KAISER HAS TO ORDER LARGE FORCE OF TROOPS TO
MUELHEIM TO TAKE CARE OF DISTURBANCE
THERE, ACCORDING TO REPORTS RECEIVED IN
LONDON BY THE WAY OF HOLLAND.
LONDON, Jan. 28.—Disorders o
grave character prevail in the indus
trial districts on the river Rhine ii
Germany, according to reports receiv
ed in Holland; bread riots in Austri;
are detailed in dispatches to Zurich
Switzerland, and heavy lighting be
tween Rumanians and Russians at Ga
latz, Rumania, are chronicled in mes
sages from Petrograd to London.
Troops Sent to Muelheini.
The disorders in the industria
provinces in Germany have assume*
such serious proportions that larg<
forces of German troops have been or
dered to Muelheim, opposite Cologne
on the Rhine.
The bread riots in Austria reache*
their most violent stage at Teague
f They were caused by a governmental
- order reducing the amount of flour ra
1 tions. Mobs smashed shop windows
- and plundered stocks of food. Police
i experienced great difficulty in restor
, j ing a semblance of order. Three thou
• ; sand persons took part in the riot at
- Prague.
Russians Are Repulsed.
The fighting between the Rumani
! ans and. the Russians at Galatz re
! i suited from an attempt by a force of
[ Russians to fight their way through
; Galatz in an effort to regain teri*i
• tory taken from them by the Ruma
, nians January 20. The Russians in
! voked the aid of monitors on the Dan
[ ube river, but their attacks were re
. '"pulsed by the Rumanians.
SCARCITY OF EDIBLES BECOMES
MORE SERUM'S IN EURO- !
PEAN ENTENTE NATIONS. j
PRESIDENT TO ISSUE REQUEST.
Plans for Carrying Chief Executive’s
Directions Into Effect Are Now
Under Consideration by Federal
Authorities.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 26.—
Scarcity of food lias become so se
rious in the countries of America’s
European allies that President Wil
son feels it is necessary to request
the people of the United States to
practice food conservation on a more
extensive plan than they have follow
ed heretofore.
The presid nt’s. formal request will
be embodied in a proclamation.
The food administration, under
Herbert Hoover, is making prepara
tions to aid the people in complying
with the request of the chief execu
tive.
The food administration today was
formally notified by the British am
bassador that Canada has decided to
cease the grinding of wheat into
white flour. Beginning Monday, all
Canadian mills will grind only war
or “standard” flour.
SOME DOG.
Sign in Hamburg, Ind.:
“Lost Dog Large Black Wooly Col
lar Brass Nobs Liberal Reward.”
LET’S SEE IT?
Iva Patch lives at Follansbee, W.
Va.
GOVERNMENT WILE ASCERTAIN
WHETHER SYSTEM OF RATION
ING MILE HE NECESSARY.
DEALERS HAVE TO REPORT.
When Information Is Collected Fed
eral Authorities Will He in Posi
tion to Determine What Provision
to Make For Future.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20.—
How much food has Uncle Sam in his
national larder? How adequately can
he feed until harvest time his many
millions of civilians and soldiers? Will
it be necessary this year for Ids citi
zens to eat war bread? Can he furn
ish the share which he ought of the
daily ration needed by the fighting
men of the allies? And can he supple
ment somewhat, perhaps, the meager
fare of the friendly neutrals to whom
the war has brought the pinch of
hunger?
I'illing Out Schedules.
These are the big and vital ques
tions, so important to the conduct of
the war, which the bureau of markets,
department of agriculture, is seeking
to answer by carrying out the war
mergency food survey provided for
by the last congress. All over the
country steps are being taken to an
swer these questions. Hundreds of
thousands of persons in control of
food supplies, large and. small, are fill
ing out schedules mailed to them by
the bureau of markets. These sched
ales will show the quantities of more
than one hundred different foods on
hand December .‘31, 1917, quantities on
WHISKY
APPROXIMATELY 2,:>00 GALLONS
OF LIQUOR IN JAIL WILL BE
SHIPPED TO BALTIMORE—NO
ORDERS REGARDING BEER.
Approximately 2,500 gallons of
whisky, gin and ram held in the An
chorage jail will be shipped on the
first boat in the spring to the United
States Industrial Alcohol company of
Baltimore, Md., according to a tele
gram received here yesterday by De
puty Marshal C. W. Mossman from
United States Marshal F. R. Brenne
man, of the third judicial division,
with headquarters at Valdez.
