AUSTRIA WILLING MAKE PEACE RUSSIA
\ IEXNA, April Hi.—A semi-official statement declares
that Austria desires peace with the Russian people, and no real
obstacle exists to bring about that result.
LONDON, April Hi.—The British captured the village of
Vileret, south of Hargicourt, and progressed northwest of Lius.
The British also made large captures of guns and war material
at Lievin and on the Souchez river, in the Lens region. Truck
loads of new tools and many thousands of rounds of ammuni
tion and quantities of bombs, grenades and engineering equip
ment were taken. A six inch naval gun, of long range, was
among the captured cannon.
PARIS, April 16.—The French penetrated the German
second line at several points at Alsace. A great number of Ger
man dead were found in the trenches, torn by French shell fire.
Prisoners and booty were taken by the French, who made fur
ther gains south of Oise.
LONDON, April 1(5.—The British troops continue to widen
the gap of th(> llindenburg line north of St. Quentin. Having
captured three villages, the position at East Gricourt and St.
Quentin continues burning. Lens continues to hold out, and the
Germans cling to several strong positions. The British appar
ently desire to take Lens without any bombardment, as they
could reduce the city with artillery. The Germans continue to
destroy the city by blowing up buildings.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 16.—The American gunboat
Scorpion lias been interned.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—The Turkish internment of the
Scorpion is perfectly proper. The vessel is of little value, as
she was an old converted yacht used in the Spanish-American
war. Part of the crew has already gone to Switzerland through
Austria.
WASHINGTON, April 16. — The $7,000,000,000 bond bill
will pass tin* senate by tomorrow almost unopposed. Congress
will next pass the war taxation, navy and army espionage and
financial and industrial mobilization bills.
William Jennings Bryan conferred with President Wilson,
but no information was given out as to the result of the inter
view.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—The general deficiency appro
priation ,containing an item of $100,000,000 for war use as the
president sees fit, lias passed finally.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—One of the official efforts of
the British commission coming to America will be a roundup of
all slackers who avoided military serivce by remaining in the
United States, and force them into the American or British
army.
LONDON, April 16.—The news of the opening of the great
French offensive spread like wildfire through the British forces
in France.
LONDON, April 16.—The British drove back the Turks
who advanced from Jebelhamrin hills to Mesopotamia.
AMSTERDAM, April 16.-—Travelers from Germany say a
general strike began today at Berlin, where riots have occurred.
FETROGRAD, April 16.—General Michael Alexieff has
been definitely appointed commander in chief of all the Russian
armies.
WASHINGTt )N, April 16.—President Wilson lias appealed
to the country to concentrate its energies on planting crops. He
says that without abundant food' for armies and peoples at war
the whole great enterprise on which America embarked must
fail. .
(By United Press)
ROME, April 1C. — Allied railroad
commissions today are preparing to
redraw Europe’s railroad map. They
are already planning the destruction
of the allied dependence on the Ger
man lines in the “war after the war.”
For example, a proposed railroad
connects Bordeaux with Odessa,
avoiding Middle Europe and passing
through Turin and the Ralian to he
Triest. Other lines, perfecting the de
velopment of allied territory, are also
In prospect.
French and English railroad offi
cials are now in Italy studying the
situation with allied officials. The
commissioners are making a careful
tour of investigation throughout the
allied countries, it is said, and work
on the contemplated lines will be
rushed to completion, as soon as the
war ends.
college' crews
ARE RACINE
TODAY
(By United Press)
OAKLAND, April 16. — Oarsmen
of the University of California, the
University of Washington and Stan
ford University met today on Oakland
Estuary in the Pacific coast's ribbon
boat even of the year. Since last fall
the crews have been in training for
this event, which decides the cham
pionship of the far west.
KRAUSE IS SHOT
ID KILLED SY
RANCHER
(By Associated Press)
JUNEAU, April 16. — Edward
Krause, the murderer, who escaped
from the federal jail several days ago,
was shot and killed at lloty’s cove,
on Admiralty island, about fifteen
miles from Juneau, by David frandson,
a rancher.
Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, April 16. — Krause was
shot and instantly killed yesterday af
ternoon on Admiralty island by Albert
Frandson, a rancher. Krause was
alone, and had landed from a small
skiff, trotting up the beach towards
the rancher’s house. Frandson called
to him to halt, and asked if he was
Krause. The latter replied “yes,” and
Frandson fired one shot; the bullet
went crashing through the brain.
Krause dropped dead, the body being
brought here this morning, and the in
quest is proceeding.
Krause w'as famished, and was evi
dently seeking food. He was unarmed,
with the exception of a silver case
knife, which had been hacked by a
razor and made into a knife, and used
to saw the bars of his cell. He es
caped in a skiff which would not hold
two.
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PLENTr IF lid;
WITH ACTUAL
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 16. — Mil
lions of acres of unallotted public
lands in the west and idle farms cast
and south were pointed to by Sec
retary of Interior Lane as places
where men who do not enlist for the
firing line may serve their country as
effectively as at the front. He says
land from Alabama to Alaska is wait
ing to be taken up, and that with all
of these resources we face an actual
food famine.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Presi
dent Wilson today sent the name of
Senator J. M. Tanner, of Skagway, to
the senate for confirmation as United
States marshal of the first division in
Alaska, succeeding Harry Bishop, re
signed. Judge Jennings temporarily
appointed Tanner to fill the vacancy
caused by the former marshal quitting
office when murderer Krause escaped
jail.
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SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES
BIG WAR BOND BILL.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 16. — The
senate finance committee has ap
proved the $7,000,000,000 war bond
issue bill, which the senate will pass
tomorrow.
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SARAH BERNHARDT ILL.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, April 16.—Sarah Bern
hardt, the famous actress, is seriously
111 here at a hospital. ___
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LABOR LEADER LAWSON
GOES BACK TO MINING COAL.
(By United Press)
DENVER, Colo., April 16. — John
R. Lawson, the labor leader who was
convicted of murder in connection with
the Ludlow massacre a while back,
today gave up his place as a leader,
donned overalls, fixed a miner's lamp
to his cap, shouldered his tools and
went down into a little mine in the
Fredericksburg district to earn his liv
ing once more digging coal.
Lawson came up from the ranks.
He was a member of the international
council of the United Mine Workers.
He turned down a soft job with the
union when his term expired the other
day and went to work, *
LOCAL JOTTINGS
NAM '
The Northland Club will entertain
at a dance tonight.
All amateur radio stations In \laska
have been ordered closed.
Assistant District Attorney Munley
returned to Valdez on yesterday's
steamer.
II. Atwood, a mining man from Fair
banks, arrived last night on the Ad
miral Watson.
James H. Lyman, of the bureau of
fisheries, was a passenger for Seattle
on the Mariposa.
George Burleigh left laHt evening on
the Mariposa on a visit to his old
home in Massachusetts.
A. H. 1’lnkus came over from Valdez
to accept a position with the Hmpress
theatre, and will remain here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. .1. McConnell, of
Nome, spent yesterday with Cordova
friends while the Mariposa was in
port.
A. McLeod, wife and son, were re
turning passengers on the last boat
from the states and left this morning
for Strelna.
Machinery and supplies for Ihe
Thomas-t’ulross Mining Company, for
their property near Port. Wells, was
aboard the Watson.
Fannie Nieml, who was adjudged in
sane in the commissioner - mrt, wns
taken to a Portland sanittu oil on Ihe
Admiral Farragut.
Attorneys A. J. Dimond and B. E. j
Ritchie returned yesterday to valdez, |
after having spent a couple of weeks .
here attending court.
Walter Wolf has purchased the
building formerly called the 'Frisco
rooming house, and is fitting it up
to rent as living quarters.
Mrs. E. M. Allen and Miss Irene
Chesney, of Ketchikan, who ware ur
rivals here Saturday, left on this
morning's train for the interior.
District Attorney Spence, Marshal
Brenneman, Clerk of Court Lang and
court reporter Hamburger returm 1 to
Valdez on the steamer Northwestern
Sunday morning.
