PLAN, IF CARRIED OUT, WILI
MAKE 40,000 PERSONS NEAR
MON ASTIR SELF-SUPPORTING.
COST FIGURED AT $244,438
Machinery and Seed Must Come Fran
America, Rut If Help Is Gi\en Nov
Future Relief Food Shipments C ar
Be Reduced.
"WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15.
A great constructive work of the Am
erican Red Cross, to make 40,000 Ser
bians in the neighborhod of Monastii
self-supporting, and at the same thru
to reduce shipping of food by making
the country productive, is the objee
of an appropriation of $244,438 by tin
Red Cross war council. The money
to be used for the reclamation of 21,
000 acres of land in that region. Thi:
acreage is to be cultivated with mod
era machinery, under tire direction o
American farm experts.
Monastir is in the extreme south o
Serbia, on the Grecian border; 40,0(K
vilages in that region are now depend
ing on charity.
Enemy Strips Country.
The enemy has stripped the countrs
of all tools, machinery, foodstuffs
horses, and most of the oxen. C .rdeni
Arnold Severance, Red Cross commis
sioner to Serbia, recently made a tout
o inspection there with Father Fran
c's Jaeger, of the University of Min
a seta. Mr. Severance urged this con
structive undertaking in a cabled re
port to the war council.
Statistics were furnished by the
Serbian agricultural authorities, anc
w» re carefully scaled down to a mini
mum. Father Jaeger and other ex
ports closely examined the district.
“Machinery and seed must come
from America,” Mr. Severance cabled
“We find it impossible to import from
Italy. Great savings in tonnage wcub
b effected if seed and machinery wen
smt instead of food. English am
French earnestly indorse plan.”
Oats and Other Cereal',
An acreage of 10,000 in oats, 0.0 <
in e»rn, and smaller areas in barley
r - . potatoes, mangels, onions, lentils
t ..atoes. cabbage, and beans, wit'
nkins in the cornfields, was sag
i e: in the cable. Included in the
..uv.cn' urc.l equipment recommend c
■ r t1 actors of 10 horsepower
which will be added to the 20 tractors
inch the Serbians now have. Otliei
itea s in the machinery list include 1(
< >.whined flour and feed mills, suitable
for operation by the tractors; 2 com
plete equipments for blacksmiths, 1<
for tailors, 10 for shoemakers; a com
plcte workshop for repairing machin
ery; and a wide assortment of fare,
tools.
mean Woods of the Maryland Agr!
culture College has consented to pa.-,
judgment on all Red Cross shipment.5
for tms purpose.
I
m CANAL ZONE
PHOTOGRAPH OP SHIPPING AC
TIVITIES ARE REGARDED AS .
LIKELY TO AID GERMANS.
ANCON, Canal Zone, Feb. 1!>.—
v Frank Fouille, acting governor of the
Panama Canal Zone, has issued an
orckr prohibiting employes from mak
ing photographs which show any part
of the restricted areas in the Canal
Zone or any of the ships in transit
» through the canal or at the terminals.
Only photographs of a purely person
al or family character mak be taken
in the zone. Employes having previ
' ously made photographs in their pos
session which might reveal anything
of value to the enemy are instructed
to submit them for censorship before
sending any of them out.
“There never wTas a self-made man,’
4 * Remarked the sneering Mrs. Talker;
Her husband said :Go on and pan,
But there is Dr. Mary Walker.”
COMMANDING OFFICER SPLASH
ES THROUGH MUD AND
TALKS WITH PRIVATES.
—
GERMANS ATTACK WITH GAS
None of United States Soldiers Is As
phyxiated and They Successful!:
Defeat All Other Maneuvers o
Teuton Foes.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARM''i
IN FRANCE, Fob. 18.—Wearing ;
I in hut, and with a gas mask in a con
venient positon, General J. J. Ter
shing, commander of the America:
forces in France, has just complete:
; a two days’ inspection of the Ameri
can sector northwest of Toul. H<
. walked through the first line trenche
, in mud and ice. He asked innumera
hie questions, especially of the privati
, soldiers regarding their food and hov
they liked their conditions. All sai:
■ they were satisfied, except one cook
' who wanted more green things
, Through glasses, the general inspect
i' ed German observation points on th<
| top of a hill.
