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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, lifuT TEN CENTS PEB COPY
Volume XI, Number 24;>. _ — ■ - .— - ■■■ ■■ - - 1 ... —
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ALLIED MINISTERS
ARE DRIVEN OUT OF
CITY OF PETROGRAD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—United States Minister Mor
ris., at Stockholm, sent advices to the State Department
today of an unconfirmed report that had reached theie
that the Bolsheviki had driven all representatives of Al
lied nations from Petrograd. Minister Morris stated
that the representatives were now enroute to the border
bound for Sweden.
The State Department admitted this afternoon that
no word has been heard from Minister Francis since last
Saturday afternoon.
LOOTING BREAKS OUT IN PETROGRAD.
LONDON, Feb. 8—Looting has broken out in Petro
grad according to Copenhagen advices received here this
afternoon. Mobs have sacked the wine cellars anr are
becoming boisterous. The city authorities are using ar
mored cars against the pillagers and many have eeen kill
ed and wounded. Disorders are increasing, the report j
claims. j
MAY BOND THE
CITY TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS
This afternoon a committee com
posed of Councilinen Sexton and Craw
ford. City Attorney Green, and
Messrs. Hallaine, Hoben and Morford
are in session framing a reply to Hie
question asked by J. J. Finnegan as
to what guarantee Seward would gi'<
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
regarding monev for the improvement
of Lowell Creek.
It 1/understoo i here that the <*om
mission figures tliat Lowell Creek can
be curbed for about £o0,000 and po>
sibly the commission v»ill ask toi <{**•),
<XH» as it’s proportion to the expense
but wants a guarantee that the city
will be able with it’s share when im
provements are started.
At the special meeting of the city
councilmen last night, all being pres
ent with the exception of Councilman
Sauers, it was decided to ask Attor
ney* Finnegan and Delegate Charles
A. Sulzer to secure from Congress
permission to Dond the city* tor $o0,
000 with interest to be decided upon,
the bonds to run for 20 years. All
matters pertaining to this resolut on
and the instructions to be sent Mr.
Finnega* are being threshed out at
the committee meeting this afternoon
which is being held in Attorney Mor
foitl’s offices.
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TO DISCONTINUE
HEATLESS DAYS
IN SOME STATES
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. — Heat
less Mondays are suspended in all
states south of Virginia on account of
the improved weather and traffic con
ditions. The fuel administrators hope
to suspend the heatless day in t hr
other states after next Monday.
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train out tomorrow
The regular train for 45 wil
leave at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning
There are many passengers to go out
hound for the interior.
DAVID R. FRANCIS
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Minister to Russia who is probably
among the Allied representatives re
ported to have been driven today from
Retrograd by the Bolsheviki author
ities.
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DRAFT LAW IS
RECOMMENDED
FOR A CHANGE
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — The
Senate military committee today un
animously ordered a favorable report
on the administration’s bill amending
the selective draft law to require mei
to register as they reach the age oi
21 years and basing the quotas on the
number of men in class Number 1 in
stead of the state’s population.
The proposal to exempt registered
| undrafted men as they become thirty
one years of age was not included in
the amendment.
The proposal of a registration of
\ouths at nineteen years of age \sas
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I rejected.
i The bill also favorably reports
| authorising the President to cal:
skilled industrial and agricultural ex
pel ts into the war s-ervice regardles.i
of classification and residence.
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WATER SHlTT OFF
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Water was shut off for a few hour5
i last nijfht in a section of the city
while needed repairs were made on
Third Avenue, several blocks north ol
Iiowell creek.
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ANCHORAGE MAN IS REPORTED TO BE
AMONG THOSE LOST ON THE TUSCANIA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—William A. Bishop,
address Anchorage, Alaska, is believed to be among
those lost aboard the British steamer Tuscania
which was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland Tues
day night. One officer of the four units of the
Twentieth Engineers Corps, was aboard the Tus
cania and Bishop is believed to have been in that
unit as the name of a “Bishop” appears in the list of
lost.
EIGHT HOUR LAW HEALINGS ARE.
