ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
VOL. i>. NO. 15.
AND ALASKA LABOR NEWS.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2J,
PRICE TEN OEM"
TWO THOUSAND RESIDENTS ES
CORT RECRUITS FROM ENLIST
MENT OFFICES TO TRAIN.
GREAT CROWD IS AT STATION
Newly Inducted Soldiers Are Cheered
hy Throngs Along Street and Are
Accompanied to End of Steel hy
Friends and Relatives.
Two thousand Anchorage residents
this morning marched from the offices
of the military exemption hoard at
Fourth avenue and G street to the
passenger depot as an escort to the
sixty-one young men who had volun
teered their services to their country
and who entrained for Seward en
l4 > route to Fort McDowell. California.
t hose in the line of parade were sol
diers of the Fourteenth infantry sta
tioned here; members of the Home
* Guard, Pioneers of Alaska, members
of fraternal organizations, South Sla
vic National Defense league of Amer
ra. and the Italian Relief Committee;
Campfire girls. Roy Scouts, civilians
and school children.
Crowds on the streets cheered the
recruits and their escort.
The line of march was east on
Fourth avenue, north down the C
street hii! and west to the passenger
As the various inarch in;' bodies ar
rived, at the east end of t >e railway ^
station the lines sepnr. ^•.:,*aliu .ring
the sixty-one recruits to pass between.
As the newly-enlisted soldier boys
passed along1 through an isle of hu
manity their hands were constantly
shaken bv friends and relatives.
1
For a period of forty minutes after
the arrival at the station the time of
the recruits was occupied in saying
good-byes to the biggest throng that
■» ever gathered in Anchorage.
Motion pictures of the crowd were
taken by the photographic represen
t: tiv? of the Alaskan Engineering
< mission.
Tim soldier boys who left were di
vided into eight squads. Each squad
is under the command of a temporary
corporal appointed by the local ex
emption board. These temporar\ cor
pora’s are: H. Wellesley Fletcher,
Frank A. Polley, Arthur K. Magnus
- >n, A. D. Collins, Harry Ober, Jonas
Ok-son and Roy Stone.
i\ ’ Kuntz, as temporary captain,
h s general charge of the entire com
jtany.
A few minutes before the train left
t e boys were presented with cigars,
e.garettes ami other gifts by the An
f chorage Chamber of Commerce, busi-:
nrss men, friends and relatives.
At 0:30 o’clock the troop train de- ■
parted carrying with it not only the :
recruits but others who accompanied
them to Rainbow, the end of steel.
The thousands of persons at the sta
tion cheered as the train pulled out on
what was for the enlisted men the first
stage of their long journey to the bat
tle; ront in France.
The recruits will walk from Rain
bow to Mile 45, a distance of fortv-six
i dles, where they will catch Friday’s
train into Seward. They plan to leave
Seward Saturday on the steamship Ad
miral Watson for Seattle. From Seat
.
tie they will go by steamship to San
Francisco.
Their expenses from here to Fort
-McDowell, California, are paid by the ;
government.
NEWSPAPERMEN TO
ACCOMPANY TEUTONS
LONDON, March 19. — German
army heads have invited a number of
neutral correspondents to be present
at the German offensive campaign.
Copenhagen correspondents leave for
4-1,» ^-p ■
IISR REQUESTS
OF PRESIDENT
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF UP
FUR BRANCH OF CONGRESS RE- |
PORTS OVERMAN MEASURE.
SUBSTITUTE FOR ALL OTHERS.'
Provision Is Made to Allow Executive
to Reorganize and Coordinate Vari
ous Departments to Prosecute the,
World Conflict.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20.—
The senate judiciary committee by a
vote of eleven to seven, today ordered
a favorable report on the bill which,
through Senator Lee S. Overman,
democrat, of North Carolina, the ad- :
ministration has advanced as a sub
stitute for the senate military com-j
mittee’s measures providing for a
war cabinet and a munition director, j
The administration bill provides
substantially the legislation asked for
by the president. It gives him broad
lowers to reorganize and coordinate
government departments and agen
cies in order to prosecute the war.
