Program Was Replete With Scenes of
Fascinating Beauty and Artistic
Concept and Large Audience Show
ed Due Appreciation.
With a fanfare of gaiety the An
chorage drive of the American lied
Cross was olficialy opened last night
in the Empress theatre by the lied
Cross Benefit Show under the direc
tion of Mrs. J. E. lioharts and Mrs.
Wilbur Ward, with F. B. Tracy acting
as stage manager.
The program was replete with
scenes of fascinating beauty and ar
tistic concept. The big audience which
packed the theatre specially arranged
frr the evening’s performance accept
ed the offerings of the show with the
heartiest evidences of approval, and no
feature of the program was staged
without volumns of applause.
The living pictures were particu
larly artistic and were posed in a most
realistic manner. The picturizations
were perfect and the themes portrayed
by the actors were accorded a justi
fible appreciation. The picture ‘"Lib
erty” posed by Mrs. Wilbur Ward,
Charlotte Thompson, Edith Bayles and
Dorothy Ward fitted in well with the
spirit of the evening and was particu
larly appropriate. Joan of Arc, posed
tor by Miss Una Korth and assisted by
Mrs. Charles W. Glaze appealed
strongly to the sense of the artistic
and in vivid manner portrayed the last
hours of the Maid of Domremy. “How
Can I Bear to Leave Thee” was a pic
ture of the soldier boy off to t^e front
saying goodbye to his sweetheart and
later wounded on the battle field being
administered to by the hand of a Red
Ci'O:-. nurse. Visualization or tneso
scenes were complete*! hv the render
ing of a poem by Mrs. J. B. Beeson.
The poses were made by Mis- Mona
ibh-arts and Victor Sleuther. The
last of the living pictures show.,d lit
Dcroihy Ward clad to resemble a
dollar sign and thus call to the atten
ti ■ the audience its duty of giving
to the Red Cross.
The playlet “The Violin Maker of
(' * mona” was particularly pleasing
and carried the audience bSFck to the
c:days of music. David Vint as
tin master musician plated his part in
clvv r fashion and brought out in
g.,o(l style his two scholars Robert
Tenure and Charles Henry, both of
whom sustained their roles in good
form. Tiie acting of the heroine of the
playlet Mrs. Wilbur Ward as the
daughter of the master showed great
skill and talent in handling the deli
can- situations which arose during the
life of the play.
In the other playlet of the program
“The Other Woman” Mrs. J. E. Ro
ba ts and Mrs. A. G. Thompson dis
played a stage presence that appealed
s . ongly to the audience. The theme
of ihe story was most delightfully told
and the portrayal of the characters
was accompanied with a grace and
charm rarely observed in amateur
theatricals. The eas~ with which the
“Other Woman” can break up the
game for Cupid was strinkingly shown
by the clever actors.
The octette composed of Miss Una
Korth, Mrs. Edna Martin, Miss Max
ine McDonald, Miss Mona Robarts,
Victor Sleuther, Charles Henry, Stew
art Maxwell and D. G. Wallace was a
treat to music lovers and the sketch
from the opera was most enthusias
ticaly received by the audience.
The Liberty Bell feature of the pro
gram was cleverly arranged and the
girls of the chorus were given a
charming setting by the presence of
the soldier boys. The following
took part in the setting, Edna Martin,
Maxine McDonald, Mona Robarts, Una
Korth, Chas. Henry, Stewart Maxwell,
Victor Sleuther, Alex Pavlich, F. L.
Stellar and D. G. Wallace.
'llie following is the program as
given last night:
Overture “Star Spangled Banner” ...
.Chas. Glaze
“The Red Crass” (four minute).
.John Coffey
Address (four minute)
. Danilo Vuceiie.
Liberty I’ell .
Edna Martin, Maxine McDonald,
Mona Robarts, Una Korth, Chas
Henry, Stewart Maxwell, Victoi
Sleuther, Alex Pavlich, F. L. Stel
lar, D. G. Wallace.
The Other Woman.
Enid Vivian, Mrs. Arthur Thomp
son; Elaine Graham, Mrs. John E.
Robarts. Scene—Boudior in home of
Elaine Graham.
