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VOLUME XVII. NO. 134. TILEPnONE MAIN « NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRICE 25 CENTS
BIG ARMY IS TO LEAVE FOR EUROPE IN JULY
125,000 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
TO LEAVE FOR FRANCE
IN JULY AND AUGUST
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International News Service.
WASHINGTON, June 2.—One hun
dred and twenty five thousand na
tional guardsmen will leave the Uni
ted States for France between July
15 and the end of August. These
troops will be formed into five divis
ions. The first increment will be
called in the middle of July and the
last on August 5.
By that time the big string of
transports now under reconstruction
will all be ready to convey the troops
to Kurope. This announcement made
by Secretary of War Baker today has
been received with great enthusiasm
by the various regiments,of national
guards throughout the coutnry.
On the declaration of the war with
Germany near all regimcr.is of guards
ni^-n (offered fthejr scp-vlfeos for the
Buropean continent. Quite recently
many of them petitioned the war de
parement to lie sent l?n active service.
Secretary of War Baker states that
these troops are well trained and dis
ciplined. For Some time they have
been called out and have undergone
a rigid course of training in all the
branches and phases of warfare prac
ticed In the battlefields of Burope.
WASHINGTON, .lane 2. Nine en
gineer corps recently organized for
service In France wore today order dll
tip for ael'ivo service and will go into
training camps Immediately. These
men are tradesmen and artisans of all
branches of construction and work
and are a great factor in the make-up
of an army.
'Training camps have been estab
lished at the cantonments selected by j
the authorities and machine shops for
turning out equipment for the vari
ous classes of war supplies have been
elected ready for work.
WASHINGTON, June 2.—Secretary
of War Baker this afternoon an
| nouneed that all regiments of the
national guard who have seen ser
vice on the Mexican bonier will be
taken in with the first increments who
will be dispatched In Kurope during l
the month of July.
At the present lime I here are two
hunf'ircd thousand national guardsmen
in the United States, (if this number
over forty thousand have seen service
on the Mexican border.
The New York division under com
mand of General O'llyan will lie the
first to tie called out. The "Fignt
ing Sixty-ninth" and the famous1
"Seventh" regiment as wel as a squa
drpn of the national guard of New
York all In a man Isignifled tlieii >
willingness to proceed to Kurope.
HUNDRED MILLION
LOANED FRANCE
International New* Service.
WASHINGTON, June .'.- The see
• ond loan was made to Fiance today,
this amounted to one honored million
dollars, and like the first carries the
s'ipulation that the money must lie
spent In the United Statee.
This loan bears three and one
fourth per cent interest ami 'is short
term, it being understood that It is to
be converted into long term bonds on
Juiy 30, 19171 I
A new French purchasing depart
in't has been established in New'
York city and represent"*!res of the
Trench govrmnent arc waking out of
ti.is I ranch at the present time rush
ing supplies to their country
They are reported to have recently
placed orders for a largo number of
motor trucks of a new design which
for heavy July work in muddy or
sandy country are arranged lo use
wheels of extreme wic^th. TVs 's an
American idea and will uirjcu.htedly
lie adopted generally for army trans
portation purposes.
Steamer Standard will leave for
Solomon at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
ALL. CONSPIRE TO HAVE
NATIVES INDIA REVOLT
International Nows Sorvico.
CHICAGO, June 2.—Baron Kurt
Vonre'iswtiz who was formerly Ger
man vice consul hei$> was with thir
teen others indicted by the federal
grand Jury charged with conspiracy
to foment a revolt against Great Bri
tain in India.
The conspiracy in which these men
are implicated has been under way
for over a year. Agents directly in
the employ of Vonre'iswtiz were ar
rested in Canada where they were on
a mission against Great Britain. Sev
eral Burmese and Bengalese resi
dents of Canada testified that the men
Indicted made strong overtures to
them and to many Bindostan Indians
in the United States to have some
thing started in the nature of a re
bellion or uprising'in the Bengal resi
dency.
The full nature of the investigation
i£ not yet jmade public but many
Hermans nnd German-Americans1 of
prominence In this city are included
In the Indictments. Other arrests in
connection are expected.
FIGHT 1 on
OF IOHC SEA
International Now* Service
PARIS, June 2.—Whnt Is presumed
to be the first underwater fight be
tween submarines ever known took
place In the Adriatic sea yedtcrday
when the French submarine Fierce
engaged a big German submarine.
