HARRY \V. FLETCHER, ONE OF
ur.criits, writes of ms
COCRTESY AT DANCE.
ROAOHOl'SE KEEPER IS Sl'RI.Y.
K(> i|.; i- Vcknowledged of SAO Wil
ed ii. Captain A. F. Lathrop, of
i iii^ City, to Young Mon for To
iii.'io Money.
details of tho trip from An
• i rugo to Seward b\ tho ;■ .\ty-ouo
. o g men, who reconty left' here for
tiio motes to outer tlu military serv
ice of tho government, and the na
t -o of the reception—or lather lack
e: reception-—accorded the rerrirts at
- : i'd are contained in a letter re
ived by .John F. Coffey, city editor
- the Anchorage Daily Times, from
;i, ■ r\ \Y. Fletcher, who formerly was
. --ember of the staff of the A:i
< enrage W eekly Democrat and who
- .. member of the party of newiy
< r'-i'ted soldiers.
M . Fletcher tells of the surly treat
the party experienced ;it a road
house at Kern creek: refers to the
u ness and ill-manners displayed
S' ward men and women at a dance
•a . and acknowledges the receipt
• .-.'to that Captain A. K. l.athrop, of
(ity. wired to Seward as tobacco
.'or the young recruits.
Text of I.etters.
•. Fletcher's letter follows:
w. (ommittee of welcome met us
e.epot at Seward. It consisted
••I rev-boys and a dog nutsher.
i barged the Overland hotel and
■ had Harry Whittemore sweating
d arranging accommodations for
us.
' he trip over was quite eventful,
■ -".adi that as a bunch of mushers
1 .o:, <-d up like a school of beluga
. e- in the Sahara desert. From
. :»1 to 75 (Glacier) we math1 tine
ay, although a few of them took
* '. ad of hard. Some of us made
•F - 71 that night, (Wednesday,
• a _‘0. the day we left Anchorage)
: want to say right he re that the
"... house man at 71 should hereafter
b given the strict ‘go-by.’ He treat
ies like a bur.ch of cattle and
vied as if he was being forced to
- . and lodge the boys without rec
ns»\ You will do everybody a
i. • steering clear of roadhouse
. . 71, Kern creek.
' .V. nude Mile 54 Thursday noon
-owe went on to 45 that after
Our treatment at 54, 45 and 40
- great. We had good eats, good
C m and courteous treatment.
a i arrived at .Mile 40 Saturday
. .-oam of us putting in Friday
:. ■ : at 45.
appreciation of the treatment
• vod at Mile 40, the boys present
* ■' Mr.-. Adams with a picture of the
led soldiers, with everybody’s sig
;re inscribed thereunder.
“The train ride into Seward was un
• otful, except for the fact that we
all packed into one coach, with
a the other passengers. And the
:w..- plow which preceded the train
; ••sisted in jumping the track, which
now -sitated numerous delays and the
a-umption of quantities of nerve
.-(»‘thing cigarettes.
"1 have spoken of our grand recep
For in Seward.
Dance Caps Climax.
\nd to cap the climax they gave a
dance in our honor Saturday night.
Yv e all showed up, and Seward was
! presented in force.
'in order to get a dance we had
fir-t to obtain an introduction through
a Seward man. In most cases we first
had to be introduced to the Seward
man. Then having concluded this
process, the lady who happened to
be the objective in view, slipped you
a card upon which was a printed pro
gram. The spaces for the names were
mostly filled up by the Seward men,
and in order to give the Anchorage
boys a chance in the scramble, they
called a couple of extras.
“After two hours of fighting and
climbing over the prostrate bodies of
those who fought with us, the bunch
| icii in a gang. *ve ieit mat we were <
i ni the way, and I am sure that the
I Seward folks had a glorious time af
: ter we all went home. But that was
| not all.
I
“In order to give this dance, a col
! 'option was taken up around town be
; fore we arrived. It appears that be
tU’crn the traveling salesmen and the
Anchorage boys who had gone on j
ahead, enough dough was raised to j
pay for the patriotic function. To
::vo the pikers their due, the Anchor-!
;e hoys had their donations returned
o them this morning. They probably
had overcolki ted and didn't know
what to do with the surplus.
“Captain I-athrop wired us $50 for
tobacco money and expressed his i
• od wishes for oar welfare.
‘Everybody is well and happy.”
PONTIFF SENDS PROTEST TO
GERMAN GOVERNMENT, AC
CORDING TO REETER’S.
