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The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21
Order Numbers Will Be Taken from Master List and Called According
 to Classifications
HUNTS STATEMENT
Draft Men from Alaska May Start Moving to Training Camps With
 in Next 60 Days

Considerable speculation has been occasioned over the fact that registration boards in Alas ka were assigned order numbers for draft from the master list prepared at Washington, before [ the questionaries have been sent out and the men registered given their proper classiications ac- cording to their returns. says the Empire. The question Was referred to Capt. J. T. Hunt and he answered to the effect that although the order number was assigned, the men would still be called according to classifications.
 Should a mans order number be among the ones to be called first, and should he come under one of the deferred classifcations, when issuing their call the local boards would skip his number until all numbers of proceeding classifcations had been exhaust ed.
 Captain Hunt said that in his opinion tn draft men from Alas ka would start moving south within the next sixty days, al though there was nothing au- thentic about that. The draft quota from Alaska will amount to about $50. The original quota was over seven hundred, but credit has been given for practi- cally 150 who have enlisted from Alaska, and whose cards are in the possession of the local boards. Men from the Interior and Nome sections, who may be certified for service will not be required to report for training until after the opt ming of navigation.
 The statement of Captain Hunt follows:
 'The Master List consists of a drawing of numbers from l to 1O.5OO inclusive, which was made in Washington under the direc- tion of the Secretary of War, and in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the President. A schedule of this list, containing all of such num- bers. arranged in the exact or der in which they were drawn, was prepared by the Provost Marshal General. The first num- Der drawn was placed at the top of column one of the Master List, and this order was followed until all of the numbers drawn were compiled in the exact order in which they were drawn. Part II, page 199, Selective Service Regulations, provides as follows:
 !" The Master List con-
 troIs and determines the ex.
 act order in which the per
 sons whose registration
 cards are in the possession
 of the respective local boards or may hel ca ter he received
 by said l cal board are liable
 to be called by the local
 board for military service.
 Immediately upon re-
 ceipt of these regulations
 place check mark after
 every number in the Master List which at the present } time appears in the Serial
 Number column on Form 1O2.'
 'Thus, it is. seen the new Sel
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

Andrew Hansen has been on duty the past few nights as a special night watchman as a pre- caution against fire.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21
company

All Moose are requested to meet at the hall promptly at 7 o'clock Friday evening in order that the meeting may be hurried through 80 that all may attend the Firemen's ball.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21
Presbyterian Church.
February "A, 7:30 pm.

February "A, 1:3U pm.
 Curiosity or service which? Text: Matt. II: 1-19. Our esti- mate of things here and the esti- mate placed thereon by the Lord. There is some difference in the estimates. May we not be able to correct ours?
 Come and let us have some good music and worship together.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21


 Hon John Rustgard, vice chair man of the Territorial Council of National Defense, spoke at the Rink Friday evening on 'The Causes of the War and It's Ob- ject." The address was one of the most forceful ever delivered in Wrangell and made a deep i'm. pression on the audience. Were the Sentinel's facilities not sc limited we should publish the address in full. It could be read and reread with profit.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21
Leaves Boundary for Wrangell in RoWboat in November--IS Last Heard of Him.

