OFFICERS II THROWN INTO
SEA AND BROW NED; TOOUBLE
SUPPRESSED, WITH DIFFICULT!
BAD AND INADEQUATE FOOD IS SAID TO HAVE CAUS
ED OUTBREAK AND AFTER ORDER IS RESTORED
THREE OF RINGLEADERS ARE EXECUTED AT DI
RECTION OF KAISER.
r.y Anchorage Radio.
LONDON, Oct. 11.—Revolutionary outbreaks on German
warships are reported today in a dispatch from the Central
News Agency at Copenhagen to have occurred six weeks ago
at Wilhelmsiiaven, the German naval base.
From the battleship W(£tfalen, the officers were thrown
overboard and drowned by the crew. The crew landed and
after a parlev surrendered to German soldiers.
TAKE POSSESSION OF NURBERG.
The crew of the warship Nurberg took possession of her
while she was at sea a short distance from shore. The officers
were imprisoned aboard of her. Before the mutineers were in
control, however, wireless messages were sent to Wilhelms
liaven and the ship was overtaken and captured by loyal de^
st rovers.
KAISER GOES TO WILHELMSHAVEN.
The kaiser went to Wilhelmsiiaven after the mutiny, which
involved four battleships, had been suppressed and ordered
that every seventh mutineer be shot. Protest against this pun
ishment was made by Chancellor Michaelis, who accompanied
the kaiser, and as a result, onlv three of the ringleaders were
shot.
Bad and inadequate food is said to have been what occa
sioned the mutinv.
MUTINOUS PLOT INVOLVED WHOLE FLEET.
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 11.—Mutiny among sailors on Ger
man warships in Wilhelmsiiaven six weeks ago was widely or
ganized. and was planned to involve all the fleet. It broke out,
however, on only four battleships. Quick and drastic action on
the part of the commanding officers was all that prevented a
general mutiny.
FISHING INDUSTRY CREATES
DEMAND FOR CRAFTS UNPRE
CEDENTED IN HISTORY.
DOUGLAS MAN BUYS OLD HULK
Steam Tow Vessel Peerlese, After Lv
insr on Beach Four Years Is Floated
end Will Soon Be Put Into Com
mission.
The present boom in the fishing in
dustry has created a demand for boats
unprecedented in marine history since
the stampede to the north in ’97-’98
when anything that would float was
requisitioned and put into commission
to carry men and outfits from the Pu
get Sound country to Skagway, says
the Douglas Island News.
“Higher prices than ever before
known have been paid for boats in
Douglas during the past few weeks.
Many, after years of service, have
sold for more than their original cost.
Hut James Christoe, of Douglas, is
the latest venturer to purchase a dere
lict intent upon engaging in the fish
ing business.
"He lately purchased the old steam
tow boat Peerless which has been ly
ing on the beach above Juneau for the
fiast four years after a meteoric car
eer. Shortly before the Peerless was
laid away in the boneyard when it
was considered that her usefulness
had been outlived and when she was
plastered and frescoed with bills for
debts, she dragged anchor in the
Douglas harbor one stormy night and
piled up on Mayflower Island from
where she was towed to her late rest
ing place on the beach above Juneau.
"lowed to Beach for Repairs.
“The other night at high tide the Peer
less was towed to the beach in the
rear of the James sawmill and now a
force of men is at work putting her in
condition to engage in herring fishing
for her owner, Mr. Christoe. The Peer
less is in good condition so far as her
hull is concerned, but except for the
present demand for boats in the fish
ing industry, she would have remained
in the boneyard. As it is, she will be
ready to go into commission in a few
days and there is no reason to believe
that she will not yet make a fortune
for her present owner:
May Be a Distinction.
If you can manage to keep your
vermiform appendix, the time is com
ing when that will be a distinction.—
SCARCITY OF TONNAGE IS MORE
ACUTE THAN ANY TIME SINCE
BEGINNING OF THE WAR.
i
PACIFIC SHIPS FOR ATLANTIC.
Contemplated Action of Federal Au
thorities, However, Is Not Expected
to Affect Any Craft Engaged in the
Alaska Trade.
By Anchorage Radio.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Scarcity
; of ocean tonnage has become so acute
'that the United States government
may commandeer all American tramp
vessels for military transportation
service on the Atlantic, according to
an announcement made today by the
j federal shipping board.
Would Not Affect Alaska.
I
i Such action, it is believed by mili
| tary authorities here, would mean the
! transfer to the Atlantic of many ves
i
j sels that are now operating out of
Pacific ports, but it would not affect
1 craft engaged in the Alaska trade.