An Arabian Idyll ..
Einar Thompson, Edna Martin, Una
Korth, Maxine McDonald, Mona Ro
barts.
The Violin Maker of Cremona .
Tadeo Ferrari, Mr. David Vint; Fil
lipo, his pupil, Mr. Charles Henry;
Sandro, his pupil, Mr. Robert Tem
me; Giannina, his daughter, Mrs.
Wilbur Ward. Scene—Studio of
Tadeo Ferrari. Time 1776. Cremona,
Octette From the Red Mill .
Miss Una Korth, Mrs. Edna Martin,
Miss Maxine McDonald, Miss Mona
Robarts, Victor Sleuther, Charles
Henry, Stewart Maxwell, D. G. Wal
lace.
Living Pictures—Liberty ..
Mrs. Wilbur Ward, Charlotte
Thompson, Edith Bayles, Dorothy
Ward.
Joan of Arc.Miss Una Korth
Assisted by Mrs. Chas. W. Glaze.
•‘How Can I Bear to Leave Thee”
Miss Mona Robarts and Victor
Sleuther.
“Over There” Mrs. J. B. Beeson
“What Are You Doing” .
. - . .Dorothy Ward
Thirty-five Killed and Hundred and
Fifty Persons Injured in German
Raid-—Dropped Bombs From Great
Height.
—
LONDON. May 20—Thirty-live per-j
o;is were killed and 150 were injured j
:n the most ambitious aerial attack
■ y G.rmans ever made on Lender.
■ he aerial fleet flew over the city near
i’.? midnight hour last night, and i
'.replied many bombs from a distance
of twelve hundred feet in the air. The
right was clear and the moon shone
brightly. Thousands of people from
any points in the United Kingdom
were, visiting the city, called by the
Whitsuntide holidays, and had their
first experience in an aerial raid.
The anti-aircraft guns fired continu
ously at the raiders, but none was j
hit, as they flew beyond the reach of
Runs.
The steamer Northwestern of the
Alaska Steamship company arrived in
port at 2 o’clock this morning with
I thirty-two first class passengers, six
| steerage and a general cargo cf
! freight consisting of 145 tons fo:- An
! chorage merchants. Outgoing passen
gers went aboard at 11 o’clock this
morning. Among the incoming passen
gers were F. Hendricks, Mrs. Hen
dricks, I. M. Fisher, Mrs. A. P. Nof
tager, A. E. Clark and wife, F. Sven
son, H. B. Mays, H. Gordon, B. Levy,
R. Cloke, VV. R. Hauking, Jas. Rogers,
D. Barnes, C. N. Bring, Oak Olson,
Dudley Allen, Miss E. Christie, C.
Louney, J. P. Doran, U. Presley and
wife, Lieut. H. J. Carlton, B. F. Ander
1 son, Sam McDonald, Dan Skiatitis, F.
| King, A. H. Miller, P. G. Peltret, Capt.
G. W. Whitney, Mrs. G. W. Whitney,
! Geo. Mann.
TORNADO KILLS '
20, INJURES 25
BLOOMFIELD, Neb., May 20.—A
terrific tornado devasted this section
of Nebraska Saturday night. Up to
date, it is known that twenty persons
were killed and twenty-five people
were injured. The property loss has
not been estimated, but it will reach
a big figure.
Germans Take Drastic Measures With
Russian Soldiers Who Attempt to
Revolt—Two Hundred Arrested;
Ten Sentenced to Death.
MOSCOW, May 20.—The German
high command immediately dispatch
ed trustworthy troops to Wesenburg,
to quell the revolt which started there
last week. Two hundred of the muti
neers have been arrested, and ten of
the leaders have been condemned to
leath, following a speedy trial by
L'ourt-martial.
Another mutiny occurred in a Ger
man regiment at Dvinsk, which was
supported by prisoners who had re
;urned from interior Russia. German
;roops, sent to the scene, have quelled
.he disturbance there, and the lead
ers also face death sentences.
