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V..' 5IP.VGT0N. June 17— United States Marshals
i s ,t- rk; excepted, today began t ile registration of
I-.- ' ■; ; -t until June 2G. Fingerprints will bo taker,
j a,, Us will be attache 1 to the identification cards,
the- • ; ct- veil by the holder for the duration of tre
war.
• (»rk will he carried out under-regulations isstr
t 11i.1.*- Auorney General Gregory, and women who do
. ., • . how isoned. or deported. •
;■ can women who have married German aliens
required to register, under the regulations.
Is. • taken steps to get a return of their orig
ni' status. Women of German nationality who
, • e, i, ke.i out American citizenship papers need not rtr
Aster. . . a -rulai • ns also hold that the wife of a German
who has o come naturalized and has completed the ac
quire! c of Ai lerican citizenship is a citizen herself,
j.nd >: reAr-.ier. A Germ..a women wiio married an
American before April Gth, is also outside of the class re-,
quire-11 ret :ster, while special provision is made in the
iegulaia the treatment of natives of Alsace-Lor
raine a l ol .Schleswig-Holstein.
DRA. LAW IS
NOW NO EXCUSE FOR EXEMPTION.
WAdINGTON, June 17— Provost Marshal General
Crowder ; s ruled that a marrige since the enactment of
the <b a ft law is now no longer to be accepted as a cause
for i xemption except in cases of men who attained a ma
jority since June 5th, 1017 who expected to have been
married before January loth, this year.
Drastic amendments are announced bv Gen. Crowder
- draft boards are required to now reclass
ify all ctX'Cs involving such marriages as the above relates
to.
~i:Ei) rROSS MEETIM 1
There will bo a meeting of the Kx
eeut;v« ('em tu ‘ of the Seward Chap
ter of Am rican Rid Cross at the
looms of ;! e Charter 7:30 o’clock this
evening. A r.r i -iv are requested to
b<» present. There is important buis
incss to 1 attend <1 to which must be
done at <» ee.
Curtis R. Morford, Chairman.
The city conncilmen will hohl the
usual bi-monthly meeting tonight at 8
o’clock in the fire hall.
SOI !A. June 1 — Premier Radosla
v**lF, of Bulgaria, resigned today.
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RadoslavoiTs downfall is probably
due to the feeling in ^Bulgaria that he
did not make the most of the opport
unity when peace was forced upon
Rumania. Rumania was compelled to'
give up Dobrudja. Many Bulgarians
felt that Rumania should have ceded
Dobrudja outright to Bulgaria.
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WASHINGTON, June IT— Secretary of War Baker
today approved of court i a. tial sentences ranging from
18 month’, i j :!') years impi'sonment imposed upon con
,-deuti'. r. • onjcctors who n fused military service.
Nine;;, nhit percent o ' the objects were those whoj
\ to fight because the y had relatives in the Austrian
or German armies,
; acretan Baker sai^' Send them to prison then ban
i d', them i > their own countries when the war is over.”
; loyal A. G i
ni.' i. Fedora: r ood Administrator t or j
rrito ’ Alaska, died suddenly j
• ' y.vk id :y. The funeral will be 1
! . ■ Ti » i v i -> • n’ 1 jt under the
ni res of the Masons.
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rh d. 'th of Royal Gunnison came
shock to the Ga^tineau channel
*oi us 'nky, in fact to all points in
v .«*♦• *i and Soatiiodeni Alaska.
\| . t. • ak. on has b*'en well known
\i »r.y: the coast,or.c time bring Dis
tri t J udg i of the I ’irst di\
Gunni on esignrd :i,ul .once Us t:a *
ins boon oik4 of t’ «* h riding attorney.
of the First division, the firm name l»e
; Gunni. mi <\* Robert-on. Mr. Gunn
ison was -’profiled food administrator I
of the T. ) a y about five months
go. Ho eavc a wif .end little- son,
i mot: « all residing at Juneau. 1
d d gree Ma
son.
NEXT STEAMER NORTH
The steamer Alaska is advertised to j
S.-..:t!e Wednesday morning j
i !; oVJo k for the north. The Alaska,
1 n hi . i \\ itliin nine »lays or
a week from next Kr.iday. The Alaska
v ill have ten d.«vs mail for here. As
v mu* of Podunk said to the
governor of Skcerzertown, *:lt is a
ong time between cigarettes.”
