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V^MEEII. NUMBER 927" ^C()K1)(7va, a17sKA,7hI[IUY, ()CT()BF:T7h>, l7l7. ~ PRICE TEN CENTS.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. — The Lib
erty loan campaign continues to grow
and is estimated that $1,700,000,000
has already been subscribed. It is
hoped to reach the $2,000,000,000 mark
by Saturday night, with a total of $5,
000,000,000 at the dose of the cam
paign, October 27.
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FIGHTING LIST
BATTLE
(By Assoiated Press)
CHICAGO, Oct. 19. — Robert Fitz
simmons, the one-time champion
heavyweight pugilist, is confined to
the hospital with an attack of pneu
monia. His condition is critical and
attending doctors hold out no hope
for his recovery. Mrs. Fitzsimmons
is at the bedside.
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CONSUL ME/
(By Associated Press)
JUAREZ, Mex„ Oct. 19. — After a
continous service for 12 years as* the
American Consul here, Thomas D. Ed
wards has been transferred to Corn
wall, Canada. During his term as con
sul here there has been four revolu
;Ions and as many more mutinies in
Mexico, many of which have had
their vortex in Juarez. During the
revolutionary fighting here in 1911,
Consul Edwards and his wife remain
ed in the Consulate while bullets and
bombs were falling all around them.
He went to see Francisco Villa al
most daily when Villa was in control
in the north and represented the Uni
ted States government in the famous
murder of William Benton, an English
man who was killed in Juarez while
on a trip to see Villa.
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AGE NO BAH TO
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANTGELES, Oct. 19—To combat
the theory that the accumulation of
years is the badge of inefficiency is
an object of the Half Century Associa
tion of America which was organized
recently here. The organization is
250 men all past the century mark.
Other objects of the association ac
cording to its by-laws, are to promote
and foster a high standard of citizen
ship; to teach loyalty to the govern
ment and love and veneration for its
flag, and to foster, promote and pro
tect the moral, physical and mater
ial interests of its members.
A resolution urging the city coun
cil and the county board supervisors
to amend their civil service rules by
eliminating uge limits and a number
of colonization plans were among the
matters considered at the meeting at
which the association was organized.
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FRENCH MAKE GAINS
AND TAKE PRISONERS.
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(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Oct 19. — The French
troops attacked the Germane along
the Alsne-front and penetrated post
tions, taking a hundred prisoners.
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SUGAR WINE IS
THREATENING
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Oct. 19. — With the
wholesale sources of supply virtually
shut off, refiners are unable to get
material and New York is threatened
with a sugar famine. Some sales at
fifteen cents a pound are reported.
Many restaurants have abolished the
bowl and serve customers but one
lump of sugar.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. — Several
hundred chemists among the drafted
men have been assigned to special
work under government departments.
The authorities selected these men
with the census arranged by the bu
reau of mines. A similar census was
made of mining engineers, showing
age, dependency, conditions and posi
tions in the draft liability list, and
the nature of work each could do if
drafted.
(By United Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 19. — A man’s
first duty is to Ood. his Creator; his
next is to his country, whether it be
his native or adopted country, in de
fense of- whose sovereign rights he
should be prepared to shed his blood
and lay down his life if necessary.
Every man, no matter how- humble
or obscure his station in life, who is
not privileged to join the armed forces
of his country, should, in time of war,
rouse himself to a realization of his
duty to do whatever its as hand to
help his country, and to aid by every
means in his power his government
to gather and wield its forces and its
resources with such expedition and
efficiency as to quickly conquer and
speedily and successfully terminate
the struggle.
How can a man who cannot afford
to buy a Liberty bond or to make any
considerable contribution to the Ked
Cross help our beloved America to
win the war? As such a one I find
every day in my occupation as a
freight handler opportunities of ren
dering valuable aid to our government
by seeing to it that all government
shipments or shipments fov govern
ment contracts, which come under my
notice are expedited with all possible
dispatch to their destinations, and hy
using extra vigilance that these ship
ments are not misplaced or misloaded,
but are‘carefully handled and stowed
in cars so as to reach destination in
perfect condition, giving them prefer
ence over many other classes of
freight, and working overtime when
necessary, that they may not suffer
delay.
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BOY SCOUTS ENTERTAINED
BY MRS. WILSON.
Last evening a "special meeting" of
the Boy Scouts was cultod .'.11 as
sembled promptly, but just as adjourn
ment was being tahen, three rousing
cheers were given for George Wilson
who had reached the fourteenth mile
stone of his life. Mrs. Wilson, Mrs.
Bollinger, Mrs. Sprague, Mrs. Foster
and Miss Ellen Fralsure, with Mis3 ,
Wilson and Miss Bollinger, appeared i
to help celebrate the occasion in royal
style. After refreshments and many
gifts to George, the boys voted Mrs.
