GO TO EUROPE
PRESENT POLICY OF AMERICA!
RED CROSS IS OUTLINED BY
BUREAU DIRECTOR.
INTENTIONS MUST BE SERIOUS
Knowledge of French Is Essential ii
All Positons Except Those in Of
fice. Clerical and Surgical Dressinj
Departments.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.
The policy of the woman’s bureau o
the American Red Cross in selectnj
and sending women abroad for serv
ce is outlined in the following state
merit by Miss Florence Marshall, di
rector of the bureau:
The woman’s bureau is not sending
any workers into the field unless the;
are specifically asked for by th
American Red Cross commission ii
Europe.
Any person who may be cabled fo
by the commission in France is im
mediately sought out and asked if sh
will serve and every effort is made t<
expedite her departure. Otherwise
no individual worker is sent by th
women’s bureau of the Red Cross.
When the commission to Franc
cables for a group of canteen work
ers or surgical dressing workers th<
cable always gives the exact numbe
of workers required in either branch
It also gives a very definite list o
qualifications for workers abroad, am
the bureau makes every effort to fol
low these requirements and qualifica
non:
Knowledge of French.
A knowledge of French is essentia
in all positions except office, clerica
and surgical dressings workers
There are few positions where on<
can work effectively without it, am
those who are going to serve abroat
should have all possible French in
struction under French instructors
particularly in conversation.
Another essential is a real conceri
to be of service and a willingness t<
concentrate on the work. Serious
ness of purpose and deportment an
required of all workers in the Ameri
can Red Cross. Applicants shouh
realize that conditions in Europi
make unjustifiable the presence o
anyone unwilling or unable to d<
steady, serious work.
Must He Patient and M illing.
Those who serve abroad must b
willing to exercise patience and t<
serve in humble positions until oppor
tunities for more interesting work ii
their department develop. Whil
they should be wiling to do any sor
of work necessary, change from on
department to another should not b
sought or expected. Obedience to su
perior officers, discretion in conversa
tion, and loyalty to the organization
are all requisites.
Copies of the rules and regulation
are furnished to applicants on re
quest, and they are asked to under
stand that from the moment the;
leave an American port their servic
begins, and they are committed t
obey the rules-and regulations.
AMERICAN CABINET OFFICEI
SAYS IMMENSITY OF TASK
HAS SURPRISED HIM.
ABOARD BAKER’S SPECIA1
TRAIN IN FRANCE, March 18.
Unitert States Secretary of War New
ton D. Baker’s first work after hi
conferences with French statesmei
and American generals is to stud;
what American troops are doing am
ought to do in France.
He says that he is still absorbing in
formation and that he did not knov
the immensity of the task in opening
new ports for the need of America]
troops and supplies. He declared h;
was satisfied with what he saw.
Job Printing of Distinction at t h<
Times office.
f OUTBREAK OF DISORDERLY
ELEMENT AT SANDPOINT,
IDAHO, CAUSES ACTION.
. SUSPECTS ARE ROUNDED UP.
i Registration Card System Is Put Into
Effect and AH Persons Whose Loy
; alty Is Questioned Have to Sign
Allegience Oath.
ST. MARIES, Idaho, March 16.—
f Members of the home guard of Sand
r point, Idaho, aided by soldiers, took
- ; charge of Sandpoint today following
- 1 an outbreak yesterday on the part of
- Industrial Workers of the World.
Soldiers are patrolling the streets
» while the home guard is rounding up
all Industrial Workers.
The county council of defense has
1 put into effect a registration card sys
tem. On the back of every card is print
; ed an oath of allegiance to the United
l States and every man whose loyalty
is suspected is asked to sign it.
>
Thirty-six suspected Industrial
Workers have signed the cards.
No suspected men are allowed to
, leave the city without a passport.
It has not been decided what dis
J position will be made of the men re
:
' fusing to sign the cards.
i PRESIDENT WILL DELIVER
1 SPEECH BEFORE CONGRESS
ON MUSCOVITE DEBACLE.
MAY COMMENT ON PEACE.
i -
) Germany’s Plan for Cessation of Hos
tilites Should Make Talk of Ending
W ar Now Unpopular in All Entente
Countries.
; WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—
" Official intimation is given that Presi
) dent Wilson is contemplating sending
a mesasge to the world on the Russian
debacle through an address to a joint
? session of congress.
) The inference of the administration
- is that Germany’s plan to propose
i peace at the expense of Russia should
1 make peace talk unpopular in the
t United States and in the other entente
? nations.
M A T A N r S K A VEGETABLES
WHICH HAVE BEEN IN STOR
AGE IN GOOD CONDITION.
5 j That the spring drive on the Mat
I anuska potato is on, is evidenced by
I yesterday’s shipment to merchants in
this city, of a carload of the popular
vegetable by J. M. Eakin and I’. C.
I Crow, two successful farmers in the
1 Matanuska valley.
^ The potatoes are in excellent con
dition and are all of uniform and
standard size. They have been stored
during the past winter in root houses
on the ranches.
