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rim BUILDINGS BURNED AS WIND
FANS FLAMES IN DRV LUMBER
VALDEZ, July 15.—A tire starting
at four o'clock this morning destroy
ed the business section of Valde*.
The loa* is three quarters of a million
with little insurance. It destroyed
completely the stores of S. Blum, the
First Bank of Valdez. William Black
well, Tony's saloon. Empress
theatre, Treat building, Valdez Dock
Company building, Panama Hotel,
Valdez Daily Prospector, Road Com
mission offices with maps and records
for ten years, the postoffice, telephone
exchange, Crawford mills. Copper
River Lumber company, Doiringer i
barn*. J. C. Martin home, dock office j
ami government warehouses. Dyna
mite was used in vain to stop the
flames and troops were ordered from
Fort Liscum to aid the local tire de
partment. The fire was under con
trol by 9 o’clock.
(Later)
VALDEZ, July 15.—The fire start- j
ed in the Frye Bruhn building, which
is undergoing re paris, at four o’clock
this morning and spread rapidly.
Fully fifty buildings have been total-;
Jy destroyed, including the Blum store :
which is the largest ir h city. Two
streams of water wer u..ied on the
blaze but they proved entirely in
adequate ami dynamite was used but
with o«*i> very slight effect if any. j
As no rain had fallen for two weeks
everything was dry and a strong
wind blowing at the time made the
flames spread with the greatest rapi
A3HES OF DE L’lSLE LAID
NEAR GREAT NAPOLEON.
Man Who Wrote Marseillaise Honor
ed After Century by Im
mense Throngs.
PARIS. July 14.—The ashes of
Rouget de I’IsIe were laid in the Hotel
det» Invalides, not far from the place
where rest the remains of the great
Napoleon, today while immense
throngs surged in the neighboring
streets ana squares, moved as French
throngs were seldom moved before.
The removal of the ashes of the man
who composed the Marseillaise at this
time w'hen the powerful enemy is de
vatating the plains of France had an
effect on the French mind which con
hardly be imagined. The feeling
amounted almost to a deep religious
emotion and the scene must remain
for ever in the minds of those who
witnessed it.
dity. The Prospector plant was des
troyed but we saved enough type to
issue today by using wrapping paper
for printing on.
Mrs. Blackwell with her sister and !
niece tied in their nighties and failed
to save anything. Captain and Mrs. j
Edgerton were caught in the same
condition and lost all their belongings.
The hotel guests at Archibald's lost
| heavily and Joe Plant lost two thou
sand m jewelry which had just been
brought in from Seattle. Alice Coles
broke her leg while helping to take
the mail from the postoflko. All the
j mail was saved. Troops will patrol
the ruins to watch for repetition of
the outbreak and to protect property.
From the Cliff house to the Valdez
‘ Mercantile building and clean down
to the beach every structure of all (
1 kinds has been wiped out. A score of j
| launches which were on the beach at i
the time were unable to escape the j
‘ dames as the tide was low and all j
I were destroyed. Judge Bunnell hast
! thirty thousand dollars by the tire.
Valdez Say* Thank*
Colonel Richardson also received a
cable about the tire telling of the
great loss sustained by the Road
Commission. Mayor Myers tele
graphed to Valdez offering sympathy
and aid of Seward and received a
cable in answer from the Acting
Mayor of Valdez thanking Seward
and stating that the fire was under
control.
SEWARD SYMPATHIZES
WIH SISTER CITY.
Mayor Myers Cable* Mayor Boyle
That We Stand Ready to
Render Assistance.
Seward people generally were
grieved today to hear of the fire
which wrought such destruction at its
nearest neighboring town of Valdez.
Mayor Myers, immediately on the re
ceipt of the news here, wired as fol
lows to Mayor Boyle:
“Citizens of Seward extend
sympathy and stand ready to render
any assistance you may need.’' •
COMMERCIAL CLUB OF
SEWARD OFFERS AID.
Secretary Blue in behalf of the Se
ward Commercial Club today cabled
to Valdez as follows:
“Seward sympathizes with Valdez.
Feel free to call on us if we can be of
any assistance.”
GERMANY DOUBTS U. S.
