PEOPLE FLEEING
FROM PETR06R00
l-'KAK INVASION BV
(iKHMAN SOI.DIKKS
Deport that (icraitui) Will Attempt
ti» Isolate the Capital Causes Con
sternation Among the People, Who
are Fleeing to Places of Safety.
PETROGRAD, May 4.—The civil
an population of the city is fleeing
o safer retreats, fearing an attack
tpon the city by the Germans, a ru
«iior of which has been prevalent here
.or some time. It is anticipated that
he Germans will attempt to isolate
he city and the permit offices are
Thronged with people daily seeking
permission to leave. The trains to
Moscow are crowded with refugees.
So crowded are the trains that in
order to get a seat it is necessary to
nake reservations several days in ad
vance'.
REGRETS SINKING
ARGENTINE BOAT
<;<>V El! VMEXT RKCK1VKS
A NOTE OK AI’OMMJV
States That Submarine Commander
.Made An Error As to the Nation
ality fo the Steamer and That Ger
many Would Make Reparation.
* BUENOS AIRES. May 4.—An offi
' jial communication has been recei •
-•d from the German government ex
pressing regret for the sinking of the
Argentine steamer Monte Peategido
y a German submarine. The com
-nunication states that an error was
made by the commander of the sub
marine as" to nationality of the ves
sel and that Germany is prepared to
make full reputation for the loss c>
• asioned.
BRITISH MAKE
NIGHT ATTACK
IN DARKNESS JUST
PRECEDING l)AUN
Haig Delivers Smashing Blow Against
Germans, Capturing Cherisy and
Penerating Through Hindenburg
I line—Canadians Advance.
LONDON, May 4.—‘Advices receiv
ed from the French front this after
noon state that General Haig, follow
ing up his offensive, delivered a
smashing blow at the Germans in the
darkness just preceding dawn today
and captured the town of Cherisy and
crossed the Hindenburg line toward
Keincourt. The Canadians, iftr a des
perate charge, captured the town of
Fresnoy, despite the desperate resis
tance of the Gearmans. The German
losses have been enormous, it being
estimated that po less than thirteen
whole divisions have been annihilated
front since the 9th of April.
HANDIJNG MESSAGES
VIA WIRELESS STATION
During the interruption in the
cable service, messages to and from
The States and southeastern Alaska
points are being bandied by cable be
tween here and Cordova, and thence
to Whitshed, where they are trans
mitted by the navy wlrelese station
to Sitka.
Band Meeting
The Moose hand will hold their
regular Friaiy night practice tonight
in Moose hall.
j WEST POINTERS HANDLING C04ST DEFENSE GUN
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Photo u> American Press Association.
In anticipation of being called for service before tlieli studies ate completed tlie cadets of West Point are being
given very little rest by their instructors these days. Here they are bruatiing tip on their knowledge of coast de
fense guns
SPAIN MAY
ENTER WAR
MAY UK COMPELLED
ABANDON NEUTRALITY
New Premier hepaied to Sii|i|tort tlie
Vigorous Note Kent to Germany by
Predecessor Regarding Submarine
Policy.
PARIS. May 4.— Marquis Prieto,
the new Spanish Premier, is declared
by the Madrid Correspondent of the
Petit Journal to be prepared to sup
port the vigorous note of protest sent
to Germany on the submarine policy
of that country by his predecessor.
The Premier intimates that Spain can
not much longer maintain her neutral
position when the honor and the in
terests of the country are daily men
aced as at present.
TRANSPUT SUNK
MEDITERRANEAN
jOVKK HVK HUNDRKD
IjOSK THKIR liIVKH
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Iti-itish Ailpiiraity Reports thf Loss of
the Transport Arcadian by a Bob*
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marine. With a Loss of 528 Lives—
So CTuuice Given Men.
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LONDON. May 4.—The Admiralty
tissued a bulletin this afternoon an
nouncing the sinking of the British
itransport Arcadian, by a submarine,
| in the Mediterranean sea. The trans
port was bound for Salonika with a
detachment of fresh troops for the
Macedonian .front when she was tor
pedoed uuwarned and sunk within a
short time. A number of troops es
caped in small boats, but it is known
that 528 soldiers went down with the
steamer.
MARIPOSA IN AND
SAILS WESTWARD
The steamship Mariposa arrived in
port from the south about 10 o’clock
last night, and sailed west about an
hour later. Her passengers for Val
dez were Judge F. M. Brown, Ran
dall Ashby, Mrs. Ashby and children,
Ou8 Dgarf, F. T. Hope and Mrs. Hope.
Kings Play Cupid
COPENHAGEN, May 4.—The visit
>of King Christian of Denmark to King
Gustave of Sweden was to discuss the
possible engagement of Crown Prince
Christian of Denmark and Princess
Margaretha. a daughter of Prince
Charles of Sweden, it is reported ill
a dispatch from Stockholm.
Goo. A. Vinger, the popular trav
eling man. left last uight for the
westward after a short stay in. town.
