Newspaper Page Text
BELGIANS KILLED WHEN GERMANS FORCE THEM TO WORK IN FRONT TRENCHES (Associated 1 ’res.-) \\ ASHIXGTON, 1). C., Sept. 3. T hat several l’« igtan whom tiie Germans have forced to work in I eiitoti treiic e* k. • v e been killed In bursting shells, is tin state me 11: c c mined in a communication revived here lodav In ' e Belgian legation. The details of this case ot tlagrant violation ot o ,• rui - of civilized warfare were smugg ed tlirougl t e -ma j, Havre, h‘ranee, where the statements, all made In dimh'.e eve witnesses, were forwarded to the Belgian ie g ttioiis all ov er the world. The communication declares that Belgian men ranging in age from sixteen to Hxty years, living in the Beigtat towns behind the lines, have been separated lrom their taini lies In trickerv and torced to perform trench work sitci as the construction of communicating trenches and repair ing th.e damages of French and British shell tire. >r era of the.-e enslaved Belgian civilians were killed by shell irag ments, the statement concludes. “DARK HOSS” WITH “RED DEVIL” WINS LABOR DAY AUTO RACE Hriving hi.- little red roadster ot special make, but with 1 ■ i ltd engine and gears, Abe McCord yesterday won tin Labor L>a\ automobile race. His time was one hour, twelve minutes and twenty seconds. Bobbie Sheldon, in a specially made Lord racer imported from the coast, was second, his time being one hour, thirteen minutes and tour tilths ot a second, or approximated forty seconds behind McCord, while Bob Sommers was third. Sommers’ time was one hour, thirteen minutes and thirty live seconds. None ot tin three other cars finished the race. They were 1 lie Citi/.ei car. driven b\ folm Griswold; the Jones runabout, driven b\ Homer Y\ infrev, and the Lorentzen Met/, driven b\ Ham Stacer. Griswold held second place in the race lor the first t wen tv miles and, although not on the track at 11:e finish, had more miles than \\ intrey. I he Metz with drew from the track after running six laps. Bv winning the race McCord won the iirst prize ot $250 offered by the park commission. Sheldon received second mottev of $100 and Sommers took third prize, SrO. More titan 800 people witnessed the race, the grand stand and bleachers being filled to overflowing in addition U) the large number of automobiles in the paddock. Secre • rv Id. H. Mack of the park board reported last night that Hi ere were 730 paid admissions at one dollar each. i ne i ... i*v,im is -lie order in'vnic.'i I the ears started, at intervals of five seconds, including their owners, driv els. mechanicians and pitmen: No. 1 owner, Bob Sheldon; drit er, Sheldon; mechanician, Charley liayes; pitnten. Charlie Williams and Harry Woodward. No. 2 Owner, J II. Caskey; dri\ er. John Griswold: mechanician. 11 '-.vard Logan; pitmen. Harry Shun and "The Hungry Kid.” No. 3. Owner, "Deacon" Jones: driver. Homer Winfrey; mechanician, Harley Rutherford; pitmen. Axel i ,.lsien and Dan Berger. No. 5.- Stanley Scanlon. Did not race. Entry fee refunded. No. tj. - Owner, Petri Lorentzen: driver; Harry Stacer; mechanician. Tlte Dutch Kid;' pitmen, Axel Run ning and Louis Thimine. No. 7. Owner, Boh Sommers; driver, Sommers; mechanician, Joe Enos; pitmen, H. B Parkin and Glenn Noyes. i,eating scratch at the sound oi the first shot of Starter Tom Mar quant's pistol, Sheldon held the lead tor the first sixteen laps of the race. At that time, however, it was seen ( that Sommers, Griswold and McCord j were gaming on him. And it was tin ali\ necessary for Sheldon to stop and make repairs on a new engine part which had become overheated, and the three leading cars were t two laps ahead of him before he got started again. In the meantime Sommers had taken the lead, having slowly forced his way past Griswold and McCord, leaving Griswold in second place and McCord in third. This lead he main tained until twenty miles of the race were completed, with Griswold and McCord racing neck and neck most of the time for second place until Griswold’s car became overheated, and he had to stop at his pit. Then Sommers' car began to miss and McCord slowly overhauled him, gain ing a lap and maintaining it until the end of the race. After making repairs to his car Sheldon started again. Slowly but surely he gained on Griswold, who . ,,s running third, then, when it was seen that nothing but a breakdown could keep McCord from winning, he overhauled