VESSELS or ii.400 TONS BUUI)E>
ARK n r INTO WATER A'!'
OAKLAND, O il 11'.
\\; ■ ’ a iS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
i r. Will Ik* Finished in Quick Tim<
Will Be Equipped With Turkim
: u's and Will Have Speed o
i. . • e:\ ivnots.
OAKLAND, Cal., April 2.—Tin
Erst t ipie launching on the I’aciii.
c. . •* took phuv the other day who:
: ! i • y.-lOO tons steel merckuntme:
slid the waters of the Oakland in
nor : arbor.
n ss than an hour there was thu.;
ai.ee 2S.200 tons to the nation’s ship
ha.!- . g- program.
A vessels were the steamships Al
io-,... . Aniwa and War Breeze, each
Ilk fe t long, od feet beam and 2*
i • ; <■ indies in depth of hold. Tlu
A:)*- ..'ay and Aniwa were built undei
ceui Y.et with the Emergency Fleet
ation of the United States ship
?)! oavd. and the W ar Breeze was
the Cunard
andoered from
S:» ;.r ..'hip company.
are the product of 4,000 men
wo. continuously day and night in
; :oui shift5 since the keels weir
1 ■ tiIe yard of the shipbuilders,
aw .'looie atid Scott Shipbuilding
c-w. p;.ny.
k’ ' Is of the All away and tin
,\ ere laid on November 16 and
the War Breeze on Novembei
\h>n the vessels were put iii the
■ •. ti.e work was thirty days ahead
. . a. ;i. . Equally fast time i
: ; -ed in finishing: the vessels, dc
iv to the government probably
ho’ ..." made in from forty to forty
:.f .ys ahead of schedule.
.•ajar General Arthur Murray, ir
.■ aul of tire western department
; •••sent at the launching sur
. , -d by his staff. The navy alsr
w; - .presented.
1 the harbor was a flotilla of dec
ii : tugboats tilled with sightseers
: United States shipping board
\. s . presented by Captain A. F
I r' ury. hi charge of its work on the
i'ac. coast, and by his assistants
(|. ;;e A Hues and Thomas Ransome
in ■ trge of wooden construction
Coo-ge W. Dickie, chief inspector al
' tore and Scott shipyard, one ol
i.i government’s SI a year men
Y .s Tomlinson, and Fred Evers
of . classified department of the
A <.:;an Bureau of Shipping.
e who christened the vessels
F the Alloway, Mrs. Stuart Hald
,(••: . San Francisco.
the War Breeze, Mrs. George
Je * ■ .1.
V- the Aniwa, Miss Marjorie
I ). c. of San Francisco.
• vessels are cargo carriers. The\
v ’ rave turbine engines and wil
m l" eleven knots an hour.
ALIENS REGISTER
SUBJECTS OK KAISER WHO DC
NOT REPORT TO MARSHAL
ARK SUBJECT TO ARREST.
’ drty-five alien enemies, residing
in Anchorage, have registered wit!
the deputy United States marsha
here tinder the regulations of the \va
department which makes this regis
t rat ion mandatory.
According to the intent of this regu
lotion, there will be no discriminatioi
against the registered men, but al
alien enemies who have failed to reg
i.Jrr will be apprehended and internet
mi proof of deliberate intention t<
evade the regulations. The men whi
have registered are.
Bergman, John Henry; Blav, Will
jam Ludwig August; Babis, Williar
John; Bauers, Joseph; Claussen, Frit
(lustav August; Eichhorn, Julius Hen
iy; Gillesen, Alexander Ferdinand
Gunther, Frank; Hammellacher, Carl
Hoffman, Robert Taul; Jensen, Hans
Johnson, Albert Kleeman, Robert Wal
ter; Kindare, John Hendrick; Klaiser
Alonzo Humbert; Kruger, Walter
Lange, Frank; Larchart, John; Mein
I berg, William; Miller, Charles; Mogel
John; Miller, Oscar; Nelson, Albert
f I Pauzer, Paul; Rusted, John Herman
; Ruckhart, Adolph ; Rodever, Franl
Haver; Styre, Albert William
Schwartz, Paul; Schodde, Fred H^my
• Schmogro, Ceorge; Welmann, Alber1
Henry; Weihrich, Paul Richard
Wachourtz, Johann; Zichlin, Otto Ma>
Leonhard.
SECRETARY OF LABOR AN
NOUNCES AGREEMENT TO
AVOID INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE.
\LL SIDES REPRESENTED.
National Roan! Consists of Six Capi
talists, Six Workers and Two Mem
bers W ho \re Representatives or
General Public.
WASHINGTON, P. C.. March ::o.
