•'MOST UNCOMPRISING SINCE
PRESIDENT JACKSON, SAYS
INDIANA SENATOR.
CREEL BITTERLY ATTACKED.
A Socialist and a Seditionist, Senator
Watson Asserts — At Republican
State Convention in Indiana Speak
• ers Claim Chief Executive Employs
Petty Politics.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 24.—
Declaring that President Wilson was
the most astute leader the democratic
party ever had, United States Senator
Harry S. New, of Indiana, addressing
the Indiana Republican State conven
tion here today as permanent chair
man, asserted that he was also the
“most uncompromising in his parti
sanship of any man who has occupied
the White house since the days oi An
drew Jackson.” Senator New contin
ued:
“President Wilson is a partisan in
everything he does or thinks—as
adroit as he is persistent. It is evi
dent that the slogan of his party in
the campaign before us is to be
“Stand by the president,” and the at
tending argument that, if one is a pa
triot and a true American, he must
elect the candidates of the president’s
pai*tv for seats in congress in order
that he may have support in that
body; or that if one fails to support
those candidates, he votes to discredit
the president and his administration,
and gives aid and comfort to our ene
my in arms.
“Mr. Creel, with his bunch of social
istic, muck-raking mistits, is employ
ing this sort of propaganda in every
form at his unlimited command—the
bulletins, the movies, and the Chau
tauquas. The money of the taxpaying
public foots the bills.”
Senator New declared that Presi
dent Wilson had every possible sup
port from the republican party in ev
ery step taken or contemplated with
reference to the war and contrasted
this suport with the actions of the
democratic party toward Abraham
Lincoln during the civil war.
“Our message to the president,”
said Senator New in conclusion, “is
‘Go ahead.’ We are with you heart
and soul, in life and in purse in the
things that have to do with the wining
of the war, but, make no mistake, we
abate no particle of our devotion to
the party of our choice and yield noth
ing of our principles, but reassert
them.”
Watson Fears An Autocracy.
Senator Watson, of Indiana took up
the relation of the executive and leg
islative powers in the national gov
ernment.
“While we are fighting autocracy
across the seas, we must be careful
that we shall not build up autocratic
powers on this side of the ocean,” he
he said. “We all obediently follow
the president as the commander in
chief of the army and navy. But con
gress ,in matters relating to legisla
tion having to do with finance and
many other subjects, has the right to
decide as it thinks best, without exec
utive coercion. Congress should not
be a mere echo of the president’s
voice.”
Senator Watson denounced the ap
pointment of George Creel as chair
man of the committee on public infor
mation. He said Creel was a social
ist of the most pronounced variety.
Creel sent out through the Official
Bulletin the wildest and most danger
ous seditious literature. The senator
said he would never vote to establish
a press censorship and place a man
like Creel in charge.
BIRD POINT MINE.
Bird Point is coming into promi
nence as a one-mine mining camp and
deevlopments of the past week have
produced good results. Clyde Bren
ner, who is interested in a quartz
property at Bird Point, reports that
if the present indications hold up he
and associates will later install a
stamp mill on the property.
WIFE OF NOTED OPERA SINGER;
DECLARES PEOPLE CONFI
DENT OF WINNING WAR.
THINKS EITEL FRITZ IS DEAD.
| Believes Kaiser’s Second Son Fell a
Victim to Fever Over a Year Ago—
Mrs. Challis Says German People
Know Nothing About Real War
j Conditions.
NEW YORK, June 24.—Mrs. Her
' bert Challis, wife of the American
; opera singer, has just returned to the.
United States from Berlin with her
two children and is on her way to her
home in Kansas City after being away
for eight years. She said that her
husband had many influential friends
I . ,
I unong the Prussian aristocracy and
| said she believed the report published
; on April 24, 1917, that Prince Eitel
Friedrich, the second son of the kai
ser, had died of typhus fever was true.
Speaking of the conditions in Ger
many, Mrs. Challis said:
“The German people know nothing
of the true war conditions. They be
j lieve that their armies are victorious
and have no doubt of their ultimate
triumph. The wounded in the pres
ent offensive are not taken publicly to
the great cities, and as the people do j
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not wear mourning on account ol tne;
high cost of clothing there is little to;
lead them to believe that the losses of
the Germans are as heavy as they i
i are.
“Never before has there been so
; much money in Germany. There are ;
| no longer any really poor people, fori
every one has received good wages in
the different war work and there is j
little time for useless expenditures.
