MAJOR E. L. FREN GH HAS BEEN
BOTH OFFICERS ARE DETAILED TO ACTIVE SERVICE
ON UNITED STATES VESSELS PLYING BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND FRANCE AND THEY HAVE AS
SUMED PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
By CHARLES E. HERRON.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. IT.—Alas
ka is doing: her full share in supply
ing leaders to the war forces of the
United States government.
Among the late northerners to re
ceive commissions and detailed to du
ty in foreign service are Major L. H.
French, of Anchorage; Franklin
Johnson, of Anchorage, and Colonel
W. L. Stevenson, of Skagway.
Major French has been commission
ed junior commander in the United
States navy. He was assigned and
has assumed duty on a naval vessel
that recently left New York for
France. Major French gained his ti
tle of major with Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt’s regiment of Rough Riders
in the Spanish-American war. He
was prominent in mining in Nome ir
the early days, of that camp. He
spent last summer in Anchorage
where he was engaged in mining. He
was one of the passengers on the
steamship Mariposa, when that ves
;el last fall on a southbound voyage
from Alaska was wrecked near Wran
gc-11.
Franklin Johnson, who enlisted in
he navy soon after America’s decla
ration of war and who immediately
ifter his enlistment was made boat
wain, has been commissioned an en
sign. He is on a troop transport in
ervice between New York and France
uid he has already made seven voy
\ges between New York and a French
•>ort. He will be remembered in An
chorage as having operated a power
boat in Cook inlet and for a while
ie was in the real estate business in
Anchorage.
Colonel Stevenson has been com
missioned lieutenant commander in
he navy. He is detailed to service on
die same naval vessel aboard which
Junior Commander French is doing
luty. Colonel Stevenson was promi
nent in the business affairs of Skag
.vay, and is well-known in other parts
of Alaska.
FIRST OF TEN MEATLESS MON
DAYS WITNESSES SUSPEN
SION OF INDUSTRIES.
FOURTH DAY OF COAL SAVING.
Federal Officials Report Change of
Sentiment and Declare That AH In
dustries Are Co-Operating With
Government.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 21.—
Eusiness activity east of the Missis
sippi river was suspended today for
the first of the ten heatless Mondays
fixed by the federal fuel administra
tion.
Eastern manufacturing plants are
idle today for the fourth consecutive
day of the five day fuel saving period.
Officials of the government said to
day that there had been a radical
change of feeling in the country re
garding the fuel-saving orders and
that now the industries which at first
opposed the government’s policy are
co-operating fully with it.
PASSENGER TRAINS
TO UP BY SNOW
LOCOMOTIVES RELEASED TO
HAUL COAL CARS, MANY OF
WHICH ARE AT MINES.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
Heavy snows over the entire west and
the complete abandonment of passen
ger train schedules have released lo
comotives and diverted them to the
coal traffic. There are now plenty of
cars at the mines and the distribution
of these cars is the problem.
lTXNATURALIZED GERMAN OWN
ER AND SWEDISH CREW
HEED FOR INVESTIGATION.
EQUIPPED WITH WIRELESS.
Craft Was Taken by Federal Authori
ties in New York to Which Fort She
Recently Returned After Cruise
Along Atlantic Coast.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Suspected
of either operating or attempting to
operate in the interest of Germany,
the steel pleasure yacht Joyuese today
was seized while lying in New York
harbor by the United States marshal.
The vessel is believed to be owned
by Emil Kleuge, an unnaturalized
German, of Englewood, N. J. He was
aboard of the craft at the time of the
seizure, and he as well as the crew,
every one of whom is Swedish, are in
custody pending further investigation
by the federal authorities.
The yacht was equipped with a
wireless apparatus. She recently re
turned to New Y'ork from a cruise
along the Atlantic seaboard.
STEAMSHIP TEXAN
IS SAFE IN PORT
LINER WHICH WAS REPORTED
SINKING FEW DAYS AGO MAN
AGES TO REACH HARBOR.
NEW Y'ORK, Jan. 17.—The Ameri
can-Hawaiian liner steamer Texas,
which was reported sinking off the At
lantic coast a few days ago, is now
safe in port, according to an official
announcement today by agents here of
the navy department.
