EXPECT SELECTIVE DRAFT BILL
BE SIGHED TOM BT WILSON
WasniJifiton, May IS. — President
Wilson is expected to s'ga the army
draft bill which provides for
the drafting of meu between the
ages ot 21 and thirty years Into the
American war army.
The bill was finally passed late
yesterday by both houses, after
havtag tsrice been recommitted to
lh.e conference.
Secretary of War Baker said this
morning that the new army, because
of the lack of supplies Xor the pres
ent, would probably not be called
to the colors before the first of Sep
tember.
Registration to determine those
.who will be selected for service un
der the new army bill is expected to
be made within about ten days from
the date of the president's signing
the oill.
Thirty-two ney towns, it wag an
nounced will bo built as cantonments
for housing the war army during th
tralnln? period. Sites have been
selected and the railroads ordered
tfl lay the necessary tracks.
Pari?, May 18.—Further retire
ment of the German forces in tho
St. Quentin district and other parts
of the front where thef French troop
.have been making their drive, is
bellevfl to be indicated by the burn
ing of the villages behind the Teu
ton lines.
From tho French lines, the smoke I
of the fires Is plainly visible. Sim
ilar destruction marked previous '
retirements of the Germans.
The Germans are reported to be
hard pressed at Lens and to be ap
plying the torch to the town, pre
paratory to falling back.
Berlin, May IS.—Evacuation of j
the rains of Bullecourt by the Ger- |
man forces was announced here to
day by the imperial war office.
TO Mil BUI 11
Wasnington, May IS. — National
guard organizations of all the state?,
i" wa3 announced here today, will
be called out for federal service be
tween July 15 and August 5. ■'
riioto by Amtric.iti Ticsj AMinclatU
Corrmnn-'er Y-*tc« Stirling. Jr
W. L. COLLIER, SEATTLE
BANKER, PLEADS GUILTY
TO EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
Seattle, Wash., May 18.—W. L.
Collier, formerly president of the
Northern Bank and Trust company,
which closed its doorre la January,
owing large sums to its depositors
was today sentenced on a charge
of embezzlement to which he pleade
guilty yesterday. The amount nam
ed in 'he charge is $63,000. Ho
was sentenced to five years at
Walla Walla.
Collier was sentenced* to the
state oenitentiary at. Walla Walla
when be confessed to a. smaller theit
immediately after the bank closed,
but ''ad remained out under bond,
pendinr further investigation of the
bank's books.
0.5. DESTROYER
SAVES A0R1A7IC
Loudon, May 18.—Thwarting the
attack of a German submarine, just
as she was preparing to attack th.ef
Adriatic today, an American torpedo
boat destroyer, one of the recently
arrived fleet from the United States
saved the big liner and those aboard
from nrobable destruction.
The U-boat had just come to the
surface when the destroyer, serving
as a patrol boat, detected her per
iscope and immediately gave chase.
PONGEE SILK
There are probably few people outside of the silk industry who
know exactly what Pongee Silk really is.—Pongee Silk is a home made
cloth In China a'most everyone raises silk worms. When a family
has accummulated a quantity of silk in the raw state it is carefelly taken
from the cocoon and then spun and woven into pongee in the home of
the silk grower. The buyers go into the country and gather it and put
it on the market.
Naturally every family has it's own standard of manufacture.
The Pongee silk cloth is woven into such widths and lengths as pleases
the grower. The buyer must then grade it by width and weight be
fore exporting it. Naturally the cloth is not bleached and the sSk is of
a tan shade as it comes from the looms. It is also full of the natural
gum which the silk worm secrets while making it's thread. The cloth
therefore, as woven, is very gummy and to overcome this when putting
the goods into folds rice powder is blown into the cloth in order that it
may not stick together.
Pongee Silks are tremendously popular this season
SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
FIVE HOUR DEBATE III SENATE
CRITICISING y. S. EXECUTIVES
Washington, May 15—That the ex
ecutive twanch f t the government
was criticised, yesterday during a
five-hour debate in the senate, 'was
a mueu discussed topic here today.
Many of the senators, It is said,
consider that the government la
keeping its war movement so secret
that tie legislative bodies ar° not
sufficiently well-informed to act ad
visedly on the war measures that
come before them.
IWO SEATTLE MEN ARRESTED
OK CHARGES OF DISLOYALTY
I
Seattle, Wash., Hay 18. — On
charges of sedition for alleged cir
culation of scurrilous anti-conscrip
tion circulars, R. A. Rioe, manager
of a local dyeing concern, and a
fisherman by the name of Aaron, a
socialist, were arrested here today.
The circular which the two nwn
ar<j paid to havQ had printed and tlii
tributed, attacked. thfi( conacrJptioaij
plan. of raising an American, army in
terms which- the authorities declare"
"brand both men as traitors."
Aaron, so far as has learn
ed, acted independently of any or
ganization of socialists in issuing
the propaganda of which he stands
accused with Rice.
SEEDS RECEIVED
FROM U.S. FARM
Obtained by the loyalty gardens
committee from the experiment sta
tion a* Sitka, turnip) aind other seeds
are now at the Bank of Alaska,
ready for distribution to applicants
who arr preparing to plant gardens.
The lo* includes /cabbage, cauli
flower, radjish, lettuce, turnip and
rutabaga needs. C. C. Georgeson
agronomist in charge of the Btation,
wrote 'he committee:
"I Ji we had au unprecedented de
mand for seed and my stock is ex
hausted except as noted. Please
distribute the turnip seed. I can
can send you more of the latter if
you want it."