BERLIN, July 15.—The German papers declare that
if the reports of American opinion are correct an agree
ment with that nation is impossible on the questions which
have arisen between the two governments. The papers
also say that the news agencies which supply America
with war news are partial to the allies and that Americans
have not received the real truth The tone of the German
press, it must be admitted, is not friendly to the United
States but this is excused by the fact that the tone of the
American press is unfriendly to the German cause.
BERNSTORFF HAS HOPES
WASHINGTON, July 15.—Count Bemstorff, the
German ambassador, has expressed the hope that Ger
many and the United States will cooperate in the adoption
of the principle that the seas should be free to all nations.
All his government asks, he says, is that Germany should
have the same privileges in this respect as the allied
nations.
ASQUITH TO ASK MORE
LONDON, July 15.—Prime Minister Asquith an
nounces that he will ask the house of commons for further
war credits that the government might be absolutely freed
from any handicap in the prosecuton of the war by finan
cial difficulties. All the credit required will unquestion
ably be given.
CARRANZA ORDERS FOOD
TRAINS TO MEXICO CITY.
Then He Expect* to Lead Hi* Army
Victoriously Into the
Capital.
WASHINGTON, July 14.—Car
! ranza has ordered the food trains to
* precede his troops into Mexico City
so that no time may be lost in re
lieving the distress of the people
there. He apparently harbors not the
slightest doubt whatever of being
able to march in triumphantly within
a very short time, if the dispatches
coming from that country today can
be relied upon. All the lighting
around Mexico City for some time
seems to have turned in favor of his
i army. The size of parcels that may
! be sent to Mexico by mail has been in
* creased within the past couple of
j days. Parcels eighty-four inches in
! length ami girth may now be sent.
POWDER SHARES JUMP.
WILMINGTON. July lb. — The
stock of the Dupont Powder company
has jumped from par to seven hun
dred since the orders for the allied
nations began to come in, showing
the extraordinary effect which the
war orders are having on the war
munition factories of this country.
Ql IT RATHER THAN TO
PREACH FOR THE WAR
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.—Rev.
James Chappie, with his wife and
thirteen children have landed here
from New Zealand, to make his home
in the United States after having re
fused hi* congregation to give up
making sermons in favor of peace.
He declares that he believes in peace
more than in patriotism, or what
passes for such, and for that reason
he preached for peace in spite of the
consequences.
CHINESE TO START TRANS
PACIFIC S. S. SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, July 15.—A cor
poration of Chinese capitalists has
been formed to establish a steamship
line between the Pacific coast of the
United States and the Orient. At the
present time, they say, Chinese trade
is compelled to depend on foreign
ships but that China is gradually
awakening to a sense of the handi
cap which this fact means.
NORTHWESTERN PASSENGERS.
SEATTLE, July 15.—The following
are the passengers on the Northwest
ern for Seward:
R. Tucker, Ethel Bennett, Mrs. B.
Adams, F. Connor, Fred Biassel,
Oscar Noren, Harry Lord, M. Ragan
and six steerage.
The following are aboard for
Anchorage:
L. Greenbacker and E. Currier and
wife.
W ATSON ARRIVES.
SEATTLE, July 15.—The Admiral
.Watson arrived here today.
SAYS JAMES BOYS DID
NOT KILL CATTLEMAN.
BEFORD, July 14.—Mrs. Porter
testified today that Frank James,
once leader of the James gang, was
her sweetheart, but that he was in
nocent of the crime of killing the
cattleman. Her evidence was most
interesting, throwing as it did a new
! light on the activities of the famous
or infamous, gang whose villianies
have come to lose their true color by |
the fiction written about them.
WELSH MINERS
START STRIKE
f
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND COAL DIGGERS
DEFY THE GOVERNMENT
LONDON, July 15.—One hundred
and fifty thousand coal miners struck
work this afternoon in Wales in spite
of the government proclamation is
sued this morning forbidding them to
do so. The leaders attempted to
reach a settlement but the workers
decided to test the power of the gov
ernment to enforce arbitration ami no
pleas were heeded by them. The
strike is regarded here as a positive i
menace to the empire in the present
condition of affairs as coal is one ol
the most badly needed supplies dur
ing the progress of the war. The
government has made no statement
up to the present but it is generally
believed that extreme steps will bo
taken to force the men to obedience
even to the extreme of compelling
them by force to go back to the labor
in the mines or be arrested on some
charge almost akin to treason. Some
of the newspapers have called for a
special law enabling the government
to force strikers into active military
service. The greatest danger is
feared from the possibility that other
labor organizations will strike in
sympathy and hamper the output of
war munitions.