Both boats engaged without coming to
, the surface and the struggle ended
in the German submersible betng
blown up by a torpedo launched by
the French boat which struck her
amidships.
After the sinking of the German
boat the French submersible- came to
the surface to be met by a British
cruiser which was in the vicinity. All
the members of the crew of the Ger
man went to the bottom with their
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craft.
The French submarine states that
the German underwater boat was of
the latest type arftl was the largest
submarine ever seen afloat. It 'is
stated that fifty of this class of boats
were launched by Germany during the
month of May. One other boat of this
type was seen off the Moorish coast
in the straits of Gibraltar over a week
ago.
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BERKMAN NOW
IS ORGANIZER
international News Service.
NEW YOKE, June 2. Alexander
Rerkman, probably the most widely
known anarchist In the United States
today announces the organization of
the American council of soldiers and
j workmen’s delegates similar to that
I adopted in Russia recently.
Derkman announced this morning
that the membership of the organiza
tion would exceed one hundred thou
sand by next week. The idea and
aims of the organization are not given
'in the dispatch, and, If on the line
of the council now so popular among
the middle classes of Russia It will
be a help rather than a detriment to
the government.
The anarchist leader, who has been
associated With Emma Goldman for
many years, Is an able organizer. He
is now touring the principal cities of
the United States and 'is getting a
wonderful following to Ills cause.
Berkman has gained a reputation
tor himself as an aide speaker and
along the linos of anarchy lie is the
best posted man that organization lias
bad as n leader for many years. lie
is credited wUh having built up a
following that would surprise not
alone this country but also many of
the foreign nations \v re it actually
to become known the number of c’
lightefld men who cling to bis belief
There w s a time when Anarchists
wore looked upon s di'turhors of the
public peace but of recent years they
have show i that the brains of such
leaders have done much to bring th'is
organization to a correct understand
ing of social affairs.
The above statement of Berkmnn
therefore must be given consideration I
and what he announces regarding this'
formation of a body similar to that
in Russia must be taken as a state
ment of facts.
EGG JOBBERS
ARE INDICTED
International News Service.
CHICAGO, June 2.—Federal Indict- j
ments have been returned against ^
twenty Individuals and Arms today,
the charge being that they have been
hoarding up eggs for the purpose of
sustaining 'the high prices now in
evidence throughout tiie country.
Millions of dozens of eggs are said
to he in the possession of those under
indictment and others ar to lie drawn
into the net as rapidly as their cases
can be presented to the court.
The investigation that is under way,
to establish once and for all time, a
ruling that Will make it impossible
for this kind of work to continue is
said to have resulted in the finding
that nearly every line of foodstuffs
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except perishables is being held from
the market. In this way the Amer
ican people are being made to pay
prices that are far beyond any that
have ever been known 'in the history
of the country.
What action the government will
take in the matter after the Indiel- !
ments are all returned is not given I
out but it is tin.np.ht that an investi
gation of the hooks of those indicted
will be made, and then an order Is
sued that will c<mnel these parties
to place their holdings on the market
at a price that will give them a nor
mal profit.
Moonlight water at the £ity Bath
House.
FIRST BOATS CARRY OVER
i A THOUSAND PASSENGERS
-VICTORIA HAS THE MAIL
Pacific News Service.
SKATTHE , June 2.—The steamer
i Umatilla of the Pacific Steamship Co.
i sailed for Nome at nine o'clock last
j night having on board three hundred
land three passengers and a. shipload
of frioght. Among the prom'inent
passengers are the following: Harry
I .a liar, Hank Fries, Pete Hansen.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Megan II. Oahlherg,
S. Th.i.ync, Jesse AmlesSnn, Joseph
< 'alurfe.it, Arthur l.iindquist, Victor
Monion. Minor McClain, N. <!. N'el
son. V W. Wheeler, H. Snnheek, .1. K
I Powell, #l,oyalty Powell, Clyde Powell,
I. I>. ('riminon, Mr. and Mrs. Flank
O’Connor, Theodore and Emerson
Cochrane, Mr, and Mrs. ('. II. Brown.
\V. C. Bail'll, Flank Boyle, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hobson.
The Victoria sailed with a fall pas
sengor list at eleven o’clock ibis!
morning direct for Nome. Among
those nil hoard are; J. .1. Cole, Charles '
Boss of lil'itaroil; S. .1. Ti.ikke, Henry
\V. Numan, Sam At. Gaylord of tho
j Cnsndepnga; Attorney General Grigs
by, Captain John Sundbaek, .lames P j
Daly, Mrs. G. J. Donien, Miss Helen
Goman, Judge E. F. Flynn, A. O.