Gas Attack Foiled.
Germans opposite the America:
lines made an unsuccessful bombard
•vent with gas shells yesterday. Am
rican aeroplanes and machine gun;
drove back a large number of Ger
man aerial machines. Many gas shell;
fell in the American sector, but th:
troops wore masks. None was gassed
I An exploding shell injured one Amor
i ican soldier.
Widen Sphere of Activity.
As the time for greater operation:
by the enemy on the western fron
approaches the Americans are widen
ing their sphere of activity. The Am
ericans not only hold the sector cas
of St. Mihiel, but American artillen
is helping the French in the Cham
i
pagne district.
The Germans have tried variou
ruses in endeavors to outwit the Am
ericans. The Teutons have tappet
and destroyed telephone lines, sen
up false signals, and charged thei
entanglements with electricity, but ii
every instance have been outmaneu
vered by the United States troops.
CHIEF MOVEMENT WILL BE I>
SECTORyBETWEEN ARRAS
AND ST. QUENTIN.
TANKS AND .MYSTERIOUS GAS
Information in Regard to Impending
Campaign Has Been Obtained Fron
Teuton Prisoners and From Othei
j Sources.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS I>
FRANCE, Feb. 19.—The gerat Ger
man offensive on the west is expecte*
i at any moment. The main thrust it ii
said, it planned through the Britisl
line on the sector between Arras ar.(
[ St. Quetin.
The Germans are prepared to em
ploy giant tanks and a new mysteriou:
gas.
Other attacks will be delivered b]
j the Teutons further south.
| This information has been obtainec
j from German prisoners and fron
; other sources.
i The German commanders are plan
ning a series of surprise attacks.
| The Germans declare that no effect
| ive resistance can be offered to th<
j tanks or to the gas bombardments anc
the Teutons expect to walk througf
the gaps made in the allied lines bj
the tank caravans and gas corps.
INSPECTS WAR TROPHIES.
LONDON, Feb. 19.—Major Genera;
C. G. Donald has been appointed to a
new army office knvwn as “Inspectoi
of War Trophies.”
ML STRIFE
SOLDIER MARAUDERS LOOT
WINE CELLARS, STORES AND
FOOD’DEPOTS IN PETROGRAD.
. 100 FATALITIES IN CITY
■ Fighting Is in Progress for Control of
T New Republic pf Ukrania, Formed
r From Southwestern Part of Musco
vite Country.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 18.—At least
i 100 persons were killed in Petrograd
- last night in an all-night battle waged
- by marauding soldiers against police
1 and military guards. The military
1 marauders, who were joined by crowds
- of unruly civilians, pillaged wine cel
J lars, jewelry stores, and food depots.
5: Forty thousand military prisoners,
■ who during the recent armistice be
J tween Russia and the central powers,
■ ' were liberated in the smaller Russian
1 towns and who came to Petrograd, are
> now homeless, and destitute of the ne
• cessities of life.
Food Is Destroyed.
Great quantities of food were
destroyed in the riots last night, and
| as a result famine menaces a large
1 part of the population.
Fighting is in progress for the con
trol of southwestern Russia, where re
cently was organized the republic of
Ukrania. The contending parties are
the Maximilist troops, whose object is
to regain the region for the maximil
ist government which is directing af
fairs at Petrograd; the organizers and
supporters of the Ukrania republic
whose purpose is to maintain the
newly declared independence of the
' region, and Rumanian troops, whose
purpose is to harass are co-operat
ing with both the maximilist and
Ukranian governments because of
their friendship for Germany and
Aust ria.
After a sanguinary battle Friday
between maximilist and Ukranian
I troops, Kiev was captured by the
i Maximilists. The streets of Kiev
Kiev is one of the principal Ukran
j ian cities. Maximilist aviators bomb
j ed the city while the battle was at its
I hf iffht
The estimated casualties reach 4,
'>00 killed and 7,000 wounded.
Polish troops, of Ukrania, defeated
the maximilist forces at Bobruiske,
eighty-live miles southeast of Minsk.