Despite all previous efforts on the
j part of the United States, British and
j French governments, there is woeful
lack of bottoms for the carrying of
, troops and supplies from England to
; France and from Canada and the
j United States to England and France.
Need Is More Critical.
J With the movement of part of this
i season’s wheat harvest fi'om Canada
| and the United States to allied Euro
; pean countries, the need of additional
j cargo carriers becomes more critical
i than at any time since America’s par
ticipation in the war.
The action of several South Amer
ican countries toward breaking off re
j lations with the Teutonic powers is
j anxiously awaited by the entente al
I
j lies. Breaking of relations by South
American countries would release for
service a number of large German ves
sels that are interned in South Amer
ican ports.
GERMAN MINISTER
RESIGNS OFFICE
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 13.—Vice Ad
miral Von Capple, minister of marine
for the German empire, has resigned
his portfolio, according to an an
nouncement published in the Frank
furter Zeitung of Berlin.
GERMANS DISCUSS
PEACE IN REICHSTAG
ALSACE-LORRAINE AND OPPOSI
TION OF ENTENTE TO KAISER
CHIEF STUMBLING BLOCKS.
BERLIN, Oct. 11.—Socialist Leader
Von Kuehl-Mann, in a speech in the
Reichstag today announced that there
existed no substantial barrier to the
negotiation for peace except the de
mand of France for the restoration of
Alsace-Lorraine.
Councillor Michaelis, of the German
empire, announced that as long as en
emies of the Fatherland occupied Ger
man territory and attempted to drive
a wedge of dissention between the
people of Germany and the kaiser
peace never could be declared.
I
I OUTPUT ON PACIFIC COAST
DWINDLES FROM 3,000,000
TO 300,000 POUNDS.
LAW RESTRICTS FISHING
Waters Around San Francisco Are
Thick in Places With Colonies of
Little Crustaceans But They Cannot
Be Caught.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—The na
tion’s call for more shrimps must re
main unanswered despite the fact that
“there are more shrimps in the sea
than were ever caught.” The state fish
and game commission reports that
despite the expansion of the national
appetite for the tiny crustacean, the
supply on the Pacific coast alone has
dwindled from approximately 3,000,
000 to 300,000 pounds a year.
Detinue Keason.
There is a definite reason for this,
| according to the commission. When
| fishermen were allowed to catch
j shrimps at their will around San
Francisco bay, they trapped enor
mous numbers of small fish in their
shrimp nets. Regulatory laws were
! passed calling for different sorts of
nets. But these were no improvement
j on the original nets, and the decima
i tion of the small fish continued.
: The state legislature finally passed
a law confining the shrimp fishermen
to the waters off South San Francisco.
The run of small fish there is compar
atively small and, according to the fish
and game commission, such small fish
loss makes no appreciable difference on
the supply available.
Supply Is Inexhaustible.
The real shrimp supply is inexhaus
tible, the commission declares, and the
use of this crustacean would go a long
way toward keeping down the high
cost of living if some means could be
devised where it could be caught with
out entailing the loss of other small
sea creatures. The waters along the
Pacific coast and especially around
San Francisco are thick in places with
colonies of shrimp, but they must re
main the fodder of bigger fish until
they can be taken alone.
WAR PARTY HOLDS
CONTROL IN RUSSIA
representative council
WILL BRING ARMY TO HIGH
EST EFFICIENCY POSSIBLE.
I3y Anchorage Radio.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 11.—The coali
tion party, with Acting President and
Premier Kerensky at its head, today
assumed complete control of the Rus
sian representaive council of five. At
a meeting of the council it was decided
to adopt a strong foreign policy for
the prosecution of the war and to as
sure the entente powers that Russia
would not seek a separate peace. It
was also decided to bring the military
forces of the nation up to the highest
efficiency.
Social tranquility has been restored
throughout the country.
ARMY FLIER WRITES
TO MOTHER HERE
SON OF MRS. WILLIAN TAYLOR
SAYS NEXT LETTER MAY BE
POSTMARKED FRANCE.
Mrs. William Taylor has just re
ceived a letter from her son, Walter
L. White, in which he tells of his pro
motion to the rank of first sergeant
! in the aviation corps, at the training
station at Belleville, 111., a few miles
from St. Louis.
The young man enlisted in the avia
tion service last June and says that he
had to labor like a Trojan to gain the
, promotion. He writes that he expects
j his next letter will be postmarked
j “somewhere in France.”
_._
RECRUITS FROM ALLENTOWN
CAMP SAIL FOR SERVICE IN
FRENCH WAR ZONE.
