AND ALASKA LABOR NEWS.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1918.
I'KICE TFN (’ENTS.
A. .1. WENDLER LENDS binocu
laks he used when in
KAISER'S SERVICE.
GIVEN Hi.M B\ \ ON SCUKGEDKK.
Anchorage Citizens Respond Gener
ously to Request of Government for
Lenses for Use of Navy in Waters
of European War Zone.
German army field glasses that did
effective service for the kaiser’s troops
against the French years ago were
forwarded the other day from Anchor
age to the United States navy depart
ment at Washington. P. C.. for use
against the kaiser's war vessels in
European waters.
The glasses were sent by A. J.
Weedier, the well-known merchant of
this city. They aie the official glasses
used by officers, only, of the German
army. They were made in Berlin, ami
bear the German army m . t.ation
nur.wer "lb R. G. M. 8236lb
in ! s:>0 Mr. Wendler was in the pay
master's department of the German
a. my. and the binoculars were present
ed, to him by the then Captain
Schroeder, who is now governor of
A; .er.,. Mr. Wendler used the rrlass
i' active service aaginst the French
:n the Vosges mountains, where he
nab . hatge of transportation anti pro
vis i trains, covering the territory
betwe n Miihausen ami Metz, I.or
i„: ,e, the heart of the present war
di.sti ict.
in sending them to the United
States navy, Mr. Wendler wrote:
can only hope they will do as
effective service against Germany as
they have done for her.”
Generous response has been made
by the citizens of Anchorage to the
call of the government for field glass
es and binoculars for use in the navy.
Sixteen pair have been delivered to A.
K. Lathrop, enrolling agent for An
chorage to be forwarded to Washing
ton .0. C'. In addition to the lenders
mremiy published, glasses have been
lent to th.e government by G. H. Re
more. Felix Brown, Mrs. J. H. Callan,
H. G. Locke and R. E>. Chase.
EXTENSIVE USE OF ROAD BY
AUTOMOBILE TRAINS WILL
LEAD TO IMPROVEMENTS.
PHILADELPHIA, April 3.—Fre
quent passage of trains of United
States motor trucks through Pennsyl
vania to the Atlantic seaboard have
Ir
served to call attention to the exten
sive use which the federal government
now is making of the state roads.
Puns over the Lincoln highway which
is the main “link” between Philadel
phia, New York and Pittsburg, have
been pronounced so successful that
the war department has asked the
f state highway department to concen
trate its efforts on the maintenance
of this road.
In addition to the Lincoln highway
numerous other main avenues
throughout the state have assumed
importance as strategic arteries to
tidewater. One of the most notable is
that connecting Philadelphia and
Chester, Pa., over which is transport
ed a large percentage of the output of
^ the munitions producing belt.
COAL MAN VISITS HERE.
R. G. Doherty, a pioneer in the coal
business in the Chickaloon coal fields,
is a recent arrival at the Hotel An
chorage. Mr. Doherty is planning on
again entering the coal business and
to this end has been engaged in pros
pecting the coal deposits during the
past fall and winter.
WOMAN LEA!),V. PICKET WITH SC
VOTES AT SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTION HERE.
TOTAL BALLOTS NUMBER 10
New Directors Will Take Office Xt"
Monday Evening Succeeding Mr
Maud Appleby and J. L. Waller. Ri
tiring Members.
Miss M. Eversole and William 1
Clayton at be regular annual seho
I election here yesterday were chose
directors on the Anchorage educatioi
! al board. They will take office ne:
Monday night, succeeding Mrs. Mai
Appleby and J. L. Waller. The hole
over members of the board are Jamc
Wilkinson, Winfield Ervin and Mr
, Arthur (.1. Thompson.
Miss Eversole is an accountant i
the Bank of Anchorage. Mr. Claytc
is employed in the disbursing office (
the Alaskan Engineering commissio
Miss Eversole led the ticket yeste
day with 305 votes. Mr. Clayton r<
ceived 3NJ; Ray C. Larson 160, and <
(1. Wilford, forty-iive.
The polls opened at 10 o’cloc
in the morning and closed at
o’clock last evening. Four hundred ar
live persons voted at the election.
The judges of election were Mr
Maud Appleby, John Miller and Han
McCain.
FONT, PRISON TERM AM) HEAV
FINE FOR PERSONS M HO OP
POSE GOVERNMENT.
