CLAIM THAT PRESENT LEADERSj
OK THEIR CL)ENTRY ARE DE
MORALIZING CONDITIONS.
EVEN RADICALS ALIENATED.
An Allied Relief Expedition Is Look
ed to by A, J. Sack, Director of the
Russian Bureau of Information in
New York, to Sa\e Russia to (. i\il:
zat ion.
NEW YORK, June 24.—The demor
alization and helplessness oi Russia
under the Bolshoviki is day by day in
creasing the revulsion of Russians m
New York and in the country in gen
eral against the present regime. Ev
en some of the most radical of the
Russian groups in this city which
were at one time inclined to be more
or less sympathetic to the Bolshevist
doctrines have now turned rom them
iti despair and joined forces with the
more lonservaLve elements here in
an effort to impress upon the Ameri
can people by all the means in their
power the urgent need of sending
some real help to Russia.
Among Russian circle' in New
York this growing resentment against
the Bolsheviki is legarded as thor
oughly symptomatic of what must be
taking plao on a much larger scale
nong the peoples of llu>.-ia. Just as
tin- Russia!
which expo;
have h
ht t:
M ill people j;
lion that urn
out of power
i.- impossible.
re nave oecoiae con
and oi t<■ c- ruin to
o!' liio.-o doc;:i;.e
native land. >o i
>at i. .u.s.- of th ■ Rus
BoLhevism is
;:a
!)t
momei
“It is a crucial
( < cl;.: cd
A. .). t?ack, direct r of the Itus.-ian
'nureau of inf< nnuti* n ye.4tu-i.ap.
ilit? Uus'ian people would like to rid
t ■ 1 i.e -'ide and the Gera an es
1 e!p tin : n elv. s. rkmausted hy the
v . of war ami by sub.-t t
: iv. ge.- of the Hoi cieviki, to • Ru.
- an ptojiie have not t • .• . t r.-ur! h to
< from the uby.-s into which they
. ;v been plunge i unless they r« rive
. oriie aid Horn in-- < utside, ar.d this
aid. of roars..*, could best come tom
tuis Country.
" i i.e Boisheviki have revealed
elve- in their ue colois. 1.
t..ey had any sympathizers in this
country, and unfortunately they had
main when they lirst came into [tow
er, it i:- safe to say that the number
of their supporters must have dimin
ished to a very considerable extent.
And what has taken place here must
after all be considered as more or less
a reflection of what has taken place
in Russia.
“Just as all the real lovers of Rus
sia and Russian freedom in this coun-j
try are uniting to bring aid to Russia,
so all classes of people at home must I
be prepared to unite in one tremen- i
dous revolt against the combined Ger
man and Bolshevist power that is sap
ping their very life blood. But they
can do nothing without some rallying
center, such as an allied expedition of
relief into Russia would offer. Help
is the thing, and unless that help is
organized quickly it will be too lateI
and Russia will be lost to the civilized !
world.”
On the east side the Bolsheviki at
one time predominated. Under the
leadership of Gregory Weinstein, edi
tor of the Novie Mir, for which Trotz
ky used to write when he was in New
York, the Bolshevist elements were
organized into the so-called United
Russian Colony of America. They
were an active lot so far as Bolshevist
propaganda was concerned, and they
gathered many supporters. But as
the real character of the Bolshevist
regime in Russia unfolded itself the
ranks of Weinstein’s organization
grew thinner and thinner, and now
the organization is practically non
existent.
On the other hand the Federation
of Russian societies which was organ
ized by patriotic Russian revolution
ists who foresaw nothing hut disaster
in the Bolshevist regime, has grown
by leaps and bounds. It started
only about three months ago with a
national membership of some 35,000
Russians in this country. The roll
members has been tripled since then,
and, according to the president of the
federation, Apollinarius Dimitrovitch
Seminovsky, before the year is over,
more than a quarter of a million mem
bers will be enrolled. In short the
Russian collapse has brought about a ,
union of all Russian elements radical
and conservative with no other object
in view than the salvation of Russia
from its present oppressors.
