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ANTI-JAPANESE UPRISINGS
AT RUSSIAN PORT GROW
LONDON: Owing to increase of
anti-Japanese demonstrations at Vla
divostok, where Japanese, American
and British marines recently were
landed. It has been necessary to ar
range fpr reinforcements, telegraphs
the correspondent at Tienstsin of the
Exchange Telegraph company.
Traffic Sus|iended
HARBIN: An order has been re
ceived at Vladivostok from the Bol
sheviki government to ship the shells,
explosives, metals, machinery and ma
chine tools concentrated there to Eu
ropean Russia. Freight and passenger
traffic are to he suspended for the
purpose, if necessary, the order stipu
lates.
The Bolsheviki recently withdrew
from Dauria, near Lake Baikal, to
ward Irkutsk, west of the lake. When
a representative of the allied powers
started from Dauria he was met on
the way by Bolsheviki, whose purpose
apparently was to conceal the fact
that an armed force of 1,500 men,
including 400 armed war prisoners,
had been brought in by the Bolshe
viki and again occupied Dauria.
Thirty American engineers depart
ed last Friday for stations along the
Chinese Eastern railway. A second
detachment will leave soon.
Nick Meckem left this morning ov
er the trail for Teikhell.
CHOPS CHILDREN
IN INSANE FURY
ST. LOUIS: Mrs. Kate Skaggs, to
night chopped to death her two chil
dren, Leo, 5 years of age, and Mary,
4 years of age. She then stuffed cot
ton in the throats of her two other
children, Cora, 9 months old, and
Anna May, 3 years old, and hacked
them, seriously injuring both. After
attacking the children she wrote a
note, blaming her husband, Perry
i Skaggs. She was taken to the obser
vation ward of the city hospital.
Anaco Filins Will
flt any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Quy E. Cam
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COMMUNICATED
Mr. Editor: Enclosed find $3.50,
for one years advance subscription
for the new weekly. We’ll get it any
how whether we stay here or not. I
wish I could induce every citizen to
do all in their power to support our
home paper, I wonder how many re
alize the fact that their town paper
belongs to them, and that they should
take as much interest and pride in it
as the owner or editor, for a town
and its citizens are judged by its pap
er, and whenever the only newspaper
plant in a town has to close its doors
that town is placed in the category
of “has beens" and if ever our town
gets down to that state here’s one
fairly responsible citizen who is going
to seek for more enlightened quar
ters, a newspaperless town is like a
pilotless ship, and when I set sail in
a ship 1 want to have some idea as to
where I am going to land. I’m some
thing like the little boy in the mer
ry-go-round that the minister was
telling us about last Sunday "I don’t
want to keep going around all the
time and never get anywhere.”
Now if we all take a friendly in
terest in our paper I’m sure we can
have a “crackerjack” weekly and I
for one think that will be sufficient
for present day conditions.
—A Friendly (Wellwisher.)
Summons for Publication
No. 934
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.
Luclle V. Flett, Plaintiff,
▼a
Scott Lewis Flett, Defendant.
To Scott Lewis Flett: You are here
by notified that you are named as de
fendant in a suit brought by the
above-named plaintiff to secure a de
cree of absolute divorce from you, in
the above-named court and that un
less you appear and answer or other
wise plead to plaintiff’s complaint fil
ed in said cause within thirty days
after completion of publication of
this summons, to-wit; within thirty
days after May 16, 1918, your de
fault will be entered and plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief ask
ed in her complaint.
This publication of summons is
made pursuant to an order duly made
on March 12, 1918 by Hon. Fred M.
Brown, judge of the above-named
court.
Dated, April 2, 1918.
ARTHUR LANG,
(Seal) Clerk District Court.
By C. H. WILCOX,
Deputy Clerk.
First publication, April 3, 1918.
Last publication. May 8, 1918.
I FOOD
WlVINi
THE '
| WAR.
HOUSE TAKES A
WHACK AT CREEL
WASHINGTON: The house today
refused to accept a special report
made by Postmaster General Burles
on on the amount of printed matter
sent to American soldiers by the com
mittee on public information because
it contained a statement by George
Creel, chairman of the committee,
which a special investigation commit
tee of the house characterized as im
portant and disrespectful.