Other Polish troops are advancing
oward Smolensk.
Rumanian forces control the Ak
kerrnan district of Bessarabia in the
j extreme southwestern part of Russia
i and threaten Odessa.
TO KEEP RAILWAYS
—
CALIFORNIA SENATOR DOES
NOT WANT LINES RETURNED
TO STOCKHOLDERS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Senator
Hiram Johnson, republican, of Cali
1 fornia, in an address in tl>^ senate to
lay, opposed the administration’s rail
' road bill providing for the return of
’ he lines to the owners in two years
1 after the war.
' He advocated permanent ownership)
>f the railroads by the government.
Senator Johnson took occasion to
approve President Wilson’s recent
stand against secret diplomacy.
Administration leaders in the sen
ate are urging early enactment of the
' railroad bill. They declare that di
1 rector-general William G. McAdoo Is
much embarrassed by the absence of
necessary legislation.
$75,000 GIVEnToR
, MINERAL SURVEY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—
The urgent deficiency bill which was
introduced in the house of representa
tives yesterday carries an item of
$75,000 for the geological survey to
continue its mineral investigations in
Alaska.
JAMES GAFFNEY WILL TRY TO
INTEREST INSURANCE COM
PANIES IN ALASKA.
MOTHER BURNS TO DEATH.
Gus Seiffert Returns from St. Louis
Where He Conferred With His As
sociates in Minin? Property Near
Hope.
_
By CHARLES E. HERRON.
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—(Special Cor
respondence)—Many anchorage resi
dents are spending the winter in Se
i attle or are staying here for a while
en route to other places in the states.
James Gaffney, the Anchorage in
surance man, left Seattle for New
York February 4. While in the east
Mr. Gaffney will endeavor to interest
eastern insurance companies in Alas
ka risks, particularly with reference
to Anchorage. Several weeks ago
the mother of Mrs. Gaffney was burn
ed to death in Seattle as the result of
her gown catching fire from a lighted
match. Before any assistance could
be rendered her the burning clothing
had inflicted such injuries that she
died shortly afterward. Mrs. Gaffney’s
mother, whose name was Mrs. McFer
ren, is well known in Alaska. Mr. Mc
ferren formerly conducted a shoe
store at Nome. Besides Mrs. Gaff
ney there is a son who is now chief
steward on the steamer Admiral
Evans.
Gus Seiffert and family are mak
ing their home at the Hotel Seattle
in Seattle. Mr. Seiffert has just re
turned from a trip to St. Louis where
lie went in the interests of mining
property located at Hope and financed
by St. Louis capitalists. Accompany
ing Mr. Seiffert was William Logman,
the former owner of the mining prop
er* y who while there received from
vhe company all the deferred pay
ments due him from the sale.
James Hayden, a well known Alas
ikan, is making his home at the Hotel
Seattle. Mr. Hayden is engaged in
the coal business. Mrs. Hayden is
with him.
Richard Lane and Leo Margules,
residents of Seward are in Seattle on
business and are registered at the Ho
tel Seattle.
Married During Yuletide.
Elmore Smith, traveling representa
tive of Cudahy Parking company in
Alaska, was married during the
Christmas holidays in Seattle to Miss
Florence Nordstrom of Seward. Mr.
Smith was in Anchorage during the
baseball series last summer between
Anchorage and Seward and is well
known in athletic circles.
Charles Kennedy, formerly a resi
dent of Candle, Alaska, is in Seattle,
and is making his headquarters at the
Hotel Northern.
James E. O’Reilly, former official of
the Alaskan Engineering commission,
and prominent in Anchorage business
life, is staying at the Hotel Savoy in
Seattle. Mr. O’Reilly recently was
hurt in an automobile accident. His
injuries were only slight.
Max Nelson, of Anchorage, is reg
istered at the Hotel Wintonia in Se
attle. Mr. Nelson and Clyde Coleman,
owners of the power boat “Clymax,” j
which operated on the Susitna river
last summer, ai*e in Seattle on legal
matters resulting from a suit which
they have filed against a Seattle en
gine firm for alleged misrepresenta
tion in the shipment of engines for
their boat. The suit will be heard
some time this spring.