In fact it is very hard to spend money,
j for there is nothing to buy. All food
is rationed at a price fixed by the gov- j
eminent, and every one is forbidden
to sell any personal effects or liouse
i hold belongings. When 1 left there I
i surreptitiously sold some of my be
longings, and when a few of my ac
quaintances learned that I wished toj
dispose of my things they begged for
a chance to buy them. For my sheets,!
which I had bought long ago at a dol
lar apiece, 1 received $50, and a worn
out rug, which was practically value
less, was bought by two women who
: paid me three times what 1 paid for it
many pears ago.
“Wool and soap are two articles;
that are now entirely unknown to j
; Germany. Automobiles, too, have be-;
come extinct. All clothing is made of i
shoddy and one is allowed but one
dress and that can only be obtained by;
permission of the government. The;
people are patient in spite of the filth
and disease, for they believe it will
only be a short time now until the war
is over.
“The familiar stout German figure
is no longer to be seen. 1 was simply
aghast when I saw the first fat man
here, for I had not seen one for so;
long. I am now more than fifty!
. pounds below my average weight.
“It is really strange to see able- j
I bodied men again. All the men have!
been away from Berlin so long that!
every one has grown accustomed to j
their absence. Only the very old ones,
remain, and the children are not the j
sturdy youngsters they used to be.
“There is no news of the war to be'
had except that favorable to Ger-:
many. The people hear nothing of
the movement of American troops, ex
cept that they are not being able to
reach their destination and that at
every turn the enemy is being thwart- '
ed. There is never any question as
to the provocation of Germany for en
tering the war, and the feeling has
| always been strong that had the Bel
' gians not resisted there would have
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been little trouble at all.
“The people in the country are real
ly better off than those in the city, for
being thrifty, they have been able to
raise enough to maintain them. They
.city people have now converted then
courtyards, which were kept in splen
did condition, into pig pens, and the
pig is the pet of every household.”
TWO-THIRDS OF ENEMY SUBMA
RINES LAUNCHED NOW AT
BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
MENACE FAST DISAPPEARING i
Under-Secretary of French Navy De
partment Tells House of Deputies
That Allied Fleets Are Destroying
Divers Twice As Fast As They Are
Being Built.
PARIS, June 24.—The allied navies
are destroying Teuton submarines
twice as fast as they can be construct
ed and it is but a question of time
before the U-boats will be driven from
the seas and no longer be a menace to
allied shipping.
This reassuring statement was
made to the French house of deputies
Saturday afternoon by the under-sec
retary for the French navy depart
ment, who made an extended state
ment with respect to the matter. He
declared that two-thirds of the Ger
man submarines that had been
launched from German ship yards
were now at the bottom of the sea, a
victim of the allied warfare upon
them, and that the allied fleets are
now destroying them twice as fast as
new ones are built.
UNCLE SAM
WILL NOT INTERVENE IN RUS
SIAN AFFAIRS UNLESS SUP
PORTED BY AMERICA.
ALLIES FAVOR INTERVENTION
England, France and Italy, It Is Un- j
derstood, Are in Favor of Letting;
Japanese Forces Enter Siberia, But |
the Oriental Kingdom Wants LT. S. j
Approval.
TOlvlO, June 22.—Japanese inter
vention in Russia is extremely im
probable, according to information
fronv semi-official sources given to
the Associated Press, unless the Unit-;
piI States pxni’pssps its sunnnrt of the
proposal.
It is asserted that England, France
and Italy are in favor of Japanese in
tervention in Russia, in an effort to
prevent further German aggressions
in that stricken country.
It is understood that while Japan
will not intervene unless it is sup
ported by the United States, it will,
however, reserve the right to protect
its own interests, and if these inter
ests are menaced by German activ
ties in Siberia, Japan, on its own in
itiative, will take such steps as she
may deem necessary.
SPEAKERS NAMED FOR
REPUBLICAN LOVE FEAST
The committee appointed by the Re
publican club to arrange for a re
publican banquet, report that ar
rangements are practically completed
for a large gathering of republicans
at the Frisco cafe next Thursday eve
ning.
George Irving, chairman of the re
publican territorial central committee,
John Coffey, J. L. Waller, Dr. Boyle,
A. G. Thompson, Sherman Duggan,
and others, will respond to toasts
touching upon the past, present and
future of the republican party.
