SUBMARINE SINKS AN AMERICAN SHIP
OFF ENTRANCE TO NEW YORK HARBOR
BALFOUR ROUNDLY
SGORESJOUBTERS
IS NOT A WAR OK KOXfJl’UST
British foreign Secretary Stales Se
curity of tlie liberties of Mankind
Alone Animates the Allies—No Un
tangling Alliances.
WASHINGTON. I). April -’t:.
tritish Foreign Secretary Balfour, one
if the members of the British cotti
uission. last evening roundly scored
•Jfaise persons who were continually
usinuating that ulterior motives were
lehind the attempt of the Allies to
vrest victory from the Germans, am*
hat conquest of territory animated
he struggle.
lie declared that tin* purpose of 1 l.e
\llics in continuing the war was to
-Mia ran tee .lie liberties ot mankind
(gainst I lie aggression of militarism.
|c further declared that in entering
lia struggle on tin* side ot tbe Allies
he I 'piled States was not entering
ntii any ent uigling alliance, and that
he service this country could rend, t
liankind in the war was impossible
■ o estimate.
cubkIpposes
1 CONSCRIPTION
SPI'.AlxKli KOl'NDliY APPI.AIIU.il
Say* Volunicer Plan I* Only Way to
Kaise Kfhcicnt Army—Advocate*
nr Measuit* I'mlirl Thai ll Will
Pas* |i> Majority of Sixty.
WASHINGTON. I). April JC
rim dehate of the selective conscrip
inu measure is nearing an end in tlm
House and a vote on the hill may take
place late today. Adovcates of the
>neasii"e express confidence that it
will pass by a majority of from sixty
'o seventy. Speaker Champ l lark
temporarily relinquished the chair
yesterday afternoon and took tlm door
to speak in opposition to the nieas
ire. He declared that he was very
much opposed to conscription, and
believed the only way in which to
raise an efficient army was the volun
leer system; but stated that he was
willing to follow the President when
he believed him to he right, even to
Hie extent of supporting the conscrip
tion measure. His address was re
ceived with tremendous applause. J
'nth on the door and in the galleries, i
.IOKKRK rkckivks an
KNTIIl'SIASTIC RKCKPTION I
_ :
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 26.- ;
The French members of the commis
sion called upon President Wilson
this morning and were warmly wel
- corned. The passage of General Jof
ire. the Hero of the Marne, through
ilie streets was a triumphal march
and he was greeted by enthusiastic;
cheering from all sides.
KOKAH PLANS TO RETIRE
AT EXPIRATION OK TERM
WASHINGTON. D. C’„ April 26 —
Senator Borah announced today that
lie planned to retire from public life
at the expiration of his present term
of office in 1919.
WILL LET CONTRACT'S
KOR !IX SUBMARINES
WASHINGTON. L>. (\, April 26.—
The Navy department today announc
nl that contracts for the construction
of thirty-eight submarines, bids for
which have been received, would be
awarded within a few days.
DAVENPORT URGES
F000 RATIONING
TO N.WK AM, POMSIBLK WASTK
.British Food ('on t roller Says Not I
< 'ompulsocy at This Time, But
Should Be Atlopted to Make Stock ■
Oil Mami l.ast Long as Possible.
I _ I
LONDON, April 2t>. Baron l)av-j
ciiport. the Food Controller, in an in
terview yesterday strongly intimaied
that compulsory food rationing will
soon lie necessary throughout Circa*
Britain He stated that the food sit
nation, while not yet ulurmiiu'. was
such that every possible means shouh;
he adopted to preserve it against
waste in any form, and that it wa>
iiest to la gin rationing at this time to
make the greatest possible use of the
food stuffs on hand and that may lr
received than to wait until such lime
as such act ion became compulsory lb
admitted that there might be a dicid
ed shortage in a number of articles
of foodstuffs before the next crops
crops were harvested.
REPORT SUNG
NOT CONFIRMED
1
ONLY SA IT; ARRIVAL Oh ItOAT
l
Xinerienn Line I Mtire In New X ork
Informed of Sale .Xn'ivnl of .Mon
golia, Kilt Nothing Said of Sinking
of Submarine.
NKXV YOliK, April fiti. The local
office of the International Mercantile
Marine Company (American Lmei to
day received official notice that tin
Mongolia had arrived in London. Th.*
office states that it is possible that tile
gunners of the Mongolia may have
I sunk a German submarine boat off
the coast of Massachusetts, as stated
in yesterday's message, but that no
continuation of the report was receiv
ed from (lie London office.
XI TO.MOBILKS ARK VKKY
IHFFHTLT TO OHTAIN
Running an automobile agency
I these strenuous times is not an tin
mixed blessing, according to Owen
I
Meals, who lias the agency here lor
'tlie Ford cars. Since the first of
March he has sold six cars, but has
I been able to deliver but two, and has
, the promise of two more about the
I first of May. Further than this the
I factory refuses to go and the date ot
! the delivery of other cars is proble
matical. However, he is keeping the
factory stirred up and hopes to make
deliveries in the near future.
MINIMIM WAGK liAW
OF OKKGON U'HKMM
WASHINGTON. I). C.. April 20.
Oregon's law fixing minimum wages
for women, the first compulsory stat
utc i vf*r before t he supreme court was
upheld as constitutional by an equally
|divided court. Similar compulsory
laws of Washington, Colorado. Wis
consin. California. Idaho. Minnesota
Ir.nd Ohio were likewise sustained.
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Two belugas or white whales, wer- |
disporting themselves in the hay off I
: the Valdez wharf last evening.
- I
1 George Hermann left today to take |
la position at the Granby mine.
; The launch B. F. M. left this morii-j
ling to return to the Granite mine.!
taking Superintendent W. It. Mil-,
| lard.
DUMA NO LONGER GAZES ON CZO
i
Tile life si/o.l port rail • zai Ni li"l:.s seen pin. eil <>\ei i, piosiilents
rostrum in the ilnma »a> .*ne "I the first thinu» rennneil v. u tlie ilurna
members sei/e.i tile s.e, eri nie'.t PM ill • neonle
I
i:i:k hsi \(. roMMiTTi.i-: wikks
THU German (nmiiiamler that Kilt ire
German l*eople are liehiml IIiin
anil that \ll Strength he llevnled
!■> t'ounlry’s HiTense.
AMSTKKDAAl. April '!. Advices
leeeiveil lieie today state that tin
main c.iiMnitiee of t*ie Keichstag ha;
wired to General . Hindenlmrg th“
promise ot the entire German people
to .-land heliinn him. and to devol >
all I heir strength to the country's de
fense until peate.
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FREJiCHMEN GET
CHKKKT.B AI.I, ALONG STKTKTS
Arrival of the Treueh Commission
.Marks the One Hundred and Tor-j
llotli Anniversary of the l.andiug
of l.afayctte at Charleston.
WASHINGTON. l>. April -'<>
The arrival of the Trench Commis
sioners yesterday marked the one.
hundredtli and fortieth anniversary ol i
the landing of Lafayette at Charles
ton. South Carolina, to aid the strug-;
gling colonists in the war against
Great Britain, and the greeting ac-j
corded them surpassed in cordialifv|
even that given the British commis-i
stoners. As they made their way I
through the streets with the tri-colorj
flying beside the Stars and Stripes,!
they were greeted at every step by ■
hearty cheers from the people assem
bled along the way.
The manual training class in thei
native school at Tatitlek has just com |
dieted and launched a 2S-fnot boat;
for an KUamar mail, which is a litielv j
built craft and a credit to the class j
DUE MAKES A
s2oim»uo woktti oi <;i;o< i:i;ii:s
Will l><‘ Shipped via While Pas* lloute!
Together W ith Two Locomotive*
and Tliirt) Mat Car* for t'oiistrne
lion Work on Northern Mid.
SKA I'TI.K. April 2ti. Purchasing
Vgont Dole i'oi tile Alaska Kllgilieer-I
mg Commission, lias purchased $200,
ono worth of groceries here for the!
Nenana division of the government
railroad, and will soon shi|> the saute
to that place via the White Pass
toute. lie will also ship two locomo
tives and thirty Hat ears to that place
tor construction work on the road.
MIMA WILL
BE REMOVED
|
I KOM (X)>IMAM) MKXH AN KOKCK'
i
Has Keen I'Rsurcrsdul iu His ( am
paign Against Hie Villistas, Being
Worsted in Nearly Kverv ttneoun-I
I
ter—I arran/a Trains 4 apt need.
1
i
Kl, t’ VSO. April 2t> Advices re j
ceived here state that Geueral Mur-j
guia will soon be deposed from 11»«-;
command of the northern Mexican j
armies, although the name of his sue i
cessor has not been given out. Mur- j
guia, it is said, has been unsuccess- j
ful in his campaign against the Vil-i
listas. being outmaneuvered on ev-1
ery occasion, and recently two trains
of Carranza troops were entrapped by
the Villistas while en route to rein
force Murguia and the soldiers kill
ed or captured.
--
Thirty-oue degrees above zero at |
McCallum, was the coldest weather!
reported from the interior this morn j
ing Tlve warmest was 5f. degrees!
above at Sulclia and the other stations j
reported from -’.f» to 4b above.
CREW ESCAPES UNHARMED;
IS PICKED UP DY PATROI
I
\\ A.-WIINHTON. I). April
'Official advices received this atter
: niioii state that the American schooner
Percy Itirdsall was sunk yesterday by
.gunfire from a Herman submarine just
!off Nov York harbor. The attack on
i
the vessel was entirely without warn
ing. tile submarine appearing but a
' short distance away and immediately
opening lire on the schooner. The sub
tired nine or ten shots at I lie scliooti
< r. seven of which struck here, mostly
below the water line, and she went
down within a few minutes. The crew
lowered the boats oil the Opposite sid •
ot the vessel from the submarine and
cot away from the doomed craft, am)
were later picket) lip by one lit tilt
boats patrolling back ami forth i
front t>f New York harbor.
The report on the incident was r»
reived by the navy department fro1
tlie officer of the patrol. Officials >
the department refuse to comment o
the incident In regard to the allege
sinking of a Oerman submarine by th
American liner Mongolia the otlicia
refused to state whether or not tit
report had been officially continue'
lilt slated the report was possilil
t file.
Tin' I’l-rcy llinl.-all was a sclmon*
hi' 1 1 1!7 inns Inirdi-r. 1!»1 i'i .1 Inns.
!<•<•! In .mi and I 7.'I dnptli in' Indd
was Imili in 1 s;ni at W'iiiuinstimi. I>
awarm and In r homo pun ua~
\ in 1111> Ni w .!• rs \
SHE SPREADS
•j.-.o.uoii mi:\ \iii-: i\voi.vi:i>
Ollicial Itcports l!ccci\c<| In State Itc
parl 111**1)1 lialicate t'oiintry Is tin
Verge nl' lievnlt — llreail Katimi Is
Still I'ticllier deduced.
WASHINGTON. I) ('.. April _**.
Ollicial reports received by the Stale
Oeparlment indicate that the labor
situation in Germany is becoming ex
ceedingly critical and that a revolu
tionary out irci.k is mu improbable
within the near future. It is stated
thill no less than a quarter ol' a mil
lion are mil on strike and that it is
rapidly spreading to all branehes m
industry. Tin* rapid decrease in I lie
food supply and the cutting down of
the .tread rations from litoi) grammes
to dull grammes weekly is largely re
sponsible for tlie trouble, and the
demand for peace is growing rapidly
throughout the country.
GERMAN LOSSES
ARE TERRIFIC
MOST Al'I'Al.lilNG Oh GKKAT \YAlt
,
Iti*i(i—11 Advancing of Mounds of Gor
man Dead—Knot-moil* I a >**«•* and '
j
Steady Advance of Kritish Shake*
German Morale.
LONDON. April 2K. Latest a I-j
vices from the Western trout stat'“j
that the British and Germans are!
deadlocked north of the Scarpe. Haig!
has completely repulsed the massed
attacks of the Germans on the now
(iravelle positions, the Germans suf
fering the most appalling losses of
the entire war.
The British are advancing over vast
heaps of dead Germans, driving the
main body steadily backward.
The terrific losses and the steady
advance of the Britisli lias shaken t'u
morale of the German troops and
their resistance is rapidly decreasing
KKN X K« <ITT KAItXINGS
NKAItl.Y ijCKI.IMMt.tHiO
NKW YORK. April According
to figures given out today the not
i srnings of the Kennecott Copper cor
poration for tlie year l!Ut> before
deducting earnings was * JT.J
WAR COUNCIL
LAST A MONTI
to nisn ss \v\i: ruoisi.iv
American I'rohald.t He Named As I
rector World’* I'ood Snp|»l>—He
l»ert Hoover and secrelar.v \\il*«
Keini; ( on*idered tor l'o*itioii.
W ASi IINHTON. I* 1 . April ->i
The war conference of tin- comm
sioners of the Allied nations, vthi
will convene here within a t>-w da.
will prohahly htsl foi a month dnr;
which complete plait' for flit carryi
on of the war again'! Herman), t
l.naiicmg of the same and the fo
supplies tor the belligerent natio
will he exhaustivciv dismissed
One ot the principal matters
cone helore the conference will
the food supply, and it is very pn
aide tiiat some \merican. ante
whom art mentioned Herbert Hoov
Iteatl of the deigian Kelief Count
: ion and Secretary of Agricultt
Wilson will he nantetl as director
I lie world 's food supply as iteatl of
inter-Ally food commission, in
mot.nit ental campaign to toed the
lies, ami wilt hi ve absolute control
Ibis phase of the war.
admiisai. i'\\|{|{.\<ji't
SAILS HUS V A LI)
SKATTLK April 2t!. Tilt* steal
\ilniir.il Karragut sailed trout It
tor Valdez and way ports with a i
freight cargo. The only passeng
hooked for Valdez were Hobart Kr:
pitz and one steerage, (leorga Kot
mis hooked lot Latouche.
Coal Karons Intli< te<l.
NKW VOKK, April 0. An iml
ment naming twenty-one corporati
ami eighteen individuals chars
violations of the Sherman anti-ti
law in fixing prices of coal, was ha
ed down today by the federal pr
jury.
Maklment-Malutin.
At the office of United States ('
missioner George J. Love yester
afternoon. Kichard Maidment
Miss Barber Malutiu were unitei
marriage, in the presence of a few
timate friends, the ceremony In
performed by Judge Love.
A 13-yenr-old native boy of T:
lek. with bis dogs, recently dro\
lynx into a small cave on the In
near the village and the little fe
killed the anitual with a stone.
The launch T. N. B.. Captain C
er. returned last evening from a
to Sound points, bringing three
from I'.’llamar and Rd Turner l
Catena bay