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Volume XI. Numbei 224. _ — -- ■ ■ " ■■ "" - .1 ""
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BERNE, Jan. 15. — The militarists of Germany
are gaining control of the Imperial Governments <lesti-|
nies according to neutral press reports received here. The
Militarists and Pan-Germans are demanding the dismis
sal of Foreign Secretary Kuehlmann, who headed the Ger
man peace delegation to Brest-Lito\sk. The l oieign St j
cretarv is regarded as a weak man or he would have in
sisted that the Russians make peace with Germany and
should have backed up his demands with armed forcesj
which would have l>een given him by Hindenburg.
Imperial Chancellor von Hertling’s reply to Presi
dent Wilson and Prime Minister Lloyd George regarding
peace proposals, has been postponed befoie the Reichstag ,
for several days on account of the Chancellor’s illness. The.
answer to the proposals was to have been given today at
Berlin.
DRAFT NUMBERING |
TO BE DONE OVER
AGAIN FROM START
GERMANS MUST
REGISTER NOW j
IN THE NATION
I’nnaturalized in the l nited States
Must Come Forward and Make
All Kinds of Statements
and Be Registered
A LA SK. * R hii ISTRAT10N SOU N
Federal Officers and Others to Be In
Position to Keep Close Watch
Upon All Alien Enemies
Within the Nation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. — The
week of Feb. 4th has been set aside!
for the registration of unnaturalized
Germans in continental United .State* j
pursuant to a proclamation issued by
President Wilson.
Alaska and other Territories will
be registered at a later date.
All persons of both sexes under 14
years of age are exempted. In each
case of those registered the applicant
will be required to give his or her
business, residence, habits and will be
photographed and have finger prints
made.
Registered cards will be issued to
all registrants. The chiefs of police
in the cities and postmasters in towns
under 6,000 will register all persons j
coming under the pioclamation.
Thereafter it will be much easier
for the local and federal officers to
keep a close watch on alie n enemies.
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MARSH IS NOW WORKING
FOR THE l\ S. GOVERNMENT
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. - E. P. Marsh,
of Everett, President of the State
Federation of Labor, ha* resigned to
accept a post with the Department of
Labor. Mr. Marsh will go on a speak
ing tour of the count’*y urging the
unions to cooperate with the govern
ment in every thing.
JUNEAU, Jan. 15. - Alaska draft
registrants who have faithfully watch
eci the papers for their ser,al num
bers, ami who have carefully co nn it
ted same to memory against the day
when the selections will be made,
might just as well set to work forget
ting their carefully learned numbei.
For the Alaska draft men arc go
ing to he renumbered, all over again.
The Governor'* cilice has received
a telegram from Provost Marshal
General Crowder announcing this »tep
and giving other instructions to the
force handling the Alaska draft work.
No time has yet been set for the
new drawing to determine the num
bers of the men, so that for the pres
ent, ail those who registered under
:he selective act are back at the place
whence they started.
Another important direction given
in the telegram was that all men who
registered in Alaska giving addresses
outside, shall immediately be trans
ferred to their own local boards as in
dicated by these addresses. This will
mean that from fifty to seventy-five
per cent of the men who registered
in Alaska will be called through then
own local boards in the- States, and
will reduce the number of men from
whom the Alaska contingent will be
picked te about one-fourth what it is j
now.
There were in the neighborhood ofj
10,000 men registered in Alaska and
a large portion of these were summer
cannery workers, so that it is quite
possible Alaska’s quota for the Na
tional Army will be chosen from about \
2,500 men remaining when the trans
fer of ca’ds to the outside is made.
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UPRISING A’l SEVASTOPOL
ODESSA, Jan. 15. — A dispatch re
ceived here says that disorders have
broken out at Sebastopol and f>2 naval j
officers were killed besides scores of
others following two day's of butcher-j
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*ng.
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MAJOR GARDNER DEAD
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. — Major
A. P. Gardner, who resigned from
Congress to enter the army, died last
night at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Geor
gia, of pneumonia.
