• TO HAVE LiDE
UNITED STATES MARINES RE
PORTED TO BE HELPING
BRITISH AND JAPANESE.
PETROGRAD NOT SO CONCERNE
United States Authorities at Wash
ington Declare That No Official
Word Has Been Received by Them
Regarding Action in Siberia.
LONDON, April 12.—It is reported
that American marines have landed at
Vladivostok, Siberia, co-operating
with British and Japanese troops.
Petrograd is reported to he viewing
the Vladivostok situation more calmly.
No Word at Washington.
WASHINGTON, I). C., April 12.—
No word of the landing of American
marines at Vladivostok, as reported
from London, has reached United
States government officials at Wash
ington city. They will not say wheth
er the commander of the American
Asiatic fleet was ordered to land ma
rines at Vladivostok because of dan
ger confronting American residents
and American interests.
VARNISH ON SOLES
WILL SAVE SHOES
4*
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SAYS A
SMALL OUTLAY WILL GIVE
RESULTS.
MISSOULA, Mont. April 12.—
“You can save money and hit the kai
ser a serious blow' by varnishing the
soles of your shoes,” says R. R. Fen
ska, acting dean of the school of for
estry of the University of Montana.
“Shoe soles that have been varnished
will last four or five times as long as
others. They also will be absolutely
waterproof.”
A half pint of copal varnish, not
shellac varnish, that costs 25 cents, is
all that a person will require a year.
After a shoe has been worn a little
while and the shoe is dry, put a coat
of varnish on the sole and let it soak
in. Repeat the process every half
hour until the soles refuse to take
more varnish and then let the shoes
stand for 12 hours in a dry place.
PITCHER ALEXANDER
DRAFTED IN ARMY
V INDUCTION OF TWIRLER WILL
COST OWNER OF CHICAGO
NATIONALS $50,000.
ST. PAUL, Neb., April 12.—Grover
Cleveland Alexander, pitcher of the
Chicago National baseball team, was
drafted here today. Alexander’s
home is in St. Paul, Neb. He did not
claim exemption.
Costs Weeg’hman $50,000.
CHICAGO, April 12.—The drafting
of Grover Cleveland Alexander costs
Charles Weeghman, president of the
Chicago Nationals, $50,000. Weegh
man just bought Alexander and
5 utcher Killifer from the Philadelphia
Nationals for a consideration of more
than $60,000.
The deal was one of the biggest in
the history of baseball.
OBSERVES A MEDICAL MAXIM.
A variation of 100 degrees of tem
perature between Manitoba and the
gulf goes to show that Uncle Sam ob
serves the medical maxim, “Keep your
head cool and your feet warm.”—
Omaha Bee.
GERMANY TAKES OVER HOTEL.
AMSTERDAM, April 13. — The
Kaiserof hotel, which is now to be
taken over by the German govern
V°nt, is the twenty-fourth Berlin
hotel to be commandeered or closed.
Before the war there were 15,000 ho
tel beds available for visitors in Ber
lin. The number is now only slightly
above 10,000.
POTATOES 1ST
N SOGGY SOIL
EXPERIENCE HAS PROVED THAT
SOME MATANUSKA LAND IS
TOO WET FOR TUBERS.
SUITABLE FOR OTHER CROPS.
Farmers Should Give Consideration to
Nature and Character of Their
Ground Before Seeding it Again
This Year.
Experience has shown that certain
ground or soil in the Matanuska val
ley is not suited to the raising of
potatoes, in that it produces a potato
that is wet and soggy and untit for
market, declares Andrew Christensen,
manager of the land and industrial de
partment of the Alaskan Engineering
commission. “To the farmer who finds
that any portion of his lain! is of that
kind,” says Mr. Christensen, “it should
be sufficient warning for him not to
attempt to raise potatoes on such
ground would not only result in a total
loss to the farmer, but some of the
porduct might get on the market and
consequently the reputation of the
local products would suffer.
“It is, therefore, urged that the
farmers give this matter very serious
consideration before they again at
tempt to raise potatoes on ground
which experience has demonstrated is
not suited for it.”
CATTLEMEN LAMENT
PASSING OF HORSE
AUTOMOBILE IS TAKING PLACE
OF EQUINE IN SOUTH
WESTERN STATES.
