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VOL. 2. NO. 123.
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1917.
PRICE TEN ( ENTS.
NATION PREPARING
President Takes Steps to Put United States on War Footing
ALLIED ARMIES ON THE WESTERN
. FRONT ARE ACHIEVING VICTORIES
AND HAMMERING THE GERMAN LINES
PARIS, March 2(3.—Heavy fit’ll tin**- remains in progress in
the various sectors of the west front and the French report
enormous German losses. In the Verdun sector the French
and British forces captured parts of the German trenches in
Malancourt wood sector and repulsed German attacks near Ap
remont, in the St. Michael region. The* allied armies have
made substantial gains on a front two and a half miles in
width, in tin* region embracing Castres and Fssigny I,(.■grand.
The allied armies are hard pressing the advantage gained on
the enemy.
Further progress has been made by-the allied troops in the
St. Quentin sector, north of Grand Seraueort.
ADVANCING DESPITE BAD WEATHER.
PARIS, March 2(3.—>Tc* ithstanuing the bad weather and
the dtfiicult state of the ground, the French and British troops
continued last night to advance in the sector south of the Oise,
Fiench and British patrols reached Folembray, south of the
forest of Cocuy, with the French and British armies following
in the pathway of the German retreat. Three hundred women,
children and aged men have succumbed to the hardships and
exposure and privation which the Germans impressed upon the
French civil population immediately preceding and during the
retreat in (Jhauney alone. One hundred and fifty victims were
buried coffinless.
GERMANS ADMIT RETREAT.
BERLIN, March 2(5.—The German rear guards, engaged
with hostile forces near Beau met z and east of (Tozat canal in
northern France, have fallen back, in response to orders so
to do, artci- inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.
GERMANS ARE MASSING GREAT FORCES
ON NORTH, TO ATTACK RUSSIANS
PETROGRA1), March '2(i.—There is indisputable evidence
that the Germans are massing great numbers of troops along
the northern front, preparing lor a mighty effort to take the
Russian capital. The Russian army, with knowledge of the
GermaN move, are acting accordingly, and will be prepared to
make resistance.
It is officially announced today that General Alexies Ev
ert has been replaced bv General Letchitzky, as commander of
tlit* Russian armies on the central front.
MEXICO IS BUYING WAR MUNITIONS
IN JAPAN, ACCORDING TO PAPERS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2(5.—President Carranza, of
Mexico, is buying military supplies in Japan, according to ad
vertisements in Japanese newspapers, reaching San Francisco
today. The news is regarded as significant.
ABSCONDING BANK MESSENGER
CAUGHT AT VANCOUVER, B. C.
VANCOUVER, B. C., March 26.—George Lindsay Hay
den, wanted for embezzlement of funds from the First Nation
al bank of Seattle, was arrested jn Vancouver last night, lie
had enlisted with a Canadian company, under an assumed
name, and was about to set off for the front. Eighteen thou
sand of the $19,000 stolen was recovered. He will be returned
to Seattle for trial.
* ALORIOH PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
JUNEAU, March 26.—Senator Frank Aldrich, of Nome,
has been elected president pro tern for the remainder of the
senate’s session, in place of President Hubbard. The latter
has important legal business before the district court, called to
convene at Cordova April 2, and will be obliged to depart at
once. He will not return while the legislature is in session.
SIMON GUGGENHEIM SNOW-BOUND.
WALLACE, March 26.—Simon Guggenheim, one of the
members of the Guggenheim brothers, mining magnates, is
snow-bound in the Coeur d’Alene mountains. A special train
has been dispatched from this point to rescue him and other
passengers.
PRESIDENT TAKES DECISIVE STEPS
TO PUCE NATION ON WAR FOOTING;
MEN ARE BEING CALLED TO COLORS
WASHINGTON, March 26.—Sunday, President Wilson
took decisive steps to place the nation on a war footing. By
executive order, he directed that the navy be recruited without
delay to the full authorized war strength, aggregating 87.000
men. For the army, the president directed the establishment
of two new military departments on the Atlantic coast, to be
composed of eleven regiments of infantry, and two separate ba
tallions. Companies of the national guard have been called
back into the federal service, to act as national police in im
jjui lain U.IOL1
FIRST ARMED STEAMER REACHES PORT.
WASHINGTON, March 26.—The American liner St. Lou
is, the first armed American ship to cross the Atlantic, has ar
rived safely at her destination, according- to an announcement
today by Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
TO INTERNE GERMAN SUBJECTS.
WASHINGTON, March 26.—Secretary of War Baker and
Secretary of the Interior Lane are trying to devise plans for
employment of interned German subjects, in the event of war
between the United States and Germany. Immediately upon
the outbreak of hositilities, thousands of German subjects in
the United tSates will be interned. One plan is to place them
at work on government irrigation projects in the west and pay
them the same wages that are paid soldiers.
NATIONAL GUARD MOBILIZING, j
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. Orders from the war de
partment have been received calling for the immeliate mobili
zation of the national guard of the states of California, Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
WASHINGTON REGIMENT CALLED.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 26.—The second regiment of
the national guard of Washington was called to the colors to
day.