SEEEI.S DESTROY CHERCHES
Head of C atholic Church Takes Form
al Fxception to Massacre of Resi
dents of French Capital by Teuton
\rlillerv.
OTTAWA. Canada. Apt"! 2.—Pope
Benedict, liead of the Catholic church,
: • protested against the bombard
n: of Paris and especially against
no destruction of churches and the
i -acre of the people of that city,
. 'cording to a dispatch received
.■■■•!■' the Reuter’s news agency.
2ombardment Continues.
PARIS. Api'ii lJombard: cut of
’.iris was continued t >day by the
ong-range artillery of the (ierman
’ones.
YOl’NG MEN ON DR \FT 1.1 ST AIR
l EGEP TO PtKTl RN \ NSW MRS
AS SOON AS POSSJARE.
Questionnaires have lr en mailed b\
lie coemption board here to all reg-1
1st rants under the selective conscrip
tion law in the Anchorage district.
'l r • mailing of the questionnaiies,
..•Rich totalled 1,70(5, began Monday
and lhi last of them was deposited in
he post office Saturday night.
Registrants are urged to till out the,
questionnaires and return them to the
::e option board as soon as possible.
Registrants may receive legal advice,
free of charge on any matter.- in con
nection with the questionnaires from
Attorneys Arthur G. Thompson, J. S.
Truitt and Arthur Frame, who have
volunteered their services to co-oper
ate with the government.
The exemption board received the,
assistance of many persons in the past
week in preparing, addressing and
mailing the questionnaires. Among
those that volunteered clerical and!
stenographic work were Mrs. W. D.
Stearne, .Mrs. R. 1). Thompson, Mrs. j
C. V. Marshall, Mrs. T. R. McAnally,
Mrs. Frederick T. Mumnia, Mrs. E. T.!
Lindner, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Sapp, Mrs.!
Hoefel, Mrs. Pyatt, Miss Elvera Swan-j
son. Miss Una Korth, Miss Vera Wal
ler, Miss Livia Elwood, Miss Helen
Clark, Miss Blanche Patterson, Miss
Mackae, Miss Jaffe, Mark Dolliver, R.
X. Hill, I. Fleischman, D. B. Rose.
Joseph Manion, R. N. Moyer, L. P.
Ilarnil and Mr. Muller.
ATT A BOY!
(Greensboro, Ga., Herald-Journal.)
It might be of interest to Luke Mc
Luke to know that I. Slaughter has
been placed in Class 1 by the Greene
county exemption board.
Experts in the employ of the Mexi
can government will study a native,
plant from which it recently has been
discovered a red ink and possibly a
dye can be obtained.
WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT WILL THRUST ASIDE
ALL QUESTIONS OF NATIONAL PRIDE IN ORDER TO
INCREASE IMMEDIATELY STRENGTH OF ARMIES
NOW OPPOSING THE GERMAN DRIVE.
Teutons Apparently Have Learned That Infantry Attacks
Without Great Artillery Preparation Are Generally Fruit
less and They Are Not Expected to Attempt to Reach Ami
ens Again Until They Have Support of Their Big Guns—
English Report Small Gains.
LONDON', April 2.—Units of the
United States forces in France will
be brigaded with the French and Brit
ish in the war zone, according to the
announcement here today of the Brit
ish \\‘ar office.
This action indicates that the Amer
ican government is ready to thrust
aside all questions of national pride
in order to place the American troops
it the immediate disposal of the en
tente allies.
The indications are that the Ameri
can troops in training in Fngland
will bo rushed across the Knglish
•hannel to the French war zone.
The brigading of the Americans
with the French and British, how
ever, will not impair the national as
lect of General John J. Persning’s
trim. It will be built up eventually
is a purely American war ihachine.
beeline in Activity.
On the fifty-tive mile battlefronl be
.ween the Oise river on the south and
:ho Scarpe river on the non it in
France. there has been a decline in
he activity of the opposing forces.
Dispatches from Reuter's News
igency say that the Hermans are
nobillzing additional strength he
ween the Somme and Montdidier.
Apparently the Germans have
earned that infantry attacks with
mt great artillery preparation are
generally fruitless. The German ar
lllrry lire along their new front from
IISSISSIPPI EXEMPTION BOARD
01 TRIAL TERRS OF CON
SPIRACY IN SOI TH.
SO RESPONSE TO ORDERS
olored Preacher, Who Recently Re
ceived $10,000 to Build Church. En
courages Disobedience by Preaching
Pro-Teuton Sermons.
