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PARIS, April 11.—The Lafayette flying squadron, com
posed of Americans who distinguished themselves at the front,
will change from French to American uniforms and hereafter
carry the American flag at the French front.
WASHINGTON, April 11.—Unofficial advices announce
that Brazil has decided to break with Germany, and Argentina
will support the United States, Definite advices received are
that Chile and Mexico will remain neutral and the indications
are Guatemala and Peru will join the United States.
RIO JANEIRO, April 11.—Street demonstrations against
Germany are progressing. v
LONDON, April 11.—Rioting is reported in several towns
in Bulgaria. In Sofia the German cavalry charged the riot
ers, occasioning many casualties. In some cases the Bulgarian
troops sided with the manifestants. ( ^
LONDON, April 11.—The British troops captured the vil
lage and heights at Monchy Lepreux today and the village of
I-abergere was also taken. Satisfactory progress is reported
everywhere, the Germans being thoroughly surprised at the
speed and power of the British assault, the German artillery
not replying.
A great number of German guns were captured and many
destroyed. The Germans are trying desperately to save others,
and in one German position there remains twenty-four field
pieces. The German prisoners found at Docile were in a piti
able condition, some having l>een without food for four days,
and despite the intense cold they lacked overcoats.
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LONDON, April 11.—The British yesterday advanced
north of the village of Louveral, in the direction of Cambrai, a
quarter of a mile along the front, with two thousand yards
of consolidated' gain during the night.
SOCIALISTS IN A
JANCLE OVER
WAR POLICY
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(By United Press)
ST. LOUIS, April 11. — A split in
the Socialist party ranks over the
question of American entrance into
the war may be caused at the con
vention here today by eleven men
heretofore prominent in Socialist
councils, who have issued a manifesto
supporting President Wilson's course
against Germany, even to the point
of war.
Charles Edward Russell, writer and
Socialist leader, was one of the
signers.
"A few weeks ago," Russell said,
“the executive committee of the So
cialist party issued a manifesto pur
porting to declare that a majority of
the members of the party opposed
war with Germany. A minority of the
party has now joined in a manifesto
setting forth our belief that the ex
ecutive committee’s declaration is a
betrayal of democracy; that is far
from representing the belief of all
Socialists, and that, on the contrary,
Socialists should support the presi
dent against Germany and should con
demn in every possible way, Ger
many’s course in the war.”
Among the signers to this manifes
to are: J. G. Phelps StokeB, William
English Walling, Upton Sinclair, Char
lotte Perkins Gillman, William J.
Ghent, Leroy Scott, R. W. Bruere,
William L. Stoddard, Walter E. Krue
. si and his wife, Charlotte Kimbttss
Kruesi, and myself.’
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Ed Lee Thinius and Esther May
Nichells were today united In mar
riage by United States Commissioner
Medley.
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Mrs. W. H. Chase will leave on the
Bteamer Alaska tomorrow for New
York, where Bhe will spend several
months. i
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The many friends of Alvab Eames
will be glad to know that her has re
covered from his recent Illness, and
was yesterday able to leave the hos
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PROTECTIVE TIFF POLICY
FOR ALL NOTIONS
(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, April 11. — Prediction that
all the nations of the world will adopt
a protective tariff policy after the
war, In order to check the importa
tion of foreign goods and encourage
home manufacturers, was made by
Viscount Ichiro Motono, the foreign
minister, in an gddress before the Ja
pan Foreign Trade Association. The
best way to meet the situation which
would result, he said, would he to
carry on manufacturing industries in
the countries where the goods manu
factured are to be sold.
instructingcMese to
/' I NAVIGATE OIR V
w #>
(By Associated Press)
TSING TAU, April U. — Four Jap
janese aviators are now engaged In In
structing Chinese students to fly at
[Tsing Tau. The airmen brought aero
i planes with them, aud began their
course of instruction with practical
demonstrations in setting up and ad
justing machines. ^
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NEW CANNERY NEAR PORT
WELLS ASOUT COMPLETED.
E. B. Henley, of the Abercrombie
Packing Company, has his new plant
at Port Nellie Juan about completed.
The main cannery building is a two
story structure, 40 by 180 feet, and
in addition there ia a boiler and re
port house 30 by 60 feet and two
stories in height; a warehouse 40 by
160 feet, a Chink house, bunk house
and cook house.
The company plana fishing on an ex
tensive scale, and will employ (our
purse seine boats, six gill net boats,
and a cannery tender, and in addition
will put in use six beach seines.
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The steamer Alaska left Seward at
8 o'clock this morning and will reach
Cordova at 4 a. m. tomorrow. She will
be in port at*jut fourteen hours load
ing copper ore for the Tacoma
smelter.
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Job Printing nt Dally fnmea office.
