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*—;-- THE ALASKA EVENING POST
VotameXl""Number S SKWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3,1917._Ten Cento the Copy
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ARBITRATION
IS EXPECTED
Condition at Kennecott I nchanged—
Output Greatly Reduced and Men
Still Out
Advices received from the spokes
man of the strikers at Kennecott in
dicate that beyond a few inexperi
enced hands the condition at the big
copper mine remains unchanged.
In a letter from Harold Johnson,
of the strikers, he sets torth condi
tions as follows:
“Charles T. Connel, represntative of
the department of labor, is expected
at Kennecott about July 30th and if
the company agrees to the miners’ of
fer of arbitration, the Kennecott plant,
which has been running at barely a
quarter capacity since June 16, shou'd
be able to resume operations.
“The company claims to have im
ported enough strikebreakers to run
the plant to full capacity, but in real
ity, they have only about 240 inex
perienced men to do the work formerly
done by 350 to 400 men.
“The strikebreakers come from all
sections of the Alaskan coast district.
“As thj ^ gpjPre in the
3>onanza ^ Np^ ~ ““d will
.be until good miners can be secured.
•“There is also a shortage of me
chanics and millmen, and as soon as
the reserve ore in the Jumbo is ex
hausted. the company will need a class
of men that can only be secured by
paying the Alaska scale of wages, as
the supply of labor from the States
has been shut off by the war.
“Strikers can not understand why
' the government’s delaying so long to
intervene as they requested.
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COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE AGAIN
IN BANK OF SEWARD BLDG.
V. S. Commissioner Whittlesey will
move the commissioner’s otlice to quar
ters in the basement of the bank ot
Seward, Saturday.
This location was occupied by the
commissioner's- otlice up to three \ear.>
ago when former Commissioner Con
roy moved to the old M. C. A.
building on the railroad right-of-vvaj.
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WHERE TO SEND NATIONAL
G CAltD MAIL IN WEST
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, (By
Mail).—Major General Hunter Lig
gett, commanding the Western Divi
sion of the Army, requested today
that mail for members of the Twen
tieth National Guard camp at Palo
Alto, Cal- be addressed to Menlo Park,
Cal., where the military postotlice h^
been located, thus saving confusion
and delay in delivery. * 1 alo Alto
Training Camp” should be in the ad
dress on the envelope.
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TO CELEBRATE ARRIVAL
OF FIRST M. E. PASTOR
Sunday the Methodists will celebrate
"the twelfth anniversary of the arrival
vof the first protestant pastor in Sew
ard, Rev. L. H. Pederson having come
into Resurrection Bay on the night of
JuVr 31 and landed b*re on August
1st. For the first fall and winter
Rev. Pederson and family lived in
tents.
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BEAN ENCOUNTERS HOT
WEATHER AND SOLDIERS
Word has been received from F. H.
Bean, who went Outside ,that he has
not succeeded so far in securing a
place in the aviation corps but expects
to do so soon. Bean, in a letter from
New York, says it has been fearfully
hot there.
He says that the attention of the
whole country has turned to war and
that soldiers are on guard everywhere.
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The United States cable station on
Douglas Island has been closed by the
war department. Lack of men to han
^ die the work of the office is the reason
given for closing. The office has been
operated for about eight years, and
< will probably be re-opened as soon as
men can be obtained.
LONG RAIN MAKES
IT HARD FOR ALLIES
ON FLAN IS FRONT
(Bjr Associated Press Dispatch)
HEADQUARTERS ON THE BRITISH FRONT,
Aug. 3, (Official).—Protracted rain storms of great vio
lence continue to render infantry operations difficult and
observation work by the air service precarious on the Bel
; gium front.
The Allies are continuing to consolidate and re-ar
range the newly taken positions and in spite of the contin
ual down-pour are now strongly intrenched along the new
line.
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BOMBARDMENT BUT NOT COUNTERS
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 3, (By Associated
Press correspondent with the Allied Army). — Artillery
duels of considerable intensity continued last night along
battlefront in Flanders but the German guns are less ac
tive this morning and the situation is unchanged.
At daybreak the Germans concentrated a heavy fire
on the newly acquired British positions in the area south
of Ypres along the Menid road, but did not follow it up
with an infantry attack.
8II. S. GUNN 1$ AND
16 SEAMEN DIVERED
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 3.—Eight naval gunners of the Unit
ed States and sixteen members of the crew of the Ameri
can tank steamer Montano lost their lives when the
latter boat was sunk by a German submarine last Tuesday.
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OFFICERS SCHOOL QUOTA WILL
BE INCREASED TO 20,800 MEN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—An increase of 30 per cent,
lias been ordered in the number of men to be admitted to
the second officers’ reserve training camps opening Aug
ust 27 th.
The previous number ordered by the war department
was 16,000 and this has been increased to 20,800.
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PRESIDENT CONFIDENT OF LOYALTY
OF AMERICANS OF GERMAN BLOOD
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 3.—The body of Frank Little,
Industrial Worker of the World leader and organizer who
was lynched here early Wednesday morning, was shipped
to -Vale, Oklahoma, for interment.