IIIACKhlST AGAINST
I'. S. IS WITHDRAWN
Great Britain Formally Announces
t'anrellation of Move
LONDON, May 4.- The British
Black list of shipping lias been with
drawn. so far as it concerns the Uni
ted States.
The following announcement was
made today by the foreign office:
‘‘Now that the United States have
entered the war against our common
enemy we are adopting safeguards of
their own, it has been decided to with
draw the stdtuatory list ( blacklist i
from the United States.”
ACCI’SKN PKKHIOKNT OK
PLAYING PKTTY POLITICS
Stated that tlie Man in tli(* White
House Had Neither the Courage or
Personal Sagacity to Permit Mr.
Roosevelt to Knlist.
WASHINGTON. D. May a.—
Representative Mason, republican at
large of Illinois, was hissed by spec
tators in the gallery when he made a
vicious attack on President Wilson
in opposition to the conscription bill
in the House this afternoon.
Assailing Wilson for his failure to
accept Roosevelt's division of volun
teers for service in France, Mason
said:
Before he proceeded further hisses
came from the gallery and from some
; members on the floor.
I “They don’t intend to let the Col
onel enlist for fear it would hurt the
| draft plan,” Mason had declared at
the outset of his remarks.
“They don’t want to let him make
a hero of himself for while he is flght
! ing for democracy in the old world
lie may be raising hell with democracy
in this country."
The speaker said keeping Colonel
Roosevelt out of the war seemed to be
part of the organized opposition to
the volunteer system. Iu terms of sar
casm he declared Roosevelt’s offer to
raise a division probably went from
the White House, thence to an as
sistant and finally the oblivion in the
office of the general staff of the army.
“Half of the people want to see the
Colonel go to war and half of them
want him kept at home.” said the
speaker observing also that many ot
those who want Colonel Roosevelt to
go to the front are anxious to have
him remain a long time.
Because of its desire for conscrip
tion, Mason charged that the general
staff of the army is doing its utmost
to make the volunteer plan seem a
failure.
“Men will enlist. They are enlisting
now at the rate of four thousand a
day, more than can be cared for," said
Mason. “But the general staff would
t.ot give the volunteers a chance."
Mrs. C. A. Esson left on.-*he Mari
posa for Anchorage and expects to
make her home there in the future.
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ItKI'OICT KAl'TUtK OK
^ TKl TON THKNI'llKS
' After a Heavy Bombardment the Brit
ish Attack Between Vartlar Klver
and hake Dorian, Karrying a Nuni
lier of Teuton Trenches.
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LONDON, May 4. —An official con.
| iiiunication from Macedonia states
ttliac following a terrific artillery bom
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i bard men t between the Vardar river
'and Lake Dorian, lasting throughout
I the day, the British forces attacked
at night witii considerable vigor all
1 along the line. The Teutons were ev
erywhere routed and a number of
their trenches carried. Their losses
| were heavy. In the region of t’erna
| sharp counter attacks by the Teu
tons were repulsed with considerable
: losses.
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EXPLOSION IN
I POWDER WORKS
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j MAN V PKKSON'S BLOWN
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OUT OF KX1STKNUK
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'several Manufacturing IMauts In Ger
j many Are Blown I’p and Several
Hundred Persons Were Killed—Be
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lieved Work of Strikers.
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BASIL. Switzerland, May 4—Wire
; leas reports received here state that
several powder factories in North Ger
many have been destroyed by explo
sions and that 520 persons employed
in the factories have been killed. A
{Similar explosion is reported to have
^occurred in the powder w-orks at
jTrussdorf, in which thirty of the op
eratives were killed. Little of the d 5
tails are permitted to escape the cen
sor but it is believed that the explo
sions wera cauaed by the striking
I workmen as a part of the program to
| force Germany to make peace.
| RAIN AND SNOW IS
REPORTKD INSIDK
I The Interior weather report this
| morning states that clear weather
| with light north wind prevails at
from Fairbanks this way to McCartv.
From Dopnelly this way cloudy
weather prevails with snow falling at
Paxsoa, Hogan and Teikhell, an t
tain at Uulkara and Wortman. A
south wind is blowing at all stations
from Wortman to Tonsina. The tern
perature ranges from 20 to 4 4.
Gus Dgarf returned on the Mari
rosa from a visit of several months in
the States, where he spent the major
portion of his time at St. Paul.
GERMAN YARDS
II MOD SHAPE
ARK CONSTRUCTING
* MANY Hl'BMARINKS
Scientific American Makes Investiga
tion and Kinds that (Kerman Sliip
i yards are in Position to Build 500
Solis at One Time.
BOSTON’, May 4.— The Scientific
1 American has made an investigation
(Of the German shipyard capacity and
| finds that she could have 530 submar
ines under construction at one time
and that there is nothing to hinder
such an expansion of shipyards on
river banks as would enable the Ger
mans to have a thousand submarines
under construction at one time.
Germany is the great Diesel engine
country and her submarine construc
tion would be limited only in tlie spe
| cial apparatus requiring the finest
| workmanship. Six months would be
| a fair average for construction. The
| Centra! Powers may have 30it or more
I submarines afloat, and they have 50-)
on I he ways at the present time. Idle
I battleships could furnish all tlie
crews. Tlie personnel of the German
navy numbers 150.000 men.
