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VOLUME ONE
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAILY NEWS
SATURDAY. MAY 25. 191S.
NUMBER -47
ENEMY TORPEDOES BRITISH TROOP SHIP
QUAR TER MILLION MA Y GO TO FRANCE IN JUNE
, RED CROSS DONATIONS EXCEED HUNDRED MILLION
BRITISH TROOPSHIP
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
WASHINGTON. D. C . MAY 25 —
Official announcement of the loss
of the British troopship Moldavia
has been made by the war depart
ment, together with a statement of
the loss of fifty-three American sol
diers, members of Co. B, Fifty
eigth United States Infantry, Fourth
division. The majority of the miss
ing men are from the East.
The Moldavia was torpedoed by a
German submarine while enroute
across the English channel, with ISO
troops. The fifty-three reported j
missing are beiived to have beer,
killed by the explosion, following
the attack.
Reports from London state that
within fifteen minutes from the time
of the attack, practically every mar.
on board had gone over the sides
into life boats, ar.d were landed
safely on the English coast. Two
men. who jumped overboard when
the torpedo exploded, were drowned.
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GARFIELD CUTS
PRICE OF COAL
SAVING IS OIG
Anrtft Saving to P»bik A* Result
of Order, Will Be Over
Fifty Millions.
WASHINGTON. P. C.. May 25.—
Fuel Administrator Garfield has an
nounced a reduction of ten cents a
ton on bituminous coal. The new
order will become effective to-day
and will result in ar. average saving j
to the public of nearly sixty million!
dollars. The reduced prices will ap
ply to short tons.
The announcement has been re-;
ceived with rejoicing throughout the .
nation by consumers, but it is under- j
stood that the step was vigorously t
opposed by the coal interests, many j
of the operators threatening to sus-:
pend operations ir. case the admin-:
istrator insisted upon a lower price.;
These matters have been adjusted.!
however, and it is believed that the j
order will be generally regarded, j
and without* curtailment in produe
tion.
senatorIones
WANTS COUNTRY
ON WATER CART
Amendment Introduced In Congress
Making Nation Bone D-y
During the War.
WASHINGTON. P. C.. May 25 —
Senator Jones, of Washington, in
troduced an amendment to the
emergency agricultural bill today,
providing for nation-wide prohibi
tion during the balance of the war.
The amendment specifies that, as
long as the war lasts, no beer or
wine shall be manufactured in the
country.
FAIRBANKS AN5 COME
TAKE INVENTORY
Joe Heacock and W. F. Whitely.
well known Fairbanks accountants,
arrived from the upper town yes
terday afternoon, having come to
Nenana to assist in the work of tak
ing inventory of supplies and ma
terial belonging to the Alaskan En
gineering commission.
[EDDY REPLIES
SAYS BURLESON
FAVORS PAPERS
?<Mtnajt«r General Is Accused of
Playing Favorites In Dealing
With Publications. —..
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 25 —
A letter written by Colonel Roose
velt. in reply to Postmaster General
Burleson. in the controvery over al
leged discrimination by the post
office department in the treatment
of publications, charges that the
administration plays for and against
certain newspapers ar.d magazines
The letter charges, ir. addition, that
the president is directly responsible
for the attitude of the postoffice
department.
The reply of the former president
was presented by Senator Poindexter.
SEATILE IS OUT
Government Is Urged to Build New
Yards in Various Sections of
the States.
WASHINGTON. D. C May 25—
According to information given ou:
today, engineering experts of ths
federal shipping board have recom
mended that the government build
a number of concrete shipyards, fo:
the construction of concrete ships,
the usefuliness of which has recentij
been demonstrated to the satisfac
tion of shipping board officials.
Five cities have been recommended
as suitable sites for the new yards
the fortunate places being: Sar
Francisco. San Diego. Mobile. Wil
mington and Jacksonville.
PUGET SOUND LEFT
SEATTLE. May 25.—It is eviden:
from today’s dispatches that th<
Paget Sound country has failed ir
its efforts to have one of the new
yards established on the north Pa
cific coast. Representatives of nin<
Sound points met on Thursday anc
j took action, which was hoped, woulc
. get one of the yards.
