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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
PORTLAND BOY KILLS SWEETHEART <
 GRUSHES HER SKULL
 AND CUTS HEAD OFF Young Woman From Fort Worth Tex as Found in Woods Near Portland, With Head GOne-SWeetheart Ar rested and Confesses to Crime.

PORTLAND. Ore, July 1.-The beheaded body of Miss Zella Faulk, aged IS, of Fort Worth, Texas. who has been visiting relatives here for soma time, was found in the woods near this city today. Rufus Coates, aged IS, who has been going with the girl, and who was last seen with her, was arrested on suspicion of having q Knowledge of the murder, and after "a severe grilling by the sheriff. con- .essed that he bad crushel the girls skull with a club because she refused his advances, and had later returned to the scene of the crime and cut of her head with his pocketknife, to pre- vent identification of the body.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
REWARD OFFERED
 CHANCES HEAD
TROOPS BEsIEGED IN
 TEMPLE OF HEAVEN
$1OO,O 900 Offered for Head of Famous Manchu General Who Started Re- fbellion to Restore MOnarchy-Re- yolution Crushed Completely.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July H. United States Minister to China. Reinsch reported today that General Chang's troops were besieged in the imperial palace and Temple of Heaven and that President Lii Yuang Hung had offered a reward of one hundred thousand dollars for General Chang's head. The revolution started to re- store the Manchu dynasty to power has completely collapsed, and Presi- dent Hung is more firmly seated than ever.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
ANARCHISTS GET
 HEAVY SENTENCE EMMA GOLDMAN AND
 A. HERMAN CONVICTED Noted Anarchist Leader and Confed- crate of san Francisco Bomb Plot Sent to Pen for Term of Years for Preaching Against Conscription.

NEW YORK. July 11.-Emma Goldman, the noted anarchist orator, who has been under arrest in nearly every city in the United States, and who recently was arrested in New York for preaching against conscrip- tion, together with Alexander Berk- man, who attracted public attention on account of being implicated in the San Francisco bomb plot, were today sentenced to serve two years each in the penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
GERMANY STANDS
 FOR ANNEXATION
BETHMANN.HOLLW
 REFUSES PEACE WITHOUT
Unless Peace is Acceptable to Ger
 many She Will Refuse 1t. Cannot
 Agree to Cessation of War Without Annexation and lndemnities.

BERNE, July 11.-A dispatch from Berlin states that 6rihmann- Holwegg in a speech before :Ae Reich stag said: "I consider it a!y duty to remain chancellor of Germany for protection of the Fatherland. Peace without annexation is not an accept able peace in Germany. I cannot yet declare our terms, but they will in- clude annexation and indemnities."
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
RUSSIANS GAIN
 SIX MILES
TWO DAYS OFFENSIVE
 BRING GOOD RESULTS
General korrifOff Penrtrates Enemy
 Position West of Stanislau Two !. Leagues, Taking Many Prisoners
 And Large Quantity Munitions.

PETROGRAD, July 1.-The Rus sian troops under General Korriloff during the past two days offensive, penetrated the Austrian and German lines to depth of six miles. taking a large quantity of munitions and many prisoners. The gains in the vicinity of West Stanislau exceed the most sanguine expectations of the war department.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
SATURDAY IS DAY
 FOR DRAFT
PROC ISSUED
 RY PRESIDENT WILSON
National Guard Will be Drafted Into Army in August for Service in Eu- rope-COnscripts Will be Chosen Next Saturday.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July H. President Wilson today issued pro- clamation tentatively fixing Saturday July II, as the date for drafting the selectiye army for foreign service. It is also proclaimed that the entire na- tional guard will be drafted into the army in August for foreign service. -
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
COL. RICHARDSON GOES 10 WESTWARD
SAYS OFFICIALS IN
 WASHINGTON VERY BUSY
War Conditions May Cause Roads in Alaska to Suffer, But Commission Will Know It Is Not Fault of Ad- ministratiOn.