WASHINGTON, I). April 2.
Drastic penalties for disloyal ad
are prescribed in an amendment o
fered today by Senator Miles Poii
dexter, republican, of Washington, t
the new espionage bill which is undo
consideration by the senate judicial
committee.
The amendment, which was accep
ed by the committee, prescribes twe;
ty years’ imprisonment and a fine o
,*<10.000 for whoever shall by word o
act support or favor the Germa
cause in the present war, or who t
word or act opposes the cause of tl
United States.
—
REPUBLICAN IS VICTORIOl
OVER DEMOCRAT WHO HAD
PRESIDENT’S SUPPORT.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 3.—Co:
gresman Irvine L. Lenrott, republics
was elected United States senati
i from Wisconsin yesterday over Joser
Davis, democrat, who received Pres
dent Wilson’s support. Returns ;
! noon today gave Representative Le
root 9,000 plurality.
Victor Berger, socialist, under i
dictment for sedition ran third.
Political leaders say the retun
prove Wisconsin is patriotically
support of the war.
FOUR CIVILIANS ARE KILLE
AND SEVERAL SOLDIERS
ARE WOUNDED.
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; QUEBEC, Canada, April 2.—In a
ti-conscription riots in Quebec la
night four civilians were killed, ai
several civilians and soldiers were s
verely wounded.
SHARI* FIGHTING TAKES PLACE!
IN NORTHERN ANI) SOUTH
ERN SECTORS.
i.j ENGLISH OCCUPY AYETTE.
;t | Teuton Attacks Are Repulsetl South
s. i of Moreuil and Near Eoliet and Ioai
ser's Soldiers Take Ground North of
I’lemont.
J. j LONDON April o.—Sharp fighting j
>! i in the last twenty-four hours featured ;
n ! the northern and southern sectors of i
i- the fifty-five mile battle front between
:t 1 the Scurpe river on the north and the j
d Oise river on the south in France, j
[- | Iu both theatres, successes were j
■ . i achieved by entente allied forces.
>. j In the northern sector near Arras!
j the struggle was one of the most
n fiercely contested of the present Ger
n man offensive. The Teutons sacri
,f rtced many lives in an effort to re
T take Ayette, an important military
town about eight miles southwest of
Arras, which was captured from them
, after desperate fighting by the Brit- i
ish. Preceding the occupation of Ay- ■
k ette, the English last night stormed j
and captured German positions south |
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key to Ayette. Subsequently, the j
. British repulsed a determined (lev
man attack near Fampoux.
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In the southern sector, south of i
Moreuil and near Rollet, the French |
repulsed German attacks with heavy
losses. The Germans, however, gain- j
^ ed a footing at one point in the French j
^ trench system in this sector. North
, of Plemont, the French more than re- |
taliated by extensive ground gains, j
In the Somme ^iver, or center sec- ;
tor, of the battle line, local attacks in j
the last twenty-four hours have kept i
the combatants busy, but the lighting !
has been of no material consequence.
Back of the lines on the fifty-five
( mile front, both sides are preparing'
for the renewal of extensive opera- I
°! j
tions. The commanders of the en
r
tente allied forces are verv optimistic
y
over the situation.
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•V CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALSO
TAKES ACTION TO IMPROVE
NEAR-BY HIGHWAYS.
Five million dollars to be used in
development work in the Chickaloon
\ coal fields and the building and opera
*• i
tion of barges and transports to carry
y; coal shipments between Anchorage
; and Pacific coast cities, are requests
i that were made today of the United
i States government by the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce.
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A resolution in which these re
quests are incorporated, was intro
duced by Dr. F. M. Boyle at the regu
lar meeting of the chamber held at
noon today at the Frisco cafe. The
resolution was adopted without any
substantial opposition and copies of
it were cabled to congressmen and
senators and to the secretary of the
interior and the secretary of war and
other high officials of the government
at Washington.
The question of building and main
taining wagon roads in the Cache
creek country was discussed at some
length and copies of resolutions ask
ing for the construction of roads in*
this district were ordered sent to ttae
proper officials at Washington.
The Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce is just now centering its ener
gies upon obtaining better roads in
the Matanuska valley, Cache creek
and Willow creek districts and it is
anxious that work be commenced on
roads in these districts during the
early part of the summer.