Louis Dixon, deputy collector of customs for the Canadian gov ernment at the port known as Boundary, has been dead more than two months.
 Last week the Sentinel stated that officials of the Canadian government had become appre- hensive as to the safety of MT. Dixon. This apprehension was occasioned by Mir. Dixon's non arrival in Prince Rupert where he was to have spent the winter in the office of the Collector of Customs at that port, returning to Boundary at the opening of navigation in the spring.
 At the suggestion of the Cana dian officials MT. Bronson, the American deputy collector of customs at Wrangell, last week sent party to Boundary to learn whether MT. Dixon was safe. Charles Roos and J. Mccullough who made the trip returned yes terdav bringing the sad news that Mir. Dixon had undoubtedly perished. The following letter from Wm. Strong who is trap ping in the vicinity of Boundary tells the story:
 Boundary,
 February 19, 1918. F. E. Bronson, Esq.
 Dear MT. Bronson:
 Your party, c. o. Roos and J. Mccullough, arrived yester- day. 1 was very much surprised on learning their errand.
 Last November I was at Boun dary, November g, and saw Dixon. He then had packed up to go to Wrangell. He had about two days food, coal oil, bedding, etc., and was going down in the Hazel B IFS row boat. 1 then went out to Cassiar (mouth of Iskoot) and returned to Boundary in December. Dixon had left, and apparently on November 28, as he had written up his diary to that day. His last entry reads:
 At last, three inches of
 snow during last night, the
 kind that stays. Overcast
 this morning, but think will
 start for Wrangell. Off at l 9:30.'
 Evidently he left as intended. He informed me previously that he would camp at Shakes cabin first night.
 There is evidently no doubt that he has been wrecked in a snag pile or carried away by a wind. Nothing can be done very well toward finding him un- ] til the very early part of the river opening. The river is then low and the boat may show up. At present the snow covers everything up. at least eight feet of snow being over everything.
 am much distressed at hear. ing of his non arrival at Wran. gelI. l hope to be down in about 1 four weeks.
 With best regards,
 Yours sincerely, 1 w. STRONG. Ip oI1it;op to fho pn,uc oop
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

Fred Matson this week deliv- cred 200 piles to Ole Ottesen for the Alaska Packers Association.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

Postmaster Stedman reports that the sales of Thrift Stamps are. increasing. Last months sales amounted to $133.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

PARIS Hundred and ten periShed when the steamer Ladiyes torpedoed in Mediterranean Feb. l.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

WINNIPEG. CAN.-Ten pairs sil. yer black fox puppies sold for fifteen thous dollars.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

Dr. w. J. Pigg was aboard the City of Seattle Monday night en route to Washington, D. C.. where he has been ordered to re- port Since disposing of his hos pital at Wrangell Dr. Iigg has been at Petersburg and made many friends there. When 1t was learned in Petersburg that pr. Pigg had been ordered to Washington his friends planned a surprise banquet for him at which he was presented with a beautiful scarf pin and a pair cuff buttons, the three pieces of jewelry being of the same set. |,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

II am saving for America is the headline of an ad on the last page of this issue. A country that is worth fighting for is worth saving for. No amount is tcO small to lend to your country. Read the ad /; then buy War Sa- wings Stamps.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

PETROGRAD- American ambas, sador Francis and other envoys preparing to depart from Russia.
 NEW YORK Hilquist, Socialist candidate for mayor, has offered his services to the Government. He says 1t is now clear to him that Ger man militarism must be put down.
 LONDON-G German troops are ad- vancing toward Bykoff and Pskoff 18O miles southwest of Petrograd. Cavalry is pushing toward Mohilev, former Russian General headquar- ters.
 AMSTERDAI-The Austrian So- cialist party has submitted an in terpellation to Premier urging him to accept President Wilson's state ment regarding the principles upon which general peace can be desired.
 AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE An average of eight hundred shells are thrown daily against American positions.
 SEATTLE. - The addresses of five hundred enemy aliens were found in the effects of John Martin Baursweig, German arrested by Federal agents. Baurnsweig claims to be a minis ter.
 NEW YORK; hundred and fifty persons employed in the loft of a building where army uniforms are made were over- come by the fumes of some mys- terious gas.
 PARIS. - Close relations be- tween the German embassy at Madrid and the most notorious anarchists in Spain has been brought to light according to Matin.
 LONDON. - Sixteen vessels sunk during the week ending Wednesday.
 ALBANY State wide prohib- ition measures were introduced into the New York legislature.
 GRAD-Dislmtches received here indicate continued German lnove- ments all along the front toward Wit ebsk.
 LONDON-Allenby has advanced to within four miles of Jerico.
 CAMP LEWlSIRitter has been ordered interned at the end of the war at Fort Douglas.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

Mrs. Henry Hull and chi( ren arrived on the City of Seattle Friday from Beilingham.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

