MACHINE (MS QUELL RIOT BERLjN STREETS
Bill Intr duced to Em=
power President
to Regulate
Production
Washington, May 4.—With, ap
proval of the administration, Chair
man Lever of 'he agricultural com
mission today had a bill introduc
ed in congress to empower the presi
dent . regulate the production
and distribution of food.
Since 'he United States joined
the war, belief has frequently been
expressed in different quarters, tha*
government control of food would
have to. come if produc'ion and con
servatit n were to be maintained as
will be necessary to meet war
needs.
The bill, if passed, will bestow
full ocwer upon the government in
regard to the focd supply. It will
be empowered not only to regulate
production and distribution but
also 'o fix prices.
TWO AM) HALF MILLION"
Lira INSURANCE POLICY
TAKEN OUT 15V MORGAN
Now York, May 4.—One of *bo
biggest life insurance policies ever j
written. the premium on which. |
alone Is equal to a handsome yearly ]
salarv, was taken out bere foday
when insurance of $-.500,000 was
written on the life of J. P. Mor
■*au Jr., head of J. P. Morgan and
Co. Mr. Morgan is fifty years old.
Two Germans, carrying a bomb
jeben they were recently arrested,
admitted that they were bound for
Morgan's office to blow it up. .
Alaskans may be called on. to go
to toe front, according to instruc
ticns received by governor Strong
from Secretary of War Baker to
have a war census 'aken of the ter
ritory.
The telegram from Secy. Baker j
informed the governor that blanks
bad been forwarded and that, up
on their receipt, a census must be
taken of all citizens of the United j
S'ates in Alaska, to determine the
number of those wbo come under J
the provisions of the selective draft i
plan.
Governor Strong stated that fie
would not know until tliQ receipt
oi the instructions what duties
would be required of Alaskans.
The war department, according
*o dispatches, has already announc
ed the quota of men to be furnished
bv some of the states for the war
ariry. The navy's vessel, Saturn, it
is reported, will be at Valdez May
10, to receive enlistments in the
navy.
PIONEER WOMAN I>EAI>
Seattle, Wash., May 4. — Mrs.
Lucy Bourne Hidduck, a pioneer of
Sea'tle and one of the oldest resi
dents of the city, died at her home
here today. She was 95 years old.
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III QUARREL
III WELLS
(Special to Tie Alaskan)
Haines, May 4. — One woman is
dead and one man is under arrest
today at Wells as the result of a
shooting affair In a roadfcpusef there
last night.
The woman killed was Stella Har
wood, colored, formerly a resl
lent .t Skagway, where Rhe was. the
wjfe of George Payne, porter on,
the first private car run over the
Whi'e Pass railroad).
United States Commissioner J. J.
Kennedy left for Wells this morning
to conduct the inquest.
According to the report received
her© the man under arrest is Wal
ter Galvin, an ex-soldier, formerly
with the 30th U. S. infantry and
stiationod at,' Fort WilJiftm H. Sew
ard previously to the transferal of
that regiment more thaji two years
ago to San Francisco.
The Harwood woman, conducted
the road house where eh-e was shot
and killed.
0.5. ENGINEERS
10 i RUSSIA
Washington, May 4. — John F.
Stevens and several other eminent
engineers will he sent to Russia,
by President Wilson to Instruct the
Russians ia railroad construction,
according to information given out
,h ere today. The engineering com
mission, it is understood, will sail
at the same time the commission,
headed by Ellhu Root, leaves to ad*
vise Russian leaders on forming
their new government.
PASSPORTS DEMANDED
BY CHILE'S MINISTER
TO GERMANY, REPORT
Amsterdam, May 4. — That Chile
is aligning herself with the powers
now against Germany believed to
be shown by the demand of the
Chilean minister to Germany for
his oassporta, reported in a dis
patch received horig today from
Berlin.
POPULAR PICTURE PALACE
WILL BE DARK TONIGHT
The Popular Picture Palace will
be dark tonight. Goorge Mowl,
proprietor, announced, today (hat
a delayed shipment of films was
the cause. But the movieg will be
on tomorrow night, Bhpwing some
of the screen favorites In their
best roles.. !