Ira Issacs m Seattle.
Ira Issacs, who is interested in the
Willow creek mining district, near
Anchoi'age, is making his home in
Seattle at the Seward hotel for the
winter while his brother Charles
Issacs also interested in Willow creek
property is visiting friends in Nevada.
G. P. Goggins has sold his business
in Nome and is making his home for
the present in Seattle. He is living at
the Arctic club.
The Fish Creek Mining company
has been recently organized and will
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begin development work on its pro
perties on Solomon river at the head
of Portland canal near Ketchikan, ac
cording to W. K. Toukin one of the in
corporators, who at one time con
ducted a haberdashery adjoining the
Butler hotel.
The steamer Spokane is to be placed
back on the Kodiak-Seldovia run about
February 17.
It. C. Goheen, mechanical engineer
formerly employed by the Alaskan
Engineering commission and located
at Eska creek is now a first class me
chanic in the aviation service and is
stationed at Camp Jefferson in
Missouri.
First Lieutenant James E. Powrie
formerly general foreman for the An
chorage townsite office is now station
ed at Camp Lewis with Company E of
the 33) 1 Infantry.
Inspector of Gas Masks.
George H. Williamson, a forme:
employe of the Alaskan Engineering
commission in the time keeping de
partment is now an inspector of gas
masks which are being manufactured
in Providence, Rhole Island. Mr. Will
iamson enlisted in the United States
army last fall and was assigned to tlv
gas defense service and is now located
in Providence. His address is 274
Blackstone Blvd., Providence, R. I.*
Miss Ada White after spending the
Christmas holidays in Seattle left foi
her home in South Carolina and wr
visit there until spring.
FOR LOST COLONY
KAISER NAMES RULER FOR NEW
GUINEA WHICH HAS BEEN
'TAKEN FROM GERMANY.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 18.—The Ger
man emperor has appointed Privy
Councillor Habor to be governor of
the German colony of New Guinea.
The Cologne Volt Zeitung explains:
“It may sound curious that a gov
ernor should be appointed to a region
which we have lost during the war,
but the fact is thus clearly emphas
ized that Germany has no intention of
renouncing her colonies.”
FRENCH SENATOR IS
PUT UNDER ARREST
CHARLES HUMBERT IS INVOLV
ED IN TROUBLE THAT QUES
TIONS HIS LOYALTY.
PARIS, Feb. 19.—Charles Humbert,
senator from Meuse, and proprietor
of the Paris Journal, was arrested to
day on charges that have not yet been
made public, but that are said to call
into question his loyalty.
—-— Lea ueau cU UefJ Ucii iJcS UeiJ UafMnWJIJW
SIXTEEN PERSONS ARE KILLED
SATURDAY NIGHT AND
11 SUNDAY IN LONDON.
MANY OTHERS ARE WOUNDED.
Several Airplanes Take Part in First
Attack on Capital City and One of
I hem Is Reported to Have Been
Brought to Ground.
LONDON, Feb. 18.—Sixteen per
sons were killed and thirty-seven
wounded Saturday night and eleven
! were killed and four injured Sunday
night in aerial attacks by German air
planes on London, according to offi
cial announcement made today by the
British war office.
Several Teuton airplanes reached
the capital city Saturday night. One
of them was brought down.
Six planes reached the English
coast Sunday, but only one got as far
as London, the others have been
forced to turn back by anti-aircraft
lire. The machine that did reach Lon
don succeeded in dropping only one
bomb.
AFT TREATY
UNITED STATES CAN ENLIST
BRITONS BETWEEN AGES OF
20 AND 45 YEARS.
TO INCLUDE CANADIANS ALSO.
United States Citizens, Between 21
and 31 Years Old, Who Reside in
England, Can be Taken Into Mili
tary Forces There.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The ar
my draft convention between England
and the United States was signed late
yesterday. It permits America to
draft British subjects residing in
America between the ages of 20 and
45 years and allows England to draft
Americans residing in Great Britain
between the ages of 21 and 31 years.
A separate convention along the
same lines is being negotiated by the
United States with Canada.
Anchorage Daily Times, “The
Newspaper of Alaska.”