CAMP LEWISLRitter has been ordered interned at the end of the war at Fort Douglas.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

In addition to the news con- tained in the above letter MT. Roos reports that it is practically certain that Mr. Dixon camped the first night at Shakes cabin. There is evidence of a meal hav- ing been eaten. An empty toma- to can was on the table where the meal was eaten.
 The death of Louis Dixon ends the career of a man whose loss
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

LONDON-Allenby tas advanced to within four miles of JericO.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21

PETROGRAD-Dislmtches received here indicate continued German lnove- ments all along the front toward Wit ebsk.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-02-21
CABLE NEWS LOUIS DIXON
 ,.s.....o-..::.... :...: LOSES LIFE sador ~ ~~~" ~~

NEW YORK Hilquist, Socialist candidate for mayor, has offered his services to the Government. He says 1t is now clear to him that Ger man militarism must be put down.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11

German submarine operations from the harbor of Ostend. Belgium, have been seriously hampered for q time i. not rendered impossible, by a dar- ing raid made on tine harbor by the British Friday morning. An official statement issued by the British ad7 miralty says the channel leading out of the inner harbor has been com pletely blocked by the hulk of the old cruiser Vindictive. which was ma recovered into position under heavy tre and then sunk by bombs. 1t ap- pears. however, that there is some doubt that the entire channel is block ed. one report saving the vessel lies at an angle and does not absolutely interrupt the use of the fairway.
 The German official statement con corning the raid says the attempt was a failure and that the hulk of the old cruiser lies outside of the navigation channel. This report may be com iarcd to the one issued on April "A the day following the raid on Zee brugse which claimed no damage was d.ne to the mole On hal Dor there.
 Subsequent events have proved the damage was uf a serious nature. Ii Is noiuted out -hat the obstruction in tee channel at Osten1 will tend to eventually ciCse the harbor through the action of the tides and the rapid sllt!ng un os the harbor.
 II Osiend and Zeebrugge are re- moved as norts from which the Ger non T--buats may be operated. the icrmans apparently will be compelled lo withdraw their snbmersibles to thrir home ports In this connection it Is interesting to note that week
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11
L. S. BEDFORD COMMITTED
 TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
To Determine His Mental Condition
 Formerly Editor of "BulI."

New York, May 10.-Luther S. Bed ford, formerly editor of the magazine Bull, who with Jeremiah OLeary and Adolph Stern are under indictment for espionage law violation for publishing alleged seditious anti -conscription matter, was today committed to Belle vue Hospital for ten days observa- tion' in order that his mental condi- tion might be determined.
 The commitment was requested bv Assistant County and Federal District attorneys who have charge of the prosecution of the three men and of the Bull Publishing Company and the American Truth Society, which were jointly indicted.
 Bedford created a scene in the fed eral court when he was arraigned on Wednesday, declaring Assistant Unit ed States District Attorney Barnes was "crucifying' him because he ad- vocated free speech. At the close of a harangue he wildly threw up his arms. shouting that he was the vic tim of governmental conspiracy.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11
"A scuRRILoUs FRAMEUP."
 GUTZoN BoRGLUM SAYS.
Declares Charges Are Lies, Both in
 Inference and Statement.

New York, May 1O-In a statement issued here late tonight Gutzon Borg lum characterized as "a scurriIo11s frameup" the charges made against him in Washington today in relation with his connection with the investi- gation of airplane production in the United States.
 This scurrilous frameup. which charge it to be, has been in the hands or the government for months" he sad, and now is sprung when it has finally become inevitable that I shah persist until the airplane failure is honestly and thoroughly investigated The charges of Mix, a conferred fool or Deeds. and Mix's engineer are lies unreservedly, both in inference and statement, as applied to me in any thing l ever did directly or indirectly that was improper in my capacity as a representative of the president. On the contrary. Mix sought my assistance to help him find men of aeronautic ability and other aid thai would enable him to produce. or re- produce, small plane he had in mind | and my efforts were to assist him to stimulate interest in production he had in mind. There is absolutely nothing else in the story"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11
MAY ABANDON
 PLAN TO ADJOURN IN JULY
In Order to Undertake New War Lea,
 isIation.

