VOLUME XIV. VALDKZ, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY S, 1017 NUMBER UKt
PREDICTS I
LBNGSTRUG6LE
SAYS PKOPLK SHOULD
AWAKK TO THK PACTS
Secretary of State predicts a Ijong
and Bloody War—Doubts Sincerity
of Ke|Mtrted German Peace Proposal
—Thinks Only a Ruse.
WASHINGTON. D. (’.. May 3.—
Following a conference of the allied
commissioners and the American staff
.Secretary of State Lansing announced
that the United States might as well
wake up to the fact at once that the
Htuation is a serious one, and that the
war will be a long and bloody one.
He states that he gravely doubts the
• incerit.v of the German peace pro
posals, which it is reported will be
lorthcoming in the near future, be
lieving the alleged proposal to be
pothing more than a ruse to delay
•nilitary preparations in the United
Stat<3|‘
SITUATION ID 10
BE MOST SERIOUS
tiOVEKNOKK MEET AT
DEFENSE COt’Sni.1
Destruction of Shipping by Sulima
rines Keaches Enormous l*ropor
lions—Allies Are Tlireati“nrd With
Starvation.
HINGTON. D. C.. May :i.
The g mrnors of a number of the
States, in response to the invitatiei.
• >f Secretary of War Baker, attende t
he National Defense Council now in
sessioi. here. ' he seriousness of the
iresen', situatic n was strongly empha
ized and the ;ieec for immediate ac
tion made apparent. It was pointed
out that a vast tonnage of shipping
had been destroyed by German stili
uarines and that England and France
\ ere in desparate straits for food.
The United States, it was pointed
ut. must speed up construction of
hipping to keep the allies supplied
with foodstuffs and to transport
!roops and supplies to the hattie
; ror.t.
Secretary of War Baker, in address
ing the council, stated that he de
manded the fullest co-operation of th‘.
various states in stimulating enlist
ments and sending the fittest to com
bat with the enemy.
SPIKK ISLAND WITHDRAWN
FOR IJGHTHOl’SK I’SKS
The following executive order has
been issued by President Wilson:
It is hereby ordered that Spike isl
and. Orca inlet, situate near Cordova,
Alaska, in latitude 60 degrees, 32
Minute 53 seconds north, longitude
145 degrees 43 minutes 17 seconds
west, and included in U. S. mineral
..urvey 830. containing 8.40 acres, to
gether with the tide lands in front
and abutting thereon, be and the
same is hereby reserved for light
house purposes.
WOODROW WILSON.
The City Council has engaged a
number of men and teams and will
start them to work on the city’s
streets.
WILL BRITAIN SHOW
SYMPATHY WITH THE
PEOPLE OF GERMANY
LONDON, May 3.—Joseph King,
liberal member of the house of com
mons, will ask Premier Lloyd-George
next week whether the differtiation
made by President Wilson between
the German government and the Ger
man people in his address to con
gress recommending war with Ger
many is endorsed by the British gov
ernment and whether, with a view to
encouraging the German people to
throw oft the Hohenzollern regime,
the premier will take steps to show
unmistakable British sympathy with
the German people.
Admiral Austin M. Knight.
HIT HUBS
BROUGHT DOWN
GKIOIANS I.OSK THK
GltKATKST NT'MIIKK
Deport States that 717 Planes Are De
stroyed During the Month of April
on Western Front—Heavy Fighting
Now in Progress.
LONDON. May 3.—Advices receiv
ed here today state that seven hun
dred and seventeen planep were hrot
down on the western trout during the
month of April. Of these the Ger
mans lost 370 and the British 150 and
the French 197. The British have
been successful in their new attacks
aga.nst the German positions north e.'
the Sensee river and extremely heavy
fighting is now in progress. Several
positions have been captured in the
direction of Cherisy and Fresnoy.