Secretary o ' Labor W illiam 1!. W ilson
mnounced today that six representa
tives of capital, six representatives of
labor and two persons representing
ihe public have agreed on a plan oi
no strikes nor lockouts during the
war.
A!' difficulties v.ii! b'* settled 1>\ this
body of men who drew the plan. The \
will lie known as the national war
labor board.
MACH IN KS l SKD TO TR VNSPOKT
;l.I.K'i !' UQl'OK WILL BK
SKIZEH IN COLORADO.
DENVER. March :50.—Hereafter,
he automobile in which is found li
; : ;• illicitly brought into the state
dmnigh use of that automobile must
oaf for seizure and salt. as provided
by the law concerning vehicles used
hr such transportation, city officials
• announced. The announcement,
.h. .aid. is called forth by the fact
hat many automobiles “caught” by
ffieeis with cargoes of illicit liquor
aboard turned out to be the property
,f fri< mis of ow ners of the liquor, who
borrowed” them to bring in the in
on leant with the cognizance of theii
>w i-ors.
”1 iiirten cars now are under seizure
by city officers in connection with li
; r importations. It is expected the\
will be offered for sale soon.
a. % ta*Ji -JLS Us 4 J 4
FOR ROADS HERE
c h a m h i: r or commerce
CAULKSSECRETARIES OF IN
TERIOR AM) WAR.
Telegrams to the Alaska Road com
j
k, mission. Secretary of the Interioi
| Franklin K. Lane and Secretary oi
' War Newton I). Raker urging the ne
1 ,-essity of roads in the Anchorage dis
| trict and asking for an appropriatioi
; I of $00,000 to be spent in this section
i j yesterday was sent by the l oad com
1 mittee of the Anchorage Chamber o:
• ‘ Commerce.
. i It was pointed out that the develop
j ment of this entire district is retarde(
-: by the lack of proper roads and trails
i The persons to whom the telegram:
I -were addressed were urged to see tha
-! the appropriation is awarded. Specia
II stress was laid upon the necessity fo
> a road to Cache creek, which distric
> is now without means for summe:
transportation.
Attention also was directed to tin
i fact that without wagon road feeders
s the government railroad now buildinj
- out of Anchorage would be withou
; the necessary tonnage to pay for it
; operation beyond the Matanuska coa
; fields.
! ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICANS ARE HAST
1 ENING FROM THEIR SECTOR EIGHTY MILES DIS
TANT, TO GIVE ASSISTANCE TO FRENCH AND
BRITISH ON SCARPE OISE LINE.
Scene of Extremely Violent Fighting1 Is Now in Southern Sec
tor of Battle Area and Assailants Throw Themselves For
ward in Dense Formations and Are Mowed Down by En
tente Field and Machine Guns—Advance Is Checked Be
tween Moreuil and Lassigny.
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DRIVE WITHOUT MATERIAL RESULT. *
I,OX DON, April 1.—•Germany’s <>Teat drive is vir- *
tually stopped. Although she lias made largo «2^ains in *
teiritory she iias lost heavily in men and material. Fi- *
mil vietory is no nearer for her than before sin* started *
her great offensive. *
Hattie reports are now favorable to the entente al
lies. It is believed that the first rush of Hie (Hermans has *
been stopped. The (Hermans are now consolidating their *
new positions and bringing up heavy artillery. *
It is expected another blow will be delivered by *
them when they complete this work. *
With co-ordination in the command of all the en- *
tente forces, it is hoped that their line will prove ini *
pregnable. *
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WASHINGTON, D. C\, April I.—
i One hundred thousand American
troops, from their sector about eighty
miles west of the scene of present ac
jivity in tlie French theatre of war.
are hastening to assist the I-t ench
and English in their resistance to the
i Gorman drive.
Miles of loaded motor car-- .we tranr
' porting the supplies, equipment and
munitions of the American troops
along one route to the battlefront,
< while on another road there are miles
I of United States soldiers mardvng to
the tiring line.
Late Saturday, the American forces
were formally put under the command
! ->f General Foch, the French officer,
| who has been selected to direct all en
tente allied troops in Franco. The
1 United States soldiers will soon ho
! fighting with the French and British
• n the fifty-five mile front between
the Scarpe river and Oise river.
The United States war department
| today issued a statement setting forth
; hat Germany had staked her for
f ' lines on her spring campaign. The
j tatement says that the allies must
J he prepared for fresh attacks at new
| points in the battle zone. In the pres
! nt fight, declares the statement,
! Germany apparently is determined to
j force a decision in her favor or to
J prove to her own satisfaction that she
never will be able to achieve victory.
The statement sets forth that those
United States troops with sufficient
raining will take part in the strug
gle now waged by the Teutons against
the English and French line.
FIGHTING SHIFTS TO SOUTH.
TABIS, April 1.—Balked in efforts
:o gain any ground in the middle and
northern sectors—held by the British
—on the Scarpe-Oise front, the Ger
WILSON TO SPEAK BARGES ARE MADE
FOR LIBERTY LOAN READY FOR WORK
PRESIDENT WILL DISCUSS IN
TERN ATION AL SITUATION
IN ADDRESS APRIL <>.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1.—
President Wilson may aid in the new
Liberty loan campaign by making
speeches in various eastern cities. It
is not unlikely that the president’;
first address will be made at Balti
more on April ,(> when the campaigr
1 opens.
It is believed that the present inter
national situation may be touchec
upon by the president at that time.
PAW KNOWS EVERYTHING.
Willie—Paw, what is the differenc*
rt between courtship and marriage?
[ Paw—Courtship is all thrills anc
marriage is all bills, my son.
' Maw—Willie, if you speak to tha
old fool again I’ll murder you.
HARBOR OFFICIALS PREPARE
FOR OPENING OF NAVIGA
TION IN NEAR FUTURE.
The barges which will be used in
transferring the freight from the
steamers -in the Anchorage harbor to
the docks of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, will be in readiness April
j 12. several days before the arrival of
the first boat from Seattle, according
to a statement made today by Harry
Locke, port engineer for the engineer
ing commission, and in charge of the
marine ways here.
Three barges will be used during
the summer and the tug Anne W. has
■ been thoroughly overhauled and a new
and improved steering gear installed.
I The work of caulking the barges
and doing the carpenter work requir
; ed to put them in seaworthy condi
tion is being done by the commission
! >vans are now conducting’ their most
vigorus operations in the southern
| area of the line, which is held by the
j French.
In this southern sector, the Ger
| mans have brought large numbers of
guns and trench mortars and have
■ charged in dense formations. Their
fatalities have been frightfully heavy
as a result of the fire of French field
i and machine guns.
Kvidently the Germans are trying
,o i r- alt. through the south and south
, we.-, and drive westward from Mont
Id'dier and cut off Amiens from the
. outh.
While tiie fighting in this southern
meter continues with extreme vio
lence. the tide is believed to have
turned against the Germans. They
have been forced to give up Moreuil,
and are “digging in” at Lassigny. On
the line between Moreuil and I.as
! signy their drive has been completely
j checked. Indeed, at Picardy, the
French have taken the offensive and
have thrown the Germans hack.
The Germans have made repeated
: attacks in an effort to capture Grives
| ness, but have been repulsed inces
tntly with heavy losse;
BRITISH RESTORE LINES.
LONDON, April 1.—In the middle
sector of the fifty-five mile front be
tween the Scarpe and the Oise, the
British have succeeded in restoring
their line in the Luce valley south of
the Somme river. The Germans made
two strong but unsuccessful counter
j attacks against the British line from
j Marcel cave to the Somme river. The
I Teutons suffered heavy losses. North
of the Somme, the Germans attacked
in an effort to gain more ground.
They threw forward four waves of in
fantry, but all were beaten back.
on the basis of day work rather than
by contract. Owing to the limited
time before the opening of navigation
the work is being rushed to comple
tion and the final touches will be made
not later than April 12.
The first boat scheduled to leave Se
attle for Anchorage is the Admiral
Watson, which is advertised to depart
from Seattle April 6, and which is due
to arrive here April 15.
SECRETARY 01 WAR EXPRESSES
KEEN DELIGHT AT PROPOSAL
FOR PLACE IN LINE.
RATIFICATION BY AMERICA.
One Regiment of United States
Troops in France, Upon Hearing cf
Request Made by Commander
Broke Into Cheers.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March HO.—Secretary
of War Newton D. Baker today ex
pressed keen delight at the prompt ac
tion of General J. J. Pershing in plac
ing the American troops and their fa
cilities at the disposal of the BritiA
and French during the present crisis.
The secretary said the American
people are bound heartily to approve
of General Pershing's action.
All Americans in France are en
thusiastic over the prospect to enter
the present conflict on the Brit id.
front between the Scarpe river and t e
Oise river.
One American regiment on receiv
ing the news of General Pershing’s re -
fer broke into cheers. •
CUBANS RETURN TO FRANCE.
Many From Little Republic Volunteer
in French Foreign Legion.
HAVANA, April 2.—Adolfo Tro
and Antonio Lopez Rubio, the first tw;.
Cuban soldiers to go “over the top’
in France, are on their way to rejoin
their comrades of the Foreign Legion
from an Atlantic port, after having
brought, as a gift to President Meno
cal, on their furlough here, a tattered
Cuban flag, which was raised in “No
Man’s Land” last April 7, when Cuba
declared war on Germany.
While the measures which the Cub
an government contemplates taking
to send an active lighting force to the
French front are not completed, many
Cubans like these two heroes have
volunteered in the French Foreign
Legion. Rubio and Tro left Havana
September 23. if) 14, to enlist in the
French army as volunteers. They
were accompanied by eight other
Cubans, and all were incorporated in
the infantry of the Morocco division
of the French army.
The shrapnel-torn Cuban flag, which
is a prized souvenir of General Meno
cal, was hoisted by Tro and Rubio
with two other Cubans, Privates Cir
cuelo and Crespo, who were attached
to the same division. The French mili
tary telephone had just brought to the
sector where the Cubans were station
ed, the news of Cuba’s declaration of
war against Germany, and the flag
was hoisted on a small parapet amid
the cheers of the French soldiers. Its
appearance was saluted by the Ger
mans with a shower of shrapnel which
killed Ciruelo and Crespo. Their com
panions regained the flag, and Rubio
and Tro were commissioned to bring it
back and hand it to General Menocal.
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SEATTLE. April 2.—Washington ^
State Fuel Administrator Whitcomb
today announced that the control of *
Alaska’s fuel supply had been turned c
over to him by the federal authorities. *
An adjustment of the retail prices for
fuel in Alaska will be made by Whit- c
comb in the near future.
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IIEHSI
’"HOURS POT I'
—
I'HE FRESHMAN” IS PRODUCED
IN AUDITORIUM OF EDUCA
TIONAL BUILDING.
ODD COACHING EVIDENCED.
oung Players Make Fine Showing
Under Direction of Mrs. Beeson
and Production Mill Be Repeated
Next Week.
“The Freshman,” a drama produced*
st night in the auditorium of the
lbiic school building by the high
Fool pupils, under the direction of
ie Parent-Teachers’ association, was
very interesting and pleasing little
ay. The members of the cast dem
lstrated an unusual amount of dram
ic ability and a capacity for concen
ated study and application. Mrs.
>hn B. Beeson and Mrs. D. D. Vint
■serves a great deal of credit for their
ork in directing the affair. F(M 1 *
eeks Mrs. Beeson and Mrs. Vint
iccess to both directors and players.
Gerald Arbuekle as John Worden,
ie Freshman, was pleasing in his
>le as a handsome young millionaire,
cognite, so far as his associates were
mcerned until just before the find
■op of the curtain.
Edna Purvis as Mary Locke, daugi
r of Prof. Locke, made a charming
id petite “prettiest gill on the
impus” and altogether was a very
ever little “leading lady” from her
•st entrance until the end of the play.
Mabel Brown as Violet, whose
other kept boarding house inter
■eted her role cleverly and was give* '
good hand in the second act for a
t of work, full of action and humor.
Neal Dow as “Piccaddily” Jerome
ade a typical sophomore leader, with .
ie object in life—to haze the Fresh- ir
en.
Arthur Frodenberg as “Tiny” Mc
rath was anything but tiny in his
liar of strength in the all-wise-and
nverful triumvirated of Sophs—until
le “Poster Rush” was over.
Harold Beeson, as “Bugs” Stevens,
sophomore of two years’ standing,
impleted the mighty trio, and was es
ecially pleasing in his role, being at
!1 times perfectly at ease and natural
i the delivery of his lines.
Inevitable “Book Worm.”
Rasmus Simonson, as “Owl” Grigg^ j
as the inevitable “book worm” with
tendency to dine on higher mathe
latics. He added a touch of humoj ^
1 his every appearance on the stage.
Ester Denton, as Judith Blair, and
laxine McDonald, as Miss Porter,
ath acquitted themselves creditably
1 the interpretation of their roles.
Keith Miller, the professor of
lathematics did good work in
andling creditably a hard role.
William Stolt as the colored facto
lm and oldest inhabitant was excep
onally fine both in his make up and
re delivery of his lines.
Due to the fact that both Mrs. Bee
m and Mrs. Vint, and the pupils have
orked so hard in the production of
\e “Freshman” and because there are
lany who could not attend last nig.'fc. i
nd who wish an opportunity to see
le play, it has been deceided to re
eat the performance some time next
eek.
IRS. EEN.4 MOONEY
GIVES $15,009 BAIy *
►’OMAN ACCUSED OF COMPLIC
ITY IX BOMB EXPLOSION
GAINS LIBERTY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 30.
-Mrs. Rena Mooney, accused of com
licity in the Preparedness Day par
de bomb explosion which resulted in
number of deaths was admitted to
berty today on bail of $15,000. ^
Mrs. Mooney’s husband, ThomaS
looney was convicted of murder in
onnection with the explosion and is |
nder sentence of death.
President Wilson, the other day, re
uested the governor of California to
xtend executive clemency to Moor.e^ ^