ACCEPT RESIGNATIONS
OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.
BEDFORD, July 15.—Secretary
Daniels of the navy has accepted the
resignations of two C nited States
naval constructors who have decided
to accept positions in private life to
secure the high salaries offered as a
result of the European war by Ameri
can builders and manufacturers.
Several other resignations are ex
pected but the naval and military
authorities have decided to accept
them all.
SAYS MAN THOUGHT KILLED
WAS EXECUTED BY UNION.
BEDFORD, July 15.—A military
captain who fought in the civil \sar
gave evidence in the hearing of the
case connected with the finding of
the ninety thousand dollars today
and testified that Hedrick, the father
of Mrs. Pease, was not murdered but
was executed by the Union side dur
ing the war for treason.
LIBERTY BELL IN SPIRIT CITY.
SEATTLE, July 14.—‘The Liberty
Bell has arrived here on its return to
I
Philadelphia.
BELIEVE THREAT TO LYNCH
LEO FRANK IS A JOKE.
ATLANTA, July 14.—A regiment
of militia is now on guard outside and
around the prison in which Leo I* rank
is confined to thwart the threatened
attempt to lynch him. It is gradual
ly dawning on the minds of the
authorities, however, that the threat
may be nothing but a joke but the
governor has decided not to permit a
relaxation in the precautions.
SHIP MOVEMENTS.
The Alameda is due to arrive here
from Anchorage tomorrow evening at
6 o’clock.
The Admiral Evans left Cordova at
12:30 today.
HARRY K. THAW i
DECLARED SANE
WILL NOW REMAIN A FREE MAN |
AFTER ALL HIS SAD
EXPERIENCE.
NEW YORK, July 14 —The jury j
brought in a verdict this afternoon |
declaring Harry K. Thaw to be sane .
and so far as can be told he now be- '
comes an absolutely free man. The re- j
suit had been anticipated and created !
no surprise but it seems to be popular j
He and his friends received the ver- j
diet, naturally, with every manifes- j
tation of triumph. It is said that he
intends to spend some time in semi
seclusion at some country place but
will later enter business. His exper
iences have had the effect of toning !
him down and it is predicted for him ;
that he may yet be a useful member
of society.
ANOTHER SLIDE C LOSES CANAL j
TO THE DEEP SKA SHIPS.
PANAMA, July 14.—A slide has
occurred in the Gaillard cut of such
proportions that the passage of deep
sea vessels has been stopped through
the Panama canal. No statement has
been given out as to the probable
period of traffic interruption but it
is expected to be several weeks.
VESUVIUS MORE ACTIVE.
NAPLES, July 14.—The volcano of
Vesuvius has become more active and
some uneasiness prevails in the minds
of the people living around the base
of the mountain.
MANTELL BRINGS SCOW.
J. P. Mantell, the city contractor,
arrived today from Valdez with the
large scow which will be used in
hauling sand and gravel for the
street work. He purchased a tug
boat to bring the scow.
FIRST DIVISION SUIT
DISPUTES OUR $3,500
The amount which the district
around Seward would receive for road
building from the forestry fund would
be $3,500 if the First division had not
brought suit. The total amount for
the whole Third division that would
have come from the fund would have
been over $11,000.
COLONEL RICHARDSON
LOSES VALUABLE PAPERS
By the fire at Valdez Colonel W. P.
Richardson, who is now in Seward,
has suffered losses that can hardly
be estimated. Amongst the papers of
his that were stored in the Road
Commission office were his commis
sions in the army all the way from
the rank of lieutenant upward. In a
cable received by him today he is in
formed that all the records of the
Road Commission for ten years have
been destroyed. Indeed, not a thing
seems to have been saved but a type
writer.
