FRENCH EXTEND
IBID LUCE
Heavy Reinforcement Brought to Hall
German Operations near Amiens
—Allied Lines pushed Forward
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4.—
Heavy French reinforcements are be
ing brought up rapidly to where the
Germans have concentrated their
strongest efforts to break thru the
allied lines, is the information receiv
ed today by the British war mission
from British headquarters in France.
The French have extended their
line to Thermes near the Luce river.
At all points on the allied front to
day the German advance has been
checked* the-enemy contenting him
self with digging in at some points
and moving up the big guns at others.
The artillery at many points is active
ly shelling the enemy, and the growl
of the big guns can be heard for forty
miles.
The weather has turned off warm
and sunny and the soldiers are enjoy
ing a brief respite from the drench
ing rains and the chilliing winds of
the past week.
DELLA in port
The launch Della arrived in port
last night from Ellamar. Landlock
and Fidalgo. Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Gleason and Mike Stanton were pas
sengers. Oapt. Rider reports a large
amount of drifting ice and slush In
the bay.
ARTILLERY DUELS
AREVIOLENTj
I Tench Troops Haiti German Trenches
anti Bring Rack Prisoners-Rat
tle Centers at Montilitlier
*
PARIS. April 4. Artillery lighting
became very general and violent dur
ing the night north of Montilitlier. the
war office ati'iou .red (his morning
Frenchmen raided German trendies
. m the Champagne sector on the Meu.*e
mill brought hack thirty prisoner'.
WELL KNOWN MATE
PROMOTED TO MASTER
John F. Wall, formerly mate on
the steamship Alaska, anti well known
to all Northlanders, has been promot
ed to master of the steamship Suth
erland, one of the newly built gov
ernment vessels of 7800 tons and has
assumed command of the vessel. ,
ANCHORAGE ELECTIONS
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 4.—
Miss Mayme Eversole and William
Clayton were elected school directors
at the election held here Tuesday. No
election of city officers was held.
MAYOR CHASE
^DEFEATED
Straight Ticket With W. R. Miliery
Mayor Elected at Cordova—In
dependents Sadly Iteaten
(Special to the Prospector)
CORDOVA, April 4.—The straight
Cordova ticket was elected at Cor
dova Tuesday. W. R. Hlllery was
elected mayor; A. J. Adams, Malcolm
Brock, Will C'layson, Jack Sapiro, A.
J. McConnell, C. M. Rosswog for
council.
The independent ticket with Dr.
Chase running as mayor, was badly
defeated.
OMS flEAi
WHEATLESS
OHS HEAL
MEATLESS
KULTUR
II. S. WPS
HEMSHELLED
lAlraintliiiai.x lleuv.x (las Attaik on
Americans Mingled witIi High
k\|ii»siM‘ Shells
AM Kit H'.V N Alan . I ranee. April
}. Tile Aiuer-icai* troops al certain
sectors of Tow I have been subjected
to extraordinary heavy gass attacks.
Mingled with the gas projectiles were
shells of high explosives. The enemy
artillery lias been bantering away at
the American lines the past few days,
but few casualties have been report
ed.
The new gas used by the enemy is
clear and of an unknown composition.
The first gas used came in the form
of a yellow cloud and was easily dis
tinguished. The soldiers depend upon
rats and animals in the trenches to
guard them against the attacks, the
animals being highly susceptible to
the attacks.
T.TFT FAVORS EXECUTION
ENEMY SPIES INSTANTER
MUSKOGEE. Okla., April 4.—In
an address delivered here last night
William Howard Taft said that bul
lets should terminate the citizenship
of all convicted enemy spies. He stat
ed the government Is too lenient with
enemy aliens destroying property and
hindering the progress of the war.
MCCARTHY MAN INSANE
Advices received at the marshal's
office state that Emil Seamberg, of
McCarthy, has been adjudged insane
by a jury in the commissioner's court
at that place, and will be sent out to
the Morningside sanitarium, near
Portland.
Big dance and box social at the
Post tomorrow night by the Garrison
Amusement Association.
CALL FOR WARRANTS
Valdez^ Alaska, April 3, 1918.
Notice Is*hereby given that I will
pay all City Warrants up to and In
cluding Warrant No. 4676 series of
1914.
* E. O. AMES.
2t Town Treasurer.
; DENCH CITIZENS
AREJNSEAVED
(•.’Milan ( ajilors Send Thousand ( i\
iiiaiis 110:11 Occupied K.siiirts In
to Russia to \\ ni I.
i'AilU-i, April t. A thousand citi
s ii.s of 1 ranee from l!ie occupied ili
triets of Northern France have heeu
deported to Russia by their Teutonic
raptors and are being forced to per
form the hardest kind of menial lab
or. Four hundred of the captives are
women.
