VOLUME XIV VALDEZ ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1910. NUMBER 100
GOVERNMENT 10
ACTM MEDIATOR
WOE Id) Ain SETTLEMENT STRIKE
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Aid Is Also Offered in the Garment J
Workers’ Strike, but Manufaetur-j
cr.s Fail to Make Any Answer to
the Proposal.
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NEW YORK, May 4.—The govern
ment has offered to mediate in the
differences between the telegraphers
and the officials of the Nickel Plate j
road, to avert the threatened strike
on that road. It is believed that the
offer will he accepted by both sides.]
and that the matter will he adjusted
without trouble.
The same offer has been made to j
the striking garment workers and
their employers, and while the Union
has expressed a willingness to accept]
the service, the employers have made
no reply to the offer.
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CURRENCY HAS NO WORTH
Hanks which were Main Props of the
:
Diaz Regime Practically Suspend,
Business to Demonstrate I heir Hos-|
tility to Carranza.
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MEXICO CITY, May 4.—The coun
try now faces a fixia.ijci.al crisis, fol-,
lowing the announcement of I’resi-:
dent Carranza that all taxes would
be increased to meet the expenses of
running the government. The paper
money of the Carranza government is j
now practically worthless, and the j
banks, which were the main props of ^
the Diaz regime, have practically sus- j
pended business, indicating their hos- j
tility to Carranza.
This movement places President;
Carranza in a very embarrassing po-1
sition as he is unable to finance the j
government or meet the payments due |
the soldiers. It is anticipated that1
Carranza’s tenure in office will be j
short and that an other popular up-;
rising^yi-mminent.
ZEPPELINS MID
E
J>KOI’ Nl'MBEK BOMBS AT DEAL
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Considerable Property Damage Done
and Two Persons Injured—Anti
Aircraft Guns Drive Invaders Away*
and They Return to Base Safely.
LONDON, May 4.—German Zeppe
lins raided the English coast last
night and dropped a number of bombs
at Deal. Considerable property dam
age was occasioned and two persons
were injured. Anti-aircrafe guns
were brought into play and the raid
ers were driven off, returning to the
base at Zeebruggee in safety.
AMERICAN WOMAN 18
IMPRISONED AS SPY
BERNE, Switzerland May 3.—
CWrlotte von Kuehnan, of New York,
aiwtrtist, who has been residing
hero^'or some time, wa3 sentenced to
imprisonment for two months, fol
lowed by banishment, on a charge
■ of having engaged in secret service
work on behalf of Germany. It is
said she was implicated in a plot with
' a German agent named Lattke and
a girl named Corlin, both of whom
received the saifie sentence as the
New York woman.
George Dooley came up on the Ala
meda from Cordova, being summon
ed as a witness in the district court.
BULGARIA SENDS TROOPS
TO RUMANIAN FRONTIER
LISBON, May 4.—That Bulgaria
mistrusts Rumania and contemplates
action against her would seem to he
shown by the fact that 120,000 Bul
garian troops in six divisions are con
centrated on the frontier and it is de
clared the Bulgarian police have ar
rested Germans on suspicion of im
parting military information to Ru
mania. The Rumanian parliament
proposes to remain in session another
month to cope with any emergency
which may arise.
SHIPPING TIED
IIPHT STRIKE
FREIGHT MOVEMENT HAMPERED
Seven Hundred Vessels Are Tied Up
and Railroads are Finding It Difli
cult to Provide Storage for Fast
Accumulating Freight.
NEW YORK, May 4.—Shipping in
,he harbor is seriously crippled by
the strike of the marine engineers.
Fully seven hundren boats are com
pletely tied up by the walkout of the
engineers and the movement of trans
atlantic and coastwise freight has
been hampered to such an extent that
u serious congestion of freight has
occurred here, and the railroads are
finding it difficult to provide storage
for the accumulations.
IRISH RE8ELS
ARE EXECUTED
PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC SHOT
Two Leaders of Revolt in Dublin and
President Pearce are Executed Fol
lowing a Trial for Treason by
Courtmartial.
LONDON, May 4.—The two Irish
revolutionary leaders who were ex
ecuted yesterday, after trial by court
martial, with President Peace, of the
declared Irish republic, were Thos.
Clark and Thomas McDonough, com
manders of the rebel forces in Dub
lin. Pearce was president of Stenda
College, in Dublin and was an ardent
advocate of the independence of Ire
land.
CARGO OF APPAM SOLD
UNDER ORDER OF COURT
NEWPORT NEWS, May 4.—The
cargo of the German prize ship Ap
pain has been sold here under the or
ders of the United States District
Court, because of its perishable na
ture. More than $500,000 worth of
cocoa, cotton seed and corn were in
cluded in the cargo sold.
CASEMENT TRIAL j
BEGINS TODAY!
