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CENTRAL POWERS BREAK WITH THE UNITED STATES (Associated Press) LONDON. Apr. 6.—That Austria ha intention to break diplomatic relation- w 1 > n.i States as the result ot the action of the coi gn country in declaring war on Herman}, i- e 1 received here. It is likewise stated tii.it I . -('■ a garia, the allies of Austria and Hermany, i ive break with America. It is stated in the report here that passports have already been placed at t < of American Ambassador Penfield and his -u. e at \ The dispatch pertaining to the break ot dq lations with the United State- on the part of Au-t-i. . garia and 1 urkev was received here tonigot to Hague via the lines of the Kxchange PeL-graph It quotes telegrams received at I lie Hague r trian capital telling of the imminence of the d An It is believed here that the reported break i- nit it ■ to a declaration of war on the part ot the central against the l nited States. Holland, it is stated in the dispatch, ha- alread; requested to look after Austrian interests in the i States. She also expects to look after American i a: m Vienna. WASHINGTON KNOWS NOTHING. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Apr. 6.—Hey or 1 ha- me •: of the newspaper report telling of the break ng id iomatic relations with the l nited States b\ Au-ti - garia and Turkey, nothing is known regar ling tee a in official circles here. I he news, however, i- not i , with any great surprise. Tt was stated a1 the Ar-t legation at a late hour tonight that nothing is known i\ ing the reported break. WAGE SCALE TO BE INCREASED From the Nenana headquarters of the Alaskan Engineering commission comes information to the effect that the wage scale for laborers is to be raised. The Increase Is in accord ance with the increase announced last week on the coast end of the railroad, Commissioner Thomas Riggs having but recently received official notice of the raise. The reason for the increase throughout the system, as stated by Commissioner Riggs while in Fairbanks, is the cost of boarding the men at the commis sion's mess houses, the rate of board having been increased from £1 to tl.25 per day. A base rate of fifty-five cents per hour is to be paid to common la borers, where but fifty cents was paid before. Skilled mechanics will get eighty cents instead of seventy five as formerly. The new scale means a general increase of forty cents per day to ail men affected by the raise. Their net gain is there fore fifteen cents per day. NAVAL MILITIA IS MOBILIZED (Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 6 —The en tire naval militia have received or ders to mobilize within five hours at various stations. They will be held at their home stations for a few days' preparations, and at the end of ten days will be concentrated at some central point, which is not made public at present. The following states and territories have organizations: California, Con necticut, District of Columbia, Flori da. Hawaii. Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouria, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin and Washington. The total number of this organization on January 1, 1917, was 8,517. GERMAN SAILORS MAY NATURALIZE (Associated Press) WASHINGTON. D. C., Apr. 6 — The crews of the German steamships which were seized by the govern ment this morning in all ports of the United States will be treated as aliens who are admissible to the country. If they are capable of pass ing the immigration tests, the fact that they are German naval reserv ists will not be allowed to bar them from becoming naturalized citizens. The crews of the seized vessels were placed in immigration or de tention stations where no immigration station was available, and are not considered as prisoners of war, and will not be sent to concentration camps, for the present at least. HOUSE DEBATES PROPOSED TRAIL RELIEF CABINS (Special to The Citizen) JUNEAU, Apr. 6.