ON AT JUNEAU WITH NO RESULTS
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AUSTRIAN
CABINET
HAS QUIT
.AMSTERDAM, Fob. 8. — A dis
patch from Vienna th*s afteietbon
says that Dr. von Seydlcr, Premier of
Austria, has tendered his resignation
also that of every member of his cab
inet. Peace negotiations are said to
have been the foundation for the re
signations as the cabinet insists on
ihe end of the war.
CONDITION OF
ROOSEf LT IS
VERY SERIOUS
NEW YORK, Fob. 8. — Late yes
terday afternoon doctors were hur
riedly summoned to the bedside of
Theodore Roosevelt and at that time
his condition was pron uncod serious.
Today the doctors said that the Colon
el’s condition was unchanged but the
relatives, noting that his temperature
and pulse were normal say this con- j
t dition is encouraging.
Col. Roosevelt was operated upon
late Wednesday night for abscess in
both ears.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — Presi
| dent Wilson this afternoon sent Mrs.
; Roosevelt a message of sympathy and
trusted that Col. Roosevelt would
speedily recovei.
I)R. ROMIG GIVES TALK
Dr. J. H. Romig, the lour minute
j speaker at the Empress last night
. urged the women to knit and the men
. to censeive. Food conseravtion' was
| the pesent day necessity, said the
! speaker, and everything that the ad
| ministration was demanding should
j meet with ready response. Dr. Ko
mig stated that his son Robert in
• tended to enlist and like all othCi
| fathers he could only wish him God
|; peed.
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JONES HAS ENLISTED
! Thomas E. Jones, who has made
j this territory many times represent
ing the Schwabacher -Hardware Co.,
of Seattle, has enlisted in the quar
[ termaster corps. Mr. Jones made ap
| plication and then left for a trip to
Alaska. At Ketchikan he received
word that he had been accepted. Mr.
Jones immediately returned to Seat
tle.
By M. S. PERKINS
JUNEAU, Feb. 8. — Hearings on
the eight ho* K' law began here on
Tuesday and) continuing with ihe
prsop<i ts o.. going over into njxt
week.
Several attorneys are appearing at
the hearings, they representing the
owners of sawmills, logging camps
and transportation companies. These
•■eprefentatives are asking that the
eight hour law be modified to allow
men to work overtime, it* willing with
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extra pay.
Many workmen are present repre
senting various unions. At a mass
meeting of workmen last night a re
peal of the eight hour law' was bitter-j
ly opposed. The workmen claim that
there is plenty of labor in this section J
of Alaska as well as other parts, j
There are many idle men at Wrangell, j
Ketchikan and Juneau state the work-;
men. The various companies claim j
that there is a shortage of labor and
what surplus there is the men refuse;
to work when asked. The men claim
that the companies want the eight
hour law' suspended so they can make
more profits and want men to work
longer hours without any more money
be paid.
senator nuoDaru is nere supporting
the eight hour law. He says that,
there are plenty of idle men to the!
westward and many men are being•
forced to leave westward ports on ac-1
count of there being no work.
Senator Hubbard stated today:“Thej
people demanded the eight hour law,
voting for it at the last general clec-|
tion and the Territorial Legislature j
had no recourse but to pass it.”
I have attended every session of
the hearings so fat and it looks as if
the law will be allowed to stand with
the exception of the firhing industry
which has alieady been exempted.
Gov. Strong has said that the entire
matter hinges on the supply of labor j
If there is a surplus of labor the
eight hour law’ will be left alone,
otherwise there may be modifications.
Evidence ' so far submitted shows
plenty of labor in many parts of Alas
ka but v slight shortage in otiiei d*s
t\ lets.
NEIL SEXTON ENLISTS j
George Sexton received a letter
from his son, Neil, on the Victoria
yesterday and the latter says that he
has passed the examination for the
w*ar service but did* not know’ whether
he wfould apply for the army or navy.
ALASKA STEAMER NEWS
SEATTLE, Feb. 8. — After the
next trip north of the Admiral Wain
wright that steamer will be placed on
i the San Francisco-Hunolulu route.