Germany is enslaving the captured
northern provinces of France taking
everything that can be removed, and
even the richer parts of the soli are
being carried to Germany to be used
in the production of crops. The coun
try is being made a barren waste and
will not recover from the invasion for
a Quarter of a century.
DAILY FISH BI LLETIN'
SEATTLE, April 4.—Seattle prices
at noon April third. Halibut, sixteen
cents; ling and red cod, six cents.
SEATTLE, April 4.—Seattle prices
at noon April fourth. Halibut, sixteen
cents; ling and red cod. six cents;
black cod, .eight cents.
PLAN BLOCKED
PARIS: The attempt of Deputy
Mayeeras to interpellate the govern
ment on air raids and reprisals was
frustrated today by Premier Clem
enceau. A better form of preceedure,
the premier said, would be to allow
Deputy Mayeeras to explain before the
army committee.
Thos. Davis, manager—of the saw
mill at Port Wells is in town on a
business trip.
BIO DANCE AT POST
TOMORROW EVENING
The Garrison Amusement Associa
tion will give a dance and box social
at the Post tomorrow night. All are
invited to attend. Boxes will be sold
at ten o’clock and after luncheon la
served dancing will be resumed. The
boat will leave the city dock for tbe
post at 8:15 and will return to Val
des at 1 o’clock.
BAUM ALLEGES
FUNDS WASTED'
Kile*. (iiurges Against Riggs—i uioiis
<'linige lie is <>p|Mise»l to Eight*
hour I.11H—Answers l ihil
i
WASHINGTON. I).'( April 4.— ^
Chairman Key Pittman, of Nevada,
announced today that he hoped to get
the committee on territories, which
has under construction the nomina
tion of Thomas Itigges as Governor of
Alaska, together tomorrow. Mr. Pitt
man deplored the sensational reports
about the investigation.
John E. Ballaine of Seward has fil
ed charges against Mr. Riggs, mak
ing certain allegations of a waste of
public funds in the construction of
the Alaska railroad.
Certain labor unions of Alaska also
have filed charges that Mr. Riggs is
opposed to the eight hour law.
Riggs has filed answers to both
charges, and states that he favors the
eight-hour law and time and a half
for overtime.
Strenuous opposition is developing
to the seating of Riggs, but most of
the fight up to the present time is be
ing conducted by Republicans.
Big dance and box social at the
Post tomorrow night by the Garrison
Amusement Association.
THIRTEEN BRITISH VESSELS
SUNK DURING I'AST WEEK
LONDON. Marclf 4.—Thirteen Brit
ish vessels were sunk by enemy sub
marines during the week ending last
night. Last week the number sunk
was 29, which indicates a falling off
in sinkings the past week.
ROAD COMMISSION CREW
WILL LEAVE FOR DELTA
Foreman Lars Holland, with a
crew of men, will leave on the North
western for the Interior via Cordova,
to start the season's work on the
roads. Mr. Holland’s crew will pro
ceed first to the Delta, where camp
will be made. Those comprising the
crew are J. D. Hamilton, Jack Hughes,
George Brown, Nels Jensen, Paul
Paulson, John Paulson.
GEMS INVADE
SOUTHFINLAND
Thirty Transport* with Troops Arrive
at Port of Bargo—Conquest
of Finland Planned
i
I'HTKOGKAD, March 4—Thirty
German transports with troops have
arrived at Bargo on the southern
coast of Finland, southeast of Hel
singfors, according to a dispatcn re
ceived here today. It is believed that
the Teutons are planning to march
west to Helsingfors and meet the divi
si6n which landed recently at Abo,
west of Helsingfors.
HUGE ARMY BE
FORMED RUSSIA
Secretary of War Talks of Oruani/in<>
Power Kqiiul to Japan's and Ger
many's—Draft Generals
MOSCOW. April 4. Russia will
form an army of 1.500,000 men not
inferior in power and equipment to
tit*' Hermans of Japanese. M. I’c.do
veisky. assistant mm *v.ary of war de
clared today at a conference of the
cuiious military ilepaiIn.till.-). This
would he the first step in arming the
whole Russian nation. Tiie plan would
require the service* of former geuer
als and other officers.
JEWS ARE BEING
— ----- i
Moscow reports That Three Hundred
have Ineii killed in Anti- Sem
ilir Hints in Turkestan
I
I
MOSCOW April 1 Three hundred
J 'W\s hav*' heen slain ami tliousand.s'
robbed ami beaten in anti-Semitic
l ints in Turkestan, according to a re-1
port which reached here today. In-I
tense feeling lias arisen against the;
Jews in many interior Russian pro
vinces.