Blake, Ed 1 Is Horan, of Candle; A.
\Y. Kellogg and wife, \V. II. Culler,
the fur buyer, anil many others.
SAX Fit A NC1SCO, June 2.—The
steamer Senator of the .Pacific Steam
ship Company left here on Tuesday
last direct for Nome with one hun
dred and eighty passengers and much
valuable cargo. Several of those tak
ing passage to Nome will continue
their journey up the Yukon to other
camps.
Among the passengers are the fol
lowing: II. Murphy, Nate Coombs, S.
Beam, A. A. Allan, \V. Jones, T. I’e
lurflon, M Stuck, Jack Mickins, Mar
garet Monkman, C. Arnold, \V. Miller,
10.K Koch, I,. Mason, C. Koppitz, t'ap
la'm Olsen, (1. Jorgenson, W Carey,
\V. Eddy, 10. Parker, .1. lanchan, E.
Mason, J Schneider, C. Flannigan, C.
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Butler, .John Blake, Mr. anil Mrs.
Mills, B. Laughlin, Matilda Mason, IT.
Stanley, Lucille Wilson, J Fritzgerald,
W. McGougli, C. Finch, Elizabeth
Briggs, Bohcit Briggs, Ed Cunning
ham C. Lighter and many others.
SEATTLE, June —The steamsh'ip
Victoria of the Alaska Steamship
Company is conveying twenty-nine
thouami pounds of mail which has
accumulated hero for Alaska points.
The greater percentage of lliis parcel
and second class mail.
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that Mrs. Wifey is entitled to have the
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RUSH WORK ON
SEIZED VESSELS
international News Service.
WASHINGTON, Juno 2. Hush work
in the seized German and Austrian
liners that are to be converted Inin
transports, were the orders issued In
lay by the navy department. These
cssels are the ones recently turned
ver to the navy department hy I’res
dellt Wilson.
It 'is believed here that the reason
or lids orde r being Issued is Hint Hie
piveriiment wants these ti'nnspnrtH to
! 10 ready for conveying the national j
guard, as well as the troops of the
regular army to France.
According to rumors that are cm
cut here today this work of trnns
fi lling tloops will st. i t will\iil the
next fow wei Us and there will he
very little let up until the United
States is well repress tiled on the fir
ing lines.
,\s regards the movements of the
national guard, it is already announc
ed that they are soon to start for the
other side and tln> government is
making no secret of this matter,
iherH'oi'e il is assumed that the move
ment of tin regular army may also
he made public In fer they make their
departure.
We are using Moonlight water in the
Elite Bath House.
NEW YORK HARBOR
DOTTEO WITH MINES
i nternational News Service.
WASHINGTON, June 1!. The lay-|
tig of electro-conl: ' t mines is given!
as the reason for the clus'mg of the
port of New A .«ek for a period of two
hours yesterday. No explanation war
riven at the time as the work was
know onl> to ttio navy department
merit and strict secrecy as to the
xaot location of those mines is nccos
ary if they are to be effective in tbo j
rotectiun of ttrat port.
Everything was in readiness for
his work and large'mine fields non
cover Hie approach of the harbor.
The lanes through tho fields are
known only !o tho navy deparoment
and no vessel will ho allowed to en
ter or leave that port without tlio aid
of a government pitot.
The officers In charge nt flic Tlrook
lyn navy yards had the preparations
all made such as soundings, charting,
etc,, therefore It required hut a short
time lo place the mines In position
anil the people of New York were
not held in suspend' longer than ne
cessary.
DREAM SUNDAY
MISS ANN MURDOCK
The Fox Woman will he the head
liner tonight, featuring Miss Klgne
A t en, Teddy Sampson, and the ac
complished Elmer Clifton. These art
ists are suptmrted by an all star Jap
anese cast and the picture although
a repeater Is a fln'ishod product and
well worth seeing the second time.
Don’t miss it.
Sunday night (The Rooster) fea
turing Miss Ann Murdock In the
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i I loyal Family a stupendous pictorial
display in five fighting acts. This is
not a costume play as the titla might
suggest but 'instead It Is a realistic
battling romance. Tho kind that,
leaves a memory. Brimming over
with vital Issues. Kxposlng royalty
as royalty alono can bo exposed, A
picture that carries a dominant note
from lieginntg to end. (First run in
Nome.) Five reels. Usual prices.
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