The liquor has been seized by the
officers here from bootleggers during
the past year.
At Baltimore, the alcohol will be
extracted from the liquor for use in
hospitals in the war zone. No orders i
have ben received here relative to the j
disposal of contraband beer and wines.
Deputy Marshal Mossman has com
municated with Marshal Brenneman
on this matter.
Marshal Brenneman some time ago
took up with United States Attorney
General Thomas W. Gregory regard
ing the disposal of seized liquor in this
livision. The attorney general’s re
ply was inclosed in a communication
from Marshal Brenneman to Deputy
Marshal Mossman. The attorney gen
eral's instructions follow:
“Ship by freight any whisky, gin
or rum in your possession, which may
have ben duly forfeited or to which
the government may have received ti
tle, to United States Industrial Alco
:iol company, Baltimore, Md. Ship
ment must be plainly labeled as to
eontents in conformity with all laws
md marked property of United States
government for use of war depart
ment.”
hand December 31, 1916, for compari
son, and the quantities shipped out by
freight or express that have not been
delivered to the consignee. To the to
tals of these figures will be added
quantities held by retail food dealers
in certain counties where store-to
store canvasses are being made. The
latter intensive surveys will be made
in order that the figures for the entire
| country can be checked. In addition
i about 40,000 selected families will re
port on special schedules.
Basis for Future Action.
These figures will be used as a basis
upon which to estimate the amount of
food in the more than twenty million
homes of the country. When all this
information has been tabulated Uncle
Sam will have available for the first
time sorely needed data upon which to
formulate plans for efficient produc
tion and wise use of the munition
which is of gi’eatest importance in
winning the war—food.
Trailing Food Supply.
The trail of the country’s food sup
j ply is a winding and many-branched
one, the bureau of markets has found.
A surprising variety of dealers and
- “holders” go to make up the vast
army of individuals and concerns that
have in their hands the potential
breakfasts, dinners and suppers of the
nation. Among the most important
custodians of this vast f6od supply
are owners of grain elevators, com
mon and cold storage concerns, meat
packers, carriers, exporters, wholesale
and retail grocers, bakers, confection
ers, butchers, and other dealers.
Schools, hospitals, asylums and other
institutions, it has been found, are
much larger holders of food than had
been supposed, while another import
ant group which carries considerable
quantities of foodstuffs is made up of
hotels, restaurants, commissaries, etc.
To every dealer and holder of food,
the bureau of markets has attempted
to mail a schedule on which the offi
cial returns of holdings is to be mad .
This has involved a vast amount <>!
preliminary work, for before a blai k
was sent out the most complete li
ever made of handlers and holders of
food had to be built up from various
sources and checked and recheck, t.
This list now contains between a half
and thiee-quarters of a million names.
Penalty for Slackers.
To guard against any food handlers
being missed by failure to include
them in the mailing list, the bureau
of markets has sent supplies of sched
ules to its agents throughout the
country for distribution, and at the
same time has announced that all in
dividuals and concerns handling foods >
who do not receive schedules through
the mails will be expected to apply to
the local agencies for copies. Congress
put teeth in the act authorizing the
making of a food survey by providing
that persons willfully failing to make
returns when called upon, or willfully
making incorrect returns will be sub
jected to a line of not more than
$1,000 or imprisonment for not more
than one year.
GERMAN AGENTS SUSPECTED
OF HAVING CAUSED BIG
FIRE AT NEWARK, N. J.
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 29.—Thor
ough investigation will be made into
the million-dollar fire that last Satur
day destroyed oil barges, freight cars,
a pier and a warehouse stored with j
army supplies, in this city. The inves-!
tigation will be conducted by a mili
tary commission appointed by the war
department.
German agents are suspected of1
having started the tire.
FILIPINOS TO FORM
DIVISION FOR ARMY
—
THREE MILITARY TRAININGj
CAMPS WILL BE ESTABLISHED
IN DISTANT I S L A N D S.
MANILA, P. I., Jan. 28.—The mili
tary commission here, under the terms
of a bill recently passed by the United
States congress, has recommended the
opening of three training camps in the
Philippines for the accommodation ff
a division of Philippine troops.
