THIRTY FIRST REGIMENT WILL
BE MOBILIZED AT FORT LEA
YEN WORTH, KANSAS.
PRACTICAL RAILROAD MEN.
Motor Truck YY’ith Flanged Wheels
and Other Supplies for Government
Railroad Are Awaiting Shipment
North.
WASHINGTON, I). C. March 2.—
Col. Frederick Mears is now in Seattle
on business in connection with the
Thirty-first Engineers for service
abroad. Only men experienced in the
operation of railroads are wanted.
The regiment will be mobilized at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
A big new Kelly Spring-field passen
ger motor truck with flanged wheels
iias arrived in Seattle for shipment
north for use on short runs on the
government railroad in Alaska. It
will carry twelve passengers. Many
other Alaska railroad supplies are in
Alaska awaiting shipment.
WOMEN’S SKH RACE
TO BE RUN SUNDAY
5 ’ f * IZ E or $20 WILL HI- GIVEN
WINNER: $1.1 TO SECOND AND
$10 TO THIRD.
Arrangements have been completed
for the women’s skii race to be held
tomorrow at noon. The skii racers
will start in front of the Alaska pool
hall on Fourth avenue and will go
west on Fourth avenue, south on L
street, east on Chester creek, north to
the water tank and thence back to
the place of starting. The couse is
about .'even miles in length. The prize
for the winner is $20; the second prize
$M. and third prize $10.
A. A. Shonbeck has also offered a
cu.'h prize of $5 to the winner, $•"> for
second, and $2 for third.
The following women will compete
for the prizes:
Judith Watts, Mrs. Swanson. Mrs.
Mt rikka, Mrs. Vanaja and Mrs. Olson.
SUBMARINE SINKS
BRITISH VESSEL
MERCHANT SHIP TIBERIA IS DE
STROYED BET MEMBERS OF
HER CREW ARE RESCUED.
NEW YORK, March 2.—While
bound from England to New York, the
British merchant steamship Tiberia
was torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine. All members of the ill
fated vessel’s crew were rescued.
The Tiberia was a craft of 4,880
tons burden.
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REPORT FOR LAST 4 MONTHS!
IS COMPILED BY MRS. AR
THUR G. THOMPSON.
SALARIES AMOUNT TO $5,352.
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Three-Fourths of Entire Expenditure
or $5,540, Will Be Refunded to Lo
cal Treasury from Money Held by
Territory.
Expenditures for the Anchorage
school district for the quarter begin
ning November 1 and ending Febru
ary 28 amounts to $7,386.71, accord
ing to the report of Mrs. Arthur G.
Thompson, secretary and treasurer of
the educational board. Three-fourths
of this amount, or $5,540.04, will be
refunded to the Anchorage school
treasury from the territorial treasury.
Salaries for the four months to
taled $5,352.50; school supplies cost
$416.73 and fuel amounted to $041.95.
There were other outlays of smal
ler amounts.
The detailed report which will be
mailed to the territorial superintend
ent of education by Mrs. Thompson,
is as follows;
Salaries for November $1,310.00
Salaries for December . 1,310.00
alaries for January .. 1,347.50
Salaries for February . 1,385.00
School supplies . 416.73
Repairs and improvements ... 357.16
School Furniture . 77.00
Water, light and phone . 241.37
Fuel . 941.95
Total ..$7,386.71
Territorial refund, three-quarters
of $7,386.71, will be $5,540.04.
BURRO BEEF IS LATEST.
NOGALES, Ariz., March 4.—Burro
beef is the latest addition to the list
of foods brought to the fore by war
conditions. In the Altar district of
the State of Sonora, Mexico, burros
are now being slaughtered for their
food value. Sonora, while not directly
interested in the war, has felt its econ
omic effects, according to Mexicans af
filiated with the state government.
The burro of the Altar district is
said to be worthless as a beast of bur
den, hence his use for food causes no
loss in other ways. The animals are
slaughtered at a soap plant at Savac
where the fat is reclaimed for use in
soap making, the hides-are taken for
lariats and thongs, and the carcasses
are immersed in a garlic bath which
removes any unpalatable flavor. The
meat is then sold to soldiers in Sonora
and Sinaloa, who are said to have pro
nounced the ‘beef” tender, juicy and
excellent.
The demand created by these meth
ods, it is said, has thinned the burro
supply so greatly the Mexicans using
any of the little beasts as domestic
animals are compelled to keep them in
fenced enclosures. It is said that any
of them runing at large are soon hunt
ed down and taken to the slaughter
pens.