LEGISLATURE
ILL ADJOURN
NOT IjATKK THAN
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
House Today Passed General Appro
priations RUi Carrying jjtHOO.OOO—
Senate Also Passes Measure—Total
Expenditures Over a Million.
JUNEAU, May 3.—The House this
morning passed the general appro
priation bill, carrying appropriations
aggregating $801,000. Separate bills
carrying appropriations, passed at
this session bring the grand total ot'
money appropriated out of the Terri
torial treasury to the sum of $1,368,
595, including the sum of $100,000
for war purposes.
The general appropriations bill was
also passed by the Senate at noon to
day, but with amendments providing
for a system of taxation to create rev
tnue for the territory. The legislr
ture will adjourn not later than mid
night tonight unless the clocks are
set back for a few hours to enable the
members to close up the business be
fore them.
ALASKA FISHERIES
MAY FEED THE ALLIES
Fish Commissioner Says Territory
May Prove lni|K>rt»nt Factor
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 3.—
In a hearing before the Senate Com
mittee on Fisheries today. Fish Com
missioner Smith stated that the fish
eries of Alaska might prove an im
portant factor in supplying the allied
nation with foodstuffs.
Publisher is Dead
NEW YORK. May 3.—William Ber
ri, a leading newspaper publisher,
died today at his home in Brooklyn
after a long illness. He was in his
sixty-ninth year.
ALLIES DESIRE IQ
mSHURISM
WANT AN KFFKCTIVK
CXMJPKRATION WITH l'. 8.
President Says Convinced of Object,
of Kntente Nations, and Opjsirtun
Ity Is Offered to Show What Deni*
ocracy has Done for Country.
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 3l —
President Wilson announced today
that he was convinced of the chief de
sire of the Entente Powers for an
effective co-operation with the United
States for the purpose of putting down
Prussian militarism, and declares that
this affords the United States a splen
did opportunity to vindicate and prove
what 145 years of democracy have
done for the United States.
CRISIS GERMANY
GROWING ACUTE
STIiONG >IA.\ NEEDED
AT HEAD OK NATION
lli'enieii Newspapers State the Situa
tion Throughout Germany Daily
Growing Worsts— Berlin Iteports X:>
May Day Demonstrations.
AMSTEliDAM. May 3.- Bremen
newspapers received here report the
crisis in Germany is daily growing
more acute and state that a strong
man is needed at the helm.
No Demonstrations.
BERLIN, May 3.—The anticipated
demonstration on May Day did not
materialize. Parades hv workingmen
were forbidden and no attempt was
made to violate the police orders.
BRITISH BEARING
HEAVY BURDEN
WAR’S DAILY COST
THIRTY MILLION
Law Budget Shows Britain Plans on
S|tending Ten Blllious During Pres
ent Year—Has Increased Debt by
Eighteen Billions.
LONDON. May 3.—The budget sub
mitted to the House of Commons yes
terday by Chancellor of the Exchequer
Law shows that the British govern
ment is planning to spend ten and
one-half billion dollars during the
year in carrying on the war. The gov
ernment is now spending thirty mil
lions daily, and since the war broke
out the already stupendous debt of
the British Empire has been increas
ed $18,000,000,000.
OKLAHOMA ALDERMAN
WOIIJ) RAISE RIGS
SHEWNEE, Okla., May 3.—A pig
on every fifty foot lot, with city phy
sician as official inspector of pig pens,
is proposed by Alderman Cobb as a
solution of the high cost of living,
"for the poor laborers who are not
making more than $3 a day."
(’Alllit: DOWN
At 1:40 tills afternoon the
cable between here and Hitka
went down and from tests made
the break has been located close
to Hitka. The cablesliip Burn
side will have to he called into
service to repair the break and
it will probably be a week or
more before communication Is
re-established.
AMERICAN NAVY
RANKS SEM
_ l
<iKK.IT IlKITAIN ONLY
18 MORK POWERFUL
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Vice Admiral Choclieprat, of Krcncli
Commission Lauds I'. 8. Rattle
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ships and the Efficiency With Which
they are Handled.
