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ToLERR SS xt itBERii* - ^ -• . -. ». ^ --7—HEffARi.. ALASKA. ER.IIAV. 'UR. II 1. .»!»■_ _-—
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VICTORY
GARDENS
WANTED
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By Charles Lathrop Pack,
President National War Garden Com
* mission.
WASHINGTON. March 7— The
new war—the war for food — is or..
* No truce can end that war. no nrmi^ |
tice can stop the cry for food, nothing
in the world meets the situation ex
cept food. The Food Administration
has just announced that; thousands |
upon thousands of tons of su^ar were
sail'd By patrotic public. That supra*
was saved by- the spoonful—it must
be produced by the spadeful. It may be
a painful process, but by the sweat of
our brow we aat.mnd that injunction
still holds rood.
We have gust read of the call for
food to feed the people in the stricker
areas of Europe. The menace of t.V
Bolsheviki is growing, we are told, but
*lhe best antidfote for Bolshevism is
.food. The man with ten bushels of po
.tatoes in his cellar will -thing twice
before leaving his job and chasing a
red flag. He will think three times it
he produced those potatoes himself.
Food Drive Started
Washington has made a big start
in the campaign to produce food. The
Washington Advertising Club ha.
started the drive with the distribution
of garden posters of the ation&l W’a.
Garden Commission. Food is the for
tress upon which the “frontier ol
reedom” must be maintained. It is al
so the fortress upon which sound busi
ness must proceed.
On our ability to feed the world vie
ponds the safety of the world*, and be
fore we can save food we must pro
duce it. To go a step father, there i*
but one way to produce food and that
is to produce. There is no know'll re
cipe but that one. Joseph was the first
food administrator which history re
cords, and Uncle Sam must become
the food administrator of the world o>
the new’ war will be lost, and then *t
follows that the war just won will
have been lost.
The» is no more important subject
befor^fce world today than the food
question. The people of the world will
care little as to the disposition of Po
land or Alsace if they are fighting
for food.
Sending Out Garden Books.
The National War Garden Commis
sion is distributing thousands of its
posters and garden books through the
agricultural agents of the railroads,
the libraries, the gas companies and
the banks of the country. Any one can
a tru fpTden book by sending
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BERNE. March 7— Pleas for an
effective league of Nations mark »d
' the opening today of the International
Conference of the league of Nation-;
! Society. Mrs. Phillip Synder, Brit’ \i
delegate, in an addtesa. emphasiz'd
the necessity of the completion of th *
Peace conference work at Paris.
ENDORSES THE LEAGUE
DENVER, Colo. March. 7— The
state Senate, a Democratic one, tf
Jay adopted a resolution favoring t!i •
adoption of Wilson’s League of Nat
ions plan. The House last week, corr
Dosed of Republicans, tabled the reso
lution.
CONDEMS THE PRESIDENT
BOISE, Idaho. March 7— The low
er house of the state legislature to*
lay adopted a memorial to conprcss
'ondemninp President Wilson for his
‘defiant and dictorial attitude in
which he attempted to force personal
views and opinions upon the Ameri
cans/* * •
The memorial furthermore calls up
on the state to reject any peace treaty
including the present charter for the
Leapue of Nations.
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MEXICO IS QUESTIONED
ON FOREIGN MADE GOODS
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*• MEXICO CITY. March 7— Thr
Mexican and American‘Chambers of
Commerce in the capital report the
-eceipt of thousands of communicot
ons from commercial bodies in the
United States and Europe a<kir\p de
tails in regard to the demand in Mex
;co for foreipn made poods. Advices
also have been received indicatinp
♦bat there soon will appear in t‘ s
country a small army of foreipn sell
inp apents, chosen especially for their
ability to speak Spanish and for their
'‘xp^ricnce in l*atin-America trade
I practices.
*:he National War Garden Commission
at Washington a ‘2-cent stamp to pay
the postage.
Victory gardens is the slogan this
year, and food F. 0. B. the kitchen
door is the aim. Organization work is
-being completed in almost every town
in the United States. Business con
cerns that plowed hundreds of aeve^
for employes last year will do •-«
again this year. In the garden we find
food, peace and contentment. We sec
this well demonstrated in France and
England. The fanners in these coun
tries v,cnt to the front and died fo:
their country because they knew the
value of freedom. The disaster in Rus
sia well exemplifies the difference in
the food producing classes, and in tin
campaign for home food produetior
there is another far-reaching side
the side that teaches love of home r.nr
cwiBtrr.