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|CHARGED WITH HI.GH TREASON
Man Caught While Landing Anns on
Irish' Coast on Trial for His Life—
Will He Examined as to Whether
or Not He Is Insane.
LONDON, May 4.—The trial of Sir
Roger Casement, the man captured
by British patrol boats while engaged
in unloading arms on the coa^t of
Ireland a short, time ago, will begin
today. The charge of high treason
lias been preferred against the pris
oner, and if convicted he will hang.
■ There is considerable doubt ex
pressed as to the sanity of the man,
and several alienists will examine
him as to his soundness of mind. Dur
ing his imprisonment, he has dispiay
edat times signs of being mentally
unbalanced, while at others he ap
pears perfectly normal.
AGREEMENT ON
THEJRMY BILL
TO I'EDEItAlilZE THE MIIJTIA
Expected that h.t this Means tlie lie
serve Strength of tlie Army Will he
Increased to 400,000 Men—Hill Is
Being Hushed.
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 4.—
The army bill conferees have tenta
tively agreed upon the federalization
of the various state militias. This
will mean a reserve army strength of
400,000 men.
The other sections of the bill will
be taken up as rapidly as possible,
and the reconstructed measure, it is
anticipated, will be submitted to both
houses of congress within a few days.
LORIMER TRIAL
COMES TO AN END
A JURY ACQUITS EX-SENATOR
Government Produces Host of Wit
nesses to Prove He Wrecked 1j«
Halle Street Bank But Jury Fails
to be Convinced.
CHICAGO, May 4.—Ex-Senator
William Lorimer, who has been on
trial here for several weeks, on the
charge of wrecking the LaSalle
Street Bank, of which he was presi
dent and which failed some months
ago, was acquitted today by a jury,
which returned a verdict of not
guilty. t
The government ptesented a large
array of witnesses against the pris
oner in an attempt to show that large
loans had been secured from the in
stitution and had been sunk in out
side ventures in which Lorimer was
interested and that the bank had no
security for the money loaned, the
loans being made on Lorimer’s order.
The defense alleged that at the
time the loans were made, he was en
t,aged in other business which lock
his attention from the affairs of the
bank, and that the loans were not
made by his order or consent, and
that he did not know they were made
until some months afterward.
The testimony revealed that con
siderable high finance had been en
gaged in, but the jury failed to con
nect the ex-Senator with the offense.
• Albert Fink, formerly of Nome,
Alaska, conducted the defense.
Mrs. NormaqvMerohant left yester
day afternoon to fbin her husband at
the Granby mine.
Just received a fresh line of box
candies. Candy Kitchen. tf
WASHINGTON IS
AWAITING REPLY
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GERMAN NOTE EXPECTED TODAY
Much Uneasiness Kelt as to Result of
Reply—Indications are that Ger
many Dt.es Not Consider Note will
Re Satisfactory.
WASHINGTON. D. t\, May 4.
The reply from Germany to the note
of President Wilson is being anx
iously awaited here. It is expected
that it will he handed to Ambassador
Gerard in Perl in today, and immedi
ately transmitted, hut up to noon to
day nothing had been heard from the
ambassador.
Conflicting reports as to the tenor
of the reply have caused considerable
uneasiness here, and the fear is ex
pressed Hint Germany’s suggestion
that King Ail'onzo act as arbiter be
tween the two countries, indicates
that the German statesmen do not be
lieve the reply will satisfy the Presi
dent and that a break will follow.
y. S. NAVY NOW
!N SIXTH PLACE
DANIKLS SUBMITS A HKPOKT
Says Country Is Now In a Position
to Build Five Dreadnoughts, Five
Cruisers and Twenty Destroyers a
Year.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 4.—
Secretary of the Navy Daniels today
submitted a report to the House com
mittee on Naval Affairs, showing that
the navy of the United States now oc
cupies the sixth place among the na
vies of the world. He says the coun
try is now equipped to build five
dreadnaughts, five cruisers and twen
ty destroyers a year, and with suffi
cient appropriations the navy can
within a reasonable period be brought
up to second place.
HUGHES FAVORED
BY INVENTION
(’HOICK MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS
At Convention Held in Lansing Jus
tice Is Almost Unanimous Choice—
Delegates to National Convention
to Cast First Vote for Fowl.
LANSING, Michigan, May 4.—
At the Republican State Convention,
held in this city today, the candidacy
of Justice Hughes for the presidency
was almost unanimously indorsed.
The delegates elected at the recent
state primaries, however, are com
pelled to cast their first ballot for
Henry Ford, he having been the
choice of the people voting at the pri
maries. After the first ballot, how
ever, it is expected the delegation will
vote solidly for Hughes.
ENJOYABLE DANCE FOR
STEAMER PASSENGERS
A very enjoyable dsince was held
in Moose hall last night for the pas
gers on the Alameda. The affair was
an informal one, Quickly arranged,
when it was found that the steamer
was to remain here for' some time.