With the shipment of potatoes yes
terday a quantity of cabbages and
turnips were included from other
farmers in the valley and the entire
shipment which has been kept
^ throughout the winter in the root
houses on the farms is in fine market
able shape. The potato crop the com
ing season in the Matanuska valley
will not equal the crop raised last year
according to a disposition on the part
of the farmers to give more attention
to grain and stock.
THE ANNALS OF AN ABSCONDER
Period I.—So short.
Period II.—So long.—(El-Jay-El.)
TO BE STARTED
AMERICAN WAR DEPARTMENT
SAYS THAT TEUTONS PRE
PARE FOR DEFENSIVE.
TROOPS MASSED BEHIND LINE.
Intelligense Officers With United
States Forces on French Front
Have Evidence of Spy Among Sol
diers.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.—
The Unted States -war department’s
review of war conditions says that
Germany’s threat of a great spring
offensive on the west front no longer
impresses American military men.
The review concludes that the Ger
mans, despite their vast preparations
will not take the offensive unless
i forced to it.
| The review says that apparently
| the concentration of German troops
i on the western front is a defensive
! and not an offensive movement. The
massing of the Germans is approach
ing a point in density beyond which
it will he impossible to go without
choking their own communication
lines or hampering the free movement
of their own reserves.
Intelligence officers with the Amer
; ican forces in France report evidence
| of possibly a spy working within the
| American lines northwest of Toul. An
American sentiy saw signal light
flashes from a window facing the
German lines. The sentry fired
through the window and then dashed
into the house. He found no one.
Important telephone lines within
, the American lines were cut.
The Americans are still holding the
! Mecklenburg trench which was taken
American troops «re engaged on
five separate fronts. One of their line?
lies close to Switzerland.
GOVERNMENT WANTS
AIRPLANE IDEAS
INVENTORS ARE ASKEI) TO SUB
MIT SUGGESTIONS TO COM
MITTEE ON AERONAUTICS.
j WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—
All parties desiring to bring to the at
tention of the government inventions
! pertaining to aeronautics, or sugges
tions for improvements of existing
types of aircraft and their appurten
ances, are requested to communicati
with the national advisorv committee
'
- for aeronautics, Munsev building
Washington, D. C., and to submil
comprehensive outlines of the propos
; fed devices, together with necessary
j drawings, data and the results oi
tests, if test.', have been made.
l
All such suggestions and invention:
| are considered confidential, and where
' devices or suggestions of merit are
i submitted they are referred to the
proper officials with suitable recom
mendations.
A special subcommittee on engineer
ing problems has also been organizer
to assist in the work of examining in
ventions submitted.
Attention is called to the fact that
i many devices and proposals are sub
j mitted by persons unfamiliar with the
| principles and practices involved
hence such parties desiring to submit
plans or devices should, as far as pos
sible, secure competent scientific and
technical advice before taking the
time of the officials of the government
in examining devices or plans which
clearly violate scientific laws or are
contrary to the best aeronautical prac
tice.
THE JANITORS WON’T KICK.
“I’m afraid of this daylight sav
ing plan.”
“Why?”
“Because they won’t stop with set
ting the clocks ahead; they will be
monkeying with the thermometer
next. What will we do if they put 70
degrees down to GO degrees in the
winter time?”—The Lamb.
SOVIET AT MOSCOW FORMALLY
RATIFIES CONDITIONS IM
POSED BY TEUTONS.
DENOUNCED BY AMBASSADOR
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i
i Leon Trotzky, Former Maximilist
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Is Re
ported to Be Head of Commune in
Petrograd.
—
MOSCOW, Russia, March 16.—The
Russian soviet congress, which is
I comprised of representatives of sol
| diers, peasants and workers from all
parts of Russia, today formally rati
;
s fied the peace pact recently negoti
ated by Russian Maximilist commis
I . . .
sioners and German commissioners at
Brest, Litovsk province, in southwest
ern Russia.
Denounced by Diplomat.
WASHINGTON, I). C., March 18.—
George Bakhmeteff, Russian ambas
sador to the United States, today de
nounced Russia’s acceptance of Ger
many’s peace terms. He declared that
the peace conditions threaten Rus
sia’s very existence, as well as her in
dependence. He said that the Rus
sian embassy in Washington city
; would continue to advocate co-opera
tion with the entente allies.
David R. Francis, United States
ambassador to Russia, today sent a
message to the American state de
partment saying that Leon Trotzky,
former Russian Maximilist minister
of foreign affairs, is now head of
the Maximilist, or Bolshevik, com
mune at Petrograd.
Means Loss of Land.
PETROGRAD, Russia, March 18.—
Maria Spiridonovo, a leader of the
Bolsheviki party, today told a meet
ing of peasants in Petrograd that the
ratification of Germany’s peace condi
1 tions by the soviet congress at Mos
: cow means that the peasants will lose
their land.
