VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1917 .NUMBER lol
IMMEDIATE AID
ISJjUESTED
M,l/lEl) TROOPS NKKI> SUPPORT
♦ 'ouferenre Today Between French
Commissioners and American Staff
Officers Being Watched With In
terest—Joffre Supports Pro|Hisal.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.—
Much Interest is manifested in official:
ircles in the conference today be-1
ween the French Commissioners and •
he officers of the American General j
-taff, and in the conference between j
he President and Minister of Justice;
Viviani. The conference is for the!
>urpos-3 of determining when the
American troops shall be sent to;
•’ranee, and considerable difference of I
•pinion prevails between French and j
Vmerican conferees as to when the |
Vmrican soldiers shall be sent.
Both sides admit that Americans;
-hould ltave some preliminary train-i
ig before being sent to the battlefield.!
mt Vhe French want from 18.000 to,
iO.ifflfO American troops sent at oncei
or the moral effect their presence'
will have upon the French soldiers.
General Joffre warmly approves the
equest of the French commissioners
The American staff officers approve
if the proposal to send men to Enron
,ut do not approve of their immediate
-ailing, and also insist that only seas-,
,ned veterans from the regular army
>e taken for this service.
it is probable that forty thousand!
nen can be placed in readiness for!
service within a comparatively short1
ime. The decision rests entirely with ;
he President and Minister Viviani Is!
Tying to prevail upon him to take im-j
nediate action.
France claims that by sending men;
immediately to the assistance of the)
Vllied forces in the trenches that the ■
■ne» will be greatly encouraged and
’hatVit will tend to relieve the gen
rat feeling of pessimism which is be
ginning to infect the people of Eng
land and France.
SECIlir
BEJECE5»
ON Till: CONSC RIPTION MKAHURK
Passage Will Not lie Legal Unless
Voted U|H»n Again in llotli Houses
liafollette Likely to Hold Up Vote
on Measure for a Week.
WASHINGTON D. C., May 1.—
Parliamentarians insist that a second
vote of the House and Senate will be
necessary on the Army Bill to make
the conscription provisions of the
measure legal. It is expected that La
F’ollette, with his proposed amend
ment to submit the conscription clause
tc a referendum vote of the people,
wijl delay action on the bill for a
week. Senator Gronna is also mak
ing trouble, and proposes to introduce
an amendment to stop grain dislribu
t ion to breweries, claiming that these |
institutions are helping contribute to;
the food shortage. Administration;
leaders are preparing to have the Sen- j
ate Bill when passed, sent to the ;
House to facilitate the eurly passage j
of the amended bill, owing to the rule ;
in the House limiting debate. The re- j
turn of the bill from the conference
committee is assured.
Using Hummer Trail.
Advices received this morning from
the interior state that the snow trail
is gone and that travelers have aban
doned the winter route and are now
using the summer road between Par.
^oii and Meier’s is being used.
Willard B. Hastings of the clerical
force of the Anchorage Dock Company
died at the Anchorage Hospital of
pneumonia on Sunday, April 22. De
ceased was 60 years old and leaves a
wife and two daughters in Seattle.
Owen Meals has shipped to Anchor
age the car belonging to C. T. Boyle,
which has been in his charge for the
past year.
CAPTAIN DROPS DEAD
AS TUG CROSSES BAR
MARSHFIELD. Ore.. May 1.—
Capt. John Johnson, master of the
.eagoing tug Klyhiam of Bandon,
dropped dead as his tug was crossing
the bar of the Coqullle River today.
A member of the crew saw him fall
and ran to the wheel. Johnson started
as a deck hand on the Klyhiam twen
ty-eight years ago.
CONSULTS WITH
SECRETARY WAR
ON PLANS FOR CONSCRIPTION
Administration Approves of Age Lim
its Set By Senate, But Compromise
Placing Limits 121 to Will Prob
ably Be Made In Conference,
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 1.—
The President has asked for ami will
probably be granted direct control of
the conscription machinery, and the
President and Secretary of War Baker
held a long conference last evening
on the plans for drafting tile nion for
service in France. The administra
tion strongly favors the age limits of
21 to 26 years, as set by the Senate
) ill. but it is believed a compromise
will lie made in conference placing the
age limits at from 21 to 25 years.
GERMAN PLOTTERS
ARE ORDER ARREST
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TO DYNAMITE MOKGAVS PLACE
Two Germans Are Arrested in New
York and Confessed Were Going to
Semi Sensational Deports through
out the Country.
NEW YKOK, May 1.—George Mey
eringer, a cook in the Koosevelt Hos
pital in this city, and Wolf Hirsch. a
chemist, and formerly a secret sorv
ice agent, both Germans, were arrest
ed here last night. On being ques
tioned at Police headquarters they
confessed that they were on their way
to dynamite the ottice of J. P. Morgan
a Co. when apprehended, following
which it was their intent to cut in on
the telegraph wires to Washington
and Chicago and send out messages to
the effect that President Wilson had
been assassinated and that German
submarines had made devastating
raids along the Atlantic coast, and
then disrupt communication so that
denials of the stories could not be sent
cut.
RE-INTRODUCED
CONFIDENT OK VOTE TODAY
Senator Re-Introduces Measure In
Senate Today Despite Objections of
LaKollette, Gronna and Met 'um
ber—Confident Will l*ass.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 1.—
Senator Chamberlain today reintro
duced in the Senate the conscription
measure, despite the objections of La
Follette, Gronna and McCumber. The
leaders are confident that the measure
will come to a vote today and that ii.
will carry.
Mrs. floss Paden left on the Adm.
Evans for a trip to the States.
J. E. Mouljon, the well-known
traveling man, was an arrival yester
day from the South.
Charles J-awson of the Cube mine
is a visitor in town.
OUT Oil STRIKE
DKMAND INCKKAKK $2.00 W K.KK
h'edmil Hoard of Arbitration Will Me
diate and If Strike Is Xot Soon Set
tled Government Will Take Over
the llakeries and Operate.
CHICAGO, May 1.—The jotirttev
men bakers of this city have struck
for an increase in pay of $2 per week
and shorter hours. A bread famine
is imminent and the Federal Board o/
Arbitration has taken rteps to ir.edi
r.te between the strikers and the bak
i ries. If the affair is not speedily
settled the government will take ever
the bakeries and supply the people
with bread at cost.
MAY ASK FOR
CRAN6E VENUE
SAN FRANCISCO IK >>115 CASKS
In Passing I pon .Motion for Continu
ance Judge Dunn Hittorly Arraign*
Defense for Asking lnvrstigutit.il of
Alleged Perjury.
SAN FRANCISCO. May l. —Judge
Dunne, in passing upon a motion to
day to continue the bomb cases, bit
terly denounced the defense demnucu*
for an investigation of the alleged per
jured testimony introduced by the
prosecution in the case of Mooney, it
is probable that the defense will ask
for a change of venue on the ground
that the Judge is prejudiced.
SOIOMI
.MANX' Hll.l-S TO DISPOSK OC
Several .Measures Are Passed by the
House and “Choice of Doctors” Hill
Is Tabled—Senate Passes filiform
School Hill.
JUNEAU, May 1.—The House anil
Senate are working day and night to
dispose of the numerous bills still re
maining to be acted upon. The
House this morning passed the ieva
nue bill providing for a higher tax on
salmon canneries and business houses.
The bill providing for the registration
cf all cases of infectious diseases, end
another defining the rights of locators
to waters in streams were also passed.
[The famous “Choice of Doctors” bill
was tabled. The bill providing for
[the acceptance of grants of land and
money for the Fairbanks agricultural
college and the bill providing for au
increase in the bounty on wolves was
passed, as was a bill providing for an
increase in the salary of the Attorney
General from $6,000 to $7,000 per an
num. and requesting the Senate to re
scind its action of yesterday on the
bill. The Increase In salary under
the terms of the measure, does not be
come effective until 1921.
The Senate passed the uniform
school bill and the bill providing for
a road on Unga Islaend was killed. A
memorial addressed to the President
urging the completion of the govern
ment railroad from Matanusfca to Re
surrection Bay was introduced, the
bill providing for a direct primary
was passed and the 8-liour law for
women reported favorably.
Denny Eastham and Carl E. Bell ar
rived at Fort Liscum yesterday from
the government road and entered the
hospital at that place. Habitant re
cently shot off one of his great toes
with an automatic pistol and Bell is
suffering from an attack of appendici
tis.
JOFFRE ML
visit cmm
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KOl'HINO RECEPTION BE GIVEN
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Hero of Marne Will Take Western
Trip As Soon a* Duties Will Per
mit—Will He Given a Big Recep
tion in Chicago.
WASHINGTON. D. (\. Mav 1.
General Joffrc of tlie French Com mis
sion lias accepted invitations to visit
Chicago, and has signified his inten
tion to take the trip west as soon as
his duties will permit. He will also
go to Springfield and visit the tomb
of Abraham Lincoln. Plans arc now
In preparation in Chicago to give the
famous Getieral an enthusiasti-' recep
tion.
TRANSFER SHIPS
KOI! isk itv SHII*l*l.\(i IIOAP.I)
Seized Interned German Steamships
Will lie I’lil In Commission and
i'sed In Si-ndiiiK Munilions and
Supplies to the Allies.
WASHINGTON. I). ('.. May L.
By a unanimous vote the Senate yes
terday passed a resolution transfer
lhj{ th- title of the seized Interned
German steamships to the president
for us- of the Federal Shipping
Board. The vessels will lie put into
commission as speedily as possible for
the purpose of transportiuK supplies,
and munitions to the Allies.
BALfOilES
Wll.l. tlK MUST TIMK AI.ONK
Several Governments Are Learning
Wherein the Strength ;«n(l Weak
ness of Knelt Ides, and Aie Planning
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More Kfticient Campaign.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April
British Foreign Secretary Balfour,
heading the British Commission, din
ed with President Wilson today. This
is the first intimate talk the President
and British officials have had, and the
talk was largely on the conduct of the
war and the part America will play in
the struggle. The commissioners of
the three governments are rapidly
learning wherein lays the strength
and weakness of the various allies,
and are planning from this knowledge
a more efficient conduct of the cam
paign against the Central Powers. On
Monday the conferees will take up
the matter of shipping and munitions.
ALASKA SKNDS GRKKTINGS
TO RUSSIA RKPUBI.lt
WASHINGTON, I). C.. May 1.—
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer of Alaska
in the name of the Territory, has tel
egraphed to Russia, our nearest sis
ter republic, greetings and congratu
lations. The message has been trans
mitted to the provisional government
nt Petrograd.
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Pittman’s Furlough Cut Short.
Sergt. D. B. Pittman, until recently
cashier at the local cable office, who
went to the States and was granted a
furlough of three months, was recall
ed to duty fifteen days after his vaca
tion commenced and was ordered to
Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
K. C. Keesler received a shipment
of fine chickens yesterday from the
States and will enter upon fowl cul
ture and the propagation of the spe
cies upon a large scale.
KV.WS AUKIVHM
AND DEPARTS
The steamship Admiral Evans came
in from the westward shortly after
midnight and sailed a short time later.
Her passengers booked here were I.
B. Allee. C. W. Gecker, Thomas Dry
den, Jr., Wm. Rogers, B. W. Free
man. F. C. Buckingham, Wm. Spae
veis for Cordova; Wm. Gilpin and
Mrs. Ross Paden for Seattle.
MMY STEAMERS
ARE IMILARLE
FOR TRANSPORTATION OF FOOD
A Large Number of Vessels Have Al
ready Been Placed at I>Is|m>shI of
Allies and These Will Be Added to
Monthly by New Construction.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 1.
A considerable number of ships have
already been placed at the disposal of
the Entente Allies for the transpor
tation of food stuffs and ammunition,
and this number will be added to
monthly, both by construction and the
repairing of the interned German ves
sels seized, li is anticipated that with
the fleet of carriers now in commis
sion and those which will lie speedilv
added, there will he no difficulty in
transporting the necessary supplies to
Europe.
CENSORSHIP IS
EFFECTIVE TODAY
TKLKGIIAPH LINKS TAliKN OVKII
Secretary of War (taker Orders Tele
graph anti Telephone Lilies t'ndcr
Control of Army—Navy Will Have
Charge of Calile Lines.
WASHINGTON, D (’.. May 1.
The War Censorship bill goes into ef
fect today. Secretary of War (taker
acting for President Wilson, litis 01
dered the telegraph and telephone
lines placed under control of oflieers
of the army, while the submarine ea
1 les will be in charge of the Navy De
partment. All cable messages offered
for transmission to foreign countries
will be rigorously censored.
