MEDITERRANEAN
STEEL NETS
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN BY EN
TENTE ALLIES TO PREVENT
OPERATIONS OF DIVERS.
BARRIERS STRETCH FOR MILES
Underwater Wire Defenses Are Liftet
Every Day By Station Ships to Lei
Friendly Vessels Pass Through t<
Destinations.
CORFU, Sept. 5.—(Correspondene<
of The Associated Press)—Travel ir
the eastern Mediterranean during
these war days is no easy matter, foi
the usual routes of travel are now
barred by long lines of steel nets, set
to catch submarines but at the same
time establishing a vast labyrinth of
.danger and obstruction for any sort of
traT<e). The nets stretch clear across
the main channels, from island to isl
and, and from the shore islands to the
mainland, sometimes ten and fifteen
miles away. Through these nets the
privileged steamer—for all the regu
lar lines are abandoned—must pick its
way, during the brief interval that an
opening is made daily to permit the
passage of friendly shipping.
Seen from the deck of the steamer,
these torpedo nets stretch away for
miles. The visible part above water
consist of steel cylinders, about 12 feet
long and three feet in diameter, like a
good-sized log. These are chained to
gether about thirty feet apart, and at
intervals of every 300 feet a large an
chored buoy holds the chain in an un
broken straight line, thus the chain
runs for miles—cylinders and buoys—
with the meshes of the steel net hang
ing under water from the chain, to
gather in submarines just as fisher
men make their hauls of herring.
Catch Glimpses of Nets.
One gets occasional glimpses of this
under-water net, as it comes to the
surface on the station ships. These
are small trawlers, or steam fish
launches, every mile or two apart, and
two of them are at either side of the
narrow passage admitting friendly
ships. It is their business to raise the
net at stated intervals, and to look
over the papers of the ships that pass.
As we moved through the passage
the steel net was plainly visible drawn
up on the station ship. It looked tc
be about twelve to eighteen feel
across. The strands of steel wire were
very heavy—about one-eighth inch
and the mesh rather open, as a sub
marine is such large game that a fine
net is not needed to take it.
It was seen, too, that each of the
stationships had its own armor ol
steel nets. Long iron rods extending
from the upper decks, from which
hung the nets, making a curtain ol
steel entirely circling each boat, thm
protecting it from attack while it re
mained in charge of the nets. Each
ship, to, it was noted, had a rapid-fire
gun mounted fore and aft.
One line of these nets stretched
from the upper end of the island ol
Corfu over to the mainland of Al
bania. It seemed endless, and its furth
er reaches were lost in the distance,
Another line swung around the harbor
of Corfu, where the allied warships
are gathered and the government ol
.Serbia is located since it was driver
from home. Further south a third line
of these nets extend from the south
ernmost point of the island over to the
mainland. Back of the nets could be
seen the huge warships and the frown
ing fortresses constructed on the
heights by the Venetians. It seemee
strange that strands .of steel wire
could protect such fortresses and mon
ster ships, and it indicated to what ar
extent wire entanglement—on lane
and water—has become a factor foi
the first time in this war.
SON TO MRS. McBRIDE.
Mrs. J .L. McBride, who is in Louis
ville, Ky., became the mother of ai
eight-pound boy on October 8. News
of the happy event was received bj
Mrs. McBride’s friends last Wednes
day.
HENRY FORD AND HIS COMPANY TAKE
$10,000,000 OF LIBERTY BONDS
DETROIT AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER WRITES
SECRETARY OF TREASURY McADOO THAT IN
MAKING WAR ON GERMANY UNITED STATES DID
BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO WORLD.
DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 17.—Henry
Ford today personally, subscribed $5,
000,000 and, on behalf of the Ford
, Motor company, took another $5,000,
000 of the second issue of Liberty
I bonds.
In a letter accompanying the sub
> scriptions of $10,000,000, Mr. Ford
wrote Secretary of the Treasury Will
iam G. McAdoo that the United States,
in making war on Germany, did the
best thing that ever happened to the
world.
j Mr. Ford, it will be remembered, a
j few years ago, financed a peace dele
| gation to Europe in an effort to bring
! an end to the conflict.
IFAST PACE IS NECESSARY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Sub
scriptions to the second Liberty loan,
must come in at the rate of $420,000,
! 000 daily from now until October 27
I
t when the drive ends if the five billion
| hoped for is obtained.
ALL MEMBERS OF ALAMEDA’S CREW
ARRESTED BY DRY SQUAD IN SEATTLE
ACCUSED MEN, EXCEPT THOSE IN FIRE ROOM, ARE
RELEASED ON BAIL—SECOND SEARCH OF VES
SEL RESULTS IN DISCOVERY OF QUANTITY OF LI
QUOR IN HOLD OF WELL-KNOWN ALASKA LINER.