‘■.Most significant, said Mr.- Semin
ovskv, “is the fact that there have |
come into our ranks Jewish, Polish j1
ami L kiainian groups which were noi
with us when we started. They are j1
assisting now in building up the
strength of the federation and the:1
strength of the real Russian cause, j1
The Russian colony is now truly unit- ; '
i d. and the saving of Russia is near
est to Its heart.”
As for the organization of an army
of Russian volunteers in this country j
Mr. Seminovsky said the execution ot
such a plan would have to depend en
tirely upon the attitude of the United,
States government, air. Seminovsky j
,vas one of a committee which went to
Washington recently to present a
p an for such an expedition. The
Others on the committee were Yitney
fit-dua tzky. Elias Rosenthal, and Col
onel Nicolai Xoch.
Upon tiu presentation ot their pro
ll t-.u that an allied force be sent into,
Russia via Siberia as a center around
which the Russian masses could ral
ly for assistance against their op
pi. the committee was requested
to sal-mit a detailed memorandum to
.ho department of state for furthei
onsideration. This memorandum was
.-uee-itted last w ek and the govc-i-'
iinf
U ,-]
•i.-ion is eagerly awaited bv
■: Ru si.ins in New York.
NEW ORLEANS, June 2 '.—Jeffer
-on island, former home ol Joseph
loner -on, in Iberia parish, south-. ’T:
isiana. ami name 1 by him “Bob
Aere>” after the character in “The
Rivals,” made famous on the stage by
!, actor, i - to be developed into a
a.ictuary for wild fowl by Lawrence
Jones and J. Lyle Bayiiss, of Lexing
te.n, K \who recently purchased the
property.
It comprises 10,000 acres. A con
'■■ act has been awarded for the con
. i.ui tion of a dam along one edge o'
tin property in order to re-establish
i cypress swamp drained some years
ago. When the water accumulates it
• proposed to establish an immense
heronry in order that the many species
of herons in Louisiana, especially the ,
egret, may build nests and raise their!
young over water, as their habit.
In addition, the new owners of “Bob :
Acres” have petitioned the Louisiana!
Conservation commission to set aside]
Lake I'eigneu, adjoining the property, I
as a wild waterfowl refuge. The lake j
is a noted resort for ducks during the !,
winter months and they flock there by
the hundreds of thousands.
More than one-third of the land em- ! •
bracing Lake Piegneu is included in j,
“Bob Acres” and owners of other j ,
property adjoining have signified their,
desire to prohibit the shooting of
wildfowl on the body of water. Un
der authority granted by the state, .
the conservation commission will pro- ,
hibit shooting when a petition signed j
by all adjoining property owners is
received, and establish it as the first (
of a series of interior refuges planned j
during the coming year. ,
ANCHORAGE GUN CLUB. j
Seven members of the Anchorage ]
Gun club held a shootfest yesterday <
afteimoon, with the following result: s
Out of a possible 25 day pigeons, ,
Frank Redwood “killed” 17, Frank 1
Hart 14, F. A. Hansen 12, Henry Em- i
ard and Dan Vucetich 6, Sidney An- 1
derson 5, and Tommie Thompson 3. 1
The members of the club hold two or i
three contests a week on the preserve i
near Brown & Hawkins’ warehouse. £
rOWNS NEAR MILITARY C AMPS
CO-OPERATING WITH GOVERN
MENT’S ACTIVITIES.
FORM E V E N I N G SCHOOLS.
I'wo Thousand Soldiers Enroll in Fort
Rliss Classes Under Texas Univer
sity Instructors—Troops Employing
Their Spare Time To Good Advan
tage.
WASHINGTON, June 24.—In ad
lition to remaking soldiers physical
y, the war department ,in co-opera
ion with the bureau of education of
he department of the interior, has I
mnounced a wide plan to educate j
irafted men. Besides affording the j
1 rafted men a chance to acquire]
french and mathematics, an attempt j
,vill be made to encourage good read-j
ng. While the plan of education is j
iieing backed by the war and interior!
lepartments the actual operation of j
t is being done through the two prin
cipal agencies in the camps—the Y.