HOUSE ADOPTS FOOD CONTROL BILL
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(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The House has adopted the
conference report on the food control bill, which allows for
unit control of the food situation as demanded by the Pres
ident, instead of under a board of three members.
BODY OF I.YUY LEAOER SFNT SOUTH
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug 3.—President Wilson today re
iterated his convdence in the loyalty of the great majority
of American citizens of German blood. #
SHARK HIDES
TO BE TESTED
Product Prepared by Midnight Sun
Company Will Be Sent to /
Factory
Max Poehlmann, who has been con
ducting experiments for the Midnight
Sun Fish Products company down the
bay, tanning shark hide leather and
trying out oil, has secured sufficient of
the former product to ship Outside
and will send it to a hide factory for
thorough tests.
He has secured several barrels of
fish oil, which will also be sent Out
side.
The shark hides have been pickled
but not tanned, this process being left
for the leather company in order to
give an opportunity for several tests
to be made.
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CAN TRAIN
TOR II. S. NAVY
Notice to Alaskans of Opportunity to
Attend Training Camp at
University
Officials in charge of the naval train
ing station at the University of Wash
ington have sent the following state
ment to Alaskan publications in inter
est of attendance.
Young men of Alaska who may be
considering entering some branch of
of military service will be interested to
know that a training station has just
been established on the grounds of the
University of Washington at Seattle
for the purpose of giving a course jf
training to the naval militia divisions
being formed in the Pacific Northwest.
The naval militia is an organization of
civilians who have a preference for sea
duty. Members of the naval militia
are not subject to draft. After com
pleting the course of training they will
enter the navy service, filling the same
positions end perform the same duties
as officers and men of the regular
navy. At the end of the war they will
be returned home and allowed to re
sume their civilian occupations.
Naval officers consider the site at
the University of Washington ideal
for training purposes. The lake gives
opportunity for all kinds of boat drill,
swimming exercises and hydroplane
instruction.
Applications for enlistment should
be made to Commander Miller Free
man, Naval Militia Headquarters,
Smith Building, Seattle.
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ANDERSON SHIPS FIFTY
BARRELS OF SALT FISH
Peter Anderson, who operates a
saltery across the bay, shipped fifty
barrels of salted red salmon Outside
on the Admiral Evans this morning.
The market price for salt salmon now
runs from $20 to $24 per barrel on the
West Coast and higher eastward.
The silver salmon run is just be
ginning and the larger part of the
year’s catch remains to be packed.
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TIE UP DOGS IS
PLEA OF PETITIONERS
Petition are being circulated to be
presented to the council asking that
the dog ordinance be enforced and all
dogs tied up and kept off the down
town strets. The petitions are being
genrally signed.
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!| THE WEATHER
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VAST GERMAN DRIVE
TO EASTWARD HEA
FOR PORT OF ODESSA
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
VIENNA, Aug. 3. — Victorious Austro-Hungarian
forces re-entered Czernowitz, the capital of Bukowina,
today, which has been in the hands of Russia since the of
fensive by Gen. BrusilofT last fall.
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DRIVEN BACK 125 MILES
(Ry Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, Aug. 3, (Official). — Russian forces
have evacuated Kimoplung in southern Bukwonia and are
now engaging the Teutons along the river Bystritza. This
position indicates a retreat by the Seventh Russian army
of 125 miles since the re-capture of Dolina by the Aus
trians.
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STOP ADVANCE AT RUSSIAN BORDER
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, Aug. 3. — Between the Dneister and
Pruth rivers the Russian retirement continues, resistance
being offered by the rear guard. So vigorous was this re
sistance at the confluence of the Zbrocz and Dneister riv
ers (the boundary line between Galicia and Russia) that
the advancing German force which crossed this river into
Russian territory were forced to retire again.
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MORALE OF TROOPS IMPROVING
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 3.—The morale of the Russian army
is reported improved as the result of measures taken
against desertions and panics and disaffected Russian reg
iments have returned to form.
The weight of the present German attack appears to
be directed toward Kamemetz and Podolsky en route to
ward Odessa.
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ATTACKS ALONG AISNE REPULSED
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PARIS, Aug. 3, (Official).—After an intense bombard
ment German forces delivered several violent attacks on
French positions near Czerny in the Aisne region last
night but all were repulsed. _
AIR RAID ON AUSTRIAN NAVAL RASE
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
ROME, Aug. 3.—Squadrons of Italian airplanes effec
tively bombarded the arsenal and military works of Pola,
chief Austrian naval station on the Adriatic, today. Ob
servers report considerable damage done to arsenals and
docks.
ATHENS AND PIRAEUS UNDER SIEGE
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
ATHENS, Aug. 3.—TheNvhole department of Attica
in Greece has been declared in a state of siege as the result
of continued disorders, including Athens and Piraeus, the
principal port for Athens. ,
ADD $1.50 BARREL m ON REER
%
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The war tax bill has been
increased so as to provide for collection of $2,002,000,000
instead of $1,700,000,000 and was virtually completed to
day by the Senate finance committee and will be reported
out tomorrow or Monday.
In preparing the final draft the committee increased
the war tax on beer of 25 cents per barrel to $1.50 per bar
rel, which is in addition to the tax imposed under the pres
ent law.
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