Wilson a splendid entertainer. i
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♦ WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. — A ♦
♦ homeward bound American trans- ♦
♦ )M>rt was sunk in the war zone ♦
♦ and sixty seven members of the ♦
♦ crow drowned. ♦
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(By Associated Press)
PKTHOGRAD, Oct. 19. — Two Ger
man torpedo boats were sunk in the
Moon sound by mine fields, according
to an official announcement.
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(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. — An alleged
plot to damage or blow up a United
States converted transport is believed
to have been frustrated by the arrest
of Charles Wallman. charged with at
tempting to bribe a ship mechanic to
go aboard the vessel. Wallman was
a pantryman aboard a yacht belonging
to Harry Payne Whitney, and is a
Scandinavian. The franapon -an *>
Cornier German liner seized by the
United States and is being overhauled
at the Brooklyn dry dock.
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THE TEUTONIC
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. — Mutinies
and naval clashes between Austrian
sailors and crews of the German sub
marine fleet based at Pola, are offi
eially reported. Officers on both sides
were killed as a result of these clash
bs. The Germans decided to change
the base of the flotilla on account of
the bad food, which caused the mu
tinies.
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SUPPLY IIERT
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. — Itecent
y obtained figures on the German
weekly food ration, published by the
ood administration, showed it to be
’ar below the amount required to
naintain bodily health and vigor and
s likely to have serious and perma
lent results. Computed in terms of
he American houseksepir.g ration, it
ipproximates four and a half pounds
>f bread, half a peck of potatoes, a
cupful of beans, twelve cubes of su
;ar and six individual patties of but
er. The caloric value is less than
lalf of what is estimate 1 as suffi
cient for a person in a sedentarv oc
cupation.
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Jon’t miss seeing our shoe line. We
lave a full line of them, as smart as
iny made. Clayson, The Clothier.
The go.error has Issued the follow
1 ing proclamation;
"Where-ts. the president of the Uni
ted States, by proclamation, has de
signated Wednesday, October 24, 1917,
as Libert Day, and has made the af
ternoon C' that day a holiday for all
federal employees throughout the
country ^here services can be spared
for the Liberty bond campaign; and.
"WhereiB, the success of the Lib
erty loan*.', so vital to the nation that
it is the first duty of every citiz< n to
support t« tile utmost the financial
measures essential to be effective and
successful, the prosecution of the war
and the observance of Liberty Day
by the pf pie of states and territories
of the United States should immeas
urably simulate the sale of Liberty
bonds, tip- subscriptions to which will
close on October 27. 1917; now,
"Therefore, I, J. F. A. Strong, gover
nor of the territory of Alaska, do in
accordance with the proclamation of
the president of the United States de
signate Wednesday, October 24, 1917,
as Liberty Day, and 1 do earnestly re
quest that on the afternoon of that
day all pt&lic offices, stores and all
public places be closed, and that the
people of all towns and precincts so
far as possible, unite in some appro
priate patriotic ceremony and demon
strations to promote the success of the
Liberty loan, and I especially request
that the mayors of all Incorporated
towns or local governing authorities
do everything within their power in
the way of co-operation on Liberty
Day, to the end that nothing humanly
possible shall be left undone in arous
ing the enthusiasm and support of the
people of Alaska in the great strug
gle for the survival of democracy, in
which our nation is engaged. The peo
ple of .* la ska are patriotic, and their
devotie»i i*. iAibllc institutions has
icsii ur Jrrxl bv their aid many times,
and now they are expected to act well
their part in the present grave crisis
which confronts the nation. Lip serv
ice is of little avail In time of trouble.
Action is needed Instead, and com
plete. And the belief is expressed
that our people will not fail in the
great duty they owe to the govern
ment which represents them in the
conflict being waged between the
forces of humanity and freedom
against those of autocracy and op
pression. Remember liberty will not
perish from the earth If Americans do
their full duty.
“Given under my hand and the seal
of the territory of Alaska, in .Linear,
the capital, this 17th day of Octover,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen, and of
the independence of the United States
the one hundred and forty-second.
“J. F. A. STRONG."
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RED CROSS WILE
Cordova Chapter, American Red
Cross, has received the following tele
gram from C. D. Stinson, of Seattle,
manager of the Northwestern Division,
which he received from national head
quarters:
‘‘I take pleasure in forwarding with
my hearty endorsement to all division
managers of the Red Cross, the fol
lowing telegram just received from
Secretary McAdoo at San Bernardino,
California: ‘If it will not interfere
with your plans and Red Cross work,
think it would be immensely helpful
to Liberty loan if you would request
all Red Cross organizations in country
to join with Liberty loan organizations
everywhere in an intensive drive for
sale of Liberty bonds during the last
week of campaign. I feel confident
of loan's success if every energy of
American people is put forth. 1 find
splendid spirit everywhere. I have
been busy, but much practical work
remains to be done at this end.’ ’’
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MOVING CAPITAL
RUSSIA TO
MOSCOW
(By Associated Press)
, PETROGRAD, Oct. 19 — Minister of
! Public Affairs Kishkln has announced
that the government will move to
Moscow soon. The newspapers pub
i lish the official announcement that
the evacuation of the fortified port of
Bevel, on the Baltic, at the entrance !
of the Gulf of Finland, will begin. TlteJ
Revel schools have been closed, and
the inhabitants sent to the interior.