M. C. A. and the Committee on Train
ing Camp Activities, which in turn
reach the men through committees of
townsfolk near the camps and canton
ments.
One of the ways in which these lo
cal committees are co-operating most
effectively with the camp forces is in
Lite securing of teachers of French
and other subjects. The men arc ea
ger to prepare themselves for the
time when ‘"somewhere in France”
they will meet the men with whom
tin y arc to light side by side, and the
War Recreation boards in main cities
ire making this possible by providing
teachers not only at the camps hut in
the communities. Atlanta, (la., for
instance, is furnishing French teach
ers for the V. M. C. A. educational
ii rector at camp; Burlington, Vt.,
Charleston, S. C., Chicago, Indianapo
lis, Pensacola, Fla., San Francisco.
Spartanburg, S. C., Minneapolis and
St. Paul, and many other cities are
performing similar services. In Al
i-'er. <> >«n* <i in the evening for cia>>
i*s in French and history. In Chatta
nooga, the board of education is at
tempting to supply the educational
m; terial necessary for the 300 men
enrolled in classes in camp, many of
whom can neither read nor write,
three hundred and fifty arithmetics
sent to the War Recreation hoard by
a book company are being put to ex
cellent use at camp.
The University of South Carolina,
it Columbia, is giving courses in
French, history, mathematics, and to- i
pogi aphy, at a nominal rate. Satur- i
lay night lectures are given at the!
3ase hospital at Camp Cody by teach-:
?rs from Doming high school. This!
school will be open evenings for clas
ses in French, Spanish, mathematics,
science and history. The educational
work for the men at Fort Bliss has
ieen taken over by the president of
:he university of Texas, who have
)een assigned five university instruct
>rs and three volunteers to the work,
die army providing transportation to
die camp for the instructors. Two
diousand men were enrolled in the
classes. At Macon, Ga., an education
al course has been arranged, giving
ligh school and college credits.
The men at the navy yard, through
die courtesy of organizations in Phil
adelphia, are having instruction in
automobile mechanics, electricity,
;ypewriting, and surveying, as well as
n academic subjects. The universities
>f Wisconsin and California are send
ng instructors to the nearby camps,
dlosely allied to the educational work
at the camps and in the communities
s the movement which has spread
•apidly through all the camp cities to
:ollect books and magazines for the
nen in camp for use at the Y. M. C.
V. recreation huts, the base haspitals,
he barracks, and ,in many instances,
n the khaki clubs in the communi
ties. In all of this work the city li
>raries have been most helpful in act
ng as clearing houses and in sorting
nd grading the books before they are
ent to camp. The libraries of a num
her of cities are hrowing open their
facilities to the soldiers on Sunday
afternoon and in the evenings when
the men are in town. Many of them
have established branch libraries at
the camps.
Many interesting plans have been
devised for collecting tne books and
arousing the interest of the communi
ties in the project. In El 1'aso the
Boy Scouts helping in collecting the
books which were catalogued by lire
public library in units of 100. At No
gales, Ariz., boxes were placed in
vurioir pazds of the city where con
trbutions mighe •)•;>. made regularly.
Atlanta and one or two other cities
made use of laundv/ wagons which
gati rred up the V/>ks as they made
their collections. The hotels were
asked to gather up the magazines left
by their guests. Through the school
children of Augusta, circulars telling
of the movement and providing read
ing matter for the soldiers, reached
the homes of the city. The Girl Scouts
also were active in helping to gather
the material. The local committee of
Dayton secured a large collection of
technical and mechanical magazines
through advertising agencies. The
public library of Washington under
took the task of supplying with books
and magazines all nearby camps, sol
diers’ clubs, rest rooms, and detached
guard stations. Moving-picture films
were used as a medium of appeal for
reading matter.
