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VOLUME 387
Windy City Aggregation Win Second
Game of Series from New York
Nationals in Comisky I’ark
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CHICAGO. Oct. 8.—Chicago took
the second game of the world series
from the New York Nationals yes
terday by the score of seven to two,
playing an errorless game, with 14
hits. New York played a fine game
but Chicago had her batting clothes
on and clumped out singles and dou
bles at will. The batteries for the
teams in Sunday's game were; Ameri
cans, Faber and Schalk; New York
Giants, Anderson and Mc-Carthy.
At the end of the second Inning the
game stood 2 to 2, with the Nation
als leading in the betting. Liebold,
the star fielder for the White Sox, was
substituted for Collins in right field.
Chicago scored five runs in the
fourth, by Liebold, McMullin, Collins,
Schalk and Weaver lacing out deep
Hies to center, or playing hit and run.
Weaver and Schalk both came in
when Liebold singled, and Felsch pop
ped up an infield fly to Herzog who
touched second making a double play
and retiring the side.
McMullen threw out to Riarden of
New York in the fifth; Ferritt singled
to second; Burns hit a double to Fab
er to Weaver to Gandil.
Chicago—Gandil flied to Robert
son in right field; Fletcher muffed
Weaver's grounder; Zimmerman
threw out Schalk, Weaver making
second; Faber singled to right and
Weaver held third. Faber sought to
steal third but was touched by Zim
merman. No runs.
In the sixth inning New 1 ork threw
out Herzog at first; Kauff out; Zim
merman caught Collins’ fly. Chicago
— Liebold flew out to Kobert.ion; Mc
mullen out by Fletcher; Collins hit
infield and stole second; Jackson
walked, Collins and Jackson making
double steal; Felsch out by Holke.
Seventh—New York, Fletcher sin
gled; Robertson out at first; Fletch
er went to second. Chicago- Gandil
out at first by Zimmerman. Weaver
hit a single but was caught stealing.
Schalk flied to Kauff.
Eighth—New York—Riarden tin
gled; Wilhaut out; double Weaver to
Gandil to Riarden, Burns walked.
Chicago—Tesrau pitching for New
York; Faber out; Liebold walked,
Liebold walked, went out stealing;
McMullin flied out.
Ninth—New York, Kauff flied out
to Weaver; Zimmerman out by Fab
er; Fletcher out by Weaver at first.
Final—Chicago, 7 runs, 14 hits, no
errors.
New York, 2 runs, 8 hits, 1 error.
The attendance was not quite as
large as on Saturday, but 30,000 paid
admissions were sold. The weather*
was perfect. Each side made many
hits and the batting was the heaviest
ever seen in the city.
Tomorrow’s game will be played at
New York.
Seventh Way Loan in Germany
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8.—Germany’s
seventh war lPkB PkfiPP®*?1*
blast. Subscriptions to the loan op
ened at the reichsbapk today and will
close October. 18. Land owners and
farmers are expected to subscribe
largely, as they are reputed to have
plenty of cash available. The Krupps
have subscribed for fifty million
marks.
Won’t Take Entire Family
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—Recommen
dation was made to the military au
thorities at Washington today t>y the
district board that 'where two sons
from one family are in the military
service of the United States, other
sons of draft age are exempted.
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BM$» Succeed Scott
WASHINGTON? D. C., Oct., 8.
Secretary Baker said today there
would soon be an announcement con
cerning the chief of staff. Major Gen
eral Soott, chief of staff, reaches the
retirement age this month and tl^e
understanding la that he Is to be re
tailed in active fwmflcp nrUb * "field
sommen^. 9lg ettccgfsor Is expected
to fteperaV H. Bliss,
fio^ assistant chief qjt st^ff..
Tbs Moose be«4wWfcoid its reg
ular practice tonight, in Moose hall.