JACKSON, Miss, April 2.—German
noney is used to encourage Mississip
pi negroes to evade the military draft
ict, according to F. J. Ethridge, state
nspector of the Mississippi exemption
wards.
it annuli i iii |;uooiuic j oa,y i'n
Ethridge, to get negroes to respond
:o the draft when called.
A negro pastor, who is affiliated
.vith the Church of God in Christ, is
leclared to have preached pro-Ger
nan sermons recently, and to have
•eceived funds sufficient to erect a
^10,000 church at Lexington, Miss. It
s asserted but a small part of the
auilding fund was secured from the
aarishiners.
WHY NOT?
Now that men have taken up knit
:ing, why do the men not carry those
aig flowery knitting bags with them?
fhey would come in handy when you
ire taking your soiled stuff to the
aundry or when you are packing
lome a dozen bottles of beer.
NAMES IS NAMES.
Adolph Loose lives in Norwood,
Dhio.
the Scarpe to the Oise is eompara
ively weak, indicating that they have
3ecn unable to move their guns at an
wen pace with their infantry.
Seventy-seven German divisions are
>n the ScarpQ-Oise line waiting for
lie support of artillery. They proba
)ly will defer any further attempt to
each Amiens until the arrival of their
j artillery.
German Attacks Kepulsed.
In the area between the Luce and
Avre rivers, the British have repulsed
i severe attacks by the Germans, par
ticularly along the Luce river. The
British finally succeeded in storming
and holding some German positions
in a wood along the Luce river. The
British took fifty prisoners and a
number of niacnine guns.
1 he infantry operations in the Pi
cardy sector have died down. The
(iermans have been checked in their
attempt to advance on Amiens.
The licitish and French have both
made small gains in the area be
tween the Somme and Demeun.
Premier C'lemenceau, in making a
visit to the battle front yesterday ven
tured so near the front line that his
automobile was in an area which was
subjected to heavy shelling. The win
dow. of the car were broken but the
premier was not hurt.
The premier returned to Paris en
thusiastic and full of confidence in the
favorable i sue of the great battle be
tween the Scarpe and the Oise.
SURPLUS (’APSES REVOC ATION
OF FOOD ADMINISTRATION'S
FORMER ORDER.
NO RESTRICTIONS IN APRIL.
Regulations in Regard to Flour Are
Made More Explicit and Fifty Per
Cent of Substitutes Are Required in
Sales.
By C. W. JONES,
Publicity Agent, Food Campaign.
All restrictions against the use of
meat are suspended until May 1.
Neither meatless days nor meatless j
meals need be observed during April
by residents of Alaska. A temporary
surplus of meat obtains at present in
the United States and for that reason
the ban has been lifted by the food ad
ministration.
Telegram From Governor.
; This information was conveyed to
Andrew Christensen, district food
administrator for Anchorage, today
in a telegram from Judge Royal A.
Gunnison, of Juneau, who is directing
the conservation campaign in Alaska.
The telegram follows:
“All food restrictions upon the use
of meat are suspended for thirty days
from date. Neither meatless days nor
meatless meals need be observed dur
ing the period.
' Limit Put on Flour Sales.
“All food dealers from now on un
til further notice, must limit their j
sales of wheat flour at any one time i
to one-eighth barrel to consumers in
towns, and one-fourth barrel to sub
urban residents, farmers, fishing
boats and prospecting parties. Pub
nc eating nouses may purcnase, as
now, 50 pounds of wheat flour with
out securing a permit.
“Town consumers must get a per
mit for purchases in excess of twcnty
five pounds of wheat flour after mak
ing a satisfactory showing. The re
quisite amount of substitutes (50 per
cent) must be sold with all wheat
flour sales. (A barrel of flour con
tains 105 pounds, and flour is also put
in ten, twenty-five, forty-nine and
ninety-eight pound sacks.)
Rye Is Not Substitute.
“Notify all bakers, and this in
cludes restaurants, cafes and public
eating houses, using three barrels
of wheat flour and meal monthly that
rye must not be used as a substitute
in their products.”
The permits to purchase wheat flour
in excess of 25 pounds mentioned in
the above telegram, may he obtained
from Miss Helen Park, at the Anchor
age Townsite office, upon a proper
showing of the purchaser’s actual
need for the excess quantity of wheat
flour.
No fees or charge are attached to
the issuance of permits.
MADAME I). H. STORCH, GLRMAN
TURKISH EXTRACTION, SUC
CUMBS UNEXPECTEDLY.
WAS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY.
Doctors Ascribe Demise to Pneumonia,
liul Authorities Think Fellow Spies
Fearing Exposure May Have Re
sorted to Murder.