George Nelson, who is In charge
of the construction of Clarke Davis’
railroad to the Bering river coal fields,
arrived at Katalia yesterday to be
gin active work on the road.
J. G. Bellows came over from \ n
chorage and will go to Strelna, where
he has located several copper claims,
in which Charley Herron is endeavor
ing to interest eastern capital.
J. A. Ayer and wife, of Spokane, ar
rived on the Northwestern. They
brought a touring car with them, and
will leave this week for Fairbanks,
going over the government trail from
chltina- _*iit£3ilfl
Amelia Odonga and Mike Waslicoff
were each sentenced to 90 days in jail
at Kodiak for giving liquor to natives,
and Peter Romanoff was also ;iven
90 days for inciting another to commit
a crime.
Commissioner E. F. Medley has ap
pointed F. A. Jones and George Stew
art to take the census of the voters of
Cordova on the wet and dry questions
and they will enter upon their duties
on- Thursday—---—-- -— -
Mr. and Mrs. Will ('Hyson desire I
to extend thanks to their friends for :
the many kindly acls and sympathy t
extended during their lv.ent bereave- t
nient, and all of which was fully ap- ]
predated by them. i
George Baldwin was an arrival on (
the Admiral Watson yesterday and <
will leave In a couple of days lor Ate- 1
Carthy, as he intends opening up a j
copper property in that section our '
Ing the coming season.
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John Graff, a Juneau merchant, is i
a west bound passenger on the North- (
western. Mr. Grafr Is looking for a i
new location and may decide to locate
in Cordova. He stated that Cordova
looked like the best town in Alaska. I
H DOG MCE
AT WE
(By Associated Press)
NOME, April 16—The All-Alaska
Sweepstakes dog team race, for the
championship of the world and a purse
of $2,500, has again been won by Leon
ard Seppala'a Siberian wolf dogs, with
Anderson second and Oelzene third.
As a blizzard was raging most of the
time all of the teams were lost for
hours at different stages of the race,
and the time made was the slowest by
over a day of any race run during the
past seven years, it taking 113 hours
and 34 minutes. The course was over
the frozen snow from Nome along the
shore of Norton Sound to Solomon,
thirty-two miles east, then north over
the tundru through Council to Candle,
on Kotzebue Sound, an arm of the
Arctic ocean, two hundred and six
miles from the start, thence hack to
the starting point at Nome, the total
distance being 412 miles.
\1! the inhabitants of Nome turned
®ut to see the start and finish of the
?reat race. Telephone service makes
t possible to keep track of the pro
gress ot the contest. When Nome was
it the height of its prosperity, before
he bench placers were exhausted, the
iweepstakes purse amounted to $10,
100 in gold, and it is said that one
fear $200,000 was wagered on the re
mit.
This year the racers encountered
iad weather, and the trip waB such
1 ■''• hi* uuc tuut greui iear was enter
allied for the safety of the drivers.
Paul Kjegstad had the most thrilling
sxperlence. His tow line parted three
niles out from Solomon and six dogs
aded away in the blizzard. No leader
■emained and he took the lead him
icli. He got played out and pushed
he. sled in an effort to catch up with
ho dogs. After searching for six
lours he found two dead dogs, but
he rest of the team was still miss
ng. and he was finally forced to seek
helter in a road house.
"Scotty” Allan, twice a sweepstakes
vinner, is a member of the Alaska le
[islature this year, and is attending
he deliberations at Juneau instead of
kimming over the icy trail. On the
vay to Juneau he made the journey
rom Nome to Chltina with a sled and1
wo dogs in twenty-six days during
'ebruarv, breaking all records. One
x'ear the close of the race Baldy
‘bout whose exploit in a sweepstakes
ace a book was written. Allan was
Irtvlng. and Baldy was the leader,
s’ear the close of the r cae Baldy
linked back, observed that his master
vas not on the sled, turned back with
ds mates and after traveling for miles i
ound Allan lying beside the trail un
onscious, bleeding from a wound, a
rnilmarker having struck him. Baldy I
oused his master, who got on the sled
nd then Baldy led the team to vie
ory.