ROSWELL, N. M., April 12.—Old
time cowmen attending the conven
tion of the Panhandle Southwestern
Stockmen’s association convention
here lamented the passing of the horse
in favor of the automobile as they sat
around the hotels and association
headquarters. A horse was a rare
sight on the streets of Roswell during
the convention. The only horses to be
seen were those of the ropers and rid
ers at the rodeo which was given as a
part of the entertainment program.
Cattlemen rode to the convention in
automobiles, rode over the valley and
out to the cow ranches in their cars
and, when the convention was over,
iode home across the staked plains as
they used to do on horseback when
they attended these early day cattlo
meetings.
WIVES OFSOLDIERS
HAVE CAMP COTTAGE
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UN
ION PROVIDES FOR WOMEN
A T C A M P .
SPOKANE, Wash., April 12.—Fot
the use of young wives of soldiers who
visit them at Camp Lewis or wish to
remain near them for a while, the
Woman’s Christian Temperance union
of the state plans the erection of a cot
tage near the camp. Every local union
in the state has been *asked to con
tribute toward the enterprise, either
cash or furniture for its equipment.
The proposal was advanced by the
western division of the W. C. T. U. in
Washington, and endorsed by the east
ern division at a conference here re
cently. Under the plan, the visiting
wives will pay a nominal sum for their
: board and lodging, and the surround
ings are to be made as homelike as
possible.
To Make Business Trip.
Andrew Christensen, head of the
land and industrial department of the
1 Alaskan Engineering commission,
I with headquarters at Anchorage will
; sail tor Seattle on the steamer Alas
ka on official business in connection
with his department. He will be ac
companied by Mrs. Christensen and
young daughter.
PERMITS
REQUIRED TO
VISIT DOCKS
PASSES ARE ISSUED BY TEMPLE
L. MURPHY AND HARRY
LOCKE, OF COMMISSION
i BAN IS PLACED ON TAXI
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Sentry Is Stationed at Entrance to
Wharf and Marine Ways and Al
lows No Unauthorized Persons to
Go Past Him.
Persons having business on the An
chorage docks are required to secure
passes to go on wharves or into wharf
buildings, according to an announce
ment made today by Temple L. Mur
phy, in charge of the Anchorage
docks and Harry Locke, port engi
! neer, in charge of the marine ways.
Passes numbering two hundred and
seventy-five have been issued by Mr.
Murphy and Mr. Locke to Anchorage
business men, draymen, employes of
the docks and marine ways and per
| sons whose business requires that
1 they visit the docks and marine ways.
No passes will be issued to taxi own
ers or operators.
One sentry has been posted at the
entrance to the docks and is ordered
to permit no person to visit the docks
unless provided with a properly sign
I ed pass.
I The regulations now in force are
[ merely temporary and will be enforc
! ed onlv until the receipt by the dock
I
officials of complete instructions and
orders from the war department and
the department of justice.
These instructions are expected
here next week.
WORK OF THE PRESIDENT.
i Mr. Wilson likes to have things ir
writing, and almost all of the business
of the Wilson administration is con
ducted in that way. The cabinet has
learned to submit virtually everything
in writing. Mr. Wilson has no sten
ographer with him at night. He keeps
a little typewriter beside him ami
types a brief comment or reply tc
each of these long communications.
Even the president’s private secre
tary, when anxious to lay before him
a matter of importance, draws up a
memorandum or brief giving the pros
and cons of the subject. He coulc
just as well walk a few steps to the
white house from the executive offices
; or even consult the president when he
is in his office, but ever since he was
governor of New Jersey Mr. Wilson
has indicated that he prefers to have
; important questions placed before
him on paper so that they may be ex
amined at his leisure, though the very
word is a misnomer.
No mind coulel retain all that is said
to the president in a single day, so it
happens that Mr. Wilson’s desk is al
ways piled high with papers. It is a
constant battle against a constantly
ascending pile. Tart of the mountain
1 is made u > of official papers and com
J missions that merely require the pres
ident’s signature, small bills and reso
lutions that have passed congress.
Writing one’s name a hundred times
: is a monotonous undertaking, but the
; president must do it literally thou
| sands of times a week.—David Law
| rence in Century Magazine.
ADMIRALWAIXON
\ TO ARRIVE TONIGHT
j STEAMSHIP ALASKA HAS LEFT
VALDEZ ON HER WAY TO
PORT OF ANCHORAGE.
