Aitripirag? Hatlij
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 2. NO. 122.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY. MARCH 24, 1917.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
UNITED STATES TO TAKE THE AGGRESSIVE
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Roosevelt to Head Expeditionary Army to Aid Allies in France
GREATEST BATTLE SINCE THE MARNE
RAGING TODAY ON THE ENTIRE FRONT
BETWEEN A1SNE RIVER AND THE SOMME
LONDON, March 24.—Since the battle of the Marne, when
the city of Paris was saved by the French armies under the
command of General doff re, who forced the retreat ot the Ger
man armies under General von Ivluck, and the probable deteat
of the allied cause was thereby averted, there lias been no en
gagement on the western front equal in fateful consequences
to the duel of men and guns that raged yesterday and continues
today from the Aisne river to the northern end of tin* Somme
sector. British, French and Russian armies are uniting in a
great assault on the German positions along the entire tront
from the Aisne river to the Somme region. The Germans are
defending their positions with great persistency, although at
some points the lines were pierced by the allied forces. While
the allied forces are believed to outnumber the enemy, the Ger
mans are lighting from concealed positions.
RUSSIA DECIDES TO ADOPT A
REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT
LONDON', March 24.—The central committee and the par
liamentary representatives of the constitutional and demo
cratic party of Russia voted yesterday in favor of a republican
form f>f government, to succeed the monarchial form hitherto
in effect. The central committee will, for the time being, re
tain control of governmental matters, but the establishment of
the republican form of government will not lie delayed for any
considerable length of time. The constitution will closely fol
low that adopted by the l nited States of America.
STATE TROOPS WILL GUARD GREAT
SHIPBUILDING PLANTS OF NATION
BOSTON, March 24.—Following a conference between
Secretary of War Baker and Governor McCall, ot Massachu
setts, held in Washington yesterday, the war secretary today
directed that two regiments of the Massachusetts state militia
be detailed to guard the huge Fore River Shipbuilding works,
employed in government naval construction, and other works
in Massachusetts. The secretary ot war tears that an attempt
will be made by German plotters to destroy shipbuilding plants
in the United States and thus harrass and delay construction on
naval vessels. Similar action will be taken in other states.
The state militia can be very usefully employed in this line ot
work.
TERRIFIC CYCLONE IN INDIANA
TOWN KILLS ONE OR TWO HUNDRED
NEW ALBANY, hid., March 24.—It is believed that a
hundred, and possibly 200 persons were killed in a terrific cy
clone that swept through this town last night, leaving wreck
and ruin in its wake. Today, rescuers are employed in remov
ing remains of the dead and the bodies of the injured from the
mass of ruin that is everywhere apparent in the business cen
ter. The damage to property will be heavy.
U. S. MINISTER AND RELIEF MEN
WITHDRAW FROM STRICKEN BELGIUM
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Brand Whitlack, American
minister to Belgium, and American relief workers in Belgium,
have formally withdrawn from that country, which is now
practically under German rule, according to an announcement
made today by Secretary of State Lansing. Whitlock will go
to Havre, France, and there await orders from his government.
SEATTLE BANK MESSENGER STEALS
$19,000, AND HEADS FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE, March 24.—George Lindsay Hayden, aged 19
years, employed as messenger for the First National bank, of
Seattle, has absconded with $19,000, and is believed to have
gone to Anchorage or some other Alaskan point. Haydeji
abstracted the money, which was in $f>00 bills, from a letter
he was delivering to the postoffice.
UNITED STATES IS PREPARING
FOR AN AGGRESSIVE WARFARE ON
GERMANY, IS REPORT IN CAPITAL
WASI1IXGTOX, March -4. The government has decided
I to make preparations for an aggressive warfare against tier
many. Not only will American shipping he protected, by
means of naval vessels, from (ionium submarine attacks, hnt.it
| is now believed that armed forces will he sent to the aid of the
I allied armies, with which the t inted States, it has been deter
| mined, will work in harmony. Indications are not wanting in
I the national capital to suggest that within a very few days
drastic steps will he taken. While administration officials re
fuse to discuss officially, the Roosevelt Expeditionary force, un
officially it is stated that no objection will be raised by the gov
ernment to the former president’s plait It is the hope of the
administration to bring the world war to an end as soon as pos
sible. This can best be done hy entering actively into warfare.
1 both on the land and the sea.
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE OF 100,000
UNDER LEADERSHIP OF ROOSEVELT
TO JOIN ALLIED FORCES IN FRANCF
NEW YORK. March 24. An American expeditionary
i iof 100,000 picked men of tin* t inted States, to light in
France, with the allied armies, has heen organized under tin*
leadership of former President Theodore Roosevelt, and ex
peets to sail for Europe as soon as the administration gives the
word. In the expeditionary force will Ik* many veterans who
served with Col. Roosevelt in the Rough Riders of Spanish
American war days. For months past, in anticipation of hos
1 ilities between the Cnited States and < iormany. Col. Roosevelt
has been quietly organizing Li- forces, and now has the situ
ation well in band. The expedition will be in the nature of
a private affair, in this, that it will lie financed by private cap
ital. George W. Perkins, Gifford Pinrhot and other million
aire friends of Col. Roosevelt have contributed large sums to
the enterprise.