—The house to day took up a good part of its time discussing the bill proposing the erec tion of relief cabins along Alaska roads and trails. Debate arose over the selection of sites for the cabins and whether to build them on regu larly used trails and roads or leave the matter to the road commission to erect them on unfrequented trails. The matter of appropriation of funds to carry out the provisions of this measure also took up an hour's time. No definite solut: 1. •; matter was arriv- d at it v ,!1 i taken tip at a 1 tture met t : final disposition. Burns, by reqm st. mtr< 1 . d ; bill amending U. law the method of licensing physe and surgeons. Coombs presented a mem or which he asks b* s. nt to < asking that the organic at : If ' ed so as to allot. local otic eaclt polling plat • to ( nv.-. ti returns for legislators, hut b : the delegate t !e< 'inn to th* torial canvassing board. SENATE DOINGS. The senate discussed the pon amendment to tl. ' f‘i■ • ; bill whereby twenty dollar' . has been recomim nded for p>-n ers. Heckman ■ d the tion for establishing an i 1 1 ■■ home, saying that he tavor< ■ 1 a pension of twenty doll; to those who would bi cut 1 admission to such an instic.t m let them live amt ng frit ml of going to a home which is p. tically a hospital. Honan t. . pensioning men twenty-five tin instead of the proposed iv.riiiy. ■ !. whole bill finally went back to ; judiciary committee. Tie al bill was carried ov r wh cattle up at 2 o’clock this afton Senator Gaustad hail the . iglu to bill recommitteed for the pitrpo making some amendments The wolf bounty measure was tod; placed on the daily file, whi will be kept until it is finally di posed of. BRITISH DRIVE GERMAN BORGES FROM VILLAGES (Associalod Dress) LONDON, Apr. (i.- According t" e. flcial reports received ton: •-•hi a i ': war office from the we.--, :n success continues to attend th-• o; rations of the Britisli forces f. Ltd there. The chief drive, toward Ca brai, on the St. Quentin road, v tinues successful, the British havit today captured the fortiTied v. 1' of Lempire, driving the Gormans < •: at the point of the bayone t. It is stated at the war office th t the Germans have lost very he: •. i!.. i during the past week's operations !,-• j tween St. Quentin and Arras. It I is also stated that the French force, continue to recover ground to th northwest of Rhtinis. RUSSIANS DEFEATED. BERLIN, Apr. 6.—At the war of fice tonight it is stated that the E.: sians have suffered a seriou. d-f* at the hands of the Austro-ie-rm forces along the Stokhod river. On hundred and thirty Russian officer, and 9.500 men are reported to hav. been captured. In addition to the. captured, the Russian losses are stal ed to have been very heavy. LONDON, Apr. 0.—The Turks are continuing their retreat in Mesopo tamia, according to reports received from that district and made pubii by the British war office. On boll; the British and Russian fronts the; are being defeated every time the.\ attempt to make a stand. Their re treat is attended by great losses. M. E. Bondixen was one of the ar rivals in Fairbanks yesterday from the Outside with the Wise Mike out fit. He was sent to the penitentiary from Fairbanks several years ago, after having been convicted of po lygamy. Word of his release from the institution was received in Fair bank# aome time ago. P % ^ ft i UW f\ t : l nJ «4. c. u • |4 « l- I * * o * 3 =3 OI ^ & ft e, 4sN ill __i I\1 i g fM| feUfi. »i ■" si y v * 0Li I ill ( Associated Press) are tonight that the plans ol h irt\ two infantry and four ■ : tiie .service These thirty-six :.tii tde of choice in selecting the urge of the proposed army. It drawn from the ranks of the il v ofheers’ reserve corps. M'l agth i> being actively pushed, ihat the national guard organiza • iii-l In ■come an integral part of the looked lor earh next week. Hi d X PANS RESOLUTION. .• •ruing President W ilson signed the • i a he existence of a state of war \. * : ,e lime orders were issued by the .d’ e- - i naval militia to the colors. Ad'HlTN d i .-I 'd- ! ROCl.AMATION. d d • . to signing the resolution which con ic led a formal proclamation declaring ; ! e f -1 St-ites and Germany. This document, • i them to give their hearty support the lie pr<>]lerly carried on. in the country. Wdiile not attempt . . I .’owing them to continue in their them against any attempt to create d- !