MRS ELUDE
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The White
Star liner Baltic arrived here safely
last night from Liverpool with pas
sengers and mails from the submarine
zone and th% French liner Rocham
beau reached quarantine from Bor
deaux too late to go to her pier. The
Rochambeau would dock early today,
the agents of the line said.
A wireless was received yesterday
from the White Star liner Adriatic in
midocean, stating that all was well,
and the captain expected to arrive in
New Y'ork late Saturday or on Sun
•lay morning.
T*he 95 passengers on the Baltic
were glad to get ashore last night af
ter being 14 days on board ship. They
embarked at Liverpool at 2 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon, February 21,
and next morning the liner moved out
into the river Mersey, where she an
chored for 3*/2 days while destroyers
and patrol boats searched the Irish
sea for submarines and mines.
The officers of the Baltic confirmed
reports that a number of submarines
had been captured or destroyed and
that the new electric device for detect
ing the presence of submarines adopt
ed by the British admiralty had proved
a success. The average time to catch
a submarine after it had been located
was 12 hours, the officers said. The
new bombs used by destroyers and
patrol tboats will blow up a submarine
if it explodes within 60 yards.
The Baltic is equipped with the
smoke screen apparatus for evading
submarines and carries a six-inch na
val gun aft.
The liner left the Mersey on Sun
day night, Feb. 25, with the Carma
nia, and kept company with her until
the Cunarder went inside Belfast
Lough for a couple of hours. I^ter
the Carmania passed the Baltic, as
she is a faster ship. There was no
escort with the liner from the Mersey
to the Fastnet, but there were several
patrol boats in sight.
Among the passengers on the Baltic
was Capt. Lionel de L. Wells, former
ly in command of the torpedo school
at Plymouth and chief of the London
fire brigade. Captain Wells, who is
on the reserve list of the navy, offered
his services to the government and
has been detailed as a vice-consul at
New York to look after munitions
sent to the United Kingdom.
Guy Nickalls, the Yale rowing
coach, another passenger, said that his
brother Vivian, who is a major in the
royal field artillery, informed him on
returning from the front that the
French and English gunners outpoint
and outfight the German artillery
now, and that the German infantry
have mutinied in many cases and fired
upon their officers because they are ill
fed and weary"of the war. When the
allies storm the trenches now the
German soldiers surrender in hun
dreds to get something to eat.
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Cotton fett mattresses, hed springs
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TO BRED REAL
ALASKA CATTLE
(Juneau Dispatch.)
To cross breed Galloway and Hol
stein cattle for Alaska is now the task
laid out for himself -by Professor
George son, the manager of the gov
ernment experimental station i in the
territory.
The Galloways have long hair, are
good rustlers and are, therefore, best
fitted for this climate while the Hol
stcins are good milchers and Profes
sor Georgeson believes that from the
two breeds a fine brand of cattle for
i Alaska can be produced. He will use
Holstein bulls with Galloway cows and
vice versa.
! The professor, who was here yes
terday waiting for a boat to take him
to Sitka, says the cows suffering from
tuberculosis at Kodiak have been sep
arated from the healthy cattle and
l will be bred from to prove, that heal
thy calves can come from such cattle.
The new agricultaural experimental
[ station will be established on April l
| and a manager will be appointed at
that time. It is the intention to send
some tons of seeds of grains suitable
for Alaska crops from the experiment
al stations of the interior and to dis
tribute them to the fanners of the
Matanuska.
The government has now provided
the caretakers of the cattle on Kodiak
island with rifles and shells to protect
the cattle from the brown bear which
prey on them whenever they get a
chance.
Reports from all over the territory
state that so far the registration for
spring elections has been very light.
RECRUITING STATION
Should be at Robarts. 778
Thurday afternoon and evening.
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such items in FURNITURE and
DRY GOODS as cannot be readily
supplied by the merchants in your
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! has been shown by the liberal patronage we have enjoyed
since onr opening day. •
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; from the outside will carry fresh stock for ns, which
i will be placed on sale immediately after the arrival
| of the vesse1
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Garfell & Popodopolos §
LONDON, March 24.—If the British
government had combed the islands
for the right man to serve as the new
air chief of the army and navy, and
put in years at the job, it could have
achieved no better result than it did
when it picked Lord Cowdray.
The development of the British aer
ial service calls for secrecy, daring,
handling of men, hut above all the
disposition to take a chance for a big
end. All these qualities belong to
Lord Cowdray.
In the first place, until his eleva
tion to the peerage a few years ago, he
was known as Weetman Dickinson
Pearson, president of S. Pearson &
Son, Limited. That means he is the
British oil king.
True Yorkshire Man.