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By Associated Press
FAIRBANKS, March 7
Gus Mesaik, member of Stei
ansson’s party, lias arrive;
at Fort Yukon and report;”
that Storkerson’s ice part;
has landed after an eig\ i
months ice voyage. Tiu
Storkerson party passed Ke
nan Land, as it is designate <’
on the charts, but found n<
land. The party reache;
nearly to the 74th parallel.
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MILITARY PAIIANOIS NEW
DISEASE AMONG SOLDIERS
KETl'RNTNG I ROM OVER SEA.*
CAMP LEWIS, TACOMA, WASH..
March 7— The ai*my has a new men
tal disease, known as “military para
nois” and many men who were abso
, lutoly sane in civilian life have con
tracted it. according to Major Robert
,P. Smith, of the 01st (“Wild West”)
Division who has returned here from
ovoi eas, Major Smith is division pay
chialist a mental expert, and the first
offiv 'r of the division representing
men of the Pacific Coast to return.
Major Smith arrived in advance j
j his division to catalog cases of she]] j
' sho-1; as well as those wounded men
I who .c ailments come within the scope
of psychiatry, which is a study oi
I mer. nl conditions.
The. major is particularly interefl*
led :n “military paranois” the chief
! sviv *on of which is excessive depres
J SIOU.
"Most of the cases are curable”,
said Major Smith, “hut the patient
mu t have the proper surrounding; |
I'ar.d rcatment.”
1 Major Smith had nothing hpt prai n :
, for the men of the 01st Division d
1 cla ng. that they were the rho
tio 's for the French and Belgian
din ng the last three weeks of th<
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wa:.
“There is nothing grander in tli'
wa .” declared the officer, “than th°
wa** men of the 01st Division distin
i^ii *'d themselves in the St. Mihiel
d/i ’ ' and in the Argonne Forest !
.one in the West has a right to
be oud of the division and every
| ma.. in it.
A silver belt buckle bearing the '
far 11.ar “(lott Mit Uns” has been
brc.ight for what Major Smith term:
1 a ‘ concrete illustration of the disil- i
ius’ ament of a German soldier.” The
for a* r owner of the buckle encoun
ter.! an American soldier armed with
a t:;\*ich knife and shortly after lost,
ail :..tere.'t in the future ownership
of tv.3 bit of silver.
Although here to arrange for the |
pi .‘rations for his soldier patients,
Mt r Smith took time to secure a 10 • 1
day leave to spend on a honeymoon,
his »' arriage to Miss Ethel Knapp of
Sc: 4 Je taking place the day of his ar
ri\:.! here from New York.
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M< .L SOLDIERS FKOM OVER
THE SEAS ARRIVE IN U.S.
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' 3W YORK,.March 7— By A. P.
— 0 ic hundred and sixty members of
the 1.16th Trench Mortar Battery of
the Otst Division arrived today on'the
ste mer Mexican. The men will leave
at once for Camp Lewis, Washington,
whore they will be demobolized.
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 7
—None of the railroads are
discharging men as a result
of the congressional failure i
to appropriate funds for the j
maintenance and operation j
of tii ■ roads. Money will be j
secured from other sources
until Congress meets and
makes appropriations.
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B.* \ssociatod Press
LONDON, March, 7 - Negotia
Jons at Spa between the Germans
and the Allies regarding the shippirc
jue tion has been temporarily broken.
Germany has refu.e 1 the Alii d
proposition for use of the German
nerchant ships by the Allies.
The Germans representatives how
ever made a counter proposition that
"he Germans will release the merchant
hips in return for a definite assur
ance that enough food will be sent to
Germany to enable the German gov
•rnmer.t to withstand the Bolshcviki
movement.
LIGHTING IN BERLIN
COPENHAGEN, March 7— The
'tpjvtacans have besciged the Berlin
Pol ce headquarters for two days. The
Sparta cans have cut the telephone
wires.
Tn yesterday’s fighting eight were
*'d and many wounded.
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DESERTIONS REPORTED
COPENHAGEN, March 7— It is re
ported here from Berlin that the Re*
mh’ican militia and the Volunteer
Marines have deserted the government
forces at Berlin and joined the Spa’*
taenns.
RESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED
COPENHAGEN, March 7— Presi
dent Ebert, of the Gennan Republic,
ha^ refused to accept the resignation
of Chancellor Scheidemann.
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ABOARD TRANSPORT GEORGE
WASHINGTON, March 7— By Wire
lcs — President Wilson’s rest was
shortened this afternoon hy a general
ala m aboard ship to take to the life
boats and abandon the transport.
President Wilson escorted his wife
quickly to n life boat adjusted the life
belts- and then it was announced that
the-c was only a drill taking place.
President Wilson today sent a wire
less to William Jennings Bryan, who
is reported very ill.
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ALASKA ON
WAY NORTH
TO SEWARD!
Bv Aotfoctoted Pm
SEATTLE, March 7— Steamer A!- j
aska sailed this morning at 9 o’clck \
for Alaska ports . The steamer has all
accomodations taken for the various j
ports including the following 56 pas- •
ongers for Seward:—
C. M. Peterson,
H. S. Gentsch,
Jim Elian,
John Helm,
E. Mobus,
R. J. Pederson,
Ed Gibbs,
J. Patten,
Ja ?k Junte,
R. Wettering,
Carl Strangscth,
A1 A. Wolfe,
Julius Shaffrak,
N. C. Nogt,
John B. Hall,
A. T. Anderson,
George R. Gresham,
James Devan,
J. P. Most,
James Raspberry,
George Cross,
R. E. Elliott,
W. S. Hyland,
E. Morgan,
A. Sorenson,
A. Mengal,
E. C. Waite,
G. N. Rose,
C. N. Larson,
Edith Gordon,
C. Barlow,
Ernest Pearson,
Tom Harris,
Dirk Anderson,
T. W. Hawkins,
G. C. Murray,
Jack Mutrae,
P. G, Pederson,
C. E. Pederson wife and baby.
E. N. Culbertson and wife.
Mnvgarette Culbertson,
Fred Wright and wife,
Nettie Heuron,
George Brown,
Mrs. F. C. Miller and baby.
Clarence Miller,
John Anderson,
F. W. McTaggart,
A. Dugutt,
I J. E. Beattie,
1 H. Fulkerson.
The Alaska has 19 days mail and
express aboard from Seattle for Sew
ard and a good cargo.
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* Cl’’ff Summerville was arrested re
cently at Cordova on the charge of
impersonating an officer last fail
when h* visits the Byers fog ranch. ^
By As*o«aUd Press
SEATTLE, March 7— A
Special dispatch to the Seat
tle Times from Washington
says that although Congress
failed to provide money for
the Alaska railroad, work
will continue with money
from other funds.
WARNED
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 7— Amer
ica has warned Italy that unless they
end the delay in movement of relief
supplies to the Ju^o Slovak, Czccho
Slovak districts, America will proceed
to stop the flow of American food to
Italy.
BRITISH ARE AROUSED
PARIS, March 7— The British and
French delegates are bitterly out
spoken in the Supreme War Council
criticising the food blockade in Italy,
which that nation seems maintaining
against Dalmatia, Bosnia, Herzogov
inia Crotia, and Slovenia. The Enten
tes in replying to these new Demo
cracies, protested against the Bolshc*
viki and gave assurance that if th\s
form of rebellion was put down, suf
ficient food would be given them.
It is understood that the Italian
Mission resented the occupation of
Fiiime, Italy, and retaliated in estab
lishing a food blockade.
roIeTof
$20,000
By Associated Pres*
NEW YORK, March, 7— Robbers
robbed a broker’s messenger boy this
afternoon of $50,000 in Liberty Loan
Bonds and other securities. The rob
bery took place in the brightly light
ed corridor of the Adams Express
building. The boy was beaten uncon
scious. There are no clues.
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RIGA AGAIN RECAPTURED
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LONDON. March 7— By A. P.—
It is reported that the Germans have
defeated the Bohheviki forces on the
Baltic Sea and Riga has again been
recaptured.
The largest copper nuggot ever
sent out of Alaska was shipped re
cently from Cordova. The nugget
weighed 1245 pounds and was found
on the hydraulic workings of the Dan
Creek Mining Company near Me*
Certty