••» : d t the course of the government, v.hh adequate punishment. RUSHING PREPARATIONS. WA H i i X< f i’( )X. If ( . A r. '■ ' in preparation for actual hostilities m 1 navi departments today, and to P 1 i f id e•' . Idiere is, however, none of the con 1 -ei ’ (•' :■ i■ d i' e work of these departments under widi the precision of a well-oiled piece rv -tep ! .. ' ! led he f irehand, and each department ■ : 1 hi i< *]> alreudv outli i< d for l it There is no wasted effort. ■ d nav. o: ganization hoards, who have ■ a -tern that docs away with purpose ici'i been sttcli a crious handicap. It ■ in' the notorious inefficiency and inade ' m >• ; exhil.'- d at r a ! if Spam h American war. pId! H DP.XT E-SUES STATP.MP.XT. IP'd'f'OX, I). < . \ :-. d). id. i Wilson tonight issued a public state p!ru ral -ia f f of the United States army for •v 72<' -i P • of selective conscription on a basis of tpt alive enactment of this plan into . t, i' e President considers this the only - will he necessary for the prosecution l i,-i c rv ’ .n citizen, both rich and poor. id ’ECT OPP< ON T< I PL\N. sources it is stated that there is ' 1 ■ * • iiim d st: fd- piatt for drafting a large army. , d v avar tiie volunteer system. It is dv : : go d im -gh both houses without much de -id ,■! w i" probable 1 : . e t - ef d cl of placing a time limit on debate. ! , >. ,f, ... ,.tee. who ha always been opposed to Rv. d .o'. 1 I,.- ' : d he wa prepared to carry out the wishes of the administration and surrender Ids own objections. A1-' AY WAITS OX CONGRESS. SII1NGT0N, if C. parlment announced tonight that the 111 a\ e to he i 1 i r. . j 1 ■■ - i - i * mal action. 1-, very thing that can he been attended : rtm< t’s hands are tied now until congress r: - it . , ritv to go ahead along the lines already planned. , , :d iaff is present in the city at this time, dhf- a call for the full strength to he or ' i i is a : i Wa ‘ im i m .. v. TU- prc.cm.-e of this body here is necessary to ('niHini! latiou o! tU- ru. ■ 1e ia Mil ITARY PLAN ON VAST scopl: (A n,sated Press) WASH IN' ;TO_\T, !). c., Apr. C. - Che ■■ to n trat on’s r< qu st for ap : t ns , hailing approximately 1 ii.r,a",' ■ p.o 0 tomorrow reveals the vast scope of the administration's mil.t.try plan for tarrying on lit • war. While all tie plan is not made public, portion ef it are given out, o that the public may aid as far as is possible in furthering it. The navy will be greatly enlarged. The full enlisfrd stlength at present is about S7.000 men. According to tiie le w plan, this number will be to 1 )• men. T1 ■■ in r< in tl ■ my is, h< a ev r, mor< s artling. From the present small authorized force of approximately! 150,000 men it will be raised to at least 1,000,000 at the end of two years. CR 1 il . After a mnt ng of the women of Fairbanks, to be held tomorrow af ternoon at 3 o’clock at the George C. Thomas Memorial library, it is probable that Fairbanks will have a Red Cross unit. The formation of such, at least, is the purpose of the meeting. It is understood that a number of women familiar with Red Cross work v. ill address the meeting. All women of Fairbanks and vicinity are urged to be present. Mrs. Charles E. Bunnell will act as chairman of the meeting tomorrow. Look the world over with the help of an Atlas. Inquire Citizen. N< :t Friday ning is the regular msnihly nn m :::■ night of Midnight 'im Chapter No. G, Order of the • S r. 1; will bo hi Id at the Masonic Temple os usual, the hour of meeting to be S:30 o’clock. Cut . it!--r: ! le bus Inc. i of import ,■■■ to the nicmle-rs of the chapter ■ ill be discussed and dispatched at .lie met ling. Several candidates for uiembe. ship are to be balloted on, while others will be initiated. A surprise program is now being prepared by the members of the entertainment committee fur the so cial session which will follow the business meeting. 