Arthur Pinkus, Gus Djarf and Paul
Swanson furnished the music and a
most enjoyable-time was had. The
attendance was large anjJ a number
of the passengers from the steamer
being present as well as many of the
townspeople.
The Ladies^Aid of the Congrega
tional church met this afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Walter Elliott on’
Hobart street.
WAR WIDOWS TO SEEK
HUSBANDS IN STATES
PITTSBURG, May 3. -Thousands
of war widows of British soldiers will
be assisted in getting husbands in the
United States and Canada by the Sal
vation Army, in conjunction, with
the Canadian government, according
to an announcement by Col. William
Evans, in command of the Salvation
Army here. He thinks the agricul
tural provinces of Canada and the
western states will get a majority of
the widows.
MAY BE EXECUTED IN VIENNA
Red Cross Nurse, Formerly Settle
ment .Worker in Chicago, is Charg
ed with Furnishing Information to
the Enemy.
NEW YORK, May 4.—Advices re
ceived here state that Alice Masary,
a Red Cross nurse, is facing a trea
son charge at Vienna, and may be ex
ecuted by the authorities. She is
charged witli furnishing information
to the enemy. Miss Masary was for
merly a settlement worker in Chicago
and shortly after the outbreak of the
war joined the Red Cross corps in
Austria. She is called a second
Edith Cavill.
SEVEREPEHALTY
CALLS WASHINGTON DRINKARH
Insult to First President of the I'nited
States Is Visited With a Sentence
of One Year in Jail and Thousand
Hollar Fine.
TACOMA, May 4.—A Socialist
speaker here, who characterized
George Washington, the lirst presi
dent of the country, as a drunkard
and a slave-holder, was tried and con
victed of criminal libel, and sentenc
ed to pay a fine of one thousand dol
lars and serve one year in jail.
OTTAWA WANTS NEW
PARLIAMENT HITLDINGS
OTTAWA, May 4.—The parliament
is considering the rebuilding of the
government buildings destroyed by
fire sometime ago, and will ask for an
appropriation of one million dollars
with which to construct suitable par
liament quarters and government of
fices.
ADMIRAL VON CAPELLE.
Succeeded Von Tirpitz as Head
of the German Admiralty.
STRIKE LEADERS
UNDER ARREST
( Il \!t(.i:i) COMBI,ICITY MCltilKR
Ten ot' the Strike headers in I’itts
burg Arrested on Charge of Being
Accessories to Murder of Workmen
Killed Yesterday.
PlTTSBl'RG. Pa., May 4. -Ten of
the leaders of the striking workmen
were arrested here hist evening on a
charge of complicity in the murder
of the men killed in (he fight yes
terday at the plants at Braddock,
when a large body of strikers invad
ed the munitions factories at that
place and engaged the workmen in a
bitter fight.
This morning the city is quiet, the
militia apparently having complete
control in the districts surrounding
the big manufacturing plants where
the disorder occurred yesterday.
SOLDIERS KILL
BERLIN RIOTERS
TWKXTY-I IVK ARK SHOT DOWN
Peace Movement Alarms Officials ami
Stringent Means are Adopted to
Suppress Riots Reported in Other
German Cities.
LONDON, May 4.—Advices receiv
ed here from Amsterdam state that
tlie May Day riots in Berlin assumed
alarming proportions, and the govern
ment is much perturbed over the af
fair. It was a complete surprise to
the officials that the peace movement
had gained such headway and they
are fearful that further riots may
break out at any time. Strenuous
measures were adopted to suppress
the rioters, who completely routed
the police, and the troops were called
out.
Orders were given to fire on the
people, with, the result that twenty
five persons were killed and more
than two hundred , wounded, among
the killed being 3 women and 70
women wounded. Hundreds of ar
rests were made, and a rigorous pol
icy adopted to prevent the gathering
of citizens in the streets.
Riots were also reported in Leip
sic, where the mob stormed the
Rottsdamer Palace, demanding peace,
and at Kiel and Chemnitz.
BEGIN CAMPAIGN
TO SAVE NURSE
WOILI) PREVENT EXECUTION
Jane Addams, Chicago Settlement
Worker, to Try to Save Life of an
American Girl Held for Treason in
Vienna.
CHICAGO, May 4.—Jane Addam%
the noted settlement worker, is 'wag
ing a vigorous campaign to save Alice
Masury, the former Chicago girl and
Red Cross nurse, now being held in
Vienna, Austria, on the charge of
treason. The mother of the girl re
sides in this city, and was formerly
Charlotte Garrigue. of Brooklyn, New
York.
Notice to Young People’s Society.
The Young People’s Literary Soci
ety will hold its regular monthly so
cial Friday at the Everyman’s Club
house. An ^excellent program has
been prepared by a committee con
sisting of W. B. Bennet, Jtase John
son and J. F. Dunstan. AIFntembers
are requested to be present Bnd stran
gers will be cordially received.
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