The steamer Ravila, after an oxer
hauling, goes on the Alaska route,
sailing about Feb. 18th.
LATOUCHFMS COMING
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According to the officers of the
Steamer Victoria the fieighter La
Touche is now on the way north with
! a cargo of general freight for ports
i and canneries in Southeastern and
Southwestern Alaska.
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BODIES OE DEAD
COMING ASHORE
ON IRISH COAST
LONDON, Feb. 8.—Revised figures indicate that the
loss of life aboard the British liner Tuscania is probably
considerably in excess of yesterday’s estimate of 101. It
is believed that complete returns will show the number of
dead nearer 200 than 100.
The bodies of forty-four American soldiers have been
washed ashore on the Irish coast according to the latest
report received this afternoon.
MUST MAKE CHECK OF ALL THOSE ABOARD
AN IRISH PORT, Feb. 8.—As the list of American
soldiers aboard the Tuscania was lost when the ship went
down it will be impossible to ascertain the names of those
lost until the names of all survivors have been cabled to
the United States. This will not be for several days as
survivors are landing at various ports.
! SOLDIERS BEHAVED HEROICALLY
LONDON, Feb. 8.—An American officer landing at
an Irish port says that the American soldiers aboard the
Tuscania behaved heroically. He said that too boatloads
of men under his command marched to the boats assigned
to them only to find that the explosion of the torpedo fired
from the submarine had destroyed them.
The men all lined up on the decks of the Tuscania and
came to attention and preserved the greatest of compos
ure until a destroyer came alongside and efffected trans
fer from the gradually sinking ship.
Of the sixty life boats aboard the Tuscania sixteen
were destroyed. The others were launched safely loaded
with men. Torpedo boats and torpedo destroyers arriv
ed quickly at the scene and rescued those forced to jump
into the water, said the American officer.
MILITARY FUNERAL FOR THE DEAD
LONDON, Feb. 8.—The British and American offic
ials are arranging for military funeral for the dead of
the Tuscania which will surpass any similar occasion.
NORTHWESTERN
HAS MANY ON
ROARD FOR HERE
■ SEATTLE, Feb. 8. — Steamer
Northwestern of the Alaska Steam
ship company sailed for Southeastern
and Southwestern Alaska this fere
noon at 9 o’clock with a large number
of people for all ports. The North
western has two day’s mail aboard for
Southwestern Alaska.
Passengers on tin Northwest* ■\i for
Seward are: S. T. Vaughn, W. A.
Jones, A. H. Peterson, L. Lowell, Mrs.
P. Simpson, John Enlund and wife,
U. Winkel, R. M. Goebel, J. G. Watts
wife and baby; William Ellis and wif •
! R. 0. Osgood, H. Kearney, Marie
Main, A. W. Young, R. Nelson, Geo.
Bakos and Pete Mitros.
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IN THE AVIATION CORPS
Gus Borgen recived a letter in the
! mail yesterday from Jim Doolittle
a former Seward young man. Doolittle
passed the examination with flying
j honors and is a First Lieutenant in
! the Aviation Corps. At present he is
at the training grounds near San
j Diego.
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ARTILLERY OF
AMERICANS IS
KEEPING ROSY
WITH THE AMERILAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Feb. 8. — The Ameri
can artillery is keeping up a harass
ing lire on the German line bombard
ing German batteries, trenches, dug
outs, all cross roads and j-ailway
houses. All houses in which Teutons
are billeted have been cleaned out of
4mpers by this artillery fire and the
German losses arc believed to be
heavy.
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CARD SYalEM PREVAIL S
NOW THROUGHOUT SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 8. — Sweden
is rapidly coming to rival Germany
as a land of restrictive “cards" of va
rious sorts. It has long had the bread
i card, sugarcard, milkcard, and butter
; card. Coffee cards will soon b is- .
sued. Woodcards, entitling each r* -
son to one cubic meter—somewhat
less than a quarter cord—of wood,
ha^e also been issued. There has al
so been issued an “catmeal-and-riie
card/' but there lias been neither oat
meal ncr rice in the market for many
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