The conclusion of the Scientific
American is:
Here, as we see it, is the immed
iate danger point in this great con
flict into which we have now entered.
It is here that we should supply,
and should at once apply our whole
effort. 11 we refuse to do this, and
elect to fight a purely defensive war.
and tlie allies should have to make a
peace favorable to Germany, we may
ultimately find ourselves-face to face
with tlie highseas fleet of Germany,
and the veteran armies, ten million
strong, of tlie four nations of tliej
Central Powers.
HAWAIIAN JAPS I
LOYAL 10 0. S.
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AltK lEKADY TO K\l,1ST
IN WAIt AGAINST (iKHMANS,
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Japanese* Newspaper Uiiblished in;
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Honolulu Says That the Japanese I
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Hesillents of the Island Will Stand j
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Loyally Hehind the Country.
HONOLULU, May 4.—The Hawaii!
Hochi, a Japanese daily newspaper!
published here, has issued a declara-f
lion to the effect that the Japanese
residents of the islands are prepared
to stand loyally by the United States
in the present war, and will volun
teer for service in the United States
army when the call for volunteers
shall come. Other prominent Japanese
residents of Hawaii have made similar
statements. The declaration issued
by the Hochi states that the Japanese
will not offer their services on the bat
tle field but those who remain behin 1
will do equally good work for the
country in the production of food
stuffs. and every Japanese resident is
urged to redouble his efforts that the
crops of the islands may be the great
est in their history.
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—
The Rev, Edwin W. Hughes.a j
clergyman of the Episcopal Church |
was a guest of Rev. George John Zinn j
last evening while the steamer Mari-:
posa was in port. Rev. Hughes is on ]
his way to Anchorage where he will!
have charge of the work of the Epis- j
copal Church of that community. The !
members of the Episcopal Church at]
Anchorage have erected a Parish'
House which will be used for the]
Church services until they are ablej
to build a Church.
Disorders in Hweden
THE HAGUE. May 4.—Anti-go»r-|
ernment demonstrations in Sweden ]
are increasing, it is stated in dis- j
patches arriving here today. Disorder j
was reported in a number of towns. I
Soldiers have disobeyed the orders oft
the war secrotary by attending social I
ist gatherings where nrgeut demands]
were made for more food.
NORWAY LOSES
MANY SHIP
KSTIMATKI) THAT 7
UK UK SINK IN APR
Present Rate of instruction Will
Iiilate Norwegian Shipping Will
flip Next Kightecn Months.
CHKISTIA.NA. May 4 - Norway I
been one of the heaviest losers of I
neutral nations in the war not o:
from a loss of trade with other coi
tries, but in a direct loss in shippi
During the month of April it is e;
mated that no less than 75 Norweg:
vessels of all sizes were sunk by G
man submarines and that fully t
hundred members of the crews
these vessels found a watery gra
At the present rate of destructiou N
wegian shipping will he complet
annihilated within IS months.
NEUTRALS FEAR
CURTAILED EM
SWISS MINISTKK t’Al.I.S
ON I'ltKSIDKNT WII.S
Neutral Nations of Kuropr are Alai
e<l Over Possibility I'nited Sta
May Place an Ktnbargo on K\p“
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lotion of Koods.
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WASHINGTON. I). (\. May -I
Kuropenu neutrals are thoroug '
alarmed over the possibility of t
government curtailing food expo
to prevent their eventual delivery f
to Germany, it was disclosed here '
day. Plainly agitated. Dr. Paul Ritt
the Swiss minister here, called at <’
State Department requesting an au
ence with President Wilson, that
might personally lay before tire e
cutive the plight in which his coi
try would In* placed by an embargo
was reported that envoys of the Sc
dinavian countries will follow sinti
courses.
VAWTER TRIAL
IS UNDER
PKOI-MKSSOK ADMITS
SHOOTING VH*I
Pleads Inwi-Uteu Law and Produ
Letters Written by Toliete to It,
Vawter Substantiating Charge
Intimacy.
CHRISTIANBURG. May 4 — Cti
Vawter, a professor in the Virgi
Polytechnic School, who is now
trial here for the murder of Toh*
a student in the school several we
ago, has confessed to the killing
Tobete, but pleads in defense the
written law. Vawter has produ*
letters from Tohete to his wife s,
stantiating the charge that Tohj
was on terms of illegal intimacy w
Mrs. Vawter.
( Hll,KAN M1MSTKR
ASKS FOR PASH POP
Representative at Berlin Asks
Passports and Will I,eave.
LONDON, May 4.—Advices rec<
ed here today from Amsterdam, st
that the Chilean minister at Bet
has requested his passports from
German government and will le:
Immediately for home.
--T. O. Bell was an arrival on
Farragut from Chitlna where he sp
the winter. He will remain here t
summer and expects to he joined
Mrs. B ‘11 and children who will le
Seattle about the 21st.