U. S. INSPECTORS
REACH ANCHORAGE
Captain George H. Whitney, in
charge of the inspection bureau fori
steam and gasoline boats in Alaska!
waters; Peter G. Peltret, inspector of
boats, and George E. Mann, clerk, ar
rived from Juneau on the steamer
Northwestern for the purpose of in-'
speeding local vessels and are making
their headquarters at the Hotel An
chorage.
The only vessel making the Anchor
age port coming under the jurisdiction
;>f the Juneau inspection board is the
steamboat Tyonic owned by the firm
of McNally & Maitland, lumber deal
ers and used to transport coal from
the company's mine at Bluff Point on
iiie inlet to Anchorage. The home port
of the Tyonic is at Seldovia but the
inspection will be made here at An
chorage upon the Tyonic’s arrival dur
ing the course of the next few days,
i'he only otke; boat requiring inspec
tion is the cannery tender Reporter1
out of Kassilof, which will be inspect
ed this afternoon by Inspector Peltret.
The members of the inspection
party will sail on the Tyonic for Sel
dovia and will later go to Kodiak
island by small power boat.
Mrs. Whitney will remain in An
chorage until after the official visit of
Captain Whitney to Kodiak Island and
will then return to her home in
Juneau.
TEUTONS ARE ASKED
TO GIVE WORLD PROOF
WASHINGTON, May 20.—In addi
tion to denying officially the charge
made by Germany that American avi
ators have been transported to France
under the guise of ambulance men and
V. M. C. A. attendants, the state de
partment has requested the Spanish
government to require Germany to
produce the proof of her allegations.
London advices say that Germany
was simply laying the foundation for
•n excuse of torpedoing hospital ships
'•inking home invalided soldiers, by
1. king such allegations.
AMERICANS ARE WELL
TREATED, SAY GERMANS
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Answer
ing the inquiry of the state depart
ment through the Spanish govern
ment, regarding the truth about Am
erican prisoi e"s of war being mis
treated in Germany, the German gov
ernment has dec’; ued that American
prisoners are accorded the same treat
ment given prisoners of war of other
nationalities.
ARE AFTER PROOF.
WASHINGTON, May 20.—State
department officials are convinced
that American prisoners in Germany
are being treated badly. However,
retaliatory measures will not be con
sidered until absolute evidence of the
mistreatment of Americans is ob
tained.
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Job Printing of Distinction at t he
Times office.
Noted American Airman Meets Death
While Galantly Fighting Enemy
Flyers—Funeral With Full Military
Honors.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, May 20.—Major Raoul
Lufberry, of the American flying
corps, was killed in an aerial battle
Saturday. His funeral will be held
today with full military honors. Luf
berry was from Wallingford, Con
necticut.
The German air machine which
downed Lufberry’s machine was armed
with two machine guns. The gun
ners apparently escaped injury at the
hands of the American aviator, Luf
berry’s only wound, aside from those
received in the ci-ash when his ma
chine fell to the ground, was a bullet
hole through a thumb. The same bul
let punctured the gasoline tanks, an
explosion followed, and the machine
fell to the ground, a burning mass.
BEST AMERICAN AVIATOR.
PARIS, May 20.—Major Lufberry,
who met a tragic death in an aerial
flight, was regarded as the best Amer
ican aviator in the service. He had
seventeen victories over enemy aero
planes to his credit. It is reported
that Lufberry jumped from his ma
chine. which was in flames, while 800
yards in the air. It is reported that
a French aviator downed the German
machine that destroyed the Ameri
can’s aeroplane.
RUSSIANS D
LONDON, May IT.—Russian naval
officers blew up the four submarines
which she purchased from the United
States, before retreating from Kango.
in southwestern Finland last April, in
order to prevent them from falling
into -the hands of the enemy, says a
report issued today by the British ad
miralty. Seven submarines obtained
from the British were destroyed for a
similiar purpose, says the report.
Another good way for the bride to
tell when the honeymoon is over is
to notice when he begins kissing her
like she was hot soup.
R. R. AT NENANA
(Nenana News)
Among the more important items of
equipment which the Alaskan En
gineering commission expect, for con
struction work on the government
railroad, during the coming season
are, two standard guage locomotives
of a much heavier type than the 27C
and 272, which are now in use on the
line south of town; and forty addition
al flat cars. These formed part of the
equipment used in building the Pan
ama canal.