It is believed the German new offen
sive, which resulted in the capture
of Oesel. on Moon Islands, caused the'
government to decide to make this |
j move.
pR LOOKING
(By Associated Press)
ZURICH, Oct. 19.—The kaiser’s re
cent journey to the Balkans is regard
ed in a certain sense as a preliminary
step toward peace, says the Munich
Neuste Nachrichten. It declares that
j the emperor’s conversations at Sofia
and Constantinople certainly mean an
examination of every possibility in the
I direction of peace, although it would
i be a mistake to conclude that the de
i cision might embody concessions in
j the nature of a program of annex
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HELLO GIRLS 10.
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(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Oct. 19. — Tw othousand
organized operators of the Pacific
Telephone Company in Washington
state, are planning on a strike at mid
night tonight for higher pay and re
cognition of the union. A coast wide
strike of telephone linemen and elec
tricians is threatened Monday, which
will paralyze the service from Van
couver to San Diego.
MEXICAN BRIDES
JUAREZ, Mexico, Oct. 19—Ameri
can brides may envy Mexican brides
one of the customs which makes Mex
ico so different and interesting.
When a young man and a young
women become bethrothed in Mexico,
the bride-groom-to-be arranges to fi
nance the purchase of the brides’ ;
trousseau. He goes with her to the i
leading stores here or across the bor
der, suggests purchases for the trous
seau and pays the bill when the shop- i
ping trip is ended. The girl's mother i
always accompanies the two as a Mex- i
ican girl who is unmarried rarely goes i
out alone and unchaperoned. i
While he was minister of war, Gen- ■
eral Obregon. the hero of the decisive l
battle of Uelaya, came to the border l
and arranged for the purchase of his .
future wdfe's entire wedding outfit, i
He spent days in the big El Paso de- i
id^-tment stores and his bills for these I
dainty articles of women's wear were
said to have been many thousands of i
dollars. i
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“Hypocrisy,” played by Virginia
Pearson and Fox Production Co., to- i
night at the Empress theatre. Also I
Pathe Comedy. c
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Oct. 19. — Former resi
lents of Alaska celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of the purchase of that
territory from Russia at the Arctic
L’lub last night. Charles E. Claypool,
|)orme* commissioner at Fairbanks,
presided and hauled down Russian
flags from a miniature flagpole and
raised the Stars and Stripes. A road
house luncheon was served.
LEGISLATORS TO
IKE TRIP TO
HONOLULU. H. I., Oct. 19—Hawaii
Is to be visited very shortly by a
■ongressional party consisting of be
tween fifty and sixty senators and
representatives, according to a cable
message received here by delegate
to Congress Kalanianaole from his
private secretary. Jack Desha, in
IVashington.
The last legislature, which adjourn
ed in May, appropriated $40,000 to
pay the expenses of a congressional
party, the idea being that the mem
bers of congress should come here
ind see for themselves what are the
needs of Hawaii that the national
government can supply,
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COURT SALS JAP
TEACHERS ARE
INELIGIBLE C
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HONLULU, H. I., Oct. 19—Five
Japanese women school teachers who
came here this summer at the invi
tation of a local Japanese seminary
have been held by the local district
court to come within the classifica
tion of contract labor and the feder
al order for their deportation has
been upheld.
An appeal has been taken to the
circuit court which the school auth
>rites say will be taken to the United
States Supreme court if necessary.
If the case is lost it means that no
eachers can be imported from Japan
xnd when the present faculty is de
pleted the vacancies cannot be filled.
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SHUNTERS DRILL
FORT BLISS. Texas, Oct. 19—The
‘Grunters’ Drill” is what the troops
itationeil here call the dally bayonet
exercises which are held on the sandy
till in front of the officers row.
With wooden bayonets instead of
he sharp steel ones, the cavalrymen
livide into squads which oppose each
dher and then they go through the
notions of bayonet charges, parry the
tnemy's thrusts and fence skillfully
vith their rifles. As they go through
he motions of stabbing the enemy,
he men grunt loudly with each thrust,
f thrust to the abdomen and a grunt
ollowed by a quick series of short
irm jabs to the breast of the flcti
ious Germans and more grunts.
These throaty sounds are all given
n unison and give the drill a grue
ome touch of realism.
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The Rag-Time Trio will give a dance
Saturday night at Ragle hall, and in
end to continue these dances through
ut the winter.