FINNS START
THEIR FIGHT
FOR LIBERTY
LONG EXPECTED REVOLUTION
IS NOW IN PROGRESS IN
EASTERN PROVINCES.
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RUSSIANS WATCH HELSINGFORS j
Sharp Struggle Occurs Between Revo
lutionaries and Muscovites at Vi
borg and Petrograd Hurries For
ward Reinforcements.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 29.—
The long threatened revolution in
Finland to establish a government
completely separate from Russia is j
now in progress in the eastern Fin
nish provinces, according to dispatch
es received in Stockholm today from
Viborg, Finland.
In Helsingfors, Finland, Russian
Maximilist troops have taken posses
sion of the railroad station. As yet
there are no reports of any serious
lighting in Helsingfors.
In Viborg there has been sharp
lighting between the Finnish revolu
tionists and the Russian Maximilist
troops. The Maximilist government
at Petrograd is hastening military re-1
. ■
inforcements to Viborg.
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GERMAN RESIDENTS
HAVE TO REGISTER
KAISER’S SUBJECT HERE MUST
REPORT TO DEPUTY MAR
SHAL’S OFFICE.
Male German alien enemies, of 14
years of age or more, in the Anchor
age district will be required to reg
ister here with Deputy United States
Marshal C. W. Mossman between
March 18 and March 23, according to
a telegram received yesterday from
United States Marshal Brenneman of
Valdez.
All Germans who has not taken
oat their second papers are required
to register. The hours for registra
tion will ne between 0 o’clock in the
morning and 8 in the evening.
HALF OF NEWS PRINT PLANTS
IN NATION TO OBSERVE
COALLESS MONDAYS.
WASHINGTON, I). C., Jan. 29.—
Half the mills manufacturing news (
print paper were ordered today by
the fuel administration to observe the
regulation that certain industries
throughout the nation suspend opera
tions Mondays, as on Sundays, for the
next nine weeks for the purpose of
conserving the country’s coal supply.
When the coal-saving order was
promulgated last week against the op
eration of certain industries on Mon- ‘
days for ten weeks none of the print >
paper mills was included. ! i
FARMING IN FRANCE.
The French government has under-j
taken to supply the depleted ranks 1
of the farmers and to give assistance! i
to the amateur farmer by means of :n
correspondence course, which has been ]
eagerly received. The pupil receives j <
instructions as to a course of reading, j
the management of a small experi- <
ment plot, the carrying out of simple''
experiments, visits to neighboring
farms, etc. The Union of Agricul
tural Syndicates, which has assumed
charge of this work for the govern- 1
ment, has appointed a number of;
“conitors” to suprevise the work of 1
pupils in their several neighborhoods, j
The pupils prepare monthly examin
ation papers and render monthly re- ‘
ports on their work. !t
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To make the sight guage of a sta-11
tionary engine readable from a dis
tance a German inventor has equipped t
a gauge with an arrow, the point of £
which follows the rise and fall of wat- c
?r in the glass tube. j c
SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER
SAYS NUMBER WILL REACH
1,500,000 THIS YEAR.
GUNS READY AS FAST AS MEN.
Cabinet Officer Says Artillery W'as
Bought from Allies to Save Cargo
Space and Because They Had Sur
plus Supplies. ,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.—
Five hundred thousand American sol
diers will be in France this spring,
and a total of 1,500,000 will be ready
to go abroad before the close of the
present year, was the statement of
Secretary of WAr Newton D. Baker
before the senate committee on mili
tary affairs in his testimony defend
ing his department from the charges
of inefficiency preferred by Senator
George E. Chamberlain, democrat, of
Oregon, chairman of the committee.
The secretary, while admit
ting there were not enough rifles to
supply all the recruits in the training
camps, said that there was a rifle for
every American soldier who could use
one and that the present rate of man
ufacture assured a steady supply as
fast as the troops were ready for
them.
Jn explaining the purchase ot artil
lery from France and England for
American troops in Europe, the secre
tary declared that France and Eng
land had a surplus of artillery and
supplying it to the American troops'
saved cargo space in transatlantic
ships for other vital war necessities.
Secretary Baker stated that exten
sive plans had been made for Amer
ica’s participation in the war, but he
lid not go into any details.