A pleasant and profitable evening is
assured to those who attend the meet
ing, and republicans are urged to
hand in their names ao Sam McDon
ald at the Anchorage Drug store, be
fore noon tomorrow so that arrange
ments will be made for the requisite
number of seats at the table.
This is a queer world. If we could
afford to buy a lot of the things we
want we wouldn’t want them.
SEES DEFEAT OF AUSTRIANS IF
ALLIES WILL LEND AID TO
ITALIAN ARMIES.
GERMANS AIDING AUSTRIANS.
Message from Italian Capital De
clares Austrian Retreat Across Pi
ave River Amounted to a Veritable
Rout—Italians Now Launching Of
fensive Movement.
WASHINGTON, June 24.—Confi
lence at Rome that the world war
nay close before the end of the pres
ent year, with a victory for the allied
arms, if the allied' armies will give
their full support to the Italian of
fensive which has been launched
against the Austrians on the Italian
front, is reflected in an official dis
aatch received in Washington from
Rome today.
The message from the Italian capi
tal said the Austrian retreat over
the Piave river amounted to a verita
ble rout.
It is reported that German divisions
are rushing to the aid of the fleeing
Austrians, in an effort to stiffen the
line and give resistance to the pursu
ing Italians.
GERMAN CRITIC
NOT EFFECTIVE
CAPTAIN PERSIUS SAYS THEY!
ARE UNEQUAL TO WARFARE
DIRECTED AGAINST THEM.
DIVER LOSSES UNAVOIDABLE.
On Account of the Continually In !
creasing Sharpness and Effective
ness of the Defense Measures of the
Entente Allies—Must Win on West
Front.
LONDON, June 22.—Captain Per
sius, the naval critic of the Berlin
Tageblatt, virtually admits that the
German submarine campaign has fal
iuii uuw n aim mat uit*
u-uuais are
unequal to the warfare against them
by the entente allies.
In a lengthy review of the subma
rine campaign, the^ naval critic, who is
recognized as authority on the sub
ject, declares that the submarine los
ses are increasing to an alarming ex
tent. He declares that these losses
:ire unavoidable, due to the continual
ly increasing sharpness and effective
ness of the defense measures employ
ed by the allied navies.
In the opinion of Persius, the wan
ning of the war will depend upon
German land forces on the west front.
He says it is not desirable to place too
much reliance on the submarines, for
the reasons stated.
CIVIL EMPLOYES
TO WORK 8 HOURS
WASHINGTON, June 26.—Senate
and house conferees have agreed on
amendments to the sundry civil bill
providing that all civil employes of
:he government shall work eight hours
per day, instead of seven hours per
lay, and shall receive $120 additional
pay a year.
PROMINENT GREEK TO BE
AMONG THE SPEAKERS
Gus Costacos, of the Royal cafe,
will be among the prominent speakers
at Labor Union hall Saturday night.
Gus has been selected in the draft,
and while he was born in Greece he
is walling and anxious to serve in the
United States army. He is a leader
among his countrymen and is held in
high esteem by the citizens of An
shorage where he has been in business
for the past two years.
RAILWAY APPROPRIATION COMES IN
LUMP SUM TO BE EXPENDED AT THE
DISCRETION OF THOSE IN AUTHORITY(,
Washington, P. C., June 23, 1918.
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce,
Ancohrage, Alaska.
The navy coal appropriation has passed both houses. It pro
vides that the secretary of the navy may use one million dollars
for mining, contracting for transporting, and construction of
bunkers and docks and the secretary is authorized to select
from public coal lands off Alaska such coal areas as is necessary.
Some items of the bill are still in conference, owing to a disagree
ment, but the Alaska coal item has been adopted by congress.
The railroad appropriation is in a lump sum, enabling the
Commission to expend it according to its best judgment. The
estimates provide for the completion of the project from Seward
to Susitna and from Fairbanks to the Ncnana coal fields.
SULZER, Delegate.
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HFT II G E
BROOKLYN POLICE GATHER IN |
YOUTHS WHO SEEK TO
EVADE SERVICE.
ANTI-DRAFT CIRCULARS OUT.
—
Young Men Who Attained Age of 21
Years June 4 W'ere Advised in Cir-j
culars Found in Their Possession,
to Resist Being “Illegally” Drawn
by the Government.