ALIEN SUSPECTS
ARRESTED EUR
(By Associated Press)
CHESTER, Pa., April 1. — The ex
plosion at the Eddy-Stone ammunition
plant killed one hundred and twenty
two persons and Injured one hundred
and thirty-five. Alba Johnson, presi
dent of the Baldwin locomotive works,
which owns the factory, believes the
explosion was accidental. Samuel
Vanclain. head of the munitions com
pany, says the explosion was malicious
and two suspects, who are aliens, have
been arrested.
CHESTER, Pa., April 11. — After
visiting the plant, Johnson was con
vinced that a bomb or time clock
caused the explosion. The Buspects
have been released.
BUMPER CROPS
THIS YEAR
(By United Press)
LINCOLN. Neb., April 10. — Ne
braska’s crop aoroag* this year wilt
be the greatest In the state’s history.
Whether Nebraska's 1917 crop yield
will be the greatest in Its history will
depend on weather conditions.
The high cost of living, with the
consequent high prices paid for farm
produce, Is in part responsible for the
increased acreage. Only a normal
wheat crop is expected. Farmers now
say that the wheat Is not strong and
will require the most favorable condi
tions from now on to make even a
normal crop.
The corn acreage will be greater
than last year. Where wheat has
been winter-killed the farmers will
plow it up and plant the fields to corn.
The high prices brought by garden
produce and such staples as beans,
etc., will mean an increased acreage
for these also. Included in this list
is very likely to be the potato.
One of the effects of the high cost
Of living which will be seen in cities
and town all over the state will be in
creased gardens. In the larger cities
and towns every vacant lot stands a
good chance of being used for a
garden.
ENGLAND SUPPLIES NEW
RATIONS HOAAE ARMIES
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, April 11. — A new army
ration to replace the familiar "bully
beef," has been issued to' a large sec
tion o( the home armies in Great Bri
tain. It is known officially as "beef
brawn,” and resembles in appearance
the familiar pressed beef.
A Bausage ration has proved a great
success In another section of the home
armies, and arrangements are being
made to increase its use, while fur
ther large issues of Canadian fish and
home grown rabbits have been or
dered, replacing cold storage beef.
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MURRAY DECLARED INSANE.
A dispatch received at the marshal's
office Btates that Robert Murray, who
recently attempted suicide at Anchor
age by cutting his throat, was ad
judged insane by a jury in the com
missioner's court at that place.
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The Ladles' Altar Society will meet
tomorrow artemoon at 2 o'clock at
Mrs. McFadden's.
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New pay is reported to have been
uncovered In the Tolstoi country on
Flat, Esperanto and Madison creeks.
Fifty cent pans are said to have been
taken out on Flat.
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The Douglas Island Athletic Asso
ciation haa organized classes in box
ing and wrestling under competent in
structors.
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rally
(Hy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. April 11. — It h
expected that the army appropriation
bill, which carries $500,000 for the
building of trails and roads Ik Alas,
ka, will pass the senate, today. It has
already been fovarably acted on by
the house.
SENATE PASSES
LAW
(Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, April 11. — The senate
yesterday passed the eight hour bill
for all wage and salary earners In the
territory; also the act fixing a bounty
on wild animals. A new bill was in
troduced by Senator Sutherland to
punish owners of animals for allowing
them to trespass. Numerous other
bills were referred back to the com
mittees for changes or placed on the
daily file.
The house memorial for the estab
llshment of a quarantine station in
Alaska, and a hill recommending the
establishment of a national guard
were urged for passage. Shelter cab
ins on the trails passed third reading
The Snow joint memorial, providing
that the owner of unpatented claims
shall be exempt from annual assess
ment work, if enlisted in the military
forces and the eight hour bill passed
second reading. The bill regulatlug
Insurance companies was passed.
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON. April 11. — The
San Francisco office of the forest
service will issue weekly reports on
the condition of the principal automo
bile roads in the national forests of
California. This information will be
obtained from the forest rangers and
will be furnished to newspapors, press
associations, automobile clubs, hotels
and other interested organizations, by
which it will be made available to mo
torists.
The twenty national4oreats_Ln_Cali
fornia comprise more than 19,500,000
acres of land, and contain approxi
mately 8,600 miles of road. There are
are in addition 9,500 miles of trail
which make accessible the more re
mote regions. Many of these roads
penetrate large stretches of wild
mountain country, where thousands of
people go each summer to escape the
heat of the lower valleys. The pres
ent roads are to be supplemented by
$10,000,000 worth of others, made pos
sible by the federal aid road act.