MILITARY TRAINING AT PRINCETON
PRINCETON, N. J., March 26.—President Hibben, of
Princeton university, announced today that in the event of war,
military training at Princeton will take nrecedence over other
academical work.
UNITED STATES MAY ABROGATE
ALL TREATIES WITH GERMANY
WASHINGTON, March 26.—'The United States govern
ment lias informed Germany that further diplomatic negotia
tions to avert war will be quite useless, in a note that was made
public today. The note says that this government is consider
ing whether Germany’s flagrant violations of promises made
this nation does not abrogate tin* treaties of 1785, 1828 and
1799, between the two countries.
SULZER RECEIVES CERTIFICATE.
JUNEAU, March 26.—The canvassing board, acting in
conformity to the peremptory order issued by District Judge
Jennings, issued a certificate of election to Charles A. Sulzer
as delegate to congress from Alaska late Saturday afternoon.
The certificate of election was handed to Sulzer by the gover
nor’s secretary. Sulzer will make a statement with respect
thereto today, it is aid.
THIRTY-NINE KILLED IN CYCLONE.
NEW ALBANY, Ind., March 26.—A revised list shows
that 39 persons were killed and 100 were injured in the cy
clone that swept this town Friday night. The property loss is
estimated at $2,000,000.
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COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
HOLDING MOST IMPORTANT MEETING
SINCE FORMATION OF THAT BODY
\\ ASIIIX(i 1 ()X, .March I’li.—The council for national de
louse is holding' one oi the most important sessions since its
creation in Washington today, lienors] preparedness plans
arc being discussed, in anticipation of (lie early opening of
hostilities between the I nited States and (iermany. The mat
ter ot supplies for the army is coming in for considerable at
tention. ( ontraets tor a hall million dollars’ worth of arniv
supplies were drawn today, and the moment war i.~ declared
against (iermany, the contracts wdl he awarded. \\ ithin an
uoiir after being awarded, deliveries will be under wav. Tin*
council has marshalled the great resources of the nation so as
to make them available for immediate use. The matter of
transportation is being worked out today. All the raihvav
lilies have placed their train eijuipment at the command of the
government and all that remains is for the council to work out
a general plan so that all the systems can work in unison for
the delivery of war supplies, the movement of troops, etc. Dan
iel K. W illard, regarded as one of the most efficient executives
in the nation, who is the head of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
way system, heads the council for national defense, which is
formed tor the purpose of rendering all aid possible to the
armv and iiavv. in the event of hostilities. Mavor Mitchell, of
a<‘\\ } nrU rit\, i> another strong member.
SULZER OFF TO WASHINGTON AND
TAKES HURJA AS PRIVATE SECRETARY
.11 NKA l . March —<>.— Delegate elect Charles A. Sulzer,
with a eei'1 ifieate of election t'rom the canvassing hoard, de
parts tonight on the steamer 1 fumhohlt, en route to the na
tional capital, and expects to he there in time to take his seat
when the special session convenes April '1. Mrs. .Sulzer and
son will remain in Juneau for the time being, due to the illness
of the son. Kmil Hur.ja, a newspaper man formerly of Fair
bank's, who has been acting as special correspondent for The
Times, of Anchorage, and other Alaskan newspapers, has been
named private secretary to Delegate Sulzer. M. S. Perkins
succeeds flurja as special correspondent to cover the legislative
session. The elevation of Sulzer to the delegateship leaves a
vaeanev in the senate from the First division, but it is hurdle
probable that a special election will he called to till it.
JUDGE JENNINGS DELIVERS EULOGY
IN MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HEID
JCN'EAC, .March liti. The two houses ot' the Alaska leg
islative assembly .joined in a memorial service out of respect to
the memory of Representative John <1. fleid Saturday after
noon. in the house chambers. Speaker Hess called the service
to order and retired in favor of President Hubbard, of the
senate. Rev. J. II. t'ondit. D. I)., gave the invocation. Judge
Robert W. Jennings, of the district court, delivered a eulogy,
which was a glowing tribute to the pioneer attorney of Juneau.
Representative Isaac Sowerby, who succeeded to the departed’s
seat in the house, added a few words in praise of his predeces
sor. Rev. Christian pronounced the benediction. The house
chandlers were packed to their capacity, in honor of the wor
thy pioneer who was long a prominent figure among them.
POLICE DEPARTMENT AIDING TOE
ACQUITTAL OF GILL AND BECKINGHAM
SEATTLE, March 2(>.—The testimony of the waiter, Metz
dorff, if true, reveals an amazing manner in which the police
department is being used to bring about the acquittal of Mayor
Gill and Chief of Police Beckingham. It seems that Metzdorff
was a former inmate of the penitentiary, out on parole. In his
testimony, Metzdorff declared that the police threatened to re
turn him to the pen, if he did not swear to a pack of lies. The
witness swore that Chief of Detectives Kent paid him a hun
dred dollars to “noise bribery about town.” When Kent was
brought in for identification, Metzdorff exclaimed “That’s the
man!” Kent followed Metzdorff on the witness stand and de
nied in toto the testimony of the accusing witness.
RETIRED ARMY OFFICER DIES.
SEATTLE, March 2(5.—General W. W. Robinson, retired,
died at his home in this city yesterday. He will be interred in
Arlington cemeterv, the burial ground of army officers.