Thousands of Chinese Drowned Near Canton
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8EATTLE, July 16—John Q. Scurry,
a noted engineer of this city died here
today. The deceased was well known
throughout Alaska having resided In
the territory for 16 years. He was
the locating engineer of the Alaska
Central Railroad, and also was In the
service of the Copper River road for
the three years of construction be
tween 1908 and 1911. Mr. 8curry
located the terminal grounds at Cor
dova and made extensive surveys of
Orca Bay for the railroad company.
He also located that portion of the
line running throughfthe Copper River
canyon. Mr. Scurry was 70 years old,
and one of his daughters is married
to Dr. W. W. Council, now in Cordova.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 16.—A
train on the railroad running be
tween Vera Cruz and Mexico City was
wrecked by a bomb today. Many pas
sengers were killed and wounded, and
for fear of further outrages, the rail
road management has discontinued
the sale of tickets. The Carranza gov
ernment will continue to operate the
road as a means of supply to the
troops In Mexico City. The perpe
trators of the bomb explosion have
not been located.
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Parties visiting a printing office
should bear In mind that It Is Just as
ill mannered to look at a proof sheet
or read the type as it is to go into the
kitchen and look Into the pots and
see what they are going to have for
dinner.
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Special to The Timea By Associated Press.
HONG KONG, July 15.—Tremendous floods are
devastating the Chinese provinces of Kwangtung,
Kiangsi and Kwang si. The desolation is terrible to
contemplate and the loss of life is almost beyond
belief. The people in scores of towns have been
driven to seek safety on the hills and' higher eleva
tions, and have lost all they possessed in the rush
to get away from the advancing waters. The apex
of the floods have not yet been reached and it is
feared that many more lives will be lost. The
ordinary Chinese boats nre powerless before the
turbulent streams and steamers of sufficient power
to breast the currents and rescue the marooned
people, cannot he secured.
WASHINGTON, I). C., July 15.—The American
Consul General at Hong Kong reported to the State
Department today that the city of Canton, one of the
largest in China, with a population of over one
million, has been cut off from outside communication
by the terrible floods that have overrun Kwangtung
and' the neighboring provinces. Nothing but the
most powerful steamers have been able to reach the
city, find the passage for them even, has been fraught
with the utmost danger. Thousands upon thousands
of people have been drowned around Canton alone
and the figures for the remainder of the stricken
territory are almost beyond belief. Tens of
thousands of refugees are huddled without shelter
upon the high places in the city. Thousands of
homes have been destroyed by the floods and a fire
which started destroyed thousands of other build
ings. The American Mission property has been
damaged but it is not known whether it has been
entirely destroyed. No American lives have been
lost.
BRITISH MINERS STRIKE
EMBARRASS GOVERNMENT I
IGNORE MUNITIONS ACT
LONDON, July 15.—One hundred and fifty
thousand Welsh miners have gone on strike, shutting
down all the coal mines in the Welsh fields. The coal
fields affected are essential to the carrying on of the
war hy Great Britain as they supply all the steaming
coal used hy the British navy. The government had
issued a proclamation two days ago placing the coal
fields and the miners under the provisions of the
Munitions act. This was done to forestall the action
taken today hy the men, and in the belief that it
would prevent the strike, as the act imposes heavy
penalties on all violators, and the men who went on
strike today are criminals under the law. The strike
of the miners is a defiant answer to the government’s
proclamation, and they have taken the step to
enforce what they consider their rights, and with
full knowledge of the consequences of their act.
Whether the government will proceed to arrest and
prosecute the men under the law is a question and
will prseent a serious problem for the coalition
cabinet to determine. Upon a wise decision of tin*
question will depend the safety of the empire and
the presrvation of industrial peace at a time when
the resources of the country are most in demand.
The men demand that they be paid higher wages
so that there may he some equitable distribution of
the increased profits the mine owners are making
out of the war, and absolutely refuse to submit their
demands to arbitration.
CARDIFF, July 15.—At a conference of the
striking miners held lien* today it was decided by a
large majority to reject the recommendations made
by the executive council of the miners’ union that
the men resume work. The government has taken
over ail reserve supplies of coal.
BRITISH 1 SERBIANS:
SEND LARGE BODY TBOOPS
Spoclnl to Tho Timps By Associated Press.
LONDON, .Tilly 15.—The war office today olTi
cially admitted that the English have sent troops into
Servia, and' that a large contingent of Britishers is
now fighting side by side with the Serbians along
the Austrian frontier. The* news has been well
received by the public who have been clamoring to
know where the men are gone to that Kitchener has
been sending out of England in such numbers.
LONDON, July 15.—The Norwegian steam r
Ryo has been torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea
by a German submarine. The second officer was
killed when the explosive struck tin* vessel, but th<
remainder of the crew was saved". The Ryo was of
1,100 tons burden.
SEATTLE VIEWS
LIBERTY BELL
SEATTLE, July 14—The Liberty
Hell arrived here tonight from Phila
delphia on its long trip acrpss the
continent te tho San Francisco fair.
Tile bell was met at the depot by a
delegation of the city fathers, who
entertained at dinner the visiting
Philadelphia cotincllmen acting as an
escort for the bell. The bell remained
here but five hours, and departed last
night for California.
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EL PASO, July 15.—It Is reported
here that Villa has abandoned San
Luis Potosi which if true, means that
Carranza has control of all the impor
tant points on the railroad running
tween Mexico City and Laredo with
one exception. Villa continues to hold
Queretaro, but his foothold in Torreon
j is precarious. He has plenty of am
j munition and foodstuffs but his sol
diers are deserting him as he is un
] able to secure money to pay them
their wages.
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Miss Kuby DeGraff left for Anchor
age today to look after the affairs of
the Alaska Transfer Co. in that city.
DEAD MEXICANS
LAREDO, July 15.—Passengers ar
riving here from Monterey assert that
there has been so many killed in the
battles west of Monterery, and the
fighting has been so continuous that
neither side has been able to desist
long enough to bury their dead. To
prevent contagion the bodies have
been piled between layers of oiled
wood upon gondola cars, and have
been cremated.
Mrs. B. W. Klliott left for Valdez
on the boat today accompanied by her
son Walter and will remain there
visiting with him.
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The train scheduled to leave tomor
row for Chitina will not depart from
Cordova until 12:30 p. m.
H. fl. Steel, the editor of the Daily
Times who has been on a business
trip to Seattle for about a month left
for home last night on the North
western.
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Mrs. M. Laska and son Louis are
returning passengers on the boat that
left Seattle yesterday.
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Sal Reed is returning to take up his
position on the railroad.
Falcon Joslln accompanied by his
wife and son are coming north and
should reach Cordova on the North
western by Tuesday.
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Seattle wired the Times about the
Valdez fire over two hours after the
Times had its extra on the street this
morning.
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The progressiveness of the Times in
getting out the extra on the Valdez
fire was the subject of much favorable
commendation by the people of the
town, and the boat passengers on the
Evans, which was in port at the time.
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SEATTLE, July 15—Joseph Illethen
succeeds his father as the president
of the Times Printing Co. Clarence
Blethen will become the editor and
Will Sayre will be the managing
editor. The policy of the paper will
be the same as in the past.
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