FEMININE TOILERS IN MANY
CLASSES OF BUSINESS ARE
BETTER THAN MEN.
GREAT CHANGE IN FACTORIES.
Alteration in Industrial Condition Has
Had Effect of Causing Departures
of Pronounced Character in Matter
of Attire.
ROTTERDAM, Netherland, Sept.
30.—(Correspondence of The Associat
ed Press)—The German empire, to
some extent, has become dependent
upon women’s labor, declares a Ger
man correspondent of the Nieuwe Rot
terdam Courant. In the hospitals, at
railroad stations, in shops and in of
fices, even in the most responsible
positions, the work is principally done
by women. In even first-class restau
rants girls and women have replaced
the waiters. The traveler who enters
a hotel encounters a porter in long
skirts, who carries out his behests as
quickly as before. Street -traffic is
largely in the hands of the women.
Women conductors, drivers and in
spectors are dressed in the uniform
of their male colleagues but with skirt
or -bloomers.
Better Treatment Accorded.
Passengers meet with better treat
ment than was the case with the male
staff. On the railroads women are
serving on booking offices, as guards
on the trains, or porters. Letters and
telegrams are delivered by women and
girls. Most of the few automobiles are
driven by women.
But the main work of women is in
the factories. The skilled work has
now more and more passed into their
hands, as well as the carrying of
heavy loads. At the turning bench, at
the furnaces, everywhere they are met
with. Their wages at 7 or 8 marks a
day are equal to men’s earning for like
labor. They work in blue smock frock
and bloomers with a sort of sailor’s
cap or cloth on their heads, with black
hands and rolled-up sleeves; and in
the meal hour they are more and more
to be seen in the street, even with bare
legs, for stockings are a superfluity
in factories, at the furnaces and such
like occupations.
Satisfactory in Mining.
The results of women’s work in the
mining industry are termed very sat
isfactory. The sorting of sweepings,
old iron and brass, the unloading of
freight cars, is performed by woman’s
hands and arms, and a newcomer is
amazed at the way in which she
clambers about and lifts and shoulders
loads. In agriculture women have al
ways supplied auxiliary labor, but now
also do the heavy work like moving,
plowing and threshing.
Dress has naturally been brought
into accord with the new work. On
the railroads, and partly on the street
cars, skirts have been replaced by
bloomers and gaiters, and beribboned
.and feathered hat by cap or headcloth.
But there is a sailor’s collar for the
uniform jacket, and a flower in the
button hole; the jacket is open at the
neck, the cap is worn in slanting fash
ion, a wratch-chain is fastened on the i
breast, a bit of lace adorns the sleeves.
Kaiser’s Friend Fights Him.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Nov. 5.—
Frank Nagoski, a native of Alsace
Lorraine, who says he is acquainted
with Emperor William of Germany,
left recently for Helena to enlist in
the United States army, with the ex
pressed hope of renewing the ac
quaintance. He says he speaks seven
languages and believes he could be
of service to the American forces.
ESTATE GOES TO ENGLAND.
LONDON Nov. 5. — Alexander
Ashby, a planter who owned large es
tates in Barbados, bequeathed his two
largest sugar plantations to the Brit
ish secretary of war. The bequest,
which has now been accepted by the
British government, is valued at about
$250,000.
SERBIANS ARE
REDUCTION IN MALE POPULA
TION OF COUNTRY IS RE
DUCED BY 38 PER CENT.
MANY MORE WOMEN THAN MEN
Numerous Girls Have Delivered from
Valiant Little Nation Into Hands
of Turks of Asia Minor and of
These Many Committed Suicide.
LONDON, Sept. 30.—(Correspond
ence of The Associated Press—The
situation in Serbia today is summed
up in a communication received by the
British socialist party from the execu
tive committee of the Serbian social
ists. It says:
“The Serbian population in the por
tions of our country occupied by Aus
tri-Hungary is now 2,218,0000, accord
ing to official census figures published
in the Official Journal at Belgrade.
The population normally would have
been 3,170,000. There is therefore, a
reduction of 952,000 or 28 per cent.
The male population has been reduced
by 38 per cent. There are now in Ser
bia 144 women to 100 men.
Reduction in Population.
“In the districts occupied by Bul
garia the reduction in population is
300,000.
“Dr. Otokar Ribar, the Austrian
reichsrath deputy, declared in the
Vienna parliament in June 26: ‘Serbia
will be saved, but there will no longer
be Serbs.’ He said these words when
protesting against the greatest crime
committed in the war, the deportation
of 30,000 Serbian women, children and
me nfrom the departments of Vranje,
Nish and Pilot, and their internment
in Asia Minor. Among these 30,000,
there were 8,000 women and young
girls delivered over to the Turks. Of
these a great number committed sui
cide by throwing themselves out of the
trains conveying them to Asia Minor.
