MILITARY CANTONMENT NEAR
TACOMA IS EQUIPPED WITH
MANY CONVENIENCES.
mu CHANGE IN A SHORT TIME.
Second Draft of Recruits Will Find
Things Much Different than I hey
Were for First Contingents Four
and Half Months Ago.
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Wash.,
March 4.—About five months and one
half have elapsed since Camp Lewis
received its first quota of selective
draft men, fresh from civilian life,
to be given the military training ne
ccssaiy in the building of an army.
In that comparatively short period
the improvements in both the physi
cal condition of the men, and their
training camp have been marked. It
i.- interesting to compare the camp of
today with the partially completed
ramp which greeted the first contin
gents early in September, 1917.
Officers who had been assigned to
organize the first units which the
men were to form, were present to
conduct the recruits to their regi
ments. The first California contin
gent, for instance, was taken to the
363 rd infantry regiment which was
subsequently entirely filled with men
from the Golden State. From the
mustering tents to the 363rd the men
walked across a deserted prairie
fringed with pines. The road was not
. von fT'-.-iilprl
Complete Training Camp.
When the second draft arrives they
will find a military training camp
complete in every detail from the
large administration building down
to the horse corrals in the remount
depot. Even the grounds about the
h; tracks have been graded and beau
tified by the present occupants. Paved
thoroughfares have been constructed,
scores of additional buildings erected,
a most efficient hospital system cre
ated, places of amusement opened for
the enlisted men, a Hostess house
completed, a post laundry is operat
ing, and numerous other improve
ments have been made.
The Young Men’s Christian asso
ciation, the Young Women’s Christian
association, the Knights of Columbus
and the Red Cross maintain institu
tions in the cantonment to brighten
the idle hours of the men and to re
lieve the minds of tlie soldiers regard
ing home conditions. There are five
Young Men’s Christian association
buildings where the men may gather
evenings to write, read or enjoy en
tertainments, and several Knights of
Columbus halls extending the same
privileges.
Large Auditorium.
The Young Men’s Christian associ
ation also has an auditorum capable
of accommodating several thousand,
where noted speakers, singers and en
tertainers appear.
The Young Women’s Christian as
sociation Hostess house provides com
fortable accommodations for rela
tives visiting soldiers.
The Red Cross hut, under the man
agement of a capable field director, is
doing a vast service for the enlisted
men and their families.
The Liberty theatre, seating 2,500,
gives nightly performances.
All these institutions and improve
ments, practically unknown to the re
cruit of five months ago, are import
ant factors in the training of the men
who will fight in the Wild West divi
sion for the cause of democracy.
FRUIT CANNERS SCARCE.
HONOLULU, T. H., March 2.—Ha
waiian pineapple canneries are at
present working on government con
tracts which are demanding more than
one-half of all the sliced pineapples
that can be turned out. Representa- j
tives of the canners’ association have
asked that the industry be exempted j
from draft because of the heavy de
mands on the output made by the gov
ernment.
PUBLIC DEBT
COMMITTEE IS ORGANIZED TO
STUDY LIQUIDATION OF WAR
OBLIGATIONS.
STATE TO BUY AND SELL I ISH.
Government May Take Over Electri
ea! Propositions for Supplying
Light and Power and May Likewise
Develop Farm Lands.
LONDON, March 4.—The empire
Resources Development committee
has been trying to devise ways and
means of paying off the vast legacy
of debt that will be bequeathed by
the war. It has not been long at it
but according to H. Wilson-Fox, M.
I’., a prominent member of the com
mittee, it is making highly satisfac
tory progress in the solution of the
problem.
As outlined by Wilson-Fox in an
uldress before the Royal Colonian In
dilute, the colossal sums needed are
o be obtained by the state developing
certain resources of the empire on a
uge scale and turning over the prof
L- to the national treasury. One of
hose is fish, of which Mr. Wilson
Fox said, unlimited supplies could be
'.Rained from Canada and New
eundland. This fish, it was asserted,
•ould he sold in the United Kingdom
t prices for below those ruling be
Vve the war, provide a good living
"or all engaged in the work and yield
he state a profit from £25,000,000 to
.">0,000.000 a vear.
.-\noiner proposal wa.s uiai me
■date should participate in the supply
ml distribution of the palm products
ibtair.ed in the empire which are
laily becoming of greater import
nee as articles of food. From this,
t was calculated, the profit would
con amount to i'bO.OOO.OOO annually.
\nother £100,000,000 a year it was
stimated could he derived by the
.ale from electricity for light and
lower to be provided at much cheaper
sates than private companies charged.
The home government, it was sug
.vsted, should co-operate with Can
da in the early development and sale
• f large tracts of corn land.
If a grant of 200,000,000 acres
•ould be negotiated, the committee
’O’ieved, the nation’s food supply
would be assured and within a quar
ter of a century the sale of this area
could pay off a large portion of the
■m pi re’s debt.
“hooking into the future,” said the
cturer, “we can visualize the state
s an owner of vast herds of cattle
iverseas raised on lands which are
oday unutilized; as a proprietor of
orests and valuable plantations of
capital shrubs and trees grown on
areas which are still virgin, and the
harnessing of mighty waterfalls fed
by the eternal snows of India and Af
rica; as an organizer of great com
mercial air services, and as the reap
er on an immense scale of the man
ifold harvest of the seas.”
B Att Iv E X TIN E LA U X C H EI >.
Conqueror Is 250 Feet in Length and
Has Beam of 45 Feet.
A PACIFIC PORT, March 2.—A
four-masted barkentine, the first in
many years to be built on the Pacific
coast, slid down the ways today and
will take its part in cargo carrying
that will “help win the war.” If a
name counts for anything, the one giv
en this vessel augers well.
“I christen thee ‘Conqueror’ ” cried
Mrs. James Rolph, jr., wife of San
Francisco’s mayor who made the jour
ney up here on a special train which
also brought a large party from that
city. Included in the 150 guests were
the mayors of Sausalito, San Rafael,
Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg,
Ukiah and Willets.
The “Conqueror,” which is 250 feet
in length with a beam of 45 feet, will
be able to carry a load of 1,650,000
feet of lumber, or 2,200 tons dead
weight. *
Two sister barkentines still are in
course of construction here as well as
three steamers.
UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALI
FORNIA CANCELS CONTRACTS
AND RAISES PRICES.
GOVERNMENT TAKES TANKERS.
Plantations and Industries in Islands
May Be Compelled to Resort to
Coal and Enough of This Probably
Cannot Be Obtained.
HONOLULU, T. H., March 4.—The
i Union Oi' company of California,
: which supplies much of the oil used in
| the islands, has sent notices to all of
I its customers in Hawaii, cancelling
lull time and quantity contracts and
I advising of an advance of 2 cents a
barrel on the price of oil to be de
: livered hereafter.
The company advised all customers
who could possibly do so to convert
their oil burners to coal burners.
The shortage is due chiefly to the
fact that the government has com- :
mandeered for war purposes most of
the tankers that bring oil to the isl
ands. Not only is there a serious
shortage of fuel oil threatened, but
of by-products as well, such as dis
.illate, gasoline, kerosene and as
This is expected to curtail, if not
put an end to joyriding and even to
/he business use of automobiles, (las
;old in Honolulu is made from oil, and
fears are expressed that the new or
der of things will force the gas com
pany out of business.
Virtually all industrial plants in
Hawaii use oil for fuel, so the situa
tion promises to affect the entire ter
ritory intimately.
Food Administrator Herbert C.
Hoover has specifically called upon
fhe sugar men of Hawaii to increase
.heir production. This, it is said, can
ot he done if there is a serious
shortage of oil, and hope is expressed
that, in order to protect this industry
and provide as much sugar as pos
sible for the nation and its allies, the
national government will take meas
ures to provide the sugar plantations
with the necessary oil. If this cannot
be done, they will have to use coal
and on account of the shortage of ves
sels, it is considered more than doubt
mi if sufficient coal to keep the
wheels turning can be obtained, un
less special provision for more ships
is made by the government.
AUTO THIEVES ARE BUSY.
California Association Starts Crusade
Against Criminals.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 2.—
Thefts of automobiles and their ac
cessories have become so prevalent
that the California State Automobile
association has started a crusade
against the criminals in an effort to
put a stop to the practice, according
to W. I). Watkins, secretary. The as- j
sociation has retained counsel and has
engaged special detectives to carry on
the war.
In less than six weeks, from
Thanksgiving Day 1917 to January 4
of this year there was stolen in San
Francisco more than $10,000 worth of
accessories such as tires, tubes rims, i
and covers alone. The same condition
of affairs is said to exist through the
state. In one of the smaller cities a
man was arrested who is said to have
confessed to the theft of fifteen auto
mobiles, according to Mr. Watkins. In
many instances tnese nave been taken
for the reward confidently expected to
be offered, the explanation being that
the machine was found abandoned.
Accessories which have been special
ly marked have been scattered about
and have already resulted in the cap
ture of a number of thieves found
with the designated property in their
possession. The police of this city!
and the state in general have readily j
offered to cooperate in the campaign;
with the result that during the past j
few weeks a score or mor6 persons j
have fallen into the toils of the law. |
Various automobile insurance compan
ies also are actively interested.
IRAZU MOUNTAIN IN COSTA RI
CA STARTS ON NEW PERIOD
OF ACTIVITY.
ASHES CARRIED 25 MILES.
Citizens of Nearby City of Cartago,
Which Has Three Times Been De
stroyed by Eruptions, Have Not
Suffered Any Damage As Yet.
S A.N JOSE, Costa Rica, March 4.—
The Irazo volcano, the largest and
highest in Costa Rica, has awakened
and has started a new . period of vio
lent activity after nearly two centur
ies of quietness.
The previous remarkable eruption
of this volcano took place in 1723
when Costa Rica was the poorest of
the colonies under the crown of Spain.
During that year the Irazu was in
activity throughout the whole year,
emitting huge quantities of ashes,
cinders, smoke, vapor and gases, and
the manifestation was followed by
earthquakes. Then came a period of
long rest. It fell into a deep slum
ber for nearly 200 years.
Now it has awakened again and is
pouring out, without interruption, tor
rents of vapor, sublimates and ashes,
cinders and volcanic debris which,
floating in the air and carried by the
ail currents, have reached places
twenty-five miles distant from the
crater.
At the foot of this volcano lies the
historical city of Cartage, three times
destroyed by the colossus and as of
ten rebuilt by her inhabitants. Dur
ing the present crisis Cartago has
suffered no harm, as her inhabitants,
wiser through experience, have re
built the city earthquake proof; and
the emissions of the volcano have not
reached Cartago, owing to the heavy
winds prevailing, which have blown
them towards the valley of San Jose.
Thousands of persons have visited the
summit of the mountain range to see
the two oceans, and the gigantic col
umn of smoke and gases aiming to
the sky.
The Irazo volcano stands 11,000
feet above the sea level and about
two hundred miles northwest of the
Panama canal. Back in the prehis
toric ages, this volcano made formid
able eruptions, vomiting torrents of
lava, miles in length, of which there
are traces to be seen yet. Perhaps
nothing will now happen; but the
Costa Rican people always bear in
mind the prediction of Humboldt who
foretold that the Central American
and Panama isthmuses were doomed
to be swallowed by the waters of both
oceans, making a broader canal than
the one that American genius has
built across the Isthmus of Panama.
TREATED TO THRIFT STAMPS.
Drinks Are Declined and Money Used
to Help Win War.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 2.—
“Let’s drop in somewhere and have
something on me?”
“Alright, we’ll go across to the bank
there. I’ll take a thrift stamp.”
“I’ll take the same.”
This may be typical of some con
veisations which may be heard in the
future if a movement started recently
spreads. Already a number of men
have pledged themselves to stand by
this program.
EGYPTIAN CROPS ARE GOOD.
CARIO, March 2.—Egyptian crop
estimates are of the most satisfactory
character. Rice is 21 per cent above
normal, and the yield of wheat and
barley will be well above the average
In every case the area under cultiva
tion is larger than ever before.
RED CROSS GIVES $20,000.
LONDON, March 2.—The American
Red Cross has given $20,000 to es
tablish eight maternity and child-wel
fare centers in England, two in Lon
don and the others in six large indus
trial cities. The new institutions are
to be known as the “American Red
Cross Child Welfare Centers.”
SACK OF FLOUR
HAS BEEN SOL
FORM 5,747
| BAG STARTED ON JOURNEY BY
SAN FRANCISCO SHRINERS
REACHES VIRGINIA
MONEY RAISED FOR RED CROSS
! More r\ han $.’>00,000, It Is Expected
Will Re Obtained by Reason of
Novel Plan Devised by Islam Tem
ple of California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March
4.—John D. McGilvray, potentate of
Islam Temple of Mystic Shriners of
San Francisco, received word of the
fifteenth sale of the now famous
‘‘Shriners’ lied Cross sack of flour,”
which was started by Clarence F.
Fratt, historian of Islam temple. The
latest sale of the flour was by Khe
dive temple at Norfolk, Virginia, re
cently, bringing the total sales to
date to $15,747.66. The next sale will
be held by Crescent temple, at Tren
ton, N. J. when Walter E. Edge, gov
ernor of New Jersey, will be initiated
at a big shrine ceremonial.
From New Jersey the sack goes
back to Virginia to Kazim temple at
Roanoke. It will then vsit Connecti
cut, Indiana, and on May 3, India
temple at Oklahoma city will have its
Golden Anniversary and India tem
ple claims it will pass the higgest
sale made by any temple up to that
time, although Bagdad temple at
Butte, Montana, on December 14, sold
the sack for $7,359.61.
“Sunny Jim” McCandless, imperial
oriental guide of the Mystic Shrine of
North America, says if the sack is
returned to Honolulu that Aloha
temple will raise $10,000—or $9,000
more than their last sale.
Potentate McGilvray of Islam will
take the sack of flour to the imperial
council at Atlantic City in June and
expects to raise $25,000 at this gath
ering.
As the sack is to visit every temple
in North America, the Shriifers ex
pect to raise half a million for the
American Red Cross. The sack has
now traveled 11,000 miles and has
been to Iowa, Ohio, Alabama, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Honolulu and Vir
ginia. The Louhala covering, woven
by the Honolulu Shriners, has been
covered over by a cow hide placed on
the sack by Algeria temple at Hele
na, Montana. The Butte Shriners
placed on the outside of the cowhide
a copper band and fez mined by them
selves. The flour has already worn
out two ordinary flour sacks.
THE NEWLY WED.
“I want a lobster, Mr. Dunne,”
Remarked young Mrs. Breen;
“But haven’t you some riper ones?
“All these here look too green.”
!
TWO FILE FOB ,
J. L. GREEN, REPUBLICAN, AND
J. NOON, DEMOCRAT, AN
NOUNCE CANDIDACIES.
RAY IS OUT FOR SENATOR.
i Factional Opponents of Delegate in
Congress Charles A. Sulzer Enter
Fight for Practically All Offices in
Juneau District.
SEWARD, Alaska, March 1.—Only
two filings were made here for the
party primaries. Both are for repre
: sentative in the territorial legislature
land the aspirants are J. Bindley
i Green, attorney, a republican, and
John Noon, carpenter, a democrat.
A1 Chamberlain, of this city, who
was expected to file as a republican
for the territorial legislature, finally
concluded not to do so.
L. V. Ray, attorney, of Seward, who
was on his way from Juneau to Sew
ard, leit the steamer at Valdez yes
terday and is believed to have filed
there for territorial senator on the
republican ticket.
Bitter Factional Fight.
JUNEAU, Alaska, March 1.—Indi
cations of a bitter factional fight tn
the democratic party were manifested
yesterday when democrats opposed to
Delegate in Congress Charles A. Sul
zer and his friends announced their
candidacies for various nominations
in the democratic primary.
Territorial Mine Inspector William
Maloney filed for delegate in congress
in opposition to Delegate Sulzer; F. B.
Harrison, secretary of the Alaska
Labor union, of Juneau, filed for terri
torial senator; E. L. Cobb, W. W. Bat
cheller, L. G. Young and Mrs. Grace
Bishop, wife of former United States
Marshal Bishop, filed for territorial
representatives.
James Estes, who filed as a demo
crat for road commissioner, is a sup
porter of Delegate Sulzer.
B.i Sit ka Hot Springs
These springs are five in
number and one of the old land
marks of Alaska. The Russians
had a hospital there in 1841,
where they sent patients with
diseases of the skin and consti
tutional blood disorders.
The temperature averages
145 degrees Fahrenheit at the
Spring. The baths are effica
cious for rheumatism, stomach
i and liver troubles, kidney and
bladder diseases, and for consti
tutional disorders.
These springs are in charge
of Dr. F. L. Goddard. The
tenns for room, board, and
baths, $2 a day and up. Cabins,
$7.50 per month and up, includ
ing furnishings, except bed
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