Col. W. P. Richardson. chairman of the Alaska Road Commission, lately returned from Washington. stated to a Prospector representative recently that no one in Washington was talk ing time to discuss the war, but that everyone was working at top speed and minding their own business. The Colonel stated that the war depart ment was way behind in handling the vast amount of business but is rapid ly completing preparations to dis patch troops to Europe, He stated that the newspapers of the country had Loyalty supported the administra- tion in it's policy of secrecy. and have not discussed the war in any manner which could he of value to the. ene- my. While much criticism had been diverted at the war department. it had nearly ceased as soon as the pap CTS realized that every effort was be- ing made to push to war to a rapid close
 Col. Richardson stated that the de- partment desired to prosecute the war to finish as soon as possible, and while it might be a long one, every resource of this vast country would be brought forward to end it speedily. ~"Delegate Sulzer is wonderful man." said Col. Richardson, land is rapidly making friends among his fel- low representatives of both parties He is one of the hardest working men l have ever seen and is doing more for Alaska than has been done for years. He commands the respect of his fellow members. and they are helping him in every way possible to benefit Alaska"
 Col. Richardson said there was no occasion for alarm Over the attempt by Anchorage to have work stopped on the NaldezFairbanks trail. and said that the War Department realiz- ed the value of the road as thoro- fare to the interior, and that ample provision had been made for it's fu- ture maintainance. He said that it was in a way up to the Valdez people as after the road was completed this year it would be necessary for our citizens to work in connection with Fairbanks and Cordova in seeing that the road was kept in good shape, and that if our people realized the value of concerted effort we would secure these towns cooperation to this end. Capt J. C. Mehaffey will come North this month to investigate road conditions in the interior, and will visit Circle, Rampant, Gibbon and Ruby. thence to Nome where he will remain several weeks before return ing south.
 Colonel Richardson stated that an effort would be made to complete all roads in the territory this year by surface graveling. building bridges and culverts where needed.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11

Health Officer Silverman is having notices printed to be mailed to prop erty owners whose premises do not come up to the requirements of the board of health. The party receiving one of these unwelcome documents will be required to abate the nuisance immediately under penalty of arrest.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11

Alfred Moves, the f.ng.ish poet. wh" lS now featuring on nineteenth century English at Princeton university and who was in the war zone nine months prior to coming to America. Is of the opinion that the United States could bring peace to the world in a very short time by conveying it's merchant ships travelling to European ports. Speaking further of the war. Mir. Moves says that the offensive in the spring will determine the outcome of the war on land. but if not the allies will continue fighting until they obtain satisfaction.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
PIONEER OF GERMAN
 AVIATORS IS KILLED

LONDON, July 11.-A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Am sterdam says Lieut.. Josef Schaum- burg. the first German airman to use an airplane in battle and also the first to throw bombs from an airplane, was shot down in the battle of Mes sines. falling dead inside the Ger man lines.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
STEEL RAILS
 FOR NENANA
LATOUCHE SAILS FROM
 SEATTLE FOR ST. MICHAEL.
Largo Shipment of Railway Supplies Will Co to Interior Via Yukon Riv- CT Route 75O Tons of Steel Ship ped to Nenana.

SEATTLE. July 1.-The steamer Latouche sailed today for St. Michael with a large cargo of steel rails and supplies for the government railroad on the Fairbanks end: Seven hundred
 and fifty tons of steel rails were in the cargo, going to Nenana via St. Michael and the Yukon, thence up the Panama.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11

A quarter of hundred young men under 31 years have registered all ready for military service, and the number is increasing daily. It is be- lieved that Valdez will have total registration of about fifty by the time the books close.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
OFFICIALS ARE
 PROBING EXPLOSION

VALLEJO, July 11.-A federal probe was begun here today to de- termine if the explosion in the Mare Island navy yards was the result Of an accident or the work or German spies.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
BRITISH ADVANCE IN
 MESSINES-WHT AETE

LONDON. July 1.-The British have again made substantial gains in the ssines-Whtschaete section. Gen. Haig reported today.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
Evans Due at Four Today

The steamship Admiral Evans will arrive from the westward about o'clock this evening. having stopped at Fidalgo to load ore
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
RI-SSlANS CAPTURE FOUR
 VILLAGES YESTERDAY

PETROGRAD. July 1l.-A thous- and additional prisoners and four vll- lages were captured yesterday by the Russian troops. in the drive on Lem burg.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11
Notice to Guild

A The members of the Women's Euild will meet with Mrs. Harry T.
 Whitley at two-thirty tomorrow af- ternoon.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-11

With several of the other officials of the existing government of Cuba, Pablo Desvernine, the secretary of state, recently came to America to con fer with Secretary Lansing on the sit uation in Cuba. where the rebels have been a serious menace for some time A dispatch recently stated that the reb- els contemplated killing Americans so as to cause intervention by this gov- ernment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
DARCY. OUGHT TO
 ENLIST FIRST AND
 FIGHT AFTERWAR