ALL VOTING PRECINCTS IN THIS
DIVISION HAVE MADE
TUEiR REI I IINS.
EACH C ANDIDATE’S STRENGTH.
Only Contest on Was for Nominees
for Lower House of Alaska Legisla
tive Assembly on Republican Tick
et and Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner.
The following are the official re
turns from the primary election from
all of the voting precincts that held
elections in tlie third division:
REEL BL1CAN TICKET,
l or Delegate to Congress.
James Wickersham .562
Fur Territorial Senator.
J. W. W ard .507
For Territorial Representatives.
J. Findley Green.313
Joseph H. Murray .390
Joseph L. Reed .hit 6
Henry A. Slater .444
Jack Sutherland .262
Arthur G. Thompson.261
For Road Commissioner.
J. L. Galen .226
Harvey F. Sullivan .218
Ed. Wood .177
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
William Maloney . 293
Charles A. Sulzer .1035
For Territorial Senator.
Thomas C. Price .1085
For Territorial Representative.
John Noon . 975
James H. Patei'son . 955
Elbert E. Ray . 917
Robert D. Small . 912
For Road Commissioner.
James E. Wilson . 870
SOCIALIST PARTY.
For Delegate to Congress.
Francis Connolly . 71
For Territorial Senator
E. F. German . 75
For Territorial Representative.
W7. J. Henry . 70
Necolaus H. Neklason . 67
For Road Commissioner
Axel Olson . 68
TRANSPORT SUNK
BY A SUBMARINE
PARIS, June 21.—The Havas News
agency reports today that the trans
port Santa Ana, en route from Bizerta
to Malta, was torpedoed recently.
There were 2,150 soldiers and native
workmen on board. It is known that
1,512 have been saved.
[secretary of interior seeks
TO ADJUST LAND QUES
TIONS ON ISLANDS.
SETTLERS WANT HOMESTEADS.
Controversy Arises Over Fact That!
Sugar Cane Growers Have Leased
Large Tracts From Government,
Which Are Now Wanted by Home
steaders and Settlers.
HONOLULU, T. H., June 21.—Sec
retary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane, and Assistant Secretary of the
Interior E. C. Bradley, who arrived
in Honolulu June 7, have been engag
ed in making a study at first hand of
the land situation in the territory and
devising some means of coping with
the difficulties that have arisen, part
ly as a result of the war. They will
probably spend another week in the
islands before departing on their re
turn to the national capital.
Of the public lands of Hawaii suit- j
able for cane growing, vitrually all
are, or until very recently have been,
in the hands of the sugar planters on
long time leases from the Territory,
generally at very low rental. A few
of these long leases recently have ex-.
pired, and several more are due to ex
pire shortly. This has given rise to
a situation which is said to threaten j
to reduce the sugar output of thej
j islands, regarded as essential for war,
: purposes.
!
The Organic act of June 1900, und-;
j or which the Territory of Hawaii was :
: created, provides “whenever twenty-j
j five or more persons having the qual-1
| ideations of homesteaders, who have
j not heretofore made application under i
! this act, shall make writen applica-!
tion to the commissioner of public
lands for the opening of agricultural
lands for settlement in any locality i
j or district, it shall be the duty of said
i commissioner to proceed expeditious
i iy to survey and open for entry agri
cultural lands, whether occupied or i
under lease with the right of with
drawal, sufficient in area to provide
! homesteads for all such persons. . . .
! The lands to be so opened for settle-!
i ment by the commissioner shall be !
! either the specific tract or tracts ap-;
i plied for or other suitable and avaii
j able agricultural lands in the same
geographical district and, as far as j
possible, in the immediate locality of
I and as nearly equal to that applied I
j for as may be availablejprovided how- j
ever, that no leased land under culti
vation shall be taken for homestead- |
ing until any crops growing thereon i
shall have been harvested.”
It is this clause of the Organic Act
that is worrying the sugar planters,;
! and that has worried them for years. 1
Various efforts have been made to ;
have it repealed, but they were un-;
availing.