Sommers, whose car was acting badly, but who still had had two laps the best of him. It was then neck and neck to the fin ish for second money between Shel don and Sommers. Certain it is that Sheldon's actual running time was the best of all. For he was halted about two minutes in making repairs, which would cut his running time down from one hour --id thirteen minutes to one hour pproi .lately eleven minutes. Tins would have defeated McCord, wnose ume was one nour, twelve minutes and twenty seconds, and wl, made no stops, by at least a minut' Sheldon is taking his defeat philo sophieally. Just prior to entering hi car at the start he handed $300 hi gold to a friend, asking that it he bet on himself to win. Only #135 of it, however, was covered, and Bobbie now expresses himself as glad that but few people had the nerve to bet against him. He also says that in one way he is glad lie didn’t win, for had he done so, interest in coming automobile races might have lagged for the reason that he won the first two. Now the next race, which will probably be held next Fourth of July, will be anybody's race until it is over. The day yesterday was ideal to racdng. The track was in good condi tion at the start, but by the time the race was over, it was pretty badly cut up and rutted, making driv ing difficult. CHICAGO MAN NOW CHAMPION OF ATHLETICS (Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, Sept. ,).—-I\ Goetitz, representing the Chi cago Athletic Association, won the all around amateur championship of the United States here today. The Chicago man won hi title in competition with suite amateur champions who par ticipated in the amateur ath letic tournament at this place. Goetitz made a wonderful showing in the meet, taking first place in the majority ol events. BELGIANS PUT BEHIND LINES ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 30.—The seeming contradiction be tween the news of continued depor tations in Belgium, the German dec larations that no deportations to Ger many have taken plare since Febru ary last, apparently is to be explain ed by the fact that deported Bel gians are now being sent to work behind the lines on the western front, in the repair of roads, the lay ing of railroads and construction ol works of defense. Instead of th< former economic pretext, military grounds are put forward to justify these measures. (A . fri's-.-i W \S!1!N('.T()N. 1 » Id. Sept. 3.- That tile American j expedition in l-ranee, wind; i> -(Kin to take it- place on the battiefront. has been slip plied with defective anmitmi tion, was made known toda\ when I'lenentl Win. Crozier. c iel of the ordnance depart : .-lit of the l . S. army, asked that an inquin be instituted. Secretan oi W ar Maker seems to be the center ot this -eeminyh bad ca-e ot otlicia muddling. I’he discoven ot the detec tive ammunition was made be ordnance oiiicen with the American forces in France. This condition of afiair> was reported through official chan nek to General Cro/.ier Af ter .satisfying himself that the report could be substantiated, the general today asked the war department to name a board ot inquiry to investi gate the causes and place the responsibility, if any, for the supplying of the faulty muni tions. The military committee of the senate, on learning of the state of affairs, decided to •all upon Secretary of War Newton I). Baker tor an ex planatioti tomorrow. Secretary Baker himself will decide upon Genera! C'ro /ier's request for a board of inquiry. General Crozier tonight, while admitted the gravity of the situation, expressed a hope and belief that the board of inquiry will find that the detect was unavoidable and that no blame can be attached to the inspectors of the manu facture and ordnance depart ments of the army. The extent of the faultv manufacture has not been made known. GERMAN PAPER DECLARES COUNTRY SHOULD FOLLOW ADVICE IN WILSON NOTE (Associated Press) WAIST h'.kDAM, Sept. b. — indicating the far reaching i effect uf i resident Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict’s peace j offer, the Yolks Zeitung, the powerful Independent Socialist paper of l.eipsic, editorially advises the German people that! they must demand the democratization of their political re gime, despite the fact that the suggestion comes from an enemy country. Copies of the issue containing this editorial were re ceived here today and attracted much interest in allied dip lomatic circles. The editorial declares that the democratiza tion of Germane is of the utmost importance to the best iniere-ts of the German people themselves. 