FRENCH REPORT
HEM HIM
PAPTVRK SKVKRAL POSITIONS
French War Office Says Heavy Attacks
>lude and Trenches Captured in Vi
cinity ofCMont Camilla!—Penetrate
(■ernian Lines.
PARIS, May 1.—The French made
a powerful attack this morning on the
Champagne front, capturing several
important fortified positions and sev
eral lines of trenches in the vicinity
of Mont Carnillat. penetrating the
German lines to a depth of five thou
sand metres.
Beginning next Sunday. Ma> tne
tith. 1917, the evening services at tne
Episcopal church will he held at S
o’clock instead of at 4 o'clock in ' he
afternoon as has been done during the
winter when the days were short.
River Breaking Fast.
Advices thlB morning state that the
Tanan river at Salcha is breaking up
fast and the river will soon be open.
Sergeant Billings of the local sig
nal corps, received a large shipment
of fancy chickens on the last boat and
will go into the poultry raising on a
large scole to reduce the H. C. L. in
the Billings nome.
NIVELLE LOSES
ARMVMMHD
.HtTITKDKI) BY GKX. pktaix
French People Dlssatisfled With Use
I
Small and Costly Successes of the'
Army 1'nder Command of the lie
fender of Verdun.
PA1US, May 1.—It was announced
last evening that General Nivelle, tne
defender of Verdun, who was recently
placed in command of the army on
I he Somme front has been deprived of
; tlie command and will he succeeded
by General Pelain. The uation is much
dissatisfied with Nivelle of whom
I
great things were expected. While
ender his command the French have
made some gains, they have been prin
cipally small tactical successes which
have bean exceedingly costly. Petain
demanded the army dictatorship when
Joffre was retired, hut was turned
down and Nivelle appointed. Petain
is about sixty years of age. an expert
tactician and a fighter.
TEN BRITISH
TANKS SMASHED
IN fiohtino i.ast satfkdav
(iPrinan War Ollire Bulletin State*
That Siv Hundred British Soldiers
Were Killed and One Thousand
Were Captured on Arras Front.
BERLIN. May 1. An oiticia! hulle
tin issued this morning slates that ten
British tanks were destroyed, six
hundred British soldiers killed and
one thousand captured during the
fighting Saturday on the Arras front
(THAN Sl'CJAK CHOI*
(iltFATF.lt TH A N LAST V FA It
HAVANA. May 1- Total crop .if
sugar in Cuba this year, according to
the Cuban official government esti
mate will be 2,850.000 tons, some
what less than 19 lti, hut greeter than
1915. Cane burned by r ■‘heirs is set
at 5,000.000 tons. Til.* Bureau of
Cuban govern men t in Nev. Yor« says
that 128 sugar mills, shipping their
product from six principal ports of
Cuba, and manufacturing 00 per cent
of the total sugar crop of Cuba, have
not stopped operations even for a sin
gle day since the disorders in Cuba
began. These mills are grinding now
and the receipts to date at the six
principal ports aggregate 950.0"0
tons.
I WIKKLKNN PLANT IS
FOUND IN CASCAHFS
PORTLAND. May 1.— A wireless
plant fully equipped and capable of
| sending messages was found by se
cret service officials near the base of
Mount Hood in the Cascade mountains
of Oregon. Evidently the proposed
raid had become known to the men
in charge of the outfit as the plant
was abandoned. No arrests have be-nt
made.
IlKOTHKIt IS KILLED
FIGHTING IN FRANCE
Mrs. M. M. Hopkins received word
yesterday that one of her brothers
Major General D. I. V. Eaton, with
the Eighth Canadian Infantry, light
ing on the Somme front in France,
was killed some time early in April.
The Rev. George John Zinn return
ed last night from Seward on the
steamer Admiral Evans.
Guthrie Scott, the Queen Quality
Shoe man. is a visitor in town, ar
riving from the south yesterdaj\fc
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Gus Gillls. the "Optimo Kid", ar
rived yesterday on the Alaska and is
visiting the trade here.
Corporal William Rogers, who 1ms
, been under treatment at Fort Liscum
I for a short time past, left last night
for his post ai Cordova.