CHURCH ANI) STATE TURN OVER
FAMOUS EDIFICES TO HOUSE
WONDER TROOPS.
ROME March 20.—The finest old
! ai-'cos in Italy a:o gradual; ,’ beng
turned into habitations again after
centuries of disuse, due to th ? need
.'or soldier hospitals and for shelter
for the hundreds of thousands of re
fugees from the invaded provinces.
Part of the immense palace at Cas
erta, built in 1752 for the King of
Naples, commonly known as the Ver
sailles of Italy has been turned into a
barrack for Austrian prisoners. Two
years ago King Victor Emanuel and
Queen Elena gave the huge royal pal
ace on the Quirinal hill in Home for
use as a hospital, and late'y even
gave their own private apartments to
refugee children.
Among the buildings belonging to
the Catholic church loaned for the
same purpose by order of Pope Bene
dict is the monastery of St. Anselm,
on the Aventine Hill.
The American Red Cross has recom
mended the housing of refugees in
s peci a 11 y - bu i 11 h u t s.
U-BOAT WARFARE, IT IS SAID.)
WILL GIVE GERMANY NAVAL
BASE OFF FINNISH COAST.
LONDON, March 18.—Admiral von
Tirpitz, the father of Germany’s ruth
less submarine policy, is quoted as
saying that if Germany will continue
her U-boat warfare without flinching,
she can secure such terms of peace
with England as will insure for Ger
many’s navy a base off the Finnish
coast for all time.
POSTAL MEN TO
GET HIGHER PAY
ADVANCE OF FIFTEEN PER
CENT IS RECOMMENDED BY
COMMITTEE OF SENATE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.—
Flat pay increases of fifteen per cent
for all postal employees, including all
gardes and classes, have been recom
mended by the senate post office sub
committee today. The other members
of the committee are expected to
FORI!FEET |
FROM IK
NEITHER CABINET OFFICER NOR !
ANY ONE ELSE IN CAR IS IN
JURED BY EXPLOSION.
TEUTONS DROP GAS BOMBS.
General J. J. Pershing Approves
Awarding of American Military
Crosses to Lieutenant and Two
Non-Com missioned Officers.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March 20.—A German j
shell burst within forty feet of Secre- j
tary of War Newton D. Baker’s auto- i
mobile, while the secretary was re- j
turning from the front trenches. None |
of the occupants of the car was hurt. I
Secretary Baker spent an hour and j
a half in the front line trenches under,
a brisk enemy shell tire. He visited :
an advanced listening post and talked
with the officers and men there.
American artillery men have;
launched four heavy gas attacks
against the Germans in the Toul sec- j
tor within the last few days. Evi
dently the attacks succeeded, as the
enemy is silent.
A German aeroplane flew twice
over the American lines in the Toul
sector and dropped rubber balls eight
een inches in diameter filled with li
quified mustard gas.
General Jam£s J. Pershing, com- j
mawler of the American forces in
Fiance, today approved the awarding
the first new American militarv
' ' ' i
crosses for extraordinary heroism to
Lieutenant John Green, Sergeant Wil
liam Norton and Sergeant Patrick '■
Walsh.
Green, who was first on the list,!
while wounded in a dugout, was sum
moned to surrender by a superior :
German force. He refused and re- j
turned the fire of the Germans. He
wounded one of them and pursued as .
well as he could the rest of the hostile ;
party.
HOLLAND ACCEPTS
ENTENTE CONDITIONS’
ENTENTE NATIONS ARE ASKEI)
NOT TO TRANSPORT MUNI- I
TIONS IN NEUTRAL SHIPS.
THE HAGUE, March 19.—Holland j
has accepted, with conditions, the!
Anglo-American demand that all j
Dutch ships now in entente ports:
should be given to the allies in return :
for wheat. The government of Hol
land believes that the entente nations ;
should guarantee that no troops or ;
munitions be carried on Dutch ships |
and that any vessels destroyed should j
be replaced after the war.
Former Premier Louden, of the!
Netherlands, declares that the inabil-«
ity of Germany to furnish Holland!
with wheat has forced that nation to
accept the terms of England and
America.