The winners of the races since 1910,
vhen John Johnson established the
ecord for the course, follow:
Time
910— Johnson.74:14:20
911— Scotty Allan.81:40:00
912— Scotty Allan.87:32:00
913— Fay Delzene.75:18:00
914— John Johnson.81:03:00
915— Leonard Seppala .. ..78:44:37
916— Leonard Seppala .. ..80:27:00
917— Leonard Seppala .. .113:34:00
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n rn ( i i i ri i i t i estv?
ST. PAUL, Minn., April ll». — One
Kindred autos were purchased by the
National Non-Partisan League here
oday for use ill what probably will be
he greatest and the hottest farmers’
lolitical eanipuign ever waged in Min
lesota.
The cars will be delivered within a
ew days, and with these and many
tilers owned by the league, each
nanned by a non-parlsan league or
;anizer, every farmer in the state
rill be visited.
"By the time the next political cam
laign arrives the league will have as
numbers 95 per cent of the farmers
Minnesota,” said A. C. Townloy,
•resident of the league.
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The news when It is news- in the
tally Times.
ARRIVE ID
| Early Sunday morning the North
western left for the westward with
the following passengers from here;
Arthur Lang, A. J. Dlmond, W. M.
Spence, Horace DeLine, F. I>. Brenna
man, H. (’. Bennett, W. A. Munley
land Mrs. Otto Kanitz for Valdez; R.
F. Spicer and L. Little for Latouche;
Charles Crawford, C. Emsweiler, F.
P. Skein and W. L. Conway for
Seward.
The Admiral Watson arrived in
port about 7:30 o'clock last night,
with the following local passengers:
! George Baldwin, C. Anderson, Frank
! Burns, F. Poole, H. Atwood, O. Mc
Leod. wife and son, John Olson and
several steerage. She sailed for the
westward at 11:30 o'clock, taking Mrs.
McFadden, John Brook and J. S. Slat
tery from here.
The Admiral Parra gut sailed for
Seattle late Saturday night with the
following passengers from Cordova:
T. L. Roberts, L. Ohlstrom, G. A. Car
lin, James Oliver, George Johnson and
Jack Charles. She had aboard 350
tons of Ellamar ore.
Last night at 9 o'clock the steamer
Mariposa sailed for Seattle with the
following passenger from here: Mr.
and Mrs. Will Clayson, Judge F. M. '
Brown, I). Carsor, James H. Lyman,
George Burleigh, J. A. Hawkins and
B. Von Zuple.
The freighter Valdez is due here
tomorrow. She has 130 tons of coal,
1:5 tons of distillate and 25,000 feet '
of lumber for Orea; 83,000 feet of lum
ber, ties snd fifty drums of ammonia
for the railroad and Kennecott mine.
The freighter Ketchikan left yester
day for the Tacoma smelter with 3,
Oi'O tons of copper ore from Kenne
c< tt.
The steamer Alameda sails from Se- '
at tie for Alaska tomorrow morning.