01.NILS HAS A LIVELY TIME Last night v:is a ''live" night at Olnt s. That is everybody had a good time a! tie dance winch was held in the social hall at the creek town. In fact, it is stated that it has been several years since the people of the creek town enjoyed an occasion equal to the one of last evening. There was no particular celebra iion, ihe occasion being merely a general jollification given by the hoys ot Qlnes. The people of Olnes, however, were not the only ones in attendance at the dance, as the dance lovers of Chatanika, Cleary and Little Lldorado turned out en masse. A woman can well deceive a man by telling him the truth. MALI, IS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF ASSAULT CHARGE 'Not guilty” was the verdict re turned into court at 12:45 o’clock this morning by the jury which sat on i i ha trial of the case of the United ! States vs. Dr. M. F. Hall. The jury I had bi ( n out three hours when It came into court and announced that a verdict had been reached, Judge Bunnell having read his instructions at 9:45 o’clock last night. The ver j diet of the jury was found to be j misdated when it was returned, the date on it being April 7, for the reason that it was after midnight when it was brought in. The judge accordingly ordered that the date be changed. Dr. Hall, the defendant, was not in court when the verdict was re turned. His attorney, Leroy Tozier, was present, however, when the ver dict was read. Immediately there after he went to the physician’s home and apprised him of the hap j penings. The examination of the last ol ;he government’s witnesses in re buttal was made at a late hour yes terday afternoon. Then came the arguments of the attorneys, which lasted until the jury retired last night. The Hall case has been In the local courts for over two years. Dr. Hall was first indicted by the grand jury in 1913, the crime having been : lleged to have been committed on September 24, 1914. His trial at that time resulted in a conviction, but an appeal was taken, with the result that the case was remanded hero for another trial on the ground that inadmissible testimony had been I given at the first trial of the ac cused, The crime was alleged to have been committed on the person NAVY IS MOBILIZED; (RESERVES CALLED (Associated Press) W ASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. (■>.—I.very re erv< cer of the United States navy is tonight hurry i: a to i to which they have been heretofore assigned by department. They will relieve officers on the , i e these stations, who will immediately report for duty at t v proper stations. With the call for naval re.-erw retired naval officers reported lor duty to stations pre\> assigned to them. Following the cabinet meeting this afternoon. Secret: Daniels issued orders for the complete mobilization >>t t navy. The movements of the squadrons and \ n ■ tleships are being kept secret, and none ot the c : garding their movements will be made public. Orders were issued today calling out the entire i reserve and the naval militia of the different stale territories. This will add a force ot la,030 men to i navy, who will be available for active duty immedi. Various vessels in the American merchant lice' long since been listed for use as auxiliary era It n r n.r purposes. These vessels will be taken over by ment at once, and will be manned by a portion ot the tv serves and naval militia, while the remainder of tin e two organizations will be used by the lleet. The chaser fleet will be organized separately and will be manned by men taken from civil life. It will, however, be an adjunct of the navy and under the command ot < ip tain H. B. Wilson, of the navy. Numerous craft ! eve ;d teady been commissioned for the chaser fleet, and rev boats are being completed dailv and added to the orrani/nt an FAIRBANKS CAN CG NOTHING BUT DRILL “Juneau, Ala., April 7, 1917 “Henry T. Ray, Fairbanks, Alaska. “Further reference your telegram April 5, 1 am in re ceipt of following from secretary of interior, which cnvei queries in your favor: “ 'No military organization can be recognized under the present status except the army and nary marries national guard. The President and congress have v.«! \e‘ announced their policies with regard to volunteers. !y advice would be that you gather and train men as you can now, and before they are far advanced I Imre dan's less will be machinery created by which they can be t<ra.igh' into formal service.’ “STRONG, Governor." The foregoing wire was received last night by ik-nr; T. Ray, secretary of the Alaska Loyal League. It : that for the present at least Fairbanksans and Ain-, can do nothing but drill and get ready for whatever come to them in the way of a call. No less personage Alaska’s friend, Secretary of the Interior Franklin k. La is quoted by Governor Strong in his wire to Secretary Kay to that effect. The only hope at present for a Fairbanks com) an; go to war lies in the Alaska legislature. That ho k and perhaps will, pass legislation providing for the c lishment of a national guard in Alaska, in which < . Fairbanks could organize a company and be ready tor t c call, in case that it comes. It was stated last night, however, that the orga tion of the Alaska Loyal League will be completed, date for another general meeting has yet been animr.i but it will probably be decided upon at a meeting of i executive board of the league, to be held either this alter noon or tomorrow. _ of Selma Lappi, who was nine years old at the time. It is understood that the Jury stood eight for acquittal to four for con viction on tho firat ballot. The names of the Jurymen who sat on the case are the following: J. P. Schoeser, A. G. Hill, J. F. Lytle, A. Bostrom, D. J. Fairburn, Jud Willi amson, W. H. Joslin, J. H. Bender, Dave Levake, C. A. Darr, P. G. Hof stad, F. W. Elliott. TUNGSTEN MILL IS BROUGHT IN BY STEPOVICH Arriving in Fairbanks yesterday afternoon from the Outside, Mike Stepovich, tho well known local min ing man, brought in a tungsten mill for installation on mining property in which he is interested at the head of Gilmore creek. He also brought in a sawmill, which he will install on Gilmore, with the idea of sawing all of his own lumber and timbers necessary for the construction of the mill and for mining purposes. The mill will be installed immedi ately, according to Mr. Stepovich. He also Intends to star mining ope rations as soon as possible, and ex pects to have both mine and mill running in a few weeks’ time. About 200 tons of tungsten ore are now on the dump at the mine ready to be milled, and It is fully expected that much more will have been mined by the time that the mill is through with the first bunch. The mill brought In by Mr. Stepo vich has a capacity of about seventy five tons for twenty-four hours’ work. It is a roller mill, containing three sets of graduated rollers and a con centrator. Its mechanism is con structed particularly with the idea that It will have to crush nothing but tungsten ore. The lumber mill brought In by Mr. Stepovich has a capacity of ' feet per day. Ten head of fire stock were used in bringing th“ r> < bin- ry in over the trail, and it i tic iM'-n tion of Mr, Stepovich to d. ; them immediately. S. W. Tagged came in i: : i tie Outside with Mr. Stepov.cli. ing him in bringing in tie' iiuii They were a little more than a month on the trail, having encoun tered bad weather. A committee of the Storthing has requested the Norwegian g-c. n.i.o . t not to allow in future foieign- : foreign companies to acquire Norwe gian water falls or water power. NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. To O. C. Williams and Au Me Dougal, their heirs, < \- i - ministrators and assigns: You are hereby notified ing the years 1911, 1913, 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916 I expended th< m of $100 in labor and improve cent upon the Molly Sweem-. the head of Chatham, I!- ar. V' i and Fairbanks creeks: Northeastern Extension. Froga'ii-ila, Comet, Long Eiz Fraction. 7’ Sweeney, Western Extension - ly Sweeney, Buffalo and Bode gether with the War Eagle neer Fractions, on the Woii slope, all in the Fairbanks Mir. and Recording District, Ten- t ry Alaska, said labor and improve i - nt - constituting the annual a work for the years mentioned. In order to hold your inter- ts said claims under the provisions Section 2324 of the Revised Statut- s of the United States, said cxi-udi ture being for your share of the an nual assessment work for said years, and if within ninety days after the last publication of this notice you fail or refuse to pay to the under signed as co-owner your said propor tion of the expenditures afor< said, your interests in said claim will be come the property of the undersigned as co-owner under Section 2321. Re vised Statutes of the United Slate-. A. J. SMYTH. Date first publication April 9, 1917 Date last publication July 9, 1917 SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN