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ONE DOLLAR PER MONTH
NATION WIDE CONSPIRACY
AGAINST CONSCRIPTION
WASHINGTON. June 1.—A number of members
of congress are aiding the anti-registration plots,
while the department of Justice is hewing at the
roots of the nation-wide conspiracy. Some mem
bers of congress are franking out anti-conscription
speeches, including that of Speaker Clark.
Several hundred persons throughout the country,
some of them of prominence, have been arrested
during last night and this morning for working
against conscription. The Rev. Charles Lenhart,
pastor of a German church in Minneapolis, has writ
ten a letter in which he said he hoped the President
would be shot.
Socialists Engage in Rioting
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 28.—The police, in an
attempt to prevent anti-war speeches by Socialists in
the public square on Sunday, were attacked by a mob
of three hundred persons. A battle ensued, and the
mounted police routed the rioters, arresting half a
dozen of them.
German Influences at Work
WASHINGTON, May 29.—German influence to en
courage resistance to army registration has been un
cov ered in Texas by the federal grand jury. Eleven
indictment' have resulted.
Seattle Agitator Arrested
SEATTLE, May 29.—Hulet M. Wells, a prominent
Socialist editor, has been arrested on the charge of
circulating seditious literature directed against con
scription.
Socialists Will Refuse to Register
MINNEAPOLIS. May 31.—Members of the Young
People’s Socialist League in Minneapolis today an
nounced that they would not register on Tuesday
next, and would take the consequences if the federal
officials wished to prosecute them.
Canadians Also Resist Conscription
VANCOUVER, B. C„ May 31 .—Conscription
speakers, many of them men who had been wounded
on the French front in the war, were hooted down
last night when they attempted to turn the tide at a
meeting of the Anti-Conscription League at the Labor
Temple.
Restrained from Leaving Country
WASHINGTON, May 31.—The department of jus
tice has ordered that all persons subject to registra
tion under the conscription act be prevented from
leaving the United States until after registration day.
Some have been leaving for Canada and Mexico.
Agitators to Be Arrested
WASHINGTON, May 31.—The government has or
dered the arrest throughout the country of those de
nouncing or discouraging registration.
After Conscription Dodgers
NEW ORLEANS, June 1.—Sheriffs along the
Florida coast have been instructed to prevent the
escape of conscription dodgers by launches to Cuba.
UNION FOR WHICH HEROES GAVE LIVES
NOW SEEKS TO LIBERATE THE WORLD
WASHINGTON, May 31.—President Wilson,
speaking at the Memorial day exercises at the Arling
ton national cemetery yesterday, said he envied those
heroes whose memories were being honored, because
theirs was a great work for liberty accomplished. He
said they died to preserve the Union, which we are
now using to serve the world.
Envies Men Who Answer Country’s Call
MINEOLA, N. Y., May 31.—In a Memorial day ad
dress in this city yesterday former President Roose
velt said he envied any man who had a chance to
risk his life for his country. He called upon the rich
to serve with their bodies.
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BRAZIL’S NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION
STANDS CHANCE OF BEING REVOKED
RIO JANEIRO, May 28.—The president’s message
to congress says that the sinking of Brazilian mer
chant vessels obliges the government to take meas
ures to defend itself against the German submarines.
RIO JANEIRO, May 29.—The measure revoking
the neutrality declaration passed its first reading in
the Brazilian chamber today, with but three dissent
ing votes.
Chile Will Back Up Brazil
SANTIAGO, Chile, May 29.—Chile will support
Brazil in any measures she may take against Ger
many.
Spaniards Want to Express Sympathy
MADRID, May 28.—A great mass meeting here
has adopted resolutions asking the premier to make
a public declaration of Spanish sympathy with the
entente allies.
Spanish Vessel Sank
LONDON, May 28.—One hundred and thirty
three persons perished when the Spanish steamship
De Erzaguirre was torpedoed
GERMAN VESSELS TO BE USED
IN UNITED STATES NAVY
WASHINGTON, May 31. -President
Wilson has by executive order turned over
to the navy five German merchantmen to
be used,as converted cruisers, and eight to
be used as colliers.
COMPLAINT OF SHIPPERS
IN FAIRBANKS RATE CASE
DISMISSED BY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, June 1.—The complaint
of the Sampson Hardware Company of
Fairbanks, that steamboat and railroad
rates in Alaska worked an unjust discrimi
nation, and that large shipper.-, were fa
vored, has been dismissed by the interstate
commerce commission.
The commission found that special con
tracts had been entered into between the
transportation companies and large mining
and canning interests which were of a dis
criminatory nature, but that the practice
had been discontinued eight months ago.
The complaint was filed through former
Delegate Wickersham and argued by him
before the commission.
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NEW HUNGARIAN PREMIER
VIENNA, May 29.—Julius Andrassy has
been appointed premier of Hungary.
ENORMOUS REVENUES
WASHINGTON, May 26. -The amount
of gold flowing into the national treasury
from ordinary sources of taxation during
the first twenty-four days of May eclipsed
all previous records, aggregating $15,957,267.
LANSING WANTS TO KNOW WHY
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Secretary of
State Lansing has instructed Ambassador
Page, at London, to inquire into the reports
of restrictions against the importation of
canned salmon into Great Britain.
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POLICEMAN SUICIDES
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SEATTLE. May 29— N. S Kendal, a !
'dry squad” policeman, committed suicide
todav by shooting.
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DECLINES STRENUOUS TASK
LONDON, May 26.—Former Premier As
quith has declined to accept the chairman
ship of the proposed Irish convention.
RECORD"FLIGHT IS MADE
BY MILITARY DIRIGIBLE;
WASHINGTON, May 31.—All American j
records were broken by a military dirigible !
balloon by a continuous flight of 450 miles i
from Chicago to Medina, Ohio, the navy j
department announced today.
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AMBASSADOR’S BODY ARRIVES
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26. The body
of George W. Guthrie, United States am
bassador to Japan, arrived here today on
board a Japanese warship from Tokio,
where he died recently.
FIRE DAMAGES ROAD
Fire on the tundra south of the city on
Sunday last, probably caused by the care
lessness of some pedestrian in throwing
a lighted match or cigarette on the dry
grasses and moss, resulted in a considerable
stretch of the road to Flat being damaged.
The fire ate its way into the corduroy of
the road, finally burning itself out. The
attention of travelers is called to the dan
ger of fire started in this manner. The
tundra is exceptionally dry this summer,
and a disastrous conflagration may be the
result of somebody’s carelessness.
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FAREWELL TO MRS. McMAHON
A large number of Flat ladies, taking ad
vantage of the fine weather last Sunday
afternoon, called upon Mrs. Thomas Mc
Mahon, wife of one of Flat’s most promi
nent and esteemed citirens, to bid her
good-by on the eve of her departure for
the Outside. The occasion was tinged with
regret because of the fact that Mrs. Mc
Mahon does not intend to return to Flat.
She was the recipient of many handsome
presents, slight tokens of the eBteem in
which she is held by her many friends.
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NEW SUITS FILED
Suit has been filed in the district court
by J. E. Beattie, as attorney in fact for
George Beattie, against John Greer, to en
force payment of money alleged to be due.
Attachment has been issued.
Suit has been commenced in the commis
sioner's court by Finnegan A Cameron of
Flat against Dundas Yeager, for money al
leged to be due.
In the district court G. M. Albrecht has
filed suit against John Greer for the collec
tion of attorney’s fees.
HAS STAKED HER ALL
OTTAWA, May 29.—A. J. Balfour,
British foreign secretary and member
of the commission which recently vis
ited the United States, addressed the
Canadian parliamnt today. He said
that Great Britain had staked her last
dollar on democracy winning, and
would be bankrupt if democracy
failed.
MIDDLE WEST IS SWEPT
BY TERRIBLE WINDSTORMS
IN WHICH MANY ARE LOST
WICHITA, Kan., May 26.—'Thirty per
sons are dead as the result of a tornado in
southern and central Kansas. At Andale,
Kan., seventeen persons were killed and
fifty injured.
MATTOON, 111., May 28.—The tornado
which swept central Illinois and northwest
ern Indiana Saturday caused the death of
a hundred persons. Modesto, Charleston
and Mattoon were the hardest hit. Great
property damage was caused, and thousands
are suffering.
CHICAGO. May 28.— The number of
deaths caused by the tornado in the Middle
West and South during the past three days
totals 250.
Missouri Fatalities
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., May 31—Eight
een persons were killed in a cyclone which
struck the town of Chaony today.
ST. LOUIS, June 1.—The total fatalities
in Wednesday’s tornado are estimated at
eighty.
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NATION FOLLOWS INSTINCTS
IN STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY
LONDON, June 1.—United States Am
bassador Page, in a speech delivered here
last night, said that on first leaving to
serve as ambassador, President Wilson told
him he had no instructions to give him,
but admonished him to follow his own
instincts. He said that- the United States
was now following its instincts in joining
the struggle for civilization.
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TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION
IN TRANSPORTATION FIELD
WASHINGTON, May 31—The railroads
of the United States are being organized
into one big railroad consolidation, through
an organization of bankers and insurance
men owning railroad securities. Competi
tion will be eliminated in railroad trans
portation, and the operation of the roads
will be unified.
REGISTRATION
NEXT TUESDAY
Probable That Instructions and
Blanks Will Be Received on
the Mail Which Is Expected
to Arrive Today
Registration in compliance with the terms
of the conscription law is to take place
throughout the country on Tuesday next.
No copy of the law, nor the instructions of
the government officials relative to the exe
cution of the law, have reached here as
yet, and only surmise based on the meager
press dispatches can be used for the pur
pose of gaining an idea of the law’s scope.
However, Deputy Marshal Percy Charles
received telegraphic advices a few days ago
‘to the effect that the necessary blanks and
instructions had been mailed to him from
Fairbanks, and it is expected that they will
arrive by the first mail, which is now due.
Until such time as these have been received
no announcement can be made by the local
officials with reference to the registration.
It may be presumed that the registration,
which is for all males between the ages of
21 and 30, inclusive, will take place at the
offices of the marshal in Iditarod and Flat,
It appears that no one is exempt, and
while it is possible that married men and
some others will not be drafted under the
present plans, still they must register. For
eigners of all nationalities are also expected
to register, it appears.
It is also unknown here how many men
are to be drafted from Alaska for the first
call for 500,000 men. Judging by the re
cently-published statement that 5,000 men
are to be furnished by the state of Wash
ington, which in 1910 had a population of
slightly more than 1,100,000, Alaska’s pro
portion is bound to be small. The popula
tion of the territory is not to exceed
50,000.
It is also understood that penalties are
provided for failure to register, so that it
behooves everybody to acquaint themselves
with the provisions of the law as soon as
possible after the arrival of the documents.
LABORERS AND MATERIAL
FOR GOVERNMENT RAILWAY
SEATTLE, May 28.—The United States
transport Crook sailed last night with three j
thousand tons of cement, rails and forage
and twenty-six railroad laborers for An
chorage.
STEEL VESSELS*TO BE USED
BECAUSE OF PRESENT LACK
OF CHEAPER MATERIAL
NEW YORK, May 26—General Goe
thals, addressing the steel men, asks their
aasistance. He said that under the selective
draft system he has been called upon to
turn out good wooden ships w'tihin eighteen
months, but as “the birds are now nesting
in the trees that will go to build the ves
sels,” he found the, task impossible. He
said that it would be necessary to build
some of them of steel.
Contract* for Washington Firm*
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Skinner E
Eddy of Seattle have been awarded a con
tract to build six steel freighters of 8,800
tons for the government. In addition the
shipping board has awarded contracts to the
Sloan Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle
and Olympia for sixten wooden vessels, and
to the Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Corpora
tion of Aberdeen for four wooden vessels,
each of 3,000 tons.
WELSH FIGHTER LOSES
NEW YORK, May 29.—Benny Leonard
won the world’s lightweight championship
last night by knocking out Freddy Welsh
in the ninth round of a scheduled ten-round
bout.
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ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE
LONDON, May 31.—Both England and
Germany celebrated today the anniversary
of the great Jutland naval battle as a vic
tory. In London there were memorial serv
ices for the sailors lost in the fight.
katmaTexpeditIon
SEATTLE, May 29.—The Griggs Katmai
expedition will sail tonight for Alaska on
board the steamship Admiral Watson.
SPANISH DISORDERS
MADRID, June 1.—Several army officers
have been imprisoned for participation in
the disorders at Barcelona.
NOTED RUSSIAN AUTHOR
TELLS OF GERMAN INTRIGUE
PETROGRAD, June 1.—Maxim Gorky, j
the noted Russian writer, in a public state
ment has revealed how Germany sought
through Dr. Rizou, the Bulgarian minister
to Berlin, to inveigle him into clandestine
negotiations for a separate peace for Russia, j
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GLAD TIDINGS
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SEATTLE, May 29.—Jafet Lindeberg, j
the prominent Nome mining man, will leave j
for Nome, via Skagway, the Yukon and j
Fairbanks, on Friday next. i
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THE MAILS
The long-continued mail blockade is due j
to be broken at any moment. Nothing has j
yet been heard regarding the three trail j
mails which should have arrived from Sew- j
ard, but it is presumed that they are now
on the way from Ophir by water and
should arrive at any time. On Wednesday
Postmaster Ansley received a telegram from
the Yukon instructing him to forward the
outgoing mail to meet the incoming con
signment at Dikeman on June 1. It was
accordingly dispatched at noon Thursday.
A busy season may now be looked for at
the postoffice, as it is likely the winter’s
accumulation of second and fourth-class
matter will be on hand soon.
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STEAMER PUP FROM TOLSTOI
The steamer Pup, Max Simel’s vessel, ar
rived late Monday night from the mouth
of Tolstoi. Considerable disappointment
was manifested when it was found that she
brought no mail, nor any information as to
the whereabouts of the last three mails dis
patched over the Seward trail.
The Pup left for down river early Wednes
day morning, with W. C. Mitchell and his
sawmill crew as passengers. They will pick
up the sawmill machinery at Moose creek
and proceed with it to the Tolstoi district,
where it will be erected and preparations
made for supplying that district with lum
ber.
EAGERLY AWAITS NEW GOODS
Sam’l Applebaum, the hustling grocer, is
eagerly awaiting the arrival of the steamer
Washburn with his spring consignment of
fresh goods. His customers can rest as
sured that Sam’l will lose no time in sup
plying their wants after the boat ties up to
the wharf.
FRENCH AND GERMANS
IN VIOLENT STRUGGLES
BERLIN, May 28.—German air squadrons yes
terday dropped bombs on Dover and Folkestone.
The Teutonic forces are improving their positions at
Chemain and Desdames, on the Aisne front, having
captured 544 French prisoners.
Five vast attempts of the French to capture the
quarries south of Parny have failed, with heavy
losses to them.
German troops have captured a line of French
trenches south of Mornvillers, in Champagne, taking
350 prisoners.
Violent German Attacks Repulsed
PARIS, May 31.—The Germans attacked the
French lines in Champagne with extreme violence at
several points last night. They were checked at
some points by the French fire, and at others at the
point of the bayonet. The Germans retired each
time after heavy losses, according to an announce
ment made by the war office today.
Developments on the Austro-Italian Front
ROME, May 26.—It is announced that the Ital
ians have captured 3,500 more Austrians on the
Corso, and have made important advances in the
coastal regions.
A great battle on the Julian front, extending
from the sea to Plava, continues today. The Italians
in their advance have captured more than ten thou
sand prisoners in two days.
Miscellaneous War News
TOKIO, May 26.—The admiralty announces that
Japanese squadrons are operating in the Southern
Pacific and in the Mediterranean against submarines.
SEATTLE, May 28.—A cable to the Japanese
North American and the Seattle Daily Times, which
passed the Tokio censor, says that the Japanese
naval forces in the Mediterranean have sunk four
teen German submarines and three Austrian war
ships.
LONDON, May 31.—Eighteen British vessels of
more than 1.600 tons were sunk during the past
week, it was officially announced today. One ves
sel of less than 1,600 tons and two freighting vessels
were also sunk.
LONDON, June 1.—The American ship Dirigo
has been sunk without warning. First Mate John
Ayer was drowned.
NEW YORK, June 1.—This port has been closed
during daylight hours to outgoing vessels. No ex
planation has been given.
SPIES IN UNITED STATES RESPONSIBLE
FOR ATTEMPT TO DESTROY FLOTILLA
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Commander Sims, in
charge of the United States destroyer flotilla in
European waters, cables from London that German
spies in the United States notified Berlin of the com
ing of the flotilla in time for the Germans to strew the
entrance to Queenstown harbor with mines. He said
his information was positive.
Arrested for Threat Against President
HASKELL, Texas, May 31.—W. A. Bergfield, a
mail carrier, has been arrested for threatening to kill
President Wilson.
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RUSSIAN GENERAL’S OPTIMISTIC STATEMENT
NOT BORNE OUT BY SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
PETROGRAD, May 26.—General Ruzsky, who re
cently resigned command of the northern front, says
he believes Minister Kerensky will induce the Rus
sians to take up arms. He thinks the Germans will
be forced to terms by fall.
Socialists at Bottom of Tronble
PETROGRAD, May 29.—Russia is in the throes of
an industrial crisis. The demands of the workmen
are such that most of the enterprises working for the
national defense are on the verge of a collapse, with
the Socialist ministers plotting to brfng the war to a
close.
Russians and Romanians Wake Up
BERLIN, May 29.—Today’s official report says
that an attack by Russian and Rumanian troops is ex
pected.
REVENUE MEASURES AND FOOD REGULATION
OCCUPY THE ATTENTION OF CONGRESSMEN
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Both houses of con
gress devoted today mainly to debating the food
bills.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The house today
passed a bill appropriating $15,000,000 for a food
survey, and a measure to stimulate food produc
tion.
WASHINGTON, June I.—The senate finance com
mittee today decided to provide in the war tax bill
to raise $80,000,000 by consumption taxes of 2
cents a pound on coffee, 5 cents on tea, half a cent
on sugar and 3 cents on cocoa.