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“ “ VALDEZ. ALASKA. TUESDAY, JULY 3. 1»I7 .YUMBEK 155
OLUME XIV. _'
Official Program
NINETEENTH ANNUAL CELE
BRATION of the INDEPENDENCE
of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Valdez, Alaska
JULY FOURTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND SEVENTEEN
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UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
CITY OF VALDEZ
MORNING
10:00 Parade, headed by Band. Eagle Volunteers,
Boy Scouts. Firemen. Fraternal Orders,
and Citizens.
10:20 Charlie Chaplin Parade, free
. for all $10.00 $ 5.00 V\
^ 10:30 Row Boat Race, two men be
tween the two docks $10.00 $ 5.00
10:35 Bidarka Race, one or two hole $15.00 $ 5.00
10:40 Row Boat Race, one man $ 5.00 $ 3.0C 3 .
10:50 Boys' Foot Race $ 2.03 $ 1.00 ~
10:55 Girls’ Foot Race $ 2.00 $ 1.00 j
11:00 Stout Women's Race $ 7.50 $ 5.00 ,'v 5*!j
11:05 Stout Woman's Bicycle Race $10.00 $ 5.00
11:10 Stout Men’s Foot Race $ 5.00 in Mier:
11:20 Men’s Bicycle Race $10.0Q ^5.00
11:30 Boys’ Shoe Race .... $ 2.50 $ 1.00
11:35 Wheelbarrow Race, contestant
to furnish own barrow .. $ 5.00 $ 2.50
11:40 Three-legged Race $ 4.00 $ 2.00
11:45 Sack Race $ 2.00 $ 1.00
11:50 Potato Race, boys $ 2.00 $ 1.00
11:55 Potato Race, girls ... $ 2.00 $ 1.00.
; 12:00 Egg Race, girls $ 2.00 $ 1.00
> LUNCHEON
AFTERNOON
1:00 Men’s Running Broad Jump $ 7.50 $
1:10 Men’s Running High Jump $ 7.5G $
1:20 Men's Pole Vault $ 7.50 $ _
1 :30 Finnish Horse Contest $ 5.00 $ 2.50
1:40 Men's 100-yard dash $10.00 $ 5.00
1:45 Men’s 220-vard Race jj&AgHfc $
2:00 Boys’ Bicycle Race *jjs^S?iS:§''"2.50 $
2:10 Girls’ Bicycle Race $ 2.50 $
2:20 Rock Drilling Contest $100 $50.00 $
2:45 Pie-eating Contest $ 2.00 $
3 :C0 Baseball Game $50.00 $
INTERMISSION
EVENING
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7:00 Tug of War $50.00 $25.00
9:00 Grand Ball at Eagle Hall—
Best Lady Waltzer $10.00 $
Best Gentleman Waltzer , $ 5.00 in Mer.
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HAVANA. CAPITAL OF THF
ISLAND. BADLY SHAKF.N
line Man Killed and Ships in Harhor
Damaged by Bond* Believed
Thrown By Germans
HAVANA, July —Tile maga
> '.tnes of Cabanas fortress across the
>ay exploded today ami shook the
city violently. One is known to be
lead and many are injured. The au
'horities are convinced that the ex
plosion was due to a bomb and the
-urmise is that the act was commit
ted by German sympathizers. Two
:aen were blinded totally by the ef
fect of the explosion and several
ships in the harbor were damaged.
The theory of the detectives is that
a bomb was placed against the mag
azine and exploded by a time fuse.
VON Kl FLOW IS LOOKING
FOR A BIG I.VDKMMTl
PARIS. July 2.—The Zurish cor
respondent of the Petit Parisien
quotes Prince von Buelow. forniei
German imperial chancellor, as say
ing in reply to birthday greeting from
the city of Bromberg, Prussia, that
he hoped this year would bring to
the German people the long-looked
for peace, a peace with compensations
for their suffering and sacrifices, and
an indemnity which would permit
Germany immediately to resume the
position she occupied before the war.
This is the first time Prince von Bue
low has expressed himself on the sub
ject of Germany’s war aims
KEPUILIC FOR SPAIN
IS NEAT CHANGE
LONDON. July U.—Advices today
from Madrid indicate the early fall of
the Spanish monarchy and the estab
lishment of a new republic. Allied
agents have been working to bring
about Spain's entrance into the war,
and the deposing of King Alfonso,
will undoubtedly mark the event.
Jack McCarthy who has been
working at The Buffet, has taken a
- position with Levy & Biggs.
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era eves
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wi:i:k not a wakk s . s.
HAll kntkrmi thk war
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Several Scores of Teutonic I’risouers
, I sed to Help Kreot the (Quarters
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for American Troop• Have to be
Shown—Were Not Informed.