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AMSTERDAM. 0|rt 8—Aa organiz
ed ed deJau^iftr^.tioQ of loyally to the
Germi^i emperor, accompanied by a;
protest at^ipat President Wilson's at
tempt to- "drive a wedge between the
empero^ gnd the people" continue to
be prominently advertised In the Ger
man pres*
The Cotogne Gazette, in an editor
ial, even admits that enemy diplo
mats have already achieved some suc
cess in jopardizing German national
unity and complains that a large sec
tion of the German people is so in
fatuated with a change in the consti
tution that It ceases to perceive how
unjustified are "dictators” like Presi
dent Wilson, Lloyd George and Ker
ensky in preaching freedom to other
nations and how the German politic
ian does the enemy's work “in catch
ing the ball thus thrown to him."
Federal Wage Adjustment Board is
Holding Hearings in Ho|ie of Set
tling Strikes in Shipyards
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—The federal
wage adjustment hoard began hear
ings this morning in the hope of set
tling the strike in the steel shipbuild
ing plants in this city. Several thous
and men are out and the government
is urging haste in its shipbuilding,
program.
The strike of the wooden shipbuild
ing concerns was declared off Sunday
following an appeal by Secretary Wil
son to the patriotism of the’men. He
asked them to return to work as the
government needed the vessels to car
ry on the war with Germany.
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SAYS SOLDIERS WILL BE
DEFRAUDED OF VICTORY
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 8.—
General Baron" von Freytag-Loring
hoven, chief of the supplementary
general staff of the German army, has
published a pamphlet entitled “The|
Results of the World War,” in which'
he says: |
“The general political and econom
ical situation of the world works on-;
ly in favor of our enemies and the
German soldiers will be defrauded of:
the fruits of their victories.”
STEEL COMPANY AGAIN
GRANTS WAGE INCREASE
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—The United
States Steel Corporation today an
nounced a 10 per cent advance in the
wages of its workers, to take effect
October 1. This is the fourth increase
granted the corporation’s wage earn
ers since the beginning of the war in
Europe and will bring the total ad
vance in that time to 45 per cent.
Raker Qu(ts Baseball
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—J. Franklin
Baker, leading batsman of the New
Yo.cH Americans for the last /two
years, announced today he had re
tired from organized baseball as a re
sult 1 of Ris cecen{; suspehfipn. Bak
er’s contract,'which c%Rs for close to
$1,000, has another year to run.
s German Stocks Affected
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 8.—Conditions
in Russia occasioned a small peace
boom this week on German stock mar
kets. So-called peace shares such as
shipping the colonial Btocks, made
gains, while ammunition stocks were
correspondingly depressed. The move
ment, however, according to Berlin
and Hamburg newspapers, was on a
limited scope.
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NORMAN LEOPOLD IS
, DRAWN IPf DRAFT
Norman Leopold, the popular yoqng
employe ot S. Rlqm A So., who left
for the states last fail; was drawn
In the repeat draft, and Is now at
American Lake. Letters deceived here
t»y friends, pepprt that 1»« *• atudylng
hard for promotion and expects ta
be transferred tp the quartermaster
department.
Deputy Clerk Charles A. Hand, who
was recently operated on at the Val
dez hpipl^aL if ipmrovlpf rapidly, and
will fdpja lh ' 1 ' ' '
POLICE HUNT
Federal Officials and City Authorities
Join Hands in Effort to Find
Man Assaulting Women
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—The federal au
thorities and city authorities have
joined hands in an effort to hunt down
the miscreant guilty of assaulting
women on the streets of this city.
Eight women have been outraged
within the past few weeks.
Botha Sues for Libel ^
PRETORIA, Union of South Africa.
Oct. 8.—General Botha, premier and
minister of agriculture, testifying to
day In a libel suit he has brought
against Senator Wolmarans claiming
5,000 pounds damages on account of
statements made by Wolmarans in
connection with the South African
campaign, declared the campaign was
not undertaken with a view to the
annexation or the eventual posses
sion of the German territory, which
entirely depended on the terms of
peace.
.Athletic Director ut Camp l.ewis
Tacoma, Oct. 8.—Major General
Greene yesterday issued a general or
der that T. G. Cook will become his
civilian aide with the title of athletic
director. Cook has been in the athletic
game twenty-seven years. He coached
the Columbia University baseball nine
three years, coming West in 1906. He
coached at Lewis and Clark high
school, Spokane, five years, at Spo
kane Y. M. C. A. and Gonzaga col
lege. He came to Camp Lewis from
Butte, Mont., where he has been ath
letic director five years.
Destroyer Program Explained
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct., 8.—
Secretary Daniels and his aides ex
plained the navy's great destroyer
construction program to the senate
appropriations committee considering
the seven billion dollar war deficiency
appropriation biR. Immediate appro
priation of $225,000,000 toward a
$35,000,000 program is provided in
the bill.
TAVEXTY-l’IVE COAL
MfS'ES CLOSE DOAVX
CLARKSBURG, W. Va„ Oct. 8.—
Twenty-five coal mines in this vicinity
have Ijeen compelled to clpse with
in a week, because the operators were
unable to mine and market the coal
for $2 a ton, the price fixed by the
government, according to a statemeAt
issued today by Daniel Howard, a
leading operator.
'New Record Set
COLUMBUS, a. Oct. 8^—Another
grand circuit session record was low
ered here today when Robert Gate
wood paced ^he second heat of the
$:20 pace in 2:05 1-4. This is the
fastest heat paced by a three-year-old
at a grand circuit race this year.
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Troops May See Big League Game
CHICAGO, Oct. 8.—Plans for-a
baseball game between the Chicago
Americans and the New York Nation
al, to be played at one of the army
cantonments nfter the conclusion of
the world’s series, were made yester
day when President Comisky of Chi
cago and Manager McGraw of New
York held a conference. It is also said
plans were dlkcnssed fpr taking fhe
two teams "somewhere in France”
for a series of games for the soldiers
there.
Two Americans in France Dead
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 8.—
The death of two members of the Am
erican expeditionary forces is an
nounced in dispatches to the war de
partment. Myron Berthman, of North
Vernon, Iud., captain of engineers,
filed Tuesday as the result of a tum
or, and Edmund Squire, a butcher,
died of pneumopla Sunday.
The steamship Alaska passes Ju
neau Sunday at 6 £. m- and wil1 Protp
nbly arrive here tomorrow or Wed
nesday morning.
Mrs. 'Jack Miller left on the
steamship Alameda fpr the Status re
turning next spring/
Four inches of mow is reported at
the summit today.
Secretary Une Staten that Opening of
Alaskan Coal Lands Is Matter
of Vital Importance
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct., 8.—
Secretary Franklin K. Lane, recently
made another effort to secdfe a larg
er appropriation for the Alaska rail
way, stating that it was a matter of
military necessity to secure transpor
tation for the coal to tide water.
Hill Estate Large
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—The total es
tate in New York of the late James
J. Hill, the railroad builder and fi
nancier, who died in 1916, is valued
at $802,088. according to a transfer
tax report filed yesterday. The value
of the estate taxable in Minnesota, of
which state Mr. Hill was a legal resi
dent. is given in the report as $61,
179,889. Mr. Hill also is credited in
the report with having owned till
able real estate In other states and
securities taxable either in New York
or Minnesota.
Germania is Suppressed
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 8.—Dispatches
from Berlin say the newspaper Ger
taania has been suppressed by thei
German authorities until further no
tice. The Germania wgs the leading
organ of the Catholic Center and
stood midway between the aunextion
ist wing, represented by the Cologne
Volks Zeitung and the Erzberger
School. It represented such a power
ful Influence that the action of the
German censor appears to he decid
edly bearing.
American Killed by Torpedo
LONDON, Oct. 8.—Harry Shinn, of
Philadelphia, an American citizen,
was blown to pieces when a torpedo
fired by a German submarine hit a
British ship. Two British subjects
were killed at the same time.
California? Is Killed
OTTAWA, Canada, Oct. 8.—The
death of Lieutenant J. L. Macfarlane,
of San Francisco, Cal., was reported
in the casualty list today.
John T. Gavigan Buried
Funeral services were held over the
remains ofx John T. Gavigan this
morning at 9 o'clock, Itev. Fr. Van
tier Pol officiating. The remains were
followed to their last resting place
in the local cemetery by a large num
ber of friends and acquaintances, Mr.
Gavigan being an old pioneer and well
known in many parts of Alaska.
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Senate Committee Recommends that
Price Paper be Under Manage
ment of Trade Commission
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct., 8.—
The senate committee report recom
mends that print paper be placed un
der the control of the federal trade
commission. The price of print paper
has Jumped from $45 per ton to $145
since the war opened, with no appar
ent cause, as an investigating com
mittee reported that a profit could be
made at $55 per ton.
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Street Gar. tyen May Strike
PORTLAND, Ofe., Oct 8.—A strike
of Portland street car platform men
October 1 was forecasted today when
the carmen’s union notified the Port
land Railway, Light ft Power Com
pany that the men’s recent demands
for increased wages and the eight
hour day must be met by that time.
The company recently announced It
felt the men were entitled to more pay
h\it said they could nqt afford to meet
an increase, so petitioned the state
public service coqtq\1*sion tor permis
sion to raise the caj-rare from 6 to t
cents.
Oluf Olesef Ithfned yesterday
frpm phitina, wiift^ he took a loa4
of passengers.'Tnree 'passengers rei'
turned on the stage.
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STIRRING UP. AN AWFUL
Ml'88 ON ENFORCED DRAFT
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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 8.—Much agi
tation has been caused here by the re
port that the United States contem
plates the subjection of the draft
laws to alien residents of military
age unless they leave America within
three months.
The American legation has receiv
ed scores of telephonic inquiries
from agitated parents of some of the
pronounced German sympathizers.
They demand to know whether their
sons will be forced to light against
Germany.
The pro-German newspapers are
printing strong protests against the
proposed draft. The officials of the
American embassy tell all inquirers
that the United States is in the pres
ent war for victory and that the other
nations, especially the belligerents,
can expect nothing but warlike laws.
Hands Kaiser's Representative Pass
ports and Severs Diplomatic Re
lations—Peru F'olloivs Suit
MONTEVIDEO, Uraguay, Oct. 8.—
Uruguay severed diplomatic relations
with Germany today over the sink
ing of her vessels by the German U
boats. The German minister was hand
ed his passports and her own minist
er was ordered to leave Berlin.
Peru Follows Suit
DIMA, Peru., Oct. 8.—Peru also
severed diplomatic relations with
Germany today and recalled her own
minister from Berlin.
Sergeant Wesley Billings. Sergeant
Burr Snyder and Sergeant Richard
Noakes took the examination this
morning for sergeant first class.
Knrico Xanibotti Interred
Funeral services were held over the
remains of Enrico Zambotti yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock by- Rev. J. ID
Van der Pol, in Union Hall. After the
services the body was taken in charge
by the Western Federation of Min
ers and given burial in the local ceme
tery.
Mr. and Mrs. Nets Jepson will move
in from their home at Beaver Dam
and spend the winter in town. Wm.
Sitts will have charge of the road
house during the winter.
The sigual corps is installing a
ten horse power Fairbanks-Morse
motor and dynamo for an emergency
outfit to be used in supplying cur
rent to this department.
Several hunters braved the ele
ments yesterday in seeking ducks and
geese on the flats, but report no lufck
to speak of.
Young Girl Arrives
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kraemer are
rejoicing over the arrival of a seven
pound girl, which was born early this
morning. Dr. Merrit was the attend
ing physician, and mother and child
are doing well.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS AT
THREE YESTERDAY MORNING
WASHINGTON, D. C., OcL 8.
