ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1917. PRICE TEN CENTS
NINE REGIMENTS TO DEPART FOR FRANCE
Daniels to Employ Naval Board’s Anti-Submarine Devices
NINE REGIMENTS OF U. S. TROOPS
, WILL SOON LEAVE FOR FRENCH SOIL
AND UNDERGO PRELIMINARY TRAINING
WASHINGTON, May 10. Nine regiment- of I’nited j
States troops will be sent to France at once, according to an
* official announcement made todav b\ Seerctarv of War Baker.!
Accompanying the regiments will he a corps of I . S. army en
gineers. The regiments will be raised under the conscription!
law and will he transported to France; as soon as possible. Ar '
riving in France, the troops will go into training, preliminary!
to entering the trenches. It is admitted that the American
troops are to be sent for the moral effect it will have on the
allied troops. General .Joffre, former commander of the French
held forces, strongly urged the immediate sending of American
troops to the French soil, as he says it will give new energy'
and new hope to the men in the trenches.
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CROWN PRINCE RUPPRECHT MASSES
RESERVES TO HALT BRITISH ATTACKS
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LONDON, May 10.—With massed^ reserves and every
available gun at his command, the Crown Prince Iiupprecht, of
Bavaria, is striving to halt the ceaseless British assaults on the
Drocurt-Queant line, the last bulwark protecting Lens, the
*i'idlest prize remaining in the hands of Germans in France.
The present struggle on the Britisli front is regarded by both j
* sides as one ofHtbe mofct important actions of the war, l id ;tj
may be many days before a decision is reached.
SECRETARY OF NAVY DANIELS SAYS !
ANTI-SUBMARINE DEVICES OF NAVAL j
BOARD IMPORTANT AND FAR-REACHING
\V ASI11 X(JT( >X, May 10. Secretary of the Xavy Itaniels
I < >«I a \ declared that the anti-submarine devices invented by
I lie members of the naval consulting hoard, and which were
placed before the secretary for inspection hy ('hairrnan Saurnl
•rs, were very important and far-reaching. The secretary and
hi> aides in the department have .ju~-i completed a thorough
inspection of the devices, through a series of tests conducted
under their auspices, with the result that the secretary will
adopt them in the anti-submarine campaign. The secret tin
declined to discuss the nature of the devices. It is generally
understood that Thomas Kdison is the inventor, lie and one
lone assistant have been working in secret in a secluded spot
on the Kdison grounds in New .Jersex for weeks past, and the
devices are believed to be the fruits of his endeavors.
COL. RICHARDSON OF ALASKA ROAD
COMMISSION COMING TO START WORK
WASHIXdTOX, May 10.—Col. Wilds I’. Richardson, pres
ident of the board of Alaska road commissioners, will depart
for the north in a few days, to start the work of road and trail
building. The colonel has been urging the passage of the ap
propriation and now that favorable action Inis been taken, is
ready to depart for Alaska. It is said that the colonel will be
made a brigadier general within a few days.
SPIRIT OF
PATRIOTISM
Matanuska, May 6, 1917.
Editor Times—The enclosed clip
ping is just what I think should he
printed in every loyal paper in old U.
S. A. I approve of the sentiments and
hope you will copy it and help put
some right ideas to the front. We
can’t get too much patriotism,
t Yours for the country of liberty and
equality. OLD SUBSCRIBER.
By JOHN D. JiAltKY.
"It’s disgraceful. It shows that we
have deteriorated as a nation. The
spirit of the American Revolution
seems to have disappeared.”
“What do you attribute the cause
to?”
“The general selfishness. Most of
our people care for nothing but mon
ey. That's why they want peace. They
are afraid they may be called on to do
something for their country. They
don’t seem to realize how much they
owe the country for their prosperity.
What do you suppose they say when
I ask them how they feel about the
war? They say it will hurt business,
and, in the next breath, they say that
they don’t see any reason why we
should go into war for the sake of a
protecting a few men who are inter
ested in sending ships to England and
for the sake of millionaires in Wall
pstreet, who would make money by the
war. I have actually heard able-bod
ied men say that they would not go
out and fight. Now doesn’t this situ
ation show that something is wrong in
our life ?”
“It unquestionably does.”
“We ought to do someth’ing about
it, and we ought not to lose any
time.”
“What would you suggest?”
“Well, I am in favor of making it
» disgraceful for anyone to express un
patriotic opinions. From the way
these cowardly people talk, you can
”0 LONG MAY IT WAVE!”
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— Boston Globs.
see that they have no shame. The
only thing to do is put them to shame.
