No. 97 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
PREMIER SATS II TAKES III
TO RAISE AND EQUIP ARMIES
Edinburgh. Saturday.—In speak
ing of the time that would be neces
sary in order that the Unied States
be 9u prepared as to take a full
oart'eipation in the war, Prime Min
ister LJyoiJ George said this morn
tng mat after all her exertions
Amer ca at the present moment did
not have one fifth of the fighting
strengtn which the enemy had* re
ceived frt>m the eastern front ow
ing to the collapse of Russ.a,
which enabled Germany to trans
fer her troops from that section of
the combat to the western theatre.
The premier addt»d that it took time
to eciuip and train armies and that
American holp oould n°t he
reckoned on for some time to come
6RIIISH TROOP SHIP CARRYING
AMERiGAN TROOPS TORPEDOED!
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Loudon, May 25.—The British
armed merchant ship Molduvia with
a larse force of Atuerican troops
nn board was toruedoed by a Uer
man submarine and sunk a few mo
ments after being hit.
Fifty six of the Americans are
missing.
ChHa°o, May 25.—Instead of
adding 9 ntw star to the service
F!a«r when members enlist aecord
in«r to the practices followed- by
every other patriotic oganizatiou,
the Industrial Workers of the
World espels forever its. mem
bers who join the Colors. This
fac was disclosed today ;:t the
trial of 112 I. W. W. officials be
tore Federal Judge I-andis, charged
with conspiring aud aiding in ob
structing the draft law.
AMKliUANS TO KKiHT
AIXJXGSIB£ ITALIAN'S
Nev York, May 25.—Secretary of
War Baker announced, in an ad
ds ess which he made at a meeting
which was held in this city in cele
bration of Italy Day that American
infantry, American machine grun
units, and American artillery would
sooa be fl"hting shoulder to shoul
der 'witji Italian troops on their
battel forat.
M BE SOLVED;
Seattle, May 25.—William Ray
I Hor-or was arrested, this morning
I !>>■ the sheriff in Okanogan county
' and charged with the murder of
i Mrs. Millie Basset and two children
at Kelso last Sunday.
The murder was not discovered
! until Monday afternoon, and imme- j
diately the police were notified
■ they took ud the clews which led.' to
I the arrest of Homer. The evi
dence is uow very strong against
Junean, May 24.—M. S. Whittier
has been appointed a member of the
local exemption and' draft board in
place of Attorney A. E. Maltby, re
signed, according to announcement
made today by W. A- Clark, chair
man of the board.
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SUB SINKS SHIP
AND THEN IS
I SUNK,
London, May 25.—The German
submarine which torpedoed the
British steoamer Inn3carra -was
sunk hy an American destroyer
shortly afterwards, was announced
today Dy the prisoner? of the sub
marine who were landed on the
Brit:sh coast.
Queenstown, May 25.—The Cork
steamer innlscarra, bound from
Fisheuard to Cork was this morning'
sunk by a torpedoe from a German
submarine. Thirty of the crew
are missine. P • I *! ?
ONE MORE SHIP
LAUNCHED BY S. & E.
Seattle, May 25.—Last evening i
when the West Apaum was launched1
from the Skinner & Eddy ship yards
the eightu ship built umtor contract
for the Federal shipping board I
was given to the ocean.
fr:c c. p:tersom
Fred 8. Peterson, director of the
bureau of Imports of the war trade
board, wields an effective war weapon
in that he controls the licensing of
imports. If a nation refuses to export
any article to the United States, ho,
nas the power of refusing permission
for it to send ail other articles. He ia|
from Wisconsin, where he Is known
as both a lawyer and a scientific farm-;
«r. He has traveled extensively in
South America studying its resource*
and possibilities.
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Duel Monarch Effects Latest Atrocity and
After Prisoners Are Victim of The Hellish
Scheme They Are Sent Back to Spread the
Diseases
Washington, May 24.—A German
division of Imperial troops which
has been stationed at Dvinsk re*
ceiovd orders to move from; the
cast to the western front, and. upon
receiving the orders they refused1 to
obe£. Fifty members of the -divi
sion were summarily executed and
oae thousand thrown into prison,
This information was received in a
Riusiaa wireless despatch, today to
the Department of State. The
message also states that other Ger
man troops in the Yiclnity of the
di.islon which h*4 disobeyed the
orders have held demonstrations in
favor of the actions on the part of
•he division mentioned1.