V \\ K INTERNED MAN
U. S. M * . hnl Hrennemnn in aboard
he A horn da after a trip to Anchorage
Guards are ;.urompanying the marshal
having in turtody S. Strye, an intem
d G m , who is being taken to the
| camp in lTtah.
j STEWARDESS ON ALAMEDA
RAISES MONEY FOR WAR
Miss Sullivan, ofiicent stewardess on
ihe * "earner Alameda, is entitled to
| credit for raising $92 on the Alameda,
ccming north, by raffling a boudoir
cap which amount she will turn over
to the Seattle chapter of the Red
C**oss. A passenger on the Alameda
also raised $2.’> for the same cause by
raffling a pair of socks.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 17
Jeremiah O’Leary, indicted for vi »!■••
lion of the espionage act and for trea
son, by a Federal grand jury in Xc\.
York ( ivy. a fugitive f om justice foi
several months, war arrf ted at Lo> -
Satm-day morning and is now on his
way in custody of Sennet servic
agents. O’l^eary \v:v representative of
“American T-mfi Society*’ a G. rman
propaganda o»ganization, an l t' • rdii.
or of “Mull”.
O’Lca'-y !iad bought a chic k ranch a
Sara, usjng an assumed name. l‘e was
rai. ing chickens and tilling a garden.
Hut O’Uyary could* not keep his mouth
shut A man, who worked for O’Leary,
notified tlu Federal authorities that he
had learned something about his em
ployer that the officials should know,
i i<* related his experiences and the au
thorities followed with the arrest.
ARREST OTHER AGITATORS
V. ASHIXGTON, June 17 — It was
announced t< day by the Department of
Justice, that the capture of O’Leary,
the Jrish-Ameiican leader, will be foll
owed soon by arrests of other Irish
igitators in America on charges of
treason and espionage
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NEW YORK, June 17 — Aside from
intermittent artillery duels at various
unimportant positions on the western
front, there is nothing doing today. It
is believed that the Germans are pre
paring for an attack along the line de
fending the channel ports.
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FISH BOATS ARRIVE
The J. P. Todd and the Starr arrived
at the San Juan dock today, the form
er with 20,000 and the latter with 35,
I 000 pounds of haliut.
A heavy rainstomi struck * Seward
! early this morning but lasted for only
i about half an hour. Rainclouds were
I chased away by the sun but mists hung
in the higher altitude intermittenly
during the day.
WASHINGTON, June 17— A dispatch late this after
noon from Rome says that the Italian front battle will
assuihe gigantic proportions. The Austrians are attempt
ing to break down the Italian defense by the pincer move
ment. The battle during the past 48 hours has been fought
fiercely. Vienna claims that the Teutians have captured
10,000 British, French and Italians.
AUSTRIANS HAVE SIXTY DIVISIONS.
ROME, June 17— The situation on the Italian front
seems reassuring according to official reports. The battle
which started early Sunday morning has just started and
although having sixty divisions attacking, the Austrians
have not succeeded in passing the Italian advanced area at
any point. The Austrians areconeentrating fierce assaults
astride the Brenta across the Piave.
OPEN HEAVY BOMBARDMENT.
LONDON, June 17— The Austrian guns opened?a
heavy bombardment along the entire Italian front Sun
day morning from the sea to the Adige mountians. This
bombardment was followed by infantry attacks. Four div
isions made an attack upon the British but all assaults
have boon repulsed.
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PRAYS FOR SUCCESS IN WAR.
ROME, June 17— Throughout the country yesterday
•women crowded the churches and prayed for victory.
Many took their jewels as offerings.
DIAZ COMMANDING ITALIANS
The last Gennan-Austro offensive began in Octob
er 1917, and rolled back Cadorna’s line from the Isonzo
f 'ont and along the \'enetian plain. More than one million
enemy troops participated and it was for many weeks that
he Italians were able to stay the advance. About the mid
dle of November the Piave battle began on a 90 mile front.
The French and British hurried troops to reinforce the
haken Italian lines and the crises was passed on Decem
ber 1st. Since then the Italians prepared for the blow now
being struck. The Italians are well equipped. Gen. Diaz
succeeded Cadorna as Commander-in-Chief.
WASHINGTON, June 17— It was officially an
nounced for the first time today that the Americans are
occupying sectors in Alsace. These positions were occupied
on May 21st but public announcement was held up until
the sector was completely fortified so that the German
agents in this country could give no advance information
to Berlin.
ONE MILLION SOLDIERS WILL BE
IN FRANCE BY FIRST OF JULY
WARSINGTON, June 17— General March, Chief of
Staff, said today that he expects that one million Ameri
can soldiers will be in France by the first of next month.
FAVORS EXTENDING DRAFT AGE
WASHINGTON, June 17— Chairman Chamberlain
of the Senate military committee, at a hearing on the
twelve million dollar army appropriation bill today approv
-edProvost Marshal General Crowder’s suggestion to ex
tend the army draft to men between 18 and 45 years. Gen.
Crowder said that there were lots of men over thirty years
of age who were doing nothing and ought to be reached.