ENTENTE DIPLOMATS
AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND
FRENCH AMBASSADORS TRAV
EL ON SIBERIAN ROAD.
TOKIO, Japan, March 20.—David R.
Francis, United States ambassador to
Russia, and the British and French
ambassadors to Russia, are expected
to arrive today at Seoul, in Korea.
They came by way of the trans-Siber
ian railroad from Vologda, a city
about 200 miles east of Petrograd,
where they went some time ago when
the Maximilist government announced
the evacuation of Petrograd.
The ambassadors are repoi'ted to be
en route to Japan. The British and
French diplomats are likelv to return
ENTENTE ALLIES
WAR COUNCIL WILL NOT RECOG
NIZE TERMS FORCED ON
RUSSIA AND RUMANIA.
PLUNDERING IS DENOUNCED
Meeting Is Held in One of Europeai
Capitals and Secretary of War New
ton I). Raker Is Believed to Hav<
Attended it.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 19.
The supreme war council of the en
tente allied nations, which met todaj
in a European capital, decided not tc
recognize the peace treaties that Ger
many has forced on Russia and Ru
mania.
The council denounced the Germar
policy of plundering conquered terri
tory.
The council stated that the entente
nations would continue fighting to the
end the egression of Germany and de
clared that the peoples of the entente
allied nations could confidently place
their trust in the allied armies.
The United States war office in is
suing the announcement relative ol
supreme war council gave no intima
tion whether its meeting place was
London or Paris. Secretary of Wai
Newton !). Baker is believed to have
attended it.
VEGETABLES WILL BE GROWN
AKOINI) FORTIFICATIONS
OF FRENCH CAPITAL.
PARIS, March 20.—Amateur gard
ening- around the fortifications of
Pari.- was so successful last year thal
applications for gardening plots foi
the coming season have multipliet
beyond the space available. The allot
ment of those garden spots of a hum
dred yards square each will soon b<
made upon written applications, pre
ference being given to large am
necessitous families. Families witf
five or more children will be allowec
two lots.
GERMAN OCCUPATION OF 01J
CAPITAL CITY IS ONLY MAT
TER OF FEW HOURS.
FEAR IS FELT FOR MOSCOW
Muscovite Officials Are Discussing
Proposition of Moving Government
to Either Saratov or Nijni Novgo
rod.
LONDON, March 20.—The Germai
occupation of Petrograd is only £
matter of a few hours, according to £
dispatch received in London fron
Petrograd.
The Russians in Petrograd have as
sumed a waiting attitute and are no1
displaying the slightest sign of organ
ized resistance. The main body oi
German troops has reached Dno, z
railroad station 150 miles south o1
Petrograd.
Russian officials at Moscow are
anxious regarding what appears to b<
an enveloping movement of Austro
German troops against Moscoav.
There is talk among Russian offi
cials at Moscow of moving the gov
prnmpnt -t-V.<->»■/-> — o-*
E
BOMB COBLENZ
NEUTRAL TRAVELERS FROM
GERMANY BRINGS REPORTS
OF DAMAGE TO LONDON.
BIG PROPERTY DESTRUCTION.
Residents of Teuton City Believe the
Raiders Consisted of American Av
iators and Fear Is Entertained of
United States Aerial Corps.
LONDON, March 19.—Neutral
travelers from Germany, recently ar
I rived here,. declare that aviators of
the entente allied armies killed fifty
persons and did great damage when
they bombarded the German city of
Coblenz on March 12.
“The German people believe the air
raiders were Americans,” said the
travelers from Coblenz.
The travelers declared that previ
ous to the raid skepticism prevailed
throughout Germany whether the
American aviators would ever reach
German territory, but that now the
Teutons are convinced the United
States airmen have arrived, and the
fear of what they might do is general
throughout the country.
REPUBLICAN LEADER
PROVES HE IS LOYAL
WILLIAM BARNES OF NEW YORK
ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED
l N PATRIOTIC REMARK.