1
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 3.—
Vice Admiral Chocheprat today de
clared that the American navy was
second only to that of England, and
was unstinted in his praise for the
vessels and the efficiency with which
they were handled. He declared that
England had her work cut out to
hasten victory, and that the destruc
tion of the German submarines is the
first consideration.
GENERAL PETAIN
QUOTES GRANT
Wild. MAINTAIN AN
UNCEASING ACTIVITY
New Commander of the French Army
Announces Plan of Campaign—
French Launch Heavy Attacks
North of Aisne and at Moronvillers.
PARIS. May 3.—General Petain.l
who recently succeeded General Ni
velle as the head of the French army,
quoting the words of General Grant,
says he is prepared “to fight it out
along these lines if it takes all sum
mer.” and will maintain an unceasing j
activity along the whole line fron j
Lens to Argcnne. Yesterday th ; ]
French launched heavy attacks on the j
German positions north of Aisne and j
also at Moronvillers.
AMERICAN SHIP
IS SUBMARINED
THIRTKKN MKMBKR8 OK
CKKW ARK MISSING
Survivors bundetl by British Patrol—
American Steamer Rockingham Is
Sunk I’nwarned—Armament Was)
I
Ineffective Against Sub.
LONDON, May 3.—A British patnl
boat arrived here this morning bring
ing thirty-thre j survivors and the re
port of the submarining of the Amer
ican steamer Rockingham. Thirteen
members of the crew were reported
missing. The vessel is a new one and
had not yet been registered at Lloyd’s.
The captain reported that the vessel
was sunk unwarned, and stated that
the U. S. naval gunners aboard had
no opportunity to return the subma
rine's lire.
GOVERNOR OE CALIFORNIA
LAV IMS PRESIDENT WILSON
PASADENA. Calif.. May 3.-rIn ad
dressing a patriotic meeting here last
evening Got. Stephens lauded Presi
dent Wilson, declaring him to be the
most patient man in history.
Raining in interior
McCarty, Richardson, Salcha and
Fairbanks report rain falling this
morning, the cloudy weather is re
ported from all stations along the gov
ernment road. The temperature varies
at the several stations from 27 to 47.
The Ice jam in the Tanana at Salcha
£till continues.
At its meeting last night the sala
ries of the Engineer at the Are hall
and that of the City Marshal were
raised to $150 front $125 by the City
Council..
Commander Ridley McLean.
SHIS MORTALITY
BEEN TRIPLED
IX l!KM.ini AND
XOKTHKKN I KAXf K
I'oriner Head ol' Itel^ian llelief Work
Says (iennaii Suhinarine I’ollry is
ltes|Minsil»le for (.real Inrrease in
Number of Deaths.
NKYV YORK. May :i. Herbert C.
Hoover, former head of the Belgian
Relief work, is in this city en route ‘
to Washington to supervise the food ■
control system in this country during J
the war. In an interview Hoove*
stated that the submarine policy of,
Germany had tripled the mortality in !
the industrial districts of Northern
France and Belgium, having cut otf1
the food supply until even the well
to-do people were underfed and the •
workingmen and their families con-,
tinually on the verge of starvation. >.
oYsolk
RE SENT FRANCE:
—
SKNTIMKNT IN FAVOR
GROWING IN GONGRKSS
Predicted That an Expedition in Com- |
mand of Major General Hugh L. |
Scott Will Leave S<H>n—Allies Suf- !
i
for Very Heavy Losses.
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—
W ASHINOTON. D. May
The sentiment in favor of sending
American soldiers to France is stead- j
ily growing both in official circles and i
throughout the country and it is con- j
tidently predicted that the first con- i
tingent will be forwarded in a very!
short time. The time and manner of ]
sending the troops will be kept a pro- ■
found secret. The losses on the j
French front during the past fort- •
night have been extremely heavy. It 1
is estimated that the French have lost;
in killed, wounded and missing 110,-!
