AND ALASKA i A R I
VOL. 2. KO. 18.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918.
PRICE TEN ('ENTS.
PREMIER LLOYD-GEORGF. HI RLi
POLITICAL BOMBSHELL IN
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
PROPOSAL JEERED BY BRITISH
Nationalists Show Their Displeasun
by Cries of Protest and By Motioi
to Adjourn, But Government Con
trols Situation.
LONDON, April 10.—Home rul<
and military eonseription for I relam
were proposed in an address in tin
house of commons late yesterday b\
Lloyd George, premier of Great Brit
uin. The premier’s action was unex
peered and was a veritable politica
bombshell.
The scenes during the premier’s ad
dress were dramatic in the extreme
There were approving cheers am
cries of protest from all parts of tin
house.
The premier said that 11' • ■. elusio
of Ireland from conscription could n r
he justified any longer on account o1
the character of the war. The war. In
said, was as much foi the Irish as foi
the English.
The Irish nationalist members ar<
irreconcilably opposed to conscription
and angry Irish members of the house
of commons frequently interruptee
the premier.
Immediately after the premier’:
,-meeeh, Joseph Devlin, Irish national
ist, as a mark of protest against the
pn ier’s proposal, moved to adjourn
T. : -.'t . . ■ motion v a t. i 1
strength. The government was vk -
tori oils.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
AND DEPUTY MARSHAL SUS
PENDED THIRTY DAYS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10
\s a result of an investigation mad<
und* r the personal direction of Attor
ncy-General Thomas W. Gregory intc
conditions at Rock Island, 111., whicl
adjoins the United States Ordnanci
training camp, he has suspended fo
a period of thirty days Assistan
United States Attorney John E
Dougherty, and directed the Unitoi
State.- marshal to suspend for a sim
ilar period Deputy United State:
.Marshal Williams. Both of these mei
will be given a hearing pending con
sideration of their removal.
This action has been taken bccausi
of what appears to have been a lad
of sympathy on the part of these t\v<
officials with the settled policy of tin
department of justice to enforce tin
law strictly with reference to the li
quor and vice zones created by tin
president, adjacent to army camps
The deplorable conditions found to ex
ist at Rock island have been cause*
largely by the neglect of the munici
pal authorities to preserve order am
decency and this has imposed an ad
ded responsibility upon federal ofiici
als in that jurisdiction.
I-or an indefinite period the citie
adjacent to the camp at Rock islam
will be held under strict surveillanc
by special officers of the departmen
of justice.
SIBERIA ARMS
GERMAN PRISONER!
LONDON, April 1).—A dispute
from Harbin, Manchuria, says tha
'00,000 armed German prisoners hav
been mobilized at Tomsk, Siberia an
are destined for service in the Fa
East.
; ADVANCING TEUTONS WERE
HELD BY IMPROVISED ARMV
UNDER GENERAL CAREY.
. MADE STUBBORN RESISTANCE.
• Teutons Charged in Massed Forma
\ ti<*ns and Suffered Losses—United
. j States Troops Reinforce British
Line.
_
LONDON, April 10.—But for the
! gallant defense offered by an impro
■ vised army, which included American
engineers and which was organized
by General Carey, the Germans might
have reached Amiens, declares the
[ correspondent at the British military
headquarters of the London Daily
Mail.
The Mail’s correspondent writes
! that this improvised army put up a
1 stubborn resistance and inflicted ter
ible losses on the Germans, who ad
vanced in massed formations.
American reinforcements have ap
1 peared on the British front in France.
. according to reports sent to London
■ by Reuter’s News Agency. The news
agency declares that the presence of
the Americans on the fighting line
should soon be felt.
MAN IGNORANTOF
WAR HAS SON IN IT
PROSPECTOR DID NOT LEARN
/''ll RECENTLY THAT AM
ERICA WAS IN C ONFLICT.
BUTTE, Montana, April 10.—When
A. J. Dalgren arrived in Seattle re
cently. he learned for the first time
that the United States had entered the
^ war against Germany, and when he ar
rived here, en route to his home in
Pueblo. Colo., he was told that his son
is now in France lighting against the
kaiser.