NEW YORK, March 10.—William
Barnes, former chairman of the re
publican committee of New York
state, was placed under arrest yester
day for making an alleged unpatriotic
remark in a club in New York city.
Two army officers in his company at
the time the ramark was passed made
complaint to the authorities.
Barnes was taken to the police sta
tion, where after explanations and as
j serations of his loyalty the charge was
withdraw. .
His companions said he had re
ferred to the United States govern
ment in an uncomplimentary manner.
Barnes maintained he asserted that
the country ^as not properly respon
sive to the war’s alarms and dangers.
S E C R E T A R V OF WAR SAYS
HEARTS OF AMERICANS ARE
i TRANSPLANTED IN FRANCE.
1 ABOARD SECRETARY BAKER’S
TRAIN IN FRANCE, March 19.—
i
j Secretary Newtcn D. Baker yesterday
continued Ids inspection of the Amer
■ ican troops and cantonments. In an
! address to American army officers
yesterday, the secretary said:
“While we are busy at home with
I industrial preparations and military
! training, our hearts are transplanted
to France. My visit has brought me
a great uplift in spirit. As a boy takes
j his watch apart, I have been taking
j the army apart in order to under
j stand its functions.”
HANGAR COLLAPSES
AND TWO ARE KILLED
BESIDES FATALITIES THIRTY
! THREE PERSONS INJURED AT
DINNERNEY, FLORIDA.
MIAMI, Fla., March 20.—Two per
sons were killed and thirty-three in
■ jured at Dinnerney, Fla., near here,
■ yesterday when an unfinished aviation
QUICK ARRIVAL OF TEUTONS
FRUSTRATES PLAN OF MUS
COVITES TO BURN CITY.
DEFENDERS GO TO SEBASTOPOL
Commander of Maximilist Troops, Be
fore Evacuating Great Port, Slays
Bankers and Forces Citizens to Pay
20,000,000 Roubles.
PETROGRAD, March If). — Four
i regiments last Wednesday took
i Odessa, the great port on the Black
| Sea in the southwest part of Russia,
without a fight. They captured enor
mous quantities of war material and
other booty.
Before evacuating the city, the Rus
sian troops made feeble effort to bum
j it, but the quick arrival of the Ger
mans frustrated this plan.
Embark for Sebastopol
JASSY, Rumania, March If).—Just
before the Germans entered Odessa
Wednesday, the Maximilists embark
ed on steamers for Sebastopol.
General Muravieff, commander of
the Maximilist troops ordered the kill
ing of officers at several banks and
demanded the payment of 20,000,000
rubles by the population of Odessa.
DOGS MUST BE KEPT
OFF CITY STREETS
CANINES RUNNING AT LARGE IN
[ FUTURE WILL BE IMPOUND
ED BY AUTHORITIES.
The playful Malamute, which has
been roaming the streets of Anchor
j age at will during the past two weeks,
is again in danger of losing his liberty
owing to the resumption of duties by
| C. Edawrd Cone, the catcher and
j friend of stray dogs of all breeds,
I strains and pedigrees.
Mr. Cone has been enjoying a brief
vacation and would have continued it
for another two weeks were it not for
the repeated complaints constantly
coming into the office of J. G. Watts,
townsite manager, concerning the
restless and carnivorous Malamute.
Mr. Cone took up the burdens of the
canine race this morning and hence
forth all dogs must be kept tied to
avoid being impounded.
NO CLARION BLAST OF PATRI
OTISM COMES FROM REPUB
LICAN PRIMARIES.
LENROOT LEADS BY FEW VOTES
Complete Returns Are Likely to Re
sult in Nomination of LaFollette
Supporter for Senator — Socialist
Runs Strong.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 20,—
People who hoped for a clarion blast
of patriotism from yesterday’s Wis
i consin senatorial primaries are plung
ed in gloom as a result of the republi
can contest. Representative Irvine
Lenroot, known as the loyalist repub
lican senatorial candidate to succeed
the late Senator Faul Huston, demo
crat, at noon today had 60,643 votes;
James Thompson, known as the La
Follette candidate, had 60,109, and
Victor Berger, the socialist candidate,
had 33,000.