—
SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—All members
of the steamship Alameda’s crew were
arrested by the dry squad here on
charges of illegally bringing liquor in
to Seattle. Members of the fire room
are still in jail in default of bail. The
ship was searched Monday but no li
quor was found aboard of her and
then another search was made yester
day and liquor was found secreted in
her hold. .
NO TERRITORIAL FUNDS AVAILABLE
TO BUILD HOME GUARD BARRACKS
GOVERNOR SENDS MESSAGE SAYING THAT TREAS
URY HAS SOME MONEY THAT CAN BE USED TO
RENT QUARTERS FOR DRILLING AND STORING
EQUIPMENT—FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL SUP
PLY ARMS.
No territorial funds are available!
for the erection of armories for home
guards, loyal leagues or other military,
organizations of such character in j
Alaska, according to a message receiv
ed here yesterday from the office at1
i Juneau of Governor J. F. A. Strong,
i . , I
! There is, however, money m the treas- j
| ury that can be used to rent premises:
for the drilling of volunteer guards
and the storing of their equipment. <
The message from Governor Strong,
which was in answer to an inquiry by
the Daily Times, reads as follows:
“This office has no authority to ap
propriate territorial founds. Reason
able amount of money for rental pur
poses, for limited time is available.”
The matter of barracks accomoda
tions is not related to the question of
arms, which will be supplied by the
federal government.
LA FOLLEITE
I WISCONSIN SENATOR WANTS TO
CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES
APPEARING AGAINST HIM.
No Time Is Fixed by Investigating
Committee for Beginning of Hear
ings Against Accused Legislator in
Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 17.—
At the first meeting today of the spec
ial committee to investigate the
speech delivered at St. Paul by Sena
tor Robert M. La Follette, republican,
of Wisconsin, the accused senator
presented a formal demand that he be
permitted to cross-examine witnesses
appearing against him and to summon
svitnesees in his own behalf.
He demanded that the charges
against him be reduced in writing and
that he be served with a copy of them.
He set forth what he said was the
text of St. Paul speech and declared
: he believed every word in it was true.
He asked the committee if its
t duty was merely to ascertain what he
[ ;aid at St. Paul, and if it doubted the
■ correctness of his statements regard
■ ng the text of the speech.
i Senator Atlee Pomerene, democrat,
[ of Ohio, chairman of the committee,
• answered that neither he nor the other
committeemen doubted the Wiscon
sin’s senator’s word, whereupon Sena
tor La Follette replied, why the inves
■ tigation then.
i “Who does doubt my statement?”
i inquired the Wisconsin senator.
The committee adjourned without
■ fixing a time for the beginning of the
hearing.
TEUTON AGENTS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT TAKES
STEP TO REPRESS ACTIVI
TIES OF RESIDENT ENEMIES.
Pro-German Sympathizers Threaten
to Withdraw Deposits from Banks
to Prevent Investments in Govern
ment Bonds.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—
The United States treasury depart
ment has under way a campaign of re
pression against Teuton agents who
ai'e guilty of attempts to incite popu
alr feeling against the Liberty Loan.
Efforts to disparage subscriptions
is especially noticeable in some parts
of the middle west. It is reported that
the surreptitious activities of seditious
individuals have been extended even
to Washington city.
Pro-German depositors in banks
have endeavored by removing their
deposits to intimadate the instituions
from assisting persons desiring to buy
Liberty bonds.
FORMER CZAR GETS
HIS FOOD BY CARD
DEPOSED ROYAL FAMILY ARE
TREATED LIKE OTHER RESI
DENTS OF SIBERIA.
^JETROGRAD, Oct. 20.—The family
of Nicholas Romanoff, the former czar
procures food by cards obtained from
the authorites of the Eolsk district in
Siberia, where the family is in exile.
The Romanoffs are treated the same
as other citizens of the district.
EFFORT FAILS
TO SALVAGE
GREAT BEAR
SCHOONER ARCTIC RETURNS TO
NOME AFTER FRUITLESS
TRIP TO PINNACLE ROCK.
WRECK IS GOING TO PIECES
Coal and Other Supplies That Were
Supposed to Have Been Aboard of
Ill-Fated Vessel Could Not Be
Found.
The schooner Arctic has returned to
Nome from Pinnacle rock, off the
shore of St. Matthews island, bearing
the news that the machinery and fit
tings of the wrecked Borden-Lane
schooner Great Bear are in such shape
that it was found inadvisable to at
tempt salving operations with a chart
ered vessel, the cost of the charter be
ing such that no profit could be made.
The valuable Deisel engine was
found to have been badly battered by
the ice, all of the outside fittings hav
ing been broken off, together with
other essential parts.
The hull of the vessel had been pi-ac
tically torn to pieces, evidently by ice
pressure and the machinery and other
fittings scattered along the narrow
beach. One large section of the hull
was found on the shore of St.Matthews
island together with other portions of
the wooden structure. The ice had
shoved the wreck far up on Pinnacle
rock, the remains of the vessel being
above the water and easily accessible.