“About a year ago 1 started on a
prospecting trip into Canada,” he
1 said. “My partner became sick and
had to return. We had a year’s sup
* ply and 1 hired a trapper to go with
1 me and ran into some pretty good
claims, so I decided to stay and pro
tect my interest. We got snowed in
- last October and have been in there
• since. I am glad to learn that l am
^ being represented in this fight.”
ALASKA FOOD RULE
LARGE QUANTITY OF FLOUR
, CAN BE PURCHASED FOR USE
AT ISOLATED POINTS.
. J SEATTLE, April 10.—Royal A.
, Gunnison, food administrator for
Alaska, today obtained a modification
of the food rules to permit big ship
I ments of flour to isolated Alaska
. points for the season’s use. Isolated
I points may purchase three pounds of
. flour to two nounds of substitutes.
1!
MINUTE GIRLS TO
SPEAK IN SEATTLE
YOUNG WOMEN WILL URGE
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO WAR
STAMPS AND LIBERTY.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 9.—“Min
^ ute Girls,” who will talk on food con
servation, war savings stamps, liber
ty loans and other government pro
1 jects, have been recruited from among
t students at the University of Wash
e ington here. They will be directed by
f the Woman’s league, and will appear
r before women’s organizations and
high schools.
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KAISER’S SOLDIERS FOLLOW THEIR HEAVY ARTIL-1
LERY FIRE WITH INFANTRY ATTACKS NEAR MES
SINES AND DESPERATE COMBATS TAKE PLACE
IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF LA BASSEE.
GROUND !S LOST AND WON AGAIN ON SOMME!,
French Are Subjected to Heavy Assaults in Vicinity of En j
Santerre, Twenty Miles Southeast of Amiens, and Also
Near Noyon on Oise River But Assailants Are Repulsed in
Their Terrific Efforts to Advance Their Positions in South-:
ern Sector of Long’ Battlefront in Western European War.; i
LONDON, April 10.—Belligerent
activities today were extended farther
'
north on the west battlefront in
France. The Germans have carried
their operations to Ypres, which is
j about thirteen miles north of Armen
tieres, which was the extreme north
erly point of the line yesterday.
In the new northerly sector between
Armentieres and Ypres, the heaviest
lighting is at Messines, which is about
nine miles north of Armentieres. At
this place, the German artillery file
has been followed by infantry charges
agauist the British.
Terrific fighting between the British
and Germans occurred last night at
LaBassee, eleven miles south of Ar
mentieres.
On the Lawe and Lys rivers south
west of Armentieres, the British are
making a determined stand. At the
TENDING 01 DRAFT LIMIT
WILL REQUIRE SAC RIFICE.
LULL PRECEDES HURRICANE.
Fa to of Empire, of Liberty Itself, De
clares Cabinet Leader, May Depend
on Resistance That C an Be Made to
Last Attack.
LONDON, April 1*.—In urging1 the
enactment by the house of commons
of the bill extending the British con
scription law to men fifty years of
age, Lloyd George, premier of Great
Britain, said that at time of the com
mencement of the battle of the Sgmme
the total strength of the Germans on
the western war front approximately
I equaled the total strength of the en
tente allies.
j The premier declared that the mea
sure before parliament extending the
draft law from men forty-five years
: old to men fifty years old would in
volve extra sacrifice on the part of
England’s population. He said the
great world war had reached the
most critical period. The compara
tive lull at present, he explained, did
not indicate that the hurricane was
j over.
' The fate cf the empire, of Europe,
' of liberty itself, asserted the premier,
j
may depend on the success with which
: the last attack to be made by the Ger
| mans is resisted and countered.
The premier said the American’s
| lighting strength will be brought to
bear immediately although it will be
impossible for America to send as
many trained Americans as was or
iginally expected. The Americans will
be brigaded with the French and Brit
ish troops, said the premier. He de
clared the fight now raging on the
Amiens front might continue seven oi
eight months.