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KKAN't K, July —.-evera! score
| of German prisoners were requisi
tioned today by the American troops
to help construct quari-rs for the
i men, and when told that America had
entered the war refused to believe it
; until they were shown. The prisoners
had heard nothing of America s en
trance into tlie war
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trover Doxa, manned' by French of*i
ticers. was torpedoed l>y a submarine*
last night in the Mediterranean, and:
twenty-nine lives were lost.
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E APPOINTED
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n:on;»TS I’bl CIMl W
I RUM UJ. stt liOXS'
The^^Art las:, week tha1. t-overt.or
Strt^^Has reappointed as Uov
er:im|tiie Territory of Alaska, was
erroneous. It is now believed tiiat Mr.
Strong will not receive the appoint
ment. as protests against his name
going before the Senate are pouring
in from all parts of Alaska. Dem
ocrats of tlie Territory have utterly
i repudiated tlie governor, and will not
bear of him as a gubernatorial candi
date. Telegrams received here state
that if Riggs is not acceptable to the
administration for governor, the par
ty is willing to accept any democrat
of proven fealty in his place, but will
not stand for the present incumbent
receiving the appointment.
Thosas Riggs, the democratic choice
I for governor, is commissioner of the
! Alaska Railway Commission, and it
! is feared that the administration will
[ not allow him to accept the appoint
ment.
' HUNGER. STRIKES Wild.
CONTINUE BY SWEDES
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NEW YORK. July U.—Norway
will enter the war on the side of the
Allies within a month, according to
passengers who arrived at an Ameri
can port on a Norwegian steamer.
The poorer people in Norway are ac
tually starving, because they have no
' money with which to purchase food
at the present high prices. Food that
should have been kept home for con
sumption was shipped to Germany at
war prices.
j REV. AND MRS. /.INN
VISIT IN SEWARD
liev. George Joht. Zit.r.. rector of
'the Episcopal church at this place.
will leave on the Evans for Seward,
(accompanied h> Mrs Zim. and son
John David. They w:!l remain tit Sew
ard about a week.
SHIP OWNERS
ARE WARNED
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(H »V KIIN M KNT TO KlyilSITlOX
AM. SHIPPING IMMKIMATKI.Y
Announcement Mii<lr Today That Or
der llequisitioning All Vessel* Will
lie Issued Soon—(Government to
lake All Vessels Over.
WASHINGTON. 1). July 3.—
Secretary Kedtield of the Department •
of Commerce toda.v noiitied all ship- j
owners to he ready to turn their ves-1
sels over to the government immed
iately. as the order for their requisi
tion would undoubtedly he issued to-1
day.
It is not known^yhat provisions j
will <t*^\^iade to care flte !
freighi^4t*d passenger traffic or The j
qualified Uaitb* SUtrja
The law- -pwrldelk that no li
cense shall be twie4;- WUess both
parties shall bedWeniWed 40 the satis
faction ot the proper Commissioner,
who shall further require a statement
under oath relative to the legality,
color, residence and occupation of
parties guardians of such, If under
the legal age majority, and ptftrr mar
riage or marriages of.parties, or either j
of them and the manner of dissolution!
thereof, and if there be no legal ob
jection thereto such commissioner
shall Issye a license iq the form here
inafter provided. • The provisions of
this spctfpu may be certified to before
any regularly connulastbued Votary
Public of the Territory, shall oer
r~ th^teg^htatoner.
ahall b*V«*e4
ctlng iartlaa^lX tfthy are
| 'ori^batea^T^i^
HELD TODAY
tribute respect to
MRS. M. B. IIEVENNEY
luipi-e—Be Funeral Oration Over Re
main.- of Highly Re-per ted Valdez
Pioneer—(Hid Fellow- and Mason
Take Part in Exercise-.
The funeral of Mrs. M. B. Deven
ney was held this afternoon at two
o’clock at Odd Fellow Hall under the
auspices of the Valdez Rebekah Lodge
No. 5 and the Order of the Eastern
Star. Many friends of the departed
turned out to honor the memory of a
kind and loving woman, one whose
absence will cause a poignant sorrow
for some time to come. Because of her
intense interest in her social and civic
work, Mrs. Deveuney has won many
permanent friends. Reverend R. D.
Nicholls made a short address includ
ing in it a few facts regarding the life
of the deceased. She was born in Ok
lahoma in 1SS0 and was married to
T. J. Deveuney in 190S. They resided
in Valdez many years. Mrs. Deveuney
spent the last winter in the States
returning on the Alaska three weeks
ago. She had been ailing for several
years hut died very suddenly Sunday,
July 1. 1917. She will be interred in
Phoenix, Oregon. The floral tributes
were many and beautiful. Several sel
ections were sung during the service,
among them being a solo. "Face to
Face ", which Mrs. Clifton rendered
in a pleasing manner The pall hear
ers were f. C Rudolph. B. Silverman,
t'lias. Koppus, L. Johnson. T. ll.
yu;i :: and Robert Weber
“OUR FIGHTING LADS”
By MRS. JAMES GILMOUR
When in peace and security we dwell
We hardly know our fighting lads;
But when his ugly visage Moloch shov/s
We quickly find our fighting lads.