--
With a large passenger list and a
heavy cargo of freight the steamship
Admiral Watson, of the Pacific
Steamship company, will arrive from
Seattle and way ports this evening in
I Anchorage, according to advices re
' ceived by T. B. Watson, agent here of
l the Pacific Steamship company.
The steamer Alaska, of the Alaska
j Steamship company, left Valdez on
I her way to Anchoarge at 0 o’clock
i this morning, according to a dispatch
j received today at the Anchorage of
I fice of the Alaska Steamship com
! pany.
DOUBLEHER
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS IS ASSURED AND $120,
000 IS PROBABLE.
CAMPAIGN IS SUCCESSFUL.
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Employes of Chickaloon Coal Compa
ny Subscribe $3,500 in Less Than
One Hour, According to Advices
Received Here.
At least one hundred thousand dol
lars and probably $120,000, which is
more than twice the quota allowed to
Anchorage, will be subscribed to the
third liberty loan by residents of the
district, in the opinion of those di
recting the sale of the securities here.
The total sales to date amount to
$77,800. Of this total, $20,800 is re
ported by the Bank of Alaska; $26,800
by the Bank of Anchorage, and $21,
200 by the Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Employes of the Chickaloon Coal
company yesterday subscribed $3,500
to the bonds in less than an hour, ac
cording to advices sent here by Lars
| Netland, superintendent of the com
pany.
—
Large Amount Subscribed.
WASHINGTON, I). C., April 12.—
j Two hundred and seventy-live million
| and nine hundred and nineteen thou
| sand dollars have been subscribed to
j the third Liberty loan, according to
| the official report of the treasury de
! partment.
As Philaedphia and Minneapolis
| subscriptions are not included in the
| figures, it is believed the actual total
| has reached four hundred million dol
lars.
Oregon Leads on Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 12.
| —Honor flags awarded for liberty
| loan quotas in the twelfth federai re
serve bank district at he close of busi
ness yesterday totalled 119.
Oregon leads the Pacific coast states
in the numbers of flags. The bonds
are being taken mostly by small in
vestors, there being only a few large
subscriptions.
Subscriptions are coming from
China and Samoa.
BAN PUT ON FOOD
TALK IN LONDON
SIGNS IN CLUBS ANNOUNCE
THAT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
EDIBLES ARE TABOO.
LONDON, April 13.—The food
question has reached a point when its
j eternal discussion has become intoler
| able, and many London clubs have
j placed signs up in their smaller sit
| ting and smoking rooms announcing
! that the food question is taboo in con
versations there. One of the largest
women’s clubs in the west end has
laid down a rule that any member or
visitor alluding to the subject shall
be fined and the penalty handed ovei
to a Red Cross fund.
ITELEPH0NESERV1CE
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO PRE
VENT INFORMATION FRO M
REACHING GERMAN AGENTS.
EL PASO, Tex., April 12.—Tele
phone connections between American
towns on the American border have
been suspended for the duration of the
war to prevent information regarding
American military movements from
reaching German agents in M'exico.
The telephone company suspended
the service voluntarily.
GOOD.
“He has a good wife, hasn’t he?”
“I should say so. He can always
borrow money from her when he goes
broke himself.”
BALLOT IS UNANIMOUS IN AP
PROVAL OF NEWLY NAMED
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA.
NO OPPOSITION ON FLOOR.
Territorial Executive and His Wife
Will Leave Washington Within
Week for Juneau Where He Will
; Assume Office.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—
By unanimous vote late yesterday the
senate confirmed the nomination of
i Thomas Riggs, jr.. to be governor of
I Alaska to succeed Goyernor J. F. A.
' Strong.
While there was some opposition
: before the senate committee on terri
tories to Mr. Riggs’ confirmation and
charges, which failed of substantia
tion, were prefered by John E. Bal
laine, of Seward, that Mr. Riggs, as a
member of the Alaskan Engineering
I Commission, was guilty of misman
agement in the construction of the
government railroad in Alaska, none
of this opposition was manifested on
the floor of the senate.
Mr. and Mrs. Riggs expect to leave
Washington city within a week for
Juneau. Immediately ufon arriving at
Juneau, Mr. Riggs will take office as
governor of Alaska.
AMERICANS WAGE
ALL-DAY BATTLE
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UNITED STATES SOLDIERS
ACHIEVE SUCCESSES AGAINST
GERMAN TROOPS.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, April 15.—Saturday the
Americans experienced their first all
day struggle in the European war
zone.
Two German attacks were i-epulsed
with heavy casualties to the enemy.