Chicago, April 21-"Tell Les Darcy that if he will enlist first, we'll. prom ise him no, end of fighting after yard" ..... ..e .
 This was the reply of Capt. F. R. Kenney, U. $. A., in charge of recruit ing in Chicago, Darcy's newly adopted home, when told that the Australian was quoted as saying that he would enlist if military auth critics would permit him to fill boxing engagements booked for next June and July.N
 Memphis, Tenn, April 21-Les Darcy, the Australian pugilist. whom American authorities have barred from engaging in boxing bouts in var ious parts of the country on the ground that he was a "slacker," yes- terday agreed to enlist under the American co1ors if permission is giv- en him by the military authorities to engage in several fights he has booked for next June and July.
 Mayor Ashcroft, who had announc- ed that Darcy would not be permitted to fight here, sent a telegram to the War Department urging that Darcy's offer be accepted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
TRIS SPEAKER HITS 400 IN
 FIRST WEEK OF THE SEASON
Cobb's Average is .333-Gowdy Leads National
 With 500 and Kauff Is .558.

I Chicago, April 21-Tis Speaker of Cleveland, champion batter of 1916, got away to a flying start in the .race>for hitting honors in the American league, his unofficial average for the first six games of the season being 400-25 points ahead of Peckinpaugh of New York. The averages include games of "Wednesday, April 1S
 Cobb of Detroit is seventh in the
 list with an average of .333; Liebold of Chicago and Hoblitzel of Boston lead in stolen bases with three each. Cobb has two. Barry of Boston tops the list in sacrifice hits with four and in mus scored with eight Sisler, St. Louis, Schalk, Chicago, Hobelitzel and Walker, Boston, Jackson, Chicago, and Bodie, Philadelphia, are tied for home run honors with one each Walker, Boston, leads in total bases with IT,. Chicago is leading in club batting with a percentage of .258 and in field ing with .93S.
 The leading batters: Speaker, C1eve- land, AGO; Peckinpaugh. N1w York, .s75; Bates, Philadelphia, .360; Pipp, New York, 1858; McInnis, Philadelphia, .34S; Walker, BAston, .34s; Cobb, De- troit, .s33; Hoblitzel, Boston, .sss; Judge, Washington, 3s3; Lewis, Bos- ton. .s2o; SchaHk, Chicago, .31s: Fe1sch, Chicago, .31s; strunk, Philadelphia .S1S; Sisler, St. Louis, .318s Bodie Phil- adelphia, BOA.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
Rocky Kansas And Kid Herman Two of
 Italy's Brave Sons

Although "box-fighting'' has never gained any popularity in Italy, hun dreds of the sons of that sunny king dom have taken up the game on this side of the Atlantic. Kid Herman, the New Orleans bantam, is the first Italian to break into the champion ship ranks, but there have been and are dozens of others who rank as first class fighting men. One of these is Rocco Tozze, better known as Rocky Kansas, the small but rugged Buffalo lightweight.
 Rocky was born in Buffalo twenty two years ago today, and has been fighting for about six years. Most of his fights have been staged in Buff fa1o, and he has taken on many of the best little fellows in the game. Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight champ, caught a Tartar when he tackled the little Italian. Rocky went after Kilbane from the clang of the gong, and gave Johnny one of the busiest sessions he has ever had.
 The Buffalo boy has also pulled off little surprise parties for several oth- CT ring celebrities who thought he easy. Kansas is handicapped by his brevity of stature, but at that he is taller than was Joe Walcott, one of the greatest of welterweights.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
WEST DECIDES
 GOLFER 0UIMET
 IS AN AMATEUR

Boston, April 21-Crafts w. 1ig- gins, one of the leaders in western golf circles. states that Francis Ouimet is rated as bona fde amateur by the Western Golf association. The former national open and amateur champion has received a letter to that effect from Higgins, who is in close touch with the ruling powers in the Western association. He Is one of it's officers, and his letter probt-bly has their sanction.
 The Western Golf association re- gently adopted new set of amateur rules, under which Ouimet becomes eligible. In consequence of that as- soc. tion's action, it is within the range of possibilities that Ouimet will enter for the w. G. A. amateur cham pionship at Midlothian in July.
 Should he do so. and Charles Evans, IT,, present national open and anna teur champion, also compete, along with other prominent amateurs of the Middle West, a real clash looms up between the Western Golf association and the United States Golf association lnless the U. s. G. A. prior to that lime listens favorably to .Ouimet's plea for reinstatement as an amateur.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
.ANGFORD STALLS IN STRANGE BOUT
 WITH BOB DEvERE

