HARRY BAXTER, JAMES MURRAY
and j. McAllister in Cali
fornia METROPOLIS.
.1 \FET LINBEUERC, BUYS HOTEI
Harry Hart, Old Time Alaskan, Who
Made Some Money in Klondike Has
^cumulated Millions in Southern
Oil Fields.
By L. F. SHAW,
Former Editor of Times,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 4.—
(Spevia: Correspondence)—I dropped
into a motion picture show here three
nights ago, and sat down in a com
iertah'e seat. In looking around, much
tci : y -urprise, I saw Harry Baxter
m A ic) orage, sitting in the same row.
Ai't#r the show we had a delightful
\ isit. He is here in connection with
his coal intersts in the Matanuska
nehls. Mr. Baxter is certainly a loyal
: riend ct Anchorage. He is staying at
\ ..e Palace hotel.
Jamas Murray and James McAllis
ter, Cahne creek mining men are here
and t.\; ect to depart for Alaska with
1 ti,v next two weeks.
Cy Young, who pitched for the
’;a baseball team last season.
Also I. E. Hensler, formerly
. t. • Mint Crili in Anchorage.
i.» Margules, of Seward, is expect
* • ,er. any day now.
J. J. Finnegan, the Seward attorney,
■..ho is n Washington, wired that he
will reach San Francisco about March
H# has a case in the circuit court
appeals.
.yet Lindeberg, one of the original
i hci.v; • rs of the Nome gold fields, is
the tad of a syndicate that has pur
i a-« : the noted Claremont hotel, lo
(n the Berkeley foothills, near
t. t University of California. Mrs.
,.::d I visited this hotel one day
• ■. k. It is ideally located and is
> ’ • : resort in all respects.
A no he;' old time Alaskan who has
“made good” here is Harry Hart.
V. hi'e e made some money in the
!c t.adh.e, his “big pile” was made in
nil a in southern California. In
5 ;r > vat of a debt some years ago, he
; - < mpelled to take some wild
ian(i: .vhich afterward proved to be
tire c< nter of oil discoveries in that
.-octior.. He is now worth millions.
Wt saw his beautiful home on the out
.-kirts if Oakland. It is one of the
i as. r-autiful of the many beautiful'
homes there.
GULF STREAM MAY
BE ON RAMPAGE
SCIENTISTS SPECULATE WHAT
EFFECT CHANGE WOULD
HAVE ON WESTERN EUROPE.
PA -vIS, March 2‘>.— Reports that
It gu.:‘ stream has pone on the ram
page has again sot scientists speculat
ing upon the effect such a change
would have upon the climate of west
ern Europe. The news is said to come
this t.me from the captains of mili
tary transports. The Oceanographic
Institute has no knowledge of a devia
tion <■: the gulf cunent but is unable
:> t .l ev confirm or deny the report
since its researches have been inter
rupted since the beginning of the
war.
SECRETARYBAKER
MEETS KING GEORGE
CABINET OFFICER CONFERS
WITH MONARCH ANI) WITH
PREMIER LLOYD-GEORG E.
LONDON, March 25.—Newton D.
Baker, secretary of war, was present
ed to King George today by United
States Ambassador Walter Hines
Page. The king talked with the Am
erican secretary more than an hour on
the subject of America’s military ef
forts. Later Mr. Baker conferred
with Premier David Lloyd-George.
PRESS DECLARES PLAN ADOPT
ED BY DIET DbES NOT AS
SURE EQUAL SUFFRAGE.
FREE FRANCHISE DEMANDED.
Prussia’s Policy Toward Poles Is De
clared t» Have Been of Most Re
pulsive Form Ever Imposed on Any
People.