1‘resident Wilson, in his reply to the pope's peace otter, declared that the allies cannot place any confidence in any agreement that might he made by the present German go\ eminent, but inferred that the entente is willing to treat with the German people once they have thrown off the yoke of Prussianism. PACIFISTS SAY AMERICA (Associated Press) CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 3.— The People’s Council of Am I erica for Democracy and Peace, which concluded its ses I sion here today, adopted a resolution declaring that the past few days’ events showed how far America is depriving her self of democracy in order to export it abroad. This declaration refers to the fact that the council had an exceedingly hard time to find a meeting place. The con vention was to have been held in Minneapolis, but the gov ernor of the state refused to allow the pacifists to meet in Minnesota. Five leaders of the movement then went to the little town of Hudson, Wisconsin, to arrange for a meeting place and were hustled out of the city by irate townsmen. Not until Mayor Thompson of Chicago came to their rescue was the council able to find a meeting place. Mayor; Thompson not only granted permission to meet in Chicago, j but also furnished police protection. The report of the resolutions committee adopted by the I convention as a whole, and made public tonight, declares | that while favoring the democratization of Germany, Presi dent Wilson should not demand a measure of democracy ex ceeding that allowed Americans. SENATE TURNS DOWN DRASTIC WAR TAX BILL fA ~ oc 1 ii i e<i Press'* WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 3.—The l'. S. senate to day, by a \ote oi fifty-three' to seventeen, rejected the I.a Follette amendment to the war tax lull, providing for a , war tax of sixty-five per cent on all war profits. 'File opposition to the amendment held that the pas sage of such a drastic tax on : war profits would have the! effect of making the law in operative. Doubts as to the constitutionality of the I.aFol lette amendment were also ex-: pressed, many of the oppon ents of the amendment ex-. pressing the belief that the; lew would be confiscatory. The rejection of the amend- j rnent is taken to mean that the senate will also reject the! amendment submitted by Sen ator Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia, in which he asks that the levy on war profits be eighty per cent. The towusite ol Haines is being j surveyed preparatory to obtaining a , patent from the government. MILITARY MEN OF ENTENTE TO DISCUSS PLANS1 — (Associated Pi ess} WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 3.—A cablegram re ceived by the Italian embassy here today announced that an International military con ference is to be held in Paris in the near future. The plans for the holding of the con ference are now being work ed out. Military experts of the entente powers are to participate in the conference, the object of which is to bring about a closer co-ordi nation of the military activi ties of the allies. 'I'he conference is expected to have a vast effect upon the future conduct of the war by the military forces of the allies. Superintendent Patching of the Fortham hatchery, has filed a sworn statement with the clerk of the fed eral court showing that 57,500.000 red fry were released last year. This entitles the Alaska Packers, owners of the hatchery, to a rebate of federal tax on over one-half mil lion cases of salmon. THE MILE RACE Defeating George lining, his near est competitor, by the margin of but a few seconds, Chris Vachon won ; the mile race yesterday afternoon in four minutes and fifty-eight sec ond- The event was the curtain raiser of the main event of the af ternoon, the automobile race. Sam Dumbolton was the third contestant. For the first three-quarters of a mile the three racers were bunched, with Dumbolton setting the pace. Coming to the last quarter, however, Vachon started sprinting, crossing the line a few seconds in advance of liering and Dumboton, who was but a short distance behind. GERMANS MAKE AIR RAID ON BRITISH ISLES (Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 3.