The anchors and chains, together with
the lathe and other machinery were
scattered near the remains of the hull
of which only a short section of the !
keel and the stern post was left. Clark,
the diver, who accompanied the ex
pedition as one of the charterers of
the Arctic, said that it was quite use
less to attempt to save what remained
as no profit could be made on the ven
Search was made for the coal and
other supplies supposed to have been
left on St. Matthews but nothing could
be found. Clark said that the schoon
er Eagle, which arrived about twent; j
hours after the Arctic, may be able to
scrap the remains of the machinery
and save the anchors and chains, but
there was nothing in it for the Arctic
charterers and they decided to retur
after the survey. The Arctic encount
ered stormy weather throughout the
trip with head winds and heavy seas.
St. Matthews island is a bird reser
vation, being one of the many places
of this territory whereon the Wash
ington government has for reasons
that never appealed much to Alaska
placed their official Verboten in true
bureaucratic style. To visit the island
and to make it a rendezvous in any
way requires a permit.
CANADATOHOLD
JANUARY ELECTION
PREMIER SIR ROBERT BORDEN,
IT IS EXPECTED, WILL BE
RETURNED TO POWER.
OTTAWAj, Canada, Oct. 13.—Sir
Robert Borden, premier of Canada,
announced, after a conference with
conservative and liberal party men,
that he would form a coalition minis
try to conduct the affairs of the do
minion during the war. He said this
issue of the formation of a coalition
government would be submitted to
the electorate at an election next
January.
Political leaders here confidently
expect that the premier’s policy will
be endorsed by the people and that he
will be returned to power.
HEAVY SNOW IN HILLS
Arthur Mack and Patrick Marion
came down from the Willow Creek
district this morning and say the hills
are covered with three feet of new
snow. They report that some of the
leading companies will prosecute their
work during the winter and will block
out ore for the next operating season.
SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND, FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS HAVE AL
READY BEEN TAKEN.
REST BEFORE OCTOBER 24.
Government Employes Also Subscribe
$4,500 to Endow Ward in American
Military Hospital at Neuilly,
France.
One hundred thousand dollars will
be subscribed for Liberty bonds by
employes of the Alaskan Engineering
commission. Of this sum $72,500 has
been taken already. Fifty thousand
dollars of the subscriptions are from
employes of the Anchorage division;
$1920 from employes of the Fair
banks division, and $3,300 from em
ployes at Seward.
In addition to these subscriptions
for liberty bonds, $4,500 has been do
nated by employes of the engineer
ing commission to endow a ward in
the American military hospital at
Neuilly, France. Of this sum, An
chorage employes contributed $3,400;
Fairbanks $700, and Seward $400.
More Donations to Be Made.
Subscriptions to this fund have not
yet been closed, and no reports have
yet been received from several im
portant subdivisions, such as Turn
again Arm, and before the lists ar
closed and when all returns are in,
the present amount will be greatly
augmented.
“The subscriptions to the liberty
loan, now amounting to $72,500, will
be increased to at least $100,000 by
October 27 the time for the dost
throughout the country of the cam
paign for the second issue of liberty
bonds,” said Captain Charles \7.
Jones. “Employes of the commission
can take pride in their donation of
$4,500 for the endowment of a ward
in the American hospital at Neuilly.
Only $4,000 Expected.
“Notice recently was sent out b\
officials of the interior department
suggesting that department employes
those at the seat of government ii
Washington city as well as in the
various states, territories and over
seas possession, contribute $4,000, the
amount required to endow a ward a:
the Neuilly hospital. Five hundred
dollars in excess of this amount has
already been contributed by the inte
rior department employes associated
with the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, and the present sum of $4,
500 will be considerably increased be
fore the final reports are received
from various outlying subdivisions.
This means that in the Neuilly hospi
tal there will be a ward bearing the
name of the Alaskan Engineering
commission.
“The money raised in excess of $4,
000 will be used to endow beds, foi
each of which $600 is required.”
AMERICAN WARSHIPS
SUFFER NO LOSSES
UNITED STATES FLOTILLA IN
BRITISH WATERS HAS BEEN
IN SERVICE FIVE MONTHS.
BASE OF AMERICAN FLOTILLA
IN BRITISH WATERS, Oct. 18. — Ir
five months of active service the Amer
ican destroyers in British waters
have steamed collectively 875,000
miles. This is more by several times
than the distance cruised by them in
two whole years of peace.
Not a single life has been lost and
no serious mishaps have resulted to
any of the units.
The destroyers have spent five
eighths of their time at sea. Usually
they spend three days in port after
each turn of five or six days outside.
The men have learned the technique
of the business of combatting subma
rines, of convoying merchantmen and
of rescuing survivors of torpeded ves
sels.
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