POTATOESSELLBY
POUND. NOT BUSHEL
RETAILERS ARE l KuKU IU
QUOTE PRICES IN SAME WAY
AS WHOLESALERS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—
From information reaching the United
) States food administration it is be
lieved that some consumers do not
know that potatoes are now sold at
wholesale on the hundredweight basis,
not the bushel basis, as formerly.
Retail dealers who operate on a
large scale must, by a rule of the food
administration, quote pound prices,
and it is hoped that small retailers
will do the same.
Some reports of the high cost of
potatoes are possibly due to the
change of price basis. Reports that
potatoes are selling at $2 and $2.50 a
! bushel in certain markets are incor
i rect, and apparently arise from the
fact that potatoes are quoted at
wholesale in those markets at $2 and
$2.50 per hundredweight instead of
the usual bushel basis. These figures
correspond to pound prices of 2 cents
and 2 Vs cents, respectively, and to
bushel quotations of $1.20 and $1.50.
Retail prices will usually be higher
than such wholesale quotations, but
the pound prices should not reach
those that would result from uisng the
bushel as the basis when the quota
tions are really on a hundredweight.
FRENCH MAKE GAIN
PARIS, March 18.—Heavy fighting
took place yesterday between the Ger
mans and French on both sides of the
Meuse river. The French gained a
strip of German positions 800 yards
wide on the west bank of the river.
JOHN DILLON DECLARES ENG
LAND SHOULD CEASE TALK
ING ABOUT NATION LEAGUE.
MESSAGE TO BE GIVEN WORLD.
Successor to Late John Redmond De
clares That Little Country Her
Groaned Under Policy of Mis gov
ernment for Seven Hundred Years.
ENNISKILLEN, Ireland, March IS.
—John Dillon, who on the death re
cently of John Redmond, succeeded to
the leadership of the Irish nationalist
party, today said that his first task
would be to tell England and the world
that British statesmen must cease to
talk about a league of nations or to
pretend to carry on the present war in
defense of small nations without first
setting free, Ireland, the nation that
for 700 years has groaned under Eng
land’s misgovernment.
FEARED BY ENTENT
r>
H
JLi
AMERICA AND ENGLAND LIKELY
TO INSIST ON TAKING
OVER DUTCH SHIPS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.—
Holland is declaring today her readi
ness to make a voluntary agreement
with the United States and Great Bri
tain regarding the taking over by the
two entente nations of all Dutch ship?
in entente ports somewhat surprised
American officials.
The declaration, however, is not ex
pected to change the pre-arranged pol-*
icy of the taking over by America and
England of Dutch ships on a basis of
adequate compensation to the owners
and operating them during the period
of the war.
Entente dipolmats do not think Hol
land could withstand the pressure of
Germany for the deflection to Ger
many of cargoes purchased and loaded
in entente ports ostensibly for Hol
land.
GOVERNMENT WILL
ISSUE AIR BOOK
LITTLE VOLUME WILL TREAT ON
PHENOMENA OF ATMOS
PHERE FOR AVIATORS.
WASHINGTON, D.~C., March 16.—
According to the chief of the weather
bureau to the United States secretary
of agriculture, a manual or handbook
entitled “Meteorology and Aeronau
tics” is soon to be issued.
The handbook, on which consider
able work has been done since Febru
ary, 1917, discusses the properties and
general phenomena of the atmosphere
which aeronauts and aviators should
understand. It is divided into three
parts:
Tart one, which deals with physical
properties and dynamics of the atmos
phere; part two, with topographic and
climatic factors in relation to aero
nautics, and part three, with current
meteorology and its use. Part three
also contains a summary of the free
air conditions most likely to be exper
ienced under different types of pres-!
sure distribution at the earth’s sur- j
face.
Frequent conferences have been |
held with officials of the aeronautical!
branches of the army and navy, and
plans are being perfected at several of
the training camps for free-air obser
vations in aid of aeronautics and the
firing of projectiles.
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ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Kachemak Bay.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Everything for the Settler,
Fisherman, Prospector, Hunter
and Trapper.
RIGHT PRICES.
JAMES C. HA MILL, DENVER PRO
MOTER, WANTS WILLARI)
AND FULTON CONTEST.
PROPOSED DATE IS JULY 4.
Champion Says That Proposition Is
Satisfactory to Him—Challenger, it
Is Declared Will Receive S20.000 of
Big Purse.
DENVER, Colo., March 18.—Jam# v
C. Hamill, promoter of prizefights, an
nounced today his offer of a purse of
8100,000 for a boxing bout between
Jess Willard and Fred Fulton July 4.
The place for the contest has not yet
been determined.
Willard Is Satisfied.
CHICAGO, March 18.—Jess Wil
lard today said he was satisfied with
the proopsal for a fourth of July bout
with Fred Fulton as made by Jan|f.
C. Hamill, the Denver promoter.
Fulton will receive $20,000 as his
share of the purse. Willard’s share is
not announced.
Read the Anchorage Tmes.
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Chop Suey and Noodles
Inlet Seda Company
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all Kinds'of .Mineral
Waters: Soda, Cider, Syrups.
Agents for Grape Juice and
Hemrick’s Staff Products
Anchorage Alaska
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