This letter shows that other corn
unities are planting more gardens
this ye«r than ever before. The
committee also asked for carrot, beet
and pea seeds, but the station had
■no supply left.
The turnip seed is of the Petro
ski variety, which is said not to be
preyed on by worms.
The committee hag also received
one ton of seed potatoes, as an
nounced yesterday, and applications
for apoortionments of this supply
may also be made to the bank.
IP'S. BARRED
Seattle, Wash., May 18.—Membera
of the industrial Workers of the
World, the organization, which fig
ured in the recent trial that grew
out Cf the riot last November and
resulted in. acquital of the accused
I. W. Ws., are barred from member
ship In local labor unions, accord
ing to a resolution passed last night
by the Central Labor council of
Seattle.
Choloe ohMolat«• boa bona
at Ktiler mm. »ru« Start.
PLEA MADE FOR
ALASKA INSANE
"Plenty of evidence has reached
Alaska from time to tim^ that the
private asylum at Moraingside,
where In pursuance or a contract
made bv the government.- during the
Taft administration, the Alaska
insane are confined. Is wretchedly
conducted," says the Cordova Times
"The latest to complain iSs Prank
J-itts, in a letter to Senator Sund
bach. Refused by the asylum au
thorises any opportunity to prove
the fact that he was cured, Litts
managed to escape, reaching Nome,
a. jury quickly found him sane.
Utt's letter follows:
" "I wish you would inquire in
to the conditions that exJjst at Morn
ingside hospital for Alaska insane.
I'll tell you a few facts that you
may be able to improve there.
Tells of Poor Food,
" 'A man or woman is forced to
eat, live and sleep with Chinamen,
Japanese, Eskimos, negroes and all
manner of filth, and disease. There
is no sugar on the table at any
time. There is water on the table
(Continued on page 4)
TAX ON INCOMES
Wasnington, May, 18—Increase
in the proposed war income tax was
voted today by the house. It would
put a ten per cent tax on incomes
from $40,000 to $1,000,000 and 45
per cent on incomes of one million
dollars or over.
| L. E. Sikes of Seattle, who was
a passenger on the Spokane, has
left for Whitehoree, where he will
be employed this summer in the tel
egraph office.
"Preferred Stock"
Owned Fruit and Vegetables
Have gained and RETAINED popular
favor—The best in quality, th« most liber
al in quantity. Every can absolutely
guaranteed. You get your money's worth
when you buy PREFERRED STOCK—
The best is the cheapest.
P. H. GANTY
FLEET OE JAPANESE GUNBOATS
AID FRANCE AGAINST U-BOATS
Photo by American Press Association.
Major Ganoral Thomai H. Barry.
AWKWARD SQUAD MISSING
WHEN HOME GUARDS HOLD
FIRST DRILL OUTDOORS
More than, one spectator of the
crowd that gathered last night in
thg ball park to, watch the home
guard drill, was disapointed. They
had expected to be entertained by
an awinvrad squad, and the awkward!
squad waa missing. Instead of
showing up, like a ioi of rookies,
the guards went, through their first
public outdoor drill like a compa
ny of veterans.
Following the outdoor d/rill, the
guard had further drill in the armo
ry in the manual of arms. Drill
tonight wil be held at 7:30 o'clock.
HtOBILtzTsHIPS
10 CARRY FOOD
Wasnington May 18.—Mobiliza
tion o* American ships to transport
food and other supplies to the allies
in EuroDe was ordered today. Ac
cording to th« announcement, every
available American vessel will be
utilized and concentration will be
gin at once.
LOST—Purse containing small a
mount of change and white rosary.
Please return purse and rosary and
keep change. Phone No. 9. 2t.
Paris, May 18.—That Japan] has
actively engaged }n efforts to aid!
the allies against Germany, I: fur
ther evidenced by the report here to
day that, a fleet of Japanese gun
boats is at Marseilles, prepared to
help sweep tlm Mediterranean of
German, submarines. Though no
(previous report had been mads oij
their arrival, It is understood that
they reached the French port sever
al weeks ago.
All 'lie boats are well armed and
manned and ar§ expected to prove
of tremendous assistance in thwart
ing fhe ruthless piracy of the Bubs.
-New York, May 18.—The Herald
today publishes an account of the
landing April 13, of a large body of
Japanese troops at Marseilles. It
•s believed that they were carried
*o France on the Japanese gunboats,
the presence of which at Marseilles
was reported today from Paris.
EQEslad OF
ilif PLANS
Fairbanks and the Matanuska
coal fields will be connected by
.railroad sometime in 1918, accord
ing to the plans of the Alaskan En
gineering commission as told by W.
C. Edes, chairman of the commis
sion. | • i
Mr. Edes, who is now on his way
to Anchorage, said Wednesday; in,
Juneau:
".We hope to lay more track this
year than we did last year, but slow
delivery and the great advance in,'
price of rails may prevent us from
making the expected progress.
Rails have advanced from $30 to
$40 a ton since last year and sup
plies of every kind are nearly ong
hundred per cent higher."
Scarcity of workmen, Mr. Edes
said, might be another handicap,
Last vear 4,500 men were employed
on the railroad but only about 3,000
are now employed and difficulty may
be experienced, because of war
drafts, in adding much to this num
ber. i.'H i«im
Seventy-two miles of the track has
been built from Anchorage, accord
ing to Mr. Edes, and seventy-one
miles r" track, purchased by the
government, has been rebuilt.
(Sub* tribe for the Daily Alaskan)
WALK-OVER
SHOES
Our stock of
LADIES'
WALK-OVER
SHOES
Are Now on Display
JAMES KENNEDY