AMERICANS DESTROY
GERMAN BATTERIES,
ENEMY POSITION, WHICH BOM
BARDED WITH GAS SHELLS,
IS OBLITERATED.
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March 1.—Swift retri- |
bution has fallen upon the German
batteries which this week bombarded!
the American trenches northwest of
Toul with gas shells.
American heavy artillery concen
trated a fire upon the German Mien
enwerfer batteries for half an hour
yesterday and obliterated the posi
tion. The American artillery made
many direct hits with high explosive
shells . Timbers were thrown high in
the air as a result of explosions of
German ammunition and gas tanks
The ground about the German bat
teries wras completely churned.
REFUSAL OF AMERICA TO RE
SUME TRADE RELATIONS OC
CASIONS PRESS COMMENT
GERMAN BUSINESS CRITICISED.
Teutons Are Charged With Taking
All Foodstuffs They Can Get and
Yet Do Not Give Any Desired
Goods in Return Payment.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, March 4.
—How to come to an agreement with
America for the resumption of the
import of supplies i> the main topic
for discussion by the Norwegian
press and people. In the beginning
the Norwegian government did not
seem to take the American question
seriously, but after i>ne failure of the
commission in Washington to obtain
export licenses, the cabinet members
realized the gravity of the situation.
One by one the members of the Nor
wegian delegation to Washington re
turned home until only Dr. Nansen
remained in the American capital.
The newspapers, except the official
cabinet organ, are becoming impa
tient. They ask why Denmark has
obtained export licenses for different
food stuffs, and say Sweden has had
greater success than Norway. So far
Germany has had great advantages
from the trade agreements with
Norway.
Agreement As to Fish.
By the agreement with Great Brit
ain of August, 1 DIG, Norway could
send fifteen per cent of her fish to
Germany. But beside this Germany
bought enormous quantities of can
ned fish, so that, it is said, the total
export amounted to more than 30 per
rent. It was asserted at a session of
the Storthing that the total export of
fish to Germany from August, 1014,
to August, 1017, was 150,000 tons.
Before the war the average export to
Germany was 78,000 tons, or about 22
per cent of the whole export of fish
from the country. On the other hand
the Germans have not been able to
keep their contract to furnish fishing
tackle and motor oil as compensation
for the fish.
One leading paper asks how long
Norway is to continue supplying fav
ors to Germany while the Germans
sink Norwegian ships and kill Norwe
gian sailors. And, it injuired, what
does Norway get in return for the
material for manufacturing guns,
projectiles and ammunition which she
is supplying to Germany.
Charge Against Official.
The Shipping Gazette said editori
ally recently that the Norwegian for
eign minister is exerting himself to
increase the export of raw materials
for manufacturing munitions. Other
papers, notably the Social Democrat
on, challenged the foreign minister to
deny the statement, but he remained
silent.
Before the war Germany furnished
Norway with considerable grain and
fiour, but, although the fish export is
more than doubled, Norway does not
get any flour from Germany. The
United States has been the chief pro
vider since the beginning of the war.
Before the war, Norway obtained
197,000 tons of grain and fiour from
Germany and 51,000 from the United
States. In 1915, she imported 382,000
tons from the United States and eigh
ty-seven tons from Germany, and af
ter that year none from Germany.
And Germany has also stopped the
exportation to Norway of other very
important commodities.
PRIZES GIVEN FOR WAR WORK.
PARIS, March 1.—One of the func
tions of the French Academy—more
accurately the academy of language
and literature—is its right to award
a large number of money prizes for
literary merit and for “virtue.” Since
1914 all the literary prizes have been
reserved to men serving with the col
ors. The “virtue” prizes are awarded
to humble people “who have lived pure
and useful lives,” sacrificing the pur
suit of all selfish aims to the service
af their families or their country.
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FOB 55 YEARS
REV. HENRY H. PARKER, NEARLY
90, RESIGNS PASTORATE
IN HONOLULU.
YOUNGER MAN IS WANTED.
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Retiring Minister Preaches Farewell
Sermon From Same Pulpit From
Which He Delivered First Address
at Time of Ordination.
HONOLULU, T. H., March 4.—One
of the longest pastorates on record
came to an end here when Rev. Henry
H. Parker, by resignation, terminated
his active services as pastor of Ka
kaiahae church after serving continu
ously for fifty-five years.
kawaiahae church has, ever since
its erection, been the church of Ha
waii’s royalty. All the kings and
queens since and including Kameha
meha IV have attended the church ano
have lain in state in it upon theii
deaths. Queen Lilioukalani lay in state
there last November surrounded by
various barbaric symbols of Hawaiian
royalty. The tomb of king Lunalilo,
last of the Kamehamas, is in Ka
waiahae church yard.