NEW YORK, April 1.—Madame
Despina Davidovitch Stored, a young
Gernian-Turkish woman, who was
charged with having been the leader
of a group of German spies and who
was arrested a fortnight ago, died un
expectedly yesterday at the Ellis
island immigration detention quarters
in New York.
The cause of her death is believed
to have been pneumonia, but official
details concerning the matter arc
withheld pending authority from the
federal authorities.
The woman possibly may have been
the victim of other German spies who
feared she would expose them and
their machination.
She was 23 years old. Her father
was a German and her mother a Turk.
FAIR RESIDENTS OF WASHING
TON WILE DON OVERALLS
AND IH) FARM WORK.
S 1’ O K A N E, Wash., April 2..—
Women of Grant county, Washington,
will don overalls and drive six-horse
teams to help put in the spring crop
this year, according to \V. O. Straight,
cashier of the Coulee State Bank of
Coulee City, a recent visitor here.
“1 know one man and his wife who
will put in their entire crop of 350
acres alone this spring,” said Mr.
Straight. “This woman can handle the
teams and the implements as well as a
man and is not averse to going out
into the fields with her husband. There
are lots of others who are planning on
doing the same thing.”
INQUIRY IS MADE
INTO RAILROAD
PROBE WILL PRECEDE ACTION
ON NOMINATION OF RIGGS
TO GOVERNOR.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.
The management of the government
railroad in Alaska will be investigated
before the senate committee on terri
tories when it acts on the nomination
of Thomas Riggs, Jr., to be governor
of Alaska. Opponents of the nomina
tion will appear before the committee.
AERONAUTICAL EXPERT HA
HOWEVER, THAT MASSED A
TACKS ARE STOPPED.
DANGER GREATLY RKDUC
Bombing of Cities Is Not Condai
by Single Pliers or by Small Gro
of Machines Instead of by
Fleets.
LONDON, April 2.—“Both the C
mans and ourselves have to ad
that neither guns nor defensive pla
I can always stop a raider who knc
his business and is equipped with
I first-class machine-gun,” writes
aeronautical expert commenting
the Evening Standard on recent
raids on London.
“The intensive battle barrage
Flanders is crossed and recrossed
I cessantly by airplanes. Our raids
' Mannheim and other German tow
I show that the enemy cannot bar o
i machines from reaching their objec
ive, and the recent raids indicate th
Germans can penetrate the Lond<
defenses.
But there is a tremendous change
the conditions governing the raids .
comnared with those existine- Ip
than a year ago. Of the many ai
planes which may now approach Loi
don very few indeed get through. T1
massed fleet raid has given away t
attacks by single machines or ver
small groups. Never again are \\
likely to have the humiliating specti
ele of a big formation of enemy me
chines moving with impunity abov
our capital.
Danger Is Reduced.
“In this respect we have reduced th
danger very considerably, for wit!
modern bombs, and modern improve
ments in bomb release, a fleet o
raiders could now do terrible damagt
in London. The massed attack haf
been broken up, however, and nov
our danger comes from units am
very small groups. We cannot make
light of this development, all the
same, for the Germans have formed
the habit of running their raids in a
kind of Indian file, group after group
commg over to England, and each en
deavoring to send one or more ma
chines over London.
“The single or small group of raid
ers is most elusive, and no agency yet
put into practise has been able to
stoj) this form of attack. The heavi
est barrage is jumped over by a (.tar
ing pilot, and, so immense is the sky
space and so defective is visibility at
night that great fleets of pursuers of
ten fail to bring him down.
Growing More Skillful.
“But our airplanes are growing
more skillful in breaking up the fleets,
and with further experience, aided by
more liberal use of >ery fast machines
we should be able to give every solo
raider a terrific chase from the coast
to London and back again. For this
chasing we require the best brain
work, coupled with a lavish supply of
the best machines. Until this system
is carried to perfection we must con
tinue our gunnery barrage.
The object of this fire is not so
much to hit the raider as to drive him
very high, as thereby we force him to
come rather lightly loaded with bombs
and in addition his accuracy of aim
1 is diminished.”
j SIXTY-NINE MEN ARRESTED IN
| SAN FRANCISCO WHO PLAN
NED TO WORK IN CANNERIES.
i -
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 1.—
Sixty-nine men, suspected of being
draft evaders, were arrested today on
a vessel which was preparing to sail
for Alaska.
The arrest was the result of infor
mation received by the police that the
men were planning to leave San Fran
cisco to work in the Alaska canneries
(in order to escape the draft.