MRS. MYERS RECEIVES IN
HONOR OF MRS. STRONG
Mrs. Myers, wife of Mayor Myers,
received informally yesterday after
noon in honor of Mrs. Strong, wife of
the governor. The • reception was
largely attended by the ladies of the
city.
TONS OF GOLD
HAVE LEFT ALASKA.
SEATTLE, July 12.--Thc Seattle
assay office has handled 457 tons f
gold since 1898, valued at $28,000
000. This is considered a big record
for the local office. The gold has
mostly come from Alaska.
F. B. Antrim will be a passenger
for Portland on the Alameda, but will
return later.
BRITISH TABOR MAN
SAYS WAR MUST END
BRITISH LABOR HEARD FROM
LONDON, July 15.—In a strong speech in the house
of commons last evening Ramsay McDonald, the labor
leader, declared that the workingmen of Great Britain
are now dying by the thousands in Frahce and other parts
of the world to save the nation, that they are giving their
lives freely and gladly and giving more than any other
class, but that they will insist that this war must be the
last, that all things which make war possible must be
eradicated and that the time must come immediately after
this struggle when governments can no longer lead the
people to the slaughter like so many sheep. He deprecat
ed the insinuations that because the laboring men ol
Britain were determined to reap the fruits of their labor
industrial life and were trying even by strikes in time
of war to improve their lots they should be called traitors.
TURKS CLAIM VICTORY
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 15.—The Turkish troops
have repulsed the allied forces on Gallipoli peninsula with
great slaughter according to the official information given
out today. The repulse followed an unusually determined
effort on the part of the allies to drive the Turks out of
their positions along the whole line near the north shore
of the Dardanelles. The attack was made in great force
and was preceded by a fierce artillery fire but it was driv
en back in confusion.
GERMANS BOMBARD CITIES
PARIS, July 15.—The Germans are now bombarding
the cities of Arras and Soissons with a fiendish lire tiiat
is evidently intended to level those cities to the earth- A
tremendous number of seige guns are being used against
both places and the fire is being concentrated on the most
thickly populated portions in the hope that fires will be
started to complete the work of destruction.
CAPTURE FRENCH
BERLIN, July 15.—In fighting which took place yes
terday to the northeast of Yailly and Neufchatel three
thousand French soldiers were captured and some
trenches were taken. In other quarters nothing worthy
of note has occurred for a few days.
GERMAN COLONIES GONE
LONDON, July 15.—In a speech delivered yesterday
Bonar Law, the leader of the Unionist party in the house
of commons, declared that half the colonies of Germany
have been conquered already and that the remainder will
soon be in the possession of the British and other allied
nations.
ItHEIMS CATHEDRAL GONE
BOULOGNE, July 15.—The recent bombardment of
Rheims by the Germans has completed the destruction of
the famous cathedral about which so much was heard
some months ago. The advices coming here from that
city are to the effect that the cathedral has been all but
levelled
WELSH MINERS TO STRIKE
LONDON, July 15—The coal miners of South Wales
are now busily planning arrangements for a general
strike in spite of the warnings sent out by the government
that drastic steps would be taken to compel them to go to
work. The Federation of Miners is being urged to seek
an agreement with the employers but the situation .s very
critical. The miners declare that the operators of mines,
as well as manufacturers generally, are reaping fortunes
bv the war but refuse to let the workers benefit by the in
creased profits and add insult to injury by. calling tic
labors traitors because they decline to continue uoik on
the plea that they are hampering the military operations
of the nation.
SAYS GERMANS CAUSED STRIKE
BRIDGEPORT, July 15—Major Penfield, head of the
Remington Anns manufacturing company, declares that
German sympathizers instigated the strike called by Ins
employes which is now preventing the company fi om sup
plying the demands of the allied nations. It is known that
there is a movement afoot to get workers engaged in the
manufacture of munitions to shirk or quit the factories
and the statement of Penfield is ci 'dited
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SUBMARINES MORE CAREFUL
AMSTERDAM, July 15.—The report has come here
from reliable sources that German submarines have re
ceived instructions to be more careful of human life and
to give more time to people to leave ships before sinking
them. It is also stated, however, that the German admir
alty cautions submarine commanders not to take any
chances of their own lives and not to give the enemy the
benefit of any doubt as to his intentions when ships are
encountered.