BANKER WANTED
SEATTLE THEFT
Seattle, Wash., May 4. — The
police are today searching for form
er President Collier of the defunct
Northern bank, now out on bond,
pending action on his appeal from a
sentence of a year imprisonment a^i
recently charged with, the theft
from th« bank of $63,000.
The new charge was filed yes
terday, following the discovery by
the examiners of rnorq missing bank
funds,
CollieT is said to have disap
peared without leaving a trace of
bis whereabouts.
Petrograd, May 4.—Carrying red
flags, on which are inscriptions,
warning Foreign Minister Milukoff
that •'f must resign, detachments of
soldiers are ga'hered today in
front of the palace headquarters of
the provisional government.
No outbreak has occurred, the
soldiers so far contenting tljein- ]
selves with their demonstration.
CANADA, UNITED STATES
OO-OPERATE IN" EFFORT
REDUCE WHEAT PRICES
Ottawa, Canada, May 4.—Canada
and th© United States aTe co-operat
ing in an effort to reduce the price
of wheat, according to a statement
made here today by the minister of
finance. Prices for wheat have re-'
cently passed &U previous records,
feeing to aonid paces a8 high as
three dollars or over a bushiel.
BILLINGSLEY TO SURRENDER
Seattle, Wash., May 4. — Logan,
BUlingsley, who escaped the day
after he had been sentenced to
thirteen months on McNeill Island,
for conspiring to violate the liquor
law, will give himself np the first
of next week, according to a state
ment today by his attorney "W. R.
Bell
J. W. Cockrill, who arrived here
a few days ago, has assumed his
duties aa baggage master at the
docks for the W. P. railroad.
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Lack of Food and Desire For Peace Re
ported to Have Caused Serious
Revolts in Germany's Capital
Tha» mentally deranged patients'
of +he Territory of Alaska are mis
treated in the asylum where they
are cared for near Portland, Ore
gon, so that many of them "become
hopelessly Insane and physical and
mental wrecks," is declared in a
memorial introduced in th© house by
Representative Coombs, petitioning
the United States congress to ap
propriate funds to establish an (
asy'um tor Alaska's mental in-,
comoetents, In Alaska.
"It has been. jrovea to the i
entire satisfaction of Uie Legisla-1
tur» and of the o'her officials of
the Territory of Alaska," gays the
Petition, "that an absolute lack of
any humanitarian spirit in the con
duct and management of said asy
lum prevails; that quarters provided
/or 'he inmates are wholly inade- j
quate; that the sanitary conditions'
are bad and that there is absolute-1
ly do regard for the welfare of the
palitnjts; that there is not suffi
cient space nor room for the pa-!
tienffl to enjoy sufficient fresh air
in luciement weather and that no
provision is made for physical exer
cise for those patients who are able
to exercise, except when employed
by the institution for its own pro
fit."
Th- mentally deranged of Alaska
ar« now cared for in an asylumn an
sanitarium at Jlorningside, near
Portland.
Amsterdam, May 4.—Uprising of
German, workmen, who have been
reported for several weeks to be
;preparing a demonstration to show
their desire for peace, were met
today in tlie streets of Berlin by a
volley of bullets from machine
guns, fired by German, soldiers, ac
cording to dispatches received here
this afternoon.
May day had been fixed for a
concerted strike, so reports have
stated, "But the day passed with
only minor outbreaks. Growing un
rest broke out afresh this morning,
the dispatches said, and seething
mobs were soon gathered in the
principal streets.
While the strikers incited by so
cialistic leaders who declared the
people wanted both, food and peace,
were threatening a serious riot,
soldieis came up at double quick
with machine guns and opened fire.
Several men were reported killed,
and numbers of both/ men and
womeu were said later to have been
trampled when a squad of cavalry
rode through and cleared tne
streets.
GENERAL JOFFRE, HERO
OF FRANCE, KISSES HAND
OONGRESSWOMAN RANKIN
Washington, May 4. — Kissing
the hand of Congress woman Jean
ette Rankin of Montana, General
Joffre and former Premier Vivian!
of France, of »he French war com
mission, today said their fare
wells to the first woman mem
ber of congress and other members
of the house just before they left
on a visit to western cities.
Viviani, head of the commission,
in a speech before the house just
before the denarture of the commis
sioners, discussed the war situa
tion and expressed the faith of
France in the support of the Unit
ed States.
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