Kawaiahae church was the first es
tablished in the Hawaiian islands by
the original group of missionaries that
landed here in 1821. The present build
ing. of coral, was constructed in the
10’s. Mr. Parker, who is the third
pastor of the church, has never served
anywhere else. His pastorate began
with his ordination at Kawaiahae in
1863. He is the son of one of tlm
original group of missionaries and i.
now nearly 90 years of age.
Mr. Parker’s resignation, after
more than half a century of service,
was brought about by differences in
the church. One faction contended
that he was too old and that a youngei
and more progressive and up to date
man should head the church.
Finally Mr. Parker announced that
he would resign.
Rev. Mr. Parker preached his fare
well sermon from the same pulpit
from which he delivered his first ser
mon at the time or his ordination.
REBEL HOLDS OIL
FIELDS IN MEXICO
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT CAN NOT
GAIN CONTROL OF RICH RE
GION AROUND TAMPICO.
LAREDO, Texas, March 1 —Effort,
of General Luis Cabellero to induce
General Manuel Pelaez, whose forces
control the Tampico oil regions, to
submit to the federal government
Lave met with emphatic refusal, ac
cording to private advices received
here from the affected district. Cabal
lero is said to have failed in his at
tempt to persuade the oil producers to
buy off Pelaez.
If the government persists in its
attempt to carry out the announced
program of securing complete control
of the oil fields, Caballero’s threat tc
invade the region may become his
only recource. Caballero is reported
to be receiving a few men and con
siderable supplies by sea from Velx
Cruz and other gulf ports.
INSIDE COUNTRY
SEES BIG METEOR
SAMUEL PARKER, PIONEER OF
NORTHLAND, PASSES AWAY
AT YUKON CAPITAL.
DAWSON, Y. T., March 1.—A
meteor Tuesday night was visible in
Dawson for hundreds of miles down
the river and at Fairbanks. The phen
omenon was visible here for twenty
seconds. It then disappeared below
the northern horizon, scattering
sparks in every direction as if it had
exploded.
Samuel Parker, a Yrukon pioneer
who conducted a sporting goods store
in Dawson, died this week. He wa^
just about to start on a tour of the
world.
FOURTEEN HUNDRED RESI
DENTS OF PIAVE DISTRICT
FLEE TO MOUNTAIN TOWN.
PLACE NOTED FOR ITS BEAUTY. ;
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English and American Sojourners
Furnish Clothing for Poor War Vic
tims and Red Cross Provides Funds
to Help Them.
TAORMINA, Sicily, March 4.—
Fourteen hundred refugees from the (
country north of the Piave have found
shelter in this old Sicilian mountain
town, described by some Americans
as the most beautiful place in the :
world. The hotels which cared for
tourists before the war have been
thrown open to the refugees. They
have rooms generally by families, and
club together for their meals in much
the same way that Italian immigrants 1
I make shift on the emigrant steamers 1
English and American resident:
joined with the townspeople in pro
viding clothing. The two problems
are food and employment, and repre- 1
sentatives of the American Red Cross
who visited here left a fund with the
local war committee to purchase wool 1
| and pay the refugee women for knit
I ting warm socks and gloves for Ital- 1
: ian soldiers. 1
Five hundred refugees arrived at 1
midnight at the Giardini station, two
and a half miles below on the coast '
line railroad, in the midst of a tor
rential downpour. The feeblest and
| eldest were brought up in carriages 1
hundreds climbed the steep footpath
in utter darkness and in fear of the 1
eerie height to which they were tak- i1
en. A very few had bundles of sim- 1
pie clothing, the majority only the '
clothes they were standing in. Some '
had escaped in the night barely
clothed . 1
Many had walked continuously for 1
live days and nights before reaching !
the train which took eight weary days :
and nights to bring them here. It ’
was so packed that many stood the '
entire distance. Two little children 1
succumbed to the hardships of the !
journey. Many of the families have (
missing members. Before reaching <
their trains they endured almost <
cloudbursts of rain, the difficult 1
crossing of sodden plains, with ever
the horror of pursuing Austrians. 1
During this time families became }
separated, children lost their parents
and the few little treasures from
their homes were gradually dropped (
aside to make easier their hurried
journeying.