ALL CLAD IN NEW UNIFORMS
Sweaters, Helmets, Mufflers, Wristlets
and Other Articles Are Made for
Men by Their Mothers, Sisters and
Sweethearts.
Associat'd Prcs-s (’orrasporulence
WASHINGTON—Clad in new uni
forms, and equipped with sweaters
and helmets furnished by the Navy
League comforts committee, 1,000 men
from the Allentown Ambulance camp
have sailed for service at the front in
France.
With their gay knitted helmets
snugly fitting over their heads and
around their necks the thousand bright
fellows who have gone to alleviate
suffering in the trenches looked like
so many “water aviators” as they
hung over the deck rails of the trans
Alantic steamer which was carry them
into service abroad.
Warm Woolen Garments.
The comforts committee of the
Navy league, knowing that these men
would be exposed night and day to the
hardships of a bleak, cold winter of
northern France, made three ship
ments of warm woolen garments to
the commander of the Allentown camp.
Sweaters, helmets, mufflers, and
wristlets, made by the loving hands
of mothers, sisters, and sweethearts
left behind, were included for the boys
who volunteered to labor for the suf
fering.
That the ambulance drivers appre
ciate the patriotic labor of the Ameri
can women who unselfishly gave time
and money to provide them with nec
essary warm clothing is demonstrated
by a letter which has been received by
an official of the Navy league from
Commander J. It. Devereaux of the
ambulance corps going to France.
Letter of Thanks.
“We have the boxes containing the
sweaters, helmets, etc.” wrote Colonel
Devereaux. “In this connection I desire
to thank you sincerly for your person
al efforts in getting these to us in
time, and officially to thank the
league for its generosity towards
this corps. I do not believe that a man
who has received these is not apprec
iative of the gift.”
MEXICO REPAIRS ROADS.
Department of Telegraphs Is Putting
Lines in Order.
MEXICO CITY, Mex.—The de- j
1 partment of communications' and pub- |
lie works has started work on the |
construction and repair of eleven main
highways connecting some of the
most important cities of the republic.
Among the roads under repair are
those from Mexico to Toluca, from
Mexico to Tuxpam, Mexico to Quere
taro, Mexico to Puebla and others.
The department of telegraphs re
ports that 248 kilometers of new line
have recently been built and 22,538
kilometers put in repair. There are
now 18 wireless stations operated by
the government, and six more are in
course of construction. Fifty-five
newspapers in the republic have been
granted a press rate over the national
wires.
IMBUES
. FROMAMERICft
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FIVE MOTOR CARS WILL BE
SHIPPED BY RED CROSS.
DRUG SUPPLIES ARE THERE.
Personnel for Operation of Machines
Will Not Be Dispatched at Present.
Arrangements Being Made for Na
tive Drivers.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—As a part
of its program for rendering effective
assistance to Russia, the American
Red Cross is to ship to the Red Cross
commission in Russia, headed by Dr.
Frank Billings, 125 motor ambulances
and automobiles.
this is the third Red Cross ship
ment to be dispatched to Russia since
the visit of the American commission
there Jess than two months ago. Drugs
medical supplies and surgical appara
tus, with a total value of nearly $400,
000, has already been sent.
Ambulances are needed with the
Russian armies almost more than any
other form of relief. On the eastern
front there are now only 6,000 vehi
cles foz the transportation of the
wounded, while on the French front,
only a third in length, there are 75,000
ambulances. The automobiles now
being shipped by the Red Cross will
equip one Russian army corps with
five complete ambulance sections.
Each section will include fifteen
motor ambulances, one auto-bus for
transporting slightly wounded, one
kitchen trailer, and one dressing sta
tion car. In addition, each section
will have two touring cars for the use
of officers, three light delivery trucks, i
one repair car carrying necessary tools
and extra parts, and one extra car for j
gasoline fuel.
Will Use Russian Drivers.
I or the present, personnel for am
bulance sections will not be sent |
to Russia but the machines wall be
operated by Russian drivers under the
direction of the Red Cross. Should it
be necessary later to send American
drivers, they will be recruited from
volunteers in the United States.
SALUTE SOUNDS LIKE “HOW”.
Greeting of Italian Soldiers Is Pro
nounced Like English Word.
HEADQUARTERS, THE ITALIAN
ARMY, Oct. 3.—When your sol
diers salute each other, they say
‘How,’ just like the American In
dians,” said Major Bolling of the
American military mission to General
Cadorna during his recent visit to
this front.
“It does sound like your English
‘How,’ ” explained General Cadorna
“but what they really use is a word
pronounced ‘Chow’ though spelled
‘Ciao.’ It might be mistaken for
Chinese, but it’s really an old Pied
montese mountain salutation.”