The report was made in response
to a resolution offered by Represent
ative Treadway, republican, of Mas
sachusetts, who charged that Creel's
committee was sending “tons" of lit
erature to soldiers which was not
wanted.
Mr. Burleson's reply contained a
statement from Creel declaring the
“baselessness’ of Mr. Treadways
charges could have been ascertained
by a telephone inquiry.
HELPS SHIP WORKERS
WASHINGTON: President Wilson
authorized to take over transporta
tion facilities near shipyards where
it is necessary for the adequate trans
portation of ship workers, in a senate
bill passed by the house today.
BAILLEI'L’S LOSS HARD
BLOW TO BRITISH
LONDON: There is no inclination
here to minimize the seriousness of
the loss of Bailleul and the posibility
that it may lead to the necessity of
evacuating Ypres and Passchendael.
Under the heading. “They Still Ad
vance,” the Daily Mall says that up
to this time in their advance the Ger
mans have been on marshy ground.
Yesterday they captured the first of
the important ridges by storming
Wytschaete, being aided by the fall
of Bailleul, and that thus "the secur
ity of the Ypres salient, so long the
bulwark of our left and touched with
such immortal memories to us, is im
periled.”
The Daily Graphic thinks it would
be wise to withdraw the British troops
from Ypres and Passchendaele “to
avoid the risk of their being cut off
and compelled to surrender.”
It continues:
"That the situation is made more
serious by the loss of Bailleul is ob
vious and it would be dishonest to
pretend otherwise.”
Purpose Not Attained
The paper adds, however, that as
long as the allied armies remain un
broken, Germany’s purpose is not at
tained, while she is exhausting her
self in order to force a decision.
Correspondents on the front say the
Germans have used up 120 of their
200 divisions in the west and have
been able to bring another two divi
sions from Russia.
The Times says the enemy will con
tinue draining on their reserves in
Russia until “allied statesmen stop
dreaming vain dreams about Russia
and do something practical to compel
the enemy to cease depleting the Rus
sian front.”
BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON: The house today
passed the rivers and harbors bill,
carrying appropriations of approxi
mately $20,000,000. The bill now
goes to the senate.
GRANT REMINGTON
ON WAY TO VALDEZ
Grant Remington, a pioneer of the
Valdez district and a well known min
ing man, is In the city, having been
a passenger on the Farragut. He
came north to look after the affairs
In Alaska. He says he can make more
money In Alaska, but Intends to re
turn to Seattle and continue active
in the shipyards there, as he believes
that by so doing he can perform the
greatest, service to his country in its
hour of need.—Empire.
FURS MADE UP
Furs remodeled, also new skins
made up in all the latest styles. Prices
very reasonable. Special attention
paid to Alaska trade. All work guar
anteed. Richmond Furs, 305 Cham
ber of Commerce Bldg, Tacoma,
Wash. ■ tt
SPEED DISPLAYED IN
CHECKING OP EPIDEMIC
PORTLAND, Ore: How speedy and
energetic work by the medical section
has checked a serious epidemic of
cerebro spinal meningitis at the Van
couver, Wash., cantonment during
the past month and prevented the
disease from spreading to logging
camps where soldiers are being sent
to aid in spruce production, was des
cribed here today in a statement issu
ed by the information section of the
signal corps.
Six cases of meningitis were dis
covered about the middle of March.
A strict quarantine immediately was
placed upon the entire camp and dur
ing a period of more than three weeks
every one of the thousands of men at
the cantonment was examined indlv
(dually every twenty-four hours. Their
respiratory organs were sprayed daily
no one being permitted to leave for
logging or other camps during this
time. The danger point was consider
ed to have been passed April 10.
“It is a distinct tribute to the ar
my medical department that a* a con
sequence of the treatment given no
case was found to he positive to the
culture test, nor has any developed
in the lumber camps,” Col. Brice P.
Drisque, head of the spruce produc
tion campaign, declared.
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