New York, April 21-Was Sam Langford stalling? Was it the mounds of fat that pillowed his abdomen that slowed him up, and has Father Time gripped his erstwhile iron muscles witty his memorable fingers? Those were Ahe questions the fight fans were asking themselves when they left the Harlem Sporting club last night after seeing Bob Devere of Kansas City stay 10 rounds with Sam Langford and ap- parently give the Tar Baby a whale of a battle.
 It was hard Bout to pass an opin- ion on. During the early rounds it looked as if Langford was under dou- ,ble wraps. Just as certainly did it seem in the latter rounds as if Sam was cutting loose with all he had and finding the white man a bit too tough for him. Langford weighed POS h pounds and Devere 195. -
 Three seconds after the opening gong Langford lashed out with a left hook that thumped against Devere's jaw and dropped Bob on the canvaA Devere got up and during the rest of the round Langford was busS as a bird dog in a briar patch trying to see how near he could come to Bob's jaw without hitting it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
JACK BARRY CUP
 FOR MERIDEN HIGH
 SCHOOL ATHLETES

Meriden, April 21-Harold c. Will cox, son of President George H. Wilcox of the International Silver Co.,, has presented a silver loving cup to the local high school to be awarded to Meriden high school baseball team this season. It is called the Barry cup in recognition of Jack Barry, of Meriden, manager of the world cham pion Red Sox. The trophy is Is 1-2 inches tall and mounted on a rich wood base, and it is inscribed, 'The Barry Cup M. H. S., 1917, Won by"
 The players will be judged accord ing. to their batting, fielding, bases stolen, averages, and their attendance and practice. The coach, manager and principal will award the cup. The Barry cup last year went to James Fitzpatrick, also star foot ball player, now of Boston college, and the year before that it was won by Allan Smith, at present of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
FRED DAILY, YALE FOOTBALL STAR, TO.
 LEAVE FOR FRANCE

Andover, Mass, April 21-Fred- erick J. Daily, football coach. and 20 students of Phillips-Andover Academy will leave here April 2s for France where they will join the American ambulance field service, 1t was an yesterday The party is not expected to return until next Novem- Der. All rinterscholastic sports have been suspended at the academy. Mill tary training is held five days a week.
 Daily was captain of the Yale foot ball team team in 1910 and played ha1fback, on Ted Coy's famous team the year previous. He has since had great success as a football and base ball coach.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
LEONARD GETS
 GLAD GREETING {,
 ON HIS RETURN

New York, April 21-Benny Leon- ard, fanked by Willis Gibson of the Bronx, arrived at the Grand Central Station this morning at half after the hour of nine. Benny stepped off the Overland to find himself basking in the blare of the combined bands of the Bronx.
 Leonard's great victory over Ritchie Mitchell in Milwaukee Thursday night has set the Bronx agog. and to show their appreciation they rounded ur the best little bunch of oboe blowers the Bronx affords.
 With the grand chords in G there were gay streamers and multi-colored confetti of the Mardi Gras kind. Mo tor cars were there and villagers with speeches all jotted down on the cuff, words of welcome that would make any conquering hero break right out in a snicker. All of the Bronx was at the depot to welcome our little Benjamin home, and when he sSt foot on little old Manhattan Isle he began to think that Bedlam had been given it's head. ,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21

With the National league season lit- erages published today show that the leadens of last season have not yet struck their stride. Many of the new men in the league have gone to the front, Fajbrique of Brooklyn being fourth among the players who have puayed in at least four games up to April 19.
 Players who are hitting in the "se- lect class include Gowdy, Boston, 800; Kauff, New York, .55S; Roush Cincinnati, .519; Fabrique, Brooklyn, 300; Cravath, Philadelphia, .467; Doyle, Chicago, .4S2; Robertson, New York, .450; Baird, Pittsburgh, .376: 'IIerzog, New York, 1868; Zimmerman, New York, 1868; Ruether Chicago, 1884, Paskert, Philadelphia 1858.
 New York leads in team batting with 1905 and in fielding with .979.
 Baird, Pittsburgh, leads in runs scored with six; Roush, Cincinnati. leads in total bases with 20. Tn the home run department six players are tied with one each. They are Dugey, Cravath, and Luderus, all of Philadel- phia, Robertson of New York, Konet- chy of Boston, and Hornsby of St. Louis.
 The stolen base record shows five players tied with two each-Baird Pittsburgh, Zeider Chicago, Long. St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
CRAVATH'S HOMER ALLOWS PHILLIPS
 TO BEAT DODGERS