The new governor, Charles J. Mc
Carthy, has already declared himself
as heartily in sympathy with the
homesteading of the public lands and
it is expected that he will advise with
Secretary Lane in regard to any re
vision of the land laws. The Hawaiian
legislature can do nothing, more than
suggest to congress, the Organic Act
providing that congress shall control
the public lands of the territory.
Meantime, however, it is generally
conceded that the most important
thing is to keep up the production of
sugar in the islands, Food Adminis
trator Hoover having notified the ter
ritory that every pound will be needed
that can be raised.
The announcement that Secretary
Lane would visit the Territory came
when the land discussion was at its
height. It was at once conceded that
it would be best to take no radical ac
tion until his arrival.
TWO KILLED IN
AIR COLLISION
ABERDEEN, Miss., June 21.—
Lieutenants Leo M. Hines and Francis
M. Roberts were instantly killed and
Lieutenant Robert C. Moore may die,
as a result of an aeroplane collision
at an altitude of 700 feet.
HOOVER TO VISIT ENGLAND.
LONDON, June 20.—Herbert Hoo
ver, food administrator for the Unit
ed States, will visit England in a few
weeks and while here will be the hon
ored guest of the nation.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska.
May 28, 1918.
NOTICE is hereby given that Axel
Olsen, of Matanuska, Alaska, who, on
June 26, 1915, made homestead appli
cation, No. 01882, for SW!i and SE14
Section 3, Township 17 N., Range 1
E., Seward Meridian, has tiled notice
of intention to make final three year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Howard Wii
mouth, Notary Public, at his office, at
Wasilla, Alaska, on the 31st day of
July, 1918. Claimant names as wit
nesses: O. N. Nilson, J. \Y. Hoppe,
Fred Strand, Martin Bergstrom, ail of
Matanuska, Alaska.
C. B. WALKER,
666Register.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE TO
CREDITORS.
In Lite Matter of Hie Kstate of Krnest
Podbov, Deceased.
WHKRIJAS, on the 11th day of May,
HUS, H. (i. Albritton was regularly ap
pointed administrator of tin estate of
JOrnest I’odboy, deceased, by the Com
missioner and Kx-<»ffieio Probata .1 dge
of Knik Precinct. Third .Judicial Divi
sion. Territory of Alaska:
NOW T111 :i iKUi >R10, pursuant to the
law in sate; ease made and provided, no
tice is hereby given to the creditors of
said estate to present their verified
churns against said estate, accompanied
with proper vouchers, to said adminis
trator, at ids office at Xu. ’.0a Fourth
Avenue, in tin city of Anchorage, in
the Territory of Alaska, in said pre
cinct. within six months from the date
of this notice.
Dated this 1-itli dav of Mav. 101S.
U. O. ALBRITTON,
Administrator.
ARTHUR Tilt i.'.IPSi >N,
Attorney for Administrator.
NOTICE FOR RUBRICATION
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land (>fftee at .Juneau, Alaska, January
::o. HUS.
Notice is hereby given that Vinten H.
> a,- s, off Knik, Alaska, who on June 21,
1315. made Homestead application No.
0 182!h for W : ■> N W D W 1 • S\V R Bee. 2«
BUNK', KU.si-Dj, Section 27, Town
kjvip 1ft N, Range 3 \\ .. Seward Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make tin
a! tlit'e. > ar proof, to establish Haim
to the land above dcs-ai • d, before I*. S.
Commissioner S, S. Bateman, at 1 is of
fice at Knik, Alaska, on July 1, L,ilS.
claimant names as witnesses:
peter Jenson, Ceorge Hat s, J. XV.
I'owning, William Martit, all of Knik,
Alaska.
5.71 t
B. WALKHR. Register
!hi Sitka Hoi Springs
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 degrees Fahrenheit at the
Spring. The baths are effica
cious for rheumatism, stomach
and liver troubles, kidney and
bladder diseases, and for consti
tutional disorders.
These 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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SANITARIUM, : ALASKA
NORTH POLE
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