SIBERIA ENJOYS LOW PRICE
OF FOOOSTUFFS
(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, April 11. — While
prices of foodstuffs have soarded in
Petrograd and Moscow to undreamed
of heights, figures obtained from
towns in eastern Siberia, where im
mense quantities of foodstuffs have
been lying unused for months, show
that prices in these out of the way
centers were never so low. In some
Siberian market towns the best meat
can be obtained for about three cents
a pound. Butter is 20 cents a pound,
eggs are nine cents a dozen and
wheat fetches about one cent a pound.
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SMITH MAYOR OF DOUGLAS.
(Special to the Times)
DOUGLAS, April 11. — Elmer E.
Smith was chosen mayor of this mu
nicipality by the members of the new
ly elected city council.
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Rev. E. P. Ziegler leaves on tomor
row's train for missions at t’hitina,
Strelna, McCarthy and Kennecott.
There will he no services at the Epis
copal church until the following Sun
day.
HOLLAND'S WAR
EXPENSE B!G
(By Associated Press)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, April
H.—The war has cost Holland $235,
480,000 according to (he latest offi
cial announcement, this sum having
been spent on the upkeep of the mobi
lized army and navy, together with
the supply of cheap food, the care of
refugees and the like.
Moreover, the rate of expenditure is
rising. The last half year the cost was
$57,080,000, as against $46,400,000 for
the present six months. With the
ever mounting cost of the provision
of cheap food, the. figures are expected
to continue their upward course in the
current year.
if DOGS ARE
(Special to the Times)
NOME, April 11. — The sweep
stakes dog race has proven a great
disappointment so far on account of
the wentnor, as the tedffts 'are‘nil
stormbound at the Timber road house,
sixty four miles from here.
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DISTRICT COURT NOTES.
The damage suit of Tom Bush vs.
Copper River & Northwestern rail
way is still being tried before the dis
trict court. Among the witnesses ex
amined were Dr. Silverman, who pro
duced ex-ray photographs of the i.i
jury sustained. Superintendent Cali b
Corser and W. H. Webb. A motion
for a non-suit was argued, and after
being taken under advisement l:y
Judge Brown, was denied.
Divorces were granted in the cast s
of Vera Dolan vs. J. C. Dolan and Ora
U. Tupen and W. H. Tupen.
SETTING CLOCKS AHEAD BIS
TIME SAVER
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, April 11. — The in
troduction of “sumiper time" last year
proved advantageous on the whole,
in the judgment of the officials of the
state railways, who have reported
thereon to the mininster of the inter
ior. A saving of about 13,000 crowns
was effected in lighting by setting
the clocks ahead an hour. The rail
way officials suggest joint action dur
ing the coming summer by Sweden,
Norway, Denmark and Germany. It
is recommended that the change be
made earlier than last year, and not
later than April.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS IS
NO LONGER MADE PUBLIC.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, April 11. — The re
porting of all shipping, inbound and
outbound, including coastwise, has
been discontinued.
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MAKE USE OF SEAGULLS.
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, April 11. — Many seagulls
which were driven inland in France
by the recent cold snap were captured
and now with their wings clipped, are
proving useful in destroying worms
and grubs in French gardens.
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A report from the Iditarod states
that wolves and lynx, usually not
plentiful in that district, have over
run the country this winter, and have
attacked the reindeer and caribou
herds, doing great damage. In the In
noko district the lynx are creating
havoc among the reindeer herds.
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Gilbert Gould and Bill Hines ar
rived at Fairbanks recently with their
winter catch of furs, consisting of 25
red and cross fox pelts. 36 lynx and
a wolverine skins.
WASHINGTON, April ll.-The senate passed the army
appropriation bill, carrying two hundred and seventy-eight
ini I lion dollars. ‘ The president went to the capitol and con
erred with house leaders.- Kitehin assured him that the bond
bill will be passed Friday. Kitehin and Clark told the presi
dent that there was opposition to conscription. The president
earnestly urged the acceptance of the entire war department
plan. 1 lie sentiment appears to be developing for conscription
only if the plan for raising volunteers for the army fails to
recruit the requisite number.
WASHINGTON, April 11.—The administration bill, au
thorizing a $.),()<)<),000,000 bond issue, of which $.'l,(MX 1,000,
000 will lie loaned to the entente allies, was laid before the house
today, with the prospect of a prompt approval. The bill con
tains provision giving the-secretary of the treasury authority
to issue $2,000,000,000 in one year treasury notes to anticipate
the tax receipts resulting from the war revenue bill. It is ex
pected that the bond issue bill will he passed by Friday night.
AUSTRIAN PRISONERS (REi
SUSPICIOUS OF CAPTORS
(By Associated Press!
HOME, April 11. — The deep rooted
suspicion felt by Austrian prisoners
for their Italian captors is shown by
the fact that when they are 111 in hos
pital they often refuse to take medi
cine unless the prescription is trans
lated into their language. When satis
fied that It contains no poisonous in
gredients, they take the remedy.