When to the test their loyalty we put
They gladly grasp, those fighting lads,
The hand that, heedless, once perchance denied
A friendly clasp to fighting lads.
It's Brotherhood and Liberty
They're fighting for. our fighting lads!
They would whip any race on earth, or die
Protecting us. our fighting lads.
We will prove we are worth it, now and do
Our "bit” to help our fighting lads.
If Satan in a traitor’s guise should come
To whisper to you. fighting lads.
Tell him you fight for woman’s right to bear
Your sons in Freedom, fighting lads.
It’s Liberty ’gainst Slavery
~r‘You’re fighting for, oh, fighting lads!
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d if Evil’s man^d robbing powers
j’t undumne our fighting lads,
fal foe^will wre e’er need t^^ear;
heyilTp^ove their wortJJ^Ww’ fighting lads.
ev‘ry Woman's h<tMj£jOiis*prayer ascends;
/“God guide fighting lads.
, if Death *ho®fc|^J$!iFthern. 6. grant us. Lord.
A place t6 rttket Q&f fighting lads.
That w% rtfcy rtl! them Liioerty
Crowns *11 the World, dear fighting lads!
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iMILITi A PoWKKLI SS TO
PREVENT MOB KIDMNGni
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Riot*
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whites and
night, ov
of additional ne
in tlie munition plants
tly established in tlie city. It is
ted that fully two hundred ne
groes were killed and their homes
burned by the infuriated mob. Adjut
ant General Dickinson of Illinois de
clared today that 1300 guardsmen on
duty were inadequate to control the
situation and that murders were oc
curing by the score as the inoft'end
ing negroes were chased from their
burning homes and shot down.
It is estimated that the list of dead
ami wounded will reach nearly four
hundred, and tires are blazing all ov
er the city.
Several additional companies of
militia have been sent to the city to
maintain order and martial law lias
Veen declared.
Orgy of Killing Hreuk Out
EAST ST. LOl'IS. 111., July 3.%
The orgy of killing lias again brok
en out. the white mob pursuing the
negroes far out into the country and
shooting them down wherever they
find them. The troops seem unable
to handle the situation, and the reg
ulars may be called in.
Mayor Calls for Help
EAST ST. LOL'IS. July ?,—Mayor
Mollman has sent in an urgent ap
peal to help to the governor of Illin
ois. The mob is out of control ami
there is danger ot the whole city be
ing destroyed.
INDIANAPOLIS HAS
TWO POLICE I'OltCES
INDIANAPOLIS, July —This
city now has two police forces. The
military force from Fort Harrison
have made their appearance on the
streets at night. Dressed in khaki
and carrying clubs and wearing blue
•\M 1* •’ on their arms, they scour the
city each night for wandering sol
diers.
STM DEATH
sn.vn: i; h \*» miki»kk
<>a hm\i>s
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' ornnijT. 11 Iiiti \Vfn.«e Bi.dy VVts
l ouiid in Hear of Tenement House,
Murdered i>> Get >»•£»- liiewn, says
sweetheart—At t'U'rd l>euie» Guilt.
SKATT1.K. July The hi dy of a
mail id •nti'T-d a- s-u u-e". Kiuiup. a
Ballard painter. *:i- found thi- morn
ing in a lias-m**' • i •. Bel! Street. The
man hail been lead for some hours.
Mrs. Maud Halloed . an acquaintance
of Kltimp's lived right across the al
ley. and t!te woman was arrested
charged with the murder. She told the
police that Klump was killed by Geo
Brown. her sweetheart. 1 ecauso
Klump had attempted to force his at
tentions upon her.
Brown was *ake:t into custody ear
ly this morning by the police. He in
dignantly denied killtng Klump and
stated that he could prove that lie was
not in the vicinity of either the wo
man or Brown during the twenty-four
hours preceediug the murder.
mm THREE
NIAGARA FALLS \ It TIMS
RF \l H t>\ I IS m l iRH
Sreni< I ar Jump* Track am! Many ate
I>11 mut'd—l*a**eiiger* Had No tdp
port unity to K'tape Refoiv It U in
River—Hunting for Head.
NIAGARA FALLS, July : —After
ait all night search for bodies I»y tiia
rescue crew, twenty-three have been
taken from under the wrecked car.
It is not known How many have float
ed off down the river, and it will
take a week to check up the lists.
The accident occurred, while a street
car loaded witli sightseeing w-to
viewing the fails, th-* car jumping the
track and going into the riier.