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SPIES HAVE THEIR
BASE IN MEXICO:
LETTERS FROM SOUTHERN RE
PUBLIC ARE SENT TO GER
MAN CONSUL IN SPAIN.
HAVANA, Cuba, March 1.—Cubai
officials examining mail from Mexio 1
aboard the Spanish liner Reina Mari, j
Christina, are rumored to have fount
documents from the interior of Mexico 1
to a German consular officer in Spait ‘
giving the details of the militar; <
plans of the United States and Cuba. 1
BOOTJACKS IN VOGUE.
Military Footwear Brings Back Ink j
Use Article of Former Days. <
LOS ANGELES, March 2.—“Boy, ; «
bootjack for the gentleman in fifty j
foui-,” is the cry that resounds ever: s
day now in the lobby of the large ho- ;
tels of Los Angeles. The return of the. ,
bootjack is due to the prevalence o: ]
the military uniform, with its boots t
for mounted officers. t
“We have fifty boot jacks on hand (
here,” said the manager of a large i
hotel recently, “and our guests greet l
them with joy when we send them up r
The bootjack has been out of use foi 1
so long that it is novelty for the i
younger officers, and when a man ir i
boots registers here, we don’t wait fo- {
him to ask for one, we just send h i
1 along.” ’ j
AMERICAN WORKERS AT GENOA
HELP HUNDREDS OF DES
TITUTE REFUGEES.
STATION CANTEEN FOR TROOPS.
Branch Was First Organized Last
November and it Has Accomplished
Great Amount of Good in Compara
tively Short Time.
GENOA, Italy, March 4.—From
iueen Helene of Italy, the American
Red Cross committee for Genoa, has
received a telegram expressing her
ippreciation and that of King Em
nanuel for its “high and beneficient
.vork” in opening a canteen and re
freshment place in the railroad sta
:ion at Genoa. The Genoa committee
,vas organized early in November,
irected a chalet in the station yard
ind served as many as 600 refugees in.
t single night, during the height of
he Teutonic invasion.
Now that the influx of refugees has
iecreased, the scope of the canteen
vork has expanded to include Italian,
3ritish and French soldiers passing
;hrough.
The new work was formally inaug
lrated in the presence of municipal
ind army authorities. Paul Grosjean,
nanager of the Genoa branch of a
Mew York bank and chairman of the
ocal committee, spoke in behalf of the
vhole Red Cross organization in Italy.
\ Belgian, he has enthusiastically
indertaken the American work.
“The small nations, overwhelmed by
he barbarian, have stronger faiih
han ever,” he said. “This is an exam
)le to us. To these litlte nations have
:ome in aid the great nations in an
ratpouring of high idealism of justice,
rhe American Red Cross represents
;he spirit of humanity that animates
he entire American people. It has
jiven immediate aid to unfortunates
'orced to abandon their homes It
vorks throughout Italy in harmony
vith the country’s institutions, ft in
ensifies the bonds of solidarity and
sympathy between the two countries
3ut of the awful struggle a good has
:ome. Nations understand each othe>%
Iraw nearer together, and strengthen
heir friendly relations. The American
Red Cross and the Italian Red Cross
vill work together in a holy mission of
jiving comfort and aid.”
United States Consul General David
[\ Wilber expressed Amreica’s appre
:iation of cordial collaboration shown
>y citizens of Genoa. The mayor of
Renoa responded warmly for the civ
lian authorities and General Garione
'or the military.
American, Italian and Red Cross
lags were flying, and the station was
hronged with a cheering crowd.
BRITISH CAVALRY CHARGE.
LONDON, March 1.—How British
■avalry charged and captured three
Puckish batteries and thus opened the
vav to Jerusalem, is told in a letter
rom a British officer.
“It was the first time the brigade
tad used their swords,” he says.
‘When ‘Charge!’ sounded I think ev
iry man went stark mad. Guns were
telching their shells at us in one sheet
»f flame, and bullets by thousands
ipent past, but not one man seemed to
ret hit as on we went, with drawn
words flashing in the sun, in a
;traight line, horses going like mad
md everyone shouting like fury. Now
ce could see some of our pals falling,
-et straight at the guns we charged.
V.s we came up with the first line of
trotecting infantry the enemy put up
heir hands as they stood in the
renehes, so we jumped them and were
harging at the second line when the
irst line thought better of their sur
ender and fired at us from behind.
Pheir artillery and machine guns kept
iring at us up to the moment we
eached them with the sword. It seems
narvelous that any of us escaped
dive, but though our ranks were thin
led we took the positions, and all the
pins and ammunition.”