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
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