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BBSS'PRISONERS
TUBERCULAR
Moscow, May 25.—Over one mil
lion ou' of the total of three mii
liou one hundred thousand war
prisoners hold by Germany and Aus
tria are hopeless invalids.
In Germany there are one million
nine hundred1 thousand Russian
prisoners and in Austria on© mil
lion two hundred thousand.
Half of the invalids are reported
to be tubercular, most of whom are
in the last stages of the plague.
VLASKA SAILS FOR THE
WEST VIA SKAGWAY
Seattle, Saturday.—The Alaska
Steamship company's steamship Al
aska, cleared from this port for An
chorage and way ports via Skagway
at five o'clock yesterday afternoon.
She has a large passenger list
and s capacity, freight cargo, mostly
cannery supplies.
Passengers Dooked for Skagway
are R. C. Wilkeson, Jensen Stacof,
F. C. Payne, James Knopp, Mrs.
0. G. Berry.
AMERICAN AIRMEN HELP
FRENCH DEFEND PARIS
Paris, May 25.—An American air
squadron, says the French, War Of
fire this afternoon is co-operating
wiih the French air and ground
foicts acainst the attacks made
hj the Germans on Paris.
AMERICAN CASUALTY
LIST 23 FOR DAY
Washington, May 25.—The Amer
ican army casualty list published to
day contains twenty three names di
vided as follows, eight killed in ac
tion of dead from wounds, twelve
wounded and three missing.
THROUGH THEIR WORK
Whitehorse, May 24.—For tta<
ten days previous, to Monday oi
this week almost every gasolini
launch and auto owned in White
horse was busily employed in thi
transportation oC passengers ani
freight from here to the foot o
Lake Lebarge, "t>ut the rush i!
no" over until the opening o
navijjati«n;
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ONE MORE STATE VOTES
FAVOR PROHIBITION LAW
Phoenix, Arizona, May 25. — The
state legislature paused the Federal
amendment calling for nation-wide
prohloition at yesterday afternoon's
session, placing the State of Ari*
zone with the twelve states who
have Joined the dry column against
the one lone state of Louisiana
which saw fit to remain in thg wet
column. i
KING'S COUSIN HEADS
BRITISH MISSION TO U. 8.
An Atlantic Port, Saturday. —
Prince Arthur of Oonnaught, cousin
of King George, arrived tod-ay as
head of the British mission to the
| United States, I
SUCCESSFUL RAIDS MADE
BY FRENCH TROOPS
Paris, May 25.—French troops
carried out raids along the south
Coucy and Aiene battle fonts this
morning, and in their attack on
the tenemy many prisoners were
taken. i j i ' 1
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Washingtoa .Saturday. — An of
ficial cable received here by the
Serbian legation from Corfu today
Btatea th°t ten thousand Italian
acd thousands of Serbian prisoners
who rave oeen held in Austria hare
been sent back into Serbia after ha*
ing contracted infectious and con
tagious diseases eo as to carry the
diseares into the country.
The cade states that from In
formation gained from hundreds of
the returned* prisoners th«j dual
monarchy has put Into effect Its
latest atrocity which is a systematic
aad deliberate itmoculation of Ital
ian and Serbia^ prisoners of war in
Austria with the germs of terribly
infectious and contagious diseases.
WOULG RAISE THE
DRAFT AGE TO
FIFTY FWE
Washington, May 25.—Another
move towards the full utilization of \
the country's man power was made
tcday when Secretary of War Baker
sent a draft of a bill he ha^j dfrawn
up to Congress by which it is pro*
posed to raise the maximum age
limit for voluntary enlistment la
the army from forty years to fifty*
fSve years. The bill provides that
all enlistments of men over forty
years o£ age would be assigned to
non-combatant service.
J. 0. McKettrick and wife, who
have been at Kasaan for the past
few months, arrived in Skagway on
one of the last boats and are stop
ping with Mr. and Mrs, J. /. P.
Ward. <