FOG PREVENTS ESTIMATE OF
DAMAGE, BUT ALL AIRMEN
RETURN IN SAFETY.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Jan. 28.—Four Ameri
can aviators attached to a French!
squadron participated today in a day
ight raid on Germany. Because of fog
t was unable to estimate the damage
nut it is believed the results were
?ood. All the aviators returned
safely.
■SEVEN PASSENGERS AND FIVE
SAILORS LOST WHEN STEAM
SHIP CORK GOES TO BOTTOM.
LONDON, Jan. 29.—The passenger
iteamship Cork yesterday was torped
>ed by a German submarine in the
vaters of the European war zone and ‘
vent to the bottom. Seven of the pas- ,
.engers and five of the crew were lost.
The Cunard liner Andania also was ,
orpedoed yesterday by a German sub- j j
narine in European waters. She did ,
lot sink at once, and tried to reach -
>ort, but when to the bottom before
ihe was able to proceed very far.
MSS FOUND IN
CANDY FOR SAILORS
)KDER SUSPENDS SALE OF
SWEETS TO NAVY M E N
FROM PRESENT STORES.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28.— ]
In order has been issued suspending ,
he sale of candy to sailors from the ! ,
•resent naval stores and directing the
urchase of additional supplies. |
Impurities have been discovered in j '
he candy that has been supplied nav-1
1 ships and it is reported that powd- j •
red glass has been found in the : ]
andy. <
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ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE
PERSONS ARE INJURED IN
ADDITION TO DEATHS.
ONE INVADER BROUGHT DOWN.
Fifteen Machines Take Part in Aerial
Invasion and Drop Bombs on Lon
don and Other Cities Along Their
Route.
LONDON, Jan. 29.—Forty-seven
persons were killed and 169 were in
jured as the result of a German air
raid last night over London and other
English cities.
Fifteen German airplanes partici
pated in the raid, and of these five
reached London.
Anti-aircraft guns and airships
were employed by the British in re
sisting the raiders. One of the raid
ing machines was brought down in
flames, and the three members of its
crew were burned to death.
The invading machines spent about
five hours over England, and during
this time the fire of anti-aircraft guns
was almost continuous along the route
taken by the raiding squadron. Its
approach toward London was sig
nalled ahead, and its arrival over the
British capital was expected.
The five invading machines that
reached London were over the city
about 8 o’clock.
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RAILWAY OFFICIALS
LEAVE FOR STATES
HANSEN, MAYHEW, JONES, JAE
NICKE AND BOWERS WILL
JOIN HEARS’ REGIMENT.
F. A. Hansen, engineer maintenance
of way, F. U. Mayhew, assistant engi
neer, and^C. G. Jones, roadmaster of
the Alaskan Engineering commission,
left this morning on a special train
for Seward. They will sail for Seat
tle on the steamer Alaska, which is
rlue to arrive in Seward Thursday.
Mr. Hansen, Mr. Mayhew, and Mr.
Jones leave their work with the Alas
kan Engineering commission for the
purpose of joining the engineering
regiment now in the course of organ
ization by Col. Frederick Hears, who
eft Anchorage for Washington on
January 3.
K. K. Kuney has been appointed by
Andrew Christensen, acting division
mgineer, to succeed F. A. Hansen, a.-*
mgineer maintenance of way. E. O.
Archibald, who has been resident en
gineer, has been appointed assistant
mgineer to succeed Mr. Mayhew.
\\ illiam H. Jaer.icke, engineer esti
mator employed by the Alaskan En
gineering commission, also left this
norning for Seward and the outside
end upon his arrival in Seattle will
nake application to join Col. Hears'
regiment. Mr. Jaenlcke has been with
;he engineering commission for two
rears and has been connected with
he engineering department on the
furnagain Arm district.
Ernest F. Bowers, resident engineer
vith headquarters on Turnagain Arm,
ike wise left this morning for the
dates and will make application to
oin Col. Hears’ regiment.
AMERICAN RELIEF COMMISSION
IN ITALY TELLS OF ENEMY
OUTRAGES THERE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.—
Ruthless bombing of entente allied
lospitals in Italy by Austrian aviat
»*s was reported today to the head
luarters in Washington, D. C., of the
American Red Cross society by the
Jnited States relief commission to
Caly.
The commission reported that the
:astle Franco, which is used as a hos
jital, was severely damaged in a re
■ent Austria aerial raid.