REGARDING OPPORTUNITIES.
Take advantage of opportunities but
don’t be one.
! river crossings at Estacies, Bae and j
! St. Maui-, there were desperate com- 11
hats last night. ’ i
In a new attack yesterday in the ; 1
j Somme river region, which is about I
the center of the battlefront the tier- ]
mans captured Givenchy, but the Brit- j
ish retook the town today. <
In the southern sector of the long l
battle line, the Germans last night ^
heavily attacked the French near Han- j
gard and En Santerre. The town ol (
En Santerre is about twenty miles
southeast of Amiens. A French (
counter attack prevented the Germans t
from gaining any advantage. (
Near Noyon, on the Oise river, near (
the southern end of the southern sec- !
tor, and west of Castel. the Germans j (
were repulsed in desperate efforts to {
advance their lines in a northwesterly [
j direction. ■ i
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TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MIL
1 ION COINS IN TREASURY
MAY BE MELTED.
| PITTMAN INTRODUCES BILL. j
Measure Would Have Effect of Fixing j
Price of While Metal at $1 Per j
Ounce and Government Would Ab
sorb Country’s Output. ,
1
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.— (
i Senator Key Pittman, democrat, of
Nevada, today introduced a bill in the ^
! senate providing for the melting into !
bullion of not to exceed 250,000,000 j (
! silver dollars now in the United States i.
, , . . I(
treasury and authorizing the govern- <
ment to purchase silver at the price of ,
SI an ounce. ,
The bill, which has the approval of: (
i the administration, proposes to with
draw from circulation silver certifi- (
cates as fast as silver dollars are tak- ,
en from the treasury. The plan is to .
issue federal reserve bank notes for J
the place of the silver certificates. j (
The measure would have the effect
I of fixing the price of silver at ?1 an ,
| ounce and would stimulate the produc- ■
! tion of silver. Under the operation of | (
i the proposed law, the government j;
probably would absorb the nation’s ,
silver output and would sell silver to
jewelers in this country and in other ,
countries in the world.
MANY FAIL TO FILE
INCOME REPORTS
GOVERNMENT WILL IMPOSE '
PENALTIES ON THOSE WHO
HAVE NOT OBEYED LAW 1
WASHINGTON, April 10.—Thou
sands of cases of failure to file in
come tax returns have been uncover
ed by internal revenue agents. Steps
are being taken to compel the filing of
delinquent reports and the payment
of proper penalties.
Many delinquents are unmarried
persons with incomes about $1,000.
RECENT HEAVY SNOW WOULD
PREVENT INTELLIGENT IN
SPECTION OF MINING REGION.
riUI* TO BE TAKEN LATER.
'ommercial Organization Will En
deavor to Obtain Four Dollar
Freight Rate on Potatoes to Other
Cities on Alaska Coast.
The excursion to Chickaioon, plan
led by the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce for next Sunday has beer,
ndef.nitely postponed. This decision
vas reached at the chamber of com
nerce luncheon today in the grill ot
he Hotel Anchorage.
By reason of the recent heavy snow
all it was decided to await more
>romising weather before taking the
txcursion. Business men then will
lave better opportunity to review the
cork done at the government and
•rivate coal mines at Eska creek and
Chickaioon.
The coal resolutions, which were
Irafted two weeks ago by the cham
ier, asking for a federal appropriation
if $5,000,000 with which to develop the
oal deposits throughout the Mata
mska valley and addressed to raem
lers of congress and officials in Wash
ngton, was not discused today, pend
ng the receipt of more detailed infor
nation from Washington relative to
tops already taken by the federal de
triments looking to the development
if the coal fields.
There was further discussion at to
lay’s meeting concerning the question
>f getting a four instead of an eight
ioliar steamship rate on potato ship
nents from Anchorage to other Alas
;an coast cities.
ISOLATES WASILLA
)RIFT IS REPORTED ABOUT TEN
FEET DEEP AND CUTS OFF
RAILROAD TRAFFIC.