ANOTH 1 DRAFT IS
PROPOSED IN N[W
RILL TO CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. — At the request of the
Administration leaders, Senator Chamberlain, of Ore
gon, today introduced a bill providing for the registra
tion for military duty, of men who became 21 years of age
since June 5th, 1917, when the draft became effective.
Senator Chamberlain also introduced another admin
istration bill providing for the furloughing of the Nation
al Army men for harvesting of the crops and other agri
cultural duty.
The War Department today rejected the administra
tions plan the raise the draft age limits.
ALL PERSONS
MUST SECURE ;
PERMITS NOW
No Explosives Will Be Allowed to!
Be Handled in the Territory
of Alaska Save By Those
Who Have Permits
IS A FEDERAL REGULATION:
Permits in Seward May Be Secured!
Prom United Slates Commissioner
Here—Faithful Observance
of Law Is Demanded
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All persons in any manner con
nected with explosives should
immediately apply to United
* States Commissioner W. H.
* Whittlesey for legal authority tc
* transact such business or acts as *
are covered by the statute.
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The war measure, providing a sys
tem of ifocuses for the handling of
explosives, is now in eflVot in Alaska, j
W. H. Whittlesey, Unit d States Com-:
mission at Seward, has In on appoint-'
ed Federal License Agent ai Seward.
The law is entitled: “An Act to ) c
hibit the manufacture, distribution,
storage, use and possession of the
same, and for other purposes.”
The law is very stringent and pro
vides for safeguarding against malic
ious use of explosives through a sys
tem of licenses, including manufac
turer’s license, vender’s license, pur
chaser’s license, foreman’s license,
exporter’s license, importer’s license,
and a license for analysis, .educators,
inventors, and investigators. The act
not only applies to the several com-;
pounds classified as explosives, but
to such ingredients as are capable by j
combination of producing explosives.
The Director of the Bureau of
Mines is charged with the enforcement
of the law and is authorized to mak'»
regulations for its faithful ohseivance
and to utilize all officers of the Na
tional, State, and Territorial govern
ments and dependencies in the execu
tion of the law.
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FOR ALASKA ROUTES
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. — The Pacific (
Steamship company’s boats Curacao!
ana Admiral Wainwright are now un
der going extensive repairs and will
be placed in the Alaska service this
week or next.
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GIVES MONEY TO SERBIA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. — Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo today
authorized a loan of two million dol
lars to Serbia, bringing Serbia’s total
to six million dollars.
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STEFANSSGN IS
IN ARCTIC AND
PLANNING DASH
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 15. — Captain
Lane has arrived here from the A!*c
tir and reports that Explorer Stefans
sor. is at Bartel Island. The Captain
reports that the explorer has discov
ered several large islands northwest
of Banks Land. This was in 1916.
Capt. Lane says that Stefansson ex
pccts to start next April on a .‘>00
mile dash in search of new lands and
hopes to spend next winter at Wrang
ell Island. Stefansson will end his
explorations and come out to Nome in
1919.
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VICTORIA WILL
BE IN PORT FOR
SEVERAL HOURS
Steamer Victoria, which will arrive
in port at 4 o’clock in the morning,
has considerable freight aboard in
cluding 75 tons of coal. It is reason
able to assume that the Victoria will
not sail for the south before eleven
o’clock and possibly not before Tomor
row noon .
ENEMY FLEET
BOMBARDS AN
ENGLISH PORT
LONDON, Jan. 15. — Yarmouth
was bombarded early this morning
from ihe sea by huge enemy subma
rine boats and small cruisers. Twen
ty shells fell into the city. Three civ
ilians were killed and ten seriously
inrired. The property damage is said
not to have been largo. The oombavd
ment was pulled off quickly and the
enemy fleet disappeared in the fog
which hung over the Channel half a
mile off shore.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. — Fish quota
tions al noon today were: pickled sa
ble $14 a barrel; pickled herring, $14
a barrel.