A new and up-to-date ditching ma
chine, which could be utilized as i
steam shovel or piledriver, will alse
arrive with the rest of the heavj
equipment. The ditcher will be usee
primarily in making the necessary ex
cavations for the elaborate drainag*
scheme planned by the engineering
; staff, to be put in at various point:
along the line, but whenever necessary
! to do so, it will also be used as a stean
i shovel or for driving piles.
For use on the Tanana Valley rail
road, a new and very powerful type o
narrow guage locomotive is also due
It will probably be set up at the yard:
here and be used to take the firs
through train from Nenana to Fail
banks.
All of the above-mentioned equip
ment will arrive in Nenana on one o
the first boats to reach here after tin
opening of navigation.
A micrometer used by a Swis
watch company accurately measure
to the hundredth part of a millimetei
FIFTY SHIPS
United States Shipping Commission
er Says Submarine Is On Point of
Being Mastered — Shipbuilding
Speeds Up.
NEW YORK, May 20.—Cambridge
Colby, the eminent New England at
torney, and member of the United
States shipping board, is authority for
the statement that 50 ships of major
size will be launched from American
yards in June. He asserts that the
| shipbuilding program is speeding up
to a remarkable degree in this coun
try.
Mr. Colby said that the German
submarine is on the point of being
mastered, and declared, “We will
choke the seven seas with American
shipping.”
NEWSY NOTES
FROM SUSITNA
SUSITNA, May 7.—(Special Cor
respondence)—Susitna was well repre
sented at the primary election for can
didates for the Alaska legislative as
sembly, as well as for delegate to con
gress. The judges of the elec
i tion were William Dennison, Al
| bert Ilefner and Miss Katherine G.
Kane. The polling place was Mrs.
Johnson’s roadhouse.
Mr. Keller is in Susitna from his
roadhouse at Mile 18. He owns a very
fine farm has_ an attractive bungalow
and other buildings, making his place
very picturesque. He plans to farm
more extensively this season and is
looking forward to a good yield.
McElroy and Renner have just re
turned to their diggings in the Cache
creek region, where they will mine
during the season. They own some
good ground and expect to take out
good money this year. Their food sup
plies will go up on the first boat.
Mrs. W. A. Johnston, the popular
proprietor of the Susitna roadhouse,
| is making extensive repairs and addi
! tions to her building, preparing for
the opening of the season. About forty
or fifty people will arrive here on the
fust boats, en route to the Cache creek
| region and other interior districts.
Deputy Marshal Hoffman, of Mata
nuska, came in by dog team the other
| day, to take in custody the native
Shallatin. The native will be taken
to Anchorage for medical treatment.
At this "date, the Susitna river is
still closed, but the break-up is ex
pected at any time now. The snow is
fast disappearing. Everybody is busy
putting in gardens.
The native village at Susitna is be
ing thoroughly cleaned up, Each fam
ily these last few days can be seen
with rake and hoe, working hard all
day, getting their premises clean and
digging up ground for their garden
plots. Some of the natives are build
! ing new and larger houses, while
; others are employed in making handi
| work, which will be placed on exhibi
j tion at the annual fair at Anchorage.
Mike Murphy, the veteran power
j boat man, is renovating his boat. His
I first trip of the season will be to Tal
! Iroofnci
[ Mr. Perkins will be employed with
the Cache Creek Dredging company
; this season.
. Chris Hanson will go to Cache creek
; on the first boat, to work for the big
- dredging company.
, Albert Hefner is building a large
fish drying plant and plans to go into
. the fishing industry on a large scale.
' Albert Stimson, associated with Mr.
Hefner in the fishing plant, is now in
. the Cache creek country, working plac
er ground owned jointly by them.
Black bear are seen almost every
day now, although none of them have
. been killed. The natives are out hunt
f ing them. Wild geese and ducks are
? flying north in large flocks. They fly
so high they are safe from the hun
ter’s rifle.
5 That Uncle Sam’s heroes are not all
s in France is proven by our overland U.