J. \V. FELDER, BETHEL MER
CHANT, TELLS OF CONDITIONS
ON LOWER KUSKOKWIM.
NO KLONDIKE IN RICHNESS
Reindeer Meat Is Selling for Twont;
Cents Per Pound, and Provision
Will Last L’ntil Arrival of Boat
Next Summer.
Stampeders to the scene of the re
cent placer gold strike in the Gooi
News bay country, near the mouth o
the Kuskokwim river, are permittee
to purchase only sufficient food sup
plies at Bethel to enable them t
prospect and mine until July i, ac
cording to a statement made las
evening by J. W. Felder, a Rethe
merchant, who arrived in Anehorag
over the trail yesterday.
Mr. Felder reports an ample suppi;
of food stuffs in Bethel to enable al
prospectors and miners to continu
heir work until July 1, at which tim
he boats wili arrive from the states
There are not many persons at thi
ime in the Good News bay countr;
iiiu me i t'jJiM
lUIU t'J II 111^
on up are satisfactory no pay of :
"Klondike” character has been un
earthed, declares Mr. Felder.
There is plenty of fresh meat a
Bethel, with reindeer meat sol!inyr a
_0 cents a pound.
The trail between Bethel and th
government railroad is in splendu
condition, says Mr. Felder, and trav
eling is a matter of pleasure.
Mr. Felder left for Seattle thi
morning and will return to his horn
at Bethel as soon as navigation open
in the Kuskokwim river. He was ;
guest of the Hotel Anchorage durinj
his brief stay in Anchorage.
COWBOYS LURED
BY WAR AND FILMS
OWNERS OF CATTLE RANCH El
ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT
SCARCITY OF HELP.
EL PASO, Tex., April 1. — Wa
and the moving pictures have deplete*
the ranks of cowboys to round up, cu
out and herd cattle.
W. L. Amonett, secretary of th
Panhandle Southwestern Stockmen’
association, says the cattlemen are al
complaining because of a scarcity o
•abor on the cattle ranches. The ar
my has drawn heavily on the ranehe
for men, especially the cavalry. Th
draft took many more while the mov
ing picture companies have command
ered other cowboys to make the west
ern films.
This has led to the older cattleme
returning to the saddle for work o
the range to take the place of th
young men who have gone.
KOOTENAI INDIANS
BUY THRIFT STAMP!
CHIEF OF FLATHEAD RESERVA
TION BUYS SECURITY.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 3.
Through the influence of Chief Jo
Bonaparte of the Kootenai tribe o
Indians on the Flathead reservatior
several members of his tribe have ir
vested in Uncle Sam’s thrift stamps.
GERMANS YELL TO
HELL WITH RAISE!
MOB FORCES TEUTON SYMP.4
THIZERS TO KISS FLAG.
COSHOCTON, Ohio, April 1.—.
mob of 500 men visited sixteen home
here and forced thirty alleged pr<
Germans to kiss the United State
flag and say “to hell with the kaiser
- MEASURES TO SPEED DRAFT
UNDER CONSCRIPTION LAW
PLANNED BY OFFICIALS
.EMERGENCY WAR /'ONE.
< Recruits Will Be Ordered and I ml noted
* Into Ai iih More Rapidly Thao IPtsj
s Been Planned b; Military An'.ht ri j
ties.
W ASHINGTON, I). C., April -!
1 Measures to speed the draft of Amer
f ican troops under the selective con
1 seviption law are contemplated by the
- United States government to meet the
> emergency occasioned in France-- by |
- the German offensive.
*■ Eight hundred thousand men will be
1 j called to the colors this year and they j
?! will be called more rapidly than was
| planned.
: Government official said todav that!
1 '
[ no an ngem u . vet been consid
| ered look ng to callin. out more than I
I 800,000 recruits this year.
i raft officials emphatically denied
reports that the draft would be raised :
J from 800,000 to 1,500,000 men. More
i than 1,500.000 Americans are under
i
|arms in America and Europe.
; DICED TO PRIVATE BECAUSE
HE IS UN ABLE TO COM MAND.
