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JUNE W Dec 12.— A t Secretary of War Baker’s the lav/ in Alaska first as far as it concerns the fishing in- j ka is effective on January 1 st. It has been pointed out by
request the eight hour lav in Alaska will be suspended, dustry, and then if the man power of the territory is fur- Secretary Baker to Gov. Strong that longer days are need
This was the announcement made here today by Gov. -J. F. ther needed for other industries, the same suspension act ed for the fishing industry especially and probably a day
\ Strong Gov Strong stated that he intends to suspend will be proclaimed to them. The eight hour law in Alas-. longer than eight hours will be needed in the copper mines.
COSSACKS ADVANCE
TO ENGAGE FORCES
OF REVOLUTIONISTS
BERLIN, Dec. 12. —According to diplomatic advices,
received here the Bolsheviki power in Petrograd is men
aced as the opposition becomes solidified. There is great i
unrest in Petrograd and Moscow, the stronghold of the Ex
tremists. The Cossacks are reported to have advanced
northward from the Don to fight the Bolsheviki.
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COSSACKS ARE COUNTER-REVOLTERS
LONDON. Dec. l± — Russian officials, representing
the Provisional Government of Russia, now here, assert
that the Anti-Bolsheviki forces are composed of all lead
el's of the other parties. The Anti’s leaders expect that
by spring the Russians will again be lighting the Germans
with a formidable force. It is known, according to the
Russian officials here, that four hundred thousand Cos
sacks are back of the counter revolution. The Cossacks
are well armed anil officered and many believe are now
in direct communication with Kerensky who will stage
soon a tremendous “come back."
THIS REPORT DOES NOT JIBE WITH THE ABOVE
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 12.—A semi-official German
news agency says that the Russians are demobilizing and
peace negotiations have been authorized by the German
government and the Bolsheviki.
SLACKER IS ARRESTED
William Williams, arrested last
night by U. S. Deputy Marshal Isaac
Evans, was this morning bound over
to the grand jury by U. S. Commis
sioner Whittlesey on the charge of
being a slacker. Bail was fixed at
$2500, which has not been furnished.
Williams has been in Seward several
weeks with his wife, having been em-1
ployed as cook on the railroad. Evi
dence was submitted that as a Cana
dian he evaded the draft law, came to
Alaska, and also evaded the conscrip
tion laws here. Williams only expla
nation was that he did not know the
law was so important. He is 23 years
of age.
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BRITISH ENTER HOLY
CITY GOING IN AFOOT
LONDON, Dec. 12. — It was offi
cially announced in the House of,
Commons this morning that General
Allenby, the British Commander en
tered Jerusalem yesterday afternoon,
the troops going into the city afoot.
SUCCESSOR TO LUXBURG?
BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 12. —
The government denies that Germany
is negotiating with it with a view' to
appointing a minister to Argentina in
auccos&ion to Count von Luxburg.
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". MORE COAL LAND *
READY TO OPEN *
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — *
* Secretary Lane announced the *
* opening of a new coal tract in *
* the Matanuska field. The govern- *j
* ment is now ready to receive ap- *
* plications. The oreration of the *
* Matanuska will demonstrate, it *
* is believed, the possibility of sup- *
* plying the navy and Pacific coast *
* from that field.
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NO ITRLOUGHS TO BE
GIVEN SOLDIERS XMAS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — The
men in the National army will not be
given furloughs at Christmas unless
they live within trolley distance of
the various cantonments. The War
Department says that the time now
must be spent in army work.
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ALLIES AND GERMANS
LOSE MANY AEROPLANES
BERLIN, Dec. 12. — The Allies
lost 205 aeroplanes and the Germans
GO during the month of November
according to an official report made
today.
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FIRST LICENSE TO
MINE ALASKA COAL
ISSUED AT ’FRISCO
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RESERVATION
OF RESOURCES
HOLDS ALASKA
Secretary Lane Tells the Truth of
the Hinderance to Development
of Alaska in His Annual
Report Issued Today.
LABOR SHORTAGE IS ACUTE
Year Nineteen Sixteen Was Greatest
In History of Northland As It
Pertained to the Trade of
the Entire Territory
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — Secre
tary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane
submitted his report today for the
fiscal year ending in June. Regard
ing Alaska, the Secretary says: Alas
ka had a fairly prosperous year. The
war stimulated the copper mining in
dustry, but retarded the gold lode
mining on account of the rise in .he
cost of supplies and labor. The la
bor shortage was acute in Alaska as
the high wages lured the men out
side.
The trade of nineteen sixteen, savs
the secretary’s report further, was
the greatest in the history of the ter
ritory.
“Alaska needs a permanent popu
lation that will become attached to
the soil, but Alaska is now suffering
from too much reservation of resour
ces,” is the final end on the part of
the report devoted to Alaska.