Deaths Among War Prisoners.
“The deaths among war prisoners
and those interned are put at from
60,000 to 80,000. After the retreat
from Serbia and the reconstruction of
the Serbian army, about 20 per cent
died at Corfu. Our losses on the Sal
oniki front have been about 50 per
cent of the Serbian forces which have
taken part in the operations of Gen
eral Serrail’s armies.
“Sixty thousand families in Serbia
require succor this winter. They have
no means of living except the little
that we can send to them. Their suf
ferings during the approaching winter
will be very severe.”
NINETEEN MEN
BURNED TO DEATH
rEN OTHERS INJURED AS RE
SULT OF FIRE IN SALVA
TION ARMY BARRACKS.
PATERSON, N. J., Nov. 5.—The
Salvation Army rescue mission burned
here yesterday. Nineteen bodies have
been recovered from the ruins. Ten
injured persons were taken to the hos
pital suffering with probably mortal
burns.
Most of the victims were friendless
men who earned their lodgings at the
mission by collecting waste paper.
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
ON WEST FRONT
ATTACKS OF GERMANS ON
SMALL OUTPOSTS IN COUCY
FOREST REPULSED.
PARIS, Nov. 5.—Intermittent artil
lery activity in Belgium and upper
Alsace was reported today on the
west front. German attacks against
small outposts in the Coucy forest
were repulsed.
A drenching rain has been fallling
for twenty-four hours and has turned
the west front into a sea of mud.
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TEUTONS RAID TRENCH WHERE
UNITED STATES TROOPS HAD
SEEN TAKEN FOR INSTRUCTION
IN_ADDITION TO FATALITIES FIVE OF GENERAL J. J.
PERSHING’S MEN WERE WOUNDED, AND TWELVE
ARE REPORTED MISSING—ONE. WOUNDED GER
MAN CAPTURED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Armed forces under the Ameri
can flag had their first: clash with the Germans before daylight
November 3, when the Germans attacked the first line trenches
where the Americans had been taken for instruction. Three
Americans were killed, five were wounded and twelve are mis
sing, and these may have been captured.
The Germans put down a heavy barrage fire, which iso
lated one salient of the American trench. The barrage fire cut '
off this salient completely from the rest of the line.
The Americans fought gamely and took one wounded Ger
man prisoner.
It is believed The Germans attacked as soon as they learned
of the Americans’ position.
'I'lie killed were Privates Thomas P. Enwright, James B.
Gresham, and Merle D. Hay.
No Americans from the northwest or Alaska are on the
casualty list of killed, wounded, captured or missing.
It is unknown in Washington whether the Germany cap
tured any Americans on the Rhine-Marne canal as announced
jin Berlin dispatches last Saturday. It is possible the Ameri- j
jeans to whom Berlin referred Saturday were United States citi- j
jzens who enrolled in the French forces.
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IY IN ITALY
j TEUTONS CROSS TAGLIAMENTO
AND AIRPLANES DROP
HAND BILLS.
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CLAIM 6,000 PRISONERS TODAY.
American, British and French Leaders
Confer in Paris on Plans for Assist
ing Roman Government to Repel
Invading Force.
ROME, Nov. 5. — Austro-German
troops today crossed the Tagliamento
river. The Teuton pressure against
the northern wing of the Italian army
has been intensified:
Udine and other towns in the invad
ed districts are placarded with mes
sages announcing the peaceful inten
tione of the Teutons. German air
planes have dropped handbills along
the Tagliamento river, offering to
make peace with Italy.
TAKE 6,000 CAPTIVES.
BERLIN, Nov. 5.—Austro-Germans
today crossed the middle of the Tag
liamento river and took 6,000 pris
oners.
ENTENTE LEADERS CONFER.
PARIS, Nov. 5.—Lloyd George
stopped in Paris en route to Rome. Be
fore leaving here he had a long inter
view with General J. J. Pershing, the
American commander, who came es
pecially from his headquarters to meet
the British prime minister.
GERMAN AIRSHIPS
AGAIN RAID LONDON
BRITISH STATEMENT SAYS THAT
CASUALTIES AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE WERE SLIGHT.
LONDON, Nov. 1.—About thirty
German aeroplanes in seven groups
last night raided England. Three of
the machines penetrated to the heart
of London. The casualties and proper
ty damage were slight.
GIRLS ARE MESSENGERS.
Telegraph Company in Butte Finds
New Help More Satisfactory.
. BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 2.—Messenger
girls are being tried by the local of
fice of a telegraph company, and the
manager declares they are giving
better satisfaction than boys on the
same jobs.