Since the wTar this word pronounced
“Chow” has become the most popular
in the Italian language. One of its
peculiarities is that it is never used by
by women. It is chiefly used by the
soldiers as they pass each other along
the front. One of the sights of the
front is to hear the exclamation used
by two comrades of Alpine regiments
who have not met for a long time.
The “Chow” leaps from their very
hearts, and then they fall to kissing
each other on the cheeks, and slapping
each other on the shoulders until the
very hills seem to resound with the
force of their friendly blows.
LIBERTY BONDS ARE
ON SALE IN BANKS
The Bank of Anchorage and the
Bank of Alaska here have received
messages from James K. Lynch, gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve bank at
San Francisco, requesting them to co
operate in the sale here of the new is
sue of Liberty Bonds. An active cam
paign to continue until October 27, has
been started all over the United States
for the sale of these bonds. Both
banks will accept subscriptions on the
following terms:
Two per cent to be paid with the
subscription.
Eighteen per cent on November 15.
Forty per cent on December 15.
Forty per cent on January 15.
Full information will be given to
any prospective purchasers of these
bonds by either of the above banks.
RED CROSS TO
HELP SUNS
UNO ARMENIANS
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS APPROPRIATED FOR
RELIEF IN NEAR EAST.
CONSENT GIVEN BY TURKEY.
Death of 2,000,000 Persons in West
ern Asia Can be Prevented by Di
rect and Continued Assistance from
United States.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Acting
upon the recommendation of the Red
Cross committee on co-operation,
headed by C. A. Coffin, the Red Cross
war council has appropriated $300,000
to the Armenian relief committee.
Owing to the position taken by the
Turkish government, the American
committee for Armenian and Syrian
relief is the only American organiza
tion authorized to carry on any kind
of relief activities in the Ottoman em
piie. In no theatre of the war have
populations experienced greater suf
fering than in Armenia, Palestine and
the Caucasus.
Aid Through Missionaries.
The American committee has been
abel to carry succor to the stricken
people of these territories through the
efforts of American, Swiss, Swedish
and Danish missionaries. Nearly 100
of these men are now stationed
throughout Asia Minor supervising
the distribution of supplies. Three
commissioners supervise the work,
serving without pay and bearing their
own expenses abroad.
One of the main branches of the
committee’s activities, to which the
j Red Cross is lending its support, is the
training of women and children among
! the refugees to be self-supporting.
I Boys are being taught handicraft and
j building trades, while many of the
! women are being supplied with wool
I and taught how to fashion it into gar
! ments for the children.
Can Save 2,000,000.
Estimates laid before the Red Cross
i by the American committee show that
there are more than 2,000,000 people
in western Asia whose death can be
prevented by direct and continued
help from America. The care of or
phan children is also a difficult prob
lem and their number is estimated to
run into the hundred thousands. Ten
cents a day per person is the minimum
on which life can be sustained in the
refugee camps or in the family
groups.
Since the organization of the Arme
nian and Syrian relief committee on
October 1, 1915, it has distributed
about $3,700,000 in relief work. Prac
tically all of this money has been rais
ed by subscriptions in the United
States.
FRENCH ADVANCE
AGAINST GERMANS
SUCCESSES ARE RECORDED IN
IMPORTANT SEvlORS IN BEL
GIUM AND FLANDERS.
By Anchorage Radio.
PARIS, Oct. 11.—The French forces
made further advances today in Bel
gium and succeeded after terrific
fighting in capturing the famous Pa
pegoet Farm, around which much
fighting has occurred during the past
two years.
North of Ypres in Flanders, the
French reached the village of Veld
hoek. In taking this village the French
had to penetrate the German lines a
distance of one mile.
WOMEN IN HAWAII LOYAL.
I One Hundred Thousand Articles Do
nated to Red Cross.
! Associated Press Correspondence
HONOLULU, Hawaii — As an
instance of what Hawaii women are
doing for the Red Cross 100,000 arti
cles to till 5000 comfort bags that will
go to the soldiers abroad for Christ
mas were donated in the course of a
two weeks campaign that has just
ended. Thirty-three cases were packed
up yesterday ready for shipment.
Conspicuous among the volunteer
workers wer two octogenarians who
daily were on hand with their work
baskets, eager to outdistance their
young sisters in the amount turned
out. Mrs. Olivier, aged 83, set a pace
in knitting washcolths and not far be
hind her was Mrs. Beaumont, age 80,
who in two weeks finished 90 pieces
of knitting. Their presence and en
thusiasm was an inspiration to the <i
social elite who seemed to lag in their
labors.