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AMERICAN TRAWLER IS
SUNK; STRIKES A ROCK
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. — An
American trawler in European v atcrs
struck a rock last night and ’S repo'-t
< d to have sunk. The crew was saved
according to the official advices )
ceived by the Navy Department.
ENEMY PILOE IS
CHARGED WIEH A
DISASEER ON SEA
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. — United States Secret Service
agents today issued a statement that a German spy pilot,
masquerading as helmsman under the name of William
Swanson, stood at the wheel of the Alaska steamer Spo
kane, when she grounded at Idol Point, over a month ago.
The agents said that Swanson went aboard the Spokane
probably at some Alaska point and mingled with the
crew and was able to pass himself off as a member of the
crew as the Spokane carried a new set of officers on that
trip. The deck officers were not familiar with ihe crew
nor their faces. Swanson was arrested when the crew
and others were brought here from the scene of the dis
aster rnd later released. Officers are now searching for
him.
PORKLESS DAY IS
URGED; MEATLESS
MEAL EVERY DAY
Food Administration of the United
State/. Requests Further Food
Conservation trom People
In States and Territory
Ul'GAIt, FATS, UNDER THE BAN
Call for Meeting Tomorrow Night Is
Issued; Proprietors ot Cafes,
Restaurants and Boarding
Houses to Attend
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Attorney Kay, of the rerntor- * j
* ial Council for the Defense has *
* called a meeting for tomorrow *
night at 8 o’clock at his office of *
* all proprietors of hotels, restau- '
* rants, cafes and boarding houses *
' to discuss the subject as outlined * i
I f in the cablegram received by him
I * last night from Territorial Food * i
Administrator Gunnison
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Attorney Ray last night received1
the following telegram from Food
Administrator Gunnison, which is im
portant to those concerned also to the
citizens of Seward in general:
“Please call a meeting of proprie
' tors of all hotels, restaurants, cafes,
and boarding houses, including mine
and cannery stewards, who might he
! in your city or vicinity. Ask them on
| my behalf to join the United States
Food Administration in an effort to
conserve beef, pork, mutton, fats,
wheat ar.d sugar bj^ immediately ob
serving and until further notice
adopt the following program of a
meatless Tuesday, and one meatless
| meal each day; porkless Saturday
(meaning the serving of no pork, ba
con, ham or lard), and wlfeatless Wed
nesday.
-The Federal Food Administration
desires these days heretofore indis
' criminately observed to become terri
torially uniform. No bread, crackers,
butter or sugar to be placed on the
| table or counter until the meal is serv
ed unless the guest specially requests.
Serve only two lumps of cube sugar
1 on the tea or coffee saucer unless the
guest requests more. Eliminate but
ter and animal fata from cooking
Ask them to watch and eliminate
waste in their kitchens. Ask the lo
. al bakers to assist by refraining from
baking wheat for Wednesdays and
generally substituting war bread 4‘or
wheat Ask the butchers to help. Ask
the public to observe the program in
their homos umil further notice.
“Give this notice the widest pub
licity. All eating houses on Ga<-ti
neau channel are now members of the
United States Food Administration
and are observing this program ”
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SWING THREE
TO DEATH AT
ROTTEjVIURDER
BUTTE, Jan. 15. — Three men.
Sherman Powell, colored; Ray Gallich
and Frank Fisher, were hanged this
forenoon in the yard of the Silver
Bow County jail for murder. One
hundred persons, admitted by card,
witnessed the hanging. A mob esti
mated to over 1000 clamored at the
gates of the jail yard for admittance
and the Washington Coast Artillcy
held the crowd in check.
ITALIANS ARE
SUCCESSFUL IN
THE MOUNTAINS
ROME, Jan. 15. — In the Italian
mountains the enemy fighters are
showing inability to cope with the
difficulties of the winter conditions.
The Italians on the northern front
are scoring successes in local opera
tions and important positions have
been taken. Last night and early
this morning the Italians attacked
the Teuton wedge tnd scored a suc
cess near Morte Grappa.