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LEGISLATUBE FINISHES THREE DAYS
CONTINUOUS SESSION FRIDAY MORNING
JL'NEAl’, April 30.- -Delayed in
Transit. After three days of continu
ous session during which interval a
hitter right was waged by the repre
sentatives of tlie Second Division
against the property tax provisions of
the Revenue bill, the Seward Peninsula1
delegation won every point killing tin
property tax clause and suhstituting i
a license tax provision in lieu thereof
The fight of the Second Division i<
piesentativos was ably directed 1»\ 1
Representative D;i 1 v «•(„, lined nu lii- J
forces in the most unrelenting oppo- ,
sit ion to Hie objectionable provisions.
and by strenuous labor at length won j
out.
The tight was concluded this morn-'
ing. Ii is estimated that the mining
industry will yield sixty per ti nt under
the terms of the measure as linallt
ailupted. of the total revenues of tie
IVrrltory on a taxation basis of oil'
I" r cent ont he net value of production
over and above the thousand dollars I
'The Seward Peninsula delegation are!
jubiliant at their final success in win- I
nlng the tight against the proper!) tax!
provision and particularly llepresen
tative Getchell, wiio as ehairman of
the I iotise tmmiiot t*. a.- —■ ,
hill under tile revenue measure adopt
ed. Throughout the continuous ses
sion which extended from Tuesday
until Friday morning the Nome re
presentatives were a unit in demanding
the substitution of the license lax, the
Second division Senators lining up
with the members of the luwei house
in lhe tight against the license tax
'"her measures passing on final vote
no the hills providing for the ■•!••• lion
"f a Territorial Attorney-General uni
also the Workmen's fompensalien aw
amendment which extends the pi..
visions of the law to include all forms
of mining.
A lcstdution authorizing tie Gov d
leeds pending the election of an At
ornev-General at I lie regular ejection
wo years lienee was also passed to
other with the Mining Inspector bill
,vliiili enlarges the authority of the
--
Territorial Inspector and grants an in
crease in salary and also (he hill pro.
t iding for the election of . jt\ otlh-ials
including the mayor. The (Inal busi
ness of the session will l*e concluded
today.
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GOV. GOETHALS ILL
WITH MALARIA FEVER
slightly ill with ilia Id! lo altil 'iha V* Or j
compelled lo <111it III. .an il zone got
ernorship on account "f threatened ill
health. Ilis physicians say that he has
been too long in the tropics.
PARLIAMENT DOUBLES DUTY ON
SPIRIT EXPORTS TO FRANCE
LONDON, May I. The Mouse of
Commons passed a resolution at yes
terday’s sitting whereby the export
duties on all spirits shipped to France
was doubled. WRile no definite action
has been consumated it is believed
that Parliament will ultimately adopt
severe restrictive measures in an ef
fort to suppress the unrestrained liquor
traflh in Uritain. The advovue* of tho
taxation system of regulation by Lloyd
George has had the effect of winning
over man* who were openly in arms
against the government on the i|ii' s
tion of absolute suppression. Ii is
expected that the influence of tho
powerful brewing and distiller* intoi -
esis will be exerted to the utmost in,
an endeavor to defeat tile proposed
restrictions. Military necessity is the
reason ppven by the jfoverninent for
the increased duty on spirits exported
to France The enactment takes place
immediately.
Good music and dancing, O. E. S.
Bazaar, May, 8th Admission 50 cents.
FACIN6 STARVATION IN
POLAND WAR DISTRICT
BERLIN, May 1,—Fully twenty
thousand people are facing starvation
in the war district in Poland accord
ing to advices received from the Ger
man military' headquarters from
whenco it is reported that thousands
of Poles aro applying to the officials
for food. Throughout tho entire west
ern district the people have been un
able to obtain food for some time and
•mm
in many of the larger towns the avail
able supplies are hardly sufficient to
last two weeks. As it is impossible
for the Germans to supply the needs
of the famine-stricken people it is pro
bable that intense suffering and a
large mortality will follow.
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COAST GUARDS HEAR
HEAVY FIRING THURSDAY
ROTTERDAM, May I. Memlnis "f
»ho Dutch Coast Guards report Raving
hoard heavy firing off the Frisian Is
lands Thursday night. The firing was
apparently many miles out to sea and
extended over a period of nearly two
hours and gradually growing indis
linct. «»\viiiK o\ 11 > t«» iiu*r»*asUiK
distance, from the volume it is be
lieved that it involved many large war
vessels.
Don’t miss it. Sunday night. ‘’Old
Maniselles Secret.” Eagle Hall.
EARTHQUAKE
KILLS HUNDRED
BOMBAY, May I Reports from the
11imitaya districts indicate that over
a hundred people were killed by an
earthquake which destroyed several
tillages and much live stock during
the early part of last week. Owing to
the remote character of the locality
very few details are obtainable
ENGLAND COMMANDIERS
MEAT CARRIERS!
hu.XDOX, April 30. -Owing to the
great scarcity of meats occasioned by
the commerce restrictions the govern
ment has commandered the entire
meat carrying capacity of all British
stenmships plying between Kurope and
the Argentine anil will arrange for
capacity cargoes of meat on all ves
sels with storage facilities.