HONOR SHOWN IN EASTTO WESTERN
STATESMEN FOR THEIR PATRIOTISM
GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN, AND
JULIUS KAHN ARE GUESTS AT
NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE
LUNCHEON.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—As guests
of honor, Senator George E. Cham
berlain, democrat, of Oregon, and
Representative Julius Kahn, republi
can of California, were entertained a1
luncheon today by the National Secur
ity league.
Speakers at the luncheon paid tri
bute to the two western statesmen foi
the efforts they have exerted for the
national defense.
Elihu Root, who was one of the
speakers, declared that it was difficult
to see how the military conscription
bill could have been enacted by con
gress without the support of Senator
Chamberlain and Representative
Kahn.
Senator Chamberlain is chairman
of the senate committee on military
affairs. Representative Kahn is rank
ing republican member on the mili
tary committee of the house.
DRAFT LAW NOT
MEN WHO HAVE REACHED AGE
LIMIT SINCE LAST JUNE
WILL BE DISCHARGED.
POLICY OF ADMINISTRATION.
—
Daniel Willard’s Resignation from In
dustries Board Leads to Report of
Approaching Reorganization in
War Department.
WASHINGTON, I). C., Jan. 17.—
Discharge from liability of conscrip
tion of all registrants who have at
tained the age of 31 years since last
June, and who have not been called
I to the colors, is favored by the war
j department. A statement to this ef
| feet was made today by Secretary of
War Newton 1). Baker, in his testi
mony before the senate committee on
l military affairs, which is investigat
! ing the conduct of the war.
An announcement causing many
statesmen to believe a reorganization
is contemplated in the war department
was that Daniel Willard, president of
| the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, had
| resigned the chairmanship of the war
i industries board. Mr. Willard, how
ever, stated his resignation was to
enable him to give attention to his
private business which he had been
compelled by his public duties to neg
lect almost entirely for several months
past. He said his retirement from the
! war industries board was not due to
any reorganization in the war de
partment.
SAILORS AT KIEL MUTINY AND
ARE REPORTED TO HAVE
KILLED 38 SUPERIORS.
ENLISTED MEN DISSATISFIED.
Number of Teuton Underwater Crafts
Returning to Port from Duty at Sea
Is Said to be Decreasing Every
Month.
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LONDON, Jan. 17.—German sub
! marine crews mutinied at Kiel Janu
I ary 7 and thirty-eight German naval
officers are reported to have been
killed.
Although the Kiel mutiny was local
in its nature, it shows that German
naval men, especially on submarines,
are disastisfied.
The number of submarines return
ing to German ports from duty at sea
is decreasing every month.
POOR PARTAKE OF
MARRIAGE FEAST
LAME, HALT AND BLIND, TO
NUMBER OF 2,000, ENTER
TAINED IN LOS ANGELES.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22.—Two
thousand wedding guests, chosen from
among the poor and unfortunate of
Los Angeles, were entertained by Dr.
F. E. Yoakum, in honor of the mar
riage of his daughter, Miss Ruby Yoa
kum, and William M. Whitney, of New
York.
Dr. Yoakum has conducted a mis
sion here for many years. He knows
hundreds of unfortunates who be
cause of physcal affliction or other
handicaps have little opportunity for
enjoyment. When the date was fixed
for his daughter’s wedding he an
nounced his plans for its observance,
and based his action from a quota
tion from the Bible:
“When thou makest a dinner or a
supper, call not thy friends, nor thy
brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor any
rich neighbors, but the poor, the
maimed, the lame, the blind.”
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
FORBID USE OF FUEL IN UN
ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES.
ORDER WILL BE ISSUED SOON.
Regulation Will Be Kept in Effect Un
til Serious Condition That Now Ob
tains oi so Many Parts of Country
Is Overccrnc.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—
Prof. Harry Garfield, United States
fuel administrator, is preparing an
order stopping the use of coal by
numerous unessential industries
throughout the United States and lim
iting its use to only the important in
dustries, in an effort to relieve the
fuel famine.
The order, which is expected to be
issued in a few days, will remain in
effect until the serious condition that
now obtains in so many parts of the
country is overcome.
Total Suspension Urged.
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 17.—Cessation
of industrial business activities for
next Saturday, Sunday and Monday
and also for the following Saturday,
Sunday and Monday, throughout 111i
■ nois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri, in
: order to effect a saving in coal and to
! relieve the fuel famine, was recom
mended today to the administration
at Washington city by the federal fucd
1 administrator of Illinois, whose head
I quarters are in Chicago.
Many industries in these states are
now hampered by the lack of coal for
, steaming purposes, and in all of the
states there is suffering among poor
families because of the lack of fuel.
GERMAN ADMIRAL
DEMANDS INDEMNITY
j VON TIRPITZ DECLARES THAT
DEFEAT WOULD BE ECONOMIC
RUIN OF HIS COUNTRY.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 21.—A gloomy
; picture of Germany’s future was
painted by Grand Admiral von Tirpitz
in his recent speech in Essen, accord
i ing to the Hamburg News. Regarding
a successful economic war against
Germany after the war he said:
“Imagine the position if we simul
taneously have to bear the burden of
taxation which must fall on every
German and, despite the fallen value
of German money, we still have to
buy the most necessary food and raw
materials from abroad. Can anyone in
his heart of hearts really believe that
! in these circumstances, without an in
i .
increase of power, without indemnity
and without security we could avoid
Germany’s ruin.
“Not only has England taken our
colonies and Mesopotamia, but every
where she has made deeeper and firm
er bases for her maritime and colon
ial supremacy. She has tarnished and
trodden down the prestige and honor
of Germany by unprecedented calum
nies. In the whole transatlantic world
we are considered conquered and done
for.”
FIGHTS WAGED FOR
CORKS IN GERMANY
PROPRIETOR IS ENTITLED TO
BOTTLE STOPPER IN LAW
AS AGAINST WAITER.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Jan.
19.—The humble cork bottle stopper
has risen to high honor in Germany.
Heads have been broken in restau
rants over the question who owns the
cork, the proprietor, the head waiter,
or the customer who orders the bot
tle of wine. The magisterial verdict
has been returned saying the propriet
or can have it if he demands it. The
customer, it appears, has no claim at
all.
total of teuton squadrons
IS HIGHER NOW THAN IT
WAS IN YEAR 1914.
CHANGES IN FORMATION.
When Kaiser’s Mounted Troops Began
Rumanian Campaign They Were
Strengthened and When It Was
Ended They Were Lowered.
FRENCH FRONT, Jan. 21.—Trench
warfare has not diminished the Ger
man cavalry forces, as had been gen
erally supposed, for information
which has just reached the corres
pondent of The Associated Press
shows the total of squadrons in the
service to be even higher than it was
at the mobilization in 1914. Changes,
; however, have been introduced in the
j mounted arm of the service by which
! some of the squadrons temporarily
have been dismounted and utilized as
infantry, while the formations have
undergone considerable variation.
At present the German army has at
its disposal no fewer than 649 squad
rons of cavalry, comprising active, re
serve, mobile ersatz, landwehr and
landsturm units, but of these 144 have
been separated from their horses and
used as infantry. The figure compares
with 440 squadrons on a peace footing.
When war began the German cav
alry was at once formed into eleven
divisions, each composed of six regi
ments of four squadrons. Besides
1 those, there were also the bodies of
divisional cavalry attached to the ac
: five and reserve divisions of infantry.
Rumania's entry into the war made
more cavalry formations necessary
and the number of organized divisions
was at once increased to fourteen.
The spring of 1917 saw the end of
the Rumanian campaign, and with
this came a decrease of the divisional
formation to six, while the divisions
I themselves were reduced from six
regiments to four each. At the same
time independent brigades of mount
j ed troops were formed, of which the
: existance of at least five is known,
i each having three regiments of four
squadrons each.
Nearly every infantry division is
provided also with a unit of cavalry
whose strength varies according to
the nature of the country in which
: the troops are operating.
From among the cavalrymen who,
! temporarily, are not employed on
mounted duty at the front, twenty
three regiments of riflemen have been
i formed, which take their turn in hold
ing trenches with the ordinary infan
try formations. Each of these regi
ments is composed of four squadrons
and a squadron of machine gunners.
Besides these other unts of cavalry
men selected from the regiments of
the active army are from time to time
j used as infantry, but thei rexact num
| bers are not ascertainable.
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NEARBY PLACES GET
FOOD OFFICIALS
PERSONS NAMED IN NEIGHBOR
ING TOWNS TO CONDUCT
CONSERVATION WORK.
Appointment of representatives of
the food administration for outlying
districts near Anchorage was an
nounced tonight by Andrew Chisten
sen, who is in charge of the conserva
tion of food in this section. Those nam
ed by Mr. Christensen follow:
L. G. Jackson, station agent at Mat
anuska; Carl Almy, commissioner at
Talkeetna; W. A. Harmon, merchant
at Wasilla; Richard Doherty, coal
producer at Moose creeek and Eska
creek; Walter A. Gompertz, superin
tendent of coal mines at Chickaloon;
Sid Bettman, deptuy United States
marshal at Ivnik, and H. W. Nagley,
merchant at Susitna.
Blank pledge cards and the neces
sary stationery and supplies were for
warded to the newly appointed repre
sentatives today, with complete in
structions as to their duties.
FRENCH MAIDS AND MATRONS
DO NOT LIKE BIFURCATED
GARMENT ANY MORE.
OVERALLS ARE NOT POPULAR.
Women Working in Munition Plants.
Even Around Dangerous Machinery
Will Not Make Use of Men’s Attire
Nowadays.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.—
American “soldierettes” who are
rushing into specially made overalls
and jumper jackets, and incidentally
into news print because of the war
induced innovation are surprised to
learn that the “bloomer thing” is go
ing out in France. French girls say
they don’t like it because it isn’t mod
est.
And the Frenchmen remark: “Over
alls, pouff! Zey ez too vulgar!”
1 housands and thousands of women
and girls are employed in the big mu
nition factories in France. Barely 1
per cent are in bloomers. Those in
clude women employed around dan
gerous machinery where skirts would
multiply the chances of death, and
young girls of 16 or 17 employed as
“runners” between different depart
ments. A few wear overalls. The
vast majority wear skirts. Short
ones.
“There was a craze for bloomers
when women first began to invade the
munition plants and industrial
works,” said a French department
store manager.
“It was something brand new and
the girls played the fad like they
would something new in skirts or
hats.
“But the French girl of every class
is extremely modest. She couldn’t
stand the jibes of the men in the fac
tory with her, or the stares of the
vistors through the shops. The
bloomer fashion is «ying out except
where it is absolutely necessary.”
Performing hard manual labor may
be costing the girls of France some
of their sweetness and charm as some
| observers have said. But when the
| closing whistle blows in any plant
: there is a quick rush for soap, and
j grease gives way to talcum powder
| and the rouge sticks.
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PREMIER LLOYI) GEORGE TELLS
WORKMEN THAT THIS FACT
IS APPARENT TO ALL.
Head of English Cabinet Says That
His and President Wilson’s Ideas of
War Aims Are Practically Iden
tical.
LONDON, Jan. 18.—No man stand
ing on a watch tower could deny the
urgency of the need of raising more
men for the war, said Lloyd George,
premier of Great Britain, in address
ing today the delegates to the English
labor convention, in session in Lon
don.
“No democracy,” declared the pre
mier, ever long survived if its adher
ents were not ready to die for it.”
In making reference to the war
aims of the entente allies as recently
enunciated by President Wilson and
himself, the premier said:
“Without previous consultation,
for which there was no opportunity to
make arrangements, President Wilson
and I stated substantially the same
demands that will be insisted on by
the entente allies as the condition for
the termination of the war.”
Sea water will be pumped by elec
tricity and evaporated by the sun at
a new plant that is expected to sup
ply New Zealand with almost its en
tire requirement of salt.
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