In the second place, he is a York
shire man. married to a Yorkshire wo
man. ^ orkshire is the land of human
bulldogs, men of tenacity and love of
fighting, who look down on the lost
of their British brethren as “new
comers.” The Yorkshire men woe
here when the Romans arrived, and
they have been there ever snee.
It was because he is a Yorkshire
man that when Lord Cowdiay indulg
ed in a duel with Jo'-n I) .KockefelW
I for control of the Mexican oil fields,
he spent $10,000,0(h) oi his own money
ir driving the Amercan.-. defeated,
from the ring.
Fifty-nine years oi l now, Lord Cow
drey spent fifteen years of nis active
life in the house of commons. Rarely
; if over, did lie makD a speech lucre.
For the most part he was content to
stand with his great hands clasped be
hind him, looking dourly on the scene.
He answered eiuestions with a gruff
“Yes” or “No” and let it go at that.
Hut in his native Yorkshire, when lie
addressed his constituents, he would
roll out in the broad dialect of the lo
cality, “Ay, my friends, but I am
gl-a-ad to see ye,” with variations, and
lie is the idol of his people. They un
derstand tin- meaning of his reticence,
dis dettermination, his dour coun
tenance, and they love him for them.
None knows how much he is worth.
His London town house cost him $3,
000,000, his shooting box in Aberdeen
shire $1,000,000. and his chalet in
Switzerland and his retreat in Wales
almost as much. He owns 25,000
acres of English soil, which is doing
very well over there, and his firm’s
cash balance at the bank is never pe>
mitted to fal below $5,000,000. He is
worth so much that lie never stops at
a matter of a few hundred thousand
dollars when he wants to help ou.
some struggling editor whose policy
he likes, to aid some charity which
needs his money, or to entertain Hie
friends who are in his favor.
He Is a Plunger.
Such is the man who will reorgan
ize the British aerial service so as to
assure it supremacy over that of Ger
many.
' It is hinted that when he becomes
interested in some detail calling for
instant execution he will not hesitate
to draw on his private purse instead
of waiting for government approval,
and it is certain that the inventor who
has something better to offer the army
or navy air service than it now pos
sesses will fare more advantageously
at his hands than if he were dealing
with a British citizen who is not a
plunger like Lord Cowdray.
TWO LIVE FOXES IN WINDOW
OF I. GOLDSTEIN’S GROCERY
I. Goldstein, of the Goldstein gro
cery on lower Front street, has pro
cured from the westward two fine
I specimens of young red foxes. They
were captured not far distant from
Anchorage and are about twelve
months’ old. The slick, sly animals
may be seen in the front window of
the grocery.
3 F0R25 CENTS
! Brown Wheat Straws 778
Over f>00 patriotic American citizens
gathered at Kobarts hail yesterday af
ternoon in answer to the call for a
public meeting anil enthusiastically
expressed their views as favoring the
administration’s recent declaration of
war against the common enemy, Ger
many. Hard, common sense governed
the meeting that was not lacking in
enthusiasm. The proper display of
patriotism was in evidence and regard
less of race or creed, the large audi
ence voiced their sentiments in sup
port of the national issue. Not with
the ultra expressions or deeds of mass
meetings, but with the strong under
current common to American people in
the time of a crisis.
I)r. J. T. Westermann presided at
the meeting, with George Beaumont as
secretary. The nation’s flap was in
evidence and representative citizens
addressed th«‘ meting. Father Shep
pard, Judge Munley, Dr. McBride and
Judge Waller all spoke briefly on the
important subject that is now before
the American people. Their words
rang true with patriotism and they
were of one voice in support of their
country, that can do no wrong.
The audience rose as a man when
Mrs. Nina Richmond played the “Star
Spangled Banner,” which has been
adopted as the national anthem. The
audience gave vent to their feelings
by giving three rousing cheer at the
close of the selection.
Dr. Westemiann concisely explained
the object of passing cards through
the audience for signature. The ac
tion was entirely voluntary and was
simply an expression of willingness to
enroll for service. Secretary IJeau
mone reports that over 150 signed at
yesterday’s meeting and many names
were added later.
Upon motion by Attorney Duggan,
the chair was instructed to appoint an
executive committee to handle the lo
cal movement and advise Governor
Strong of yesterday’s action. The
committee will consist of E. li. McFar
land. chairman: George Beaumont,
secretary; L. F. Shaw, Judge David,
Jas. O’Reilly, Dr. Westemiann, Lieut.
Ross, J. L. McBride, Father Sheppard,
Tom Price and W. L. Durham.
The executive committee will hold a
meeting tonight at the T. and T. build
ing to form plans for future action
and confer with Governor Strong in
regard to forming a local military
•ompany.
Mrs. Richmond played several patri
otic airs during the afternoon and
Hogg A Laurence took a flashlight
picture of the meeting.
Peterson’s Billiard Parlor for latest
war bulletins. 400
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Saturday, April 14
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