BRITISH BORN SONS OF
GERMANS LIABLE
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, April 11. — The English
courts have decided that the British
born sons of German parents cannot
during the war renounce their British
nationality and thus evade military
service in this country. •
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BOMB GUN INVENTED BY
PACIFIST MOST DEADLY.
(By United Press)
LONDON, April 10. — A deadly gun
that sends up into the air, like a flock
of lead pencils, a flight of bombs
which sail down on their object with
unusual accuracy and terrific explo
sive effect, has been affording the
British army in France a great deal
of satisfaction. Officers and men have
said it is much the most effective
short range weapon thus far devolved.
It is known as the Stokes gun, taking
its name from Wilfred Stokes, inven
tor. Stokes is a kindly looking Iron
manufacturer, who says that until this
war he had never wished to invent a
gun that would as much as muss a
man's eyebrow.
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INDIANS SETTING THE PACE
IN STOCK BRftEDING.
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, April 10. — Indians
are setting a rapid pace in stock
breeding, Indian Commissioner Cato
Sells announced today. Sells is ar
ranging purchase of 6,000 heifers,
largely Herefords: 500 milch cows,
500 Hereford and Shorthorn bulls and
500 young mares out of Indian funds
to improve the aborigines’ stock
farms. More than $2,000,000 has been
spent out of Indian funds in the last
three years for stock. Sells said. In
every case, he said, the investment
has paid.
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NATURALIZATION IS REFUSED
TO AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN.
Judge R. W. Jennings yesterday re
fused to grant second papers to two
men, a German and an Austrian, who
were up In the district court for na
turaltzation. Judge Jennings held that
he had no right to Issue certificates
of citizenship to those of an alien na
tion with whom the United States was
practically at war. District Attorney
J. J. Reagan was instructed by Judge
Jennings to wire to Washington and
ascertain whether the papers could
be issued. Until word is received i
from the a'torney general regarding '
the matter the final papers will be
withheld.—Juneau Dispatch.
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Finkelstein & Sapiro received a new i
horse for their delivery wagon on the i
last boat. <
n MILLION MEN
SACRIFICED IN
GREAT ill !
(By United Press)
NEW YORK. April 11. — The end
of the British fiscal year and the clos
ing of subscriptions to the new Ger
man war loan fell on the same date,
bringing into the limelight the stag
gering totals of cash spent on the war
thus far by these two belligerents.
England has spent more than Ger
many, Her total being nearly nineteen
billion, or $18,759,240,000. England
estimates she is spending approxi
mately $27,907,700 a day in her fight
to whip Germany.
Germany has spent $16,750,000,000
in her attempt to whip England. This
includes the four million dollars
tought in the new German loan, sub
icriptions for which closed today. It
was last December that the British
'hancellor of the exchequer asked for
he latest $1,948,000,000. At the same
time the call went out for a million
mire men of all ranks. This million
nen brings the total number of Brit
sh subjects under arms and in traili
ng up to five million. Germany has
ipproximately ten million men under
irms and in training,
England estimates that she has S,
!19,000 women in war service and
ither occupations. The British oasu
ilties daily in killed, wounded and
nissing are estimated at 38,000. Casu
ilties for all belligerents in killed,
wounded and missing since the begin
ting of the war to date are estimated
it approximately 23,000,000 men. Of
hese casualties Germany has suffered
lli?htlv liinro thun fmip milllnn Vno.
and slightly more than two million,
Prance about three milliou and a half.
It is estimated that England's in
:ere8t on her present war debt for one
vear is well over $200,000,000. Ger
nany and France face deficits in pro
portion to this.
For months Germany and England
tave been mobilizing hundreds of
:housands of women to work either di
rectly behind the fighting lines, else
where along the fronts or at home in
vhat is known as the civil war service,
l'he voluntary period of enlistment for
his service expires in Germany to
iay and tomorrow compulsory service
will be inaugurated.
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SCOTTY ALLAN'S WAR DOGS
TO BE SHOWN IN ALASKA.
The Alaskan dogs supplied to the
Prench army by Representative “Scot
y" Allan will be shown in moving
jictures soon throughout Alaska. W.
?. Code has made arrangements with
he movie people to have an exhibition
n the territory. Mr. Allan, as most
>eople know, has supplied the dogs
hat' are now doing service in the
Vosges mountains and other parts
>f the French front. Attention was
Irawn to the Alaska dogs by Ideuten
mt Rene Haas, formerly a surveyor
>f Nome, but now a full fledged offl
•er in the glorious French army.
Scotty went to France with the dogs
md had experiences that would take
•olumes to recount.
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The dance by the Woman’s Guild
it Eagle hull last night was largely
ittended and a social and financial
uccess.