.—
The Navy league in a statem6nt here
today says it has information It con
siders reliable that a time fuse was.
connected with the black powder
magazine at Mare Island navy yard,
which exploded July 9 killing five and
injuring thirty-one. The league's in
formation, the statement says, fears
that vigorous investigation has been
hampered through influence of pow
erful labor interests.
Fires Threaten Town
'llOQUIAM. Aug. 28.—Fires be
lieved to have been started in incendi
aries, near Aloha, have threatened
the mill town of Stearnville. They
are now under control.
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Kerensky is Optimistic
PETROGRAD. Aug. 27.—Premier
Kerensky, in reply to a message of
good will King George sent him at
the beginning of the fourth year of
the war. said: “I am certain the Rus
sian people will find the necessary
strength to surmount the serious
trials of the present time and con
duct the world war to an end which
will be worthy of the terrible sacri
fices already made by every nation
which is struggling for right against
might.”
Norway Nips Plots
CHRISTIANA, Norway, Aug. 27.—
Investigation of the conspiracy hav
ing for' an object the sinking with
German bombs of a number of Nor
wegian ships has been completed, ac
cording to the Tldenstagn, and action
taken against seven Finlanders and
two Germans. They are acused of hav
ing transported explosives from Ger
many to Norway and stored them at
three places in Christiana. The accus
ed were paid- by the German eepton-- -
age headquarters at Stockholm. j