Washington. May 1O.-Congress is not taking kindly to the idea of aban- doning its plans for adjournment revenut legislation. decision on Sec retary McAdoo'sf recommendation that immediate legislation to provide more money to meet increasing war expen- ditures was postponed by capitol lead CTS today until next week, pending conferences with the secretary and President. Wilson
 MT. McAdoo's suggestion was sub mitted formally today and it met with instant opposition from leaders and rank and file of both senate and house
 President Wilson was given a pre- liIninary treasury survey of the h- nancial situation today and will con- fer next week with Secretary McAdoo and the congressional leaders. The de- cision whether congress shall go ahead or wait until the December session. or possibly for a special session after the November elections, as was sug- gested at the capitol today-will fol- low. A report on estimated receipts from incomes and excess profits taxes in June virtually was completed tonight and this probably will be submittef | to the senate tomorrow in compliance with the senate's request for inform ation. This report estimates o1 1 about s3,000 100000 or about half a bill | lion more than had been anticipated some months ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11

ago it was announced that the great est mine field known to naval opera tions had been planted in the North Sea to combat the submarines. It was officially stated that the area of this mine fleld Wolld be 121, TSP square miles and that i: would be completed by May 15. Some months ago, Ad- miral Jellicoe of the British navy an nounced that the submarine menace would be met by August 1, and it is possible that he had the blocking of the harbors of Zeebrugge and Ostend and the laying of an immense mine field in mind.
 While the naval arm of the entente nations was busy on the Belgian coast the military forces were engaged in local fighting in the Ypres and Somme sectors. The French made nota- bIe advance at Grivesnes, where they took the parl. of the town, which had been in German hands for three weeks Along the front to the north, there were scattering engagements. notably at Aveluy Wood, north of Albert where the contending armies are striving for strategic ground. There also were small operations in the Kemmel Hill front, southwest o1 Hpres.
 There have been the usual local en- agreements between patrols on the Italian and Macedonian fronts, but nothing approaching a general en- gageInent has been fought.
 Pope Benedict has set aside June @ as a day to be observed in the Catholic churches of the world as a day for prayers that peace may be restored to the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11
BRITISH BUYER DEFENDS HIMSELF AND BoRGLUM.
Gibson's Statement in Connection With Aircraft Disclosures Made in Wash inqton.

New York, May 10.-Huso c. Gibson, who is an assistant here in the muni- tions purchasing department of the British military mission issued a statement late today defending himself and GutZon Borglum in connection with the disclosures made in Washing ton of Borglums alleged activities in aircraft schemes.
 MT. Borglum washed his hands of all connection with negotiations look ing to our organization of an airplane manufacturing enterprise as soon as President Wilson granted him author ity to investigate the handling of air craft production" said Gibson
 Gibson added that had the corpora ton that was discussed ever reached the point of actual organization he in tended to be a stockholder and de- clared that fin the end l think a good financial reason will be found for these charges being made. I believe there may be ample reason for certain pert sons to consider it desirable to head off or choke the inquiry which Mir Borgium started.''
 Gibson explained further that in 1911 and 1912 he was engaged in the manu- facture of airplane propellers in this city and that a mutual friend intro- duced him to Borglum who was in- terested in airplanes and propeller de- signing.
 ''Borglum was actuated wholly by patriotic motives in the investigation he undertook because he was one of those who were crazed by the rotten manner in which the aircraft program was being handled :" he asserted Gibson denied he had told H. H. Suplee that he had authority of op- portunity to influence orders for air plans and disclaimed any knowledge of Borglum's confidential connec-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11
EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY IN <
 l. w. w. TRIAL AT CHICAGO
To Defeat the Aircraft Programme and
 the SeIective Draft Act.