Philadelphia, April 21-Gavvy Cra- vath, who was supposed to be too old and not fast enough for the Moran combination when that aggregation went South for training, came through yesterday with one of his old-time homers in the eighth inning. and the local opening contest went to the Phil- lies by 4 to B. The Brooklyn team took the count at the hands of Alex ander.
 Although Cravath's drive was slightly tainted, it went for a homer, and that is all that counts. Gavvy was aided by the clever foot work over the low barrier in left field, after chasing many yards and just touching the ball near the foul line.
 The contest was a. thriller for an opening game. There was every ele- ment necessary to enthuse a crowd, al- though the attendance was far below that of other inaugural days here. Those thousands that did get out to the park saw a great contest as well as an exhibition drill by three com panies of marines from the Philadel. phia Navy yard.
 Opposed to Alexander was Larry Cheney, and the master moist ball hurler had the Phillies guessing much of the time The Dodgers did little with Alexander. They collected just five bingles and should never have had three counts. He used some raor judgment in pitching to Daubert in the fifth with two down and two on the sacks, and the other count in the second came from a wild heave into centre field by Killifer. At all other times the Robins were helpless and were lucky to get the ball out of the infield. Alexander had everything, and that tells the story.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
TERRY TURNER OF
 CLEVELAND REAL
 WONDER OF GAME

"Terry Turner is just as lively as ever. He is playing great ball." l This was the tribute paid to the veteran infelder of the Cleveland In- dians by Manager Lee Fohl as the American league season opened. Fohls bit of praise for Terry Turner indicates that the wiry little blond is still standing off: Old Man Time-still holding his bomb-proof in baseball trenches, where he has been fighting for his livelihood since 1899, when the fbroke into thep astime. This is Terry Turner's 18th year in baseball and his 13th consecutive year in the major leagues. In all these years that Terry has been holding forth in the majors he' has graoed a Cleveland uniform, though his first taste of big league experience was with the Pittsburgh club in 1901. when he got into only two games. !
 After going up to Pittsburgh Turner was traded to Columbus and he play ed with the Buckeye team for two sea- sons. In 1903 he twas traded to Cleve- land by Columbus for two players and a, cash consideration, and he has stuck with the Forest City aggregation ever since.
 Turner has never been a terrific hit ter in the major league, for in 12 years with Cleveland he ranked with the 300 boys but once, in 1912. when he banged the apple for an average of 1908. But he is batter who averages around .255 consistently, and as fielder he can still give many a young ster cards and spades.
 Turner is consistent. His hitting is timely, as rule, and the good old wing is still in shape, according to re- ports on him this year. Terry says he fears but one pitcher in major league ball, and Terry has plenty of company, for the pitcher in question is the great Walter Johnson.
 Johnson is the only pitcher who has ever excite Turner with his speed, with the possible exception of Smoky Joe" Wood, and Joe is now a team mate of Terry's.
 Johnson can make most of 'em hunt the bucket" says Terry, land there's no use of an old-timer taking too many chances of getting beaned out of the league"
 Here's a veteran for you, and one who gets less credit than the average player who has been in fast company so long.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-21
EXPECT LARGE CROWD AT
 MOOSE A. C. BOXING SHOW

Charlie Pitts, the local boy who beat Bobby Reimer in Meriden last night, may be matched against Bat ting Kunz of South Norwalk in the semi-fna1 of the Moose A. c. boxing show at the Casino next Monday night. Tommy Marengo of Boston, who was to have tackled Kunz, has been operated on for an abcess under his arm and was forced to withdraw from the match. Pitts is a clever boxer who has done we'll in previous bouts here. He would undoubtedly make Kunz hustle.
 George Chip, the former middle weight champion, is all primed for his bout with the Zulu Kid of Brook lyn. Chip packs a sledge hammer blow in each hand. His motto is "Go get 'em as soon as possible" That is