? i
s j PARIS, March 50.—A recent regi
t ■ mental order has disclosed the exist
r ence of another soldier in the French
| army who bears the honored name of
iJoffre. In this order, the iieutenant
i colonel of an infantry regiment states
that he request of Corporal Joff re to
* , be allowed to resign his corporal’s
»j stripe “through unfitness to com*
i mand” is granted and the corporal is
■* | reduced to being again a private, with
I the duties of a horse-shoer.
s ADOLPH ANDERS AM) A. ANDRE
1 SUFFER PAINFUL LNJUR
f | IES FROM EXPLOSION.
-1 _
3 Adolph Anders and A. Andre, two
2 miners, employed in the Matanuska
-1 Coal company’s mine near Moose
-! creek, were badlv burned about the
i
-1 face and hands as the result of a gas
I explosion in the mine early yesterday
i - morning. The injuries of the men,
11 while painful, are not serious,
s | The men are under the care of Dr.
John B. Beeson at the government
hospital here. It is expected they will
be able to leave the hospital within
three weeks time.
1
e CIVIL WAR NURSE MAKES NUM
f EROUS GARMENTS FOR MEN
l’ IN AMERICAN ARMY.
MOSCOW, Idaho, March 30.—Mrs.
Ahvida Smith, more than 75 years of
age, has knitted 18 sweaters, two pairs
of socks and four pairs of wristlets
^ for soldiers since November 1. Mrs.
Smith served as a nurse in the civil
- war, and when her husband was
wounded is declared to have enlisted
\ asa private in order to reach him, and
s care for him personall. Two sons were
i- in the Spanish-American war and a
s grandson enlisted last March in the
” navy.
FOREIGN MINISTER CZERNIN
SAYS FRANCE RECENTLY
S UIIMITTEI) IN Q UIR Y.
MERE POLITICAL MANEUVER.
Vienna Statesman, Is Declared, Is
Acting at Suggestion of Germans,
Who Realize Failure of Their Of
fensive.
LONDON April 3.—Count V. Zichu
denitz Czernin, Austrian minister of
foreign affairs, addressing the Vienna
municipal council today, said that
Austria-Hungary recently was almost
on the point of beginning peace nego
tiations, but that the wind suddenly
veered, the entente nations deciding to
await Austrian internal developments,
in the hope that the Austrian govern
ment would be on the defensive with
its own people.
Foreign Minister Czernin said Pre
mier Georges Clemenceau, of France,
asked Austria on what basis she
would negotiate peace.
Austria, the former minister declar
ed, was in agreement with Germany,
aria replied tnat tne r rencn demand
for Alsace-Lorraine v, as the only ob
stacle to peace with France.
Premier Ciemenceau answered it
was impossible to negotiate, except
on the basis that Alsace-Lorraine
should be returned to France.
Misinterpreted Ciemenceau.
WASHINGTON D. C., April 3.—
The statement of Foreign Minister
Czernin, of Austria, that France had
suggested peace discussions is believ
ed to be the beginning of a new peace
offensive, with Minister Czernin act
ing at Germany’s request. It is be
lieved Minister Czernin’s speech is a
political maneuver designed to spread
the impression that the entente allies
are fighting solely to recover Alsace
Lorraine. The peace is timed to fol
low the break down of the Teutonic
military offensive on the west front.
American officials say Minister
Czernin has willfully misinterpreted
the statement actually made by Pre
mier Ciemenceau.
CLOSE ELECTION
HELD IN JUNEAU
VALENTINE WINS MAYORALTY
BY SEVEN VOTES—COUNCIL
MEN CHOSEN IN VALDEZ.
JUNEAU April 3.—Emory Valen
tine yesterday was re-elected mayor
of Juneau by seventeen votes majori
ty. Peter Carlson, E. J. Ellinger and
Charles Hanson, on the Valentine tick
et, and J. II. Montgomery, on the op
position ticket, were elected council
men.
Councilmen at Valdez.
VALDEZ, April 3.—At the city
election in Valdez yesterday, Carlson,
Crawford, Dirnond, Patterson, Quinn,
Smith and Wood were elected council
men and Wheat was chosen school di
rector.
FOR LOAN APRILS
BOND CAMPAIGN OPENS ON AN
NIVERSARY OF AMERICA’S
ENTRANCE IN WAR.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—
President Wilson will open the third
Liberty loan campaign in an address
at Baltimore, Md., Saturday, April 6,
the first anniversary of America’s en
trance into the world war.
Arrangements by the treasury de
partment for the third Liberty loan
campaign are more complete than in
the two previous loan drives.