And as for the newspapers that op
pose the war, they ought to be sup
pressed. If people would only stop
reading them, they would soon learn
better. In fact, if we were to with
draw our support from all those who
showed themselves unpatriotic at this
time, if we were to refuse to have
anything whatsoever to do with them,
they would very soon come around.
We really ought to take systematic
methods in order to develop the spirit
of patriotism. Why, the Germans
know perfectly well that there is no
enthusiasm for war in this country,
and they are taking advantage of their
knowledge.”
“Aow would you go to work to do
velop patriotism?”
“Kor one thing, I would have the
American flag displayed everywhere.
When I was a boy the flag stood for
something. It was the symbol of free
dom. We all honored it. Now there
are people who actually go out of
their way to express contempt for it,
and to say that it is the means of ex
citing hostile feelings against other
countries, and of leading working peo
ple to think they are free, when they
are really economic slaves, f call such
talk seditious. And I am very glad I
they sent that Socialist clergyman in)
New York to jail the other day for in
sulting the flag. If every man that
even speaks disrespectfully of the flag
were sent to jail, we should get rid of
a great many dangerous people at this
time. And as for those who are now
stirring up discontent, they ought to
be treated with severity and made to
feel the strong arm of the law.”
“How about making more use of the
flag in sehoolhou. es?”
“Of course. The school is the place
where patriotism ought to be encour
aged. If a boy isn't taught to be
thoroughly patriotic by the time lie is
15, there is no knowing what disloyal
ideas may be put into his head. They
are floating around everywhere. Our
young people need to be protected now
more than they ever did before. They
must be taught that our country is
the country that has always stood to,
freedom and they must be ready to
sacrifice themselves for it the instant
the call comes.”
CONFEREES RATIFY APPROPRIATION
OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR ROADS AND TRAILS IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON, May 10,—The conferees’ report on the
jrmy appropriation bill carries a ratification of the senate
amendment for an appropriation of $500,000 for road and trail
building in Alaska, under the direction of the Alaska road com
missioners. This item was eliminated in the house, but was
restored in the senate, largely through the efforts of Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the military committee. When the
army bill went to conference, the item was approved by the
conferees, which insures its passage.
PREMIER AND CABINET URGE CHINESE
PARLIAMENT TO PASS WAR RESOLUTION
I’KKIX, May 10. The premier and the entire cabinet ad
dressed a secret session of the parliament yesterday and urged
the adoption of a resolution declaring war against Germany.
The resolution was referred to a standing committee for con
siderntion. It is expected that the committee will make a re
port tomorrow.
THIS WEEK’S RE RT WILL SHOW A
SUBSTANT1 , DECREASE IN SINKINGS
KO.XDOX, May 10.- The coming weekly report will show
a substantial decrease in submarine sinkings, judging by'the
first days of the week, say> an official announcement given put
today b\ the Mritidi admiralty. Xo explanation is given as
I(i the cause ol the decrease.
BIG REVENUE BILL REPORTED OUT
OF COMMITTEE AND NOW IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON. May in. The house committee on ways
mu! means yesterday reported out the .$ 1 .SOI),(!()(),1)0(1 revenue
hill, which was immediatep introduced in the house h\ ('hair
man Kitchen. The bill provides lor the raising of revenue^
for the conduct of the war and other purposes.
HOUSE PASSES BILL INCREASING THE
U. S. NAVAL FORCES TO 150,000 MEN
WASHINGTON, May 10. The house yesterday passed a
bill increasing the i nited Slates naval forces to lot),000 men.
The increased forces are needed to man warships that are in
course of construction, patrol boats and submarines, and other
I war vessels.
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PAY OF LISTED MEN TO BE $25
PER MONTH, UNDER TERMS OF BILL
WASHINGTON, May 10. The conferees on the army bill
'today agreed upon a provision increasing the pay <>f enlisted
men to $-•"> per month. There is also an increase in the pay of
other grades below commissioned officers, but not proportion
ately.
DR. MATTHEWS WILL PASS YEAR IN
ALASKA ORGANIZING SUNDAY SCHOOLS
SEATTLE, May 10. Rev. Hr. Matthews, the noted pastor
of the First Presbyterian church in Seattle, announces that lu*
will spend a year in Alaska, organizing and extending the
work of the Sunday schools. His trip will be in the nature of
a vacation.
MILITARY TRAIN WRECKED.
LAREDO, May 1.—Fourteen soldiers were killed and a
hundred injured when a military train was wrecked at Quere
taro, Mexico, yesterday.