NEW YORK, March 26. — Com
ments in German newspapers recently
received here, show that they had vig
orously disapproved of the system of
plural voting in Prussia, which subse
quently was accepted by the franchise
committee of the lower house of the
Tussian diet and incorporated in the
'ill for submission to the Prussian
larliarnt n;. The German editors had
’eclared, before the franchise commit
, c thus gave its approval of the
dural voting system, that this would
lot fulfill the intent of the manifesto
'."lied la-t July by Emperor William,
:s king of Prussia, in which he an
iouneed that a bill would be intro
luced in the diet providing for univer
sal and equal suffrage.
Tiie plural system as approved by
.he franchise committee classifies the
rotors according to certain trades and
imfessions, allotting a specified num
ber of votes to each class.
The editorials advocating the fran
chise reform were replete with acrim
>ny end exasperation. An attempt by
the conservative party to induce the
committee to favor the plural voting
system was denounced by the news
papers as an effort to postpone indef
initely the entire movement for elec
toral ref or:...
Aim to Postpone.
The Perlinger Tageblatt in an edi
:oriai captioned “Electoral Reform in
Danger” said: “The deliberations of
tie committee regarding the three re
form bills are taking a course such as
had not been expected by even the
most obstinate pessimists. The reac
tionary parties with the national lib
erals leading, as is clearly shown, aim
to postpone indefinitely the entire
franchise reform.
“Put these parties will soon have to
recognize that the people will not
stand for such attempts to frustrate a
solemnly given promise.”
'fhe Vorwaerts said in connection
with the committee deliberations the
franchise reform bill, that the pro
ceedings in that cimmittee must be
considered by the working classes as
mockery.
“For decades,” the paper stated,
“the Prussian people have been forced
to endure the shame of the three class
.doctoral system. Pet’ore the war anc
d.o since the beginning of the war
hey have fought untiringly for a free
•anrliise. And not without success,
i he crown has solemnly promised the
;ual, direct and secret ballot. The
government is bound by this promise.
And at this stage the enemies of the
franchise resort to means which clear
>y show that not the viewpoint of right
hut only that of might concerns
hem.”
Systematic Campaign.
A few days later the Vorvvaerts as
serted editorially that the battle of the
pponents of the franchise reform had
r’.trrod a phase “which must iurn the
• :usperation pervading in the widest
ircles of the people into indignation.”
t was obvious, the editor wrote, that
hr conservatives supported directly
nd indirectly by the national liberals
:ud begun a systematic campaign to
withold from the people their right
xnd to defeat the equal franchise
remised them in the most solemn
runner.
“How long,” asked the Vorwaerts
“do the gentlemen believe that the
Prussian people will put up with such
wethods?”
A Polish deputy, replying to var
ous remarks regarding Prussia’s pol
cy concerning the Poles, said the
Prussian regime as heretofore con
lucted was deeply hateful to the
V’oles, for it was the type of the “most
BERLIN IR OFFICE DECLARES
THAT CONSIDERABLE PART BF
BRITISH FORCES IS BEATEN
GENERAL HAIG REPORTS THAT GREATEST MILITARY
STRUGGLE IN HISTORY OF WORLD CONTINUES
WITH TERRIFIC INTENSITY AND THAT EIS
ARMY HAS TAKEN UP NEW POSITIONS.
NO INTERMISSION IN ARTILLERY FIRE
Kaiser’s Troops Have Forced Themselves Forward Over Front
Approximately Twenty-One Miles Long and Have Pene
trated English Line for Distance of Four Miles South and
Five Miles West of Cambrai—Teuton Newspaper Says It
Knew of Offensive for Months.
BERLIN, March 23.—Success ha;
marked the first stage of the great
battle between German and British
troops in France, is the gist of the oi
ficial statement issued by the Genoa
war office tonight. The Germans, th
statement continues, won engage
meats at Morchies, Cambrai, St
Quentin and Lufere and a considerable
part of the English army was beaten.