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CHINESE AUK ACCUSED
OK WHISKEY RUNNING
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. — Four
Chinese, alleged to have shipped li-;
quor into Boise, Idaho, labeled as Chi
nese groceries, were arrested here by
operatives of the department of jus- *
tice. Bail was fixed by United States
Commissioner Krull at $2,500 in each
case. The defendants are Fong Yip,
proprietor of the Ti Hang Lung com
pany, of San Francisco, and Chen Yen,
Mar Loch Chee and Chan Chew, his;
emplovces. |
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FIVE CHILDREN BURN
TO DEATH IN HOME j
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 12. — j
While their parents were absent in
Innisfail last night five children of(
Mr. and Mrs. George Oakes were
burned to death when the farm house,
four miles south of the town, was
destroyed. A sixth child was so se
verely burned that his recovery is
doubtful. j
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. — The
first license to mine coal in Alaska
since the opening of the coal fields
as a means of alleviating the fuel
shortage, has been issued to the
Chickaloon company, a million, t»o
hundred and fifty thousand dollar It*
alian-American corporation. It is an
nounced that (he company intends to
mine and ship coal to California and
Seattle and expect to lower the pres
ent rates now charged on the Paci
fic Coast. It Is said that mammoth
coal barges will be constructed and
the product will be towed south in
these huge carriers.
TO MODIFY BILL 2812
SEATTLE, Dec. 12. — The trus
tees of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce and Commercial club adopted a
resolution last night urging congress
to modify Senate Bill 2812, so as to
allow the purchase of Alaska coal
lands by competitive bidding and pro
viding for the prospecting permit.
The resolution also requests per
mit to promote the development of |
Alaskan oil fields.. Various Alaskans
are urging active legislation in both
matters.
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DANISH PEOPLE
SAFE FROM HUNS
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 12. — Form
er Premier Neergaard who is now a
member of the Danish parliament, in
a recent speech gave it as his opinion
that the improvement effected in the
Kiel canal saved Denmark from the
danger of a German invasion, and that j
there was very little piobability of a
violation of Denmark’s neutrality.
He declined for diplomatic reasons
to make a more explicit statement in
parliament but outside has explained
that the improvement to the canal
spared Germany the temptation to in
fringe Danish neutrality in order to
safeguard communications of the
fleet between the Baltic and North
Sea. Germany had earlier been pre
pared, he said, to occupy Denmark in
case of war with England in order to
open communications through the
Great and Little Belts. The control
of these waterways, however, was no
longer indispensable to Germany since
the fleets could pass freely through
the canal.
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HUNS TO RAISE NEW LOAN
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12. — The war
credit of 15,000,000,000 marks asked
for by Chancellor von Hertling pass
ed its first and second readings in the
reichstag.
AMERICAN FIRES
SHELL INTO THE
AUSTRO POSITION
' ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 12.—The first
America shct fired by America against Austria has been
made. George Holden Tinkham, United States Repre
sentative to Congress from Massachusetts, now visiting
the Italian front, was the man who fired the shot. He
pulled the string of a one hundred and forty-nine millime
ter gun sending the shell across the Piave river to the
Austrian’s position at Gonfo. The Italians cheered as the
gun was fired and a cloud of smoke and flying debris
narked the place where the shell struck.
OF WAR PREDICTED
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. — Former President Howard
Taft in addressing the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers here, said the United States must fight until
Germany was decisively beaten.
He said the remainder of the war would be fought
on the western front.
‘‘It may take three of four years,” said the speaker.
“We really are lighting for the German people, and must
continue to fight to separate them from their ruler. The
only way to do that is to hit them over the head with a
club.”
He urged that all engineering and medical stu
dents'be exempted from military service and allowed to
complete their studies. The speaker added that it will
oe hard for future generations to comprehend why Ger
many forced the United States into war.
HUNTING FATALITIES
FEWER THIS SEASON
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. — Hunting,
fatalities for the season of 1917 were |
cut down to 23 known cases as com
pared with 86 in 1916 and 59 in 1915 1
according to figures compiled by the l
Chicago Tribune. There were only
11 seriously injured this year as com-j
pared with 41 in 1916 and 66 in 1915. j
Michigan was the state that suffer-!
ed the most with eight of the 23 j
deaths and seven injuries. The other!
deaths were Illinois, 5;'Indiana, 2;
Iowa, 2; Massachusetts, 1; New Jer
sey, 2; Ohio, l and Wisconsin 2.
Four persons were killed by being
mistaken for deer, four were acciden
tally killed by companions and seven
were killed by discharge of their own
guns. One death was caused by a
fall from a log. A twig penetrated
the hunter's back and he died within
a few days.
AMERICAN ARSENALS
TO REPAIR ORDNANCE
IN FRANCE ARE BEGUN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12. —
Arsenals to make and repair all ord
ance used by the American army are
included in plans for the American
bases now being established in France
It was learned today that the great
gunshops already are under construc
tion and that the officer to command
them is on the ground. Every hun
dred days sees all of the guns, large
or small, used on the trench lines
“shot out” so that they must be with
drawn and relined.
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STRIKE CLOSES PLANTS
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 12. — Ow
ing to a strike of workmen, two large
beef packing concerns at LaPlata
have shut down.