RUSS CAPITAL
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(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, March L—The Nor
wegian consul has taken over the
American consulate at Petrograd. bare
reports received from Petrograd in
dicating that the situation has taken
an unexpected turn for the worse.
Embassies Have Departed
"LONDON, March 1.—The French
and British embassies have taken their
departure from Petrograd,
Francis Goes to Vologda
"WASHINGTON, March 1.—The com
mittee on public information an
nounces that American Ambassador
David T. Francis and staff, together
with the American military mission
and Red Cross representatives, left
Petrograd Wednesday for Vologda.
Arrive at Destination
VOLOGDA, Russia, March 1.— The
American and Japanese ambassadors
have reached here by special train.
Advance Resumed
LONDON, March 1.—A Petrograd
dispatch received here today indicates
that the Germans have resumed their
advance into the interior of Russia.
Two Empires in Harmony Again
BERLIN, March 1. —The Germans,
■continuing the Russian advance, have
reached the River Dnieper, according
to an official announcement. The
Austro-Hungarian troops are advanc
ing into tlie Ukraine
AMERICANS WREAK TERRIBLE VENGEANCE
UPON GERMANS FOR RECENT GAS ATTACKS
(By Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY ARMY IN
FRANCE, March 1.—Swift ret
ribution has fallen upon the
German batteries which this
week have been bombarding
the American trenches north
west of Toul with gas shells.
The American heavy artillery
concentrated their fire upon
the German minewerfer batter
ies yesterday for half an hour.
I and cdtiphitely obliterated tlie
eneni'^ position.
Mai|\ direct hits were made
with pi expioseivs shells,
and t*-Iters' were thrown high
in tlw a if. Explosions, prob
baly fit’ German ammunition
; and gas, resulted in the ground
I about 1 he German batteries be
ing churned up. If any Ger
mans. remained there during
the bombardment they '-certain
ly suffered.
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DAVID T. FRANCIS
Ambassador of the United States at
Petrograd, who is reported to have re
tired with his staff from the capital
NO LIS WERE LOST
WHEN SHIP IS SiK
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, March 1—The British
, merchant steamship Tiberia, 4,88n
tons, has been torpedoed while pro
j ceeding to New York. The members
■of the crew were rescued.
(By Associated Press)
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DAWSON, Y. T. March 1.—’The roy
al Northwest mounted police patrol
returned from its regular winter trip
to .the Arctic regions yesterday. The
officers met Stefansson, who was win
tering at Herschel Island. The ex
plorer was endeavoring 10 reach the
outside world last fall when his steam
er, the Polar Bear, grounded on Bar
ter Island. Stefansson then returned
to Her sc he! Island.
Letter Tells of Illness
Stefansson was suffering from cold
and lever when the police patrol reach
ed Fort McPherson, and they received
a letter stating that the explorer was
worse, and that he was delirious.
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(Special to the Daily Times)
WRANGELL, Alaska, Keb. 28.—A
big rndignation meeting was held here
last night, at which business men and
fishermen alike voiced a protest
against the importation of alien enemy
fishermen.
Strong resolutions were adopted de
claring the Importation of these men
to he not only a menace to the fishing
Industry but an affront to loyal Ameri
can citizens, taking from them the
work that should belong to them.
(By As!?
NEW YORK,
commissions will pui
hundred thousand to
thousand bushels of corn'
ing the next three weeks
middle western grain exchang?
use abroad.
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“We want more meat,” some of uf
in America may say. “We get tired oi
eans and other substitutes.” Maybe
we do, hut do you think we get as
ire of substitutes as Europe does of
lack of meat without any substitutes?
SCIENTISTS WILL GATHER
TO WITNESS PHENOMENON
(By Associated Press)
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., March
1.—In order to afford the nation's sci
entists an opportunity to witness the
total eclipse of the sun on June 8,
Spencer Penrose of Colorado Springs,
president of the Pike’s Peak Automo
bile Highway Company, has invited
several hundred astronomers of the
United States, Canada and Mexico to
view the phenomenon from the sum
mit of Pike's peak, 14,109 feet above
the sea level. Pike’s peak is in the
direct line of the total eclipse, and of
ficials of the naval almanac office of
the United States naval observatory
at Washington say that it is one of
the country’s most favorable locations
for eclipse expeditions.
No such extensive shadow path has
passed over the country since the
eclipse of 1878, when a view of the
corona was obtained by ’ Professor
Langley and his party of United States
naval observers on Pike’s peak.