—An official statement ol the war office tonight declared that German aeroplanes had visit ed the southeastern coast of England and had dropped bombs on various places. The report declares that reports ol casualties, if any, and of de struction of property have not yet been received. Lite raid was still in progress at the time the statement was issued. After dropping all their sup ply of bombs, the German planes turned about and de parted for their base, pursued bv British airmen belonging to the home defense contin gent. The towns attacked in the raid are not named in the dis patch. DUTCH WORKERS ASK FOR LOWER COST OF LIVING (Associated I’resH) AMSTERDAM, Sept. 3— That the cost of living and the price of the bare necessi ties of life have soared al most beyond reach of the or dinary iamuy in nonana, is indicated by the fact that the trades union congress in ses sion here today, passed a res olution asking the government to lower the maximum prices of food, fuel and shoe leathe** as a means of reducing want among the working class of Holland during the coming winter months. The Trades Union Con gress represents 1 50,000 Idol land workers, exclusive of their families, and is one of the most powerful and, at the same time, most popular orga nizations in the empire. Important mining deals are report ed to be under way in the Willow creek district. DR. MELVILLE G. EVANS Physician and Surgeon LOCATED AT BROOKS, ALASKA FOUR THOUSAND MEN TO STRIKE IN SHIPYARDS ON WILLAMETTE NEXT FRIDAY (, Associated 1 ’less) PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. d. — l"rtless their demands ;"v granted, lour thousand workers in live of the largest ship yards in Portland will go on a strike next Friday, accord mg to the announcement made hy union officials this even ing. Conferences were held on several occasions today be tween the employers and the working men. No develop merits took place today, as the result of these conferences, promising to modify the prospects of the strike of the Uuu thousand men. Arbitration of grievances has been suggested In t.x employers, but this plan has been rejected by the working men, who state that they must have their demands granted in full or else they will walk out. The builders will probabh ask that the government take immediate steps to intervene, as was done in Seattle. As the live shipyards are engaged in work for the government, it is believed the government can be prevailed upon to in sist that the differences be mediated without am delav in the shipbuilding program. NOTICE OF FORFEITURE To Samuel Jacobsen, his heirs, ex ecutors, administrators and as signs : You are hereby notified that the undersigned lias expended in labor and improvements the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each of the years 1911’. 1913, 1911, 1915, and 1916, upon each of the following placer mining claims. No. frac tion, Yellow Jacket Bench, upper half of No. 7 and bench adjoining right limit, all on Chicken creek, also No. 6 Napoleon creek, in the Forty Mile Mining and Recording district, Alaska, for S. Jacobsen. You are hereby notified that if at the expiration of ninety (90) days after the last publication of this notice, to-wit, within ninety days af ter the third day of December, 1317. you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditures, yotjt interests in said claims shall become the property of the undersigned, your co-owner, under Section LMJt of the Revised Statutes of the 1'nited States FRANK HARRIOTT Date first publication. Kept 3. 1317 Date hist publication Dee. li, IP 17 THE KENTUCKY KITCHEN and BAKERY The Best Meals in Olnes Lynx, Marten, White Weasel, Bear, Mink, Wolverine, Otter IN DEMAND Red, White and Blue, Cross and Silver FOXES in especially STRONG DEMAND Ship to “Shubert” Write for "Jljr dljubrrt&ljipprr" containing valuable Market in formation you must have. An CIJI TDCDT 1 25-27 WEST AUSTIN AVE. . B. SHUBLK I, Inc. Dept, m, Chicago, u.s.a. ...PIONEER HOTEL... ESTABLISHED 1903 85 Rooms Stables DAVE PETREE, Prop MINERS' HOME HOT L OPP TANANA VALLEY R R DEPOT P O BOX 707 FAIRBANKS THE SAMSON MACHINE SHOP and GARAGE Splendidly Equipped Canadian Pacific Railway Palatial “PRINCESS” Steamships Sail From Skagway EVERY THURSDAY P. M. FOR PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE Close connections with solid trains daily to CHICAGO TORONTO MONTREAL VIA THE FAMED SCENIC ROUTE All information and reservations from L. H. JOHNSTON AGENT SKAGWAY