"Old Maniselles Secret" from the fa
mous story of Eugenie Marlitt and
played by the Reliance Motion Picture
Company. Eagle Hail, Sunday.
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CANADIAN GOV'T
ITCHES BRIDGES
OUT UNO NIGHT
NIAGARA I'AI.1*S, May i. Follow
ing the Vancouver bridge disaster for
which the Germans ale blamed the
t'anadiaii government and the rail
ways owning bridges in t'anada have
eombined and are maintaining a strong
day and night guard over the great
structures spanning the many large
livers in different parts of the <•.-ma
dia n territory for their protection.
EARTHQUAKES
IN ANOES
IQl'EQEE, Ma\ 1. The Southern
Andes have experienced several sharp
quakes of short duration which started
several mountain slides slightly dam
aging the transandean railway line and
breaking tin- telegraphic communica
tions with many of the interior points
of South America,
JAPAN LAUNCHES
SUBMARINES
NAGASAKI, May 1 Japan has re
cently launched a half dozen submar
ines of the type known as sea-going
and which it is reported will be sent
to European waters and sold to the
allied powers. The vesels are over two
hundred feet long and capable of
cruising for weeks with their own
power.
mailwIlcome
ON CUTTER BEAR
Mr .lames Feline of the Hallway
mail serviie informs the .NTinnet that
olviees received from the postal in
ihorities state that the last mail of th.
winter season left for Nome via t'or
dova on March 24. The next mail to!
lie dispatclied will leave Seattle Ala; :
la on the (’utter Hear It is also stated I
that the postal department has deelin
ed to authorize ronsiirninents Ip th. !
steamer Corwin
This ruling will prnhahh have the i
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spring mail in cold storage in the
settuestered bay at Dutch Harbor fm
two or thro, weeks while the pictures
pue Bear paints her funnel or swabs
the binnacle of performs some othei
nautical necessity that the benighted
landsman, longing for his mail, wots
not ,f nor . an guess as to the wh>
’"res Am wa> the Bowers have spokei
uid "there vc are"
Did you ever see a "Cake Walk” b>
BRITISH IN POSSESSION
OF GALLIPOLI PENINSOLA
\TMENS, May 1 It is reported |
from Gallipoli that over a thousand
Turks were killed and wounded in the
lighting following the landing of the
British forces on the peninsula. The
reports indicate that the invading
annv has made steady progress since
tie time of landing and are rapidly
pressing forward on the Bulair line of
fortifications which most he passed
before an "pen gatewa.' to Oonstan-i
tinople can be gained. The British
have now obtained possession of al
most the entire Peninsula in spite of
the desperate resistance offered by the
Turks.
The Bulair fortifications »i. among
the strongest on the Peninsula and
have s.. far suffered but slightly from
the fire of the allied vessels operating
on the Gulf of Caros It is considered
that the attainment of this important
line of defenses will enable the British
to gain entire control of the Dardan
elles water wav, thereby permitting1
(he passage of the fleet into the Sea1
of Marmora.
The allied Meet is also reported to
be actively bombarding the forts along
the Dardanelles shores
TURKS CLAIM FLEET
HEAVILY DAMAGED
t'OXSTANTINOPLK, May 1 Tti»
War Ministr. claims that heavy dam
age has beep inflicted on the vessels
of tin- allied squadron, notv engaged
in bombarding the Dardanelles. Re
ports front tile seen, of activities state
that in addition to the destruction of
the whole superstructure of the Drench
cruiser .leanne Are by shell tire, three
British vessels, the battleships Majcs
tie. Triumph and Vengenee have beer,
badly damaged It is declared that
the battle tings ..f all 'hrec vessels
were shot away by the furious tire of
the Turkish gunners It is also de
elan d that several English destroyers
and other smaller vessels have been
sunk and a number of others have
been compelled to retreat beyond the
range of the Turkish gun-1
CHILDREN'S DANCING
EXHIBITION TONIGHT
All the different dances will be in
costume Doors open at 8:00 p. m.
Curtain at 8:45. Eagle Hall.
Reserved seats $1.00. general admu
sion 75c. Children 25c.
GERMAN AIR CRAFT
ATTACK AMERICAN SHIP
WASHINGTON. May 1 -Advices
Minister Van Dyke at the Dutch cap
ital received by the State Department
today report that the American steam
ship t’ushin. hound from Philadelphia
to Rotterdam, was attacked and badly
damaged by bombs dropi>ed from Ger
man aircraft which were traversing the
North Sea. The message states that
the Cushin was struck at several points
and but for the non-explosion of a
number of the missiles it is probable
that the vessel would have been de
stroyed The reason for the attack
[cannot lie guessed as the vessel wa«
living the American flag. The State
Department has ordered an investi
gation
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