The automobile highway of the fam
ous peak will be used for the trans
portation of the various scientific in
struments necessary for observing and
recording the eclipse.
The eclipse will last about 100 sec
onds at Pike's peak. While crossing
the United States in forty-seven min
utes, it will pass through Colorado
Springs at 4:23 p. m.. mountain time.
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FISH PRICES
At Ketchikan
HIKAN, March 1.—Fish prices
rday were as follows: Hali
' gables 4c; red rock. 2c.
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1 rain arrived jTom the interior this
afternoon.
PLACE DYNAMITE
WRECK HOTEL
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(By Associated Press)
SAN DIEGO. March 1.—Two sticks
of dynamite were found today in a
trash barrel at the Maryland hotel,
shortly before its contents were to be
sent to the incinerator in the base
ment.
It is probable that the structure,
which houses many army officier,
would have been seriously damaged
had the explosion occurred.
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(By Associated Pres)
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Feb. 28.—The
California state fish and game com
mission has launched an extensive
publicity campaign iri favor of the
much maligned "mudhen” as a means
of food conservation.
According to the commission the
common coot or "mudhen” already
i has established itself as a valuable
bird in the south and »parts of the
| east, but in the presence of so great
| a supply of more choice wildfowl,
| thus far has failed to find general
j recognition in California.
Realizing that only through wide
j publicity could the people be made
i familiar with the many good foods
' that annualy go to waste, the state
j board has been stimulating all poss
i ible use of birds that most hunt
I ers throw away.
The worst thing about the “mudhen”
is its name, and the prejudice that
this has built up against it. according
to the board.
Leading hotels have served them as
“water chicken” and as “tule hen.”
Known south as “poule d'eau” and
served a la creole, they attained a
more than local fame in New Orleans.
Mudhens are perhaps better relish
ed by their French name which is
more truly descriptive of their habits,
as they are a water bird rather than
j a mud frequenter. Their diet is
identical with that of ducks.
In general they are to be handled
like rabbits in preparation for the
table. Stews are the general method
of cooking, but those willing to pluck
i fat ones can roast them and have a
bird little inferior to a duck except
milder in flavor. Soaking the birds
several days in cheap claret imparts
a most delicious flavor, and is a meth
! od followed by some of the most cele
brated cooks, one of whom has been
j serving mudhens in his cafe for near
! ly twenty years in Los Angeles as
j “salmi of duck,” delighting thousands
who never suspected that they were
j eating the same mudhen that had been
j left to lie before their guns as sup
: posedly worthless.
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The proper study of mankind (just
now) is the food question. Meat
less days and wheatless days are sure
steps towards fightless days.
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Remember that being a slave to your
eating habits is one way of helping the
kaiser.
(By Associated Prdss)
J.\S3> . Umnunfi, March t.—An of
ficial note made public today an
nounce* that the report that Rumania
would enter into peace negotiations
with the Teutons, and declaring that
Hum a nth would aftcept peace at any
price are untrue.
The rc.to. further says that the Ru
men vn government will enter Jnto
peace n ‘gotlat. ms only if assured
that t ( will be conducted on a basis
uceept&b it: every respect.
Mfe-IWML r
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WASHINGTON, March. t—The
American delegates to the American
Canadian jjiint fisheries conference.
Secretary jRedfield and Assisstant
Secretary Sweet of the department of
commerce, fand Dr. Hug M. Smith, the
commissioner of fisheries, together
with Kdward T. Quigley, assistant sol
icitor of tiie department, as secretary
of the delegation, have returned tc
the city from a trip to Boston,
Gloucester, and St. Johns, N. B.,
where hearings were held in connec
tion with a proposed reciprocal ar
rangement between the United States
and Canada relative to the North
Atlantic Fisheries. The hearings in
the three cities mentioned were large
ly attended by fishermen and represen
tatives of the producers and distribu
tors of fish. The joint conference,
at is meeting in St. Johons, adjourned
to convene at Seattle on April 24,
when it is to consider the important
subject of the conservation of the
sockeve salmon of the Fraser river,
together with other questions pertain
ing to the fisheries of the Pacific and
North Pacific oceans, including Alas
kan and British Columbia waters.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 1.—The sen
ate committee on military affairs has
favorably reported a bill empowering
the President to commandeer timber
needed for the army, navy and the
shipping board.
The bill was introduced by Senator
('hamberlain as the result of the dif
ficulty encountered by the shipping
board in obtaining lumber for ship
building, and by the army aviation
service in getting spruce lumber for
airplane construction.