Turkestan is located in t'enlra! Asi
atic Itussia. about 500,000 square
miles. Tashkend is the capital.
NEW REGl’LATIONS
REGARDING FISHING
New regulations have been issued
regarding the licensing of fishermen
have been issued by the Federal Food
Administration. Under the new rules
each fisherman required to secure a
license will secure from the local food
administrator, Arthur Lang, two ap
plications for license, both of which
he will fill out, forwarding on« to the
United States Food Administration at
Washington, and retain the other.
When the license is issued it will be
forwarded to Mr. Lang, and will be
delivered to the applicant upon sur
render of the duplicate application.
There is no cost or fee for these li
censes.
All fishermen—salt water fisher
men—other than those employed on
wages, engaged in the catching of salt
water fish or in the producing of any
other kind on sea food, including lob
sters, crabs, shrimps, oysters, clams,
etc., must take out licenses. This must
be done whether such fishermen are
citizens of the United States or aliens
and whether they are temporarily or
steadily engaged in the business. The
only exceptions are as folows:
Fishermen, whether members of
unions or otherwise, who are em
ployed to fish on vessels or In traps or
other fishing operations and who are
temporarily paid for their services on
some scale of wages and do not de
pend for their remuneration as share
men on some form of salt water fish
ing lay; and men similarity employ
ed on wages in the shellfish and crus
tacean Industries, including oysters,
Flams, lobsters, crabs, shrimps, etc.
PAID BACK IN
THEIROWN COIN
Allied Plane* Raid Coblentz, Killing
20—Also Raid Cologne Killing
17—160 Are Injured
AMSTERDAM, April 4.—Raiding
parties of allied airmen flew over Cob
lentz and Cologne in Germany, kill
ing 26 at the former place and 17 at
the latter, and wounding 160 at both
places. Great damage was done to
property in both cities according to
a report received here today.
Coblentz is a fortified city on tlie
Rhine river in western Germany. It is
connected with a pontoon bridge ov
er the Rhine with the fortress of EJi
renbreitsteln, which with the exten
sive fortifications makes the city one
of the strongest in Germany, the forts
being capable of accomodating 1 «>•».
000 men. Its industries embrace wine,
machinery, cigars and pianos. It is
an important munitions center.
Cologne is also on the Rhine river
in Prussia, and is a strongly fortified
city, and because of its historical as
sociatiors. the magnitude of its com
merce. its position as a fortress of the
hrsi class, and its archiepiscopal see
is one of the most important town*
of Rhenish Prussia. In the heart of
the city are many houses built in the
lath a^d I tit it centuries and even ear
lier. ton the glory of Cologne is m
cal in d.ul. one of the noblest and most
imi fe->ive structure- of Comic archl
'• 'a:'*1 j;: .. It-, foundations
were laid in 111 4v and it was complet
ed in l'-vn. It is a cruciform basilica;
the choir is surrounded l»y eight
chapels, in which are the tombs of
many archbishops. The reputed bones
ot tile legendary three king.- of the
Kastare also are preserved here in a
gold shrine. There is also a museum
of ecclesiastical antiquities in tlie for
mer chapel. Some other interesting
buildings are Ruthaus, the Gurzen
ich, the church of St. Maria iti Capi
tol. the Apostles Church, and the Jes
uits Church. The Wallraf-Richartz or
municipal museum is noted for its
collection of famous painting and me
diaeval antiquities. The principal in
dustries are painting, the manufac
ture of woollens, cottons, sugar, to
baccos. chocolates, porcelain, carpets,
m.odii'o ry. !.;!■ 1: - and perfume
Governors and Mem I vers of Council of
Defense Urge Suppression of Ger
man language
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 4.—
Governors of the different states of
the Union meeting here today with
members of the council of national de
fense urged that drastic action be tak
en to stamp out disloyalty and curb
the use of the German language pri
vately or by the press of the nation.
The meeting also advocated measures
to prevent preaching in German and
the teaching of German in elementary
schools.
Secretary of War Daniels who pre
sided at the meeting asked the gov
ernors to formulate resolutions sup
porting a bill drafted by the attorney
general to reach spies, traitors, and
disloyal persons when full American
ization has been accomplished.
Secretary Daniels said: “Not only
will every American be mobilized for
war but we will put the fear of God
into the hearts of those who live
among us and fatten upon us and are
not Americans."
GENERAL MAOKENSEN LEAVES
ITALY FOR WEST FRONT
PARIS. April 4.—General Macken«
sen, the Teuton general, has left Ital£
for the western front.
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