. S. mail carriers, on the route between
Seward and Iditarod. During the past
winter, these fearless men and their
faithful dogs enduring about every
hardship, and brought the interior
mail through on time. The carrier on
the Knik-Susitna run used horses, and
he was compelled, many times, due to
the depth of the snow, to put snow
shoes on his animals. The last heavy
mail going west is being taken by
John Lein. Crossing the Susitna river
at this time is a perilous feat. The
channel on both sides is open for about
150 feet and fdled with broken ice, but
the courageous little dogs plunge
right into the icy water and swim to
the opposite shore, the men following
in a boat. K. G. K.
Ruthless Methods of Germans in
Seizing AH Foodstuffs in Ukraine
Bitterly Denounced by Inhabitants
of Country.
LONDON, May 20.—An exasperat
ed populace in the Ukraine province in
Russia is spiritedly opposing the meth
ods employed by the German invad
ers, says a dispatch to London news
papers today. Ruthless means are be
ing employed by the Teutons to gath
er the food products of Urkaine and
ship them to Germany, leaving the
people of this district in absolute
want for the necessities of life. At
public assemblages throughout Uk
raine it was decided to burn all provi
sions, rather than see them fall into
the hands of the Germans.
Iwenty thousand peasants attempt
ed to hold a meeting at Kiev, to pro
test against the German methods, but
the meeting was dispersed by German
soldiers, by armed force. Thousands
are attempting to flee the country, due
to threatened starvation. In the
meantime, the Germans are actively
employed in exporting all food prod
ucts to Germany.
PITTSBURG, May 20.—It is prob
able that 200 employes lost their lives
in the explosion which destroyed the
plant of the Aetna Chemical company
at Oakdale Friday night. The work
of rescuing the remains of the vic
tims is progressing night and day, but
due to smoldering fires, it will be sev
eral days before all are recovered.
ADMIKISTEATOR'S NOTICE TO
CREDITORS.
In the Matter of the Estate of Err
Podboy. Deceased.
| WHEREAS, on the 11th day of May,
191S, R. O. Albritton was regularly ap
pointed administrator of the estate of
Ernest Podboy, deceased, by the Com
missioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge
i of Knik Precinct, Third Judicial Divi
sion. Territory of Alaska:
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the
law in such case made and provided, no
tice is hereby given to the creditors of
I said estate to present their verified
[claims against said estate, accompanied
: with proper vouchers, to said adminis
trator, at his office at No. 505 Fourth
i Avenue, in the city of Anchorage, in
the Territory of Alaska, in said pre
; cinct, within six months from the date
i of this notice.
Dated this 14th day of Mav, 1918.
R. O. ALBRITTON,
Administrator.
ARTHUR THOMPSON,
Attorney for Administrator.
NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, January
r,0. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Yinten E.
Caves, of Knik, Alaska, who on June 21,
1915. made Homestead application No.
01829. for WKNWIi WtiSWh Sec. 28
EJiNEL EtiSEU. Section 27. Town
i ship 16 X, Range 3 W., Seward Meridian.
has filed notice of intention to make fin
I al three-year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before U. S.
Commissioner S. S. Bateman, at his of
fice at Knik, Alaska, on July 1, 191S.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Peter Jenson. George Gates. J. W.
; Downing, William Marfit, all of Knik,
I Alaska.
(551 C. B. WALKER, Register.
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NOTICE TO CBEDTTOES.
' In tlie Commissioner's Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division,
Knik Precinct, Before Leopold David,
1 Commissioner and Probate Judge.
, In the Matter of the Estate of Henry
A. Tracy, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate or
Henry A. Tracy, deceased, to the credit
ors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to present
them, with the necessary proof and
vouchers, within six months after the
date of this notice, or after the date of
the first publication thereof, to the ad
ministrator. J. T. Cunningham, the said
undersigned, at Room 8, General Office
Building, A. E. C„ Anchorage Alaska,
which is the office of said administra
tor, for said estate and where the said
administrator will transact the business
thereof. , „ „ ,
Dated this fifteenth day of April, 1913.
J. T. CUNNINGHAM,
Administrator of the estate of
Henry A. Tracy, deceased.
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