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PRESIDENT TAKES HAND IN
ARIZONA, OPPOSES MOB RULE,
DEPORTED MEN WALKING EAST
(By A'woctated l*re*« IlUpatch)
PHOENIX. July 13.—President Wilson has taken offi
cial notice today of the disturbed labor conditions in Ari
zona which resulted in citizens of Bisbee taking the law in
their own hands, and aided by citizens of Douglas, ex
pelled one thousand strikers and Industrial Workers at the
point of machine guns and rides.
Governor Campbell received the following telegram
from the President, deploring the situation:
“The Secretary of War has instructed General Parker
to send officers to Arizona at once to report to him condi
tions here with a view to co-operating in the maintenance
of the law. In the meantime, may I not urge that there is
great danger when citizens take the law into their own
hands as your report indicates their having done? I look
rpon such actions with grave apprehension, for a very
serious responsibility is assumed when such precedents
are set.
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STRIKERS SPENT NIGHT AT SIDING
EL PASO, July 13.—Practically all of the 1200 mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of the World and their s.\ m
pathizers, who were deported from Bisbee yesterday, were
still at Hermanas, a railway siding in New Mexico, this
morning. _.
START TO WALK OVERLAND
COLUMBUS, N. M., July 13.—Hundreds of Industrial
Workers, who were deported from Bisbee, lett Hermanas
this afternoon and are reported to be walking east along
the railroad track in this direction. The\ aie lepoited
to be suffering from lack of food.
SPECIAL TRAIN WITH FOOD ORDERED
EL PASO. July 13.—By order of the War Department
officials, a special train with food supplies for the hungry
Industrial Workers of the World, now at Hermanas, was
ordered sent out along the line. It is reported that the\
have been two or three days without food, and an army
officer, who inspected the crowd at Hermanas, said that
the deported men were in danger of starvation unless
given aid.
FINNISH DIET IS FOR INDEPENDENCE
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, July 13.—Secession of Finland from
Russia is seen in official circles today as a result of the
anticipated action of the Finnish Diet. A bill, which vir
tually establishes Finnish independence, was passed by the
Diet today, on its second reading. The threatened ac
tion of this province has resulted in a serious crisis for the
provisional ministry.
BATTLE IN PEKINHJORBIDDEN CITY
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PEKING, July 13.—After a battle lasting two hours,
3,000 men of Gen! Chang Hsun’s army surrendered this
morning. The monarchist army fought from the Temple
of Heaven in the Forbidden City.
Firing still continues between the Republican troops
and remnants of the Hsun army, and serious fire is raging
in the zone of battle.
EXAMINING FISH SITUATION
ON THE YAKUTAT RIVER
Ernest P. Walker, in charge of the
operations of the Bureau of Fisheries
for Southeastern Alaska, with head
quarters at Wrangell, went to \aku
tat on the last trip of the Admiral
Evans. Fie will go up the Situk river
to Redfield Lake, a distance of about
twenty-eight miles and investigate
complaints from the fishermen in that
section relative to certain disputed
rights over fishing grounds. He will
also look into the matter of a hatch
ery in that section.
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
SURVEY FOR ARMY POST
U. of W., July 13.—The site for the
great new army post at American
Lake, where a large part of the con
script army is to be drilled, is being
surveyed by a class of University of
Washington students. The work,
which is now nearly completed, is un
der the direction of Assistant Profes
sor J. W. Miller. The students get
regular credit in civil engineering. The
arrangement is part of the university’s
policy of placing all its resources at
the disposal of the government for use
| in connection with the war.
FIND COAL ON
THE MAIN LINE
—
Discovery by Railroad Contractor ol
Great Importance Is
Reported
MATANUSKA, July 13.—Discovery
of coal on the main line of the govern
ment railroad was reported Saturday,
July 7th, by G. Gianninni ,a station
contractor at Mile 175 engaged in
driving a trap tunnel to secure rock
and gravel for tilling purposes. The
coal was struck within eight feet
from the surface thirty feet from the
track ami is about four feet across the
vein at the point of discovery. This is
the first coal to be found on tb*» main
line of the railroad.
COAL ROAD
OPEN SOON
Returning Masons Praise Fine Treat
ment Accorded On Trip to
Inlet
Dr. J. M. Sloan, Leon Urbach and
George Mitchell, who visited Anchor
age to assist in constituting the lodge
of Masons there, returned on the
Alaska and are enthusiastic in their
praise of the hospitality of our neigh
bors up the inlet. They were the
guests- of the Alaskan Engineering
commission on a trip to the coal fields
and also this way to the work on Turn
again Arm.
“The branch line from Matanuska to
Chickaloon in tne heart of the Mata
nuska coal fields will be completed and
in operation within the next three
weeks,” said Dr. Sloan this morning.
Leon Urbach was active in working
for the community interest of this part
of Alaska, while on the trip, and was
favorably mentioned in the press, as
were all members of the party.
“\\c saw the last three innings of
that famous 19-inning game of ball at
Matanuska,” said Geo. Mitchell, ‘‘and
it was worth going miles to see.”
The party just escaped being on
Charles Xutter’s launch when it was
wrecked, but decided to make the trip
to Potter creek, rather than risk go
ing around the island.
BERING COAL
THIS TALL
Head of Clark Davis Mine Expects to
be Ready to Ship Coal
Soon
CORDOVA, (Special).—John Hut
chinson, superintendent of the Clark
Davis coal mine at Katalla, expects
to have the company mine in the Ber
ing field on a shipping basis this sum
mer.
Hutchinson is an experienced min
ing operator and he reports that this
property is one of the mpst promis
ing that he has ever handled, and its
product is a high grade of anthracite
coal, which can be marketed in compe
tition with inferior coal from Wash
ington state and British Columbia.
A patent has been granted by the
government for this claim, which is
on the east side of Canyon creek in
the Bering river field . here are two
well-defined veins or seams, and on
No. 1 it is 6 feet in thickness and has
been crosscut for 400 feet. While the
outcropping is somewhat crushed,
there is a fine body of hard coal. On
No. 2 vein it is 4 Mi feet thick and in
a solid condition. **
For some time past a force of ten
men has been engaged in opening up
this mine, but the crew will soon be
increased to forty. The present plan is
to ship a limited amount of coal this
fall, and by next spring to have the
mine opened up sufficiently to supply
the Cordova market with fuel.
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ALASKA TO SEND 696 j
IN FIRST NATIONAL j
ARMY OF 687,000
.
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, July 13.—Alaska’s quota in the first:
687,000 men to be drawn for war service will be 696, ac
cording to lists issued by the War Department today.
This drawing of over half a million men will take place
as soon as the details have been completed. The men tak
en from those first registered v/ill be used to compose the
first National War Army, fill vacancies in the National
Guard, and also in the regular army.
With a thousand of the exemption boards still un
organized, the indications this morning were that the first
drawing will be deferred until the week of July 20. Plans
for the drawing have not been disclosed but it is probable
that slips bearing the numbers enclosed in capsules will
be drawn from a large glass vessel in Secretary of War
Baker’s office.
EQUAL FRANCHISE IS PROMISED
DY KAISER TO GERMAN PEOPLE
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BERLIN, July 13.—Kaiser Wilhelm and Bethmann
Hollweg issued a decree to the state ministry today say
ing as follows:
“A draft of the bill dealing with an alteration electoral
law will be submitted to the Diet of the monarchy for de
cision, drawn up on the basis of equal franchise. This bill
is to be submitted early enough so that the next elections
will take place according to the new franchise.”
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY OPPOSED TO
REMOVAL OF CHANCELLOR HGLLWEG
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BERLIN, July 13—Communications have been re
ceived from the Austro-Hungarian government, according
to the Lokal Anzeiger, a semi-official newspaper, in which
the government of Germany’s chief ally declares for the
continuation of Grand Chancellor Bethmann-Holhveg in
office. The Austro-Hungarian message emphasizes the
government’s feeling by adding that to retire the chancel
lor at this time would possibly be a fatal mistake.
It is the genral opinion of the Berlin press that the
chancellor will be continued in office.
FIGHTING IN GALICIA SLOWS DOWN
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, July 13, (Official).—During battles in
eastern Galicia on Wednesday, Russian forces captuied
850 men, chiefly Germans, with a few Turks, and five heavy
guns. __
NORTHWESTERN ON
WAY TO SEWARD
SEATTLE, July 13.—'The S. S.
Northwestern sailed from Seattle for
Alaskan ports today with the follow
ing passengers for Seward: Mrs. G. E.
Lewis. L. L. Bales, J. N. Fleming, S.
C. Deline, John Adelman and J. B.
Looney.
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NELSON CLOSES DEAL
FOR BRICK MACHINERY
John A. Nelson yesterday complet
ed the purchase from Mrs. Eleanor
Bock and her brother, Jack Abslag,
of the brick-making machinery brot
here by the latter from Seattle.
Nelson has a permit from the
Alaskan Engineering commission to
use clay from the lagoon north of
town and will at once commence brick
making.
“We hope to have brick ready for
the market within thirty days ” said
Nelson this morning.
ATTENTION!
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| Every member of the Seward mil
itary unit is expected to turn out for
drill this evening and do his bit. Cap
tain Luttrell has laid special emphasis
on the desire for all to be present and
a good soldier always obeys. Be there.
Where? A. B. Hall at 7:30 o’clock .
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20.—
Any farmer, rancher, homesteader or
agriculturist in Alaska can obtain,
free of all charge, a copy of the 1916
edition of the Yearbook of the Depart
ment of Agriculture by writing a let
ter to Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, of
Alaska, for it. The book is bound in
cloth and contains 783 pages. Subjects
treated by specialists in the Depart
ment of Agriculture occupy the first
part of the book, with the rest de
voted to statistics on food production
in the United States and other coun
tries. The book is sold by the Super
intendent of Documents of the Govern
ment Printing Office for $1.00,
12,000 SEEK 10
BE OFFICERS
Places In Second School at Presidio In
Great Demand on Pacific
Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.—Ap
proximately twelve thousand applica
tions for admission to the second re
serve officers’ training camp, w’hich is
to start at the Presidio here August
27, have been received, according to
Major S. F. Bottoms, U. S. A., in
charge of the applications. The sec
ond camp will be limited to 1,100 men
and all applications must be filed by
July 15.
Reports from Alaska indicate that
there have been several hundred appli
cations there. Twenty will be named
for the territory.
LAST VOTE ON
WET AND DRV
Towns In First Division to Pass On
Continuation of License to
1917
JUNEAU, July 13.—On Tuesday.
July 17, in Juneau and all other mu
nicipalities in Southeastern Alaska, an
election will be held for the purpose
of determning whether or not intoxi
cating liquors shall or shall not be
manufactured and sold in this division
for the remaining six months of this
year. The result of the vote will in
fluence the district court in its action
where a census will be taken as has
been done heretofore. Judge Robert
Jennings issued the order for the elec
tion yesterday afternoon.
Applications for renewals of liquor
licenses for the remainder of this
year, accompanied by $500 in each in
stance, have been received and filed in
the office of the clerk of the district
court from the following towns:
Haines, three saloons; Petersburg,
four places; Wrangell, four saloons;
Ketchikan, nine saloons; Juneau fif
teen saloons.
Four saloons in Juneau quit and the
same number in Douglas.
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REGISTRARS
ON 0. S. LINE
Military Registration Along U. S.
R. R. Provided for by Clerk
of Court
Deputy U. S. Marshal Evans has
been advised of the appointment of
additional registrars to assist in list
ing the names of men of military age.
Thos appointed by authority of the
district court at Valdez are as fol
lows:
Miie 9, J. J. Leonhardt; Mile 23, A1
Roberts; Mile 52, A. D. Estes; Kern
Creek, A. L. Tichner; Potter Creek,
G. U. Trimbly.
Men of military age in those dis
tricts will register with the men ap
pointed.
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BOATS AND TRAINS
The Admiral Farragut is due here at
4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon .
The Northwestern sailed from Seat
tle today.
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THE WEATHER
Yeaterday.
Maximum.61
Minimum .-.48
Current...—54
Rain .—.20
WEATHER TOMORROW
Partjy cloudy. Wind south.