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Jitney dance next Wednesday.
WILLIAM G. M’ADOO
i Who, as secretary of the treasury and
! director of railroads, is said to be the
i most active man in the country's
service,
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ERECTING PORTABLE
HOUSES IN FRANCE
1, V > . /.
I (By Associate Press J < '
American Friends, working in eoh
! junction with the American Red Cross,
• now number 501. Those shelter 1,756
persons.
Some of the American Friends arc
] threshing in the country barns about
i Sermaize. Severn! men are at work
j erecting tractors and plows recently
j arrived from America
SPECIAL RATES
' (By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. March 1.—Director
of Railroads McAdoo has decided that
the Confederate veterans are to have
special rates and has assured them
that there will be no interference with
transportation facilities for their re
union at Tulsa, Okla., next summer. •
The same guarantee have been given
to the Grand Army of the Republic
for their meeting at Portland. Ore.
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WASHINGTON, March 1;—The pro
posed action of the' Japanese in Si
beria has been the train topic of con- .
versation in official circles since the
announcement of the Japanese over
tures to the allies was made publi
yesterday.
There are indications that
being formed which wi>;, ,uon show
• themselves in some fhternatiopal >ar
.rangenient to prevent the Germans
from obtaining control of Vtadivdsttol
together with the great Stores there
and from the use of the Transsiberiao
railroad.
President \
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HOLDING HIS OWN
CALGARY, Alta., March 1.—Prem
ier Brewster of British Columbia who
was taken suddenly ill here a few
days ago while en route east, is re
ported to he holding his own.
ANTI-SULZER DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE WM. MALONEY
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(Special to the Daily Times)
JUNEAU. March 1.—The anti-Sul
zer.crowd yesterday placed the name
of William Maloney, territorial mine
inspector, in nomination before the
coming primaries for the position of
delegate in congress. Other nomina
tions were:
For senator—F. B. Harrison, secre
tary of the-new Juneau Labor Union.
For Representatives—E. L. Cobb, W.
W. Batcheller, L. (1. Young, and Mrs.
Grace Bishop, wife of the former mar
shal. For road commissioner—James’
Estes.
There is no opposition to James
Wickersham for the Republican nom
I ination for delegate nor for Francis
j Connally, the Socialist candidate. It
' is predicted that there will be a bitter
1 fight among the Democrats to elimin
ate the machine men from party pow-j
| er in Alaska.
DISPATCH.
From Another Viewpoint
(Special to the Daily Times)
JUNEAU, March 1.—One minute
before'the time for closing yesterday
William Maloney, territorial mine in
spector. filed as candidate for the
nomination of delegate on the Demo
cratic ticket.
The applications of Maloney and
others who filed for legislative of
fices are the result of a frame-up in
the governor's office, at the behest of
active Wickersham followers and
friends of the governor.
Some of the Republican leaders de
clare that the action of Maloney and
the governor will cause them to work
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with the Democrats to defeat Wicker
sham and Maloney and return Sulzer
EMPIRE.
Anchorage Has Many Aspirants
(Special to the Dally Times)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 1.—
The following is a complete list of the
filings of candidates for the coming
primaries in Anchorage:
For senator—J. W. Ward. Republi
can; Thomas Price, Democrat, and E.
F. German, Socialist.
For representatives—Jack Suther
land, Republican; Arthur Thompson,
Republican; Robert Small, Democrat;
W. J. Henry, Socialist, and N. H. Nek
lason, Socialist.
For road commissioner—Axel Olson,
Socialist.
Third Division Candidates
The following is a list of those who
have filed their candidacies for office ^
with the clerk of court for the Third
division at Valdez:
Senator—J. W Ward, Republican;
Thos. O. Price, Democrat: Dr. E E.
German, Socialist, all of Anchorage.
Road overseer—James 1,. Galen, Cor
dova, Republican; James E. Wilson,
Valdez, Democrat; Alex Olson, An
chorage, Socialist.
Representatives—Henry A. Slater,
Cordova, Republican; Joseph H. Mur
ray, McCarthy, Republican; J. I,.
Heed, Valdez, Republican; J. Lindlej
Green, Seward, Republican; Jack
Sutherland and Arthur Thompson, An
chorage, Republicans; E. E. Ray, Cor
dova, Democrat; J. H. Patterson. Val
dez, Democrat; John Noon, Seward,
Democrat; Robert Small, Anchorage,
Democrat; W. J. Henry and N. H.
Neklason, Anchorage. Socialists.