There were no American casualties,
i The Americans took a number of
prisoners.
The German officers sent their men
through a barrage of exploding shells
I and only a few penetrated the Amer
ican front lines. The Americans then
launched a counter-attack and drove
the enemy back.
The Americans did brilliant work in
stiff fighting Friday in the Brule wood
after the Germans had attacked a
French and American force. The allies
then counter attacked and ejected the
Germans. The ground was strewn
! with German dead.
AERIAL OFFICERS ARE GIVEN
DECORATIONS FOR DIS
TINGUISHED SERVICES.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, April 15. — Captain
James Normal Hall and Lieutenant
Paul Frank Bair, members of the
American army’s aeroplane forces,
were awarded today the United States
distinguished service cross. They are
the first American aviators to receive
the new military distinction.
Captain Hall, March 26, attacked a
group of eight enemy aerial machines
while he was leading an American
aerial patrol. Three of the enemy
machines were destroyed by him, one
was forced down and two others prob
ably wei’e destroyed.
Lieutenant Bair, March 17, single
handed, attacked seven German aerial
machines. March 16 he attacked two
machines, one of which fell in flames.
Since March 1 Lieutenant Bair has
driven down six enemy machines.
THE PROBLEM.
She (delightedly)—Father says if
we want to get married he will pay
half the expenses of furnishing a
I house for us. He (despondently) —
i But who will pay the other half?—
I Chicago Herald.
! DEATH OCCURS AT WASHING
TON FOLLOWING ILLNESS
OF SEVERAL WEEKS.
FUNERAL AT OLD H O M E.
Successor to Veteran Member of Up
per House Will Be Appointed by
Governor I). Gardner, Who Is Mem
ber of Democratic Party.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 15.—
Senator William Joel Stone, democrat
of Missouri, 70 years old, died yester
day in Washington city following an
illness of several weeks. The remains
i will be sent to Nevada, Mo., the sena
| tor’s old home, where the funeral will
be held.
j Senator Stone was born May 7,
! 1848, in Madison county, Ivy. He
! graduated from Missouri university,
which later conferred upon him the
degree of LL. D. He was admitted to
the bar in I860 and was prosecuting
; attorney of Vernon county, Mo., in
! 1873 and 1874 and representative in
the forty-ninth, fiftieth, and fifty-first
congresses. He was governor of
Missouri from 1893 to 1897 and was a
member from Missouri of the demo
cratic national committee from 1896
i to 1904. He was vice-chairman from
1900 to 1904. He was married to
Sarah Louise Winston April 2, 1874,
and had three children. He was elected
to the United States senate, to succeed
George Graham Vest, for the term
beginning March 4, 1903, and reelected
in 1909, and in 1914, by popular vote,
for the term beginning March 4, 1915.
His term of service would have ex
pired March 3, 1921.
Governor Frederick D. Gardner, a
democrat, of Missouri, will appoint
Senator Stone’s successor.
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NEGRO ADVISER TO
HELP GOVERNMENT
PROBLEM OF UTILIZING COLOR
ED WORKERS FOR NATION
WILL BE STUDIED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—
Representation for negroes in the de
partment of labor was assured when
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson
announced his intention to appoint a
special advisor on negro problems.
This action was taken upon the advice
of the advisory council after presenta
tion of a petition signed by R. R. Mo
ton, principal of Tuskegee institute;
James H. Dillard, president of the
Jeanes board and executive secretary
of the Slater board; L. pollings worth
Wood, president of the National
League on Urban Conditions Among
Negroes; John R. Shillady, secretary
Negroes; and others.
No separate bureau will be estab
lished for the present. The expert
who will be appointed will advise the
secretary with regard to the best
course to pursue in order to insure
the most effective volunteer co-oper
ation of negro workers in meeting the
industrial needs of the nation. No
particular form of organiation for
the administration of negro problems
has as yet been decided upon.
BULLETISSENT TO
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
CAPTAIN ARCHIE ROOSEVELT
SAYS HE WILL SOON RE
TURN-TO TRENCHES.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., April 15.—
Col. Theodore Roosevelt has received
the bullet which wounded his son, Cap
tain Archie Roosevelt. The young
soldier sent a message from a conval
escent hospital in France stating that
he expected to return to the trenches
soon.
v HOLLAND’S POPULATION.
Holland has 6,583,226 people, 3,270.
859 of them males.