000 men, the British 90.000 and the
Germans an even greater number.
The necessity of filling the gaps ere-!
ated by these losses in the allied
ranks is great, and it is expected that j
an expedition under the command of I
Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief o'!
stalT of the General Staff will leave j
for the front within a short time.
TURKS ARK RKFKATED
IN MKSOrOTAMI A :
llrillsli Soldiers Under General Maude
Rout l^ante Turkish Force.
LONDON, May 3.—Advlees from 1
Mespotamla state that the British |
troops under General Maude have j
completely routed thirteen Turkish |
corps in Mespotamla. and are now in j
hot pursuit of the fleeing army.
K. A. W. Krampitz returned ou the I
Farragut after an extended business
trip to the States.
WIKIS ALASKANS
WILL START CAMPAIGN
PUBLICITY NKWSPAPhliS
Collier Saturn Will Go to Cortlovit on
May Tenth and Remain live Days
to Reeelve Recruits—|>rohalily V|,.
It Other 4'oast Towns.
NEW YOKK. May 3.—The navy
publicity bureau has announced that
it will make a publicity campaign thru
the Alaska newspapers to secure re
cruits to man the warships of the na
tion. The collier Saturn will go to
Cordova on May 10 and remain there
five days to receive recruits. While
there some time since in connection
with the wireless station being con
structed near there several recruits
were accepted and a number of oth
ers signified their desire to join »ho
navy. The Saturn will probably visit,
other ports along the Alaskan coast,
for the purpose of receiving cr.list
■.'.■ents.
GEORGE SWANSON
SENDS GOOD NEWS
IIOCTOKS KFFCSF TO
Ol’Flt.ATF ON FOOT
State That Memlter Will Steadily
(iron lietter and That All Operation
at This Time Would Only Aggra
vate the Trouble.
The Prospector received a letter
from George Swanson on the Iasi boat
which carries both good and bad news
George went to the states a short tine!
ago to have an operation performed
upon his foot, which was giving him
considerable trouble, having been se
verely sprained when a small boy. and
causing a decided limp. He states
that shortly after his arrival in Se
attle l)r. Whiting and another physi
cian took an X-ray photograph of bis
foot and later advised him tli.it lie j
would not operate on the member as
to do so would probably not help hint,
and might make it worse than it is at
present. However the doctor stated
that his foot would never get any
worse than at present, and in fact,
will continue to grow stronger and
give him less and less trouble as he
grows older.
George says he is having a good
time and has learned all the streets
in the vicinity of the place where he.
lives. He is going to start for the
North soon and expects to stop off at
Juneau for a short visit with Robert
McChesney.
This is George's first trip to the
States. He was born in Alaska, ami
during the fourteen years of his life
has always resided in the territory,
so that his trip outside has been a de
cided treat.
FAKK.Uil'T AKISIVKS AXI>
SAILS FOR ANCHOKAGK
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived in port from the south lust
night about 11 o'clock and later sail
ed for Anchorage and Kodiak. Her
passengers for Valdez were K. A. W.
Krampitz, Miss Irma Hegsted. T. O.
Bell, E. S. Hewitt and G. A. Vinger.
FIRST AMERICAN TO
l)IE IN FRANCE UNDER
THE AMERICAN FI,AG
PARIS, May 3.—Edmond C. C.
Genet, the American aviator whose
death was officially announced today,
was the first American to die in
France fighting under the American
flag. Genet, who was a grandson of
former governor Clinton, of New
York, a great grandson of “Citoyen*' i
Genet, French minister to the United
States in Revolutionary times, wts j
killed near Ham while escorting Ser- t
geant Raoul Lufbery. Genet was f
known as a daring and skilful flier 3
and was very popular on account of ’
his cheery and optimistic nature. His A
home was in Ossining. N. Y.
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