Four of the girls are employed on
the day shift, and wear the regulation
messenger boy’s caps. They receive
practically the same pay as the boys.
“They are mort prompt then the
boys,” the manager declared.
ADMINISTRATION THINKS DRAS
TIC ACTION NECESSARY TO
STOP SABOTAGE.
MANY ACCIDENTS IN MILLS.
Industrial Workers of World Are Said
to Be Hampering Government by
Fomenting Labor Trouble in North- ;
west Spruce Districts.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Adminis- j
tration officials ar econvinced that pro- j
i German agencies are working to hin- !
| der the United States’ aii’plane pro
; duction. The believe drastic action is
necessary to stop the campaign of sab
' otage reported from mills in the Paci
i fic northwest spruce forests, where 1
jwood is being cut for airplanes.
Labor disturbances fomented by In
dustrial Workers of the World are
hampering the government in building
air fleets.
The menace has taken the form of 1
accidents, which occur regularly to mill '
j machinery, fires in yards, boiler explo- '
i sions, and the like. 1
GERMANS PROTECT
HISTORIC WINDOWS •
1
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 1.—All stained
' glass windows in the Cologne cathe- 1
dral are being replaced by the Ger- 1
mans with plain glass, as a precaution
against damage during air raids. Some ^
of the stained glass windows date ^
from the year 1508.
CHANCELLOR LACKS
REICHSTAG SUPPORT
NEW GERMAN PREMIER IS SAID
TO OPPOSE PARLIAMENT- «
ARY GOVERNMENT.
LONDON, Nov. 2.—German reichs
tag leaders almost unanimously op
pose Count George von Hertling as ■
chancellor of the empire on account
of his antagonism to democracy and
the parliamentary system of govern
ment and his criticism .of the reichs
tag’s recent resolution for peace with
out annexations.
OPPOSE DRINKING BY WOMEN.
HARTLEPOOL, England, Nov. 5.— '
Saloon keepers are making an attempt !
to prohibit women from consuming in- .
toxicating liquors in the saloons. ;
This is the only place in the United 1
Kingdom where this attempt is being 1
made. <
Bank 2f Alaska
ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
An Institution of Strength and Character
Capital $85,000 Surplus $20,500
Resources Over One Million Dollars.
FOUR BANKS:
SKAGWAY, ANCHORAGE, CORDOVA, WRANGELL
President—Andrew Stevenson.
Vice-President in Charge, Anchor
age—E. B. Ansley.
Assistant Cashier, Anchorge—M.
McVean.
Vice-President in Charge, Cordova
—W. R. Hillery.
Assistant Cashier, Cordova—B. R.
Colkett.
Assistant to President and Audi
tor—B. A. Ross.
Vice-President, New York—A. A.
Benton.
Vice-President, in Training, Pres
idio, Cal.—J. T. Westermann.
Vice-President, in Charge Wran
_gell—W. H. Warren.
Cashier in Charge, Skagway—W.
L. Landsborough.
Although an integral part of the one system, each branch has
had assigned to it the full amount of Capital required by the
Territorial Banking Board for the establishment of a Bank in such
a location. Each branch is therefore equipped to serve its cus
tomers as fully as any independent bank, but with the added
strength and resources of the entire institution to draw upon.
Furthermore each is responsible to the Territorial Banking Board,
is examined and supervised independently and renders its state
ment direct to the Board. The Bank of Alaska is therefore, be
cause of its double supervision and safeguards, peculiarly “An
Institution of Strength and Character.”
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'Commander J. E. Dodd, United j
States navy, chief radio officer of the ;
3acific in charge of the censorship and j
)f all radio stations on the Pacific!
loast, Alaska, the Hawaiian islands |
ind the Philippines, was in Anchorage j
Sunday during the interval between
he arrival and departure of the
steamship Evans. He inspected the
•adio station here and found every
hing satisfactory.
Commander Dodd on his way here
horn Seattle inspected the radio sta
ions at towns on the Alaskan coast, j
ro enable him to make the inspections, j
he Evans in several instances stayed !
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rhomas B. Longre, of the fourteenth |
Jnited States infantry.
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Frisco cafe gave a dinner for the com
nander. Among those present besides
;he host and guest of honor were
Uaptain L. D. Davis, of the fourteenth
nfantry, Mrs. Davis, James E.
D’Reilly and Charles E. Herron.
LIMIT IS TAKEN
OFF CERTIFICATES
AMOUNT OF NEW INDEBTED
NESS OF TREASURY AMOUNTS
TO $585,570,00 AT PRESENT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 1.—
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1585,570,000 have been issued by the j
American government. No definite;
tmount has been fixed for the issue of
his class of indebtedness, and the of
‘er of the government to place these
:ertificates in circulation is still open.
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