Great Battle Continues
LONDON, March 23. — General
Haig, commander of the British forces
in France, reported to the British war
office tonight that the greatest battle
in the history of the world continues
in France between the British and the
Germans with terrific intensity. It is
raging on the whole British front
south of the Scarpe river and south
and west of St. Quentin. The British
troops have taken up new positions
and are heavily engaged with the Ger
mans continued General Haig’s report.
British army veterans, who partici
pated in the battles of the Somme, of
Flanders and of Arras, declare that
never before have they experienced
cpnl.-ive form of domination a peo
er had to bear.” The war, he
aid, would give the Polish people
quality of rights. They would then
:e longer be subject to the ‘‘nauseous
Prussian regime.”
The chairmen, Deputy Hausmann.
•quested the speaker to moderate his
irm of expression, ’out the Polish de
puty added that the peoples would
omo to their sense and that the war
rould be a common grave for national
uiuvinism.
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ALIVE IN MEXICO
IKXICAN BANDITS RESORT TO
CRUEL PRACTICES AFTER
DEFEATING SO L DIE R S.
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, March 26.—
Fifty-seven government soldiers killed
>r burned alive after being wounded 1"
he latest exploit of the bandits in this
cgion. An exploring train which pro
ceeded a passenger train from thi.
city en route to Mexico City was
blown up by rebels under the leader
ship, it is aserted, of Higir.io Aguila
near Boca del Monte.
Surrounded by tne outlaws, the es
ort put up a brave fight, but many
vere killed and wounded. When the
I Ire from the cars slackened, the ban
| dits poured coal oil on the werekagi
and burned to death the wounded
| shooting down those soldiers who fled
! from the flames. Aguilar is said tc
: have led this attack after being driver
i by federal troops from the nearbj
^ town of Paso del Mache, where his fol
j lowers are alleged to have committee
; the usual excesses upon the defense
! less inhabitants during their short oc
| f-unation of the place.
Aguilar, who, for a long time pro
! Tossed allegiance to Felix Diaz, is sah
1 to have broken with the former die
tator’s nephew some time ago, forcing
Diaz to flee from the vicinity o
Jalisco.
AW, GWAN!
; “These are hard times, said Mr. Rick:
“Don’t think that this is funny;
But I have heard that even bricks
Are now hai'd-pressed for money.”
, anything approaching the awful gun
fire of the present struggle on the
Britsh front. “Intensity of gunfire”
! they say is an expression that has lost
j its significance, i here is not even a:
j infinitesimal period of time betwoe
| the gun reports.
The Germans have forced them
selves forward over a front approxi
I .nately twenty-one miles long. They
have penetrated the British line for a
listance of four miles south of Cam
brai and live miles west of Cambrai.
Views of Teuton Press
WASHINGTON, I). C., March 23.—
German and Austrian newspapers
take varying views of the German of
fensive.
The German Muchened Mueste
Nachrichten says “we have known for
several months of this struggle for
definite victory.”
The Austrian Neuie Frie Presse
says “no one can predict with cer
tainty the result of the battle and its
consequence. It is capable of creating
conditions leading to a conciliatory
peace, but what will happen after the
battle cannot he determined.”
SPANISH DAGGERS
USED IN BROOMS
DESERT PLANT IS DISCOVERED
TO BE xGOOD SUBSTITUTE
FOR COMMERCIAL STRAW.
SAX BERNARDINO. Calif., March
20.—-“Spanish Daggers” or yucca, a
plant of the desert, has been found
to make a satisfactory substitute fori
broom straw, and a factory near here 1
is now turning out the brooms in all
! sizes in commercial quantities.
Yucca is propagated by seed, and
the supply of seed is endless, as the
i blossoms are numerous on each stalk.
The plant grows freely on the desert,
i without water or cultivation.
The makers of the new brooms said
the dry leaves of the yucca plant were
I run through a shredding machine
! which reduces them to fibres finer
j than broom corn. This fibre is used
for brooms and brushes. They said
tests had established that the new
brooms were just as efficacious and
durable as those of other and better
known materials. They said the rna
erial cost very little, and would
therefore serve to hold down prices on
i
; brooms made of other straws or
fibres.