Congress adjourned at 3 o'clock' yes
terday morning.
Wilson's freighting outfit left Cop
per Center this morning en route
south.
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Corporal McNally and Private
Blackburn left the Summit this morn
ing en route to the interior.
A signal corps wagon and five men
left Wprman for Valdez this morn
lng. *
Harry Ash returned to Valdez yes
terday from Telkhell and left
on the Alameda for the states. He will
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F. B. Vaughn left Saturday for his
bojne at Telkhell. f ad UfJH return
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The dance given by the Moose Sat
urday ifell attended and was a
gost enjoyable affair.
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Li^ut. Faust, Commanding Officer. Re
ceive* Instructions to go Ahead
With Big Structure
Lieutenant Faust, commanding of
ficer of the local signal corps, receiv
ed a telegram this morning authoriz
ing him to go ahead with the new gov
ernment building, the erection of
which has been hanging fire for over
a year. He states that the work will
be rushed and building finished as
soon as possible. It will be 120 feet
long. 40 feet wide and two stories
high. The only difference in the plans
is t|^at the building will be erected
of wood instead of concrete, on ac
count of the high cost of materials.
This will make quite a payroll in
Valdez this winter, as the Empress
theatre also lias a new building un
der contract, to lie erected immediate
ly.
1.000 WET PLACES
CLOSE IX XEW YORK
NEW YORK, Oct 8.—Between 30
and 40 per cent of New York’s sa
loons are expected to go out of busi
ness this week, Arthur L. Strassler,
counsel for a wholesale liquor inter
est of New York State, says. He esti
mate that there are 225.000,000 gal
lons of rye and bourbon whiskey in
bond, besides 100,000.000 gallons of
“free" whiskey, a supply large enough
to last three years Taxes are expected
to cause advances in the price of li
quors.
To Prevent Emigration
STOCKHOLM. Oct. 8.—More earn
est efforts are being made to prevent
emigration from Sweden as a result
of the publication of statistics show
ing that in 1016 more than 7,300
persons left this country, as compar
ed with fewer than 4.000 in 1915.
About 67 per cent of those who go
are between fifteen and thirty years
of age, and virtually all take passage
for America.
Notwithstanding the increased em
igration last year a great number of
Swedish-Araericans who returned to
Sweden have been induced to remain
here, many having purchased farms,
while for others places of work have
been obtained through the instru
mentality of the National Association
Opposed to Emigration.
1IOV KILLED WHEN MATES
PI’SII HIM I'NDER ( Alt
TACOMA, Oct. S.—Otto, the 3-year
old son of Mrs. Carrie Edwards, was
killed under a cable car at 11:15 this
morning.
The boy was playing with some
small companions. He and another
youngster in a coaster wagon were
being pushed down the street by two
playmates.
A cable car in charge of Conductor
R. Stroud, rounded the corner on its
way to town. The boys pushing the
wagon directed it in front of the street
car.
The 3-year-old boy was thrown un
der the weels of the car, and they
passed over his body, causing death
instantly. The other boy was unhurt.
A. G. Olson, the grlpman on the
car, is an experienced man, and has
served for some time with the com
pany. Mr. Olson says that he did not
see the boys push the wagon In front
of the car.
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Charles Knoche of Ellamar was in
town today.
The launch Della will leave for El
lanjsr. Fidalgo and down-sound points
Wednesday.
The launch Katalla Queen. Captain
Otto Elf8trom, is receiving a thorough
overhauling for the^rinter’s run.
Several of our prominent citizens
stand to lose their happy homes if
the New Yorkers lose the series.
Wm. A. Fursman, former deputy
marshal at Naknek. left op the steam
er today for Cordova, where he has
been appointed Deputy Vnited States
IPprshal in place' of 8. T. Brightwell,
resigned. t
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Wm. Trout returned on the steam-* »
erer Alameda from the westward^
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