NEW YORK, June 25.—The Brook
lyn police authorities yesterday
rounded up 700 men of the draft age I
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who sought to escape service in the j
United States army. These draft i
evaders just reached the age of twen- j
ty-one before June 4, 1918.
Draft officers instigated the round-1
up, after learning that circulars had :
been distributed throughout Brooklyn;
urging the young men to resist being
“illegally inducted into the army.”
The police authorities are close on
the track of those responsible for the |
printing and distribution of the circu-'1
lars and when arrested they will face
conviction under the terms of the es-;
BIG PATRIOTIC
DEMONSTRATION
All arrangements have been com-:
pleted for the monster patriotic dem- j
onstration in the nature of a farewell
to the loyal Anchorage boys who ,
leave on the Admiral Farragut fori
Fort William Henry Seward. The big j (
blowout will take place Saturday j
night and will be one continual ova- j (
tion for the ninety-six draftees, who j
will have to hurry if they expect to ]
see actual fighting. 1
The celebration will do double duty '
and the whole of Anchorage is expect- 1
ed to turn out and help make the eve- <
ning pleasant for the soldier boys and ■
at the same time celebrate the pass- '•
age of the big railroad appropriation. ’
Of course Uncle Sam’s newest An- ]
chorage recruits come first, but the <
appropriation is also essential.
The arrangements for the program j
includes splendid entertainment of the J
patriotic order. Starting with the big
parade which assembles at 7:30 in
front of the office of the local exemp
tion board the evening will be one
grand, glorious demonstration, in 1
which flags and patriotic music will
play an important part. Soul-stirring 1
speeches and vocal solos will be in or- 1
der. In recognition of the passing of <
the big railroad appropriation the i
Moose lodge, in conjunction with the <
Chamber of Commerce, are taking ac- i
tive part in Saturday night’s demon- <
stration. In fact the idea originated i
with the members of the Moose lodge, <
who suggested that the Saturday 1
night celebration “kill two birds with
one stone.”
Call up Ray Larson, Bob Courtnay, ]
Charlie Bush, Fred Martin, A. E. <
Sapp, or any member of the Moose 1
lodge or Chamber of Commerce and
let them know what you are willing to '
do. 1
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WILL PROBABLY BE DELIVERED *
TO SHIPPING BOARD BEFORE
END OF THE MONTH.
BUILDING IS SPEEDING UP.
Last Week Five Big Steel Ships Were
Launched, Making the Year’s Total
to Date Nine Hundred and Twenty
Four Thousand Deadweight Tons— S*
—Outlook Encouraging.
WASHINGTON, June 25. — The
arst million tons of shipping for the
United States shipping board will
arobably be delivered before the end
>f the present month, according to
igures submitted today by a member
}f the shipping board.
Last week, five big steel ships were
aunched and turned over to the ship
aing board. Including these five ves
sels, 924,000 deadweight tons of ship
sing have been delivered to the ship
aing board since January 1, 1918.
Ship construction has shown a de
rided increase since Charles M.
Schwab assumed immediate control
)f shipbuilding. All of the great ship
yards of the nation are working day
and night, and the workmen are filled
with enthusiasm.
JESSE GARVER IN
FROM WILLOW CAMP
Jesse Garver who has been in An
chorage for the past week on business
eft this morning for the Willow creek
listrict. Mr. Garver is one of the most
•eliable prospectors and miners in the
listrict and has had large mining ex
lerience in the states. He is firm in
lis faith as to the assured future of
;he camp. Mr. Garver is interested
vith Stuart Maxwell and other An
chorage business men in valuable
quartz property at the head of Peter
son creek where he made discovery
ibout two years ago. Considerable de
velopment work has been done on the
property which includes several
claims, all carrying values.
YEW KNITTERS
ARE WECOMED
Work on knitted garments for the
led Cross is going along steadily,
farn is being given out as usual, at
he Hotel Anchorage, Tuesday and
Friday afternoons, between the hours
>f 1:30 and 4 o’clock. Knitters not
ilready supplied with yarn are re
vested to call and secure it, as the
egular allotment for the Anchorage
hapter of the Red Cross must be sent
n at specified dates. The Times is re
vested to say that new knitters will
>e welcome.
Juneau has inaugurated a cam
paign against worthless curs, which
cat as much as a man and are a pest
o the community. A dog catcher
vill be appointed who will round up
he canines and send them to dog
leaven.