■
Four-Minute Man Geo. W. Pen
( nington will deliver a special ad
I dress at the Coliseum tonight, having
chosen for his topic, “Cotton.”
HUN ARTILLERY
VERY ACM ON i
WESTERN FRONT
He»Ty Attack* Were Launched
Against Allied Position* In
Flander* During Night.
LONDON. May 25.—Advices re
ceived form the mainland this morn
ing state that German artillery on
the Western front became unusually
active during the night, several
severe attacks having been launched
against the French and British poss
tiers in Flanders and Northern
France. The bombardment was par
ticulary violent on the Flanders ]
front, but there has been no move-1
men: of infantry, except in local;
attacks ar.d raids.
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BRITISH TAKE FEW
LONDON. May 25.—The war of- j
fice has been advised that Eritisc t
raiders, operating east of Bethune.!
captured two machine guns during
a night attack, and took a few pris
oners.
BOMBS DROPPED
With the British. May 25.—Bnt
■ ish airmen attacked several towns
behind the German lines this morn
ing. A total of fifteen tons of ex
plosives are reported to have been
, dropped in the towns of Bapaume.
Fricoart and Peronne.
LINES PENETRATED
PARIS. May 25.—The German
I lines were penetrated by Frencn
troops this morning to the west of
Noyen. A German raid near Han
gar d was repulsed.
AFTER KEMMEL
PARIS. May 25.—The German
guns are particularly active today
i in the Kemmel Hill sector. There
is considerably artillery activity also
in' the Scarpe river region and south
j of the Somme.
HONORS NEARLY EVEN
LONDON. May 25.—British air
men are reported to have downed
three German planes and disabled
two others. Three of the Britisn
machines are missing.
ITALIANS GET FIVE
ROME. May 25—The Italian war
office reports the destruction of
five more hostile airplanes. Italian
machines are engaged daily in
bombing enemy bases and troop
positions.
YANKEE PLANES DOWNED
BERLIN. May 25.—The war of
fice announces that three American
planes were downed by Germans
yesterday on the Lys battlefront. It
is also claimed that frequent Allied
attacks were repulsed on the West
ern bank of the Lys.
MANY EXECUTED
LONDON, May 25.—A Finnish
Socialist, who is reported to have
escaped to Sweden, says that under
the White Guard and German re
• gime, in Finland. 1752 persons had
r been executed up to the first of
May.
MEXICO SEVERS
RELATIONS WITH
CUBA REPUBLIC
.ittie Republics Almost Come to
Blows As Result of Mysterious
Disagreement.
MEXICO CITY. May 25—The
Mexican government has severed
iip’.omatic relations with the Cubar
republic, and the consular repre
sentatives of the two countries have
>eer. recalled.
CAUSE UNKNOWN
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 25.—
The action of the Mexican govern
ment in breaking diplomatic rela
lions with Cuba comes as a surprise
in local official circles, the state de
partment not having received are
intimation that such a step woulc
be taken. The consular officials a
Havana were ordered home most un
expectedly and no explanations havi
been made publicly. The Mexicai
ambassador declares that he ha
heard nothing officially regardinj
the break, but admits that it ma;
have resulted from unsatisfactory
trade relations. A shipment o
sugar, purchased by the Mexicai
government, was recently held u
by the Cubans and at a Cuban per
COMMISSIONER
TELLS FRANCE
YANKEE PLAN!
Andre Tardin Says That America
Force Will Grow Rapidly
During the Year.
PARIS. May 25-—Andre Tardi:
French high commissioner, is authoi
ity for the statement, made upo
his return from the United State
that the number of American so
diers in France by the middle c
summer will be double the numbe
tsecrerary oi «ar tsaser recently
announced had already been sent
abroad. By the end of the year
Tardin declare?, there will be three
time; that number of Yankee troops
in France.
It will be recalled that Secretary
Baker stated, on May S, that the
number of American troops in France
at that time, exceeded five hundred
thousand. Accordingly, if M. Tardin
is correct, there will be a million
Americans in the war rone by mid
summer and a million and a half
by the end of the year.