EIGHT-HOUR DAY LEGISLATION
AWAITS THE OPINION OF GRIGSBY
.JUNEAl , Marcli -4. Tin* house of representatives lias
called a halt on all labor legislation, until Attorney General
Grigsby hands down a written opinion on the scope and con
stitutionality of a proposed general eight-hour law. If it i>
legal a hill will he passed to cover every vocation.
Memorials and petitions were introduced in the senate as
! follows:
By Aldrich—Asking a change in the land laws eliminat
ing the 80-rod strip along navigable waterways.
By Heckman—Asking the federal government and the
bureau of education to desist from creating reserves which
would bar white fishermen from fishing in certain sections of
Mask a waters.
By Sulzer—Petition from the residents of Skagway ask
| ing for a home for aged Alaska pioneer women.
By Sutherland—Asking the federal government to refrain
from passiug restrictive legislation concerning the halibut
fishing industry and protesting against the Ketchikan cam
paign to force fishermen to bring their catches to that point
and declaring that high prices obtained at Prince Rupert, Brit
ish Columbia, is good for the fishermen.
Senator Sulzer has introduced a bill providing for a $15
bounty on wolf skins.
FORMER ALASKAN AND PROMINENT
SEATTLEITE REACHES THE END
SEATTLE, March 24.—William P. Wood, one of the fore
most citizens of Seattle, died last night, at his home in this city,
following a short illness that was not regarded as serious.
, Wood resigned the office of mayor of Seattle to join the stam
pede to the Klondike, in the days of ’97. He headed what was
known as the Humboldt expedition, that set sail for Dawson,
via the Yukon river. At Rampart, the party was frozen in
for the winter. John H. McGraw, a former governor of Wash
ington, was among the members of the expedition, and re
trieved his lost fortunes by striking it rich in the Rampart
diggings.
JUDGE JENNINGS ISSUES PEREMPTORY
WRIT COMMANDING CANVASSING BOARD
TO GIVE CERTIFICATE TO MR. SULZER
JCNKAl'. March 1'4. Judge .Jennings yesterday after
noon entered a default older in the mandamus proceedings
and an hour later issued a peremptory writ of mandate com
manding the canvassing hoard to issue a rertilieate of election
to Charles A. Sulzer. the democratic cundiate for delegate to
congress, which has been served on every member of the board,
as an amended answer to the protest entered by Kmery Valen
tine, in behalf of Delegate Wickersham, because of the pro
test alleging irregularities which the judge had construed as
directory and not mandatory. (1 renter defects than those al
leged by Valentine would apply to all precincts in the Second
division, which failed to register the voters. People general
ly in Juneau regard Valentine’s protest as frivolous, made sole
ly to prevent Judge Jennings’ opinion from being the last
word.
UNITED STATES MAY LEND ALLIES
MUCH-NEEDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
WASHINGTON, i'l’irch J4. War .suggestions before Pres
ident Wilson today inn le tin* possibilty of raising a five bil
lion dollar war loan for the entente allies in the I'nited States.
Administration officials are in constant, friendly connnunica
tion with the governments of the entente allies.* American of
ficials have been advised that the crying need of the allies at
this time is adequate finances to earn on the war. The re
sources of Great Britain. France and Kussia have been taxed
almost to tji<■ limit. It is said that the greatest aid the I’nited
States could give the allies at this time would lie in the matter
of financial support. It would be a comparatively easy matter
to raise five billion dollars in this countn for the allied cause,
stupendous as the sum may appear.
NORWEGIAN PRESS IS ADVOCATING
DRASTIC STEPS TOWARD GERMANY
AM8TKIM>AM. March _’4. Norwegian newspapers reach
ing Amsterdam today contain vigorous denunciation of the
Prussian militan system, with an especial reference to the in
discriminate submarine attacks on neutral shipping. Norwe
gian commerce has been practically brought to a standstill
since the indiscriminate submarine campaign was begun, which
leads the Norwegian press to bitterly complain of the inhuman
policy. Since the I'nited States has decided to make war on
Germany, it is anticipated that Norwa\ and possiblv Sweden
and Denmark will join with the allies. Indications are not
lacking to support this view.
NAVY DEPARTMENT TO ASSUME
CONTROL OF DANISH WEST INDIES
WASHINGTON. .March 124. The administration has dc
cided that the navy department siiali assume control of gov
ernmental matters in the recently acquired Danish West In
dies. When things become more settled in the islands, civil
government will he established, hut the time is not ripe for
that, in the opinion of the adm ip juration. The formal rais
ing of the American Hag on theT islands will take place at an
early date.
WAITER SAYS HE WAS BRIBED TO
TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF MAYOR GILL
SEATTLE, March 124.—Eddie Metzdorff, a waiter, inform
ed the district attorney’s office today that Chief of Detectives
W. B. Kent, acting through Watson II. Smith as go-between,
had paid him a hundred dollars cash to testify, in the Gill
Beckinghain trial, that Logan Billingsley had told him that the
bootleggers were framing up on Mayor (Jill and Chief Beck
inglmm.
SEATTLE CHAMBER’S NEW SECRETARY.
SEATTLE, March 123.—Gordon C. Corbalev, of Spokane,
today accepted the secretaryship of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, succeeding Secretary Yandell, who resigned, fol
lowing a tilt with President Burke. The new secretary will
receive a salary of $8,000 per annum.