1 ROCK HER
(By Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, April 16. — Frank
Rockefeller, brother of John i). Rocke
filler and William A. Rockefeller, and
w is for many years associated with
tl em in the oil business, died at his
hi me in this city last night. ]
Born in Richford, N. Y., in 1845, he f
w.is the youngest of the three Rocke- j
feller boys, and when his brothers or- |
g. nibed the Standard Oil Company, he
bi came identified with them, serving i
for a time as one of the viee-presi- <
dmts. Ho acquired considerable i
w lalth, but his relations with his bro
thers became strained and he severed s
business connections with them. 1-n i
1! 00 he turned his attention to slock t
raising, purchasing 12,000 acres at
B -lvidere, Kansas, for a stock farm, I
which became recognized as a model t
throughout the southwest. Although j
h" closely resembled his brothers, he i
w.is more sturdy and a little more a
sq larely built than they, and well i
equipped physically for the new work i
he had undertaken. Attired like a 1
fa m hand, he was the active "boss" (
of his ranch, and when fences were a
to be repaired, ditches dug or other a
he ivy work to be done, he did his
pa-rt. Some of the purest bred eaHJo 4
in the world wore to be found on his i
Ki nsas farm, and from there he also i
di -ected large range interests in Tex- t
as and Arizona. r
Frank Rockefeller always manifest- s
ed great aversion to being referred to o
"John D. Rockefeller's brother" or b
"the other Rockefeller.” d
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WHEAT STILL GOING UP. li
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, April 16. — May wheat 1
today again rose and before the mar- t
ket closed had reached the record C
price of $2.37 3-4. b
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Of course you want the war news, t
and the Daily Times furnishes it to
you at $1 per month, or six months
tor $6. 1
BETTER MAIL
SERVICE
(By Associated Press)
SEWARD, April 16. — From out of
the Kuskokwim country, a wilderness
from whence majestic Mount McKin
ley rears its snow crow'ned crags r.r.d
pinnacles, has come a petition from
the white settlers asking for a school
or two for their children, a telegraph
wire and a wagon road over the hills
to the neartst point on the Seward
!• airbanks railroad. The signers claim
their section of the country produced
more millions than the whole of Alas
ka cost the United States.
The petition is addressed to the sec
retary of war, postmaster general, sec
retary of the interior, delegate to
congress, chief signal officer and
chairman of the Alaska road com
mission. Four hundred names are
affixed to the document, and it took
six months to get them. The country
is said to be the most sparsely settled
>f all American possessions. The pe
tition was relayed from camp to camp
by mail carriers, trappers, gold miners
ind traveling men.
“The winter mail service to the up
aer Innoko and Kuskokwim is fairly
?ood, probably as good as can be ex
acted,’’ read the petition, "but in the
mmmer time there is no service at all.
rwo mails were received during the
mmmer of 1916. When navigation is
>pen mail service should be at least
nonthly.
“There is no United States marshal
deputy) stationed either in the Kus
iokwim, Mt. McKinley or the Innoko
irecincts. One should be statios>ed
dther at Ophir or Takotna, if tho g v
■rnment is unable to stand the expense
>f stationing one at each place. This
petition has been signed by the peo
>le living in and around Takotna and
>phir, but the matters touched on con
cern those living anywhere in the i'us
lokwim, Mt. McKinley, Innoko, Ruliy
ind Iditarod districts.
“The Kuskokwim river is the second
argest in Alaska, yet it drains a
country which is without telegraphic
mmmunication with the rest of the
erritory. In summer it has praetical
y no mail service. It has no schools
or white children, and no trails ex
cept those built by God Almighty and
he people living in the said dis
riets."
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TO BE STOCKED
WITH BEER
Senator Hill, who was a Colorado
egislator a quarter of a century ago,
nd who is an Alaska pioneer of 20
ears’ standing, is now on his way to
take, on a novel mission.
The story begins with the fact
hat Cordova has a live commercial
rganization. It is that which is re
ponsible for the present mission.
The experience that the United
Itates government has had with rein
eer imported from Iceland also bears
n important relation to the project.
Along the southeastern Alaska coast
n the vicinity of Cordova, there are
number of islands. Among these are
iontagne, Hawkins, Middleton and
linchinbrook. They have an abund
nce of vegetation and get little snow
i winter, and are capable of sustain
ig thousands of deer. There are no
ears and no wolves. The Cordova
harnber of Commerce intends to
toek these islands and provided for
future supply of venison.
“The Alaska reindeer herds," said
on atop-- H4H; jest before he left for
ake, “began with a half dozen and
ow their numbers crowd a hundred
lousand. They furnish most of the
leat for the north country, and very
yon they will furnish a valuable item
f export. The Sitka deer may not
e so valuable an animal, but the Cor
ova business men propose to see
hat can be done with them." — Ju
eau Spokesman.
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On Saturday evening Miss Cinda D
ernstrom became the wife of Caul
eran, of the United States Signal
orps. The ceremony was performed
y United States Commissioner Med
iy. and a wedding feast followed at
te Alaskan Grill.
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