GERMAN SAILORS
; HELPED RAIDERS
LOXDOX. May 25.—According to
stories brought to this coast oy fish
1 ermer. thirteen German sailors have
been sentenced to death on the
charge of attempted treason in con
nection with the recent British raids
on Ostend and Zeebrugge. Two
others were sentenced to imprison
ment for twenty years.
SLACKER ASSERTS
HE REFUSED COIN
Fri*co Man Declare* That He Could
Have Made Fat Sum to Testify
Against Mooney. 0
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 —
Nicholas H. Treanor. who is await
ing sentence in this city on the
‘ charge of evading the draft, has
j made a statement in which he asserts
| that he was offered the sum of
| $17,000 to testify falsely against
Thomas Mooney.
RELIANCE ARRIVES
ON WAY TO ARCTIC
The American Yukon Navigation
company's steamer Reliance, which
sailed from Fairbanks yesterday
afternoon, arrived in port about
three this morning, and after a
brief stop here, proceeded on her
way to the Koyukuk. The steamer
brought mail from the upper town
and a couple of passengers
RED CROSS DRIVE
; IS OVER THE TOP
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 25 —
Officials of the American Red Cross
society have issued a statement in
which they announce that subscrip
tions received since the commence
ment of the present drive aggregate
more than the hundred million dol
lars minimum total mark. In other
words, the drive has "pone over
the top" and the indications today
are that double the amount asked for
will be subscribed before the drive
come to an end.
Telegrams received today from
: all sections of the country state that
the money is fairly pouring into
the funds of the many chapters of
the organization and the results ob
tained are most gratifying to those
in charge of the big campaign.
Efforts to swell the grand total
are not being lessened because >f the
fact that the hundred million mark
has been passed It is realized very
generally throughout the nation that
the Red Cross cannot be over-sup
plied with funds. If the amount
raised during the present drive
should exceed the minimum total
mark many times, there would be
found a place for every cent. The
work of the organization has assumed
huge proportions since the com
mencement of the present war and
new and enlarged tasks are being
assumed daily, all of which require
additional funds.
Alaskans are among those who
have oversubscribed their quotas.
PLANS
: IRISH ARRESTS
, IN THE STAIES
i --
, Expected That Action Soon Will Be
Taken In Connection With
Sinn Fein Plots.
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WASHINGTON. D C.. May 25 —
According to information obtained
from officials of the department of
justice, it is the intention of the
government to place under arrest
a number of Sinn Feiners and other
| agitators in the United States who
tare known to have been involved in
the Irish-German plots.
Advices received frem London
n state than von Bemstorff and von
Papen had a hand in the conspiracy
to start a revolution in Ireland, .n
which German troops were to have
i. participated this month. It is also
stated that a German submarine was
i* working of the coast of Ireland.
ready to discharge a quantity of
S-. arms and ammunition for the use
f of the revolutionists.
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MORE IROOPS 10
GO 10 WAR ZONE
IN NEAR FUIURE
Predicted That More Than Two
Hundred Thousand NAr ill Cross
Water In June.
WASHINGTON. D. C . May 25 —
Members of the senate military l m
mittee were informed today that the
war dep-ttmont is planning to make
a considerable increase in the num
ber of American soldiers transported
across the Atlantic. It :s predicted
; that more than two hundred thou
sand will be landed in France during
ithe month of June, it being the de
; sire of the department to increase
| the number sent across the Atlantic
I this month.
The ship situation has been some
I wha: relieved, it is stated, with the
result that the government is find
ing less difficulty in moving troops
The movement this month, it is said,
has averaged fifty thousand a week.
McAdoo Plans to Make It Easier
For American Soldiers to
Visit Homes.
WASHINGTON. P. C. May 2.'.—
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has issued orders' to the various rail
roads throughout the country to
grant reduced fares to American sol
diers traveling under their own ex
pense. It is understood that the
fighting men will “Be given a special
rate of about one cent a mile, it
being the desire of the department
to make it as easy as possible for
Ithe soldiers to visit their homes be
fore going overseas. The redaction
applies to officers as well as men.
A small consignment of mail ar
rived in town on the steamer Re
liance this morning. The shipment
included first and second class, bat
there was less than two sacks alto
gether.