Chlcago, May 10-By defeat bv the aircraft programme and the seIecfive service act together with the practice or Sabotage in the trenches in France and the factories at home. if was noped by the Industrial Workers of the World to crumble Americas war plans. according to evidence presented hN the government today in the sedi- tlous conspiracy trial of I. w W. leaders.
 Why not ask the lumberjack ?" was the headlng Of an article in an official organ Of August 1917 in which au thorities were quoted as saving the nations aircraft programme would be delayed year unless a strike in the northwest lumber districts were set tied in two weeks.
 This is an open admission that we nave tied up the programme" said the article
 And to miners, Woodrow Wilson says, if you slacKen or fail armies and statesmen are helpless read a preyi- ous notice to members presented by the government. Right you are Woody. When the act (sabotage) sits on the pick handle, brass buttons must go" '''''
 q belong to the I. w w because I 1 ant1-war documents. Patriotism does not mean murder. but war does. I 1 am too patriodc to enlist
 Only few days before the time set for registration under the selective service act. the publication Solidarity. later suppressed. declared: AS long as the kaiser can be made the scapegoat for the hideous realities or today capitalism can pose as a white angel of purity
 Various means nf Lreak;ng down the military machine by campaign of destruction and the teaching of dis content were referred to in some of the matter placed on record. l Evidence was introduced to show authorized articles published April :. 1917, described Americans who were taken prisoner when tho commerce raider sunk the Es.neralda as Bow l cry cowpunchers recruited from Black | wells Island workhouse"
 President Wilson has proclaimed a state of war an announcement three
 weeks later stated. "Conscription may
 be passed by congress. E . Don't fight the bosses battles: join the L ] w. W. and fight your own" i This reference vas made to the case l of Thomas Mooney sentenced to death
 in connection with the San Francisco |, preparedness parade in an official or
 gan under date of April 21. 1917: There is in this development of the 1 Mooney trial lesson for the workers
 of America that they must organize
 their economy power for the destrrc- tion of capitalism, of which perjury ! and legal nurde: gre bat one of the ma anifestaticrS
 ! "Mooney shall not hang." recently ! has heconle the s'ocan of tho organ ] ized labor of America. This now should be charged to the war periur- ] CTS who swore away the life of Tom i Mooney shall. hangi'"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-11
COL. ROOSEVELT NAMES
 PUBLICATIONS FOR BURLEeoN Claims Anirositv Was Shown New Yerk T.i5une. Golfers Weekly and Mst-opoIitan Magazine.

New York. May 10. - Theodore Roosevelt made public tonight what hc termed "a brief preliminary state ment" in reply to the request of Post master General Burleson that he prove statements he had made in an edito- rial to the effect that favoritism had hccn shown in the treatment of publi- cations under the espionage act.
 He mentioned specifically the New York Tribune, Golfers Weekly and the Metropolitan Margarine as publications which have been assailed by George 'roel of the committee on public in- 'orma-icn while others which direct or 'rdirectly aided Germany" have not been subjected 10 government ,riticism. In tho latter category he included the publications owned hy William R. Hearst.
 The prime failure of the adminis- tration 70 proceed against papers which onosed the war or attacked our allies directly or indirectly aided Germdlty is afforded by the failure of the adm int-ation to deal with MT. Hearst's papers as it dealt with certain other napers." said the statement.
 Colonel Roosevelt termed Mir Hearst "a very wealthy man, reputed as 10 be much more than q millionaire nNUlTE df 0RIEt AiEMSpdlftiS Oi less and a half dozen magazines 1T different parts of the country"
 "At the very beginning or the war" ht said, the government proceeded sue cessfuliy against Tom W2tson's pub licatioa in Georgia. Yet Tom Watson had done nothing that was anything like as dangerous to this country ant our allies and as helpful to German! as NIT. Hearst has done To supper his contention he quoted from cdi toriafs in the Hearst newspapers Tht colonel declared it is impossible tt reconcile the governments action il proceeding against Tom Watson's pa ner with its failure 70 proceed agains Mfr Hearst's papers on any theory tfa justice was to he done alike to th' strong and the weak"