A snow drift ten feet in depth has
iractically cut off the town of Wasil
a from government train service, ac
ording to a statement made today by
. T. Cunningham, train master for
he Alaskan Engineering commission.
The drift is located about a quarter
if a mile south of Wasilla and has
ompletely filled the railroad cut at
hat place. The high winds there dur
ng the past three days have prevent
;d the men from taking the snow out
if the cut.
The regular trains, which leave An
■horage for Houston, fourteen miles
vest of Wasilla, are now stopped this
;ide of the cut and the passengers
Treed to walk the quarter of a mile
o Wasilla.
Several fiat cars will be attached
:o the train tomoi-row morning and
vill be loaded with snow from the
Irift. Tomorrow’s train will depart
Tom Anchorage at 7 a. m. instead of
he usual leaving time of 9 o’clock and
vill go only as far as the drift south
)f Wasilla, returning to Matanuska.
Passengers for Wasilla and points
vest will be obliged to continue their
;rip on foot.
It is expected that the road will be
opened this week and the regular
schedule to Houston resumed next
ruesday.
IltOTZKYNOWHAS
TWO PORTFOLIOS
MOSCOW, Russia, April 10.—Leon
rrotzky has been appointed joint min
ister of war and marine. He has been
acting as minister of war since the
Maximilist government moved to Mos
cow.
MANY PLAGES.
OVER-SUBSCRIBE
SIX HUNDRED COMMUNITIES
HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN
THEIR A LLOTM ENTS.
HONOR FLAGS ARE AWARDED.
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Towns
in Pacific Coast District Have Al
ready Exceeded Their Quota of
Liberty Bonds.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—
Six hundred communities in the
United States have reported over-sub
scriptions to their third liberty loan
quota. All these communities have
claimed honor flags, and many flags
have already been distributed.
Pacific Coast Responds.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 10.—
One hundred and twenty-five honor
flags have been claimed and sixty have
been awarded in the liberty loan dis
trict of the Pacific coast. The Pacific
coast district includes the Pacific coast
states and Alaska.
Many communities in the district
have oversubscribed 100 and 200 per
cent. No exact figures are available,
but officials in charge of the Pacific
coast district campaign believe the
district’s quota will be i-aised within
two weeks at the least.
The time set for the national liberty
loan campaign was four weeks.
SON WANTS FARM
SOUTH DAKOTA LAD DECLARES
THAT PARENT HAS GONE TO
FIGHT FOR GERMANY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—
Following: is an extract from a letter
of a son of German parents in South
Dakota, which has been received by
the Alien Property Custodian:
“Isn’t there some way to save a
farm of 160 acres from father who
abandoned it, his wife, and his chil
dren to hurry off to Germany just
before the war broke in Europe?
Can’t you protect it for us from fath
er, who might return, sell the farm,
and go back to his old fatherland that
he bragged so much about? He must
have taken the deed of the farm with
him. We can’t find it. We know he
took $5,000 which he had saved up in
the bank. But don't you think the
farm belongs to us children and this
country and not to Germany?”
SIBERIANS PROTEST
AGAINST JAPANESE
MOSCOW, Russia, April 10.—A
committee representing all Siberian
; Soviets has protested to the Japanese
j consul at Vladivostok against the
: landing at Vladivostok of Japanase
forces. Copies of the protest have been
■ delivered to other foreign consuls at
j Vladivostok.
The protest says an intense feeling
of indignation has been aroused
among the Russian masses by landing
of the Japanese and this feeling has
been intensified by a statement issued
by Japanese Admiral Kato that Si
beria is in danger of invasion by Ger
mans.
Russians deny the statement of the
; Japanese and say their landing is an
interference in their domestic affairs.
WORKERS TO OWN MINES.
SYDNEY, Australia, April 10.—Aus
tralian miners unions have decided to
go into business as mine-owners. The
Newcastle Colliery Employes’ Fed
eration will be the first in the field,
having voted this week to acquire con
trol of a large mining property.