ANIMALS WILL HAVE TO EAT
UNDERGROWTH WHERE
BLAZES USUALLY START
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 26.
—One thousand goats will aid in the
forest service this summer in keeping
! down the destruction by fire in the
I Angeles national forest, according to
the acting district forester. The an
imals will be turned loose in the fire
breaks. These are trails 50 feet wide
and 35 miles in length. It will be
the duty of the goats to keep these
eaten clear of undergrowth. It has
; cost the government about $5,000 a
year to do this in the past. The herd
of goats has been hired at the cost of
their feed, which is nil, and $20.
LONG DISTANCE GUN IS LOCAT
ED TWELVE KILOMETERS
BEHIND TEUTON LINES.
AMERICANS ARE ASTOUNDED.
Possibility of Aircraft Carrying Nine
and One-Half Weapon Is Not Given
Credence By Officers in United
States.
PARIS, March 23.—Latest reports j
reveal the position of the long dis-1 <
tance cannon which has been bom
barding Paris. The gun has been lo- 1
cated twelve kilometers behind the 1
German battle front. The distance o! <
the gun from Paris is 120 kilometers,
or seventy-four miles. <
- Americans Dumfounded.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23.— <
American ordnance officers are dum-1
founded at the feat of the German j
gun which bombarded Paris being abb
to fire a projectile a distance of sev
enty-four miles.
Shell fragments from the gun’s j
projectile bear marks of gun rifling
which seem to preclude the idea tha*
the shots were from an areoplam
bomb. The possibility of aircraft car
rying a nine and one-half inch gun 0
the air is scouted by army official:- |
here.
OIL GUSHERS ARE
TAPPED IN JAVA
IRON VEIN FOUR FEET THICK IS |
REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN
LOCATED AT MALI LI.
_
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, March -
23.—Advices from Sourabaya, on the >
island of Java, state that powerful oi
gushers have been tapped at a depth £
of 000 yards in the Tremboel fields, j 5
Another message says that an iron [
vein four feet thick has been located (
near Malili and the chief of the geo- [
logical survey estimates the quantity [
of ore available at ten million tons. j \
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MEXICANS ARE TAUGHT FLYING
MEXICO CITY, March 26.—Cap
tain Ronald True, formerly of the'
Royal Flying Corps, of Great Britain,
recently aviation instructor at the
Texas training camps, has arrived
here to teach flying to Mexicans.
W. D. WANGLING
TAXIDERMIST
HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR
FURS.
OFFICERS TELL MEN TO TAKE
NO PRISONERS IN FIN
LAND AND UK RANI A.
ENEMY HELD TO BE BANDITS.
Independent Socialist Leader in Reich
stag Says Such Methods Are Best
and Surest Way to Stir Up Intense
Hatreds.
LONDON, March 23.—An Amster
lam dispatch says German officers in
Finland and Ukrania have ordered
heir troops to take no prisoners, out
o hang all Bolsheviki red guards, de
daring them to be merely bandits.
George Ledebour, independent so
•ialist leader of the German Reich
itag, says such methods are the best
vav to stir up hatred for all things
German that will endure forever after.
Job printing at the Times office.
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These springs are five in
number and one of the old land
marks of Alaska. The Russians
had a hospital there in 1841,
where they sent patients with
diseases of the skin and consti
tutional blood disorders.
The temperature averages
145 degree;; Fahrenheit at the
Spring. The baths are effica
cious for rheumatism, stomach
and liver troubles, kidney and
bladder diseases, and for consti
lu I; ona i disorde s.
Those springs are in charge
of Dr. F. L. Goddard. The
terms for room, board, and
baths, ?2 a day and up. Cabins,
$7.50 per month and up, includ
ing furnishings, except bed
ding. ADDRESS
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